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• North Carolina legislature approves 12-week abortion ban; veto ahead

  04-05-2023 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks.
  
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• 1 of 2 Kenyan pastors in starvation cult probe eligible for release on bond

  04-05-2023 23:37 via foxnews.com
  
  A court in Kenya ruled Thursday that one of two pastors under investigation for the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death, could be released on bond or bail. Pastor Ezekiel Odero was arrested last week in connection with the deaths of dozens of his congregants at his coastal megachurch, which draws thousands of people from across the country. Police closed the church, but lawyers have filed an application, scheduled to be heard Monday, t
  
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• Brighton 1-0 Manchester United: Alexis Mac Allister scores 99th-minute penalty to win it

  04-05-2023 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brighton snatched a dramatic win over Champions League-chasing Manchester United courtesy of a 99th-minute penalty by Alexis Mac Allister.
  
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• Ukraine shoots down own drone over central Kyiv

  04-05-2023 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The air force says the drone went out of control and was destroyed to avoid "undesirable circumstances".
  
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• Belgrade school shooter had 'kill list' before murdering 9: Serbian police

  04-05-2023 23:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Serbian authorities have discovered that the 13-year-old boy who killed nine people at a Belgrade school on Wednesday had a "kill list." The boy shot a security guard before firing at three girls in the hallway of Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School. He then fired at his teacher and classmates during a history lesson. Six pupils and the teacher are recovering in hospitals, some suffering from life-threatening injuries. The boy had used two of his father's handguns during the attack. "He was wai
  
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• Four Proud Boys guilty in major US Capitol riot case

  04-05-2023 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jurors reach verdicts in a long-running trial of members of the far-right group over Jan 6 riots.
  
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• Napoli win Serie A: 'Football is everything' - what Scudetto means to Naples

  04-05-2023 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Napoli secure a first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona, Neapolitans are feeling proud, passionate and primed to party.
  
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• Belgian authorities detain 7 suspected ISIS sympathizers for terrorist plot

  04-05-2023 22:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities have detained seven people, most of them Chechen origin, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in Belgium, the federal prosecutor's office said Thursday. The office said in a statement that the suspects had not yet selected a precise target but police decided to pick them for questioning anyway. ALBANIAN MAN CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERROR ATTACKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA "All of them are suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium," the statement said. "The examining magistrate
  
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• Wells Fargo Championship: Rory McIlroy opens with 68 at Quail Hollow

  04-05-2023 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy begins his challenge for a fourth Wells Fargo Championship title with a three-under-par 68 at Quail Hollow.
  
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• Ukraine war: US denies masterminding Moscow drone attack

  04-05-2023 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out the alleged attack on Wednesday with Washington's support.
  
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• Carrie Fisher: Star Wars Day Walk of Fame honour overshadowed by family row

  04-05-2023 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Star Wars actress's siblings were not invited to her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.
  
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• Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud copyright case

  04-05-2023 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer-songwriter had denied stealing parts of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On for his 2014 hit.
  
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• Israel says it killed Palestinian gunmen who shot dead British-Israelis

  04-05-2023 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Palestinians accused of last month's deadly attack are killed during an Israeli raid in Nablus.
  
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• Canada summons Chinese ambassador after MP and his family harassed

  04-05-2023 21:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign affairs minister says Cong Peiwu was summoned to express frustration over attempts to meddle in Canadian politicsCanada has summoned China’s ambassador as Justin Trudeau’s government considers expelling a Chinese diplomat accused of involvement in a harassment campaign against a MP lawmaker and his family in retaliation for the lawmaker’s criticisms of Beijing.The foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that her office h
  
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• Proud Boys leader and three members found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

  04-05-2023 21:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy — Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola and Zachary Rehl — to hear verdict in Jan. 6 trial.
  
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• Spanish PM backs Colombian president’s peace plan

  04-05-2023 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday gave his full backing to Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s peace plan aimed at reaching a cease-fire with the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla organization. Speaking after talks with Petro, who is on a state visit to Spain, Sánchez said he had conveyed Spain's commitment "to support his ambitious plan and courageous project for total peace" in Colombia. Spain is a third party in Colombia's ongoing talks with the ELN,
  
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• Farm attack kills 'about 15' in West African nation of Benin

  04-05-2023 20:02 via foxnews.com
  
  An attack by unidentified armed persons in the north of the small West African nation of Benin has killed "about 15 people," according to the government's spokesperson. Spokesperson Wilfried Houngbedji told AP by telephone Thursday that the attack on a farm in the commune of Kerou, some 370 miles north of Benin’s largest city Cotonou, began on Monday night. Local media reported that several other people were abducted by the attackers. OVER 4,000 FAMILIES DISPLACED BY BURUNDI FLOODS Over th
  
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• Fire tears through Haiti street market, consumes goods worth thousands of dollars

  04-05-2023 20:01 via foxnews.com
  
  A large fire tore through a street market in Haiti early Thursday, consuming thousands of dollars’ worth of goods as vendors wailed over their losses. The market, known as Shada, is located in Petionville, next to the capital of Port-au-Prince. Vendors began arriving before sunrise to try and quell the flames, throwing bucketsful of sand on blazing roofs before firefighters arrived. SOMALIAN FLASH FLOODS KILL AT LEAST 21 Stevenson Midi, 42, said he lost hundreds of dollars’ worth of
  
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• Clarence Thomas under fresh scrutiny over school fees

  04-05-2023 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A report says a relative of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had tuition paid by a billionaire.
  
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• Italy's foreign minister cancels trip to Paris following comments by France's foreign minister

  04-05-2023 19:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday abruptly canceled a trip to Paris, calling "unacceptable" remarks by the French interior minister criticizing the Italian premier’s migration policy. Italy had demanded clarification of the remarks by French minister Gerald Darmanin to RMC radio blaming Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni for increasing numbers of migrants, notably minors, at the French-Italian border. Darmanin told the broadcaster that Meloni "is incapable of resolving the mi
  
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• Gunmen storms Pakistani school and kills 7 teachers as region faces a wave of militant attacks

  04-05-2023 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Gunmen stormed a school in Pakistan's volatile northwest on Thursday, killing seven teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack. Earlier in the day, a shootout with militants elsewhere in the region killed six Pakistani soldiers. The violence underscores the challenges the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is facing amid a surge in militant attacks across the country in recent months. In Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provin
  
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• Male suspect in Berlin school knife attack that seriously injured 2 girls may have drug-induced mental illness

  04-05-2023 19:43 via foxnews.com
  
  German prosecutors said Thursday that a man who seriously wounded two young girls in an attack at a school in Berlin may have been suffering from a drug-induced psychological illness. Prosecutors said they were asking a court to have the 38-year-old suspect held in a psychiatric hospital pending further investigation. The man, who was arrested by officers at the scene, is being investigated for attempted homicide and serious bodily harm. "There are no indications as to the suspect's motive, but
  
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• Norwegian climber looking to become fastest person to climb world's 14 highest mountains

  04-05-2023 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world's 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in 2019. Kristin Harila, 37, successfully scaled Mount Cho Oyu and Mount Shishapangma in China and arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, on Thursday, announcing that she will begin climbing in Nepal this month. "That's the plan," Harila said when asked if she is aiming to set a new record for scaling
  
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• Italian uproar at French 'insults' on migration

  04-05-2023 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Italy's foreign minister pulls out of a trip to Paris amid criticism from the French government.
  
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• Proud Boys: From storming the Capitol for Trump to protesting drag shows

  04-05-2023 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The group has moved from fighting left-wing activists to protesting outside drag shows.
  
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• WATCH: 2 people and dog rescued from sinking boat in Georgia

  04-05-2023 18:42
  
  Two people and a dog were rescued from a sinking boat off the coast of Georgia. The pair and dog Reggie were “in good spirits,” the U.S. Coast Guard said.
  
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• Quiz of the week: Who went to the Met Gala inside a cat outfit?

  04-05-2023 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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• Biden admin says Alabama health officials didn’t address sewage system failures disproportionately affecting Black residents

  04-05-2023 18:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Justice and Health and Human Services departments concluded Alabama health officials failed to address sewage problems affecting Black residents in rural Lowndes County.
  
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• Denmark looking to increase military spending in order to modernize facilities, increase number of soldiers

  04-05-2023 17:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Denmark’s centrist government wants to spend $5.6 billion over the next decade to modernize military facilities, renovate shabby and dilapidated buildings, increase the number of soldiers and upgrade outdated computer systems. Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called it "a very serious situation" and said Thursday that previous governments and senior defense officials haven't prioritized spending money on such facilities. "Are all responsible for the fact that we have ended up in
  
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• After $3 million worth of kratom is seized, FDA continues to warn of its dangers

  04-05-2023 17:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S Marshalls seized $3 million worth of kratom. The FDA continues to warn about kratom supplement use, saying it is unsafe, but millions of Americans reporting using it.
  
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• Prince William and Kate drop into a Soho pub

  04-05-2023 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Prince and Princess of Wales cause a stir by having a lunchtime drink in a historic London pub.
  
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• Pakistani minister flies to India for first visit by a senior official in 12 years

  04-05-2023 16:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign minister plays down any prospect of reconciliation effort as he stresses trip to Goa is purely for regional summitPakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, arrived in Goa on Thursday, the first visit to India by a senior Pakistani official in 12 years.Yet few held out hope that the trip signalled efforts for reconciliation between the two neighbours and rivals. Speaking as he boarded the plane to Goa, where India is chairing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) co
  
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• End ‘megaphone diplomacy’ between UK and Hong Kong, says British diplomat

  04-05-2023 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Consul general calls for ‘constructive engagement’ with territory as Chinese vice-president says he will attend king’s coronationBritain’s most senior diplomat for Hong Kong has called for an end to “megaphone diplomacy” between the UK and the Chinese territory, saying British and Hong Kong diplomats would make more progress with closed-door discussions.Brian Davidson, the consul general to Hong Kong and Macau, said in an interview with the South China Morning
  
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• Somali shock as Mogadishu mayor Madale filmed beating partygoers

  04-05-2023 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A video of nightclub revellers being flogged in Somalia's capital sparks debate over a drug crackdown.
  
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• Jose Mourinho: Roma boss wore microphone to 'protect' from 'worst referee'

  04-05-2023 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roma boss Jose Mourinho wore a microphone to "protect" himself against the "worst referee" in his side's draw with Monza.
  
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• Lizzo thanks 'flute king' Sir James Galway for Met Gala duet

  04-05-2023 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US star pays tribute to her idol Sir James Galway after the Belfast musician performs with her in NYC.
  
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• Serbia school attack: Silence and teddies at scene of shooting

  04-05-2023 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a 13-year-old opens fire on his class, mourners leave tributes to the murdered children.
  
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• Michelle Obama launches company to promote healthy food for kids

  04-05-2023 14:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Michelle Obama has co-founded a company, PLEZi Nutrition, to make and sell healthier food and drinks for kids, products with less sugar and higher nutrition.
  
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• Peru robbery: Shoe-shop thieves get off on the wrong foot

  04-05-2023 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three people break into a shop in Peru and make off with 200 trainers - all for the right foot.
  
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• ‘I’m in intense pain’: Vahid Beheshti passes 70 days on UK hunger strike

  04-05-2023 13:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Camped outside Foreign Office, Beheshti is demanding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards be proscribedVahid Beheshti’s hunger strike outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office took a surreal turn on Wednesday – its 70th day – when he attended a royal coronation tea party at Buckingham Palace, arriving by wheelchair and wearing a suit and red tie.He has lost more than 17kg (37lb), or a quarter of his body weight, and he told the Guardian that “my body and joint
  
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• Sudan crisis: Actress Asia Abdelmajid killed in Khartoum cross-fire

  04-05-2023 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Asia Abdelmajid, famous for her stage performances, is buried in the grounds of a kindergarten.
  
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• From the Ashes: Steven Finn's rise, fall and rise again

  04-05-2023 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steven Finn only played seven Ashes Tests but was involved in three series wins, including dragging himself back from being "not selectable".
  
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• Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times

  04-05-2023 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president tried to sue the newspaper over an investigative series about his tax affairs.
  
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• Thai woman suspected of cyanide poisonings is charged with 14 murders

  04-05-2023 11:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn accused of killing friends, an ex-partner and police officers known to herA Thai woman accused of poisoning people with cyanide has been charged with 14 counts of murder, while her ex-husband is facing charges of fraud, police said, in one of the country’s worst suspected serial killing cases.Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn was arrested last week after suspicions were raised over the death of her friend Siriporn Khanwong. The two had met to release fish at a pier in Ratchab
  
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• Click here: Twitter alt text meme that isn't funny for blind people

  04-05-2023 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some brands have leapt on a new trend - but visually impaired people say they aren't in on the joke.
  
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• Thai PM candidate keen to get back to campaigning two days after giving birth

  04-05-2023 11:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Baby brought out to media in incubator as Paetongtarn Shinawatra says ‘children are my secret power’ ahead of electionPaetongtarn Shinawatra, a leading candidate in the upcoming Thai election, has said she is keen to resume campaigning days after giving birth.Speaking at a press conference held at a hospital in Bangkok, Paetongtarn said she remained confident that her Pheu Thai party would win a landslide victory. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli raid kills three men accused of killing UK-Israeli woman and daughters

  04-05-2023 11:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Two alleged Hamas operatives and alleged accomplice shot dead in operation in occupied West BankIsrael said its security forces shot dead three Palestinians blamed for killing a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters last month, in a raid on Thursday in the occupied West Bank.Two suspects in the killings, members of the militant group Hamas, and a third man accused of helping them were killed in an operation in Nablus by the army, police and the security service Shin Bet, a statement said.
  
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• Why The Wicker Man has divided opinion for 50 years

  04-05-2023 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It has been described as the Citizen Kane of horror movies - and one of the worst films ever made.
  
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• Atlanta mass shooting updates: Suspect apprehended after manhunt

  04-05-2023 06:50
  
  A gunman killed one and wounded four others in a mass shooting in an Atlanta medical center waiting room on Wednesday, police said.
  
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• Here's how US debt default could affect you

  04-05-2023 05:15
  
  Millions of Americans who rely on federal payments to make ends meet, could be negatively impacted if the government is unable to pay its bills come June 1.
  
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