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• European telescope launched to hunt for clues to universe's darkest secrets

  01-07-2023 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A European space telescope has blasted off to explore the mysterious and invisible realm known as the dark universe
  
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• United canceled flights for thousands of passengers while the CEO took a private plane

  01-07-2023 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Scott Kirby apologized but blamed the disruptions last weekend on a shortage of FAA air traffic controllersUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby apologized Friday for hopping on a private plane to get out of the New York area earlier this week while thousands of United passengers were stranded because the airline canceled so many flights.“Taking a private jet was the wrong decision because it was insensitive to our customers who were waiting to get home,” Kirby said in a statement issued b
  
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• Climate activists disrupt London Pride march to protest corporate sponsorship

  01-07-2023 22:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  They briefly halted the dance-filled march, blocking a Coca-Cola-sponsored float
  
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• RBA should pause rate rises as ‘deflationary shock’ sweeps global economy, former board member says

  01-07-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Warwick McKibbin says Australia’s central bank has been slow to react as supply pressures from Covid and war in Ukraine abateFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank should pause lifting interest rates because a “deflationary shock” is beginning to sweep the global economy, according to the former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin.The director of the ANU Research School of
  
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• Lawyer claims she wasn’t told for months that Aboriginal teen tried to take her life in youth detention

  01-07-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Incident at South Australia’s Kurlana Tapa centre was downplayed, lawyer claims, but government says safety and wellbeing of children is ‘highest priority’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer representing children detained at South Australia’s only juvenile justice centre claims she was not informed for almost two months when an Aboriginal teenager attempted to take her
  
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• Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says

  01-07-2023 21:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Young people are confined to cells the size of parking spaces, group says.
  
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• Feds call off pesticide spraying near New Mexico’s Rio Chama to kill invasive grasshoppers

  01-07-2023 21:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Federal land managers had planned to spray near the Rio Chama in New Mexico,
  
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• Two 14-year-olds fall to their deaths while subway surfing one week apart in New York

  01-07-2023 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two 14-year-olds fell to their deaths while subway surfing one week apart in New York, police said.
  
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• New Jersey: Dramatic rescue as helicopter pulls firefighter from dam

  01-07-2023 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boat had stalled and went over the edge of a dam during a rescue mission in New Jersey in the US.
  
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• The Dutch king apologizes for his country’s role in slavery on 150th anniversary of abolition

  01-07-2023 21:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery.
  
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• Thousands of Twitter users report problems accessing site as Elon Musk says new limits have been installed

  01-07-2023 21:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  As thousands of Twitter users reported problems attempting to access the social media site Saturday, Elon Musk tweeted he is limiting the daily number of tweets users can read.
  
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• Russian media watchdog blacklists outlets linked to Wagner mercenary chief

  01-07-2023 20:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Russian media watchdog has blacklisted at least five media outlets.
  
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• Revealed: record 170,000 staff leave NHS in England as stress and workload take toll

  01-07-2023 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Health service shown to be under some of worst pressure in its history in week Rishi Sunak launched plan to retain and recruit workforce• ‘You start thinking you will crack’: former NHS tell their storiesNearly 170,000 workers left their jobs in the NHS in England last year, in a record exodus of staff struggling to cope with some of the worst pressures ever seen in the country’s health system, the Observer can reveal.More than 41,000 nurses were among those who left their
  
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• WATCH: Grandparents sprint on horse racetrack

  01-07-2023 20:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  These grandparents put their sprinting skills to test in a 40-meter dash on a horse racing track in Washington.
  
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• North Carolina 12-week abortion ban goes into effect, down from 20-week limit

  01-07-2023 20:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Abortions are now prohibited in North Carolina after 12-weeks after a new ban goes into effect.
  
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• Florida man who shot dog in the face sentenced to 18 months in prison

  01-07-2023 20:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man who seriously injured a dog after shooting the animal in the face was sentenced to 18 months in prison, Florida authorities said.
  
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• Exclusive: UK water giants recruit top staff from regulator Ofwat

  01-07-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Demands for an end to the ‘revolving door’ as ex-Ofwat directors are hired by key firmsTwo-thirds of England’s biggest water companies employ key executives who had previously worked at the watchdog tasked with regulating them, the Observer can reveal.Cathryn Ross, the new interim joint chief executive of Thames Water and a former head of watchdog Ofwat, is one of several ex-employees working for water companies in senior roles such as strategy, regulation and infrastructure. C
  
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• Fireworks sales skyrocket as Americans spend record amount on pyrotechnics

  01-07-2023 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Sales expected to hit an ‘all-time high’, with figures suggesting fireworks market should increase by $100m from last yearCost of living, poor air quality and environmental concerns are no match for Americans’ willingness to spend a record amount on fireworks, according to reports ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, US consumer fireworks retailers have reported that sales of rockets, missiles, roman candles, aerial spinners, p
  
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• In the suburbs, too many feel France’s founding ideals don’t apply to them

  01-07-2023 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron has to find a way to deal with the anger and resentment simmering in communities on the marginsAt about 3am last Friday I was woken up by what sounded like gunfire. I wasn’t far wrong. From the back windows of my apartment in southern Paris I could make out fireworks being hurled at the police and hear the immediate response with “flash-balls”, the “less than lethal” weapons used by French police for riot control.I had spent the evening following the
  
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• Man, 46, arrested over double Islington stabbing as teenage victim is named

  01-07-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 23, and 15-year-old Leonardo Reid stabbed to death in north London on Thursday, while third man also woundedA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after a young man and a teenage boy were stabbed to death in north London.The 46-year-old man was arrested on Saturday afternoon and was in custody at a north London police station. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: counteroffensive will be long and very bloody, says US general – as it happened

  01-07-2023 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Gen Mark Milley says no one should have any illusions about difficulty of Ukrainian offensiveWhat we know on day 493 of the invasionHere are pictures from Friday of family and co-workers attending the funeral of a young female killed in a missile attack that hit a restaurant in downtown Kramatorsk on 27 June.The Guardian’s Shaun Walker, Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer have written an analysis about the likely vengeful response opponents of Vladimir Putin should expect after the attempted Wagne
  
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• ‘We are seen as less human’: inside Marseille’s districts abandoned by the police

  01-07-2023 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  In 2021 Emmanuel Macron promised victims of the city’s drug crime he would help. Grieving residents tell how he failed themInside, Emmanuel Macron was sharing a typically polished vision of a rejuvenated, safer Marseille. Yet it was outside the spruced-up gym in the impoverished Busserine district - tensions building on the hottest day of the year – where the real story was playing out.Little more than 12 hours before the police killing of a 17-year-old boy 500 miles north in Nanterr
  
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• Euclid telescope lifts off in search of the secrets of dark universe

  01-07-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  European Space Agency mission launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida to shed light on dark energy and dark matterA European-built orbital satellite was launched into space on Saturday from Florida on a mission to shed new light on dark energy and dark matter, the mysterious cosmic forces scientists say account for 95% of the known universe.The Euclid telescope, named for the ancient Greek mathematician known as the “father of geometry”, was carried in the cargo bay of a SpaceX Falcon
  
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• ‘Rightwing, illiberal’: Labour MP Jon Cruddas condemns Keir Starmer’s ‘witch-hunt’

  01-07-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  MP says moves to discipline Neal Lawson, who heads pressure group Compass, are a ‘disgrace’A senior Labour MP claims today that Keir Starmer’s party has fallen under the control of a “rightwing, illiberal” faction that is embarking on a “witch-hunt” not only against the Corbynite left but also anyone with an independent voice.In an extraordinary intervention, Jon Cruddas, the MP for Dagenham and Rainham, says that moves by the party to discipline and pos
  
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• Nebraska rodeo athlete and horse die after being struck by lightning

  01-07-2023 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Terrel Vineyard was checking on cattle while riding his horse Shorty when both were hit by lightning in OshkoshA Nebraska rodeo athlete and his horse both died after being struck by lightning last month in an exceedingly rare worst case scenario that came to pass.Terrel Vineyard, 27, was on his horse, Shorty, and checking on cattle in Oshkosh, Nebraska, on the afternoon of 21 June when he and the animal were hit by lightning, according to the Lighting Safety Council. Continue reading...
  
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• Death toll in Kenya road crash rises to 52

  01-07-2023 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Truck lost control at notorious junction in Londiani, hitting people and vehicles in latest road catastropheThe death toll of a road crash in western Kenya rose to 52 on Saturday, officials said, as rescuers worked to clear the wreckage from one of the deadliest traffic accidents in the country in recent years.A truck carrying a shipping container veered out of control and ploughed into multiple other vehicles and people thronging a busy roadside junction on Friday evening, plunging the nation i
  
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• Will it win the war or cause disaster? U.S. debates sending cluster bombs to Ukraine

  01-07-2023 18:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 120 countries have banned their use — Congress and human rights groups lambasted Russia for firing them last year, and the White House has resisted pressure to send them for months.
  
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• Man and woman arrested over ‘suspicious’ death of girl, 2, in Suffolk

  01-07-2023 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigations ongoing after body of toddler found in Ipswich on Friday morningA man and a woman have been arrested over the “suspicious” death of a two-year-old girl. Police said they found the body of the toddler at a property in Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, on Friday morning.Investigations at the property are ongoing and officers said the death was being treated as suspicious. Continue reading...
  
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• Watch: 'Dark explorer' telescope launched into space

  01-07-2023 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The launch is part of a mission that will map the cosmos to try and investigate so-called dark matter.
  
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• United Airlines CEO apologizes for 'insensitive' decision to fly private as airline was canceling flights

  01-07-2023 17:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby apologized for flying private the same week the airline canceled thousands of flights leaving customers stranded across the U.S. “Taking a private jet was the wrong decision because it was insensitive to our customers who were waiting to get home," Kirby said in a statement shared with NBC News by the airline.
  
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• Titans Hassan Haskins accused of strangling girlfriend during argument

  01-07-2023 17:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tennessee Titans running back Hassan Haskins was arrested after he was accused of strangling his girlfriend during an argument last week, according to an arrest affidavit.
  
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• French gun shop looted as fears of more violence grow

  01-07-2023 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A gun shop in Marseille was looted on Friday amid fears looting and violence will get worse on Saturday.
  
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• Western heat wave ahead of July 4th fireworks raises wildfire concerns

  01-07-2023 17:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Extremely hot, dry conditions forecast across much of the West through the Fourth of July are heightening concerns about wildfires and the dangers of fireworks, including in Salt Lake City where officials are replacing their traditional explosive extravaganza with a drone light show.
  
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• US set to rejoin Unesco after leaving during Trump presidency

  01-07-2023 16:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Biden committed to rejoining body to ‘counter Chinese influence’ after Trump administration pulled out over ‘anti-Israeli bias’The US is set to rejoin Unesco this month after a four-year absence from the global cultural and educational body that the country abandoned during the Donald Trump presidency over what his administration called “anti-Israeli bias”.The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s reunion with the US came after
  
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• French teen shooting: Piecing together what happened

  01-07-2023 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors are due to interview a witness after he posted a version of events online.
  
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• Marianne Williamson names third campaign manager in less than three months

  01-07-2023 16:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson named Carlos Cardona her new campaign manager — her third manager since she launched her bid in March.
  
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• Funeral for teen driver fatally shot by police follows fresh violence across France

  01-07-2023 16:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  PARIS — As the funeral for a teenager who was shot by a police officer began Saturday, France was left reeling after a fourth night of rioting raged in cities across the country, resulting in more than 1,300 arrests on Friday.
  
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• At least 51 people killed as truck rams other vehicles in western Kenya

  01-07-2023 15:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  A truck rammed into several other vehicles and market traders in western Kenya killing at least 51 people, police said.
  
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• Warm temperatures return to California after cool spring bringing wildfire risk

  01-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Weather probably milder than previous summers but wet winter spurred growth in grasses and vegetation that is ‘ready to burn’It’s been a slow start to the summer in California, where an extremely wet winter and unseasonably cool spring have left the landscapes lush. But a timely spike in temperatures is forecast for the holiday weekend, providing both ideal weather for revelry and the return of high risks.State officials have issued strong warnings to residents and visitors ali
  
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• Conservative influencers are pushing an anti-birth control message

  01-07-2023 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tim Pool, Ben Shapiro, and Steve Bannon have all made anti-birth control content in the past six months.
  
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• Ukraine's missing children: The search for babies taken by Russia

  01-07-2023 14:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Moscow is accused of abducting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. NBC News investigates what happened to babies taken from one orphanage in Kherson.
  
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• Infants were taken from an orphanage by Russians, and Ukraine has spent eight months searching for them

  01-07-2023 14:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Moscow is accused of abducting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. NBC News investigates what happened to babies taken from one orphanage in Kherson.
  
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• Many young women and girls have low levels of this essential mineral. Why symptoms are often missed.

  01-07-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Iron deficiency may be contributing to fatigue, brain fog and concentration problems in many adolescent girls and young women in the U.S., new research suggests.
  
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• From book bans to blueberries, here are some of the state laws taking effect July 1

  01-07-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  New state laws across the country Saturday run the gamut from prohibiting marriage licenses for kids in Connecticut to legalizing throwing stars in Indiana.
  
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• Stranded humpback whale dies on NSW mid-north coast despite rescue effort

  01-07-2023 12:08 via theguardian.com
  
  National Parks and Wildlife Service led operation to try to save 30-tonne whale which washed ashore on Seven Mile beachGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 30-tonne humpback whale has died after being washed ashore on Seven Mile beach on the New South Wales mid-north coast.The whale became stranded early on Saturday morning and was found by a member of the public on the north end of the beach. It died on Saturday night, at around 7pm, with the cause of death
  
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• Not many are in the mood for the 'Happy Hong Kong' campaign after years of curtailed freedoms

  01-07-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  HONG KONG — A pair of giant yellow ducks sailed into Hong Kong in early June, brightening its famous Victoria Harbor — only for one of them to deflate.
  
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• Giant ducks were supposed to lift spirits in Hong Kong, then one of them deflated

  01-07-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  HONG KONG — A pair of giant yellow ducks sailed into Hong Kong in early June, brightening its famous Victoria Harbor — only for one of them to deflate.
  
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• 'Colorblind Constitution': Supreme Court wrangles over the future of race in the law

  01-07-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  When the Supreme Court struck down college affirmative action programs, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas laid out his vision for a "colorblind Constitution"
  
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• 25 dead after bus crashes and catches fire in western India

  01-07-2023 10:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A tire blowout caused a bus to lose control and crash into a road divider and burst into flames, killing 25 people in western India early Saturday, police told local media.
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro barred from running for office until 2030

  01-07-2023 10:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was barred Friday from running for office again until 2030 after a panel of judges concluded that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system.
  
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