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• Bruce Willis, wife Emma's union is 'stronger than ever' as they celebrate 15th wedding anniversary

  21-03-2024 23:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming Willis are celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary.On Thursday, the 45-year-old model marked their "crystal anniversary" on Instagram by posting a photo in which she is kissing the 69-year-old actor. In her caption, Emma wrote the pair's union is "stronger than ever" as the "Die Hard" star battles frontotemporal dementia."Today marks our 15th wedding anniversary! And today, I can make a choice. I can wallow in sorrow or I can celebrate it," Emma shared."I cal
  
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• No Labels reaches out to a former GOP presidential candidate regarding their pending third-party ticket

  21-03-2024 23:58 via foxnews.com
  
  As they vet candidates for a potential third-party presidential ticket, No Labels is reaching out to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.A source in the two-time Republican presidential candidate's political orbit told Fox News on Thursday that the centrist group has made outreach to Christie in recent days.Christie, who ended his 2024 GOP nomination campaign in mid-January, appeared to leave the door open to a possible third party run in an interview with former Obama adviser David Axelrod th
  
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• Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog

  21-03-2024 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to landAfter achieving worldwide fame through numerous hit films and TV shows, leading to a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, Kermit the Frog has another accolade: a 270m-year-old fossil named after him.Scientists have discovered a species of an ancient amphibian ancestor, which they have named Kermitops gratus because of its resemblance to the bright green star of The Muppet Show
  
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• Idaho police capture white supremacist and accomplice after hospital ambush

  21-03-2024 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Skylar Meade and Nicholas Umphenour arrested 130 miles away after going on run following Meade’s escape from prison vanA white supremacist prison gang member and his accomplice are in police custody after being on the run in Idaho.On Thursday, Idaho officials said that Skylar Meade, 31, and Nicholas Umphenour, 28, were arrested in Twin Falls – about 130 miles (209km) from where they escaped. Continue reading...
  
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• EU leaders suggest openness to membership talks with Bosnia

  21-03-2024 23:55 via foxnews.com
  
  European Union leaders were poised to agree in principle Thursday to open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, even though the Western Balkan country must still do a lot of work before talks can begin.The 27 leaders were expected to give the political green light at a summit in Brussels after the European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — last week agreed to start talks in spite of deep lingering ethnic divisions in the nation with 3.2 million inhabitants.In the
  
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• Man recorded over 90 people in Starbucks bathroom using hidden camera, some as young as 4: Police

  21-03-2024 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in California say a man secretly recorded more than 90 people, some as young as 4-years-old, with a hidden camera in a Starbucks bathroom. It sparked an investigation that led detectives to a stash of micro cameras and an arsenal of guns, according to police. The San José Police Department said officers responded to a Starbucks on the 600 block of Coleman Avenue around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2024, for reports of a hidden camera inside the shop’s bathroom.When officers ar
  
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• EU agrees in principle to give profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

  21-03-2024 23:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine could receive the first €1bn of interest on the sequestered assets by early JulyEU leaders have agreed in principle to commandeer a large majority of the profits generated from frozen Russian assets and give them to Ukraine.The proposal could generate €3bn (£2.6bn) this year and the first billion could be released to Ukraine by July, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said late on Thursday at the end of the first day of an EU leaders’ summit in
  
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• Lessons not learned from preventable deaths

  21-03-2024 23:44 via bbc.com
  
  Coroners say they are frustrated lessons have not been learnt to prevent deaths in north Wales.
  
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• Investigators probe suburban Pittsburgh housefire that killed man, 4 children

  21-03-2024 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Investigators were searching Thursday for the cause of a fire that tore through a house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, killing a man and four children and spreading to another house before the flames were extinguished.Firefighters arrived quickly but found the two-story house in Jeannette already engulfed. The man's fiancée and two other children were rescued by a neighbor, police and firefighters.Neighbor Jack Mull said he saw the flames when he stepped outside to have a cigarette early Wedn
  
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• NYC serial burglar posing an Amazon worker linked to 9 break-ins, stole thousands of dollars: police

  21-03-2024 23:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A serial burglar in New York City who poses as an Amazon delivery worker is being sought for at least nine break-ins, police said. The crimes have occurred in various neighborhoods in Queens, the New York Police Department said. Authorities said the suspect had stolen thousands of dollars in cash, along with jewelry and other items. AMAZON DRIVER CHARGED AFTER FENDING OFF DRUNK, LEWD MIGRANT'S ALLEGED ATTACK: POLICEThe first burglary occurred over a year ago, on Jan. 26, 2023, with the
  
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• Carlee Russell, Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping, avoids jail time for hoax

  21-03-2024 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping last year, has pleaded guilty and will not serve jail time.On Thursday, Russell pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of filing a false police report.Jefferson County Judge David Carpneter sentenced her to 12 months of supervised probation, 100 hours of community service and $17,974.88 paid in restitution to the City of Hoover. Russell will also have to continue mental health counseling, the judge ordered.During the hearing, Carpe
  
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• British politicians rip Nike for 'pearl-clutching woke nonsense' after change to England's soccer jerseys

  21-03-2024 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  British politicians are ripping Nike’s "modern twist" to England’s 2024 national soccer team uniforms, calling them "woke" after they were unveiled this week. The team’s "kit" is turning heads and leading to an uproar on social media, particularly when it comes to the St. George’s Cross, which normally is a red cross with a white background. Nike decided to put a "playful twist" on the cross, which is featured on the uniform’s collar. Instead of the n
  
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• 'Depravity': AG blasts officers sentenced in racially motivated torture of Black men

  21-03-2024 23:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Six former law enforcement officers were sentenced to decades in prison in Jackson, Mississippi, for their roles in the torture of two Black men.
  
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• Concerns raised over Steve Barclay's role in waste project

  21-03-2024 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The environment secretary has been a vocal opponent of a planned waste incinerator in his seat.
  
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• Watch: Hot air balloon collides with powerlines

  21-03-2024 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firefighters responded to the incident after it crashed into power lines and its basket became detached.
  
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• Sixteen states sue US over ban on approvals for LNG exports

  21-03-2024 23:28 via theguardian.com
  
  States including Texas, Louisiana and Florida say federal government lacks authority to broadly deny permitsSixteen US states, including Texas, Louisiana and Florida, have filed a lawsuit to challenge the US federal government’s ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas, the office of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said on Thursday.The lawsuit argues the federal government lacks the authority to broadly deny those permits. Continue reading...
  
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• North Carolina schools candidate who called for Obama’s death put on the spot

  21-03-2024 23:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Michele Morrow, the far-right Republican running to oversee public schools in the state, said she is facing ‘radical extremists’A far-right Republican candidate running to oversee public schools in North Carolina decried “extreme agendas that threaten our children’s future”, after being confronted by reporters over tweets in which she called for the executions of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.“Don’t let extreme agendas threaten our children’s future,&
  
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• 'I want the £45,000 state pension that was stolen from me'

  21-03-2024 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women born in the 1950s hit by the rise in state pension age react to a report recommending compensation.
  
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• Murder investigation under way after man's death

  21-03-2024 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police officers found the body of a man in his 60s, and a woman with serious head injuries.
  
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• Conservative lawmakers slam $1.2T government funding bill as 'swamp omnibus'

  21-03-2024 23:14 via foxnews.com
  
  House conservatives are balking at the term "minibus" being used to describe the $1.2 trillion government funding bill congressional leaders unveiled in the early hours of Thursday morning."It’s not too ‘mini,’ is it?" Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital. "A ‘mini’ today is much different than a ‘mini’ five years ago. … Certainly, it’s smaller than an omnibus."A "minibus" is the colloquial term on Capi
  
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• Massachusetts Senate passes bill criminalizing 'revenge porn'

  21-03-2024 23:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A Massachusetts bill that bars someone from sharing explicit images or videos without consent was approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.The bill, which now goes to conference committee to hash out differences with the House, means only South Carolina has not banned "revenge porn.""With passage of this bill today we take another step towards closing a loophole in our laws that has caused pain, anguish, embarrassment, and a sense of helplessness to those survivors who for so long suffered
  
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• Carlee Russell pleads guilty to fake kidnapping report charges in Alabama

  21-03-2024 23:09 via foxnews.com
  
  An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement.News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was given a suspended six-month sentence which will allow her to avoid jail. She was ordered to pay more than $17,000 restitution.ALABAMA JUDGE ISSUES RULING
  
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• EU leaders call for ‘immediate humanitarian pause’ in Gaza – as it happened

  21-03-2024 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaders at summit agree text that says pause should lead to ‘sustainable ceasefire’ Meanwhile, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has met with Luís Montenegro, who has been nominated as Portugal’s next prime minister.Both are members of the centre-right European People’s party. Continue reading...
  
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• Energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites

  21-03-2024 23:04 via foxnews.com
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.The projects will accelerate clean energy development on current and former mine lands, the U.S. Department of Energy announced. The other states benefiting — Kentucky and West Virginia — are solidly Republican and
  
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• Chicago Mayor Johnson suggests Trump voters to blame for failure of city's tax hike referendum

  21-03-2024 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared to blame Trump voters in his reaction to a failed referendum he supported. On Tuesday, Chicago residents struck down the "Bring Chicago Home" referendum that promised $100 million in new tax revenue to combat the homeless crisis in the city by hiking the tax on heftier real estate purchases. Voters rejected the tax proposal by over a 7-point margin, representing a difference of more than 22,000 voters, according to the latest votes counted.&
  
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• Algeria sets election for September. The military-backed president is expected to seek a 2nd term

  21-03-2024 22:57 via foxnews.com
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria will hold its next election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign should he decide to seek a second term leading the oil-rich north African nation.Tebboune's office announced the date in a statement Thursday after meeting with a group that included high-ranking members of Parliament and the constitutional court as well as its independent election authority.ALGERIAN SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEALS BY IMPRI
  
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• Weekly quiz: How long did this woman take to climb nearly 300 mountains?

  21-03-2024 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test how closely you have been paying attention to what has been going on over the past seven days.
  
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•  'I usually hope for compromise': Breyer reflects on how Dobbs decision played out

  21-03-2024 22:49 via nbcnews.com
  During an interview with Meet the Press, former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discussed his reaction to the leak of the draft Dobbs decision. 
  
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• Ex-Timberwolves staffer accused of stealing executive's hard drive containing 'strategic' NBA info

  21-03-2024 22:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A former Minnesota Timberwolves employee is facing felony charges after he was accused of stealing the hard drive of a team executive that contained "strategic NBA information," according to court documents. Somak Sarkar, 33, was arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department Monday and charged with third-degree felony burglary after prosecutors alleged in court documents filed in Hennepin County that the former staffer stole a hard drive containing sensitive information from the office of S
  
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• EU and US pile on pressure for Gaza ceasefire

  21-03-2024 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  EU leaders call for ‘immediate humanitarian pause’ while US expected to bring UN resolution calling for truce without delayEU leaders have overcome their differences to call for an “immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza, hours before the US is expected to bring a resolution to a vote at the UN calling for a truce and a hostage deal without delay in the face of a looming famine.The EU declaration, at a Brussels summit late on Thursday, ma
  
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• National security hawks warn Congress throwing Pentagon 'under the bus' with 'inadequate' spending bump

  21-03-2024 22:47 via foxnews.com
  
  National security hawks are raising alarms that Congress’ defense spending plan could hamper U.S. military advancement and leave the country more vulnerable against adversaries like China. The defense appropriations bill was unveiled as part of a larger $1.2 trillion spending package aimed at funding roughly 70% of the federal government. Defense spending accounts for $886 billion, about a 3% increase from fiscal year 2023.Lawmakers in both the House and Senate argued that the modest
  
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• Hillary Clinton wades into crucial battleground Senate race that could determine balance of power

  21-03-2024 22:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Secretary of State and two-time failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday waded into what is expected to be one of the most closely watched Senate races this year that could determine the balance of power in Congress.In an early morning post on X, Clinton offered her endorsement to Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Phoenix-area congressman and the likely Democrat nominee in the race, praising him as a "fighter" who would defend abortion "rights."Gallego welcomed the e
  
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• Mexican authorities find 10 dead, burned bodies in vehicle near US border

  21-03-2024 22:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Investigators in the northern Mexico border state of Nuevo León said Thursday they have found at least ten dead, burned bodies in a vehicle on a roadway near the industrial hub of Monterrey.MEXICAN AUTHORITIES FIND 5 DEAD BODIES LOADED INTO BULLETPROOF SUVState prosecutors said they initially found a body and three skulls inside a burned out vehicle in the township of Pesqueria, just outside Monterrey.But later they found four other bodies, human bones and two more skulls nearby. Investig
  
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• HBCU president reinstated after investigation following administrator's suicide

  21-03-2024 22:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Lincoln University of Missouri's President John Moseley has been reinstated after the death by suicide of administrator Antoinette "Bonnie" Candia-Bailey.
  
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• Clinton National Airport executive shot by ATF agents during raid at Arkansas home has died, brother says

  21-03-2024 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  The Arkansas airport executive director who was shot by federal agents during a raid at his home this week has died from his injuries, his brother said.Bryan Malinowski, 53, died two days after a gunfire exchange with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) at his Little Rock residence. He was pronounced dead Thursday, Matthew Malinowski told Fox News Digital. Bill Walker, the new executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, also ann
  
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• 18-year-old kayaker drowns in Missouri lake

  21-03-2024 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A kayaker from Michigan died and two other people are missing after an outing on a Missouri lake.The Missouri Highway Patrol on Thursday identified the victim as 18-year-old Melodie Roberts of South Lyon, Michigan. Authorities have not released the names or other information about the two kayakers who are missing, but said their kayaks were found.The accident happened on Stockton Lake in southwestern Missouri. The patrol said it was unclear when the kayaks capsized, but rough water was believed
  
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• Wales beat Finland to reach Euro play-off final

  21-03-2024 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales are just one win away from Euro 2024 after beating Finland in their play-off semi-final at Cardiff City Stadium.
  
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• Apple becomes the latest tech giant under siege

  21-03-2024 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With a loyal fanbase, Apple is in a unique position which is now under fire, writes Zoe Kleinman.
  
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• Reese Witherspoon's ex, Ryan Phillippe, gets 'annoyed' over nepotism talk regarding their kids

  21-03-2024 22:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Ryan Phillippe isn't a fan of all the "nepotism talk" in Hollywood.Phillippe, 49, shares two children with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon, 47 — Ava and Deacon. Witherspoon also shares her son, Tennessee, with ex-husband Jim Toth.Ava and Deacon have both chosen to follow in Phillippe and Witherspoon's acting footsteps."She’s sort of getting her feet wet, you know?" Phillippe told Extra about Ava's foray into acting. "She’s taking time to kind of figure out exactly what it is she want
  
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• Illegal immigrants storm US border in El Paso, knock over guards amid standoff over Texas law

  21-03-2024 22:23 via foxnews.com
  
  A large group of illegal immigrants burst through razor wire and surged towards the border wall in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday in a chaotic scene during which guards were knocked over – just as the state’s anti-illegal immigration law is being held up in the courts.Video taken by the New York Post showed dozens of adult males ripping away razor wire that was set up by the state and charging past Texas National Guardsmen. They then ran towards a section of border wall where they were
  
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• American college students on spring break trip confronted with 'rifles in their faces,' given three options

  21-03-2024 22:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Three college students' long-awaited spring break in Cancún, Mexico turned into a nightmare when they were confronted at their beachfront hotel and robbed at gunpoint.A father of one of the Florida State University students, who asked not to be identified, told Fox News Digital that his 20-year-old daughter's spring break vacation at the Ocean Dream Cancun by Guru Hotel turned into a nightmare."I researched it before they went there," he said. "It was a safe place to go. They didn't go in
  
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• Starmer urges Nike to change new England kit cross

  21-03-2024 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader speaks out as fans, pundits and politicians criticise the £124.99 shirt.
  
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• Legendary veteran known as ‘Hot Dog Guy’ dies at 60

  21-03-2024 22:17 via foxnews.com
  
  An Air Force veteran who became legendary for his appearance on a promotional poster died last week.Robin Williams, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant, died March 14 at the age of 60 of a heart attack, according to an online obituary for the veteran.Williams, who was born in London, England, and attended high school in Miami, Florida, enlisted in the Air Force in 1983 and served until retirement.WWII GHOST ARMY WHO DUPED NAZIS IN SECRET MISSION WILL RECEIVE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALAccordi
  
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• Florida Christian school teacher accused of using AI to produce erotic content from yearbook photos

  21-03-2024 22:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida Christian school teacher was arrested this week after allegedly creating child sexual abuse materials using photos from the school yearbook and artificial intelligence (AI), according to authorities.The Pasco County Sheriff’sOffice said 67-year-old Steven Houser of New Port Richey faces charges for possession of child pornography.Deputies initiated an investigation after receiving an unspecified tip about Houser.FLORIDA MAN SHOT HIS ROOMMATE 10 TIMES OVER ARGUMENT OVER CATS: POLI
  
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• Starbucks intolerant of lactose intolerance, $5m lawsuit alleges

  21-03-2024 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Three Californians who can’t drink dairy say they pay extra fees for alternatives at coffee chain and claim violation of civil rights lawIs charging extra for non-dairy milk an act of discrimination against people who are lactose intolerant?This is the question three Starbucks customers are raising by filing a $5m class-action lawsuit against Starbucks for making customers who do not consume dairy pay more for their lattes and Frappuccinos. Continue reading...
  
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• NSW outlaws gay conversion practices and makes it harder for young people to get bail

  21-03-2024 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  LGBTQ groups welcome legislation passed after marathon overnight sitting, but critics line up to warn bail laws will put more children in jailGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGay conversion practices have been outlawed in New South Wales and it will be harder for teenage offenders to get bail after two laws passed the state’s parliament overnight.The laws will, separately, ban conversion practices such as religious “straight camps” that a
  
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• Former Cardinals VP Terry McDonough accused of choking neighbor in farm equipment dispute

  21-03-2024 22:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Terry McDonough, who previously worked as the Arizona Cardinals vice president of player personnel, faces assault charges. McDonough's neighbor accused the former NFL executive of choking him during a verbal altercation over lawn care and farm equipment. McDonough is scheduled to appear in court on April 11.The charge stems from an alleged incident on March 12. According to the criminal affidavit, the neighbor claims McDonough initially chest bumped him and then placed his hands around his
  
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• Stormy Daniels says she is 'absolutely ready' to testify at Trump's hush money trial

  21-03-2024 21:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Adult film actress Stormy Daniels is "absolutely ready" to testify at former President Trump's hush money trial, she told ABC's "The View" on Thursday.
  
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• World War Two 'Ghost Army' honoured by Congress

  21-03-2024 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "Ghost Army" used inflatable tanks and Hollywood-style special effects to trick the German army.
  
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• Fox News Politics: Coming after Trump Tower

  21-03-2024 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What's happening? -White House calls Biden impeachment inquiry ‘embarrassing’-Republicans hit Biden over $110 billion tax hike-GOP billionaires rally behind Trump as 2024 loomsLawyers for former President Trump are blasting New York Attorney General Letitia James’ "unconstitutional" attempts to block the GOP presumptive nomi
  
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