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• Rents soar in commuter towns as tenants priced out of cities

  01-03-2024 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Towns outside of big cities have seen some of the biggest rent rises as tenants choose comfort.
  
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• Faisal Islam: Why this won't be the Budget that Jeremy Hunt wanted

  01-03-2024 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An economy in recession and high borrowing costs mean there will not be a bumper election giveaway.
  
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• Single orca seen killing great white shark off South African coast

  01-03-2024 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Attack on juvenile is thought to be first known time a lone orca has hunted down a great whiteIt is a smash and grab that has stunned scientists: in less than two minutes, a killer whale attacked and consumed a great white shark before swimming off with the victim’s liver in its mouth.Experts say the event off the coast of Mossel Bay in South Africa offers new insights into the predatory behaviour of orcas. Continue reading...
  
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• Pentagon ban on Osprey V-22 flights to end next week

  01-03-2024 22:56 via foxnews.com
  
  The Pentagon will lift the ban on flights by the grounded V-22 Osprey next week, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday, following a high-level meeting where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin endorsed the military services' plans for a safe and measured return to operations.The officials said that Naval Air Systems Command, which grounded the controversial tilt-rotor aircraft about three months ago, will lift it and allow the services to begin implementing their plans to get the Osprey
  
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• Canada plans state funeral for late Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

  01-03-2024 22:33 via foxnews.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that the country will hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, though no date has been announced yet.Mulroney died Thursday. He was 84.CANADIAN OFFICIAL SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL REIMPOSE SOME VISA REQUIREMENTS ON MEXICANSMulroney’s daughter, Caroline, said in a statement Thursday evening that her father died peacefully surrounded by his family. Mulroney died in a Florida hospital after a fall at his
  
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• Taliban publicly execute three people in five days as means of intimidation: 'their version of Sharia law'

  01-03-2024 22:14 via foxnews.com
  
  The Taliban have staged three public executions in the past week, marking a sharp jump after months of inactivity in an act clearly intended to intimidate the Afghan people, an expert told Fox News Digital. "Our understanding of the situation just decreases daily; however, I would say the Taliban are interested in asserting their dominance over the Afghan people," Bill Roggio, the Founding Editor of "The Long War Journal," said. "We have to remember their primary reason for existence i
  
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• American ex-soldier arrested for 1978 cold case killing in Germany

  01-03-2024 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  A 66-year-old man accused of killing a woman when he was stationed in Germany as a U.S. soldier nearly 46 years ago has been arrested in the United States, German investigators said Friday.SOLDIER TURNS HIMSELF IN AFTER 4 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILD, ARE KILLED IN GERMANY SHOOTINGThe man, whose name wasn't released in line with German privacy rules, is accused of stabbing a 35-year-old woman more than 30 times at her apartment on June 11, 1978. At the time, authorities were unable to find the killer
  
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• EU pledges $54M to Gaza aid agency after it agrees to staffing audit over alleged extremist ties

  01-03-2024 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  The European Union said Friday that it will pay 50 million euros ($54 million) to the main provider of aid in Gaza next week after the cash-strapped U.N. agency agreed to allow EU-appointed experts to audit the way it screens staff to identify extremists.The UNRWA agency is reeling from allegations that 12 of its 13,000 Gaza staff members participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel. The agency fired the employees, but more than a dozen countries suspended funding worth about $450
  
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• Hungary's Orban says Trump's comeback as president 'only serious chance' for end of Ukraine war

  01-03-2024 21:52 via foxnews.com
  
  ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confirmed Friday that he will visit Donald Trump in Florida next week, and described a possible comeback by the former U.S. president as the "only serious chance" for an end to the war in Ukraine.Addressing a diplomacy forum in Turkey, Orbán also suggested that Trump’s possible return to the White House could help end the conflict in Gaza.ORBÁN COMPARES HUNGARY'S EU MEMBERSHIP TO SOVIET OCCUPATION IN FI
  
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• Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza

  01-03-2024 21:23 via foxnews.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A veteran left-wing British political disruptor has won a special election in a town in northern England with a big Muslim minority following a contest that was mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the Israel-Hamas war.George Galloway's victory was described as "beyond alarming" by Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who used a Friday evening address to the nation to warn that British democracy was being targeted by extremists.UK GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO SEND MIGR
  
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• Verstappen takes dominant win in Bahrain - reaction

  01-03-2024 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Follow live text and audio commentary of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
  
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• Premier League: Nunez with late Liverpool winner, Spurs & Newcastle also win

  01-03-2024 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Follow live commentary as Nottm Forest host Liverpool plus text & score updates from six other Premier League fixtures.
  
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• 'Cousin of the Kelpies' unveiled on Glasgow canal

  01-03-2024 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 121m (397ft) mythical serpent named Bella lies along a regenerated area of north Glasgow.
  
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• How more than 100 Gazans were killed at a food aid drop

  01-03-2024 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Verify analyses footage and Israeli statements to trace how the deadly incident unfolded on Thursday morning.
  
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• ‘Banker to the poor’ Muhammad Yunus threatened with prison in Bangladesh

  01-03-2024 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus talks to NBC News about the legal charges he is facing in his home country of Bangladesh, despite the fact that “the whole world is celebrating me for helping the poor people get out of poverty.”
  
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• Moment driver is rescued from dangling truck

  01-03-2024 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vehicle was left dangling dramatically over the edge of a bridge in Louisville after it crashed through a barrier.
  
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• Championship: QPR beat leaders Leicester; Ipswich win to go second, Saints claim late 4-3 victory

  01-03-2024 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Follow live text commentary of Saturday's Championship action after promotion-chasing Leeds are held by 10-man Huddersfield.
  
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• Alexei Navalny funeral draws thousands to heavily policed Moscow church

  01-03-2024 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Western diplomats attend as chanting crowd pays tribute to opposition leader who died in Arctic penal colony• Alexei Navalny funeral – latest updates• Funeral of Alexei Navalny – in picturesDefying the Kremlin’s warning of arrests, thousands of mourners have gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, two weeks after Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic died in an Arctic prison.Crowds of people chanted “Putin is a murderer
  
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• Off with his head! Prince William pours dodgy pint in pub trip

  01-03-2024 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince William admits the drink will take about an hour to settle after his trip to a Wrexham pub.
  
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• Archaeologists find Pompeii fresco depicting Greek mythological siblings

  01-03-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Phrixus and Helle are depicted in vibrant colours with exquisite artistry in remarkable discoveryIn a remarkable discovery at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, archaeologists have unearthed a fresco depicting the Greek mythological siblings Phrixus and Helle.Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, described the find as a poignant reflection of history unfolding once more. Continue reading...
  
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• Police investigate 17 people, including minors, in alleged sexual abuse of teen in Austria

  01-03-2024 18:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Austrian police said Friday they are investigating 17 people, most of them minors, on suspicion of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl over a period of several months.Twelve of the suspects are minors between the ages of 14 and 18, one is 19, two are below the age of criminal responsibility, which is 14 in Austria, and the identities of two others are unknown, said Florian Finda, a senior official with Vienna's state criminal police office. They include Austrian, Turkish, Syrian, Italian, Bulgar
  
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• Iran votes in first parliament election since mass 2022 protests over country's mandatory hijab laws

  01-03-2024 17:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran on Friday held its first parliamentary election since mass 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws after the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, with questions looming over how many people will turn out at the polls.Iranian officials and even Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have urged the public to cast ballots, but polling stations in the country's capital, Tehran, appeared to have few voters.Authorities have largely barred politicians calling for any change within the country's
  
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• Bomb scare shuts down Zimbabwe airport, forcing cancellation of president's renewable energy conference

  01-03-2024 17:36 via foxnews.com
  
  A bomb scare shut down Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Airport on Friday, forcing the country’s president to cancel a planned address at a conference on renewable energy, an official said.Zimbabwean President Edson Mnangagwa was due to address the conference in the morning, but "had to suspend his trip to allow for investigations which are already underway," presidential spokesman George Charamba said.Authorities couldn't confirm local media reports that the president’s plane made a
  
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• Kenya signs deal in attempt to rescue plan for deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti

  01-03-2024 16:55 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s not clear if the new agreement can circumvent the Kenyan high court’s earlier ruling that such a deployment is unconstitutionalKenya and Haiti have a security deal to try to salvage a plan for Nairobi to deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence that has surged to unprecedented levels.Kenya agreed in October to lead a UN-authorized international police force to Haiti, but the Kenyan high court in January ruled the plan unconstitut
  
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• Kenya and Haiti sign agreements to revive anti-gang police force plans

  01-03-2024 16:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Kenya and Haiti signed agreements Friday to try to salvage a plan for the African country to deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence that has surged to unprecedented levels.Kenya agreed in October to lead a U.N.-authorized international police force to Haiti, but the Kenyan High Court in January ruled the plan unconstitutional, in part because of a lack of reciprocal agreements between the two countries.Kenya’s President William Ruto said
  
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• Danish firm’s ‘climate-controlled pork’ claim misleading, court rules

  01-03-2024 15:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners say decision against Danish Crown, Europe’s largest pork producer, sends resounding messageEurope’s largest pork producer misled customers with its “climate-controlled pork” campaign, Denmark’s high court has ruled in the country’s first climate lawsuit.Campaigners argued that Danish Crown greenwashed its meat with round, pink stickers on its packaging that said pigs were “climate-controlled”, along with a marketing campaign that claime
  
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• Shopping mall that caught fire, killing 46 people had no emergency exits, Bangladeshi leader says

  01-03-2024 15:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country's prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers continued to search for more victims.The fire started late Thursday in a restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in downtown Dhaka. More than a dozen firefighting units were deployed.Firefighters rescued survivors and pulled out bodies, and by early Friday, at least 43 people were con
  
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• Justin Bieber celebrates 30 years: From young YouTube sensation to pop icon

  01-03-2024 15:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Justin Bieber marks his 30th birthday on March 1, 2024. The Canadian pop sensation's journey began as a teenage musical star and evolved into a mature artist. In 2007, when he was just 12 years old, Bieber began posting cover songs of various artists on the video-sharing platform, YouTube. His vocal and instrumental skills caught the attention of talent manager Scooter Braun. While searching for a different artist, Braun accidentally clicked on one of Bieber's videos and was impressed by hi
  
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• Long-range bombers return to US following massive NATO mission amid tensions with Putin’s Russia

  01-03-2024 15:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Long-range bombers that the U.S. Air Force used in a cross-combatant command mission with NATO allies have returned home to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, officials said.The U.S. B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing were deployed from Luleå-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, in support of Global Guardian for a specific mission, dubbed Vanguard Adler, on Feb 29. The mission comes amid tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine.During the mission, the bombe
  
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• Former GOP Congressman Justin Amash announces bid for Michigan US Senate seat

  01-03-2024 15:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Former U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, who left the GOP in 2019 after calling for the impeachment of then-President Donald Trump, announced a Republican bid for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat Thursday.Amash represented Grand Rapids from 2011 to 2021, and he becomes the third former U.S. representative to join the Republican field vying for Michigan’s open Senate seat. Former U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers and Peter Meijer have also announced Republican campaigns, as has businessman Sandy Pensler."I’m c
  
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• UK government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda could cost $630 million, watchdog report says

  01-03-2024 15:12 via foxnews.com
  
  The British government’s contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda could cost nearly half a billion pounds, or about $630 million, plus hundreds of thousands for each deported person, a report said Friday.The National Audit Office report — issued at the behest of parliamentary committees that complained of being in the dark about costs of the plan — provided the most comprehensive cost estimate so far.The Conservative government had earlier only r
  
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• GA House passes bill requiring police to detain undocumented immigrants after student beaten to death

  01-03-2024 15:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff's department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation.The House voted 97-74 on Thursday for House Bill 1105 after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. The measure moves to the state Senate for more debate.Jose Ibarra was arrested Friday on murder and assault charges in the Thursday deat
  
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• California could send cash to residents with disabilities to be more 'inclusive' amid billion-dollar deficit

  01-03-2024 15:07 via foxnews.com
  
  As California grapples with a growing deficit, a new savings account pre-funded by the state for individuals with disabilities will be considered. Millions of Golden State residents with disabilities could qualify for a new savings account with a one-time payment of at least $250 ready to spend if a bill introduced this week by Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman becomes law. The liberal state would expand its existing California Achieving a Better Life Experience (CalABLE) under Senate
  
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• Lara Trump, out with new kids book, stresses need to keep fighting for America and bedrock values

  01-03-2024 14:45 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: In a phone interview with Fox News Digital, Lara Trump shared the details of her new children's book, "The Never-Give-Up Pup" — and why she believes the timing for this book is exactly right."Kids need to be taught the value of a hard day's work," she said. It's the same thing when it comes to saving America, she said. "We can't give up." Married to Eric Trump, Lara Trump is a daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump. She and her husband have two young children,
  
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• Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani opens up about marriage to 'normal Japanese woman'

  01-03-2024 14:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Shohei Ohtani shocked the world on Thursday in an Instagram post when he revealed that he not only has a significant other, but he was married. As such, Ohtani’s personal life, which has been mainly out of the spotlight since he came to MLB, was the hottest topic at Los Angeles Dodgers spring training on Thursday. Speaking with reporters, Ohtani explained his decision to go public with his marriage to a "normal Japanese woman," who he said he was engaged to last year. CLICK
  
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• Politico reporter apologizes for 'clumsy words' about 'Christian nationalists': 'I fell short'

  01-03-2024 14:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Politico correspondent Heidi Przybyla offered a mea culpa for what she calls "clumsy" remarks she made last week knocking "Christian nationalists."Przybyla went viral following her MSNBC appearance when she said "Christian nationalists" believed the rights of Americans "come from God" rather than government institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court, facing accusations of demonizing Christians and of being ignorant of US civics. After initially remaining defiant against her critics, P
  
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• Soldier turns himself in after 4 people, including child, are killed in Germany shooting

  01-03-2024 14:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Four people were killed in shootings in northern Germany, police and prosecutors said Friday, and the suspect is a soldier who turned himself in.The four victims, including a child, were shot overnight. The shootings took place at locations in the rural Scheessel and Bothel areas, near Hannover and Bremen, authorities said in a statement.GERMAN AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO SHOOTING INSIDE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS HALL THAT KILLED MULTIPLE PEOPLEThe suspect, a German soldier, turned himself in to police
  
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• Virginia man who shot teen after high school graduation ceremony gets 43 years

  01-03-2024 14:33 via foxnews.com
  
  A young man accused in last year's fatal shooting of a teenager who had received his Virginia high school diploma minutes earlier at a public event pleaded guilty on Thursday to first-degree murder and a firearm-related charge and was sentenced to 43 years in prison.Amari Pollard, 20, entered the plea during the fourth day of his trial in the shooting outside the Huguenot High School graduation that left 18-year-old Shawn Jackson dead, news outlets reported.Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly
  
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• Hector Ortiz, Rangers coach and former MLB catcher, dead at 54

  01-03-2024 14:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Hector Ortiz, a former MLB catcher and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, has died after a battle with cancer, the team announced on Wednesday. He was 54.The Rangers released a statement on Ortiz’s passing. He served as a coach on the Rangers’ minor league player development staff and served on the MLB staff from 2015 to 2020 in various roles, including first base coach, bullpen coach and catching coordinator.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Mr. Ortiz was a be
  
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• NFL tested technology to track 1st downs during games including Super Bowl: reports

  01-03-2024 14:18 via foxnews.com
  
  The NFL’s use of technology may finally be used to determine first downs. Multiple reports out of the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday noted the league tested technology to track first downs during multiple games this past season, including Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. While the optical technology is reportedly not ready to be used for the 2024 season, it could very well be implemented when it is.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON F
  
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• Japan lawmakers accuse governing party of rushing budget bill without adequate debate

  01-03-2024 14:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion on Friday, accusing the governing party of trying to push through a budget bill without adequate debate because of disruptions caused by a scandal over its fund-raising practices.Opposition politicians slammed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for failing to provide details about slush funds created by members of the governing Liberal Democratic Party's leading faction, or where the money went. Kishida apologized for the scandal,
  
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• DC primary represents Haley's best chance yet to beat Trump

  01-03-2024 14:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican voters in Washington D.C. will be the next to decide on whom the party wants at the top of this year's presidential ticket, with the nation's capital presenting former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley her best chace at a primary victory yet.Washington D.C.'s primary will take place over three days this weekend, with polls opening on Friday and not closing until Sunday evening. The City's 19 delegates will be up for grabs in the contest, with all 19 being awarded to the candidate who secure
  
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• Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Alarming survey shows broad support for Hamas, 'dislike' of Jews

  01-03-2024 13:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- High school students walk out in protest after Jewish student was called names, attacked
  - 42% of Americans admit to having friends, family who either ‘dislike Jews’ or support Hamas: study
  -  MIT professor pens expose of campus antisemitismTOP STORY: A staggering 27% of Americans would consider it "at least somewhat accep
  
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• Plan to remove 'hazardous' artwork in historic Iowa park sparks opposition

  01-03-2024 13:41 via foxnews.com
  
  A Des Moines arts organization is preparing to rip out a groundbreaking artwork that lines a pond in a historic city park, surprising the New York artist who created the work decades ago and leading to an outpouring of opposition by other artists and local residents.The decision to remove the work — a series of walkways, shelters and viewing sites called Greenwood Pond: Double Site designed by artist Mary Miss — has outraged arts advocates nationally and surprised local residents, wh
  
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• Disney’s Shōgun breaks mould with careful respect for Japanese culture

  01-03-2024 13:37 via theguardian.com
  
  High-budget series with largely Japanese cast avoids well-worn western orientalist fantasies and wins plaudits in JapanJapanese audiences could have been forgiven for bracing themselves when Disney announced Shōgun, a 10-part adaptation of James Clavell’s classic 1975 novel.With few exceptions, Hollywood depictions of Japan and the Japanese have relied on one-dimensional characters whose purpose is to confirm cultural stereotypes, set against the backdrop of an inscrutable archipelago
  
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• Execution set for Georgia man who kidnapped, raped and murdered ex-girlfriend

  01-03-2024 13:25 via foxnews.com
  
  A man who killed his former girlfriend three decades ago is set to be put to death in March in what would be Georgia's first execution in more than four years.A judge on Thursday signed the order for the execution of Willie James Pye, who was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. The execution is scheduled for March 20 at 7 p.m., after the judge set an execution window between noon that day and noon on March 27.Pye, 59, would be the first per
  
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• Seattle is least-religious metro area in the US, less than San Francisco, New York: Report

  01-03-2024 13:11 via foxnews.com
  
  The Seattle Times analyzed an ongoing Household Pulse Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to conclude that of all of America’s metropolitan areas, Seattle, Washington is the least religious."A clear majority of adults in the Seattle area — around 64% — never attend church or religious services, or go less than once a year," the paper reported. "That pencils out to about 1.98 million people out of the total 3.1 million population aged 18 and older in our metro area, which includes
  
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• Trump talks border crisis with Hannity, Biden pivots to climate change on visit and more top headlines

  01-03-2024 13:08 via foxnews.com
  
  'TERRIBLE JOB' – Trump tells Hannity that Biden is doing more for illegal immigrants than US veterans. Continue reading …‘NEANDERTHAL FRIENDS’ – Biden visits US-Mexico border during migrant crisis, immediately pivots speech to climate change. Continue reading …'MAD AS HELL' – Border Patrol union chief explodes on Biden in press conference with Trump. Continue reading …'FUND 4 GOOD' – Pop star Olivia Rodrigo rocks out for abortion, funnelin
  
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• NYPD chief criticized by state court system for misidentifying judge in controversial social media post

  01-03-2024 13:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Several New York City police chiefs are facing criticism from the state’s court system after misidentifying a judge in a controversial social media post that accused her of letting a "predator" loose on the city’s streets.The episode marked an unusually public dispute between court officials and the city’s police leaders, who rarely go after sitting judges by name.In a post sent from his official X account on Tuesday, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell named a state Supreme Court
  
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• The Big Cases

  01-03-2024 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Shakira Spencer was tortured and starved by people she considered friends.
  
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