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• Warren Buffett uses his annual letter to warn about Wall Street and recount Berkshire's successes

  24-02-2024 21:14
  
  He warned shareholders not to listen to advisors who urge them to trade often.
  
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• Virginia couple feared dead as escaped prisoners hijack yacht in Caribbean

  24-02-2024 20:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A Virginia couple who were enjoying their retirement cruising the Caribbean on their yacht are feared dead after three escaped prisoners hijacked their vessel.Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel were docked on Sunday in the St. George's area of Grenada, which they frequent annually in the winter months when authorities say the three fugitives set upon them and stole their yacht called "Simplicity." The vessel is a catamaran, a type of sailing yacht with two hulls. The prisoners, aged 30, 19, and
  
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• Russian authorities hand over Alexei Navalny's body to his mother: Spokeswoman

  24-02-2024 20:49
  
  A spokeswoman for the Russian critic said a funeral is to come and that they don't know if authorities will interfere.
  
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• Royal Canadian Mounted Police targeted in 'alarming' cyberattack

  24-02-2024 20:49
  
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a criminal investigation into what happened and how their systems were able to be breached, the agency told ABC News.
  
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• Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki given eight years in prison

  24-02-2024 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The sentence, passed in absentia, is part of the country’s crackdown on opponents of president Kais SaiedA court in Tunisia sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia as part of the country’s crackdown on opponents of president Kais Saied.The judgment came as prominent opposition figure Jaouhar Ben Mbarek was sentenced to six months in prison. Continue reading...
  
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• Oklahoma student describes school fight the day before their death in new video

  24-02-2024 20:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Oklahoma student who died the day after a fight at school told police they threw water at three students who had been bullying them and that the students responded by beating them, according to video police released Friday.
  
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• WATCH: Walrus enjoys refreshing drink from hose

  24-02-2024 19:52
  
  A walrus whistled and grunted with happiness as he lounged and chugged water straight from a hose at a zoo in Tacoma, Washington.
  
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• High-altitude balloon intercepted by US fighters 'likely hobby balloon': NORAD

  24-02-2024 19:52
  
  The balloon was determined to not be a threat to national security, officials said.
  
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• WATCH: Police rescue sloth from road

  24-02-2024 19:51
  
  A sloth that was in danger of being run over on a highway in Campoverde, Peru, was rescued by police and brought back to the bushes and trees nearby.
  
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• Pope Francis cancels a meeting with Rome deacons because of mild flu, the Vatican says

  24-02-2024 19:38
  
  The Vatican says that Pope Francis has canceled an audience as a precaution after coming down with mild flu
  
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• Suspect charged with murder after woman found dead on campus

  24-02-2024 19:07
  
  A murder suspect is in custody a day after a woman who went for a run on the University of Georgia campus was found dead, school officials said.
  
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• Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies

  24-02-2024 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Throughout the conference, racist extremists, some of whom had secured official CPAC badges, openly mingled with conference attendees and espoused antisemitic conspiracy theories.
  
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• Vigil held for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following a school bathroom fight

  24-02-2024 18:42
  
  More than two dozen people gathered at an Oklahoma church for a vigil.
  
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• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s body returned to his mother, spokesperson says

  24-02-2024 18:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's body has been returned to his mother, his spokesperson said Saturday.
  
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• Man acquitted in retrial in 2014 beating death of college student from Tennessee

  24-02-2024 18:26
  
  A New Jersey man has been acquitted in a retrial in the beating death of a college student from Tennessee a decade ago
  
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• Amy Schumer says criticism over her 'puffy' face led to Cushing syndrome diagnosis

  24-02-2024 17:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amy Schumer is opening up about a recent health diagnosis after social media users questioned why her face appeared "puffier" during a promo tour for "Life & Beth."
  
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• Navalny spokesperson says his body was handed to his mother

  24-02-2024 17:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The spokesperson for deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says his body has been turned over to the custody of his mother.Spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh announced that Navalny's body has been turned over by the Russian government after days of pleading from Lyudmila Navalnaya, the late activist's mother. "Alexey's body was handed over to his mother," Yarmysh announced via social media on Saturday. "Many thanks to all those who demanded this with us. Lyudmila Ivanovna is still in
  
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• Berkshire Hathaway cash pile surges to record

  24-02-2024 17:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported a big rise in operating earnings in the fourth quarter, thanks to huge gains in its insurance business, while its cash pile expanded to record levels.
  
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• Chief enforcer of U.S. gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting

  24-02-2024 16:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he fears that a drumbeat of mass shootings and other gun violence across the United States could make Americans numb to the bloodshed, fostering apathy to finding solutions rather than galvanizing communities to act.
  
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• Border Patrol releases hundreds of migrants at a bus stop after San Diego runs out of aid money

  24-02-2024 16:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hundreds of migrants were dropped off Friday at a San Diego bus stop instead of at a reception center that had been serving as a staging area because it ran out of local funding sooner than expected, showing how even the largest city on the country’s southern border is struggling to cope with the unprecedented influx of people.
  
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• Tories suspend MP over criticism of London mayor

  24-02-2024 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lee Anderson suspended from Tory party over claims "Islamists" had "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
  
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• John Cena discouraged from taking 'Barbie' role by agency: 'This is beneath you'

  24-02-2024 16:07 via foxnews.com
  
  The "Barbie" movie might have broken box office numbers for Warner Bros., but not everyone was on board for the blockbuster before production began.Professional wrestler turned actor John Cena, who made a brief cameo in the film as Merman Ken, says an agency he was working with discouraged him from taking the role because they thought it was "beneath" him.Cena prefaced the revelation by explaining that he doesn't work with a publicist, so his team really only consists of his manager. He does, ho
  
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• Thomas' double sends Scots into Pinatar Cup final

  24-02-2024 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland start their Pinatar Cup campaign with a narrow win against Philippines in challenging conditions.
  
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• Dean Phillips distances himself from campaign operative who reportedly paid $1 for AI-generated Biden deepfake

  24-02-2024 15:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., is distancing himself from a report that one of his campaign's former consultants hired a magician to create a deepfake of President Biden urging New Hampshire voters not to participate in last month’s primary.Paul Carpenter, a magician from New Orleans, came forward and said he had made the deepfake for $1 and that a Democratic consultant Steve Kramer had paid him $150 to do it, according to an NBC report. Kramer
  
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• Ukraine’s top diplomat tells skeptics at the UN that his country will win the war

  24-02-2024 15:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukraine’s foreign minister on Friday told skeptics who believe Ukraine can’t win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong: “Ukraine will win the war.”
  
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• Rhea Ripley puts on rockstar performance to defend women's championship at Elimination Chamber

  24-02-2024 15:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Rhea Ripley said that in the days before her main event match at Elimination Chamber, she was getting her "WrestleMania moment before her WrestleMania moment" as she returned to perform in Australia for the first time in seven years.She came out like a rockstar and, just as her motto goes, "Mami" finished on top.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMRipley defended the RAW Women’s Championship against Nia Jax on Saturday. It was an early premium live event for those on the East
  
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• Man on Reddit is stunned when his wife demands more help around the house: 'I do the best I can'

  24-02-2024 15:29 via foxnews.com
  
  A husband's social media post has gone viral for summarizing — in 2024 — an age-old couples' challenge: Is the guy pulling his weight around the house?The post on Reddit has grabbed over 2,300 reactions and 1,400 comments in less than 24 hours.A husband, 36, said he and his wife, 38, have been married for eight years. They have two kids, ages 7 and 5.MOM PRAISES VIRAL PARENTING TACTIC AS SHE ALLOWS HER KIDS TO PLAY BY THEMSELVES: ‘WHOLE NEW WORLD’ "She is a stay-at-h
  
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• Junior doctors strike for 10th time over pay

  24-02-2024 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NHS bosses warn of significant disruption to services in England during the five-day walkout.
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Mossad chief in Paris for hostage talks; food protests in Jabalia refugee camp

  24-02-2024 15:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Pressure has mounted on Netanyahu government to negotiate a ceasefire and secure the release of those kidnapped on 7 OctoberSee all our Middle East crisis coverageThe Palestine Solidarity Campaign has defended the right to lobby UK MPs “in large numbers”, amid reports the group wanted so many protesters to turn up that parliament would “have to lock the doors”.According to the Press Association (PA), the group said the issue of MPs’ security was “serious&rdquo
  
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• 'Heroic' firefighters use rare rope drill to rescue 3 people from burning NYC building

  24-02-2024 15:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The FDNY has released heart-stopping footage of its firefighters using a rope in a rarely used maneuver to dramatically rescue three people from a burning New York City building on Friday. The fire left one person dead and 17 others injured.The incredible footage shows a courageous fireman dangling on the rope against the side of the Harlem apartment building with a rescued resident in his arms as smoke billows up into the air. In an aerial scene captured in night vision mode, firefighters
  
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• Khan criticises PM for failing to condemn MP's remarks

  24-02-2024 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lee Anderson is facing criticism over comments he made about the Mayor of London on GB News.
  
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• Golden Richards, Super Bowl champion and former Cowboys star, dead at 73

  24-02-2024 15:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Golden Richards, the former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver known for his famous Super Bowl XII catch against the Denver Broncos, died on Friday, his family said. He was 73.In a Facebook post, Richards’ nephew Lance Richards said the former NFL player died of congestive heart failure at his home in Murray, Utah.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"My uncle Golden passed away peacefully this morning," Lance Richards wrote. "I will forever remember going hunting and talking Dallas
  
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• Nikki Haley says no chance of being Trump VP, says she 'would’ve gotten out already'

  24-02-2024 15:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says there is zero chance of her becoming the vice presidential nominee alongside former President Donald Trump.Speaking with Fox News's Bret Baier in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, during the final days of her campaigning in the state."We’re gonna see what happens tomorrow," Haley told Baier. "But look, the problem when people say, ‘Why is she doing this? Why is she doing that?’ At first, they were like, ‘She’s doing thi
  
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• Burned body found near football pitch in Motherwell

  24-02-2024 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers remain in the area after the discovery was made at about 09:00 on Saturday.
  
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• NCAA barred from enforcing NIL rules after lawsuit with states of Tennessee, Virginia

  24-02-2024 15:06 via foxnews.com
  
  The NCAA is barred from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes in Tennessee and Virginia.U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker in the Eastern District of Tennessee made the ruling on Friday, saying the NCAA's stance likely violates antitrust law with Congress so far unwilling to give the association an exemption.The attorneys general for the states filed an antitrust lawsuit several weeks ago.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON F
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: world leaders offer support to Ukraine on second anniversary of Russian invasion

  24-02-2024 15:04 via theguardian.com
  
  UK’s Sunak says ‘tyranny will never triumph’ while Biden says US is ‘determined to hold Russia accountable for its aggression’King Charles III praises the “determination and strength” of the Ukrainian people in a message marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The monarch said he was “greatly encouraged” by the UK’s efforts to support Ukraine and commended their “true valour”. He has said:The determination
  
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• Starmer set up own Labour leadership team six months before Corbyn’s 2019 defeat

  24-02-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new biography has revealed how the Labour leader and his allies planned his challenge in advance of the electionKeir Starmer had assembled a leadership team about six months before the Ddecember 2019 general election that led to Jeremy Corbyn’s resignation as Labour leader.The team, codenamed the “Arlington Group”, began planning in earnest how Starmer could capture the leadership from June of that year – including a detailed breakdown of how Labour’s membership c
  
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• Lowering cost of higher education critical to meeting Australia’s skills shortage, report warns

  24-02-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Universities accord also urges government to dramatically scale up access to higher education for disadvantaged groupsAccess to higher education among disadvantaged Australians must be dramatically scaled up and the financial burden of studying eased if the country is to meet acute skills shortages, a major report has found.The highly anticipated universities accord final report, being released by the education minister, Jason Clare, on Sunday, was expected to lay out the blueprint for the terti
  
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• Curvy influencers post a lot about body positivity. But what happens when they use Ozempic?

  24-02-2024 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  When Ella Halikas’ doctor suggested an off-label prescription of Ozempic to manage her polycystic ovarian syndrome symptoms, her first thought wasn’t about her health.
  
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• UNRWA suspends aid to northern Gaza amid ‘collapse of civil order’

  24-02-2024 14:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Desperation of people searching for food in southern areas is making journeys north unsafe, says UNThe UN agency in charge of Palestinian affairs said it has been forced to pause aid deliveries to northern Gaza – where it is not “possible to conduct proper humanitarian operations” – amid increasing reports of famine among people in the area.The UN began warning of “pockets of famine” in Gaza last month, with needs particularly acute in the north. Conditions ha
  
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• Relief for thousands back home after bomb drama

  24-02-2024 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 10,000 people had to move out for a military convoy carrying an unexploded WW2 device.
  
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• Brother of UGA murder suspect charged with green card fraud

  24-02-2024 14:23 via foxnews.com
  
  An undocumented Venezuelan man living in Athens, Georgia — who is the brother of a suspect accused of killing on the University of Georgia campus —— was charged Friday night with possessing a fraudulent green card, according to officials.Diego Ibarra, 29, was charged by a federal criminal complaint and is being held in state custody, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Georgia said in a press release. Ibarra could face as many as ten years in prison if convicte
  
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• King praises Ukraine's 'determination and strength'

  24-02-2024 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saturday marks two years since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion.
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Aboard the USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Red Sea: 'Constant self-defense'

  24-02-2024 14:21 via foxnews.com
  
  It’s the dark of night, the middle of the Red Sea, but it’s not quiet. The whine of several F-18 super hornet fighter jets produce an ear-splitting sound on the deck of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower. In bright primary-colored shirts, sailors on the flight deck tend to their specific jobs. The munitions officers, in red shirts, flip a switch that engages the sidewinder missiles on the outside of the fighter jet’s wings. It’s like taking the safety off your gun. The
  
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• Carter scores brilliant backheel for England

  24-02-2024 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Jess Carter scores the fifth goal in England's 7-2 friendly win over Austria with a brilliant backheeled flick.
  
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• Graham Norton leaves Virgin Radio weekend show

  24-02-2024 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster told listeners he "wanted his weekends back" as he announced his departure on Saturday.
  
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• C of E reviews guidance for clergy supporting asylum seekers

  24-02-2024 14:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Move comes as church faces scrutiny from politicians over conversions of asylum seekers to ChristianityA review into guidance for clergy on supporting asylum seekers is under way as “a matter of urgency”, the Church of England’s parliament has heard alongside a claim of “buck-passing” between the government and the church.The church has recently faced scrutiny from politicians over conversions of asylum seekers to Christianity, with a Conservative MP even suggesting
  
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• Man arrested in Craigavon over murder in Spain

  24-02-2024 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man is due to appear before an extradition court in Belfast on Sunday.
  
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• Home Office accused of cover-up over ‘golden visas’ for super-rich Russians

  24-02-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Government refused to publish review of system that allowed Russians now sanctioned due to Ukraine war to live in BritainThe government has been accused of a cover-up for refusing to publish a review of the so-called golden visa scheme that allowed wealthy investors, including at least 10 sanctioned Russian oligarchs, to take up residency in the UK.The Tier 1 visa scheme, whereby super-rich individuals could buy the right to live in the UK by investing in British-registered companies, was closed
  
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• After Alabama IVF ruling, doctors warn that freezing embryos is essential for in vitro fertilization

  24-02-2024 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Women and babies could face major health risks if fertility experts stop using frozen embryos during IVF, a troubling possibility after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling.
  
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