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• Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams

  18-08-2023 23:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A New York City drug dealer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K
  
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• American Airlines sues travel site to crack down on money-saving 'skiplagging' trick

  18-08-2023 23:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  American Airlines is trying to crack down on a travel hack
  
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• Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro appears to have been at Capitol on Jan. 6

  18-08-2023 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chesebro was indicted with Trump and 17 others in Georgia this week on charges related to the effort to keep Trump in power despite losing the 2020 election.
  
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• They integrated Little Rock’s schools — now they’re slamming restrictions on AP African American Studies

  18-08-2023 23:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several members of the Little Rock Nine pushed back on the Arkansas Department of Education's criticism of the Advanced Placement African American Studies course.
  
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• James Buckley, Conservative senator and brother of writer William F. Buckley, dies

  18-08-2023 23:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Former federal appeals court judge and New York Senator James Buckley has died at age 100
  
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• Biden strengthens U.S. ties with Japan and South Korea as leaders meet at Camp David

  18-08-2023 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The trilateral summit comes as tensions between the U.S. and China have risen in recent years over Taiwan, economic issues and a spy balloon.
  
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• Law enforcement expects Trump to surrender at Atlanta jail at the end of next week

  18-08-2023 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The latest news about when Donald Trump is expected to surrender to be arrested at a Fulton County, Ga. jail.
  
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• WATCH: Dog has adorable reaction to learning she is getting adopted

  18-08-2023 22:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Cali was overjoyed when she realized she had finally found her forever home.
  
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• Historic meeting of US, Japan and South Korea's leaders to counter North Korea, China

  18-08-2023 22:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The historic summit of the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea marks a renewed trilateral commitment to securing the Indo-Pacific.
  
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• US ‘concerned’ over reports of Russia-North Korea nuclear cooperation

  18-08-2023 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  National security adviser Jake Sullivan makes comments as US, Japan and South Korea agree to new security pledgeThe United States is “concerned” about the national security implications of North Korea and Russia reportedly cooperating on nuclear missile technology, the Biden administration said, as the US welcomed the leaders of Japan and South Korea to Camp David on Friday for an unprecedented trilateral summit.The US, Japan and South Korea agreed to a new security pledge committing
  
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• Florida Proud Boy member scheduled for sentencing in Jan 6. case is now missing

  18-08-2023 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Christopher Worrell, a Florida Proud Boy convicted on seven counts stemming from his actions during the Jan. 6 riot, is now missing.
  
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• US-Japan-S Korea summit a coup for Biden but will détente last?

  18-08-2023 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US hosts its first ever joint meeting with South Korea and Japan - neighbours with a tense relationship.
  
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• Fearful of 'Covid 2.0,' Maui business owners say they welcome tourism

  18-08-2023 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Maui business owners say they welcome tourism after the deadly wildfires, but some residents say now is not the time to be visiting.
  
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• Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature - Musk

  18-08-2023 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk says the feature "makes no sense", but users are concerned about protection from abuse.
  
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• DOJ finds police officer's suicide after Jan. 6 attack was a death in the line of duty

  18-08-2023 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The widow of a police officer who died by suicide after he was assaulted during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been found eligible for a federal benefits program for the families of fallen officers.
  
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• Father of 20-year-old murdered by girlfriend in 100 mph crash doesn't want life in prison for her

  18-08-2023 21:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ohio teenager Mackenzie Shirilla may spend the rest of her life behind bars after a judge ruled she intentionally drove 100 mph into a brick building, killing her boyfriend and his friend, in a "mission of death."
  
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• Trump decides to snub the first GOP debate in favor of an interview with Tucker Carlson

  18-08-2023 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has made up his mind not to attend the first GOP debate next week, according to two sources familiar with his thinking, and is seeking a sit-down interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson as a means of counter-programming the event.
  
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• 'The Blind Side' scandal renews backlash over a common Hollywood trope

  18-08-2023 20:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The legal battle between former NFL star Michael Oher and the white Tennessee family who took him in, as portrayed in the fictionalization of their lives in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” has renewed conversations about a common film trope: the white savior.
  
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• CDC and WHO monitoring new Covid variant with large number of mutations

  18-08-2023 20:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  A handful of cases of BA.2.86 have been identified globally, but scientists aren't sure if the variant is capable of spreading widely.
  
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• DNA links killing of Maryland hiker to Los Angeles home invasion

  18-08-2023 20:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Authorities say DNA has linked the killing of a Maryland woman found near a hiking trail to a home invasion and assault in Los Angeles earlier this year
  
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• Women's World Cup memorable moments: Lord of the Rings, dislocated shoulders and presidential bets

  18-08-2023 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The Women's World Cup has provided many memorable moments on the pitch. Here are some you may have missed off it.
  
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• Using stem cells, doctors restored vision to people with devastating eye injuries

  18-08-2023 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new stem cell procedure is helping restore vision in patients with severe eye injuries, according to research from Mass Eye & Ear in Boston.
  
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• 3 of 5 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death want separate trials

  18-08-2023 19:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Tennessee judge has set a September court hearing to discuss requests by three of five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols to face separate trials
  
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• Doctors' warnings ignored as UK nurse killed more babies

  18-08-2023 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hospital bosses failed to investigate allegations and tried to silence doctors, BBC investigation finds.
  
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• Baltimore teen accused of firing into crowd during block party mass shooting

  18-08-2023 18:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A second teenager has been arrested in connection with Baltimore mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 others injured during a neighborhood block party earlier this summer
  
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• US hails ‘new era’ of Asia Pacific relations as Biden welcomes Japan and South Korea leaders to Camp David – live

  18-08-2023 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  US to announce ‘significant steps’ to enhance security cooperation as leaders arrive for historic summitA standalone summit bringing together the leaders of Japan and South Korea would have been almost unthinkable just over a year ago, when the north-east Asian neighbours were embroiled in disputes over their bitter wartime legacy.Bilateral ties were at a low point before the South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, took office in May 2022, due to compensation claims by Koreans over Ja
  
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• Three-Michelin-star Danish restaurant to relocate to London for one day

  18-08-2023 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Collaborative ‘series of bites’ to be served up as Noma looks to a future without its celebrated Copenhagen restaurantNoma, the three-Michelin-star Danish restaurant that shocked foodies by announcing it would close at the end of 2024, is coming to London – for one day only – as it rolls out a series of spin-off ventures including its own seaweed farm on a remote fjord.The Copenhagen restaurant, which charges 3,950 Danish kroner (£453) a person for a tasting menu of
  
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• Labour changes wording of pledges on workers’ rights as Rayner says party is ‘far from watering down’ policy – as it happened

  18-08-2023 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog has now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage herThe government has been trying to make this “NHS week” in their comms strategy, hoping that announcements on changes to cancer targets and funding for an extra 900 beds might catch voters’ eyes. One of today’s announcements is that all GP surgeries in England will move to a digital phone system by spring.The government says it could potentially bring an end to the “8am scramble” w
  
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• ‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses

  18-08-2023 17:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Mother and father whose twin boys survived nurse’s attack say Countess of Chester hospital did not act on doctors’ concernsLucy Letby found guilty – latest updatesThe parents of twin babies attacked by Lucy Letby said they felt “very, very let down” by executives at the hospital, believing health bosses “could have stopped” the nurse taking “our joy, our happiness”.The newborn boys, known as Child L and Child M, had to be resuscitated by doct
  
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• China’s property crisis deepens with developer Country Garden at risk of default

  18-08-2023 17:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection and firms covering 40% of Chinese home sales have defaultedChina’s property crisis has deepened with two major developers facing severe financial difficulties that threaten to send shock waves through the country’s economy and beyond.Evergrande, the poster child for the woes of China’s property sector, filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York on Thursday. The provision permits the company to protect its US assets and
  
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• Record number of UK school leavers gain university places through clearing

  18-08-2023 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Ucas says 10,400 had been admitted through clearing by Friday, amid concern over lower grades awarded in EnglandRecord numbers of British teenagers have won university places through clearing, as the post-pandemic readjustment of A-level grades meant thousands in England missed out on their initial course offers.The Ucas admissions service said 10,400 UK school leavers had been admitted through its clearing service by Friday, the day after A-level results were published in England, Wales and Nor
  
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• Government orders independent inquiry into Lucy Letby murders

  18-08-2023 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry will look at circumstances surrounding babies’ deaths at Countess of Chester hospitalLucy Letby child murder convictions - latest updatesMinisters have announced an independent inquiry into how the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was able to murder seven babies and attempt to kill six others before she was reported to police.The inquiry, announced by the health secretary, Steve Barclay, will be independent from the NHS and government and involve input from families, but it will not be a
  
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• US hails ‘new era’ of Asia Pacific relations as Biden hosts historic summit with Japan and South Korea – live

  18-08-2023 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  US to announce ‘significant steps’ to enhance security cooperation as leaders meet at Camp David A standalone summit bringing together the leaders of Japan and South Korea would have been almost unthinkable just over a year ago, when the north-east Asian neighbours were embroiled in disputes over their bitter wartime legacy.Bilateral ties were at a low point before the South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, took office in May 2022, due to compensation claims by Koreans over Japan&rsq
  
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• Victoria paid EY more than $30m for Covid pandemic health projects

  18-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Public health expert says value of contracts cannot be assessed as they are described using ‘waffle words generated by the obfuscation machine’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government paid the consultancy firm EY more than $30m to help manage and deliver key public health projects during the pandemic, including contact tracing and the rollout of tests and vaccines.Government contracts show the health department paid EY $17.4m f
  
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• Lucy Letby whistleblower: ‘Babies would have survived if hospital had acted sooner’

  18-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Dr Stephen Brearey accuses Countess of Chester trust of failing properly to address concerns about nurse who killed babiesLucy Letby child murder convictions - latest updatesBabies would have survived if hospital executives had acted earlier on concerns about the nurse Lucy Letby, a senior doctor who raised the alarm has said.In an exclusive Guardian interview, Dr Stephen Brearey accused the Countess of Chester hospital trust of being “negligent” and failing to properly ad
  
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• Inflation spiral: food prices could yet rise higher and may never come down

  18-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Concerns are growing over the effects of a warming climate on production and the danger of high grocery prices getting embedded into Australia’s economyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFood prices have been rising rapidly and there are reasons to fear they will push even higher. Economists warn some prices might never come down.The ominous outlook is linked to drought conditions wilting crops in major grain-producing nations, disrupted grain deliveri
  
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• Iran arrests female activists in crackdown ahead of protests anniversary

  18-08-2023 16:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Iran has detained women's rights activists in a crackdown ahead of the anniversary of the Mahsa Amini protests.
  
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• US, Japan and South Korea agree to security pledge over China’s objections

  18-08-2023 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Duty to consult’ commitment means three countries will contact each other in event of security crisis or threat in the PacificThe United States, Japan and South Korea have agreed to a new security pledge committing the three countries to consult with each other in the event of a security crisis or threat in the Pacific, according to Biden administration officials.Details about the new “duty to consult” commitment emerged as Joe Biden prepared on Friday to welcome South K
  
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• Lucy Letby: nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies – latest updates

  18-08-2023 16:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at Countess of Chester hospital between 2015 and 2016Nurse Lucy Letby found guilty – full storyA law firm representing two of the families of Letby’s victims said the verdicts would not be “the end of our search for answers and our fight for justice for our clients”.Yvonne Agnew, the head of clinical negligence Cardiff at Slater and Gordon, said the parents were “determined that lessons are
  
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• Lucy Letby: how did a nurse commit such unthinkable murders?

  18-08-2023 16:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Trial detailed the deaths of newborns and harm done to other babies – but we may never know why she became a murdererIt was, as one doctor put it, the safest place in the world. A place where babies smaller than an adult’s hand take their first fragile breaths, where every pounding heartbeat is cause to celebrate, and where – almost always – those born on the edge of life eventually go home with their parents.To imagine a killer stalking the quiet, hopeful corridors of a
  
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• Trump cancels Georgia case press conference as lawyers ask for January 6 trial delay till 2026 – live

  18-08-2023 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-US president’s lawyers persuade him to halt event on state election interference case while asking to push back the federal election trialThe US justice department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the attack on the US Capitol to block the transfer of presidential power in the hopes of keeping Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election, acco
  
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• Former Covid medical officer Van-Tam takes role at vaccine maker Moderna

  18-08-2023 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  One of UK’s public faces of pandemic, ‘JVT’ was known for football-related metaphors in No 10 briefingsSir Jonathan Van-Tam, the UK’s former deputy chief medical officer who became a household name during the pandemic, has become a senior medical consultant to the Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna.Known by the initials JVT and remembered for the striking metaphors he used during Downing Street briefings on the progress of the virus, he took up the role as part-time clinical
  
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• WATCH: Climber scales wall in impressive 'no-hands' challenge

  18-08-2023 16:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  As if getting up this wall wasn't already going to be tough enough, this guy smashed a climbing challenge set by his bouldering gym by scaling it with his hands behind his back.
  
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• Labour changes wording of pledges on workers’ rights as Rayner says party is ‘far from watering down’ policy – UK politics live

  18-08-2023 16:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Deputy leader says party would legislate to improve workers’ rights within 100 days as policy forum tweaks plans for ‘day one’ rights such as sick payThe government has been trying to make this “NHS week” in their comms strategy, hoping that announcements on changes to cancer targets and funding for an extra 900 beds might catch voters’ eyes. One of today’s announcements is that all GP surgeries in England will move to a digital phone system by spring.Th
  
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• Haiti: 97% of households in some areas suffering from severe hunger

  18-08-2023 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Of 2,664 households interviewed in Croix-des-Bouquets and Delmas, 2,596 were usually getting one meal a day, survey found.Haiti’s hunger crisis is now so acute that 97% of households in some areas around the capital are suffering from severe hunger, according to a new survey by the humanitarian organization Mercy Corps. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Hospital could have stopped it’: babies’ parents demand Lucy Letby public inquiry

  18-08-2023 16:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Mother and father whose twin boys survived nurse’s attack say Countess of Chester hospital did not act on doctors’ concernsLucy Letby found guilty – latest updatesThe parents of twin babies attacked by Lucy Letby have demanded a public inquiry into the hospital’s handling of concerns about the nurse, saying: “They could have stopped it.”The newborn boys, known as Child L and Child M, had to be resuscitated by doctors after Letby tried to murder them at the Cou
  
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• In Florida, long delays and dropped calls keep many Hispanic families out of Medicaid, report says

  18-08-2023 16:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Spanish-speaking Latino households trying to reach Florida's Medicaid call centers are facing hours of delays, new research shows, jeopardizing their ability to provide crucial information that may prevent them from being kicked out of the federal insurance program.
  
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• The Coast Guard discharged him for abuse. Online, she was called the abuser.

  18-08-2023 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  After a woman filed abuse charges against her ex-husband, the Coast Guard investigated and discharged him. Online, a group of activists was ready to defend him.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: US says F-16s will be sent to Ukraine after pilot training

  18-08-2023 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, says that on ‘completion of pilot training, aircraft will be sent to Ukraine’Russia-Ukraine war at a glanceOne civilian was injured and private houses, farm buildings and gas pipelines were damaged in the Russian shelling of the Kherson oblast in the early hours of Friday, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said.The villages of Bilozerka and Dniprovske were the main targets of Russian troops. Continue reading...
  
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• Many of first victims identified in Hawaii fires are over the age of 70

  18-08-2023 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  While full list will likely represent broader cross section of ages, deaths underscore risk for elderly people in fast-moving blazesAs the first victims of the fires that scorched Maui are identified by authorities and family members, an early pattern has emerged. Many who perished were over the age of 70.Scores more victims will be identified in the weeks and months to come. While the final list of fatalities will almost surely represent a broader cross section of ages, the deaths underscore th
  
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