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• Burning Man attendees advised to 'shelter in place,' conserve food and water due to heavy rain

  02-09-2023 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Burning Man attendees were advised to "shelter in place" and conserve food and water on Friday due to ongoing heavy rain in northwestern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
  
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• Britney Spears shows new snake tattoo while enjoying a Western retreat weekend

  02-09-2023 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Britney Spears has some new ink in the wake of her impending divorce from her ex, Sam Asghari. On Friday, the 41-year-old shared an Instagram reel showcasing her new snake tattoo, captioned with a snake emoji. "My new snake tattoo you guys I’m so excited!" Spears says of the finished product, while doing some of her signature dancing in a yellow crop top and white shorts. She also shared video of the tattoo process, enduring the pain well and even commenting at one point, "It doesn’t
  
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• Texas law requiring some drunken drivers to pay child support goes into effect

  02-09-2023 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas drunken drivers who kill a child’s parent or guardian in a crash are now liable to pay child support, according to legislation that went into effect Friday. Texas House Bill 393, also known as Bentley's Law, was first filed Nov. 14 of last year. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill June 2. "Any time a parent passes is tragic, but a death at the hands of a drunk driver is especially heinous," the Republican governor wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "I was proud to sign HB 393
  
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• Texas A&M receiver arrested for drug possession 1 day before season opener, suspended indefinitely

  02-09-2023 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Micah Tease was one day away from beginning his college football career. Now, it remains to be seen when that will happen. The Texas A&M freshman wide receiver was arrested Friday by campus police and charged with possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony, and possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, a misdemeanor. He was released on $13,000 bond before midnight, according to Brazos County Jail online records. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Due
  
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• WATCH: Timelapse video shows monsoon thunderstorm over Las Vegas

  02-09-2023 23:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Timelapse video shows monsoon thunderstorms moving across Las Vegas, bringing downpours and flooding in the area.
  
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• Biden administration faces increasing pressure from the left on border, immigration policies

  02-09-2023 23:18 via foxnews.com
  
  The Biden administration, while taking heat from the right over what conservatives claim are "open-border" policies that mark a significant change from the Trump era, is also receiving loud criticism from left-wing politicians and activist groups. Left-leaning figures say the administration has not done enough to make what they see as progress. That criticism was on display this week when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took aim at the administration over its handling of immigration. "Imm
  
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• UCF apologizes for ‘unintended reference’ of Kent State shootings during game against school

  02-09-2023 22:52 via foxnews.com
  
  The University of Central Florida was forced to delete a post on X, formerly called Twitter, during a game against Kent State after an "unintended reference" to a 1970 shooting at the latter school. During the Knights' 56-6 victory over Kent State on Thursday night, the football program's social media team posted a photo of quarterback John Rhys Plumlee on the sideline phone with the caption "SOMEONE CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD." The post was intended to be an ode to when Shannon Sharpe shouted the
  
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• Ask Kurt: Is Apple Private Relay an alternative to a VPN?

  02-09-2023 22:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Got questions? I’ve got answers. I’m a tech expert known over the past 20 years as Kurt the CyberGuy helping you make sense of the digital world around us, including our online privacy.  Have you ever wondered if you need a VPN (virtual private network) to protect your online privacy and security?If you have any Apple products, you might have heard of a feature called Private Relay that promises to do just that.  But is it really a good alternative to a VPN? Janet in E
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry enjoy Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour in Los Angeles

  02-09-2023 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry enjoyed at night out with musical royalty, Beyoncé. In a photograph posted to social media by an eagle-eyed fan, the royal couple can be seen enjoying the music in a suite at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles. Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland was also in attendance, appearing to record some of Beyonce’s performance on her phone. Another set of photos from a fan show the three really getting into the music, with Markle and Ragland waving their hands in the
  
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• Neighbors say they tried to help Ruby Franke’s kids before YouTuber’s arrest on child abuse charges

  02-09-2023 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Neighbors of Ruby Franke, the woman behind the 8 Passengers family YouTube channel who was arrested this week on child abuse charges, said several people in the close-knit community were concerned when police officers arrived at Franke’s home in Springville, Utah on Wednesday.
  
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• Spectacular meteor streaks across night sky in Turkey

  02-09-2023 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Green shafts of light from a meteor were caught on camera as it passed over the city of Erzurum.
  
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• Biden tours Florida hurricane damage: ‘nobody can deny impacts of climate crisis’

  02-09-2023 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  President arrives to survey damage left by Hurricane Idalia but governor Ron DeSantis has no plans to meet BidenJoe Biden said that no one can deny the impacts of the climate crisis anymore after he visited Florida on Saturday and surveyed the damage left behind by Hurricane Idalia.Speaking to reporters in front of fallen trees and debris, the US president pointed to this year’s extreme weather events and disasters, saying: “Nobody can deny the impact of climate crisis. There’s
  
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• Rangers v Celtic: Can Rodgers get Old Firm tune out of side?

  02-09-2023 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can Brendan Rodgers rediscover his Old Firm derby magic touch to inspire stuttering Celtic?
  
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• Israel: Police clash with rioting Eritrean rivals

  02-09-2023 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of people are reported injured in Tel Aviv as demonstrations turn violent.
  
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• Fulham boss Marco Silva condemns match officials as Erling Haaland says he would also be 'fuming'

  02-09-2023 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marco Silva condemns match officials for allowing Man City's second goal in Fulham's 5-1 loss at Eithad Stadium as Erling Haaland admits he would also have been "fuming".
  
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• Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76

  02-09-2023 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter who drew millions of fans with his folksy tales of living and loving on tropical sandy beaches, frozen concoction in hand, died Friday.
  
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• ‘Everything is ahead of us’: Ukraine breaks Russian stronghold’s first line of defence

  02-09-2023 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  In an exclusive interview, a leading Ukrainian general says his forces have made a vital breakthrough near ZaporizhzhiaUkrainian forces have decisively breached Russia’s first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance, and expect faster gains as they press the weaker second line, the general leading the southern counteroffensive has said.Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskiy estimated Russia had devoted 60% of its time and resources into building the first defensiv
  
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• Thousands rally in Niger seeking withdrawal of French troops

  02-09-2023 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrators gather near base housing French soldiers as military junta accuses Paris of interferenceThousands of protesters rallied in Niger’s capital Niamey to call for the withdrawal of French troops, as demanded by a junta that seized power in June.The demonstrators gathered near a base housing French soldiers on Saturday, after a call by several civic organisations hostile to the French military presence in the west African country. Continue reading...
  
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• Bill Richardson, former statesman and hostage negotiator, dies aged 75

  02-09-2023 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-New Mexico governor, energy secretary, congressman and UN ambassador spent his later years helping Americans held abroadBill Richardson, a 2008 presidential candidate, former New Mexico governor, congressman, secretary of energy and UN ambassador under the Clinton administration who later found a role as an international hostage negotiator, has died. He was 75 years old.Richardson was reported to have died on Friday at his summer home in Chatham, Massachusetts. “Governor Richardson pass
  
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• WATCH: Pup jumps with window washer

  02-09-2023 19:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Button’s first encounter with a window cleaner was surely a fun one.
  
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• US official portrays himself as Guinea pig amid nuclear wastewater concerns

  02-09-2023 19:26 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel ate seafood to support the local fishing industry of Fukushima as China and South Korea continue to protest the treated nuclear wastewater discharge, which Emanuel argued was little more than economic coercion.  "If any one of the qualities of scientific rigor, international cooperation and full transparency had been adopted by China during the COVID crisis, lives would have been saved," Emanuel told reporters during a press gaggle at a supermarket.&nbs
  
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• Moscow risks dividing its forces to stop Ukrainian breakthrough, says UK – as it happened

  02-09-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Update from UK Ministry of Defence comes as Kyiv claims some small gains in the southRussian bloggers have been cashing in on their social media coverage of the Ukraine war with paid ads in their feeds worth more than a month’s average wage.The BBC reports that pro-war influencers known in Russia as “Z-bloggers” share ads, mostly on Telegram – the platform du jour in Russia after the banning of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook – on everything from cryptocurrency to f
  
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• Gabon coup will not end rule by Bongo clan - presidential source

  02-09-2023 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A source close to the deposed president says those celebrating the coup should not expect much change.
  
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• Moroccan jetski tourist describes being shot at by Algerian coastguard

  02-09-2023 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Mohamed Kissi says forces approached and began fatal shooting after group strayed into Algerian watersA Moroccan man has described how Algerian coastguard forces drew level with him and a group of holidaymakers who had accidentally strayed into the nation’s waters on jetskis before opening fire.Mohamed Kissi said the incident took place at sunset on Tuesday when the four men travelling on two jetskis got lost after taking a wrong turn off the beach resort of Saïdia on Morocco’s
  
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• Delaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment

  02-09-2023 18:02 via nbcnews.com
  DOVER, Del. — Delaware State Police have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by a man who said troopers violated his constitutional rights by preventing him from warning motorists about a speed trap.
  
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• Nikki Haley had her debate moment. Now, can she carry it forward?

  02-09-2023 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  After campaigning for months with stagnant poll numbers and little press coverage, Nikki Haley is finally having a moment after a strong debate performance.
  
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• Jimmy Buffett: Margaritaville singer dies aged 76

  02-09-2023 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Margaritaville musician is also remembered as a successful author and entrepreneur.
  
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• Pope praises Mongolia’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan

  02-09-2023 17:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pope Francis greeted by a small crowd in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar.
  
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• Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills 1 person and wounds another

  02-09-2023 17:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  PORT ALLEN, La. — A shooting during halftime of a high school football game Friday night in Louisiana left one teen dead and a man wounded, police said.
  
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• Convicted escaped murderer spotted on surveillance camera just a mile from Pa. prison

  02-09-2023 17:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A convicted murderer was spotted on a surveillance camera Saturday morning just 1.5 miles from the Pennsylvania prison he escaped from Thursday, according to officials.
  
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• Guards and police released after being held hostage in Ecuadorian prisons

  02-09-2023 16:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Fifty-seven law enforcement officers held in six prisons amid sharp rise in gang violence ahead of electionFifty guards and seven police officers have been released, Ecuadorian authorities said, after being held hostage in several prisons for more than a day.The country’s corrections system, the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty, said in a statement that the 57 law enforcement officers, who were held in six different prisons, were safe, but did not offer details
  
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• The far left wages an internal fight: Help Democrats or reject the establishment?

  02-09-2023 16:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  There is a divide among the Democratic Socialists of America and other far-left groups as they debate their forced marriage with the Democratic Party.
  
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• Gabon reopens borders three days after military coup

  02-09-2023 16:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers seized power on Wednesday, placing the president, Ali Bongo, under house arrestGabon has reopened its borders, an army spokesperson said, three days after closing them during a military coup in which the president, Ali Bongo, was ousted.Military officers led by General Brice Oligui Nguema seized power on Wednesday, placed Bongo under house arrest and installed Nguema as head of state, ending the Bongo family’s 56-year hold on power. Continue reading...
  
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• In a fairy-tale Austrian town, residents protest daily swarm of selfie-seeking tourists

  02-09-2023 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The idyllic Alpine valley in which the Austrian town of Hallstatt rests looks like a fairy-tale come to life — so much so that visitors are often struck by its similarity to the fictional icy kingdom of Arendelle in Disney's "Frozen."
  
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• In a fairy-tale Austrian town, residents protest against daily swarm of selfie-seeking tourists

  02-09-2023 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The idyllic Alpine valley in which the Austrian town of Hallstatt rests looks like a fairy-tale come to life — so much so that visitors are often struck by its similarity to the fictional icy kingdom of Arendelle in Disney's "Frozen."
  
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• Ukraine war: Nobel Prize invitation to Russia and Iran withdrawn

  02-09-2023 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The U-turn comes after strong criticism against it in Sweden as well as by Ukraine.
  
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• South Sudan headed to Paris Olympics as best African team at Fiba World Cup

  02-09-2023 15:03 via theguardian.com
  
  South Sudan clinch berth at Paris Summer OlympicsWorld’s youngest state is automatic qualifier from AfricaBright Stars beat Angola to finish 3-2 at Fiba World CupIt was a chant that Luol Deng waited years to lead. He stood along the side of the South Sudan locker room after their run in the World Cup was over, cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled the same thing, over and over.“Where we goin’?” he shouted. Continue reading...
  
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• North Korea fires several cruise missiles following end of US-South Korea drills

  02-09-2023 14:53 via foxnews.com
  
  North Korea launched several missiles Saturday following the conclusion of a U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise. The hermit kingdom fired a series of cruise missiles around 4:00 a.m. on Saturday — local time — according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. "While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States," the JCS said in a text message to the press, according to Yonhap News
  
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• Australia launches mission to rescue Antarctic researcher

  02-09-2023 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An icebreaker is sent from Tasmania to evacuate an Australian with a "developing medical condition".
  
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• The new college football season, in 6 maps and charts

  02-09-2023 13:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Conference moves and transfer rule shifts have çhanged the landscape of college football, and these charts, maps and data show that effect.
  
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• North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea as U.S.-South Korean military drills end

  02-09-2023 13:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, in response to the U.S.-South Korea summer military drills.
  
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• Yevgeny Prigozhin's dead, but is Putin's authority strengthened after plane crash?

  02-09-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny and subsequent survival presented the most serious challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin's two decades of iron rule.
  
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• Typhoon Saola makes landfall in southern China as nearly 900,000 evacuated

  02-09-2023 11:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Storm hit overnight asbusiness, transport and schools suspended in Hong Kong and GuangdongTyphoon Saola has made landfall in southern China after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and schools.Guangdong province’s meteorological bureau said the powerful storm churned into an outlying district of the city of Zhuhai, just south of Hong Kong at 3.30am local time. It was forecast to move in a
  
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• Palestinian shot in back of head puts Israel's use of force under scrutiny

  02-09-2023 09:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ameed al-Jaghoub was unarmed and apparently going to help a wounded man when he was hit.
  
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• Aditya-L1: India successfully launches its first mission of the Sun

  02-09-2023 09:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aditya-L1 will carry out scientific studies of the Sun from a vantage point 1.5 million km above Earth.
  
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• India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing

  02-09-2023 09:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Aditya-L1 is to observe sun’s outermost layers and will be first vessel by any Asian nation to be placed in orbit around sunThe latest mission in India’s ambitious space program has blasted off on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system, a week after the country’s successful unmanned moon landing.Aditya-L1 launched shortly before midday, with a live broadcast showing hundreds of spectators cheering wildly against the deafening noise of the rocket’s ascent. Continu
  
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• Possibility of arrest grows for Bolsonaro over jewellery scandal

  02-09-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Friends and foes of Brazil’s former president believe it is only a matter of time before he is detainedBrazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has never shown much sympathy for prisoners.“Why should we give those dirtbags a good life? … They should just get fucked, full-fucking-stop. That’s what I reckon,” he once ranted. Continue reading...
  
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• Australian police to remain in Solomon Islands until elections in 2024, Honiara says

  02-09-2023 08:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Announcement comes as concerns grow in west over Pacific nation’s ties with ChinaAustralian police will stay in Solomon Islands to provide security for a regional sporting event in November and national elections in 2024, the Pacific Island nation’s government has said.The number of officers will increase before November’s Pacific Games, when 5,000 athletes from two dozen nations are expected to arrive, according to a statement on Solomon Islands Broadcasting’s Facebook p
  
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• WATCH: Shark chasing seal almost knocks kayaker out of vessel

  02-09-2023 04:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A kayaker captured his vessel almost flipping from a shark chasing a seal in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. The kayaker was unscathed, saying, "The scene was exhilarating and I was in awe."
  
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• 'Doorbell ditch' turns violent: Georgia teen reportedly injured, and Delaware troopers' response probed

  02-09-2023 04:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Five teenagers said to be involved in a "doorbell ditch" prank in which one of the pranksters was allegedly assaulted now face allegations of trespassing, police in Georgia said Friday.
  
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