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• WATCH: Game warden comes face-to-face with large black bear

  20-03-2024 23:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A game warden was called to a Pennsylvania home to deal with a large black bear that broke into one family's car, as the car owners watched on from a distance.
  
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• Translator for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s fired after allegations of ‘massive theft’

  20-03-2024 23:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Ippei Mizuhara admits to have run up gambling debtsOhtani is world’s most famous baseball playerThe interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, the biggest star in baseball and one of the most famous people in Japan, has been fired after lawyers for the player said there had been a “massive theft” from the slugger’s account.ESPN reported that several sources said Ippei Mizuhara had run up large debts to a Californian bookmaker. Initially a spokesperson for the player said Ohtani had t
  
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• New health warning issued about the dangers of water bead toys

  20-03-2024 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Water beads start small but expand when immersed in water. If a child swallows one, it can grow inside their body, causing gastrointestinal blockages.
  
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• A TikToker’s story about her experience at a Chicago bar went viral. Now it’s the subject of a legal dispute.

  20-03-2024 23:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  A TikTok user’s negative experience at a Chicago bar has become the subject of scrutiny online after the business sued the patron and shared security video to dispute her account.
  
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• United Steelworkers union endorses Biden, giving him more labor support in presidential race

  20-03-2024 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The announcement by the Pittsburgh-based union came less than a week after Biden voiced opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan.
  
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• What the GOP primary exit polls tell us about 2024: From the Politics Desk

  20-03-2024 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Exit polls across seven states reveal what GOP primary voters are thinking heading into a general election rematch between Biden and Trump.
  
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• Sherrod Brown and Bernie Moreno rush to define each other as Ohio's Senate race shifts to the general election

  20-03-2024 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Brown and Moreno are attempting to run on their own brands of populism while casting the other as out of touch in one of the year’s top Senate battles.
  
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• Georgia poised to execute Willie Pye in its first execution since before the pandemic

  20-03-2024 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Georgia is set to execute a prisoner on Wednesday evening for the first time since January 2020, joining other states that have revived the practice.
  
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• The best deals to shop during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

  20-03-2024 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is here. We rounded up the absolute best discounts from popular brands like Anker, Crest, Cosrx and more.
  
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• Gangs target peaceful communities in new round of attacks on Haiti’s capital

  20-03-2024 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities including Pétion-Ville, Meyotte, Diègue and Métivier.
  
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• Schumer rejects Netanyahu's request to talk to Democrats as Israeli leader addresses GOP

  20-03-2024 22:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Chuck Schumer rejected Benjamin Netanyahu's request to speak to Democrats as the Israel Prime Minister addressed Senate Republicans.
  
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• Venezuela orders arrest of key opposition figure’s campaign manager

  20-03-2024 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Maria Corina Machado’s campaign manager and eight others accused of involvement in a violent anti-government conspiracyVenezuela’s top prosecutor has announced arrest warrants for the presidential campaign manager of the prominent opposition figure María Corina Machado and eight other of her staffers, accusing them of involvement in a violent anti-government conspiracy.The attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said in a nationally televised news conference on Wednesday that th
  
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• We polled thousands of voters during the GOP primary season. Here’s what we learned.

  20-03-2024 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Exit polls across seven states reveal the strengths and weaknesses of Trump’s coalition and the state of the Republican base heading into the general election.
  
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• Priyanka and Nick Jonas visit controversial Hindu temple built on site of demolished mosque

  20-03-2024 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra visited India’s Ram Mandir this week. The temple was built by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the site of the Babri Masjid, a mosque built in the 1500s and destroyed in 1992 by a Hindu nationalist mob.
  
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• Husband of Christine Quinn, former 'Selling Sunset' star, arrested after alleged assault with deadly weapon

  20-03-2024 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The husband of former "Selling Sunset" star Christine Quinn was arrested after an alleged assault with a deadly weapon Tuesday involving an object that hit a child, police said.
  
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• Over a dozen LGBTQ nonprofits among recipients of billionaire MacKenzie Scott’s latest donations

  20-03-2024 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  MacKenzie Scott, a billionaire philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving $640 million to hundreds of nonprofits, including dozens of organizations that support LGBTQ people.
  
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• Netanyahu addresses Senate Republicans days after Schumer calls for his ouster

  20-03-2024 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli PM speaks via video link and answers questions after his request to talk to Democrats was turned downThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, virtually addressed Republican senators in Washington on Wednesday, days after the chamber’s majority leader, the Democrat Chuck Schumer, called him an impediment to peace in an unsparing floor speech.The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, told reporters, shortly after leaving the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch, that Neta
  
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• US starts to helicopter citizens out of Haiti as fighting erupts in wealthy areas

  20-03-2024 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  State department organizes evacuation after nearly 1,600 US citizens ask for help amid reports of continuing violence in capitalThe United States has said it was starting to evacuate its citizens out of Haiti by helicopter, amid reports of fresh fighting in the Caribbean country’s gang-dominated capital, with particularly fierce gunfire in some of the city’s wealthiest enclaves.A state department spokesperson, Vedant Patel, told reporters on Wednesday that government-chartered aircra
  
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• This is the best way to fix “tech neck” pain

  20-03-2024 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Here’s how to fix “tech neck” and prevent it in the future, according to chiropractors. Plus, these are all the products to buy to help alleviate neck pain from “tech neck.”
  
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• Israeli diplomats pre-emptively attack findings of Unrwa inquiries

  20-03-2024 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  UN refugee agency criticised by Israel, which claims Unrwa staff were implicated in 7 October Hamas attacksIsraeli diplomats have pre-emptively attacked the findings of two inquires into the role of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, in Gaza, on the day that one of the inquiries submitted its interim finding to the United Nations secretary general, António Guterres.Unrwa has come under heavy criticism since Israel accused 12 of its Gaza staff of 13,000 of being implicat
  
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• Appeals court seems skeptical of Texas' argument for immigration law

  20-03-2024 21:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared unreceptive to Texas' arguments that its new immigration law should take effect because it "mirrors" federal law.
  
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• Selloffs, seized assets and bankruptcy: Trump options narrow as bond deadline approaches

  20-03-2024 21:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  A key deadline for the $464 million civil fraud judgment against Donald Trump and his co-defendants is fast approaching, and it appears it's one he might not be able to meet.
  
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• 2 former Mississippi 'Goon Squad' deputies sentenced to prison in torture and abuse of Black men

  20-03-2024 21:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two former Mississippi sheriff deputies who were members of a self-described "Goon Squad" were sentenced to federal prison in a racist attack on Black men.
  
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• Progressive California and Oregon revive the war on drugs amid fentanyl crisis

  20-03-2024 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  The war on drugs, once a weapon in the nation's fight against substance abuse and related crimes, is experiencing a resurgence on the West Coast due to the fentanyl crisis.
  
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• World Bank report finds imminent risk of catastrophic famine in Gaza Strip

  20-03-2024 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Findings come as UN secretary general calls on Israel to give unconditional access to Gaza for aid reliefHalf the population of the Gaza Strip is at imminent risk of famine as food shortages approach catastrophic levels for more than a million people, the World Bank has warned.Almost six months after the war between Israel and Hamas began, the Washington-based Bank said urgent action was needed to prevent widespread deaths from starvation within the next two months.Guardian Newsroom: The unfoldi
  
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• The best home and kitchen finds from Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

  20-03-2024 19:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is here. We rounded up the best vacuums, air purifiers and other home essentials from brands like Dyson, Bissell, Roomba and more.
  
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• 'Trying to nail Jello to a wall': On hot-button issues, Trump avoids straight answers

  20-03-2024 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  On issues like abortion and the war in Gaza, Trump dodges, flip-flops, contradicts himself or takes more than one side of the issue. But his polling has held strong.
  
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• A new type of bacteria was found in 50% of colon cancers. Many were aggressive cases.

  20-03-2024 19:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  A newly identified subspecies of bacteria may drive aggressive colon cancer growth. Does the bacteria play a role in the surge in cases in younger adults?
  
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• Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon

  20-03-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Fossil of giant river dolphin found in Peru, whose closest living relation is in South Asia, gives clues to future extinction threatsScientists have discovered the fossilised skull of a giant river dolphin, from a species thought to have fled the ocean and sought refuge in Peru’s Amazonian rivers 16m years ago. The extinct species would have measured up to 3.5 metres long, making it the largest river dolphin ever found.The discovery of this new species, Pebanista yacuruna, highlights the l
  
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• Federal Reserve holds key interest rate at more than 5% as inflation battle drags on

  20-03-2024 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Federal Reserve held its key federal funds interest rate at about 5.5% for March as it continues to fight persistent inflation in the economy.
  
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• Kennedy family set to step up its efforts to help Biden's campaign

  20-03-2024 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — For President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent candidacy looms as a potential political spoiler.
  
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• FAA seeks to mandate inspections of Boeing Max planes for flaw that could cause ‘loss of control’

  20-03-2024 18:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FAA publicly identified an “unsafe condition” that could result in a “loss of control” of certain Boeing 737 Max jets because of “nonconforming” installation of spoiler control wires.
  
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• Shop the Béis virtual warehouse sale now

  20-03-2024 17:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Béis is offering up to 40% off travel essentials, such as its popular weekender bag, carry-on spinner suitcase and more.
  
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• Outlawed anti-drone radio jammers are being marketed on Amazon and Google despite FCC rules

  20-03-2024 16:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several online retailers and drone technology companies are marketing the sale of radio frequency jammers as drone deterrence or privacy tools.
  
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• 50+ Ulta Semi-Annual Beauty Event deals to shop right now

  20-03-2024 16:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ulta's semi-annual event is happening now, and you can save on skin care, beauty and makeup. Products from brands like Dyson and Ouai are up to 50% off.
  
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• Mexico: report challenges official story of migrant facility fire in which 40 died

  20-03-2024 16:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation asserts that detention centre staff had key to cell in which men were being held but did not open door to let them outA new report has challenged the official version of events during a fire in a Mexican migrant detention facility that killed dozens, alleging that staff could have let the men out of their cell, but instead decided – or were told – not to.The fire in Ciudad Juárez broke out on 27 March 2023, when detainees started a fire to protest conditions at t
  
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• The U.S. is no longer one of the 20 happiest countries. If you're young, you probably know why.

  20-03-2024 16:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. dropped out ofthe top 20 for the first time, driven by a large drop in happiness for Americans under 30.
  
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• All you need to know about April train strikes

  20-03-2024 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Train drivers at 16 rail firms are set to stage walkouts in April, with Tube strikes in April and May.
  
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• Japanese baseball fans bid farewell to ‘lucky charm’ Colonel Sanders statue

  20-03-2024 15:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Effigy recovered in 2009 after being thrown into Osaka river by jubilant fans but is in poor state and will be disposed ofA plastic statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder, Colonel Sanders, that was a lucky charm for superstitious Japanese baseball fans has been “disposed of” 15 years after being dredged out of an Osaka river.Jubilant supporters of Osaka’s Hanshin Tigers, known for being Japan’s most passionate baseball fans, flung the effigy – and themselv
  
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• DATELINE FRIDAY SNEAK PEEK: A Girl Named Egypt

  20-03-2024 15:10 via nbcnews.com
  Michigan State Police detectives speak out for the first time to reveal clues they uncovered in 27-year-old Egypt Covington's murder. Andrea Canning reports Friday, March 22 at 9/8c on NBC.
  
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• Train drivers set to strike again in April

  20-03-2024 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drivers at 16 train companies will take part in rolling one-day strikes between 5 and 8 April.
  
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• Food and eating out costs drive fall in inflation

  20-03-2024 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  February's drop to 3.4% means the cost of living is now rising at its slowest pace since September 2021.
  
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• Dani Alves to be freed on bail after rape conviction

  20-03-2024 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court in Spain sentenced the former Brazil player to four and a half years in prison last month.
  
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• Watch: An emotional farewell to the Hairy Bikers

  20-03-2024 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An emotional farewell to the Hairy Bikers, as the series ends weeks following the death of Dave Myers.
  
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• Greggs hit by IT issue affecting card payments

  20-03-2024 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some shops are closed as the bakery chain says it is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
  
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• What to know about new minimum wage in California, why some are now exempt

  20-03-2024 13:19 via abcnews.go.com
  
  On April 1, when Assembly Bill 610 goes into law, raising the minimum wage in California for fast food workers, some establishments have been granted exemptions.
  
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• Trump needs a $464m bond. What if he can't get it?

  20-03-2024 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president has six days to secure it, but there are a few ways the New York fraud case could play out.
  
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• Aslef Tube drivers to strike in April and May

  20-03-2024 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Train drivers' union Aslef says 98% of its Tube drivers voted in favour of two 24-hour walkouts.
  
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• HMRC reverses decision to close telephone helpline

  20-03-2024 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The move comes less than a day after it said the self-assessment helpline would shut for six months.
  
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• Bafta TV Awards: The list of nominations

  20-03-2024 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out if your favourite programmes and actors have been nominated for Britain's top TV prizes.
  
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