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• WATCH: Child's tantrum gets nearly two and a half million views on TikTok

  10-06-2023 23:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  In Case You Missed It: A little girl just trying to express herself, but three-year-old Bridget only knows kind words to express her frustration and displeasure.
  
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• Brittney Griner and Phoenix Mercury team allegedly harassed at Dallas airport

  10-06-2023 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The WNBA has condemned the "inappropriate actions" of a "social media figure" after Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury team were allegedly harassed at Dallas airport.
  
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• Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in US prison cell

  10-06-2023 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kaczynski evaded capture for 20 years after a mass US bombing campaign that killed three people.
  
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• Attorneys for Utah grief author accused of killing husband with spiked drink argue for her release

  10-06-2023 20:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Attorneys for a Utah author accused of poisoning her husband with a spiked drink and then writing a children’s book about how to cope with grief are seeking her release from jail, arguing in newly filed court documents that a witness for the prosecution gave conflicting information and that weeks before his death friends said the couple seemed "happier" than ever.
  
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• ‘Miracle, miracle’: lone children survive 40 days in Amazon jungle

  10-06-2023 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The four Indigenous children were the only survivors of a plane crash that killed their motherA few tantalising clues kept the rescuers going. The remains of fruit with bitemarks made by small human teeth, a pair of scissors and nappies in the rainforest mud. All offered hope that four children, who had miraculously survived a plane crash that killed their mother, the pilot and the only other adult on board, also survived the dangers of the Amazon.The oldest was only 13 when the plane went down
  
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• Dragos Tigau: Romania recalls Kenya ambassador over racist monkey slur

  10-06-2023 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dragos Tigau made a racist comment at a meeting in April but has only now been disciplined.
  
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• 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski found dead in his prison cell

  10-06-2023 19:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ted Kaczynski, the man known as the Unabomber, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a series of bombing across the U.S. that killed three people, was found dead in his North Carolina prison cell on Saturday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed.
  
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• WATCH: Dog and family reunited at a pet adoption event

  10-06-2023 18:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A family from Queens were looking to replace their dog Mocha who vanished last January and ended up finding her at the Animal Care Centers event.
  
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• Doctors urge Pope Francis to skip public prayer, says pontiff is recovering well

  10-06-2023 17:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis continues to recover at a hospital in Rome after undergoing abdominal surgery earlier this week. The pope underwent a laparotomy and received abdominal wall plastic surgery on Wednesday. The Vatican Press Office released a statement Saturday reporting that Pope Francis is maintaining "a cautious convalescence that aims to minimize strain on the abdominal wall to allow the implanted prosthetic mesh and muscle fascia repair to heal optimally." POPE FRANCIS WORKING FROM HOSPITAL IN STA
  
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• Exhausted crews battle Canadian wildfires as experts issue climate warning

  10-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Global heating and human changes to the landscape have invited more destructive fires, making fire season worseWeeks of unprecedented wildfires in Canada have burned millions of hectares, displaced more than 100,000 residents and plunged the country into a nationwide crisis as exhausted crews battle hundreds of blazes. But experts caution that a changing climate and human actions on the landscape will probably make fire seasons worse in the coming years.Hundreds of firefighters from across the w
  
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• When should you come out of Covid isolation? Experts weigh in.

  10-06-2023 16:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  When should we come out of isolation after being infected with Covid? Get guidance from medical experts on how to handle Covid isolation.
  
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• Trombonist soldier tries to play on after fainting

  10-06-2023 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The soldier was taking part in a rehearsal ahead of next weekend's Trooping the Colour.
  
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• Pope to skip Sunday blessing as he heals from abdominal surgery

  10-06-2023 14:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pope Francis, following doctors’ advice, will skip Sunday’s customary public blessing to allow him to better heal after abdominal surgery earlier this week, his surgeon said.
  
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• Ukraine forced to shut down largest nuclear plant due to combat, flooding

  10-06-2023 14:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine's nuclear energy agency has suspended operations at the nation's largest nuclear plant due to safety concerns.  The sixth and final reactor at Ukriane's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been put into a state of cool shutdown.  The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is already under occupation by Russian forces, and as flooding caused by the Kakhovka dam's destruction continues to force residents to flee the area, continued operations proved impossible. The Ukrainian governmen
  
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• Yes, flesh-eating bacteria can hitch rides on seaweed and plastic (no, don't cancel your summer vacation)

  10-06-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Disease-causing bacteria, including the type behind flesh-eating infections, can colonize rafts of seaweed and plastic pollution in the ocean, raising concerns about the risks to humans if they wash up on beaches.
  
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• Six months after ‘zero Covid,’ U.S. firms in China still face ‘uncertainty on top of uncertainty’

  10-06-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Government raids on foreign companies have undercut Beijing’s open-for-business message, reinforcing fears about the risks of operating in a market that remains essential.
  
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• Nine people killed in attack by al-Shabaab in Somali capital Mogadishu

  10-06-2023 12:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Islamist militants claim responsibility for blast at popular restaurant on Friday night that injured 20 peopleNine people were killed in an attack claimed by al-Shabaab Islamist militants at an upmarket restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday night, police have said.Those killed at the popular Pearl restaurant were six civilians and three soldiers, police said in a statement. Continue reading...
  
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• Last reactor shut down at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant as flood recovery goes on

  10-06-2023 12:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been put into a “cold shutdown” as a safety precaution amid catastrophic flooding from the collapse of a nearby dam, Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency said Friday.
  
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• Drowned zoo animals and rescued pets: Ukraine counts ‘catastrophic’ environmental cost after dam blast

  10-06-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman who braved checkpoints and dodged shelling to care for abandoned pets during Russia’s occupation of her hometown is now warning about the recent flooding’s devastating impact on the region’s animals.
  
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• Watch: How Colombia children jungle rescue unfolded

  10-06-2023 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four children have been found alive, weeks after a plane crash in the Amazon jungle.
  
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• Video shows a man held down by police in a Kansas City Walmart

  10-06-2023 07:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating an encounter recorded on video that shows a man being held down by multiple officers in a Walmart superstore on Thursday.
  
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• Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass after latest anti-LGBTQ+ comments

  10-06-2023 07:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass on Friday, one day after the right-handed reliever said he didn’t think an anti-LGBTQ+ social media post he shared last month was hateful
  
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• New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

  10-06-2023 07:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  More changes could be coming to voting districts in some states
  
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• Runway closed at Tokyo's Haneda airport after 2 jets accidentally contact each other

  10-06-2023 07:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two passenger planes have accidentally touched each other on a runway at a major Tokyo airport
  
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• Hero who saved hundreds of children during Rwandan genocide dies aged 61

  10-06-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Orphanage run by Damas Gisimba and his brother became refuge from militias during genocide that killed 800,000 RwandansDamas Gisimba, who sheltered and saved the lives of hundreds of people during the Rwandan genocide, has died. He was 61.In 1994, Gisimba and his brother were running an orphanage founded by their parents in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. Continue reading...
  
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• 4 Indigenous children lost in jungle for 40 days after plane crash are found alive in Colombia

  10-06-2023 06:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The children were alone and are now receiving medical attention.
  
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• 4 children, including baby, found after their plane crashed in Amazon jungle 40 days ago

  10-06-2023 04:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four Indigenous children missing in the Amazon jungle for 40 days following the crash of their small plane were found Friday.
  
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• Nicaragua confiscates properties of 222 opposition exiles

  10-06-2023 04:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The government of Nicaragua has announced the confiscation of properties belonging to 222 opposition figures who were forced into exile in February after being imprisoned by the regime of President Daniel Ortega
  
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• Colorado man pleads guilty in Vermont murder for hire conspiracy

  10-06-2023 04:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Colorado man who prosecutors say abducted and killed a Vermont man as part of a murder for hire conspiracy has pleaded guilty to charges that could land him in prison for life
  
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• Officer who raced to Parkland massacre scene testifies against deputy who stayed outside

  10-06-2023 03:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A police officer who rushed inside a classroom building during the Parkland school shooting says he encountered a sheriff's deputy outside who confirmed the shooter was upstairs
  
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• WATCH: Cincinnati zoo welcomes first baby sloth

  10-06-2023 03:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Zookeepers at the Cincinnati Zoo were thrilled to welcome their first baby sloth earlier this week. Both the mother and baby are “doing well and bonding behind the scenes,” the zoo says.
  
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• American Airlines, JetBlue seek to keep some ties despite losing antitrust case

  10-06-2023 03:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  American Airlines and JetBlue are trying to salvage parts of their partnership in the Northeast, even after a federal judge ruled they must break up the deal
  
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• Missing Colombian children from deadly jungle plane crash found alive after 40-day search

  10-06-2023 03:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Four Colombian children were found alive Friday after they were missing for over a month from a deadly jungle plane crash, according to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. The children — whose ages range from 11 months to 13 years old — had been passengers on a plane that crashed May 1.  The flight departed from the southern town of Araracuara en route to a northern part of Colombia, when it experienced engine failure. The pilot of the Cessna C206 had declared an emergency before
  
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• Colombian government establishes 6-month ceasefire with largest remaining guerrilla group

  10-06-2023 02:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Colombia’s government and its largest remaining guerrilla group agreed Friday to a six-month cease-fire at talks in Cuba, in the latest attempt to resolve a conflict dating back to the 1960s. The government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, announced the accord at a ceremony in Havana attended by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, top guerrilla commander Antonio García and Cuban officials. The cease-fire takes effect in phases, goes fully into effect in August and then lasts
  
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• Erdogan appoints former US banking executive to head central bank

  10-06-2023 02:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head the central bank Friday, sending the strongest signal yet that the newly reelected leader might pivot from his unusual economic policies that many blame for worsening a cost-of-living crisis. Hafize Gaye Erkan, 41, is Princeton-educated and will become the first woman to lead the Turkish central bank. She briefly served in 2021 as co-chief executive of First Republic Bank, which last month became the seco
  
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• Chris Mason: The ghost of Boris Johnson haunts Rishi Sunak

  10-06-2023 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-PM, with a life-long knack for throwing stones and grabbing attention, is doing just that.
  
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• Kolkata metro: A British engineer's unrealised India underwater train

  10-06-2023 02:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Harley Dalrymple-Hays's plan to build an underground rail in Kolkata did not take off because of lack of funds.
  
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• US couple struggle to bank huge haul of pennies

  10-06-2023 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple in Los Angeles attempt to cash in dozens of bags filled with the coins found in a basement.
  
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• Judge in FTX bankruptcy rejects media challenge, says customer names can remain secret

  10-06-2023 01:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Delaware bankruptcy judge says the names of individual customers of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading can be permanently shielded from public disclosure
  
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• Renaissance World Tour: 'I saw Beyoncé five times in a month'

  10-06-2023 01:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Superfan Bilal Rouabah went to Queen Bey's Renaissance World Tour five times in less than a month.
  
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• Week in pictures: 3-9 June 2023

  10-06-2023 01:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.
  
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• Devout Catholic pilgrim becomes heroic 'backpack hero' in France

  10-06-2023 01:41 via foxnews.com
  
  A modern-day pilgrim on a walking tour of France's cathedrals told journalists on Friday his Catholic faith gave him the strength to fight a man who stabbed four children in a park in Annecy. Dubbed "the backpack hero" - "le héros au sac a dos" - by media, the 24-year-old who only gave his name as Henri said he was near a playground when he saw the man attacking children in a stroller as their mother tried to shield them on Thursday. It was God's will that he was there and able to interve
  
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• Spanish leftist party unity may improve Socialist PM Sánchez’s re-election odds

  10-06-2023 01:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s chances of getting reelected after a July election have received a potentially important boost following an agreement between more than a dozen small leftist parties to run on a joint ticket, a deal that is expected to provide key support for Sánchez's Socialists in any post-election negotiations to form government. The deal signed late Friday ended days of intense negotiations and was sealed at the last moment with an agreement between
  
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• Illinois adopts new LGBTQ+ protections for community deemed 'under attack' in the US

  10-06-2023 01:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Illinois is making it easier for gay couples to marry and moving toward gender-inclusive language in laws affecting LGBTQ+ youth in foster care through two new laws signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker
  
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• Mexico to require employer-provided internet, ergonomic chairs for remote workers

  10-06-2023 01:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexico’s Labor Department issued new rules Friday requiring employers to pay for internet and provide ergonomic chairs for employees working from home. The new rules also mandate a "right to disconnect" for employees who work at least 40% of their time from remote locations. Remote workers often complain that, because they are constantly reachable at home, they are also constantly asked to work. Mexico, like many other countries, saw a big increase in remote working during the coronavirus
  
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• Family of woman found in dumpster is 'ready to fight' after charges dropped because of police department's racist texts

  10-06-2023 01:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The sister of a woman whose torched body was discovered in a dumpster last year slammed Northern California prosecutors after they dropped charges against two men accused in her death, citing the case’s link to racist and derogatory text messages that have shaken a local police department.
  
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• Trump indictment ridiculed by ex-Reagan DOJ official, citing prosecutor's McDonnell, Edwards case failures

  10-06-2023 01:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Special Counsel Jack Smith's 37-count indictment of former President Donald Trump reads with "a lot of fury" but lacks key elements of typical document-mishandling cases, the former chief of staff in Ronald Reagan's Justice Department said Friday. Mark Levin, host of "Life, Liberty & Levin" and the top staffer for then-Attorney General Edwin Meese III, said Smith's criminal indictment lacks evidence Trump destroyed or substantively mishandled classified information. Levin said the former Kos
  
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• Michigan State to spend $300K on mass shooting memorial

  10-06-2023 00:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Michigan State University said it will use approximately $300,000 in donations to create a memorial to honor students who were killed or wounded in a mass shooting in February. The permanent memorial, to be "planned through a meaningful, respectful and collaborative process," was disclosed Friday as the university announced what it will do with $2 million given to the Spartan Strong Fund. Three students died and five more were wounded when a gunman fired inside two campus buildings on Feb. 13. A
  
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• MT gas plant to resume construction after judge reverses climate-based permit suspension

  10-06-2023 00:55 via foxnews.com
  
  NorthWestern Energy will resume construction of a natural gas power plant along Montana's Yellowstone River following a two-month delay, a company spokesperson said Friday, after a state judge revived a pollution permit for the project despite lingering concerns over its climate-changing emissions. Work on the $250 million plant near the town of Laurel was largely halted in April when Judge Michael Moses canceled its permit and said officials had failed to adequately consider the 23 million tons
  
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• Watch as researchers find fossilised whale jaws

  10-06-2023 00:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bones, which were covered by a black ferromanganese crust, are likely many millions of years old.
  
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