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• Nick Kyrgios withdraws from Wimbledon over wrist injury: 'I'll be back'

  02-07-2023 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Nick Kyrgios was the runner-up in last year’s Wimbledon tournament and entered the 2023 tournament as the No. 30 seed.  However, the Australian tennis superstar announced Sunday he will not be participating in the Grand Slam event. Kyrgios wrote on his Instagram story he tore a ligament in his wrist. "Hey everyone, I’m really sorry to say that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon this year. I tried my hardest to be ready after my surgery and to be able to step on the Wimbledon cour
  
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• Maryland woman killed by stolen forklift, suspect at large: police

  02-07-2023 23:42 via foxnews.com
  
  A Maryland woman was killed by a stolen forklift and a manhunt was underway for the suspect, police said Sunday.  Charles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a home improvement store in the 2500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf – about 30 miles south of D.C. – around 12:40 a.m. Sunday.  Witnesses said the suspect broke into the business, stole a forklift, and fled by ramming the gates.  The suspect was already gone by the time deputies arrived.  PASSENGE
  
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• Twins' Carlos Correa unbothered by offseason drama: 'You’ve got to move on and look ahead'

  02-07-2023 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Health concerns complicated Carlos Correa’s free agency over the winter, and he saw potential deals with the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets nixed. Correa ended up re-signing with the Minnesota Twins and has played in 73 games for them this season. He was batting .217 with 11 home runs and 37 RBIs before Sunday’s game.  He said during Minnesota’s series against the Baltimore Orioles he had no regrets about how it all played out. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE O
  
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• Baltimore shooting: Two dead and 28 injured in mass casualty event, police say

  02-07-2023 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than a dozen of the injured were under 18, a senior city official said, as suspects remain at large.
  
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• Chinese tourists visiting France hurt in riots, officials say

  02-07-2023 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Chinese tourists visiting the southern French city of Marseille were injured Thursday during riots that have swept the country.  A bus carrying Chinese tourists had its windows smashed, leading to minor injuries and prompting a complaint from China's Consulate General in Marseille. The Consulate General's formal complaint called for France to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens and their property.  The bus attack came during prolonged violence that has hit French cities in
  
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• 2024 GOP candidates call last week's Supreme Court decisions a win for 'freedom'

  02-07-2023 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A handful of 2024 Republican presidential candidates made the Sunday morning cable news rounds expressing their support for the controversial trio of Supreme Court decisions handed down last week that have prompted calls from the left for "packing" the court. In a matter of two days, the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action policies in college admissions, against President Biden’s student loan bailout and in favor of a graphic designer’s free speech right to refuse creating
  
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• Wimbledon 2023: Djokovic, Swiatek, Williams in action - day one preview

  02-07-2023 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic will open proceedings on Centre Court when Wimbledon 2023 gets under way on Monday.
  
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• Digital Detox: How to put your phone down this summer

  02-07-2023 23:17 via foxnews.com
  
  The idea of a digital detox is nothing new. Heck, the phrase brings up 66.6 million Google Search results. Speaking of Google, you should hide your address, phone number and any other private details that come up in a search. Get the simple steps to do that here. No matter how ubiquitous "digital detoxing" is, most of us don’t take enough time away from our devices. It’s unreasonable to say no screen time at all, but I challenge you to cut your screen time in half for a week. Yo
  
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• Baltimore mayor calls Sunday's mass shooting 'reckless' and 'cowardly' act of violence

  02-07-2023 23:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A Baltimore, Maryland, shooting overnight left two dead and 28 others injured, prompting the city’s mayor and police to call on citizens to come forward with any information about the mass shooting that could lead to an arrest. "This was a reckless, cowardly act of violence that has taken two lives and altered many, many more," Mayor Brandon M. Scott said on Sunday afternoon. "We will find those who are responsible, and we will not stop until we do so." Baltimore Police Department Acting C
  
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• South Carolina plane crash near golf course leaves at least one dead, others injured

  02-07-2023 21:50 via foxnews.com
  
  A small plane crashed near North Myrtle Beach Sunday morning, killing at least one person and injuring others.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a single-engine Piper PA-32 with four people on board crashed northwest of Grand Stand Airport in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, around 11 a.m. local time.  Officer Pat Wilkinson of the North Myrtle Beach Police Department told Fox News Digital that at least one person died in the crash and another, a woman, was taken to the
  
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• The false French riot posts spreading online

  02-07-2023 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A number of false and misleading claims about the French riots have been circulating on social media.
  
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• Mike Pence says there was 'no pressure' in his calls to governors after the 2020 election

  02-07-2023 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mike Pence said there was “no pressure involved” from Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election when he called Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in 2020.
  
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• Watch: Mexican mayor weds crocodile in harvest ritual

  02-07-2023 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ceremony is part of an age-old ritual in which the reptile represents mother earth.
  
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• Eighty Afghan civilians may have been summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told

  02-07-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyers for bereaved families allege British soldiers carried out policy of terminating all fighting-age menEighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry.One of the elite soldiers is believed to have “personally killed” 35 Afghans on a single six-month tour of duty as part of an alleged policy to terminate “all fight
  
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• WATCH: Robot takes stage to conduct orchestra in Seoul

  02-07-2023 19:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A two-armed android robot, EveR 6, took the conductor's podium in Seoul to lead a performance by South Korea's national orchestra.
  
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• 'Never apologize': How Moms for Liberty teaches its members to spin the media

  02-07-2023 17:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  A media training at the Moms for Liberty annual conference provided a rare look inside the effort to control the narrative.
  
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• Nauru: Why Australia is funding an empty detention centre

  02-07-2023 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The last refugee has left Nauru, but Australia will keep spending vast sums to keep the centre open.
  
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• South African Zulu king’s entourage denies ‘poisoning’ rumours

  02-07-2023 15:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Confusion as spokesperson says reports Misuzulu Zulu in hospital after falling ill were untrueUncertainty reigned on Sunday over the health of South Africa’s Zulu king, the head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy, with his spokesperson denying reports he had been hospitalised.Misuzulu Zulu, 48, ascended the throne last year after the death of his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, amid a bitter feud over the royal succession. Continue reading...
  
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• Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini treated for suspected poisoning - aide

  02-07-2023 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The monarch's traditional prime minister says he is being treated in a hospital in Eswatini.
  
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• Israel’s far-right government fans the flames of vigilante settler violence

  02-07-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Religious nationalists emboldened now their representatives are major players in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new administrationFive bullet holes now scar the walls and window of Hummus Restaurant, a modest fast food outlet near the settlement of Eli on the Israeli-built highway running the length of the occupied West Bank.On 20 June two gunmen affiliated with Hamas, the militant group in control of the Gaza Strip, shot and killed four people here in one of the worst attacks committed by Palestini
  
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• Israel's air force attacks Syria and Syrian air defense missile explodes over northern Israel

  02-07-2023 13:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement
  
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• Paris riots: Suburban mayor's wife hurt as rioters attack their home

  02-07-2023 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Attackers tried to set the house on fire before firing rockets at the mayor's fleeing wife and children.
  
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• 2 people dead, 28 injured after a 'mass shooting incident' in Baltimore

  02-07-2023 11:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A "mass shooting incident" in Baltimore has left "multiple victims" in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood in the southern district of the city, authorities said.
  
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• 7 shot, 2 trampled in shooting at nightclub in Kansas

  02-07-2023 11:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Seven people were shot and two others have been trampled after a shooting inside a nightclub in Wichita, Kansas, early Sunday morning.
  
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• WATCH: Officers rescue dog trapped in canal

  02-07-2023 07:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Quick-thinking officers helped get a dog out of an Arizona canal by tempting it with some baked goods.
  
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• After several turbulent days, flight disruptions ease despite worries about 5G signals

  02-07-2023 05:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Passengers endured tens of thousands of weather-related flight delays this week.
  
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• 2nd bus carrying asylum seekers from Texas arrives in Los Angeles

  02-07-2023 05:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  It's the second time a bus arrived in less than three weeks.
  
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• Ukraine prepares for possible nuclear attack with disaster drills

  02-07-2023 05:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News was invited to the drills in the city of Zaporizhzhia this week, about 30 miles from the plant.
  
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• Australia news live: Ukraine’s ambassador invites Penny Wong to Kyiv; Dutton says companies supporting voice ‘lack backbone’

  02-07-2023 03:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Opposition leader says corporate backer like BHP, Rio Tinto and Wesfarmers are ‘trying to please people in the Twittersphere’. Follow the day’s news, liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMyroshnychenko says Ukraine war can’t get any worseOn the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his wagner mercenary group, Myroshnychenko says he is reluctant to get into speculation about “palace intrigue” in Russia.We haven’t seen any
  
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• Prince Harry, Piers Morgan and hacking: What did the bosses know?

  02-07-2023 02:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Did knowledge of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers journalists go right to the top?
  
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• Hiker assisting police as search continues for Belgian Celine Cremer in Tasmania wilderness

  02-07-2023 02:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigators say hiker ‘not in any trouble’ but could help determine tourist’s movements prior to her disappearanceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice are continuing to search for missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer in north-western Tasmania, a day after a hiker came forward who police hope could provide crucial clues about her disappearance.Celine Cremer was reported missin
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 494 of the invasion

  02-07-2023 02:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Putin’s admission of funding Wagner could open doors for war crimes trial; Zelenskiy warns of ‘serious threat’ at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVladimir Putin’s admission that the Wagner group had been “fully funded” by the Russian state could make it easier for an international court to prosecute him for war crimes, experts in international law have said. In the year to May 2023 alone, Wagner reportedly received more than 86
  
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• Australian teens ‘inundated’ with gambling ads with YouTube most common platform, report states

  02-07-2023 01:54 via theguardian.com
  
  At-risk children between 12 and 17 reported seeing promotions from a wide range of sources including their homes, school and social mediaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastYoung people are being “inundated” with gambling ads in their everyday lives, particularly sports betting ads and social casino games, amid unprecedented levels of exposure for at-risk adolescents.Children between 12 and
  
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• Load-shedding could switch South Africans off the ANC

  02-07-2023 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With South Africans experiencing worsening power cuts, the crisis is fuelling demands for change.
  
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• Minimum hourly wage in swanky West Hollywood is the highest in the US

  02-07-2023 01:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Business owners are concerned about growing labor costs they say could force them into financial hardshipThe swanky, celebrity-studded city of West Hollywood officially has the highest minimum wage of any US city after pay zoomed to $19.08 an hour Saturday.Workers in West Hollywood welcomed the increase amid rising rent, gas and food prices, although employers grumbled about growing labor costs that they say could drive them out of business. Continue reading...
  
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• The man who helped Orban and Netanyahu rise to power

  02-07-2023 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "It's good to have an enemy," says George Birnbaum, one of the godfathers of modern populism.
  
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• Your pictures on the theme of 'aviation'

  02-07-2023 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.
  
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• UK airports say they can reach net zero and still expand. Is it just pie in the sky?

  02-07-2023 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite the Climate Change Committee’s warnings to stop growing capacity, Gatwick is gearing up for another try at a second runwaySo what bit of “no new airport capacity” did airports not understand? The Climate Change Committee (CCC) spelled it out again on Wednesday: flying accounted for 7% of UK carbon emissions last year, the trend is upwards, and more airport capacity is “incompatible” with national net zero targets.Of course, they’ve said it before: but
  
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• California reparations: How do you put a price on racism?

  02-07-2023 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The state of California is considering giving the descendants of slaves $1.2m each.
  
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• France riots live: teargas fired in Marseille as 45,000 more police deployed across country – as it happened

  02-07-2023 00:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Police braced for unrest after funeral for Nahel, killed by police on Tuesday, held near Paris on SaturdayMore than 1,000 people were arrested in the fourth night of unrest, as family and friends prepare to bury the 17-year-old fatally shot by police.Associated Press reports that France’s interior ministry said that 1,311 people were arrested as protesters once again clashed with police. Continue reading...
  
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• North Carolina amusement park closes ride after discovering crack in support beam

  02-07-2023 00:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The park calls it the “tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in North America."
  
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• Hachiko: The world's most loyal dog turns 100

  02-07-2023 00:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Akita Inu has been lionised in Japan and beyond as a symbol of devotion and fidelity.
  
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