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• The young refusing to become Myanmar's 'human shields'

  26-02-2024 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Myanmar junta's mandatory military service law has sparked fear, anxiety and defiance.
  
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• Grand Cayman shooting leaves seven seriously injured at football match

  26-02-2024 23:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Cayman Islands police believe incident in British Caribbean territory was ‘targeted attack’ that could be gang-relatedAt least seven people have been seriously injured in a shooting at a crowded football match in the Cayman Islands.The shooting, which police believe could be gang-related, occurred late on Sunday in West Bay, located in the north-west point of Grand Cayman island, authorities said. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Who will call me Dad?' Tears of Gaza father who lost 103 relatives

  26-02-2024 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahmad al-Ghuferi's wife, mother and daughters were killed when a strike hit the home where they sheltered.
  
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• Could Reproductive Rights Derail Trump?

  26-02-2024 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sunak avoids saying if he thought Anderson’s comments were Islamophobic
  
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• FA Cup: Watch Newcastle edge past Blackburn on penalties - reaction

  26-02-2024 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch live coverage as Blackburn host Newcastle, plus text and radio commentary as holders Man City visit Luton in the FA Cup fifth round.
  
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• Indigenous people sue over alleged Canadian secret medical experiment

  26-02-2024 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  First Nation members say in lawsuit that radiologists subjected them to a secret study without their knowledge or consentMembers of a First Nation in Canada have launched a lawsuit alleging they were subjected to a secret medical experiment without their consent that left them feeling “violated and humiliated”.The class-action lawsuit, which was certified by the Nova Scotia supreme court in early February, revives the painful history of Canada conducting medical experiments on Indige
  
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• US yacht couple probably thrown into sea by fugitives, Grenada police say

  26-02-2024 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Ralph Hendry, 66, and Kathy Brandel, 71, probably dead after catamaran was seized by escaped prisoners in Caribbean last weekA US couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners were probably thrown into the ocean and died, according to police in Grenada.The announcement is a blow to those who were independently helping search for Ralph Hendry, 66, and Kathy Brandel, 71, and had hoped they were still alive. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-FBI informant charged with false intel about the Bidens is set to appear in court

  26-02-2024 15:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, charged with allegedly providing false claims about Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden is scheduled to appear for a pretrial detention hearing.
  
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• End of an era: Peter King reflects on decadeslong career covering the NFL

  26-02-2024 14:34 via nbcsports.com
  
  Peter King reflects on his career covering the NFL, the history of Football Morning in America and what his future holds.
  
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• U.S. Air Force member dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C.

  26-02-2024 14:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., in an apparent protest against the Israel-Hamas war has died, according to a U.S. official.
  
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• Japan’s SLIM moon probe unexpectedly survives lunar night

  26-02-2024 14:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Japan’s space agency said on Monday its SLIM moon lander has unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than a month after the spacecraft made a historic “pinpoint” touchdown on the moon.
  
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• Mom loses $820,000 injuries claim after she was pictured tossing a Christmas tree

  26-02-2024 14:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  A mother has had her $820,000 insurance claim dismissed by a court in Ireland after a picture emerged of her winning a Christmas tree throwing competition.
  
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• Meta to set up team to counter disinformation, AI abuse in E.U. elections

  26-02-2024 14:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook owner Meta will set up a team to tackle disinformation and the abuse of generative artificial intelligence in the run-up to European Parliament elections.
  
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• French journalist arrested in Ethiopia accused of ‘conspiracy to create chaos’

  26-02-2024 14:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Antoine Galindo is accused of conspiring with rebels, but press freedom groups say no evidence has been found and call for his immediate releaseEthiopian authorities have detained a visiting French journalist for being part of a “conspiracy to create chaos” in the east African country.Antoine Galindo, a reporter for the Paris-based Africa Intelligence (AI) news website, was arrested by plainclothes security officers at the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel on Thursday, according to the Commit
  
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• Americans for Prosperity super PAC launches Senate ads in two key states

  26-02-2024 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Americans For Prosperity Action is planning to launch ads Monday supporting the likely GOP candidates in two key Senate races, Pennsylvania and Nevada.
  
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• Former NFL MVP Cam Newton involved in scuffle at youth football tournament in Atlanta

  26-02-2024 13:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A video surfaced Sunday that appeared to show 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player Cam Newton being involved in a scuffle at a 7-on-7 youth football tournament in Atlanta.
  
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• Japan’s moon lander survives two-week lunar night after wonky landing

  26-02-2024 13:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Unmanned Slim spacecraft responds to signal from Earth after touching down at awkward angle in JanuaryJapan’s moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it survived the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency has said.The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) touched down last month at a wonky angle that left its solar panels facing the wrong way. But as the sun’s angle shifted, it powered up for two days and carried out scientific obser
  
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• Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing man's rape conviction is removed from bench

  26-02-2024 13:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct.
  
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• RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel resigns and 'Star Trek' actor Kenneth Mitchell dies at 49: Morning Rundown

  26-02-2024 13:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Airman sets himself on fire at Israeli embassy. RNC chair Ronna McDaniel steps down. Michigan's presidential primary. Ring of fire eclipse. Koch foundation stops funding Nikki Haley.
  
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• Why Michigan's presidential primary isn't the same for Democrats and Republicans

  26-02-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Michigan GOP, engulfed in a leadership crisis, is using a hybrid nominating process that includes a weekend convention to allocate most of its delegates.
  
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• Critics of Biden's handling of Israel-Hamas war push for protest vote in Michigan primary

  26-02-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s most serious opponent in Michigan’s Democratic primary isn’t Rep.Dean Phillips, his nominal rival for the party nomination.
  
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• A rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will cross the U.S. Here's how to see it.

  26-02-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The rare total eclipse will occur on April 8th and cut across much of the U.S. Here is everything you need to know.
  
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• Supreme Court weighs free speech challenges to GOP-backed social media restrictions

  26-02-2024 12:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court considers whether to uphold GOP laws in Florida and Texas that seek to restrict social media companies' moderation content based on the claim that they disfavor conservative speech.
  
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• Reggae icon 'Peetah' Morgan, lead singer of Morgan Heritage, dies at 46

  26-02-2024 12:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Peter Anthony Morgan, lead singer of the popular reggae band Morgan Heritage that he founded with four siblings, died Sunday at 46, his family said.The family asked for privacy and thanked people in advance for their love and support. The statement posted on social media did not share a cause of death.Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness wrote on the X social media platform that his "heart is heavy" over the news. He called Morgan's death a "colossal loss" for Jamaica and reggae music.ERIC CLA
  
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• Germany moves forward with plan to enable use of underground carbon storage technology

  26-02-2024 12:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Germany plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgment that time is running out to combat climate change, the country's vice chancellor said Monday.Europe's biggest economy is making good progress with expanding renewable energy sources and usage, but a solution is needed for the carbon dioxide emitted by some sectors such as the cement industry that are "hard to abate," said Robert Habeck, who is also the economy
  
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• Longshot Democratic challenger to Biden angers supporters in home Minnesota district, called 'delusional'

  26-02-2024 12:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The longshot challenger to President Biden for the 2024 Democratic nomination is angering and alienating some of his supporters in his Minnesota congressional district, according to a report.Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., flipped a seat that had been in GOP hands for 60 years in 2018 and has since been re-elected twice. But now that he's annoying party leaders and missing votes with his "quixotic" presidential bid, the Star Tribune reports, he could face consequences back home in his suburban Minn
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel to resign after Super Tuesday: reports

  26-02-2024 12:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel will formally resign her position after the March 5 Super Tuesday primaries, weeks after former President Trump asked her to step down.The move, reported by the New York Times and ABC News, comes weeks after Trump announced his recommendations for changes within the RNC earlier this month. He proposed that North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley take over as chairman, while his daughter-in-law Lara Trump and campaign senior adviser Chris L
  
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• AP report on Laken Riley murder omits suspect's immigration status, focuses on dangers of women jogging alone

  26-02-2024 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Conservatives called out the Associated Press on Sunday for appearing to categorize Laken Riley’s murder as more about the "fears of solo female athletes" rather than illegal immigration and weak crime laws.Riley, an Augusta University nursing student, was found dead Thursday after previously attending the University of Georgia before entering a nursing program at Augusta's Athens campus, where she made the Dean's List.Police have charged Jose Antonio Ibarra with malice murder, felony murd
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo obscene gesture sparks Saudi soccer investigation: reports

  26-02-2024 11:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo has come under fire for a gesture aimed toward heckling fans during Al Nassr’s match against Al Shabab in a Saudi Pro League match on Sunday.Ronaldo scored on a penalty in the first half, helping Al Nassr to a 3-2 victory. After the match was over, videos on social media showed Ronaldo razzing up the crowd and repeatedly thrusting his hand forward near his groin – apparently aimed at fans of Al Shabab.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAl Shabab fans
  
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• Palestinian prime minister submits government's resignation to President Abbas

  26-02-2024 11:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday that he submitted his government's resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas."I submitted the government’s resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on February 20, 2024, and today I submit it in writing," Shtayyeh said at a news conference via the Palestinian News & Info Agency.Abbas must still decide whether to accept Shtayyeh and his government’s resignation, but the move signals a willingness by the Western-backed Palest
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announces resignation after Trump criticism

  26-02-2024 11:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ronna McDaniel said that she would leave her post as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, following public criticism from Trump.
  
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• Russia's 2024 election interference has already begun

  26-02-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Putin is spreading disinformation about Joe Bidento lessen U.S. military aid to Ukraine and U.S. support for NATO, former U.S. officials and cyber experts say.
  
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• India confronts Google over Gemini AI tool’s ‘fascist Modi’ responses

  26-02-2024 10:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Junior minister accuses tech firm of violating country’s IT laws with ‘downright malicious’ answersA response from Google’s AI platform suggesting that some experts believe the policies of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, polices to be “fascist” has provoked a confrontation between the company and the government.The journalist Arnab Ray last week put the question as to whether Modi was a fascist to Google’s generative AI platform, Gemini. He rec
  
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• Republicans propose blocking SOTU speech if president doesn’t submit budget on time

  26-02-2024 10:34 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden is preparing to deliver a State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress after again missing his deadline to present spending and national security plans to Congress. Some Republicans in Congress want to hold Biden and future presidents accountable to the deadline with a simple penalty. No plans on time, no grand speech under a proposal titled the SUBMIT IT Act, short for Send Us Budget Materials & International Tactics In Time.The Budget and Accounting Ac
  
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• Colorado prosecutors in Barry Morphew's dismissed murder case accused of scheming against judge

  26-02-2024 10:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Colorado prosecutors are facing new complaints related to Barry Morphew's dismissed murder case.In 2021, Barry was charged with murder in connection with his wife Suzanne Morphew's May 2020 disappearance, but a judge dismissed the charges in April 2022. The Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel (OARC) has since filed formal complaints against 11th Judicial District Attorney's Office prosecutors Robert Weiner and Mark Hurlbert, accusing them of withholding
  
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• Four Texas residents forever connected by two kidney donations in different cities: 'Superbly timed'

  26-02-2024 10:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Two hard-to-match transplant patients 250 miles apart started the year of 2024 with shining new hope for long, healthy lives — thanks to the collaboration of two Texas hospitals.UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Solid Organ Transplant Program in Dallas, Texas, and University Health Transplant Institute in San Antonio worked together to find compatible living kidney donors for their failing patients.In Dallas, Jorge Mendez, 50, an automotive shop foreman, was in need of a life-saving t
  
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• Civil rights activist unloads on Biden for taking Black vote 'for granted': 'He's losing support'

  26-02-2024 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: Dr. John Boyd Jr., a fourth-generation farmer and civil rights activist, told Fox News Digital that Democrats have taken the Black vote "for granted" and that voters are concerned about President Biden’s age and fed up with the unraveling situation at the southern border."From a Black standpoint, many Blacks, including my son, have voted Democrat for a very long time, and it looks like, when we raise issues like this, our votes are being taken for granted," Boyd told Fox News
  
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• Indian runaway train travels 43 miles without a driver

  26-02-2024 09:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry ordered after 50-carriage freight train set off on its own when driver disembarked at station in JammuIndian Railways has ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 43 miles (70km) without a driver.About 50 carriages set off solo on Sunday, from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, before being brought to a halt by wooden blocks placed on the tracks. Continue reading...
  
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• PM says Lee Anderson’s comments ‘not acceptable’ but denies Tory party has Islamophobic tendencies – UK politics live

  26-02-2024 09:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak gave interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting this morningRishi Sunak is now on BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Scott Dalton is interviewing him, and asks why it is taking so long for the HS2 money to go to transport projects in the north.Sunak says he thinks the money has been redirected quite quickly.I believe racism or prejudice of any kind is completely unacceptable, and we must stamp it out.And that’s because we’re the most successfu
  
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• Indian runaway train travels 430 miles without a driver

  26-02-2024 09:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry ordered after 50 carriages of freight train set off on their own when driver got off at station in JammuIndian Railways has ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 43 miles (70km) without a driver.About 50 carriages set off solo on Sunday, from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, before being brought to a halt by wooden blocks placed on the tracks. Continue reading...
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu’s comments show he is ‘not concerned’ about ceasefire deal, says Hamas official

  26-02-2024 09:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel’s prime minister told US media that a deal to release hostages held in Gaza would only delay a planned assault on RafahThe Palestinian Authority (PA) prime minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, has told a press conference that he submitted his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas.Shtayyeh, who has headed the PA’s 18th government since 2019, reportedly submitted his resignation at the opening of a government meeting in Ramallah in the West Bank on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• UK housebuilders investigated over possible information-sharing

  26-02-2024 09:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Watchdog says there is need for ‘significant intervention’ over supply and quality of new homesBusiness live – latest coverageThe UK competition watchdog has opened an investigation into eight housebuilders after evidence they may be sharing commercially sensitive information.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched the investigation amid concerns it could be affecting the development of sites and prices of new homes. Continue reading...
  
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• Lee Anderson ‘wrong’ to say Islamists control Sadiq Khan, says minister

  26-02-2024 09:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Harper condemns remarks by Tory vice-chair but declines to say if they were motivated by prejudice against London mayorUK politics live – latest updatesLee Anderson was “wrong” to say Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists, the transport secretary, has said, while repeatedly refusing to say whether the comments about the London mayor were racist.Pressed on the former Conservative vice-chair’s description of Khan, including the claim he had “given our capital ci
  
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• Africa’s largest mosque inaugurated in Algeria after years of delays

  26-02-2024 09:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Prayer room of Great Mosque of Algiers, beset by political wrangling and cost overruns, accommodates 120,000 peopleAlgeria has inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its Mediterranean coastline after years of political upheaval transformed the project from a symbol of state-sponsored strength and religiosity to one of delays and cost overruns.Built by a Chinese construction firm throughout the 2010s, the Great Mosque of Algiers features the world’s tallest minaret, measuring 265 metres (869ft).
  
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• Australia’s use of hotels as detention centres was unlawful, refugee’s lawyer argues in appeal

  26-02-2024 09:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Federal court hears appeal after finding Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar’s Melbourne detention ‘lacked ordinary human decency’ but did not breach lawGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe commonwealth’s detainment of a Kurdish refugee in hotels that “deprived” him of his liberty was unlawful, a lawyer for the former detainee has argued in an appeal against a federal court decision.Kurdish refugee Mostafa “Moz&rd
  
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• Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racist language ‘normalised’ in NT police, Zachary Rolfe tells court

  26-02-2024 09:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquest hears elite tactical unit held annual racist mock award but former police officer who shot Warlpiri man says he does not believe Aboriginal people were treated differentlyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former police officer who shot and killed a Warlpiri man during an attempted arrest has told a court the use of racist language was “normalised” within the Northern Territory polic
  
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• Victoria fires: more than half of state on extreme bushfire danger alert as hot weather forecast

  26-02-2024 09:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Temperatures tipped to climb above 40C in parts of the state on Wednesday with extreme fire conditions forecast in six weather districtsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOfficials are rushing to set up a long-term base camp for hundreds of firefighters with more than half of Victoria on high alert for extreme bushfire conditions.The Wimmera region was slated to have catastrophic fire danger on Wednesday,
  
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• Louisiana convicted killer on the loose after escaping custody by pepper-spraying deputy: officials

  26-02-2024 09:02 via foxnews.com
  
  A Louisiana inmate is on the run after he pepper-sprayed a deputy then escaped custody during a medical transport on Sunday, according to officials.The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for convicted murderer Leon Ruffin, Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said at a news conference Sunday night. Ruffin is described as a Black man who is bald and about 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 270 pounds.His current whereabouts are unknown. Ruffin is considered armed and dangerous and the public is urged
  
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• Woman attacked by shark off Sandland Island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia

  26-02-2024 08:35 via theguardian.com
  
  St John Ambulance WA spokesperson says two rescue crews dispatched to town 220km north of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman in her 40s has been attacked by a tiger shark at a small island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia.The woman was bitten by a two-metre tiger shark while she was in waist-deep water off Sandland Island, north of the town of Jurien Bay, the state’s Department of P
  
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• Icac findings against Gladys Berejiklian based on ‘depressing and unrealistic view of life’, lawyer says

  26-02-2024 08:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-premier’s barrister says ‘notion that having an attachment is itself a standing potential for impropriety can only be regarded as a black view’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGladys Berejkilian’s barrister in her case against New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog findings has argued that viewing a relationship as a “standing potential for impropriety” is a &ldq
  
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