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• Student waiting to board school bus killed by swerving pickup truck: Sheriff

  12-05-2023 23:48
  
  A swerving pickup truck struck and killed a student waiting to board a Wisconsin school bus Friday morning, authorities said.
  
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• New Hampshire governor ‘embarrassed’ by crowd’s behavior at Trump town hall

  12-05-2023 23:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Sununu said the audience’s conduct ‘doesn’t shine a positive light’ on the state, which will hold the first Republican primaryThe governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu, said it was “embarrassing” that Republican voters from his state laughed and applauded when Donald Trump mocked E Jean Carroll during aCNN town hall this week.Sununu may yet have to court such voters in a presidential run of his own. Continue reading...
  
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• Jordan Neely: What happened in NYC subway chokehold case?

  12-05-2023 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video shows Daniel Penny with his arms around Jordan Neely's neck for about two minutes and 55 seconds.
  
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• Ukraine makes gains in Bakhmut amid talks of spring offensive; Wagner tantrum continues

  12-05-2023 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine on Friday claimed it had recaptured ground in Bakhmut in a rare and significant shift in the war-ravaged region, though it does not appear to be a part of Kyiv's long-anticipated spring offensive. Fox News Digital could not independently verify any positional changes or advances in the fighting around Bakhmut, though according to Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar, Ukrainian forces had advanced over two miles within a week in the region, first reported BBC. The claims c
  
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• South Africa says US ambassador apologised for alleging country supplied arms to Russia

  12-05-2023 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reuben Brigety alleged a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and weapons in Cape Town last year.
  
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• Imran Khan's dramatic arrest saga... in under 90 seconds

  12-05-2023 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan's former prime minister has faced months of legal troubles and attempts to arrest him.
  
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• Manchester United: Erik ten Hag optimistic over 'quality' signings this summer

  12-05-2023 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United can attract "quality players" this summer despite uncertainty over the club's ownership, says manager Erik ten Hag.
  
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• NFL: Washington Commanders co-owner Dan Snyder agrees record £4.8bn sale to Josh Harris

  12-05-2023 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Washington Commanders co-owner Dan Snyder agrees to sell the NFL franchise to a group headed by Josh Harris in a record £4.8bn deal.
  
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• Gaza: Sixth militant commander killed in Israeli air strike

  12-05-2023 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He is the sixth Islamic Jihad chief killed in four days, as fighting between the two sides escalates.
  
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• WATCH: Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma

  12-05-2023 23:22
  
  Tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma amid an outbreak of severe weather across the Heartland.
  
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• Lori Vallow: US doomsday cult mum guilty of murdering children, rival

  12-05-2023 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lori Vallow, 49, faces up to life in prison for murdering her two children and her husband's former wife.
  
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• The importance of CPR during cardiac arrest, learned by this mother and daughter

  12-05-2023 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  Eva Blakely’s life was saved when she went into sudden cardiac arrest, due to her daughter Taylor’s quick thinking and training as a registered nurse. Dr. Akshay Syal reports on their story and the importance of CPR when someone goes into cardiac arrest.
  
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• Jamie Foxx out of hospital and recuperating, daughter says

  12-05-2023 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Corinne Foxx says the Oscar-winning actor is recuperating and even recently played pickleball.
  
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• NFL’s Washington Commanders to be bought from Dan Snyder by group including 76ers co-owner and Magic Johnson

  12-05-2023 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  A group led by billionaire investor Josh Harris has agreed to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder and his family.
  
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• Pakistan shut down the internet - but that didn't stop the protests

  12-05-2023 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions were plunged offline after Imran Khan's arrest but the blackout hasn't stopped protests.
  
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• Coronation photo shows King Charles with Prince William and Prince George

  12-05-2023 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Official photo shows the King with his elder son and grandson, who are next in line to the throne.
  
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• Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino new Twitter CEO

  12-05-2023 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NBCUniversal's former head of advertising is revealed as the new boss of the social network.
  
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• Meet 'Chonkosaurus,' the viral Chicago River snapping turtle

  12-05-2023 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  A massive snapping turtle lounging on a bed of rusty chains in the Chicago River has won hearts on the internet after a viral video circulated Twitter.
  
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• Oregon Republican boycott threatens key bills on abortion and gun control

  12-05-2023 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Walkout lasting more than a week has thrown statehouse into disarray and jeopardized Democrats’ legislative agendaOregon Republicans boycotted the statehouse for a ninth day on Thursday, denying lawmakers the quorum necessary to pass legislation, in a protest that could derail hundreds of bills, including proposals on gun control and abortion rights.While Democrats control the capital in the Pacific north-west state, Republicans have leveraged rules requiring two-thirds of lawmakers be pre
  
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• Ohio Republicans pass a measure that could make it harder to enshrine abortion rights

  12-05-2023 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ohio's GOP-controlled Legislature passed a series of measures this week that could make it harder to amend the state constitution to protect abortion rights.
  
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• Unaccompanied Honduran teen dies in US custody as Title 42 expires

  12-05-2023 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigators trying to determine cause for teen’s death, which occurred in a Florida shelter on WednesdayAn unaccompanied 17-year-old migrant from Honduras died in a shelter in Florida on Wednesday, according to authorities.Investigators on Friday were still trying to determine a cause for the teen’s death, which came as the US lifted immigration restrictions stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...
  
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• Country music star Jimmie Allen's former manager accuses him of sexual assault and harassment

  12-05-2023 22:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman accused country music star Jimmie Allen of sexual assault and harassment while she worked as his manager for two years, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday.
  
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• Title 42: Biden officials press on with deportation plans and warn those crossing unlawfully face tougher consequences – as it happened

  12-05-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials stress hardline approach as American Civil Liberties Union files lawsuit, saying new rules close off safe routes for people seeking asylumIn El Paso, the Texas city this home to one of the major crossing points from Mexico, the Associated Press reports on how the city’s faith leaders are navigating an influx of migrants that’s expected to grow in the days to come.Here’s more from their story:As changing policies, rampant misinformation and exasperated, fearful crowds
  
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• Man charged with manslaughter over subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely in New York

  12-05-2023 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Daniel Penny, a former marine who surrendered to police in New York, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guiltyThe man who killed Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold while on a subway in New York City has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Friday.Daniel Penny, 24, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty under the charge. Penny surrendered himself to New York police on Friday morning. Continue reading
  
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• Actor Jamie Foxx is out of the hospital and recuperating, his daughter says

  12-05-2023 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jamie Foxx has been out of the hospital for weeks, his daughter said Friday after multiple reports suggested the Oscar-winning actor's condition had worsened.
  
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• Tens of thousands march in Belgrade after mass shootings

  12-05-2023 21:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Marchers in Serbian capital’s second protest in a week decried populist president Aleksandar VučićTens of thousands of people have marched through Belgrade, blocking a key bridge in the second large protest since two mass shootings that rattled Serbia and left 17 people dead, including many children.Protesters gathered in front of the parliament building on Friday before filing by the government’s HQ and on to a highway bridge spanning the Sava River, where evening commuter
  
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• Idaho mom Lori Vallow found guilty of killing 2 of her kids, conspiring to kill husband's first wife

  12-05-2023 21:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lori Vallow, the Idaho mother accused of killing two of her children and conspiring to kill her husband’s first wife, was convicted on all charges Friday.
  
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• 4 children among 19 civilians killed, set on fire by Burmese soldiers

  12-05-2023 21:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Soldiers from Myanmar's military government raided a village in the country's central region, killing 19 villagers including four children and burning their bodies, independent media and a resident said Friday. The killings on Wednesday in Nyaung Pin Thar village in Bago region’s Htantabin township may have been in retaliation for an attack by resistance forces opposed to army rule. Radio Free Asia, a U.S.- funded news service, quoted a member of the locally formed People’s Defense F
  
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• Biden administration's power plant rules underscore reality of EPA limits

  12-05-2023 21:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration’s proposed power plant regulations could dramatically reduce carbon emissions while also allowing some fossil fuel infrastructure to continue operating without an end date in sight.
  
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• Fatal wedding crash suspect says she 'did nothing wrong,' records show

  12-05-2023 20:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The suspected drunken driver accused of killing a bride on her wedding day in South Carolina told police she "did nothing wrong" despite allegedly having a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit, according to official documents.
  
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• Eurovision: Ukraine's Zelensky should address contest, says Rishi Sunak

  12-05-2023 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The organisers of the song contest turned down a request from Ukraine's president to speak.
  
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• Grandfather of child orphaned in Texas shooting asks for prayers in emotional funeral

  12-05-2023 20:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  CARROLLTON, Texas — Traditional Korean three-tiered flower wreaths lined the halls Thursday evening at New Song Church outside of Dallas, where mourners gathered at a funeral for the Chos — remembered as family-oriented pillars in their community.
  
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• Jordan Neely's family says manslaughter charge is too lenient for NYC subway rider

  12-05-2023 20:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Marine veteran who was seen in a video putting Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway was arraigned Friday on a second-degree manslaughter charge that Neely’s family suggested was too lenient.
  
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• Biden and McCarthy spoke by phone ahead of debt ceiling meeting

  12-05-2023 20:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., spoke by phone with President Joe Biden on Sunday night ahead of the debt limit negotiations this past Tuesday.
  
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• Sunak and Starmer criticise decision to deny Zelenskiy a Eurovision speech

  12-05-2023 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Producers of event refuse Ukraine president’s request to speak over fears of politicising contestRishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have voiced their disapproval of a decision to prevent Volodymyr Zelenskiy from being able to address this year’s Eurovision.The prime minister and the Labour leader were united in criticising the decision to block the Ukrainian president’s request to speak at Saturday evening’s grand final. They were joined in their opposition by the former prime
  
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• Julian Nagelsmann: Former Bayern Munich boss will not be next Tottenham manager

  12-05-2023 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann will not be the next manager of Tottenham, BBC Sport understands.
  
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• Killed in an American mass shooting, a victim makes a crucial final journey home to India

  12-05-2023 20:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The body of Aishwarya Thatikonda, one of eight people killed in the mall shooting last weekend in Allen, Texas, has been flown to her family in India and cremated.
  
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• German ‘fireball’ explosion that severely injured several first responders may have been planned

  12-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  An explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack carried out by a man wanted in connection with an unpaid fine, officials said Friday. Police and firefighters had gone to the building in the western town of Ratingen on Thursday after receiving a call about a helpless person inside a top-floor apartment. What started out as a routine operation turned into an inferno when a man opened the apartment door and th
  
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• Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations discuss economic growth at Bangladesh conference

  12-05-2023 19:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations discussed regional economic growth, cooperation and security at the Indian Ocean Conference in Bangladesh on Friday as the Indo-Pacific grows in importance amid changes in the world order. Government officials and experts discussed the Russia-Ukraine war prominently in several sessions, reflecting concerns about how countries in the region would align themselves in the new complex order stemming from the war. "The Indian Ocean has reemerged as an impo
  
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• 2 French citizens held captive in Iran finally free, heading back to Paris

  12-05-2023 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A French citizen and another holding dual French-Irish nationality have been freed from an Iranian prison, French authorities said Friday, the culmination of a hard-fought effort to bring them home. Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who both had been held in a prison in Mashhad, in northeast Iran, were heading to Paris, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said. "Free at last," President Emmanuel Macron tweeted. "It's a relief." FRENCH POLICE CLASH WITH VIOLENT PROTESTERS DURING MASS MAY DAY DEM
  
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• Ukraine claims gains in Bakhmut after Russia denials

  12-05-2023 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After months of slow Russian advances in the devastated city, the momentum seems to have shifted.
  
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• Former NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino named CEO of Twitter

  12-05-2023 19:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk said Friday that Linda Yaccarino, the former head of ad sales for NBCUniversal, will be Twitter's next CEO.
  
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• UN human rights report says nearly 500 believed to have died in Mali village massacre last year

  12-05-2023 19:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the U.N. said Friday, significantly raising the death toll from what already has been called the worst single atrocity in Mali’s decade-long fight against extremist groups. The new report from the U.N. Human Rights Office details the violence that took place in the village of Moura in central Mali over the course of five days, and raises a previous to
  
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• Wild lion Loonkiito, 'one of the world's oldest', killed in Kenya

  12-05-2023 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Symbol of resilience" Loonkiito was killed after preying on livestock in a Kenyan village on Wednesday.
  
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• Michael J. Fox opens up about variety of injuries due to Parkinson's disease

  12-05-2023 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Michael J. Fox says he has broken several bones in the past few years, one of the indirect effects of his Parkinson’s disease.
  
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• Montenegro court agrees to release Terraform Labs founder on $435k bail

  12-05-2023 19:07 via foxnews.com
  
  A court in Montenegro agreed to release Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon from jail Friday along with another South Korean citizen who also is charged with using forged identification documents in the Balkan country. The Basic Court Podgorica accepted $435,000 in bail for each of the two suspects pending the outcome of their trial but prohibited them from leaving their apartment, which will be guarded by Montenegrin police, according to a statement. "They promised ... they will not hide until the e
  
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• US Army chief of staff meets with Indonesia's top defense official to push for stronger security ties

  12-05-2023 19:05 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Army Chief of Staff James McConville met with Indonesia’s top defense official on Friday to push for stronger security ties amid growing Chinese maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region. McConville said he and Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto discussed ways to deepen cooperation, including enhanced military exercises between the countries. "We have many friends in the region, and we work closely together. We all share the same interests for the region: peace, security,
  
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• Spain's Supreme Court upholds 135-year prison sentence for British teacher, nanny who created child porn

  12-05-2023 19:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Spain's Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 135-year prison sentence of a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed pornography of children in his care after changing his name and country following previous convictions. Ben David Rose legally changed his identity after his conviction on child pornography charges in Britain, meaning that he didn't appear as a registered sex offender during background checks in Spain. Rose, previously known as Ben David Lewis, received a two-year suspen
  
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• Stragglers pack up to evacuate Swiss village under urgent rockslide threat

  12-05-2023 19:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Stragglers packed up belongings in cars, trucks and a least one pickup truck before a looming deadline on Friday to evacuate a village in eastern Switzerland that is facing an urgent rockslide threat. About 2 million cubic meters of rock on an Alpine mountainside overhead could soon come crashing down. As geologists and other experts in fluorescent vests took measurements on Friday, villagers and vacationers bared their emotion that the centuries-old Alpine village of Brienz — home to unde
  
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• Hannah Waddingham: From Ted Lasso to a Eurovision Song Contest star

  12-05-2023 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The English actress, one of the song contest's co-hosts this year, is already a fan favourite.
  
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