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• Sancho sends Dortmund into quarter-finals

  13-03-2024 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Borussia Dortmund reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in three years thanks to goals from Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus against PSV Eindhoven.
  
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• The Royal Photo Re-touch

  13-03-2024 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  How a social media post celebrating Mother’s Day caused a royal public relations crisis.
  
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• I won't return money from donor accused of racism - PM

  13-03-2024 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM says Frank Hester's alleged comments about Diane Abbott were "racist" but his "remorse" should be accepted.
  
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• UK to ban foreign state ownership of newspapers

  13-03-2024 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UAE-backed group trying to buy the Telegraph and Spectator said it is "extremely disappointed".
  
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• Bournemouth mount stunning comeback to beat Luton

  13-03-2024 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bournemouth produce one of the greatest Premier League comebacks as they recover from 3-0 down to beat Luton in a seven-goal thriller at Vitality Stadium.
  
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• The House passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?

  13-03-2024 22:36 via theguardian.com
  
  A bill passed Wednesday by the House requiring TikTok owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban is most existential threat yetEx-US treasury secretary Mnuchin starts effort to buy TikTokThe House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States.The legislation now moves to the Senate, where its likelihood of passing is uncertain. But with a landslide of support in the House – 35
  
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• Lockyer thanks 'hero' medics who saved his life

  13-03-2024 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer calls the medics who saved his life "heroes" as he returns to Bournemouth to thank them.
  
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• Watch: Abbott stands to catch Speaker's attention 46 times

  13-03-2024 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A spokesperson for the Speaker said he "ran out of time" to call the MP during PMQs.
  
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• Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager

  13-03-2024 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister's leadership during the pandemic.
  
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• UN agency says Gaza aid centre hit by Israeli forces

  13-03-2024 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UNRWA says an employee was killed in a strike in Rafah, which Israel says killed a Hamas commander.
  
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• Can Haiti avoid history repeating as burning streets meet vying elites?

  13-03-2024 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Plan for transitional council to rule after prime minister’s resignation brings strong sense of deja vuScenes of unrest in Haiti, as Ariel Henry announced his resignation as prime minister amid a violent gang uprising, have brought a strong sense of deja vu.An international proposal for a transitional council to rule the country appeared to be crumbling on Wednesday. But those jostling for influence are familiar figures associated with political parties, coalitions, and the tiny oligarchic
  
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• Body found in Thames weeks ago believed to be missing woman

  13-03-2024 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samaria Ayanle, 19, was last seen on CCTV footage in central London almost three weeks ago.
  
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• European Commission accused of ‘bankrolling dictators’ by MEPs after Tunisia deal

  13-03-2024 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Members of justice committee say €150m in EU funding went straight to country’s president, Kais SaiedThe European Commission has been accused of “bankrolling dictators” by senior MEPs who have claimed that the €150m it gave to Tunisia last year in a migration and development deal has ended up directly in the president’s hands.A group of MEPs on the human rights, justice and foreign affairs committees at the European parliament launched a scathing attack on the e
  
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• Trailblazer Cavallo gets engaged on football pitch

  13-03-2024 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trailblazing footballer Josh Cavallo says "it felt right to share this special moment on the pitch" after he proposed to his partner at Adelaide United's Coopers Stadium.
  
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• 'I stare at my wife's ashes wondering if it is her'

  13-03-2024 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Families report "sleepless nights" after 35 bodies and ashes were removed from a funeral director.
  
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• Actress Olivia Munn shares breast cancer diagnosis

  13-03-2024 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old says she has had four operations in 10 months, including a double mastectomy.
  
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• Alleged North Korean forced labor in Chinese fishing industry raises concern in Congress

  13-03-2024 19:18 via foxnews.com
  
  A U.S. congressional commission has called on the Biden administration to act against alleged forced labor involving North Korean workers in China's fishing industry, saying seafood sales to U.S. consumers could be helping finance North Korea's weapons programs.North Korea is under U.S.-led international sanctions, to which China is a party, aimed at reining in ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs that threaten the United States and its allies.The sanctions include prohibition of the u
  
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• Despite Putin's nuclear rhetoric, US sees no need to change nuclear posture, official says

  13-03-2024 19:17 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States has not adjusted its nuclear posture as a result of Russian President Vladimir Putin's new nuclear saber-rattling, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said Washington has seen no indications that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine after Putin's comments.The official said Putin appeared to be restating Russia’s nuclear doctrine that they will use nuclear weapons if their sovereignty is threatened.VANC
  
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• Five unusual foods eaten during Lent from around the world

  13-03-2024 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Catholics are instructed to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, a practice called abstinence."Meat" is defined as the flesh and organ meat of mammals and fowl — meaning that broth, lard and other byproducts do not count as consuming meat, even if they come from mammals or fowl.Butter, gelatin, cheese and eggs, all derived from animals, also do not count as "meat," said the website for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Neither does fish, which is de
  
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• Yankees' Gerrit Cole likely to miss start of season with right elbow issue: report

  13-03-2024 19:11 via foxnews.com
  
  The New York Yankees’ hopes of winning a World Series in 2024 took a huge hit Wednesday as Gerrit Cole is reportedly set to miss the first handful of games of the season.Cole, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, underwent an MRI on his right elbow earlier in the week after he experienced issues recovering from spring training starts. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWhile the Yankees haven’t announced whether Cole has suffered a devastating injur
  
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• World Series champ Aroldis Chapman grabs woman's chest in bizarre video

  13-03-2024 19:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Aroldis Chapman, a two-time World Series champion and seven-time All-Star, shocked baseball fans Tuesday with a strange video he posted on Instagram Stories.The video showed the Pittsburgh Pirates star sitting on a couch and grabbing an older woman’s chest. The video then showed the woman push Chapman’s hand away before he started to caress her stomach.It wasn’t clear who the woman was. Sports Illustrated speculated it was Chapman’s mother. A separate video, which was als
  
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• Polish farmers refuse to completely unblock Ukraine border crossing, state news agency reports

  13-03-2024 19:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they let through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to unblock it completely, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday.Protest leader Wojciech Los told PAP that the number of trucks allowed to cross had been raised to five per hour from one or two previously. He had previously said that all trucks stuck there would be allowed through as a gesture of goodwill."Some of the organizers wanted this, but
  
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• Holidaying British couple die in Grenada

  13-03-2024 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A holiday maker is suspected of drowning as she tried to save her husband when he had a heart attack.
  
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• PA Gov. Shapiro proposes plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases

  13-03-2024 19:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled a plan to fight climate change Wednesday, saying he will back legislation to make power plant owners in Pennsylvania pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions and require utilities in the nation's third-biggest power-producer to buy more electricity from renewable sources.Such legislation would make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel-producing state to adopt a carbon-pricing program. However, it is likely to draw fierce opposition from business intere
  
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• Indigenous communities in Argentina and Chile grapple with soaring demand for lithium

  13-03-2024 18:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert.Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have spent centuries climbing deep into the mountains of northern Argentina in search of a simple substance: Fresh drinking water.Here, in one of the most arid environments in the world, it’s a life force that underpins everything.US, CANADA AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS ANNOUNCE PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS CROSS-BORDER MINING POLLU
  
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• Third-party group No Labels inches closer to launching 2024 ‘unity’ ticket amid talks with GOP’s Geoff Duncan

  13-03-2024 18:54 via foxnews.com
  
  No Labels on Thursday is expected to take another step toward forming a bipartisan presidential ticket in November's general election.That's when the centrist group is scheduled to announce the selection process for how a potential candidate will be chosen.The developments come as No Labels is in discussions with former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan of Georgia to possibly lead their so-called "unity" ticket, sources confirm to Fox News.No Labels announced Friday that the roughly 800 delegates
  
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• Jets’ Sauce Gardner jokes Aaron Rodgers has been hard to reach after talk of potential VP run in 2024

  13-03-2024 18:46 via foxnews.com
  
  New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has apparently been a hard man to reach. Cornerback Sauce Gardner reacted Tuesday to the news that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering the four-time league MVP as a potential running mate in 2024. "Ohhhh, Aaron bouta become the VP.. That’s why he ain’t been answering my text messages," Gardner joked in a post on X. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe New York Times first repor
  
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• Rwanda opposition leader barred from election over past convictions

  13-03-2024 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Victoire Ingabire, who was pardoned for terrorism and genocide denial offences, denounces court’s ‘clearly politicised’ rulingA Rwandan court has found the opposition leader and dissident Victoire Ingabire ineligible to run in the July presidential election because of previous convictions for terrorism and genocide denial.A fierce critic of Rwanda’s long-ruling president, Paul Kagame, Ingabire spent eight years in prison before receiving a presidential pardon in 2018 that
  
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• Five taken to hospital after bus crashes into flats

  13-03-2024 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say two people suffered serious injuries following the incident in Hamilton Court, Paisley.
  
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• Ex-border officer pleads guilty to smuggling migrants into US, accepting bribes

  13-03-2024 18:40 via foxnews.com
  
  A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer who worked at a Texas port of entry has pleaded guilty after being accused of smuggling migrants into the U.S. and accepting bribes to allow what he thought was cocaine to enter the country, authorities said Monday.Emanuel Isac Celedon, 36, of Laredo, worked at the Lincoln Juarez Port of Entry in Laredo, where prosecutors said he told smugglers what lane he was assigned to in advance and let them through without inspection or documentatio
  
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• What are children learning in sex education?

  13-03-2024 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools often consult parents about RSHE teaching, but some disagreements have led to protests.
  
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• Judge dismisses some counts against Trump in Fani Willis election interference case

  13-03-2024 18:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A Fulton County judge has quashed six counts in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants. Judge Scott McAfee said in an order Wednesday that the state failed to allege sufficient detail for six counts of "solicitation of violation of oath by public officer." "The Court’s concern is less that the State has failed to allege sufficient conduct of the Defendants – in fact it has alleged an abundance. However, the lack
  
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• GOP report contradicts Jan. 6 committee's witness alleging Trump tried to grab SUV steering wheel

  13-03-2024 18:33 via foxnews.com
  
  House Republicans released a report this week they say undermines claims made by a former Trump aide that former President Trump tried to take control of a Secret Service vehicle on Jan. 6, 2021. Georgia Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk, chair of the oversight subcommittee of the House Administration Committee, released an 81-page report Monday, which investigated "the security failures of January 6th which House Democrats failed to investigate in the 117th Congress.""THE SELECT COMMITTEE W
  
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• European Union lawmakers approve of world leading artificial intelligence law

  13-03-2024 18:32 via foxnews.com
  
  European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year.Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act, five years after regulations were first proposed. The AI Act is expected to act as a global signpost for other governments grappling with how to regulate the fast-developing technology."The AI Act has nudged the
  
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• Return hostages at any cost, says Israeli freed from Gaza

  13-03-2024 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Itay Regev, 19, told the BBC he was held in "horrific" conditions by "very, very vicious" captors.
  
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• MP regains Labour whip after using contentious phrase

  13-03-2024 18:28 via bbc.com
  
  The politician had used a controversial phrase in a speech at a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
  
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• Kimmel jokes with ex-prisoners about Trump getting beat up behind bars, having inmate boyfriend

  13-03-2024 18:28 via foxnews.com
  
  ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel took his recent Oscars night joke about former President Trump’s jail time to a new level Tuesday night, gathering with a group of former inmates and asking them about Trump finding love in prison.During a segment for his show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the host spoke to the inmates about how the former president would fare behind bars, with the mockery including a gag about how Trump will find romance with a "big, Black man," as well as the inmates using models
  
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• Florida man bitten by crocodile in Everglades National Park says he 'wouldn't be here' without God

  13-03-2024 18:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida man who was bitten by a crocodile after falling off his boat in Everglades National Park is now saying that "[t]here's only one reason that I'm here: It's God." The 68-year-old victim, identified by WTVJ as Rodrigo Constain, was attacked at the Flamingo Marina on Sunday afternoon before being airlifted to a local hospital, according to the National Park Service. 'I am feeling good because I am alive," Constain told the station after being discharged. "I wasn't panicking and I
  
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• Canadian man says daughter, 27, lacks ability to fully consent to assisted death

  13-03-2024 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Father calls on judge to block medically assisted death in case that highlights limits on family members’ ability to interveneA Canadian man has called on a judge to block his 27-year-old daughter’s medically assisted death, arguing she lacks the ability to fully consent to the procedure in a case that highlights the limits on family members’ ability to intervene when a person has decided to die.The Alberta woman – known as MV due to a publication ban – was set to d
  
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• California man Googled 'how to kill your ex’s fiancé' before murdering Catholic schoolteacher

  13-03-2024 18:22 via foxnews.com
  
  A California jury on Monday found Jesse Alvarez guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend's fiancé, a San Diego Catholic schoolteacher, according to local reports.Alvarez, 33, fatally shot Mario Fierro, 37, on the morning of Feb. 1, 2021, as he was leaving his North Park home to go to work. Evidence prosecutors presented during Alvarez's trial included phrases that Alvarez searched on Google, including "how to kill your ex’s fiancé," "hire hitman san diego ca" and "how to de
  
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• Don Lemon dropped by X, claims Elon Musk retaliated over their interview: He's 'mad at me'

  13-03-2024 18:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Former CNN host Don Lemon announced Wednesday that Elon Musk canceled a partnership he had with X because Musk was angered by their recent interview that has yet to be aired."Elon Musk is mad at me, and I just put out a statement about what happened between him, me and the interview that he is apparently so upset about," Lemon said in a video he shared on social media. Lemon’s new streaming show had a partnership with Musk’s X, and the billionaire was also the program’s fi
  
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• Retired British couple found dead during Caribbean beach vacation

  13-03-2024 18:14 via foxnews.com
  
  A retired British couple were mysteriously found dead on a beach in the Caribbean on Saturday and local reports indicate that they may have drowned after the husband got into difficulty in the water and his wife tried to save him.David Foster, 76, and Rosaline Foster, 77, were found dead on L'Esterre Paradise Beach on the island of Carriacou, the Royal Grenada Police Force said in a statement. Carriacou, a seven-mile-long island, is part of the Grenadine Islands and is known for its crystal
  
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• Wildlife staff wear fox mask to care for rescued kit

  13-03-2024 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The woman behind the mask explains why she dressed up to tend to an orphaned baby fox.
  
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• Kate Beckinsale shares cryptic post from hospital bed as she endures mystery illness

  13-03-2024 18:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Kate Beckinsale gave fans a cryptic update regarding her hospital stay.Beckinsale shared a new photo of herself lying in a hospital bed with her cat Tuesday night. The 50-year-old actress simply captioned the photo, shared to her Instagram story, "visitor."It's unclear when or why Beckinsale was hospitalized.Fox News Digital has reached out to Beckinsale's rep for comment.KATE BECKINSALE REVEALS HOSPITALIZATION AS SHE SHARES TEARFUL PHOTOSIn the original photos shared by Beckinsale, the "Underwo
  
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• Pentagon alerted to potential 'maritime mass migration' from Haiti amid Caribbean nation's spiraling conflict

  13-03-2024 17:59 via foxnews.com
  
  The Department of Defense has been alerted to a potential "maritime mass migration" from Haiti that poses security concerns for South Florida amid the Caribbean nation's turmoil.  Rebecca Zimmerman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, testified regarding mass Haitian migration concerns when asked by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday to discuss the U.S. military posture and national security challenges
  
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• 3 Seattle teens arrested after multiple carjacking attempts, high-speed chase: police

  13-03-2024 17:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in Seattle released video on Tuesday of a high-speed chase that led to the arrests of three teenagers who authorities say attempted three carjackings using a stolen SUV.Officers responded around 9 p.m. on Dec. 19 to several calls about the carjackings and a robbery, the Seattle Police Department said. The suspects were described as "three juvenile males in a gray SUV."Police began chasing the suspects’ gray Hyundai in the Alki neighborhood and followed them onto the West Seattle Bri
  
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• South Korean accused of spying in Russia is a missionary helping the poor, Christian relief agency says

  13-03-2024 17:52 via foxnews.com
  
  A South Korean held in Russia on an espionage allegation is a missionary dispatched there to support the needy and spread the gospel, a South Korean Christian aid group said Wednesday, calling the spying suspicion "preposterous."Russia’s state news agency Tass said Monday that the South Korean was detained "at the start of the year" in the eastern city of Vladivostok on suspicions that he passed state secrets to foreign intelligence services. Tass said he was the first South Korean arreste
  
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• Shop these fitness items on Amazon if heart health is top of mind

  13-03-2024 17:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Healthy heart — happy life. That may not be exactly how the saying goes, but the message is clear: Staying heart-healthy is essential for longevity. Taking small daily steps to prevent heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in women, makes sense as you aim to meet health and wellness goals.Here is a list of five items on Amazon that are worth considering.Food is a critical component of heart health, and this dietitian-written cookbook helps you take the wheel. Th
  
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• Former Clinton adviser, activist David Mixner dead at 77

  13-03-2024 17:51 via foxnews.com
  
  David Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him out over the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer personnel in the military, has died. He was 77.Mixner died Monday at his home in New York City, according to Annise Parker, president and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Mixner had been in hospice for some time, Parker said. In 1991, Mixner was one of the founding member
  
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• Man jailed for 21 years for reservoir body murder

  13-03-2024 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roy Reynolds was beaten and stabbed to death before his body was dumped in a reservoir.
  
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