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• Ruby Franke’s husband won’t ‘point fingers’ following child abuse charges, lawyer says

  21-09-2023 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The estranged husband of Ruby Franke, the Utah YouTuber arrested for child abuse, refuses to “sling mud and point fingers” following accusations that he could have saved his children, says his attorney.
  
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• 3 South African navy personnel dead, 1 critical after submarine accident

  21-09-2023 23:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Three South African navy personnel died and a senior officer was in critical condition after seven crew members of a submarine were swept off its deck by big waves as a helicopter was attempting to transfer supplies, the Department of Defence said Thursday. Wednesday’s accident happened as an Air Force Lynx helicopter was attempting what's known as a vertical replenishment of supplies to the SAS Manthatisi submarine on the ocean surface off the coast of Cape Town, the department said. Also
  
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• Ryanair adjusts Dublin winter schedule, shifts focus to greener aircraft at other European airports

  21-09-2023 23:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Ryanair said on Thursday it will cut 17 routes from its winter schedule at its home base in Dublin and allocate 19 new Boeing 737 MAX planes to other European airports that offer incentives to fly quieter, lower CO2 emission aircraft. Ryanair plans to move some of the new MAX aircraft, which Boeing says use 15-20% less fuel and emit 40% less noise, to airports in Spain and Italy, as well as Britain's Luton Airport, Ryanair executive Eddie Wilson told a news conference. The Irish airline, Europe'
  
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• Two House Republicans say they might work with Democrats to fund government

  21-09-2023 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two Republicans say they'd be willing to work with Democrats to fund the government if their party can't come up with a solution before a shutdown next weekend.
  
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• Legislation seeks to repeal the Navajo Nation’s ban on same-sex marriages

  21-09-2023 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Same-sex marriage is prohibited in Navajo Nation — but a new measure under consideration this fall aims to change that.
  
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• New York Police find drugs in trapdoor at fentanyl nursery

  21-09-2023 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police said the amount of drugs recovered at the daycare where a child died could have killed 500,000 people.
  
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• Australia's Labor government initiates independent inquiry into COVID-19 handling for future preparedness

  21-09-2023 23:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Australia's center-left Labor government on Thursday said it would hold an independent inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to better prepare for future health crises. Australia closed its international borders and locked down cities among other pandemic restrictions that helped keep infections and deaths far below levels in other comparable developed economies such as the United States and Britain. It shifted to living with the virus in early 2022 after a majority of the populatio
  
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• Brand exposed himself then laughed about it on air, says woman

  21-09-2023 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incident, which happened in Los Angeles in 2008, is the first time Brand has been heard publicly admitting sexual misconduct.
  
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• A toddler lost in the woods is found asleep using family dog as a pillow

  21-09-2023 23:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police say a 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with two family dogs was found hours later asleep in the woods using one of the canines as a furry pillow
  
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• Woman found with man suspected of killing Chicago-area family has died, daughter and attorney say

  21-09-2023 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Illinois woman who was in a vehicle with a man suspected of killing a Chicago-area family died after a car crash in Oklahoma, according to officials and her family.
  
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• Ontario premier reverses plans to build on green belt after ministers quit

  21-09-2023 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘It was a mistake,’ says Doug Ford to allow development in protected areas of Greenbelt amid scandal that cost him ministersOntario’s premier has reversed course on a controversial multibillion-dollar land swap deal, saying it was a “mistake” to allow development in protected areas of the green belt around Toronto. The abrupt reversal comes after the scandal has cost him a pair of cabinet ministers, two damning reports from government watchdogs and mounting public o
  
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• Leah Remini claims Church of Scientology is targeting her business and friends

  21-09-2023 22:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor and Scientology critic Leah Remini claimed the church has stepped up a harassment campaign against her since she filed a lawsuit last month alleging a longtime pattern of threats and stalking.
  
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• Indiana police seek help finding murder suspect whose release was kept quiet for 6 days

  21-09-2023 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  A murder suspect who was accidentally released because of a clerical error remained on the lam Thursday, with Indiana authorities warning anyone against helping him, officials said.
  
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• Brazil's top court boosts indigenous rights in landmark ruling

  21-09-2023 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Supreme Court sets a precedent for land claims by restoring territory to the Xokleng people.
  
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• Most global leaders at UN General Assembly find common trend in condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

  21-09-2023 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Through nearly three days of speeches by world leaders at this year's United Nations General Assembly, many issues have been addressed, but aside from climate change, one pressing matter seems to have been universally condemned: Russia's war in Ukraine.  As more than 80 world leaders have spoken to the assembly through Thursday afternoon at U.N. headquarters in New York City, many have remarked negatively on Moscow's stalled military operations in neighboring Ukraine. They have either calle
  
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• It's a fiesta at USPS

  21-09-2023 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  It’s a fiesta! The United States Postal Service has kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with new festive pinatas stamps.
  
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• Haiti’s most powerful gang boss calls for uprising to overthrow prime minister

  21-09-2023 21:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier issued call to arms as US looks to UN to approve Kenya-led mission to stem country’s growing violenceThe most severe humanitarian crisis in the Americas has taken yet another dramatic turn after Haiti’s most powerful gang boss took to the streets to call for an armed uprising to overthrow the country’s unpopular prime minister.Jimmy Chérizier, a police officer turned gang lord nicknamed “Barbecue”, issued his call
  
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• Alexia Putellas: Spain's end to boycott is 'turning point' for society, says Barcelona star

  21-09-2023 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alexia Putellas says Spain's agreement to end their boycott of the women's national team should be a "turning point" for women's sport and society.
  
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• Thousands protest 'gender ideology' in Canada, Trudeau condemns 'transphobia, homophobia, and biphobia'

  21-09-2023 21:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Thousands of demonstrators gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday as a conservative movement against "gender ideology" in schools was confronted by pro-LGBTQ+ protesters.  The nationwide peaceful protests, organized under the banner "1 Million March for Children," stretched from Vancouver to Ottawa. A website that promoted the protest said its mission was to advocate "for the elimination of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum, pronouns, gender ideology and mi
  
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• Sophie Turner sues Joe Jonas for refusing to let their 2 children return to England

  21-09-2023 21:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Sophie Turner has sued pop star Joe Jonas for the return of their two young children to England, saying in the filing that Jonas will not turn over the children's passports.
  
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• Iranian court gives Tajik man 2 death sentences for attack at major Shiite shrine that killed 2

  21-09-2023 21:25 via foxnews.com
  
  An Iranian court has given two death sentences to a Tajik man convicted of carrying out a gun attack that killed two people at a major Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary website reported Thursday. The website Mizan Online said the Iranian Revolutionary Court in Fars province gave Rahmatollah Norouzof two death sentences because of the seriousness of the crime at the Shah Cheragh mosque. Norouzof, described as a member of the Islamic State group, was convicted of sedition
  
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• Israeli tanks strike Syrian structures in demilitarized zone, alleging 1974 ceasefire violation

  21-09-2023 21:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli tanks struck two structures on Thursday inside what the army said was a demilitarized zone in Syria, claiming the buildings violated a half-century-old cease-fire agreement between the two countries, the Israeli army said. The structures, it said, were being used by the Syrian military, amounting to what the army called a "clear violation" of the 1974 cease-fire. The Israeli army did not provide any information on what type of structures the two buildings were nor when they were built. I
  
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• Morocco expels 2 French journalists, sparking concerns over press freedom

  21-09-2023 21:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Two French journalists have been expelled from Morocco this week in a move denounced by media outlets and press freedom advocates. Staff reporter Quentin Müller and freelancer photojournalist Thérèse Di Campo, who work for the weekly Marianne magazine, said on Wednesday that they were taken by force from their Casablanca hotel room by 10 plainclothes police officers and put on the first flight to Paris. Both Müller and Stéphane Aubouard, an editor at Marianne, said
  
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• Mexican president to skip APEC summit over Peru relations dispute

  21-09-2023 21:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexico’s president said on Thursday that he will skip the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in San Francisco because his country "has no relations" with Peru. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed previously that Peru’s current government was installed by a coup and that he still considers ousted president Pedro Castillo to be the country's legitimate leader. Both countries have recalled their ambassadors following those comments. It would
  
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• UN General Assembly meets for third day as leaders raise alarms on human rights, pressing matters

  21-09-2023 21:10 via foxnews.com
  
  The third day of the United Nations General Assembly meeting kicked off in New York City on Thursday, with leaders from countries all over the world speaking about pressing issues, such as climate change and global conflict.  Around 80 world leaders spoke during the first two days of speeches. Thursday's speakers include leaders from China, Palestine, Greece, Congo, Denmark and Dominica. Many issues that have been addressed include climate change, Russia's war in Ukraine and economic cooper
  
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• Bolsonaro met with army, navy and air force heads to discuss coup – reports

  21-09-2023 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Claims by former Brazilian president’s ex-secretary prompt calls for alleged rightwing conspirators to be brought to justiceJair Bolsonaro’s former secretary has reportedly told investigators his ex-boss met the heads of Brazil’s army, navy and air force late last year to discuss a “putschist plan” for a military coup.The claims – reported by two of Brazil’s most important news outlets, O Globo and UOL – prompted calls for the alleged rightwing con
  
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• Anthony Sanchez executed for 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student

  21-09-2023 20:38 via foxnews.com
  
  The man convicted of raping and murdering a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996 was executed Thursday morning. Anthony Sanchez, 44, was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. CDT at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester following a three-drug injection. Earlier this year he rejected his chance for a clemency hearing.  "I’m innocent," Sanchez said as he was strapped to a gurney inside the death chamber. "I didn’t kill nobody." The case for the murder of 21-year-old Juli Bu
  
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• Dave Portnoy's phone call with Washington Post reporter goes viral as he calls out coming ‘hit piece’

  21-09-2023 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Barstool's Dave Portnoy went viral on Thursday after posting a video of a phone call with a Washington Post reporter about what he says is a coming "hit piece" on him. The article in question will apparently be about advertisers being associated with his One Bite Pizza Festival. The post has generated over 29 million views as of Thursday afternoon. Portnoy posted the video on Wednesday afternoon.  Portnoy asked about emails that the reporter allegedly sent to advertisers about the Pizzafest
  
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• San Diego supervisor condemns Biden administration on influx of migrants to city

  21-09-2023 20:30 via foxnews.com
  
  San Diego supervisor Jim Desmond told a local California news outlet that the county can no longer handle the thousands of migrants pouring in during a local news appearance Wednesday.  "We’re not [the] immigration department. We don’t have these types of resources available," Desmond told NBC 7.  "The best cure would be, you know, when we’re at capacity, stop bringing — letting people in for a while — or we need a better system," he added. "Our immigratio
  
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• Colorado house fire kills 2 children, injures 7 other people

  21-09-2023 20:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A fire engulfed a home near Denver on Wednesday night, killing two children and injuring seven other people, according to Aurora Fire Rescue. The fire department responded to the blaze near midnight at the single-family home, finding and removing the victims from the building and bringing the fire under control. DENVER POLICE SEARCHING FOR FEMALE SHOOTER WHO INJURED 5 OUTSIDE DIERKS BENTLEY’S WHISKEY ROW BAR All nine caught in the fire were brought to a hospital, three in urgent condition
  
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• Washington man arrested in Nevada months after allegedly trying to kill his dog in desert

  21-09-2023 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A 76-year-old Washington state man was arrested in Nevada last week, months after he allegedly tried to euthanize his own dog in the desert, claiming the animal was sick.  Wayne Johnson, 76, was arrested in Laughlin and charged Sept. 15 on one count of felony willful injury of a dog, FOX5 Las Vegas reported. Johnson is accused of stabbing his own dog, Kea, in the head and cutting her throat before leaving the animal for dead near Nevada Telephone Cove and Red Hill Road March 18. A woma
  
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• Boston traffic disrupted after climate activists block roadway

  21-09-2023 20:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Climate activists briefly disrupted the morning commute Thursday in Boston to put pressure on the state’s governor to ban fossil fuel infrastructure. The 15-minute protest blocked a roadway outside the South Station Transportation Center in downtown Boston. Boston police said there were arrests, but they did not have any details. The group, Extinction Rebellion Boston, said in a statement that about 35 activists came out to demand that Gov. Maura Healey announce a policy to ban any fossil
  
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• Gov. Kathy Hochul has message for migrants looking to come to New York: 'Go somewhere else'

  21-09-2023 20:09 via foxnews.com
  
  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul seemingly changed her tune on the migrant crisis Thursday, remarking during a CNN appearance, "If you're going to leave your country, go somewhere else.""We have to let the word out that when you come to New York you’re not gonna have more hotel rooms," Hochul said. "We don’t have capacity, so we have to also message properly."  "The smarter thing is to apply for asylum before you leave your country," the governor added.  The notable shift comes a
  
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• Man hospitalized in critical condition after gunfight with St. Louis officers during domestic disturbance

  21-09-2023 20:08 via foxnews.com
  
  A man is hospitalized with what police describe as life-threatening injuries after a "gunfight" with two St. Louis County officers. Police received a call about a domestic disturbance just after 7 p.m. Wednesday and were told that a man was intoxicated and refusing to allow the caller to leave the home, St. Louis County Sgt. Tracy Panus said. Police also were told the man was armed. Two officers arrived and saw the man on the porch with a handgun in each hand, Panus said. NOT GUILTY PLEA ENTERED
  
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• 7 best audiobooks you didn't know you needed

  21-09-2023 20:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Do you love reading yet struggle to find the time for it? Don’t worry, you can still enjoy a good book without having to sit down and read. How? By listening to audiobooks.  Audiobooks are a convenient way to experience a good story while you’re doing other things. You can listen to them on your way to work, while you are exercising, cleaning the house or doing any other activity that doesn’t need your full attention. And there are so many audiobooks to choose from, whethe
  
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• Malnourished lion cub in Serbia found wandering by roadside, police now investigating

  21-09-2023 20:04 via foxnews.com
  
  A lion cub, only a few months old, was taken to a zoo in northern Serbia on Thursday after it was seen wandering on a local road, officials and media said. The female cub, found on the outskirts of Subotica, a town near the border with Hungary, was malnourished and weak, said Sonja Mandic, from the Palic Zoo. Local media said that a Subotica resident spotted the cub on the road and called the police, who then took it to the zoo. A video on social media shows the cub appearing from the grass and
  
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• Chicago signs nearly $30 million contract to relocate asylum seekers to winterized camps

  21-09-2023 20:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city's two airports to winterized camps with massive tents before cold weather arrives. GardaWorld Federal Services and a subsidiary sealed the one-year $29.4 million deal with Chicago on Sept. 12. That was less than a week after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced plans to move about 1,600 migrants to a network of newly erected tent cities across
  
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• What the Jann Wenner controversy says about white gatekeeping in music

  21-09-2023 20:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner said that Black and women musicians didn’t “articulate” music philosophy enough to be included in his new book. But, experts argue, his words only reinforce negative stereotypes about Black artists.
  
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• These 22 pieces of Biden corruption evidence are only the beginning

  21-09-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  When Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden’s various corrupt actions, several reporters called me. Every one of them began their questions with the assumption that there was no evidence of Biden wrong-doing, and the inquiry was a purely partisan exercise. None of them seemed to understand what an impeachment inquiry is. The point of any inquiry is to question if there might be evidence of crimes large enough to justify impeachment. The inquiry is
  
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• Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people worldwide

  21-09-2023 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful levels of toxic waste, research reveals.
  
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• Serial killer in Rwanda pleads guilty to rape, robbery, murdering almost a dozen women

  21-09-2023 19:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A serial killer in Rwanda pleaded guilty at a court Thursday, saying he killed 14 people. Most of the victims were women. Denis Kazungu, 34, admitted guilt to charges that included murder, rape and robbery. He appeared at the Kicukiro Court in the capital, Kigali. Kazungu smiled as police led him into the courtroom, but he didn't appear to show any other emotion during the hearing. WATCH: ALEX MURDAUGH'S SURVIVING SON SPEAKS OUT IN FOX NATION EXCLUSIVE Police discovered 12 bodies at this home, b
  
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• Biden repeats same story twice almost 'word for word' within minutes, sparking concern online: 'Elder abuse'

  21-09-2023 19:55 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden lit up social media after a pool report from Wednesday evening revealed that he told the "same story" to reporters just minutes apart "nearly word for word." "After briefly touting his economic record, POTUS reflected on his decision to seek the presidency," a pool report from Politico’s Jonathan Lemire, who was traveling with the president on Wednesday, stated. "He told the story about the events of Charlottesville in 2017 as the reason for his campaign. A few minutes late
  
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• Cruz blasts Biden admin for closing bridges near site of Texas migrant surge: ‘An outrage’

  21-09-2023 19:54 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Thursday took aim at the Biden administration for its decision to close border crossings near the site of a surge in mostly Venezuelan migrant men in Eagle Pass, Texas. Thousands of migrants flooded into the area on Wednesday, with some gathering under the main bridge as they sought shelter from the heat. Authorities estimated that at least 4,000 had moved in on Wednesday and on Thursday migrants continued to move across the nearby river into Texas. In a
  
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• Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp chairman in favour of son Lachlan

  21-09-2023 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman, ending a 70-year career.
  
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• Boat capsizes in northwestern Burma, leaving 12 missing amid ongoing conflict

  21-09-2023 19:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Twelve people, including three members of the security forces, are missing after a boat capsized and sank in a river in the Sagaing region of northwestern Burma, state-run media reported Thursday. A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn Daily said six civilians, three workers and the security force personnel were missing after the vessel was caught Tuesday morning in strong currents in the Chindwin River near Panset village in Kale district. The report said the vessel was part of a goods-carrying
  
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• 2 children dead in upstate NY after collision between Amish buggy, pickup truck

  21-09-2023 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A pickup truck struck the back of an Amish buggy in northern New York, killing two children who were 1 and 3 years old and injuring four others, police said Thursday. A pickup truck driven by Charlene Kring, 26, crashed into a buggy heading in the same direction at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday on a county route in Alexandria, near the Canadian border, according to a release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. An officer who arrived at the scene found four children and two adults in th
  
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• Israeli artist who adapted Anne Frank's diary into a graphic novel is alarmed that Texas teacher was removed for using it

  21-09-2023 19:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ari Folman, who adapted Anne Frank's diary into a graphic novel, say he's "devastated" that a Texas teacher was removed after allowing students in her classroom to read his book.
  
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• 4 Canadian firefighters killed on way home from British Columbia wildfire site

  21-09-2023 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Four firefighters travelling home after battling British Columbia’s wildfires died Wednesday in a road crash. B.C. Premier David Eby and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston said in a joint statement the firefighters died in a motor vehicle accident near Cache Creek in the British Columbia’s Interior. Eby and Ralston said in the statement their hearts are broken by the news of the deaths of the contracted workers in what has been an immensely difficult wildfire season. INDIA TELLS CITIZENS
  
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• Judge to rule whether 9/11 defendant deemed psychotic, delusional from CIA torture can stand trial: report

  21-09-2023 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  A military judge is expected to decide whether a 9/11 defendant held at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba can stand trial after a medical board determined he is psychotic from past CIA torture. The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, is expected to rule as soon as Thursday whether Ramzi bin al-Shibh’s mental issues render him incompetent to take part in the proceedings against him, The Associated Press reported. On Wednesday, al-Shibh’s lead attorney, David Bruck, told the courtroom that the dia
  
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• King Charles impresses Paris while the rest of France shrugs

  21-09-2023 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Hugh Schofield finds the French public not as interested in the royal visit as parliamentarians.
  
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