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• The best BBC performances from soul legend Diana Ross

  23-03-2024 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A celebration of the best BBC performances from soul legend Diana Ross.
  
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• Longtime Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94

  23-03-2024 20:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The Baltimore Orioles announced that longtime owner Peter Angelos died Saturday at the age of 94.Angelos and other investors bought the franchise in 1993 for $173 million, and, due to his health in recent years, his sons, John and Louis, took over primary operations in 2019."Mr. Angelos had been ill for several years, and the family thanks the doctors, nurses and caregivers who brought comfort to him in his final years," the team said in a statement. "It was Mr. Angelos' wish to have a private b
  
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• Bruce Springsteen says peptic ulcer pain was 'hurting so badly' he couldn't sing: 'It was killing me'

  23-03-2024 20:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen opened up about the pain that he endured while struggling with peptic ulcer disease and his fear that he might not be able to sing again.The 74-year-old singer made his return to the stage with the E Street Band at Phoenix, Arizona's Footprint Center Tuesday night after stepping back from performing and postponing his world tour last September to recover from the condition. During a Thursday interview with SiriusXM’s E Street Radio host Jim Rotolo, Springsteen admitt
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. wants a 'fighter' to serve as Trump's VP: 'Someone who can take those hits'

  23-03-2024 20:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr. is on the search for a "fighter" to run alongside his father, former President Donald Trump, in the 2024 race for the White House.Highlighting the importance of the vice presidential role, Trump Jr., who is lobbying his father to choose a running mate who is willing to take on distinct challenges, told the New York Post that the position needs someone who can take the political attacks — and hit back."What I want in that role is, I want a fighter," said Trump Jr., 46. "I u
  
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• Soccer match between Russia and Paraguay canceled in aftermath of Moscow-area concert hall attack

  23-03-2024 20:35 via foxnews.com
  
  The Russian men's national soccer team was scheduled to participate in a friendly international with Paraguay in Moscow early next week, but those plans have been canceled.The Russian Football Union's (RFU) decision to cancel the match comes just one day after the deadly mass shooting.On Friday, Russia’s Federal Security Service said that more than 60 people had been killed in the attack at Crocus City Hall, a music venue, and nearly 150 others had been injured. By Saturday morning, the de
  
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• James Carville slams wokeness pushed by Democrats as a ‘giant, stupid argument,’ blames ‘preachy females’

  23-03-2024 20:32 via foxnews.com
  
  In an interview with a New York Times columnist, Democratic Party strategist James Carville railed against his party’s pursuit of wokeness, calling it a "giant, stupid argument" that will lead to more Democrat losses in the future.Published on Saturday, Carville’s interview with Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd covered a wide range of topics but had some notable points slamming the culture of wokeness and censorship coming from modern liberals in politics and the media.Carville,
  
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• 'Big day for evil': Ruby Franke's journals detailing abuse of her children are released

  23-03-2024 20:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ruby Franke, a former YouTube family vlogger from Utah who was sentenced last month on child abuse charges, detailed months of abuse in handwritten journal entries released by prosecutors Friday.
  
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• Gene Wilder's death after Alzheimer's battle left Mel Brooks 'inconsolable,' filmmaker remembers

  23-03-2024 20:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Mel Brooks is recalling the "sad" aftermath of good friend and late actor Gene Wilder's Alzheimer's diagnosis. In the new "Remembering Gene Wilder" documentary, Brooks opened up about his friendship with Wilder, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's circa 2010, and detailed the steps he had taken to help the "Willy Wonka" star with his memory. "I called him a lot thinking, 'Maybe if I gave him enough references I could get him out of it,'" Brooks, who first met Wilder in the 1960s, said i
  
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• Marvin Harrison Jr. has team in mind ahead of NFL Draft, former teammate says

  23-03-2024 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  It seems like Marvin Harrison Jr. may be getting exactly what he wants next month.The Ohio State phenom is far and away the top wide receiver in this NFL Draft class, and if it weren't for a stacked quarterback class, he could easily be the first overall pick.But the first three selections are very likely slated to be QBs, with the Bears, Commander, and Patriots picking first, second and third, respectively.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe fourth pick belongs to the Arizona
  
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• Judge allows GOP firebrands to sue two cities in deep-blue state for violating their free speech rights

  23-03-2024 20:05 via foxnews.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday allowed a lawsuit from Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to proceed against two California cities that canceled their rallies in 2021.In a 22-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera said there is adequate evidence to suggest the GOP lawmakers have a legitimate claim against officials in Anaheim and Riverside, Calif., who shut down their events. But the judge castigated the two firebrands for alleging that a handful of liberal nonprofits
  
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• March Madness brackets bust after numerous first-round upsets in men's tournament

  23-03-2024 19:55 via foxnews.com
  
  More than 31 million bracket entries for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament were made this year. But after the first round, no perfect brackets remain.Upsets by double-digit teams headlined this year’s tournament. During the first series of games on Thursday, upsets by Oakland and Duquesne crushed the majority of brackets, leaving just 2,100 remaining by the following morning.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMOn Friday, those numbers were cut down even further
  
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• Former player of Nevada head coach rips him after all-time March Madness collapse: 'He sucks'

  23-03-2024 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  It could have been, and probably should have been, the University of Nevada playing in the Round of 32 on Saturday.The 10th-seeded Wolf Pack owned a 55-39 lead over No. 7 Dayton with just over seven minutes left in the first round.But the Flyers ended the game on a 24-4 run for an all-time comeback to advance to the second round.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMShortly after the chokejob, a former player of Nevada head coach Steve Alford obliterated him on X, formerly Twitter.To
  
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• Republicans blast Biden admin's 'Red Flag Operation' as one that will 'violate' Second Amendment rights

  23-03-2024 19:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Florida on Saturday where she will tout a Biden administration effort to provide "training and technical assistance" to individuals "responsible for implementing laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others."The new program drew immediate backlash from some Republicans who called the effort a "massive Red Flag Operation."The National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center, according to a
  
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• 'Ghost' whisky distillery in Scotland reopens after 40 years

  23-03-2024 19:25 via foxnews.com
  
  What was once the remnants of a "ghost" distillery on Islay, a great source of peated whisky in Scotland, is now an ultra exclusive distillery with a luxurious and polished blueprint.In 1983, Port Ellen, a workhorse distillery, closed due to an overabundance of single malt whisky production in the area. Due to the surplus, a number of whisky-making locations closed in order to promote the financial robustness of larger companies."It was a flavor factory for creating a sweet, smokey type of Islay
  
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• A method being weighed for distributing U.S. aid in Gaza could put U.S. troops at risk, officials say

  23-03-2024 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden admin doesn't want U.S. troops to set foot in Gaza when it starts delivering humanitarian aid from a floating dock, but an alternate plan poses risks.
  
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• Biden says $1.2T spending package is ‘good news for the American people,’ but Congress’ work isn’t over

  23-03-2024 18:57 via foxnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden thanked Congressional leaders Saturday after the Senate passed a controversial six-bill government funding package in the early hours of the day following a brief partial government shutdown. "Thank you to Leaders Schumer and McConnell, Senators Murray and Collins, Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Jeffries, and Representatives Granger and DeLauro, for their leadership," Biden said in a statement.The President called the mammoth $1.2 trillion spending package "a compromise,"
  
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• Bill Maher panics over Trump's gain with young voters: Biden might lose 'because hot dogs cost more'

  23-03-2024 18:53 via foxnews.com
  
  "Real Time" host Bill Maher is sounding the alarm on former President Trump's gain among young voters, suggesting on Friday night the impact of inflation could ultimately hurt President Biden at the ballot box. "What is it with this guy? Always gaining with the people he's supposed to be losing," Maher complained on Friday during a panel discussion. "Now he is up five points among 18 to 29!… 65% of Gen Zers say that they believe Trump would shake up the country for the better. See, t
  
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• LAURA INGRAHAM: The GOP is committing a slow suicide

  23-03-2024 18:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Friday warned the shrinking Republican majority in the House of Representatives could hand the Democrats the gavel on "The Ingraham Angle."TOP GOP LAWMAKER ANNOUNCES EARLY EXIT, LEAVING REPUBLICANS WITH TEMPORARY ONE-SEAT MAJORITYLAURA INGRAHAM: This pains me to say this: Thanks, Mike [Gallagher]. Hope future Speaker Hakeem Jeffries sent you a nice fruit basket today. Now, how else are people supposed to interpret this move except a spiteful and maybe some kind of
  
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• Biden signs the $1.2 trillion government funding bill

  23-03-2024 18:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. entered a partial government shutdown after Congress failed to pass funding legislation in time.
  
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• Gunmen arrested after Moscow concert attack, says Putin

  23-03-2024 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 133 people were killed when the attackers opened fire at a venue packed with people.
  
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• Death toll rises to 133 in Moscow terror attack, 11 suspects arrested

  23-03-2024 18:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The death toll in Friday’s terror attack on a concert in Moscow has soared to at least 133, Russia’s top state investigative agency said Saturday, with authorities saying they have apprehended 11 suspects, four of whom were reported to be directly involved in the onslaught.President Vladimir Putin addressed the shocked nation in a televised broadcast on Saturday, slamming the massacre as "a bloody, barbaric terrorist act." He declared Sun., March 24, a day of mourning.Putin said that
  
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• Why Manchester City can win the WSL title this year

  23-03-2024 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City showed they are capable of winning the Women's Super League title and ending their eight-year wait with a huge victory over Manchester United.
  
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• New national security law 'slams shut' space for dissent in Hong Kong, critics say

  23-03-2024 18:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hong Kong enacted a measure that critics charge will further stifle free expression in a city that until recently was known for its freewheeling style, aggressive media and politically active populace.
  
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• England kits 'should connect people'

  23-03-2024 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nike's England kit reignites rows over national identity familiar to designers of previous shirts.
  
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• Bears take a ride on swan pedalo at safari park

  23-03-2024 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Water lot of fun for these black bears as heavy rain creates a "mini lake" in their enclosure.
  
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• Biden use of Hamas death count challenged by prominent statistician, says numbers 'aren't accurate'

  23-03-2024 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM - During President Biden's State of the Union speech, he used the Gaza death count produced by the Hamas-run ministry of health, quoting some 30,000 deaths. Those numbers have been scrutinized by a renowned University of Pennsylvania statistician who has cast serious doubt on the figures.Abraham Wyner revealed in an interview with Fox News Digital that the U.S.-designated terrorist movement, Hamas, issued fake casualty numbers in its war against Israel. Wyner is a tenured professo
  
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• University of Idaho band steps in to support Yale basketball for NCAA tournament

  23-03-2024 17:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The University of Idaho’s marching band is being praised for its sportsmanship after stepping in to support Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night after learning that the Ivy League team’s own band couldn’t make the journey out west. The university’s band director, Spencer Martin, told KXLY that he received a call over the weekend and was informed that the Bulldogs’ band was unable to travel from Connecticut to Spokane, Washington, where
  
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• Park shines as Man City brush aside Man Utd in WSL derby

  23-03-2024 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jess Park produces an outstanding display as Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United to keep up their Women's Super League title chase.
  
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• Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record

  23-03-2024 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Almost half of Haiti’s people are struggling to feed themselves as gang violence spreads across the country, with several areas close to famine, international organizations said on Friday.
  
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• France run in five tries against improving Ireland

  23-03-2024 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France score five tries to open the Women's Six Nations with a comfortable 38-17 win over a much-improved Ireland in Le Mans.
  
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• Sen. Klobuchar hit for 2 AM post taking credit for passage of $1.2 trillion spending budget: ‘You’re welcome'

  23-03-2024 17:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., inspired a wave of angry responses after touting passing the latest government spending bill and avoiding a shutdown.In a post shared to X just past 2 A.M. ET on Saturday, Klobuchar said to her followers about the $1.2 trillion federal spending package: "You’re welcome."She wrote, "Hello 2 a.m.ers! For everyone who is still awake, we just passed the budget and averted a shutdown. You’re welcome."ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS STORM US BORDER IN EL PASO, KNOCK OVER GU
  
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• Campaigning dad of Damilola Taylor dies

  23-03-2024 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Richard Taylor dedicated years to improving children's lives in the wake of his son's death in 2000.
  
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• Moscow concert hall attack: Putin tells Russians Ukraine linked to attack which killed 133, claims denied by Kyiv officials – live updates

  23-03-2024 17:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian president says all four attackers have been detained heading for Ukraine despite Islamic State claiming responsibility Full story: arrests as death toll rises after terror attackMoscow terror attack: what we know so farState-owned media RIA reports that so many people have turned up to donate blood after the attack that the Buyanov hospital in Moscow has had to ask people to return in the following days.Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova, has posted to social media to say that they wer
  
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• Middle East crisis live: UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire during Rafah visit – as it happened

  23-03-2024 17:12 via theguardian.com
  
  António Guterres, standing beside a queue of waiting aid trucks, warns against ground assault on border townUS fighter jets from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late on Friday, according to a US official, reports the Associated Press (AP).The official, who spoke to the news agency on condition of anonymity to discuss a military operation not yet made public, said the ship is in the Red Sea.Strikes
  
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• Could 'green shoots' of recovery really save Sunak from calamity?

  23-03-2024 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This was the week the core pieces of the general election snapped into place, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
  
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• Burden falls on Prince William to steer monarchy through next few months

  23-03-2024 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  With his father and wife diagnosed with cancer and estranged from his once beloved brother, the blows have come thick and fastFor the Prince of Wales, the blows have come swiftly one after the other. First his father, King Charles, revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer, and then came the news from doctors that his wife, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, also has cancer.The stress on the heir to the throne will be considerable. Not only must he support his wife and father, he must also
  
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• ‘I think it’s a Banksy’: mystery plaque for adulterer ignites speculation in artist’s home city

  23-03-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sardonic tribute to cheating husband ‘Roger’ on bench in Bristol prompts mention of elusive graffiti artistThe amateur sleuths, conspiracy theorists and mischief makers on the sweeping Royal York Crescent in Clifton, Bristol, all have opinions about a mysterious plaque appearing to out an adulterous husband.The brass plate engraved with “For My Love/Husband, Father, Adulterer/Yes, Roger, I Knew” quickly attracted attention after it was attached to a wooden bench on the gr
  
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• How Covid lockdowns hit mental health of teenage boys hardest

  23-03-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New research findings are contrary to what had previously been thought about pandemic’s effect on children’s wellbeingTeenage boys were hit hardest by the Covid lockdowns, with their mental health failing to recover despite the return to normality, according to the most comprehensive academic study of its kind.Early research into how lockdown affected children indicated that girls had suffered more significant mental health problems than boys. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel lauds Congress' blow to UN agency with alleged Hamas ties as investigations continue

  23-03-2024 16:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Congress included a measure to block funding to a controversial United Nations agency that is under investigation for alleged ties to Hamas. Israel praised the move to prevent funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as part of the spending bill passed early Saturday morning."The historic ban on U.S. funding to UNRWA that passed today with overwhelming bipartisan support, demonstrates what we knew all along: UNRWA is part of th
  
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• Meet the former Dem Congressman facing more federal charges than George Santos

  23-03-2024 16:46 via foxnews.com
  
  A California Democrat who previously represented the Golden State in the House has been offered a plea deal over wire fraud, money laundering and other federal charges stemming from 2022.Terrance John "T.J." Cox, who represented California's 21st Congressional District from 2019 to 2021, is facing a combined 28 charges — five more than the number of charges currently faced by former New York GOP Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress late last year.A hearing for Cox — who
  
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• The ‘Taylor Swift effect’ aims to provide water during Brazil’s life-threatening heat waves

  23-03-2024 16:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Brazilian climatologist Núbia Beray Armond for years had been sounding the alarm about Rio de Janeiro’s need for an extreme heat plan including water distribution.
  
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• Richard Taylor, father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor, dies

  23-03-2024 16:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Taylor dedicated years to improving lives of disadvantaged children after killing of his 10-year-old son on a London stairwell in 2000Richard Taylor, who spent the past 24 years campaigning against knife crime after his son Damilola Taylor was killed at the age of 10, has died, his family have announced.The former Nigerian civil servant worked for years to improve the lives of disadvantaged children after his son’s stabbing in November 2000, and set up the Damilola Taylor Trust to campaign
  
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• ‘Not a parable about death’: Raymond Briggs’s notes set record straight for The Snowman

  23-03-2024 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Remarks scribbled in a Finnish copy of the much-loved book, to be featured in an exhibition on the author, reveal how the story was misunderstoodIt is Raymond Briggs’s most loved book, notching up sales of 5.5m, while the TV adaptation is a hardy perennial in the Christmas schedules. However, the discovery of a Finnish edition of The Snowman with notes scribbled in the margin by its author decades after publication reveal that parts of the story have been misinterpreted.It has frequently b
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Israeli Gaza campaign an ‘unfolding genocide’

  23-03-2024 16:08 via theguardian.com
  
  The progressive congresswoman also called on the White House to suspend aid to the Israeli military in House speechProgressive US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the Israeli military campaign in Gaza an “unfolding genocide” in a scathing speech that demanded the Joe Biden White House suspend aid to Israel’s armed forces.“As we speak, in this moment, 1.1 million innocents in Gaza are at famine’s door,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a speech on the House f
  
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• What we know about the attack on a Moscow concert hall

  23-03-2024 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 100 people were killed when gunmen opened fire inside a packed arena before setting it alight.
  
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• Moscow concert hall attack: what we know so far

  23-03-2024 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 133 people killed and scores wounded, according to authorities, after gunmen opened fire at Crocus City Hall. Islamic State has claimed responsibilityMoscow attack – latest updatesScores of people have reportedly been killed and many wounded in an attack at a concert venue near Moscow.Here is what we know about the shooting so far:Vladimir Putin has told the Russian people that Ukraine is linked to the Crocus City Hall terror attack on Friday night that killed at least 133 people.
  
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• Cameron Diaz and husband Benji Madden surprise fans with announcement of baby no. 2

  23-03-2024 15:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have welcomed their second child. On Friday, the actress, 51, and the Good Charlotte frontman, 45, surprised fans by announcing the birth of their son, Cardinal."We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden," the couple wrote in a joint post on Instagram. "He is awesome and we are all so happy he is here! For the kids safety and privacy we won’t be posting any pictures- but he’s a really cute [smiling emoji]. Sending
  
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• Yale men’s basketball rallies for another March Madness upset over No. 4 seed Auburn

  23-03-2024 15:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Yale men’s basketball team rallied from behind to defeat No. 4 seed Auburn in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night, marking the second tournament win in the program’s history. Junior John Poulakidas led the charge for the 13th-seeded Bulldogs with 28 points to help Yale come back from a 10-point deficit midway through the second half of the game. Solid defense in the final minutes of the game gave way to Yale’s 78-76 victory. "I don’t know if t
  
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• Outpouring of support for Kate after cancer news

  23-03-2024 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People from across the world express sympathy for the Princess of Wales following the revelation.
  
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• UN chief urges immediate ceasefire on Rafah visit

  23-03-2024 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Antonio Guterres called on Israel to give "total, unfettered" access to humanitarian aid in Gaza.
  
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