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• Expert tips for treating and preventing razor burn

  11-08-2023 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The best razor burn treatments include hydrocortisone cream, moisturizer and Aquaphor. Learn how to treat razor burn and prevent it, according to dermatologists.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt’s brother, Charlie, dies of cancer aged 53

  11-08-2023 23:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor’s younger brother was diagnosed with sarcoma three years agoThe younger brother of the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has died aged 53 after being diagnosed with cancer three years ago.Charlie Hunt discovered he had sarcoma, an aggressive and rare type of cancer that typically begins in the bones or soft tissue, in 2020. Continue reading...
  
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• Incredible photos of 'wee beasties' in Glasgow park

  11-08-2023 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How lockdown helped David Hamilton discover his love for macro photography in a local park.
  
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• NBC News and the Des Moines Register partner for Iowa polling

  11-08-2023 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  NBC News will partner with the Des Moines Register and Mediacom for "The Iowa Poll" in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential caucuses in the state.
  
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• Hawaii fires: death toll expected to rise significantly as Lahaina buildings are searched

  11-08-2023 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Maui county mayor warns of more victims being found beyond tally of 55 so far, as governor says ‘climate change is here’Hawaii fires – follow the latest updatesThe loss of life from three fires that have ravaged the island of Maui and obliterated the village of Lahaina is expected to rise above Friday’s official tally of 55 dead, officials have warned, as crews continue a desperate search for survivors.“I think that number could go up,” the Maui county mayor,
  
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• Judge orders FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried to jail after bail revoked

  11-08-2023 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Lewis Kaplan says he has cause to believe defendant ‘had tried to tamper with witnesses at least twice’ since December arrestSam Bankman-Fried’s bail has been revoked ahead of his October fraud trial after prosecutors accused the indicted founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX of tampering with witnesses.Bankman-Fried is expected to report to jail later on Friday after Judge Lewis Kaplan announced the decision at a hearing over Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions
  
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• Police search Missouri River for barrels after body found in kidnapping case

  11-08-2023 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials say evidence linked to case of Timothy Haslett could be located in river after remains of potential witness discoveredMissouri police are warning that more evidence linked to an alleged violent kidnapper could be located in the state’s namesake river after the remains of a potential witness were found there last month.Authorities made the announcement after the discovery of the body of Jaynie Crosdale, 36, in July. Continue reading...
  
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• Ohio's Senate race is high on Trump's radar after a tough week for Republicans

  11-08-2023 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  A source close to Trump said he had seen Frank LaRose’s kind remarks about Mike Pence and downplayed any expectations of neutrality in the primary.
  
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• Fox's top lawyer exiting company months after $787.5M Dominion settlement

  11-08-2023 22:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Viet Dinh, Fox's chief legal and policy officer, plans to step down from his role at the end of the year and become a special adviser to the company, Fox said.
  
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• 15 best new products so far this month

  11-08-2023 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The best new products in August 2023, like Hoka sneakers, Sony headphones, Samsung phones, Lululemon shoes, Versed skin care and more.
  
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• High school basketball star dies following medical emergency

  11-08-2023 22:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Caleb White, a senior at Pinson Valley High School, died following a medical emergency at his school, officials said.
  
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• WATCH: Thousands of rubber ducks float down Chicago River in annual Duck Derby

  11-08-2023 22:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Thousands of rubber ducks raced down the Chicago River and floated to the finish line in the annual Duck Derby, a charity event supporting Special Olympics Illinois.
  
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• Denver house explodes and partially collapses, hospitalizing 1

  11-08-2023 22:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An explosion caused a four-unit apartment building in Denver to partially collapse, sending one person to the hospital with minor injuries
  
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• Judge warns Trump about intimidating witnesses and disclosing secrets in 2020 election case

  11-08-2023 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a protective order in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
  
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• Italy could host Musk v Zuckerberg cage fight

  11-08-2023 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The culture minister says he has spoken to the X boss about hosting the showdown as a charity event.
  
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• Israeli military enters West Bank refugee camp, sparking firefight and a fatality

  11-08-2023 21:38 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israeli military stormed into a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday, sparking a firefight with Palestinian gunmen and killing a Palestinian man, medics said. The raid into the Tulkarem refugee camp was the latest deadly Israeli military operation into Palestinian cities and towns following a monthslong surge of violence that has escalated regional tensions, highlighted the weaknesses of the Palestinian Authority and helped fuel rising militancy in the restive occupied t
  
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• Judge sends Sam Bankman-Fried to jail over alleged witness tampering

  11-08-2023 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried will head to jail on Friday after a judge sided with a request by federal prosecutors to revoke the FTX co-founder’s bail over alleged witness tampering.
  
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• Francis Suarez suggests he may drop out of the presidential race if he doesn’t make the GOP debate

  11-08-2023 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Miami Mayor Francis Suarez indicated Friday he would drop out of the race for the presidency should he not qualify for the first GOP primary debate.
  
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• Troyes President Aymeric Magne departs amid domestic violence sentence controversy

  11-08-2023 21:33 via foxnews.com
  
  French club Troyes fired its president, Aymeric Magne, on Friday. The second-tier club said in a statement that Magne's contract was terminated with immediate effect following a board meeting earlier in the day. Troyes did not give further details but French media reports say the decision comes after Magne, who had been in his role for two years, failed to overturn a three-month suspended sentence for domestic violence. FRENCH RIOTS: NEW REPORT DETAILS THOUSANDS OF ARRESTS, HUNDREDS OF ATTACKS O
  
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• AG Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe

  11-08-2023 21:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a special counsel will be appointed in the ongoing probe of the president's son, Hunter Biden.
  
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• Zelenskiy sacks military recruitment heads over frontline bribes scandal

  11-08-2023 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian president describes taking of cash from people who want to avoid conscription as form of treacheryRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVolodymyr Zelenskiy has announced the dismissal of all the heads of Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centres in the latest drive to root out corruption after officials were accused of taking bribes from those seeking to avoid the frontlines.At a time when the country’s army is in need of new recruits, Ukraine’s presiden
  
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• Distrustful Republicans rip Hunter Biden special counsel appointment

  11-08-2023 20:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  House and Senate Republicans ripped Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to appoint a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe.
  
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• Suella Braverman under pressure to scrap refugee barge plan after legionella found

  11-08-2023 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after bacteria which can cause serious lung infection found in waterWhat is legionella and what can it do?UK politics live – latest updatesSuella Braverman is under pressure to abandon plans to house asylum seekers on a barge after 39 people had to be removed from the vessel after the discovery of potentially deadly bacteria in the water system.Ministers said they were concerned contractors knew there were traces of legionella bacteria on the Bib
  
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• Who is David Weiss, the newly appointed Hunter Biden special counsel?

  11-08-2023 20:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday that David Weiss would be appointed as special counsel for the Hunter Biden probe.
  
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• Beachgoers survive cliff collapse in stunning video of 'lucky escape'

  11-08-2023 20:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Beachgoers on the southern coast of England narrowly avoided tragedy when a cliff overlooking the West Bay beach collapsed, dumping tons of rock and boulders the size of cars onto the sand. "Rockfalls and Landslips can happen at anytime," the Dorset Council said following the incident. "These people had a lucky escape." "The South West Coast Path above the cliff at West Bay is currently closed," they added.  Cliff rangers responded to news that the cliff collapsed on Tuesday following stron
  
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• Uzbekistan trial reveals higher death toll of 65 children linked to contaminated cough syrups

  11-08-2023 20:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Uzbekistan began a trial on Friday over the deaths last year of 65 children linked to contaminated cough syrups, announcing for the first time a much higher death toll than before. The Central Asian nation had previously reported only 20 deaths linked to the medicines, which were produced by India's Marion Biotech. Among the 21 defendants - who are all Uzbek citizens - are former senior officials who were in charge of licensing imported medicines and executives of a private company that imported
  
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• Government attacks on lawyers degrading, say former Tory law officers

  11-08-2023 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Dominic Grieve and Edward Garnier denounce ‘lefty lawyer’ rhetoric as dossier target fears abuse will turn physicalTwo former Conservative law officers have criticised the political rhetoric against “lefty lawyers” as damaging and wrong as the head of the Law Society warned it could lead to physical attacks on immigration solicitors.Dominic Grieve, a former attorney general, and Edward Garnier, a Conservative peer and former solicitor general, said lawyers should not be a
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Russian troops launch five missile strikes, killing one person – as it happened

  11-08-2023 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  One missile strike was destroyed but probability of airstrikes remains high, says general staff of Ukraine’s armed forcesRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceDaniel Boffey is in Ukraine for the Guardian:There have been four major explosions in the last few minutes in Kyiv. The blasts could be heard across the Ukrainian capital. Continue reading...
  
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• Argentina faces accelerated monthly inflation at 7.1% in July, posing challenges ahead of key elections

  11-08-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Argentina's monthly inflation rate likely sped back up to 7.1% in July, a Reuters poll of analysts showed, a blow for the ruling Peronist coalition, which is battling to avoid defeat by the conservative opposition in primary elections on Sunday. The sharper expected rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) would halt a run of slowing monthly inflation readings since a peak of 8.4% in April and underline how hard to budge inflation has become in the embattled South American nation. Argentina has on
  
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• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys home in Miami's 'billionaire bunker.' Tom Brady will be his neighbor

  11-08-2023 20:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Amazon founder is buying an estate on an exclusive man-made barrier island in Miami known as “Billionaire Bunker,” where he will be neighbors with a growing list of celebrities.
  
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• Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor

  11-08-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: BMA council chair says medics will have no option but to stage more industrial action until ministers make ‘credible offer’Rishi Sunak’s “increasingly intransigent” and “belligerent” stance on medics’ pay is blocking the path to ending the industrial action in the NHS, leaving no option but to strike until the next general election, one of Britain’s top doctors has warned.Speaking to the Guardian on Friday after junior doctors laun
  
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• Hawaii governor says residents will be able to return to Lahaina today

  11-08-2023 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hawaii governor says residents will be able to return to Lahaina today
  
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• ‘Twinverclyde’: 17 sets of twins to start school in one Scottish authority

  11-08-2023 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Inverclyde welcomes second largest number of twins on record to start primary educationSeventeen sets of twins will start primary school in one Scottish local authority next week, the second largest number on record.Schools in Inverclyde will welcome the twins for the first time on Friday 18 August, in an area that has colloquially become known as “Twinverclyde”. Continue reading...
  
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• Kenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee's. The actual suspects were in the bathroom

  11-08-2023 19:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an officer punching a Black man the officer mistakenly thought was involved in a hit-and-run crash
  
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• Photos: Wildfires rip through Maui, killing at least 55 and destroying historic town

  11-08-2023 19:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Images from Maui show the extent of the Hawaiian wildfires, the damage caused by the blazes and how residents are responding to the disaster in Lahaina and beyond.
  
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• London council blocks China’s plan to build embassy near Tower of London

  11-08-2023 19:33 via foxnews.com
  
  China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local opposition to what would be the biggest diplomatic compound in Britain. The borough of Tower Hamlets, the local government council in London responsible for the area, blocked the project in February, citing concerns about the increased risk of terror attacks, protests and traffic in an area visited by millions of tourists each year. Chinese authorities had until Thursday to appeal the decision to the
  
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• Ethiopia cracks down on gay sex in hotels, bars and restaurants

  11-08-2023 19:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Security forces in Ethiopia are cracking down on hotels, bars and restaurants in the capital Addis Ababa where gay sexual activity is alleged to take place, the city administration said on Thursday.
  
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• Pentagon head of space policy appears in Harrogate court after boys injured in collision

  11-08-2023 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Col Benjamin Oakes pleads not guilty to two counts of causing injury by careless driving outside North Yorkshire collegeThe head of space policy for the US joint chiefs of staff at the Pentagon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of causing injury by careless driving in North Yorkshire.Benjamin Oakes, 46, is accused of causing a collision that left two 15-year-old boys seriously injured outside Ashville College in Harrogate. Continue reading...
  
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• Why weren't Maui residents warned sooner?

  11-08-2023 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite an extensive emergency warning system, Lahaina residents say the wildfire came as a surprise.
  
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• China has its own reasons for being at Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia

  11-08-2023 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Gathering in Jeddah offers Beijing chance to placate global south and limit damage with west over Russia relationsWhen the Chinese envoy Li Hui arrived in Saudi Arabia, to join international talks on a peace deal for Ukraine this week, it was a pointed contrast with Beijing’s decision to skip a similar forum in Copenhagen in June.At the summit, which excluded Russia, Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy promoted his vision for ending the war to a large gathering of countries from the
  
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• Mexico retains Jaime Lozano as coach following Gold Cup victory

  11-08-2023 18:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Jaime Lozano is staying on as Mexico coach after leading the team to the Gold Cup title last month. Lozano had been serving as interim coach, but the Mexican Federation has decided to drop the interim tag. The 44-year-old Lozano also coached Mexico to bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, but his contract expired after the Games. "We want to trust a Mexican coach, it´s time to recognize that there are great coaches in Mexico who are prepared and deserve the chance to lead our team," said Ivar Sisn
  
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• Jakarta named world's most polluted city: Dry season, motorized vehicles play large role in poor air quality

  11-08-2023 18:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The dry season and motorized vehicles are the main causes of the air pollution in Jakarta, Indonesian authorities said Friday, after a Swiss air quality technology company named the city as the most polluted in the world. Thick smoke and gray skies have appeared every morning for the past few months in Jakarta, the capital city of the world's fourth most populous country. Jakarta routinely tops listings of the world's most polluted cities, most recently in a ranking by IQAir, which is based in S
  
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• Why a special counsel was appointed in the Hunter Biden investigation

  11-08-2023 18:38 via nbcnews.com
  Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that U.S. Attorney David Weiss has been appointed as special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell explains why it’s important for the investigation into President Biden’s son to be independent of the Department of Justice. 
  
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• Lahaina banyan tree emerges as charred but still standing in sign of hope, locals say

  11-08-2023 18:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  A large banyan tree in the heart of Old Lahaina that was badly scorched by the fires that ransacked Maui appears to have emerged from the flames still standing.
  
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• 5 UN employees who were abducted in Yemen 18 months ago have been released

  11-08-2023 18:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations said Friday that five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago have walked free. In a brief statement, Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said all "available information suggests that all five colleagues are in good health." Haq named the freed men as Akm Sufiul Anam; Mazen Bawazir; Bakeel al-Mahdi; Mohammed al-Mulaiki; and Khaled Mokhtar Sheikh. All worked for the U.N. Department of Security and Safety, he said. "The s
  
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• Typhoon Doksuri's aftermath: Deadly floods ravage China's northern province of Hebei

  11-08-2023 18:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Severe floods in China's northern province of Hebei brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri this month killed at least 29 people and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, its provincial government said Friday. Official news agency Xinhua reported that rescue crews were still searching for 16 missing people as of Thursday and the province's reconstruction is expected to take two years to complete. Initial estimates showed the province's direct economic losses amounted to $13.2 billion, st
  
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• Devastating monsoon floods kill 5, displace 60,000 in Burma

  11-08-2023 18:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar have killed five people and displaced about 60,000 since mid-July, an official said Friday. The director of the ministry of social welfare, relief and resettlement, Lay Shwe Zin Oo, said four children are among the dead. Some parts of southern states of Kayin and Mon remain in critical condition due to heavy rains and rising river water levels, Lay said. The low-lying areas in some townships in the southern Bago and the central Magway regions, a
  
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• Zelenskyy fires all regional recruitment heads to fight 'corruption' in military recruitment

  11-08-2023 18:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday that he will be firing all regional heads of military recruitment. "Corruption in military recruiting will be eliminated," Zelenskyy wrote on social media alongside a video address. "The heads of all regional recruitment centers will be fired and replaced by brave warriors who have lost their health on the frontlines but have maintained their dignity.  "The decision was approved at today's NSDC meeting," the message added. WHITE HOUSE
  
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• Indian government proposes replacement of British colonial-era sedition law with own version

  11-08-2023 18:25 via foxnews.com
  
  India’s government proposed legislation Friday in Parliament that seeks to replace a British colonial-era sedition law with its own version. The government also submitted a bill that it said would better protect women and children by providing greater punishments for sexual crimes. Britain's rulers in India imposed a law against sedition — actions aimed at encouraging people to be or act against a government — in 1860 to repress freedom fighters. India won independence from the
  
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• South Korea throws huge K-Pop concert for 40K Scouts following major floods

  11-08-2023 18:18 via foxnews.com
  
  A day after a powerful tropical storm flooded dozens of homes and turned streets into muddy rivers, South Korea threw a huge K-Pop concert in Seoul for 40,000 Scouts whose global Jamboree was disrupted by the weather. Friday's concert at a wet soccer stadium featured various performers, including girl groups NewJeans and Ive. The show was quickly put together by government officials as the closing event of the World Scout Jamboree. It came as the country began to clean up and make repairs in the
  
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