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• New York Appeals Court denies Trump motion to delay hush-money trial, setting up jury selection for next week

  08-04-2024 23:31 via foxnews.com
  
  A New York Appeals Court rejected former President Trump’s motion to delay his trial on charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money payments investigation. The former president and 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee sought to delay the trial, which is set to begin with jury selection on April 15. He also sought to change the venue for the trial—asking that it be removed from New York. TRUMP FILES MOTION REQUESTING JUDGE IN
  
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• Governor denies clemency for Missouri double homicide convict who sexually assaulted cousin's corpse

  08-04-2024 23:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before the inmate’s scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago.The governor’s decision is "devastating," said Megan Crane, Dorsey’s attorney, in an email. The clemency petition included requests from 72 current and former corrections officers who vouched for Dorsey’s rehabilitation while behind bars, as well as support from a former Missouri Supreme Court ju
  
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• What's expected at Japanese PM Kishida's US visit? A major upgrade in defense ties

  08-04-2024 23:26 via foxnews.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Joe Biden that's meant to achieve a major upgrading of their defense alliance.He will also join a first-ever summit of the U.S., Japanese and Philippine leaders in Washington to showcase their cooperation in the face of an increasingly assertive China.IN UPCOMING MEETING WITH BIDEN, JAPAN'S KISHIDA LOOKS TO BOLSTER US DEFENSE TIESThe Associated
  
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• Longest-serving Wisconsin state Senator to retire

  08-04-2024 23:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Rob Cowles, the longest-serving incumbent in the Wisconsin Legislature, announced Monday he will retire rather than run in a district now more favorable to Democrats or move under new district boundaries that take effect in November.Cowles, 73, had originally said he planned to move and run again to represent the bulk of the district he currently serves that is more Republican. He was first elected to the Senate in 1982 after serving four years in the Assembly.Under the new maps, Cowles was
  
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• Actions against Ohio Dem accused of 'erratic and abusive behavior' were justified, investigation finds

  08-04-2024 23:22 via foxnews.com
  
  An independent state-ordered investigation has concluded that Ohio legislative leaders were justified in disciplining a state lawmaker who was removed by House Democratic leadership from committees and banned from contacting staff following an alleged pattern of "erratic and abusive behavior."The investigation found numerous witnesses corroborated accusations of Cleveland-area Democratic Rep. Elliot Forhan’s behavior during the past year, including confrontations with other lawmakers, cons
  
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• Grandmother of 12 breaks Guinness World Record for longest plank held at over 4.5 hours: 'Like a dream'

  08-04-2024 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  1, 2, 3… go! A grandmother just broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position for a female. DonnaJean Wilde is a 58-year-old mom of 5 and grandmother of 12 from Alberta, Canada, who can now add a world record to her resume. The Canadian held the plank for just over 4 hours and 30 minutes, according to Guinness World Records, at the high school where she was once the vice principal prior to retiring. TAYLOR SWIFT FAN BREAKS WORLD RE
  
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• Death toll in Mozambique ferry disaster climbs to 98

  08-04-2024 22:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique's northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local media said Monday.The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard sank Sunday after it departed the southeastern African nation's coast for the nearby Island of Mozambique and at least 11 people were hospitalized, state-run Radio Mozambique quoted island administrator Silvério Nauaito as saying.Most of the dead were rec
  
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• RFK Jr. says Biden and Trump incapable of bringing country together: 'Both of them feed on the polarization'

  08-04-2024 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday argued that the country's extreme polarization was worse than ever and would not be helped if either President Biden or former President Trump was re-elected."They’re both feeding on that. That’s how they get elected by polarization," he said of the two leading candidates during an appearance on "The Rubin Report."RFK Jr. argued that while both Biden and Trump have made comments accusing the other of threatening democ
  
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• New footage shows Australian couple beginning hike moments before Taiwan earthquake

  08-04-2024 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Search continues for couple who have not been seen for six days after they began their hike on the mountainous Shakadang trail before the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struckRescue efforts are still under way in Taiwan’s Taroko national park to find two missing Australian nationals, who have not been seen for six days after a massive earthquake hit the island.The couple, identified by local government officials as Neo Siew Choo and Sim Hwee Kok, went missing after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake s
  
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• Tiger Woods approaches Masters record as 1st major of season nears

  08-04-2024 22:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Tiger Woods started the week practicing to make sure he can make it to the first round of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Course, but by Saturday he could be on top of the record books.Should Woods make the cut after Friday’s second round, it will be the 24th of his career. He would surpass Gary Player and Fred Couples if he were able to do so, ESPN noted Monday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWoods made the cut at last year’s Masters tournament. However, he wa
  
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• Kevin Costner is eager for 'Horizon' debut: 'This time has come'

  08-04-2024 22:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Kevin Costner is saddling up and heading to France for the debut of "Horizon: An American Saga."The Oscar-winner announced on Instagram that his four-part epic will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May."I'd like to thank the Festival de Cannes for including my film Horizon: An American Saga in this year's selection," he wrote. "It’s been 20 years since I’ve had the pleasure of being on the Croisette. I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to s
  
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• Here's what South Koreans are concerned about as they vote for parliament this week

  08-04-2024 22:18 via foxnews.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soaring green onion prices. Striking doctors. A politician’s allegedly sexist jab at a female candidate.These are among the issues animating voters in South Korea as they go the polls on Wednesday to elect a new 300-member parliament. Many are choosing public livelihoods and other domestic concerns as the most important election issues, staying away from traditional topics such as North Korean nuclear threats and U.S. security commitment for South Korea.HOW
  
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• Pence worries TikTok bill could get lost in 'fog of presidential politics,’ urges Senate vote

  08-04-2024 22:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence is concerned that a bipartisan effort to force popular social media app TikTok to cut ties with China will fall victim to presidential politics ahead of the November election, which promises to be fiercely competitive. "I am concerned that this vitally important national security measure could be caught up in the delays in the United States Senate and ultimately be lost in the fog of presidential politics," he told Fox News Digital in an interview, referenci
  
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• Abbott sends Biden message on 'sovereign authority' as Texas National Guard reinforces border razor fencing

  08-04-2024 22:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday highlighted how Texas is reinforcing barriers in a key border crossing area and pledged to exercise its "sovereign authority" — amid an ongoing months-long legal fight with the Biden administration over enforcement.Abbott posted an image of Texas National Guard soldiers reinforcing border barriers, including razor wire, in El Paso, Texas — an area that has seen a number of migrant surges in recent weeks."Texas National Guard soldiers continue to reinf
  
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• 11-year-old Georgia girl dies saving dog from house fire, uncle says

  08-04-2024 22:04 via foxnews.com
  
  A house fire in Georgia claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl who was trying to save her dog, family told FOX 5 Atlanta.The fire tore through a home outside the Griffin city limits on Sidney Drive in Spalding County Saturday night. The home was a complete loss, firefighters told FOX 5. The victim's uncle identified the girl as Katelynn Simonds."Always had that smile on her face," Charles Beecher, Simonds' uncle, told the TV station. "That's what I'm going to miss."MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEG
  
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• 'Panama Papers' trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money laundering case

  08-04-2024 22:03 via foxnews.com
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide "Panama Papers" money laundering started Monday in a Panamanian criminal court.Those on trial include the owners of the Mossack-Fonseca law firm that was at the heart of the 2016 massive document leak.LAWYERS DEPICTED IN ‘PANAMA PAPERS’ FILM SUE NETFLIX FOR DEFAMATIONThe Panama Papers include a collection of 11 million secret financial documents that illustrate how some of the world's richest peo
  
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• McConnell, back in Kentucky, talks about life in the Senate after leaving longtime leadership post

  08-04-2024 22:01 via foxnews.com
  
  SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell's only job uncertainty hinged on whether he'd serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is talking more freely about his priorities once he's no longer calling the shots for his party.During events last week back in the Bluegrass State, McConnell offered fresh details about his decision to step down in November from his role as the longe
  
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• 2 Oklahoma firefighters injured while battling 5,200-acre weekend wildfire

  08-04-2024 22:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Oklahoma volunteer firefighters are recovering after suffering burns battling a weekend wildfire in northwest Oklahoma, officials said Monday.Mooreland firefighters Jared Brittain and Max Clark suffered injuries on Saturday when their truck was overrun by flames, Mooreland Fire Chief Travis Case told The Associated Press.RURAL VIRGINIA FIREFIGHTER COLLAPSES, DIES WHILE BATTLING 3-ACRE WILDFIRE"The wind was blowing 55 miles-per-hour," Case said. "It just came around them."Both firefighters we
  
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• Total solar eclipse and unyielding faith: 'Light comes after the darkness'

  08-04-2024 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  "The eclipse," said pastor Jesse Bradley of Auburn, Washington, "is a beautiful picture and reminder of the light that comes after the darkness. Just like the stone that was rolled away from the tomb, and after His death, Our Savior rose from the dead as the light of the world."Bradley is pastor at Grace Community Church outside Seattle — and offered thoughts to Fox News Digital on the occasion of the total solar eclipse taking place across North America on Monday, April 8.F
  
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• Morgan Wallen's Nashville arrest mocked by fellow country singer: 'Alexa, play The Chair By George Strait'

  08-04-2024 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Morgan Wallen's Sunday night arrest at Eric Church's Nashville bar was mocked by country artist Ernest.Ernest, who collaborated with Wallen on "Flower Shops" in 2022, shared a post on Instagram poking fun at the "Last Night" singer's night out. Wallen's evening on the town ended in a cop car after he allegedly threw a chair off the rooftop bar Chief's. "Alexa, play ‘The Chair’ by George Strait," Ernest wrote on social media.The video showed the country music artist driving in th
  
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• Legendary ring announcer praises WWE's Samantha Irvin for WrestleMania 40 performance

  08-04-2024 21:44 via foxnews.com
  
  WWE’s Samantha Irvin braved the chilly temperatures in Philadelphia to put on a masterful performance as she announced each performer’s name when they came down to ring.Irvin is usually the ring announcer for "Monday Night Raw," but she got a chance to showcase her talents in front of thousands of WWE fans at WrestleMania 40 on Saturday and Sunday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHer performance was caught by the legendary Michael Buffer."Ring announcer Samantha Irvi
  
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• Fewer Americans want to buy an EV — even as Biden pushes for strongest-ever climate change rules

  08-04-2024 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  A decreasing number of Americans report that they are either seriously considering or might consider buying an electric vehicle, even as President Biden continues to push for greater EV ownership.While 55% of Americans said last year that they were considering an EV purchase, that figure has declined to 44%, according to a Gallup poll conducted in March and published Monday. The data further showed that just 9% of respondents report that they are seriously considering buying an EV."Gallup data c
  
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• Protesters in southern Mexico set state government building afire and torch a dozen vehicles

  08-04-2024 21:27 via foxnews.com
  
  CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — Protesters in southern Mexico set the state government building afire Monday and torched at least a dozen cars in the parking lot.The protests occurred in the violence-wracked city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.PROTESTERS USE PICKUP TRUCK TO RAM DOWN DOORS OF MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACEThe protesters are demanding answers in the case of 43 students at a rural teachers college who disappeared in 2014. Another student from tha
  
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• Gunman opens fire in Las Vegas law firm, killing 2 before taking own life: police

  08-04-2024 21:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Las Vegas police said a gunman opened fire inside a law firm near the Red Rock resort Monday morning, killing a man and a woman, then turned the gun on himself.During a press briefing, police shared updates following the shooting which took place on the 5th floor of a law firm located near Pavilion Center Drive and Charleston Boulevard just after 10:00 a.m. "We were here within minutes. The first responders did not hesitate, they moved in and took care of business," Las Vegas Metropolitan P
  
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• The Westminster WhatsApp phishing plot

  08-04-2024 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newscast speaks to two people targeted in Westminster WhatsApp plot
  
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• PHOTOS: Solar eclipse draws massive crowds throughout US

  08-04-2024 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  See photos as Americans look to the sky to witness the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
  
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• How much is the state pension worth now?

  08-04-2024 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Payments to pensioners have risen by 8.5% following the government's "triple lock" pledge.
  
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• Solar eclipse fatality: New York pediatrician killed in Airstream trailer mishap

  08-04-2024 18:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Shocked motorists witnessed the horrifying moment a Long Island, New York, doctor fell out the door of a moving trailer, clutching the handle before losing her grip while on her way to watch the eclipse, police said.New York state troopers wrote in a press release that the wind caused the door of the 2024 Airstream trailer to fly open on State Route 12E in Watertown, killing 58-year-old children's allergy and immunology specialist, Dr. Monika Woroniecka.Troopers said the doctor was on a family r
  
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• 'Long Covid' blood clues could prompt future trials

  08-04-2024 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's largest study of Covid patients treated in hospital found signs of active inflammation.
  
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• Steve Rosenberg: What's behind Russian frenzy to blame Ukraine for concert attack?

  08-04-2024 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parroting the Kremlin line, Russian media is ignoring IS claims of responsibility for the Crocus City attack.
  
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• No 10 tells MPs to be cautious about unsolicited messages after attempted ‘honeytrap’

  08-04-2024 16:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Message comes as pressure builds on Tories to take disciplinary action against MP William WraggUK politics – latest updatesDowning Street has urged MPs to be cautious when responding to unsolicited messages, after the “spear-phishing” attack that targeted more than a dozen MPs, staff and journalists working in Westminster.Number 10 issued the warning on Monday morning, days after two police forces launched an investigation into what is being described as an attempted “hon
  
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• Operators say another drone downed at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Russia-Ukraine war live

  08-04-2024 16:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian-controlled power station says drone shot down over roof over reactor number six, which is currently shut downThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. “This cannot happen,” director general Rafael Grossi wrote on a social media post, adding, “No one can conceivably benefit or get any military or political advantage from attac
  
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• Total solar eclipse to sweep across Mexico, US and Canada – live

  08-04-2024 16:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Total solar eclipse will be visible along ‘path of totality’ that measures about 115 miles wide, sweeping across 15 US states beginning at 1:30pm CTFull story – Millions gather across US, Mexico and Canada for total solar eclipseHow and when to watch today’s total solar eclipseHello and welcome to the Guardian’s coverage of the total solar eclipse, which will traverse across the Pacific Ocean, through Mexico, the US and Canada, and end over the Atlantic Ocean on Mon
  
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• Jonathan Majors sentenced to probation but no prison time for assaulting ex-girlfriend

  08-04-2024 16:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Creed III star faced up to a year in prison after he was convicted of misdemeanor assault in December of 2023Actor Jonathan Majors was sentenced to probation but avoided prison time Monday for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a high-profile case that derailed the once-promising star’s career.The 34-year-old star of Creed III and other films had faced up to a year behind bars after he was convicted of misdemeanor assault by a Manhattan jury in December. Continue reading...
  
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• Reform UK says it published candidates list early so media could help vet it

  08-04-2024 16:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Leader Richard Tice says process ‘like an MOT’ after 10 dropped so far for offensive online commentsUK politics – latest updatesReform UK published its candidates list early so the media and other organisations could help vet them, the party’s leader, Richard Tice, has said.The party has vowed to stand 600 candidates against every Conservative in the next general election but has been forced to drop 10 candidates who were reported to have made racist, sexist and homophobi
  
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• Post Office minister: people responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’ – UK politics live

  08-04-2024 16:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Kevin Hollinrake has said in his view ‘people should be prosecuted’I mentioned in the introduction that Reform UK are giving a press briefing that they have billed as being about “Labour’s betrayal of the working class”. That will be starting in a few minutes and I will bring you any key lines that emerge …John Harris writes for us today, cautioning against schadenfreude at the Tories’ apparently inevitable defeat in the next election. He writes: Contin
  
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• Man jailed for life for murdering wife and dismembering body in Lincoln

  08-04-2024 16:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicholas Metson, who paid a friend £50 to help dump Holly Bramley’s remains, to serve at least 19 yearsA man who cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces and then paid a friend £50 to help him dump her remains in a river has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years.Nicholas Metson stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times in March 2023 before dismembering her body and storing her remains for a week in the kitchen larder at the flat they shared in Sta
  
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• Everton docked two points for second financial breach

  08-04-2024 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Everton are deducted two points for a second breach of Premier League financial rules.
  
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• Three boys to face trial over child’s murder in case that shocks China

  08-04-2024 16:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspects, all under 14 at time, are accused of bullying classmate over long period before killing him in Hebei last monthChina will put three boys on trial for allegedly murdering another child, a provincial prosecutor has said, in a case that has shocked the country and sparked public debate over the treatment of juvenile offenders.The three suspects, all aged under 14 at the time of the murder, are accused of bullying a 13-year-old middle-school classmate surnamed Wang over a long period befor
  
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• Millions gather across US, Mexico and Canada for total solar eclipse

  08-04-2024 16:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Travelers undeterred by gloomy forecasts potentially spoiling celestial show, assembling from Texas to Maine for rare spectacleMillions of people were gathering across 15 states, and in Mexico and Canada, on Monday in anticipation of this afternoon’s total solar eclipse that is expected to deliver a dazzling celestial show.Undeterred by gloomy forecasts of low cloud cover and rain spoiling their view, hordes assembled in the US from Texas to Maine, clutching safety glasses and cameras with
  
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• Trump to seek federal investigations of Biden if re-elected, report says

  08-04-2024 16:16 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Trump ally’ tells Axios federal charges all were precedent ex-president would need to prosecute Biden in turnDonald Trump will seek to mount federal investigations and prosecutions of Joe Biden and his family if Trump wins re-election this year, the news site Axios reported.“Everything you have seen from the Biden Department of Justice you can expect to see from the Trump DoJ,” a source “close to the Trump campaign” was quoted as saying. Continue reading...
  
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• What do animals do during an eclipse? Observers in US zoos hope to find out

  08-04-2024 16:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Frantic giraffes, barking gibbons, randy tortoises … previous solar eclipses have revealed varied responses to sudden onset of darknessNot every scientist’s attention will be focused on the skies during Monday’s solar eclipse. Animal behaviorists at several zoos across its pathway will be watching creatures great and small for their reactions to the sudden, unexpected darkness.The research is an extension of their observations from 2017’s most recent total eclipse in the
  
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• Man who cut wife's body into 224 pieces jailed

  08-04-2024 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Metson stabbed Holly Bramley then dismembered her body and dumped her remains in a river.
  
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• Ted Baker to close 15 UK stores with the loss of 245 jobs

  08-04-2024 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Outlets in Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham among those to shutBusiness live – latest updatesThe high street fashion chain Ted Baker is to close 15 stores across the UK with the loss of 245 jobs after falling into administration.The company’s European retail and online arm appointed Teneo as administrators last month after the retailer, which has 46 stores in the UK and Europe, struggled with tough trading conditions and the fallout from the 2019 ousting o
  
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• BBC reporter: How it felt to be a target in Westminster honeytrap

  08-04-2024 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC correspondent Henry Zeffman reveals he was among those sent unsolicited messages on WhatsApp.
  
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• Home Office refusal of Gaza family reunion requests ‘irrational’, judge rules

  08-04-2024 16:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Families brought legal challenge after Home Office refused to decide on reunion applications without biometric dataFamilies in Gaza have won a legal case against the Home Office after a judge ruled the department’s decisions were a “disproportionate interference” in their right to a family life.Two challenges were brought against the Home Office in February this year after it refused to decide on family reunion applications from families in Gaza without biometric data, includin
  
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• Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US

  08-04-2024 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-president avoided past ‘shithole countries’ racist invective, but said the US hadn’t gotten enough immigrants from ‘nice countries’Donald Trump bemoaned a lack of immigrants to the US from “nice” countries “like Denmark [or] Switzerland”, offering millionaire donors at a Florida fundraiser a reprise of infamous racist Oval Office remarks about people coming to America from “shithole countries”.Trump is the presumptive Republica
  
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• Ted Baker to close 15 stores and cut 245 jobs

  08-04-2024 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Administrators to the company behind the High Street fashion chain announce cuts to try to reduce costs.
  
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• Two men jailed for life for murdering footballer Cody Fisher

  08-04-2024 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Remy Gordon and Kami Carpenter given minimum terms of 26 and 25 years at Birmingham crown court for nightclub attackRemy Gordon and Kami Carpenter have been jailed at Birmingham crown court for life with a minimum term of 26 and 25 years respectively for the murder of Cody Fisher in a nightclub knife attack on Boxing Day 2022.More details to follow. Continue reading...
  
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• No progress made at Cairo ceasefire talks, says Hamas, as Israel pulls troops out of southern Gaza – as it happened

  08-04-2024 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli defence minister says withdrawal forms part of preparations for later attack on RafahAn Israeli strike on southern Lebanon early on Monday killed a field commander in the heavily-armed Lebanese group Hezbollah, as the United Nations warned that shelling was spreading and urged a halt to the violence.Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been exchanging fire across Lebanon’s southern frontier in parallel with the Gaza war, adding to fears of a wider regional conflict. Continue rea
  
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