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• Hundreds of golden retrievers gather at their ancestral home

  12-07-2023 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The dogs and their owners are marking 155 years since the breed's first litter was born.
  
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• Pro-Trump protester Ray Epps files defamation suit against Fox News

  12-07-2023 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lawyers for Epps accused Fox News of telling a "fantastical story" that he fueled the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
  
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• Former 'Jesus Christ Superstar' actor with Oath Keepers ties is acquitted of Jan. 6 charges

  12-07-2023 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  James Beeks — a Florida resident who was playing Judas in the traveling production of the musical when he was arrested — was cleared of all charges related to the riot.
  
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• Manipur: Murders and mayhem tearing apart an Indian state

  12-07-2023 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ethnic divisions in Manipur have led to complete segregation of the warring communities.
  
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• Larry Nassar was stabbed after making a comment while watching a Wimbledon women’s match, source says

  12-07-2023 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  The inmate suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar in a Florida prison over the weekend was set off after the former sports doctor made a comment while watching a Wimbledon women’s match on television, a source with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday.
  
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• Mexico: IEDs kill four police officers and two civilians in ‘brutal’ cartel ambush

  12-07-2023 22:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Another 14 wounded after seven improvised devices set off in attack by organized crime group in Tlajomulco, Jalisco stateFour police officers and two civilians have been killed by bombs planted in a road in western Mexico that officials said were an ambush set by a drug cartel.The attack late on Tuesday appeared to mark the first time that Mexican criminals have successfully targeted law-enforcement personnel with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, in the latest example of the brazen militar
  
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• Jenna Ortega and Pedro Pascal join the short list of Latino actors with leading Emmy nominations

  12-07-2023 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pedro Pascal and Jenna Ortega joined a short list of Latino actors nominated for Emmys for leading roles in "The Last of Us" and "Wednesday."
  
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• Ugandan president and son accused of sponsoring violence in ICC testimony

  12-07-2023 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Documents containing allegations of torture filed to court in support of complaint made by Bobi WineThe Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni, and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba have been accused of sponsoring violence and abusing critics in harrowing testimony filed before the international criminal court.The submissions contain detailed allegations of the torture of opposition figures and activists who report being arrested arbitrarily and being held incommunicado in “torture centres”, wh
  
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• Vivek Ramaswamy highlights his faith — and navigates religious differences

  12-07-2023 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a Hindu, is answering questions about his religion by pointing to shared values with GOP primary voters.
  
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• Reproductive rights groups sue to stop Iowa's new 6-week abortion ban

  12-07-2023 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  A group of reproductive rights groups said Wednesday they had sued to stop Iowa's newly passed six-week abortion ban from going into effect.
  
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• Canada to recall Prime Energy over caffeine levels

  12-07-2023 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say stores may be selling the product, which has yet to launch in Canada, without approval.
  
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• Nato: Warm words but a diplomatic reality check for Ukraine

  12-07-2023 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Zelensky wants assurances Ukraine will join Nato after the war, but members chose strategic caution.
  
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• Ukraine: Russian general reported killed in attack on Berdyansk hotel

  12-07-2023 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lt Gen Oleg Tsokov's death is announced on TV and by Russian war channels on social media.
  
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• ‘Vanderpump Rules’ receives 1st Emmy nomination after Scandoval drama

  12-07-2023 19:20 via today.com
  
  You know that it’s their time: “Vanderpump Rules” has officially been nominated for its first Emmy award.
  
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• From 'Succession' to 'Abbott Elementary,' here's the full list of 2023 Emmy nominees

  12-07-2023 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced July 12 as viewers are rooting for “The White Lotus,” “Succession,” “Ted Lasso” and “Abbott Elementary.”
  
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• UK imposes sanctions on companies linked to warring Sudanese factions

  12-07-2023 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Move designed to send message to forces involved as fears grow conflict could become more widespread in the regionThe UK has put sanctions on six companies it says are associated with the two sides fighting for power in Sudan, though the prospect of any of the Gulf states most entwined in the Sudanese economy joining the UK remain remote.The Foreign Office slapped sanctions on three firms linked to leaders of the Sudanese armed forces and three connected to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
  
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• Giant sloth pendants indicate humans settled Americas much earlier than thought

  12-07-2023 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists studied jewelry made from now extinct creatures and theorize that humans arrived in Americas 27,000 years agoNew research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than once thought.Scientists analyzed triangular and teardrop-shaped pendants made of bony material from the sloths. They concluded that the carved and polished shapes and drilled holes were the work of deliberate craf
  
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• WATCH: Giant panda gives birth to twin cubs in South Korea

  12-07-2023 17:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Plus, North Korea has conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in three months.
  
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• WATCH: Vultures strike perfect ‘spooky-cool’ pose

  12-07-2023 17:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  These turkey vultures gave an unexpectedly eerie dawn display in Flagstaff, Arizona.
  
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• Italian uproar over judge's 10-second groping rule

  12-07-2023 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young Italians object to the acquittal of a school caretaker who admitted groping a teenage student.
  
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• Milan Kundera, Czech author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' dies at 94

  12-07-2023 12:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94.
  
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• Wonka: Hugh Grant revealed as Oompa Loompa in new movie trailer

  12-07-2023 11:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The film, also starring Timothée Chalamet, will tell the backstory of famous chocolatier Willy Wonka.
  
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• South Korea welcomes first panda twins

  12-07-2023 04:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The moment a giant panda gave birth to twins for the first time in South Korea has been captured on camera.
  
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• North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea day after making threat

  12-07-2023 04:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  South Korea says North Korea has launched a long-range ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters
  
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• Insurance companies sue energy corporation blamed for helping start Colorado wildfire

  12-07-2023 04:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in 2021
  
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• Putin v Prigozhin: is Wagner too valuable to crush? - podcast

  12-07-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  When Wagner forces turned their guns against Russian forces it led to panic in Moscow. But after the coup was aborted and its leader accused of treachery, it was business as usual for the group’s lucrative Africa operations. Pjotr Sauer and Jason Burke reportYevgeny Prigozhin’s march on Moscow caused panic and led Vladimir Putin to go on the airways to condemn the head of Wagner. He decried the ‘treachery’ and vowed to ‘liquidate’ what remained of Wagner &ndas
  
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• Crane at fire-ravaged Notre Dame hoists giant wood trusses to the cathedral's roof

  12-07-2023 03:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A crane hoisted massive oak trusses from a barge and onto Notre Dame Cathedral in a spectacular operation to rebuild the fire-ravaged Paris monument and bring it back to life by December 2024
  
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• Man takes woman hostage in hotel room at Caesars casino, Las Vegas police say

  12-07-2023 03:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police say a man was arrested and a woman described as his hostage was released unharmed after an hourslong standoff in a room at the Caesars Palace resort on the Las Vegas Strip
  
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• 26-year-old woman dies after falling 500 feet at Rocky Mountain National Park: NPS

  12-07-2023 03:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A 26-year-old Boulder, Colorado, woman died after falling 500 feet while free-solo climbing a ridge at the Rocky Mountain National Park, park officials said.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes on track for early release from 11-year prison sentence

  12-07-2023 03:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes apparently has been behaving well enough so far during her more than 11-year prison sentence for duping investors in her blood-testing hoax to be eligible for release nearly two years ahead of schedule, according...
  
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• Threads: The BBC drama which affected a generation of viewers

  12-07-2023 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Threads is a social media app for some and a nightmarish BBC movie from 1984 for others.
  
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• Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison

  12-07-2023 02:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten has been released from prison after serving 53 years behind bars.
  
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• New details emerge in Alabama baseball gambling scandal involving ex-coach: report

  12-07-2023 01:31 via foxnews.com
  
  New details have emerged in the gambling controversy involving former University of Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon.  Bohannon was fired in May after allegedly being linked to "suspicious" wagers that prompted several states to halt betting on a college baseball game.  Sources told Sports Illustrated in a report published Monday that a youth league coach from Indiana was captured on surveillance video texting Bohannon using an encrypted messaging app while attempting to place a $1
  
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• The View's Hostin and Jake Tapper spar over CNN's Trump town hall: 'Night of unchallenged lies'

  12-07-2023 01:30 via foxnews.com
  
  "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin confronted CNN anchor Jake Tapper Tuesday about his network’s recent town hall with former president and 2024 GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Nearly two months after Hostin trashed CNN for hosting the event with Trump moderated by CNN host Kaitlin Collins, she complained to Tapper about the network airing Trump’s "unchallenged lies" to the nation with the broadcast. Tapper defended CNN’s decision to host the May event, saying Trump is the "leading
  
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• Ben Shapiro torches Randi Weingarten for claiming Israel is ‘on the precipice’ of losing democracy

  12-07-2023 01:28 via foxnews.com
  
  American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten faced criticism for saying Israel is close to losing its democracy amid protests over judicial reform. Wide-spread protests are ongoing in Israel over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition moving forward with a bill to limit the power of the nation's Supreme Court by preventing it from blocking government decisions it deems unreasonable. The bill was given initial approval after many months of Netanyahu's gove
  
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• DOJ reversal could clear way for Carroll's 1st lawsuit against Trump to proceed

  12-07-2023 01:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The DOJ says it's no longer claiming that Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his employment as president when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll in 2019.
  
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• PGA Tour official vows to meet with 9/11 families during Senate hearing on partnership with Saudis

  12-07-2023 01:19 via foxnews.com
  
  PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne vowed during a Senate hearing with the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Tuesday that the circuit’s leadership would meet with 9/11 victims’ families in response to the tour’s partnership with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), LIV Golf’s financial backers.  Dunne testified before the committee alongside Ron Price, the PGA Tour's chief operating officer, fielding several questions about last month’s announcement of
  
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• The mega-strike that could take down Hollywood

  12-07-2023 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Actors prepare to join writers on the picket lines, shutting down TV and film productions.
  
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• Bethany Joy Lenz of 'One Tree Hill' says she spent 10 years in a cult: 'There's a lot to tell'

  12-07-2023 01:17 via foxnews.com
  
  "One Tree Hill" star Bethany Joy Lenz revealed this week "there's a lot to tell" after she was in a cult for a decade.  "I was in a cult for 10 years. That would be a really valuable experience to write about," Lenz, who played Haley James on the early 2000s teen drama series, told her former co-stars Hilarie Burton Morgan and Sophia Bush and guest Michaela McManus on their "Drama Queens" podcast Monday. "And the recovery — 10 years of recovery after that. So, there’s a lot to t
  
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• World Eskimo-Indian Olympics: How ripped ears are preserving a rare culture in Alaska

  12-07-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the traditions of the hunt from hundreds of years before live on in an unusual annual sporting event in Alaska.
  
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• Equity activists outraged at Disney, Netflix for forcing DEI chiefs out: 'Corporate blackface'

  12-07-2023 01:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Diversity activists are accusing the entertainment industry of "corporate blackface" and running out of "White guilt" after a number of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) executives at top entertainment and media companies suddenly stepped down or were forced out of their roles.  Between June 20 and July 3, at least five executives overseeing DEI initiatives at leading entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, left their posts. All the outgoing execs a
  
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• 49ers' Deebo Samuel hangs up mid-interview over NFC championship question: 'That’s a joke'

  12-07-2023 00:57 via foxnews.com
  
  San Francisco 49ers wideout Deebo Samuel abruptly ended a radio interview Monday after being asked about his comments blaming the Niners’ NFC championship loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on injuries.  The Pro Bowl wide receiver said in May that the elbow injury sustained by rookie quarterback Brock Purdy early on in the championship game ultimately sealed San Francisco’s fate.  But when asked about those comments during an interview on CBS Sports Radio's "The Zach Gelb Show
  
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• WATCH: Zoo animals beat the heat in China

  12-07-2023 00:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Pandas played with ice blocks, tigers enjoyed a dip in the water and lemurs feasted on fruit and popsicles in a Chinese zoo to cool down in the summer heat.
  
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• Ukrainian Elina Svitolina bounces No. 1 Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon: 'War made me stronger'

  12-07-2023 00:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian Elina Svitolina delivered one of the biggest surprises at Wimbledon this year when she upset No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek on Tuesday, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Svitolina initially received a wild-card entry for the tournament and has been moving through her opponents. She beat Venus Williams, Elise Mertens, Sofia Kenin and Victoria Azarenka before getting to the Polish tennis star Swiatek. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Svitolina only returned to the tennis court three months ag
  
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• North Carolina trooper saved by bulletproof vest cleared in fatal shooting of armed motorist

  12-07-2023 00:37 via foxnews.com
  
  A veteran North Carolina state trooper was justified in fatally shooting an armed suspect during a traffic stop when the gunman opened fire on him, with only his ballistic vest saving his life, prosecutors said Tuesday.  State Highway Patrol Trooper Jeffrey L. Dunlap was shot in the chest just after 7:30 p.m. on July 3 while assisting a stranded motorist on Interstate 26, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety said.  LOUISIANA POLICE CHIEF CONVICTED OF STEALING SEIZED MONEY, CO
  
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• Homicide suspect strangled Indiana deputy to death with handcuffs, court docs claim

  12-07-2023 00:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A jail inmate accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy who was transporting him in a van used the chain of his handcuffs to choke the officer during an escape attempt in Indianapolis, according to court documents released Tuesday. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm, 61, died Monday at a hospital following the attack, which Indianapolis police are investigating as an "intentional act of homicide," Officer Shane Foley said. Durm’s cause of death was "ligature strangulation" an
  
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• Legislative standstill may lead to tuition hikes at Pennsylvania's top universities

  12-07-2023 00:32 via foxnews.com
  
  A partisan dispute about funding for three of Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may mean higher tuition for in-state students as a budget impasse continues further into the summer. The state government approached two weeks without full spending authority on Tuesday, while loose ends remained untied. Snarled in limbo is funding for three Pennsylvania universities that receive state subsidies — Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and Temple. Gov. Josh Shapiro and his Democ
  
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• Jay Leno remembers defying a general's warning and roasting President Reagan: 'Do not denigrate him'

  12-07-2023 00:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Comedian Jay Leno reminisced about how he once ignored a decorated general's warning and roasted President Ronald Reagan at a White House Correspondents' Dinner in the early 1980s. Appearing on "The Kelly Clarkson Show," Leno shared an anecdote about what happened backstage before the big event. Leno was prepared to have some fun at the president's expense, but as he was getting his notes ready, a general reportedly confronted him. "That's the president of the United States, you understand?" Len
  
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• Gun rights group issues 'travel advisory' for Massachusetts after lawmaker proposes more firearm restrictions

  12-07-2023 00:16 via foxnews.com
  
  A gun-rights advocacy group issued a "travel advisory" for Massachusetts after a Democrat lawmaker filed a bill that would put more restrictions on firearms. The National Association for Gun Rights issued the advisory on Tuesday and said the law would be among the most restrictive in the U.S. "The National Association for Gun Rights has issued a Travel Advisory for gun owners to and within Massachusetts in response to the State Legislature’s 140-page bill, House Docket 4420. HD 4420 is a c
  
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• Top lawmakers blast 'activist court' ruling blocking natural gas pipeline

  12-07-2023 00:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Several lawmakers excoriated a federal appeals court ruling Monday granting a coalition of environmental groups' request to block construction of a major natural gas pipeline green-lit under the bipartisan debt ceiling package passed last month. The deb ceiling bill — the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act which suspended the limit on federal debt through early 2025 — included a provision automatically approving any outstanding federal environmental permits for the 303-mile Mountain
  
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