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• Unionised US Apple Store proposes asking for tips

  05-05-2023 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The backlash to the proposal has been swift with many complaining of "tipping fatigue" in America.
  
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• Eurovision 2023: Ukraine's champions Kalush Orchestra get Liverpool party started

  05-05-2023 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reigning champions Kalush Orchestra kick off the official build-up to the song contest in Liverpool.
  
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• Clapham Common: passengers smash windows to escape tube train amid fire alert

  05-05-2023 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  London fire brigade suggest smoke probably caused by train’s brakes and police say nobody hurt in incidentPassengers climbed out of the smashed windows of a tube train at Clapham Common station in London on Friday evening amid a fire alert.A video posted on social media shows a man with a hammer cracking one of the Northern Line tube windows to allow travellers trapped inside to get out, while other videos show smashed windows. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands forced to evacuate as wildfires ravage western Canada

  05-05-2023 22:51 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 13,000 people were ordered to leave Alberta as 78 fires burned, and officials say the blazes are expected to intensifyA week of record hot weather in western Canada has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, as wildfires raged in parts of Alberta and rapid snow melt triggered flooding across interior British Columbia.By Friday, more than 13,000 people were under evacuation orders in Alberta, as 78 fires burned. Among the worst-hit areas was the Little Red River Cree Nation
  
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• Leader of massive Kenyan death cult to be held without bond

  05-05-2023 22:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A court in Kenya on Friday gave police five more days to hold a pastor facing possible terror-related charges in the deaths of more than 100 his congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Police rescued 15 emaciated parishioners from the 800-acre Kilifi County property of Paul Mackenzie last month. Four of them died after the group was taken to a hospital, and survivors told investigators the pastor had instructed them to fast to death before the world ends so they could me
  
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• Cambodia reports 4 dead in unlicensed goldmine

  05-05-2023 22:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Four Cambodian prospectors who were digging for gold in the central province of Kampong Thom were killed when earth collapsed into the pit where they were mining, a government official and a fellow villager said Friday. Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on his Facebook page quoted reports from a local official saying the four men who died had been hired by a couple who own the mine in the rural jungle village of Snong An. The accident occurred Thursday morning as the men were digging, said Ve
  
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• 3 suspects charged in shooting death of Black man

  05-05-2023 22:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three men have been arrested and charged in the death of a Black man in Jacksonville, Florida.
  
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• German man rescued from woods after sex game gone wrong

  05-05-2023 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
  German police say a 51-year-old man who was left tied up in the woods when a sex game went awry had a lucky escape after a cyclist and a hunter heard his screams for help. NYPD OFFICERS CAUGHT HAVING SEX IN CAR AFTER RESIDENTS HEAR SCREAMS: REPORT Police said the man was discovered fully dressed but firmly bound with ropes and a pantyhose over his head atop a deer-hunting platform near the town of Bueckburg late Wednesday. In a statement Friday, police said the man appeared to have been tied up
  
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• Donald Trump deposition: New York court releases video in civil rape trial

  05-05-2023 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The video shows Donald Trump mistaking his accuser E Jean Carroll for his ex-wife in a photo.
  
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• Panic on London Tube as carriage fills with smoke

  05-05-2023 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video shows people smashing windows to try to escape at Clapham Common station.
  
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• WATCH: Princess Kate talks Prince Louis at the coronation

  05-05-2023 20:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Princess of Wales said she's hoping for good behavior and good weather.
  
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• London Tube commuters break windows to escape smoke hours before King Charles' coronation

  05-05-2023 20:22 via foxnews.com
  
  A stunning video has emerged Friday of commuters in London smashing windows of a subway train to escape after it reportedly filled up with smoke. "Stuck on the train at Clapham Common and carriages filling with smoke, doors won’t open if it wasn’t for workmen on the platform we wouldn’t have got out!" a witness to the incident wrote on Twitter.  Video shows people on the platform breaking the windows of a train open so the passengers inside could escape.  Other subway
  
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• Sudan fighting: Bittersweet ending for one family fleeing conflict

  05-05-2023 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a tortuous wait, Azza is heading to the UK with her children, but without her husband.
  
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• We knew in 2011 Putin would attack Ukraine, says Bill Clinton

  05-05-2023 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Revelation raises questions about whether US and Europe should have been more prepared for 2014 invasionVladimir Putin told Bill Clinton three years before his 2014 attack on Ukraine that he was not bound by the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing the country’s territorial integrity, according to the former US president.The revelation raises questions about whether the US and its European allies should have been more prepared for the 2014 attack, when Russia annexed Crimea and attacked the Do
  
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• Wagner head says forces to leave Bakhmut next week – as it happened

  05-05-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has a history of dramatic statements, says troops will leave fiercely contested city on 10 May. This live blog is closedWhat we know on day 436 of the invasionThe UK Ministry of Defence has said in its latest intelligence update that “a recent uptick in Russian rail accidents in areas bordering Ukraine, attributed to sabotage committed by unknown actors, has almost certainly caused short-term localised disruption to Russian military rail movements”.It adds: &ld
  
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• Congo: nearly 200 people killed in flash floods in eastern DRC

  05-05-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 176 die after heavy rainfall in South Kivu province causes rivers to overflowAt least 176 people have died in flash floods in an eastern territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a regional governor said on Friday, as heavy rain destroyed buildings and forced aid workers to gather mud-clad corpses into piles.The rainfall in Kalehe territory in South Kivu province caused rivers to overflow on Thursday, inundating the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. Continue reading...
  
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• Police arrest man for opening store selling hard drugs in Canada

  05-05-2023 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jerry Martin of Vancouver has said he wanted to sell drugs without fentanyl to help prevent harms.
  
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• WATCH: Cheetah cubs venture out of den for 1st time at Australia zoo

  05-05-2023 18:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A sunny day greeted three cheetah cubs leaving their den for the first time in an Australia zoo, accompanied by their watchful mom.
  
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• Wagner chief rages at Russia’s generals and threatens Bakhmut pullout

  05-05-2023 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  In extraordinary video tirade, Yevgeny Prigozhin attacks defence minister and chief of armed forcesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe leader of the Wagner mercenary group has brought escalating tensions with the Kremlin military leadership dramatically into the open after he recorded an expletive-ridden video in a field littered with corpses and blamed Russia’s top defence chiefs for the losses.“These are Wagner lads who died today. The blood is still fresh,” Yev
  
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• Wagner Group warlord records profanity-laced rant directed at 'scumbag' Russian military leaders

  05-05-2023 18:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The Wagner group announced a retreat from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in an expletive-laden video as tensions between the mercenaries and the Russian Ministry of Defense continue to peak.  "Their blood is still fresh, and now, listen to me, b----," Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner’s founder and leader, said in a video as he walked among the bodies of dead soldiers. "These are someone’s fathers and someone’s sons." "And those [expletive] who don’t give us ammunition will b
  
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• Cardinals off to worst start in 50 years after suffering three-game sweep to Angels

  05-05-2023 18:13 via foxnews.com
  
  The St. Louis Cardinals are one of the most successful franchises in Major League Baseball history, but the Cards are off to their worst start in 50 years.  The Cardinals lost to the Los Angeles Angels 11-7 on Thursday, dropping to 10-22 on the season.  The start to the season is the worst since 1973, when St. Louis began the year 8-23, according to The Associated Press.  It was the sixth consecutive loss and the ninth in 10 games for the Cardinals, who were swept by the Angels.&n
  
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• Alabama has consistently neglected impoverished county’s raw sewage problems, according to the DOJ

  05-05-2023 18:13 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said an environmental justice probe found Alabama engaged in a pattern of inaction and neglect regarding the risks of raw sewage for residents in an impoverished Alabama county and announced a settlement agreement with the state. The federal departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced the results of the environmental justice probe and a settlement agreement with state health officials to address longstanding wastewater sanitation prob
  
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• Creepy deep sea lancetfish mysteriously wash up on Oregon beaches

  05-05-2023 18:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Several lancetfish have washed ashore Oregon beaches over the last few weeks.  The deep-sea fish were found from Nehalem south to Bandon, according to the Oregon Parks & Recreation Department. In a picture, the department shared one that was found alive.  The lancetfish was helped back into the ocean and it swam away.  BRITISH EXPAT KILLED BY 15-FOOT GREAT WHITE SHARK CLASSIFIED AS 'PROVOKED INCIDENT' "If you see one, take a photo and post with the tags Oregon State Parks NOAA
  
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• North Carolina Legislature passes abortion ban for pregnancies past 12 weeks, Democratic governor vows to veto

  05-05-2023 18:11 via foxnews.com
  
  North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved and sent to the governor a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks, in response to last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court. The ban is one of the least onerous of a slew of bills Republican-led assemblies have pushed through in recent months since the high court stripped away constitutional protections for abortion. Other states have banned the procedure almost completely
  
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• 'Yellowstone' ending after second half of season five amid Kevin Costner drama

  05-05-2023 18:08 via foxnews.com
  
  After five seasons, several spinoffs and endless drama, "Yellowstone" is officially coming to an end. The Kevin Costner-led western show will air the second half of its fifth and final season in November before rolling out an unnamed sequel series in December. "'Yellowstone' has been the cornerstone on which we have launched an entire universe of global hits — from ‘1883’ to ‘Tulsa King,’ and I am confident our ‘Yellowstone’ sequel will be another big hi
  
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• Republican senator blasts Navy focusing on gender, sexuality amid recruitment crisis: 'Bud Light moment'

  05-05-2023 18:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., warned the U.S. Navy was threatening our national security by focusing on sailors' sexuality and gender instead of addressing the dangerous drop in officer enlistment. The Navy made headlines this week when news broke it had hired a non-binary officer to be its drag queen "Digital Ambassador" to draw new recruits. Tuberville pointed out that the military branch was "on the decline" with historically low recruitment, aging aircraft, and poor shipyard conditions. Yet
  
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• House Oversight demands ex-White House counsel Dana Remus testify as part of Biden classified records probe

  05-05-2023 18:04 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is requesting former White House Counsel Dana Remus testify before the panel and provide documents and information as part of its investigation into President Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified records. Comer, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital that the White House’s "narrative" regarding Biden’s retention of classified records "is unraveling."  REP COMER CLAIMS TESTIMONY BY BIDEN'S FORMER ASSISTANT ON CLASSIFIE
  
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• Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian mercenary group announces retreat from Bakhmut

  05-05-2023 18:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Live updates on Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine.
  
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• Kansas kindergartener shot while playing in the front yard: 'Someone knows who did this'

  05-05-2023 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A kindergartner was fatally shot while playing in the front yard of his Kansas City, Missouri, home, and police say it did not appear to be a random act. Sir'Anthonio Brown, 6, was identified as the victim of Wednesday's shooting by a family member, according to KCTV. He was playing outside with a man, reportedly his uncle.Several gunmen wearing masks walked up to the family's home and opened fire, local news outlet KSHB reported. Police found 30 to 40 shell casings at the scene and located a ma
  
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• Escaped Virginia inmate who allegedly killed a deputy gets captured in Mexico

  05-05-2023 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A man who escaped from a Virginia jail this week after being charged in the 2022 killing of a North Carolina sheriff's deputy was captured in Mexico Thursday, authorities said. Alder Marin-Sotelo, 26, was one of two inmates who escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville Sunday. He was taken into custody Thursday afternoon by Mexican authorities in the state of Guerrero, in southwestern Mexico, the FBI in Charlotte, North Carolina, said in a post on Twitter. Officials did not immediately re
  
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• Closing arguments near in gruesome Colorado murder trial of stepmom who allegedly stabbed 11-year-old stepson

  05-05-2023 17:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Closing arguments are expected Friday in the trial of a woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson in Colorado, putting his body in a suitcase and then dumping it over a bridge in Florida. Authorities allege Letecia Stauch killed Gannon Stauch by stabbing and shooting him a few hours before reporting him missing on Jan. 27, 2020, while his father was on a National Guard deployment. Stauch was charged with first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with physical
  
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• Indian troops ordered to ‘shoot on sight’ amid violence in Manipur

  05-05-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands evacuated to army camps as authorities struggle to bring inter-ethnic tensions under controlIndian troops have been deployed to the north-eastern state of Manipur with orders to “shoot on sight” and enforce a curfew as deadly clashes between tribal and non-tribal groups continue for the third day.The violence and arson has forced about 9,000 people to flee their homes in the remote state, which borders Myanmar. The state government has not given the number of deaths but the
  
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• What do we know about drone attacks in Russia?

  05-05-2023 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to kill President Putin in a drone attack, which Ukraine denies.
  
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• Biden admin failed to properly screen staff at emergency centers for unaccompanied migrant children: watchdog

  05-05-2023 17:41 via foxnews.com
  
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) often did not conduct background checks on workers staffing emergency centers for unaccompanied migrant children as numbers spiked dramatically in 2021, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. The Office of Inspector General visited 10 of the 14 emergency intake sites (EIS) and one of the influx care facilities (ICF) that were set up in early 2021 as numbers of unaccompanied minors coming to the southern border rocketed ami
  
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• Biden picks failed OMB nominee Neera Tanden to replace Susan Rice

  05-05-2023 17:39 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden on Friday announced that White House staff secretary Neera Tanden will be promoted to serve as the president's new domestic policy adviser, following former Ambassador Susan Rice's exit from that role. The White House also said that Stefanie Feldman will be the new White House staff secretary and Zayn Siddique will be promoted to Principal Deputy of the Domestic Policy Council. Tanden was initially nominated by Biden to head the Office of Management and Budget. The nomination was
  
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• KISS's Paul Stanley walks back comments criticizing children's gender reassignment surgery

  05-05-2023 17:35 via foxnews.com
  
  KISS frontman Paul Stanley walked back criticisms of children receiving gender reassignment surgery, saying his previous statements have not been sufficiently clear. Stanley previously spoke out against gender reassignment surgery for children Monday in a short statement calling the practice "a sad and dangerous fad." "While my thoughts were clear, my words clearly were not," Stanley wrote Thursday on social media. KISS CO-FOUNDER BLASTS 'NORMALIZING' SEXUAL STRUGGLES IN CHILDREN: 'SAD AND DANGE
  
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• The life of King Charles III

  05-05-2023 17:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A photo gallery of the life of King Charles III.
  
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• Majority of Americans believe gender determined at birth, against biological males in women's sports: poll

  05-05-2023 17:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A new poll found that the majority of American adults believe gender is determined at birth and are against biological males competing in women’s sports. On Friday, a new Washington Post-KFF poll dropped with insights into Americans’ views on transgenderism in the nation, our schools, and women’s sports. The poll found that 57 percent of American adults believe gender is based on the sex "assigned" at birth while 43 percent say a person could change their gender later in life.
  
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• Texas police ID woman as baby abducted over 50 years ago

  05-05-2023 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas authorities have confirmed the identification of a woman abducted as a baby more than 50 years ago in 1971. Melissa Highsmith's family had been searching for her for decades, and on Nov. 22, they opened the results of a 23andMe test and got a match with Melissa's children. The Fort Worth Police Department on Thursday officially confirmed Highsmith's ID through a separate DNA test. "The Fort Worth Police Department has completed official DNA testing which confirmed Melissa Highsmith’s
  
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• Arizona suspect facing murder charge in hiker's death identified: source

  05-05-2023 17:25 via foxnews.com
  
  The suspect arrested in connection with the death of a 29-year-old female hiker who was found dead on a community hiking trail in Phoenix over the weekend has been identified by a law enforcement source as 22-year-old Zion Teasley.  Teasley, the source told Fox News, is being charged with first-degree murder. He also has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2020 for charges including assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, robbery, armed robbery and burglary.  Lauren Heike was fo
  
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• Parents protest school after first graders allegedly force girl to perform sex act, record it on iPad

  05-05-2023 17:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Parents in a Texas school district are demanding answers from school officials after first-graders allegedly forced their 6-year-old classmate to perform a sex act while they filmed it despite a teacher being in the classroom. Parents and community members angered by the situation at Plainview South Elementary School in Plainview gathered outside the administrative office of the Plainview Independent School District (ISD) on Monday, according to the Plainview Herald, which noted the protest swel
  
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• US investigates after elderly woman in Wisconsin dies while trapped in flaming SUV

  05-05-2023 17:22 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an emergency. Documents posted Friday on the agency's website say the probe covers more than 82,000 Journeys from the 2009 model year. The investigation was ope
  
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• Chicago prep school's 'negligent behavior' toward cyberbullying led to student's suicide, parents allege

  05-05-2023 17:22 via foxnews.com
  
  This story may contain details that are disturbing. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. In January 2022, Robert and Rose Bronstein's 15-year-old son died by suicide after The Latin School of Chicago allegedly ignored the teenager's complaints about bullying on social media from his peers. The Bronsteins allege that the school never notified them after their son, Nate, went to school staff with concerns about th
  
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• State charges dropped against Indiana woman accused of stabbing an Asian student in hate crime attack

  05-05-2023 17:14 via foxnews.com
  
  State charges including attempted murder have been dismissed against a woman accused of stabbing an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus, court records show. Billie R. Davis, 56, of Bloomington, who is white, still faces a federal hate crime charge in the stabbing of the 18-year-old woman with a folding knife on Jan. 11. The victim from Carmel, Indiana, was waiting to exit the bus in downtown Bloomington, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Indianapolis. Online court
  
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• WATCH: Heartwarming videos of daddy-daughter dates go viral

  05-05-2023 17:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Mason Smith and his daughters Berkeley and Hadley have gone viral for their daddy-daughter dates, pranks and surprises. Their TikTok account, @dadsocial, has more than 2 million followers.
  
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• Video shows Ukrainian delegate punching Russian official who grabbed flag

  05-05-2023 17:05 via foxnews.com
  
  A Ukrainian delegate was captured on video punching a Russian official in the face after his country’s flag was taken from him while trying to photobomb a video interview with the lead delegate from Moscow.  The incident involving Olesandr Marikovski happened Thursday at an Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation meeting in Ankara, Turkey, according to Reuters.  The footage showed a man walking up to Marikovski as he held his Ukrainian flag behind Russian del
  
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• House Republicans introduce resolution supporting law enforcement, condemning defund the police movement

  05-05-2023 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: A pair of House Republicans are dropping a resolution ahead of National Police Week supporting law enforcement and condemning the defund the police movement. GOP Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado and Andy Biggs of Arizona are introducing a new resolution to expressing the House of Representatives’ support of local law enforcement and "condemning efforts to defund or dismantle local law enforcement agencies." Buck told Fox News Digital that National Police Week is an opportunity to s
  
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• Colombia cancels US deportation flights, blasting ‘cruel’ mistreatment of migrants

  05-05-2023 16:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of Colombia’s migration agency cites degrading treatment by US officials as flights returning citizens suspendedColombia has suspended US deportation flights returning citizens detained at the Mexico border, because of cruel and degrading treatment by US migration officials and last-minute flight cancellations.Fernando García, head of Colombia’s migration agency, blasted cruel and degrading treatment that some migrants were subjected to before boarding and during the flig
  
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• New Jersey pasta mystery solved after social media runs wild with viral images

  05-05-2023 16:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The mystery of who dumped hundreds of pounds of pasta in a wooded area of New Jersey has reportedly been solved.  Middlesex County residents said the noodles came from an Old Bridge home that is up for sale.  A neighbor told WNBC that a military veteran who is moving out of the house after the death of his mother seemingly found a stockpile of old food there. "I mean, I really feel like he was just trying to clear out his parents' house, and they were probably stocked up from COVID," n
  
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• Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says

  05-05-2023 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Close to 20 million people are likely to have died during the last three years, says the WHO.
  
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