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• Family YouTuber Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 counts of felony child abuse

  05-09-2023 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ruby Franke, the mother behind the family YouTube channel 8 Passengers, was charged with six counts of felony child abuse by the Washington County Attorney in Utah.
  
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• Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years over US Capitol attack

  05-09-2023 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Sentencing of Enrique Tarrio caps one of the most significant prosecutions in the investigation into the January 6 attackThe former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday for his part in the failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.Prosecutors sought a 33-year-term. The judge did not agree but nonetheless handed down the longest sentence yet in a case relating to 2020 and the January 6 Capitol attack. The longest sentence previous
  
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• Victims of Yorkshire bus crash were from Ukrainian family, police say

  05-09-2023 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman and two children died in collision involving two cars and a doubledecker bus on SundayA woman and two children who died in a collision involving two cars and a doubledecker bus have been identified as members of a Ukrainian family living in North Yorkshire.Daria Bartienieva, 35, her son, Ihor Bartienieva, six, and stepdaughter, Anastasiia Bartienieva, 15, were killed in the collision on the A61 on Sunday, police said. Bartienieva and the two children were travelling together in a silver Va
  
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• New York attorney general asks judge to fine Trump over ‘frivolous’ arguments

  05-09-2023 23:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Letitia James says Trump family is rehashing failed legal arguments in $250m civil suit over company’s business affairsThe attorney general of New York state is seeking $20,000 in fines against Donald Trump, his adult sons, other defendants and their lawyers, for repeating “frivolous” arguments rejected in court in a $250m civil suit over family business practices.In a filing on Tuesday, Andrew Amer, an assistant to Letitia James, the attorney general, noted repeated rejections
  
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• NYPD agrees to ‘significantly’ change how it handles protests in the city

  05-09-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Reform is part of a settlement agreement in response to lawsuits about police behavior during the 2020 racial justice protestsThe New York police department (NYPD) has agreed to ban several controversial policing tactics used on demonstrators – as part of a settlement agreement in response to lawsuits about police behavior during the 2020 racial justice protests.The New York state attorney general Letitia James, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Legal Aid Society announced
  
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• Seven dead as severe storms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria

  05-09-2023 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Areas of Greece report 75.4cm of rain late on Tuesday – the highest level recorded since 2006Fierce rainstorms have battered neighbouring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including those of two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent at a campsite in northwestern Turkey.Ali Yerlikaya, the Turkish interior minister, said four other people were missing after the flash flood at the campsite in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria.
  
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• Healthcare technology entrepreneur ‘donates £5m to Conservatives’

  05-09-2023 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Electoral Commission expected to disclose seven-figure sum donated by Frank Hester OBE in its quarterly dataThe Conservatives have reportedly received a £5m donation from a healthcare technology entrepreneur.Frank Hester, the founder and chief executive of the Phoenix Partnership (TPP), has given the seven-figure sum, a Tory party source told the PA news agency. Continue reading...
  
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• Ken Paxton: Why Republicans are impeaching a Trump ally in Texas

  05-09-2023 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ken Paxton's trial exposes deep divides between the party's pro-Trump and establishment factions.
  
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• Biden tests negative for COVID, will wear mask when close to others, White House says

  05-09-2023 23:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Biden and first lady Jill Biden, who tested positive, were last together Monday.
  
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• Four-day workweek, 46% raise: UAW makes 'audacious' demands ahead of possible strike

  05-09-2023 22:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Automakers Ford, GM and Stellantis have largely rejected the demands of the UAW.
  
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• Dragon's Back Race: Hundreds set off in 236 mile mountain race

  05-09-2023 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A total of 298 athletes are hot-footing it between Conwy and Cardiff castles.
  
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• Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Georgia 2020 election indictment

  05-09-2023 22:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Trump chief of staff joins 18 other co-defendants in pleading not guilty over illegal scheme to overturn election resultsMark Meadows, the former Trump White House chief of staff, has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia and will not appear in court in Atlanta this week.Scott McAfee, the Fulton county superior court judge, had scheduled arraignment hearings for Wednesday for Meadows,
  
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• Kim Jong-un to meet Putin in Russia for talks over supplying weapons

  05-09-2023 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  North Korean and Russian leaders expected to discuss military cooperation in VladivostokKim Jong-un will reportedly travel to Russia this month to meet Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying weapons to the Kremlin for the war in Ukraine.A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said details of the expected meeting were still unclear, but added that it was likely to take place in the Russian port city of Vladivostok, given its proximity to North Korea. Continue reading..
  
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• Mitch McConnell did not have stroke or seizure, Capitol doctor says

  05-09-2023 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Brian Monahan suggests Republican leader in US Senate, 81, may be suffering effects of concussion sustained during fall in MarchMitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, is not evidently suffering from “a seizure disorder”, a stroke or a “movement disorder such as Parkinson’s disease”, the congressional physician said on Tuesday.The doctor’s remarks came a little less than a week after the 81-year-old senator suffered a second worrying freeze in
  
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• British Challenger 2 tank destroyed in combat for first time, Ukraine footage shows

  05-09-2023 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Tank could be one of 14 UK gave to Ukraine that Kyiv was keeping in reserve for frontline breakthroughA battlefield video circulating on social media overnight showed the destruction of a British Challenger 2 from a mine and Russian drone in Ukraine, which would be the first time one of the tanks has been destroyed in combat.At the beginning of the clip, filmed from a car involved in the fighting, the Challenger 2 with its distinctive gun barrel is seen shrouded in thick, grey smoke after the ba
  
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• Suspect on the loose after brutally beating, sexually assaulting university student

  05-09-2023 21:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police are urging people to send in surveillance footage after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found beaten in an off-campus attack.
  
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• Investigation under way to find out if parliamentary estate has any Raac

  05-09-2023 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities unsure whether the aerated concrete at risk of collapse is present anywhere on the estateInvestigations are under way into whether the Houses of Parliament have any reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), the material at risk of collapse that has led to the closure of more than 100 schools.Maintenance teams are trying to establish whether the dangerous concrete is present in any parts of the parliamentary estate, Bloomberg reported. A source told the Guardian that parliamentar
  
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• More than half of dilapidated English schools were refused rebuilding money

  05-09-2023 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Only four schools were rebuilt in 2021 in government scheme intended to cover 500 schools over 10-year periodMore than half of English schools that are so dilapidated they are at risk of partial closure were refused money under the government’s school rebuilding scheme, Department for Education (DfE) statistics show.Amid mounting concerns about a wider apparent neglect of the schools estate in recent years, beyond the immediate alarm about crumbling concrete panels, it emerged that of 500
  
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• Venice to trial €5 ticketing system for day visitors from 2024

  05-09-2023 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities want to cut number of tourists as Unesco considers putting Italian city on heritage danger listVenice will trial a ticketing system from spring next year, with day visitors charged €5 to enter the Italian city’s historic centre in an attempt to reduce tourist numbers.The city’s council executive backed the move on Tuesday, just weeks after Unesco recommended Venice be added to its list of world heritage sites in danger, in part due to the impact of mass tourism. Cont
  
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• One killed and another critical after bus and car collide in Pembrokeshire

  05-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Major incident declared and number of passengers injured after crash on Cleddau Bridge in west Wales, police sayOne person has been killed and another was critically injured after a collision involving a 52-seater bus and a car on a bridge in west Wales.A major incident was declared on Tuesday and a health board asked people not to attend the local hospital unless they had life-threatening injuries to ensure there was enough capacity to treat those injured in the collision. Continue reading...
  
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• French schools send home dozens of girls wearing Muslim abayas

  05-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Girls who refused to remove banned garment given letter saying ‘secularism is not a constraint, it is a liberty’, says minister On the first day of the new academic year French schools sent home dozens of girls for refusing to remove their abayas, the education minister said on Tuesday.Defying a ban on the Muslim garment, nearly 300 girls showed up on Monday morning wearing an abaya, Gabriel Attal told the BFM broadcaster. Most agreed to change, but 67 refused and were sent home, he
  
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• Dangerous riptides persist after series of Jersey Shore drownings, rescues

  05-09-2023 20:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A high-risk warning for dangerous riptides remained in effect Tuesday for the Jersey Shore after a series of drownings and rescues over the Labor Day weekend.
  
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• Cuba uncovers ‘human trafficking ring’ recruiting for Russia’s war in Ukraine

  05-09-2023 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Havana says it is dismantling network seeking to recruit Cubans as mercenaries as Moscow attempts to boost its forcesCuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight as mercenaries for Russia in its war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry has said, as Moscow seeks to increase the size of its forces.In a statement, the Cuban foreign ministry said the authorities were working to “neutralise and dismantle” the network, which it said was operating within the C
  
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• Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money

  05-09-2023 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation claims networks convert illicit cash to bitcoin to pay people who sell false streams on the platformCriminal gangs behind a rise in bombings and shootings in Sweden in recent years are using fake Spotify streams to launder money, a Swedish newspaper reported on Tuesday.Criminal networks have for several years been using money from drug deals, robberies, fraud and contract killings to pay for false Spotify streams of songs published by artists with ties to the gangs, an investigativ
  
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• Nine hundred people killed or injured by Russian cluster bombs in Ukraine, says monitor; Zelenskiy visits Bakhmut – as it happened

  05-09-2023 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian use of widely banned weapons accelerates casualty figures, report says; Ukraine president discusses provision of artillery shells and missiles. This live blog is closedWhat we know on day 559 of the invasionThe Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, described Ukraine’s counteroffensive on Tuesday as completely unsuccessful.“Ukraine’s armed forces have not achieved their goals on any front,” the defence ministry quoted Shoigu as saying. Continue reading...
  
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• Video shows police officer escape from raging fire

  05-09-2023 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brittan Morgan was helping to evacuate an area when both sides of the road were engulfed in flames.
  
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• Petrol prices expected to rise as oil cost climbs above $90 a barrel

  05-09-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Motorists could be hardest hit after Russia and Saudi Arabia extend cuts to suppliesMotorists are braced for higher pump prices after the cost of oil climbed above $90 a barrel for the first time this year as Russia and Saudi Arabia extended cuts to supplies.Oil jumped to its highest price since last November, after the two oil-rich nations said they would prolong a plan to withhold supplies from the global market until December. Continue reading...
  
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• Ontario government in turmoil after minister quits over land swap scandal

  05-09-2023 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Premier says officials will review deals to sell protected lands after Steve Clark resigns amid Greenbelt land controversyOntario’s provincial government is in turmoil following the abrupt resignation of its housing minister amid accusations he breached ethics laws in a controversial land swap deal.The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, defended his government’s conduct on Tuesday but said top officials would begin a review of deals to sell protected lands on the periphery of the greater To
  
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• Clashes with militants kill 53 Burkina Faso soldiers and volunteers, army says

  05-09-2023 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Operations still under way in bid to retake territory in northern Yatenga province Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army has said. It is the worst attack in months in the west African country that has been fighting hardline militants for years.Burkina Faso has been battling armed groups, some with links to al-Qaida and Islamic State, in its northern desert region since 2015. Continue reading...
  
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• Girlhood: The viral agony aunt site for teens blowing up on TikTok

  05-09-2023 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophia Rundle and Mia Sugimoto tell BBC Newsbeat how they want to create a "safe space" for girls.
  
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• Police concede new images of escaped killer show he slipped through their perimeter

  05-09-2023 17:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The mother of an escaped killer in Pennsylvania is now helping authorities in the search for her son as officials said they believe they are closing in on him.
  
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• The RBA’s interest rate-rising looks done – and a soft landing for the economy could be on

  05-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia’s economy might be just where Philip Lowe wants it – barring any nasty surprise – as he hands over to Michele BullockFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs two of Australia’s more contentious figures Philip Lowe and Alan Joyce head towards their gilded departure lounges, the economy seems set in a holding pattern with improving prospects of a desired soft landing.To be sur
  
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• Liberals accused of ‘dirty tactics’ over Indigenous voice pamphlet leading voters to site that harvests information

  05-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Party pointing voters to same website labelled ‘potentially misleading’ by AEC during 2022 electionRead our voice explainer and see the latest voice poll resultsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal party has been accused of “dirty tactics” by offering nonexistent postal vote registration for the referendum, directing would-be voters to a party website to harvest their personal information.A “vote no” pamphlet del
  
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• Labor’s refusal to tie public hospital funding to full reproductive care condemned as ‘outrageous’

  05-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Women forced to ‘shop around’ for abortion care due to Catholic public hospitals’ refusal to provide terminationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDespite harrowing stories from women about having to “shop around” for abortion care even when their pregnancies are unviable, the federal government will not make providing abortion services a condition tied to millions of dollar
  
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• Facility accused of exorcisms and gay conversion practices applied for funding a month after Morrison announced it

  05-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Freedom of information documents show officials scrambling for information after then PM announced $4m for Esther FoundationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Esther Foundation – a rehabilitation facility accused of performing exorcisms and gay conversions – applied for “promised funding” a month after the funding had been announced.Freedom of information documents show the hea
  
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• Australia urged to expand flights to Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in blueprint to boost trade

  05-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Anthony Albanese will launch strategy amid intense debate over decision to block Qatar Airways’ request for further flights to AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia should expand flights to key south-east Asian markets such as Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, according to a sweeping economic blueprint to boost trade.The strategy, to be released by the prime minister,
  
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• Global economic fears deepen as service sector dips in China and Europe

  05-09-2023 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Fresh signs of weakness in Chinese economy and weak UK and eurozone data spook investorsFears about the health of the global economy have intensified following downbeat news about service sector activity in China, the eurozone and the UK.Share prices fell in Asia and the pound dropped to a 12-week low against the US dollar after fresh signs of weakness in China triggered speculation that its post-lockdown recovery was running out of steam. Continue reading...
  
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• Bharat G20 invitation fuels rumours India may change name

  05-09-2023 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  World leaders attending summit in New Delhi at weekend asked to dinner with ‘president of Bharat’India was buzzing with speculation over rumoured plans to scrap official use of the country’s English name, after a state-issued invitation to the G20 summit referred to it as Bharat.The government of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been working to remove lingering symbols of British rule from India’s urban landscape, political institutions and history books, but this c
  
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• Ex-Pakistan PM warns of deepening crisis as fears of new election delay grow

  05-09-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says parliament has lost its credibility as military continues to wield political powerA former Pakistani prime minister has said the country is in a “deepening political and economic crisis” as fears grow elections due to be held by November may be delayed further.His comments came after a tumultuous period in which the prime minister, Imran Khan, was removed from office and arrested as an opposition coalition took power, the controversial 2018-23 parliament, wh
  
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• Conservationist group African Parks to free 2,000 rhinos from South Africa farm

  05-09-2023 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  African Parks plans a decade-long rewilding project to help preserve a near-threatened subspecies.
  
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• Germany matches DNA from skulls stolen from African colony to living relatives

  05-09-2023 14:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Remains pillaged in colonial era for ‘scientific’ experiments are DNA matched to Tanzanian descendantsResearchers in Berlin have identified living relatives of people whose remains were stolen from Tanzania and taken to Germany for “scientific” experiments during the colonial era.Berlin’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History has been carrying out research since 2017 on about 1,100 skulls taken from what was then known as German East Africa. Continue reading...
  
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• Brazil launches biggest ever operation against illegal cattle farms in Amazon

  05-09-2023 13:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Taskforce deployed to remove thousands of cows owned by land grabbers from indigenous territoryThe Brazilian government has launched its biggest ever operation to remove thousands of cows owned by illegal land grabbers from indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest.Three helicopters, a dozen vehicles and a heavily armed corps of police and environment rangers are carrying out the cattle drive, which criminal gangs attempted to block by setting fires on the route, destroying bridges and intim
  
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• Sudan war crime trial of former oil firm executives starts in Sweden

  05-09-2023 13:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Prosecutors say ex-chair and CEO were complicit in atrocities by Sudanese army and militias, which both denyTwo former executives of a Swedish oil company have gone on trial in Stockholm, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan between 1999 and 2003 – charges they both deny.Ian Lundin, a Swede, and Alex Schneiter, a Swiss national, are accused of asking Sudan’s government to make its military responsible for security at the site of one of Lundin Oil’s exploration fields, w
  
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• My son misses his father, Ukraine first lady tells BBC

  05-09-2023 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a highly personal interview, Olena Zelenska says she needs "my husband, not a historical figure".
  
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• Woody Allen greeted by cheers, praise and protests at Venice Film Festival

  05-09-2023 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The divisive director is met by cheers and positive reviews, but also loud protests on the red carpet.
  
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• Jill Biden catches COVID again, warring GOP candidates cross paths at Labor Day lunch and more top headlines

  05-09-2023 12:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. Subscribe now to get Fox News First in your email. And here's what you need to know to start your day ... POSITIVE AGAIN – Vaccinated and boosted first lady Jill Biden gets COVID for second time. Continue reading … NO PICNIC – Warring presidential hopefuls show up to same holiday lunch as fighting talk intensifies. Continue reading … CAMPUS ON EDGE – Student su
  
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• Pennsylvania high school quarterback undergoes 'first positive step' in long recovery after collapse: family

  05-09-2023 12:07 via foxnews.com
  
  The family of a Pennsylvania high school football player who collapsed and was rushed to the hospital last week provided an update on their son’s health on Monday. Mason Martin collapsed in the third quarter of Karns City High School’s game against Redbank Valley High School. The incident occurred in the third quarter when Marin stumbled and fell to the ground, according to the Butler Eagle. Martin’s family told KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh that their son suffered a "significant brain
  
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• Want to win, Republicans? Here’s a blueprint for success in 2024

  05-09-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is leading a campaign in Virginia this fall that is a model for Republicans to study across the country. Virginia has off-year legislative elections, and he has taken on the challenge of fighting to keep the General Assembly and win the Senate.  Gov. Youngkin has three big things going for him. First, he is doing a great job as governor, and he gets support from a vast majority of Virginians. A July Morning Consult poll showed 57 percent of Virginians approved o
  
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• Liam Neeson 'Retribution' action hero role latest in storied career marked by love and loss

  05-09-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Liam Neeson is starring in the new thriller "Retribution" — his latest in a long string of action hero roles. The 71-year-old actor plays workaholic bank executive Matt Turner, who is driving his children to school when he is informed by an unknown caller that a bomb is strapped to the bottom of his car seat. Neeson's character is told that if he and his children attempt to exit the vehicle or call the police, the bomb will be detonated. The unidentified individual says he must comply with
  
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• China on the agenda: 2024 candidates fret over how to deal with Beijing

  05-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Republicans showcase range of hawkish policies designed to counter perceived threat amid diplomatic push by BidenThe United States’ tangled and increasingly fraught relationship with China is emerging centre stage in the 2024 presidential campaign in a rare case of foreign policy capturing the limelight in the race for the White House.Half a century since a Republican president, Richard Nixon, made a historic visit to communist China to carve out a lauded strategic opening in the election
  
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