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• Police start new search for remains of murdered Muriel McKay

  15-07-2024 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Victim died in kidnap-for-ransom in Hertfordshire 54 years ago after being mistaken for then-wife of Rupert MurdochPolice have begun a new search for the remains of Muriel McKay, who was murdered in a kidnap-for-ransom case more than 54 years ago.Nizamodeen Hosein and his brother, Arthur, mistook McKay, 55, for Anna Murdoch, the then-wife of the newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch, when they kidnapped her in 1969. The pair held McKay at a farm in Hertfordshire and demanded a £1m ransom. Conti
  
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• JD Vance's positions on abortion, the 2020 election, Ukraine and more as Trump's new VP pick

  15-07-2024 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump has chosen Sen. JD Vance to be his vice presidential pick, an Ohio senator who opposes abortion and aid for Ukraine and previously criticized Trump.
  
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• China’s emissions of two potent greenhouse gases rise 78% in decade

  15-07-2024 22:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Figure represents 64-66% of global output of tetrafluoromethane and hexafluoroethane, MIT study findsEmissions of two of the most potent greenhouse gases have substantially increased in China over the last decade, a study has found.Perfluorocarbons are used in the manufacturing processes for flat-panel TVs and semiconductors, or as by-products from aluminium smelting. They are far more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2, and can persist in the Earth’s atmosphere for thou
  
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• Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance for vice president

  15-07-2024 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump has selected Sen. JD Vance to be his vice president, forging a partnership in his race against President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris.
  
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• Trump campaign sues Michigan Gov. Whitmer over new voter registration sites

  15-07-2024 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee on Monday filed suit against Michigan Gov.
  
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• Mayhem at Copa America gates in Miami prevented ticketed fans from getting into game

  15-07-2024 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hooligans stormed the Copa America title match near Miami, keeping scores of paying customers outside the stadium and raising questions on if the venue is prepared for the World Cup in two years, officials said Monday.
  
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• Powell indicates Fed won't wait until inflation is down to 2% before cutting rates

  15-07-2024 22:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the central bank will not wait until inflation hits 2% to cut interest rates.
  
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• New York county's transgender sports ban takes effect

  15-07-2024 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Long Island county law that bars transgender girls and women from competing in county-run girls’ and women's sports facilities took effect Monday.
  
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• Macy's ends buyout talks with Arkhouse and Brigade after months of negotiations

  15-07-2024 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Department store Macy’s said Monday its board has unanimously decided to end negotiations with the activist group that had been looking to take the retailer private for roughly $6.9 billion, saying in a statement that questions on financing and premium were insurmountable.
  
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• Top EU officials to boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary

  15-07-2024 21:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Move follows pro-Russian prime minister Viktor Orbán holding rogue meetings with foreign leaders about UkraineTop EU officials will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary while the country has the EU’s rotating presidency, after Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister Viktor Orbán held a series of rogue meetings with foreign leaders about Ukraine that angered European partners.The highly unusual decision to have the European Commission president and other top official
  
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• FBI accessed shooter's phone; still no indication of motive

  15-07-2024 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than a dozen guns found at shooter's home
  
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• The Biden campaign plans to label Trump’s running mate JD Vance as 'extreme'

  15-07-2024 21:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden's campaign will paint Donald Trump vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance, as “extreme” on abortion and accepting election results.
  
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• Two minutes of clear warnings didn't lead to attack being stopped

  15-07-2024 21:50 via bbc.com
  
  Ros Atkins examines the evidence about crucial warnings in the minutes before the attack on Donald Trump.
  
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• Who is JD Vance, Trump's running mate?

  15-07-2024 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  Former President Donald Trump has picked Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his 2024 running mate. Gabe Gutierrez profiles the rising Republican leader.
  
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• Missing 75-year-old man found alive in Maine bog after 4 days

  15-07-2024 21:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  A missing 75-year-old man was found alive Friday in a bog near a scenic overlook at Maine's Mount Blue State Park after four days, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
  
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• Trump picks JD Vance as 2024 running mate

  15-07-2024 21:34
  
  Former President Donald Trump picked Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate, placing a young, ideological ally alongside him on the Republican 2024 ticket.
  
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• RNC 2024 Day 1 live updates: Trump chooses Vance for VP

  15-07-2024 21:31
  
  Delegates were anticipating Trump possibly revealing his VP pick on Monday.
  
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• LIVE: Trump officially chosen as the Republican presidential nominee at the RNC: ABC News Live

  15-07-2024 21:19
  
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• The best deals at Best Buy during Prime Day

  15-07-2024 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Find the best deals happening during Best Buy's 2024 tech sale. Discover savings on TVs, laptops and more.
  
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• Lower capital gains tax, cuts to food benefits: What Project 2025 could mean for your wallet

  15-07-2024 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the presidential election heats up, both parties are talking about Project 2025, a collection of policy plans developed by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation in conjunction with more than 100 other right-leaning organizations.
  
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• U.S. journalist Masha Gessen is convicted in absentia in Russia for criticizing the military

  15-07-2024 20:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia Monday by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
  
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• Father and daughter hikers found dead in Utah after running out of water in 100 degree temps

  15-07-2024 20:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man and his daughter died on Friday after running out of water in the Canyonlands National Park in Utah during a day when temperatures rose over 100 degrees, authorities said.
  
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• Yvette Cooper says ‘disgraceful scenes’ of election candidate abuse must end

  15-07-2024 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers will meet to address what home secretary calls an alarming rise in intimidation of politiciansAn alarming rise in candidate intimidation during the UK’s general election campaign will be addressed next week at a meeting of ministers and civil servants, the home secretary has said.Yvette Cooper said there had been “disgraceful scenes” in some areas in the run-up to the 4 July vote, as she announced she would chair a meeting of the defending democracy taskforce. Continu
  
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• Trump's Truth Social stock soars after assassination attempt

  15-07-2024 20:40
  
  Shares of Truth Social climbed 30% in early trading on Monday.
  
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• Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers

  15-07-2024 20:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed, and suspect there are hundreds more.
  
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• Macy's ends takeover talks with Arkhouse and Brigade citing lack of certainty over financing

  15-07-2024 20:22
  
  Macy’s is cutting off buyout talks with Arkhouse and Brigade, citing the lack of certain financing
  
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• Florida judge dismisses Trump classified documents case

  15-07-2024 20:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Florida judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents trial dismissed the case against the former president Monday on the grounds that the appointment of and funding for special counsel Jack Smith was illegal.
  
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• EU leaders ‘open-minded’ about future relations with UK, says senior official

  15-07-2024 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Bloc sources say ball firmly in UK’s court regarding reset of ties as leaders prepare to meet at Blenheim for EPC forumEuropean leaders are “open-minded” about how to reset relations with Britain and are not ruling rule out a UK-EU summit in the future, a senior EU official has said before a meeting of European leaders in Oxfordshire on Thursday.But they have indicated the ball is firmly in the UK’s court and they expect an offer from London on issues such as youth mobili
  
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• France: failure to agree on new PM puts leftwing coalition in ‘stalemate’

  15-07-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  A week after election, unity in NFP has fractured with LFI suspending talks with other alliance membersThe leftwing coalition that won most seats in France’s snap general election is facing division after its leading party said it was suspending negotiations with the others over a failure to agree on a prime minister.Just one week after the election, the fragile unity within the New Popular Front (NFP) fractured on Monday when France Unbowed (LFI) accused the Socialist party (PS) of &ldquo
  
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• Suspect arrested after dismembered bodies of 9 women found in quarry in Kenya's capital

  15-07-2024 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in Kenya said Monday they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi.The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, had confessed to killing 42 women, including his wife, since 2022. They gave no evidence to support his claim of killing 42.He was expected to be arraigned in court Tuesday.KENYAN PRESIDENT DISMISSES CABINET MINISTERS AFTER WEEKS OF PROTESTSPoli
  
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• Widow ‘totally shocked’ as US tourist granted house arrest in Rome murder case

  15-07-2024 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, initially given life over killing of a police officer, to be detained at his grandmother’s homeAn American tourist convicted and jailed for the murder of a police officer in Rome has been moved to house arrest, in a decision that has left the victim’s widow “totally shocked”, her lawyer said.Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth and his friend Finnegan Lee Elder were given life sentences for the 2019 murder of Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, a Carabinieri polic
  
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• Spanish police say body found on Tenerife is likely missing British teen

  15-07-2024 19:18
  
  Spanish police say human remains have been found in the search for a British teen who went missing almost a month ago on the island of Tenerife
  
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• In beachy Galveston, locals buckle down without power after Beryl's blow during peak tourist season

  15-07-2024 19:10
  
  Electricity will likely be out another week for hundreds of thousands of people in the Houston after Hurricane Beryl tore down trees and power lines
  
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• Romania to step up cull of brown bears after hiker killed

  15-07-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs approve cull of 481 bears this year, up from 220 last year, to control ‘overpopulation’ of protected speciesRomania’s parliament has approved the culling of almost 500 bears this year in an effort to control the “overpopulation” of the protected species after a deadly attack on a hiker sparked nationwide outcry.The country is home to 8,000 brown bears, according to the environment ministry, Europe’s largest brown bear population outside Russia. Continue re
  
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• Mechanical issues prompt 2 Delta Air Lines flights to divert, return to airport

  15-07-2024 18:48
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration says two Delta Air Lines flights were diverted over the weekend because of mechanical issues
  
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• Yvette Cooper to chair meeting of taskforce considering ‘alarming rise’ in candidate intimidation – as it happened

  15-07-2024 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Home secretary to host meeting of government’s Defending Democracy taskforce after reported rise in harassment during election campaignMore in Common, the group that campaigns to reduce polarisation in politics, published a good slideshow presentation last week, based on polling it carried out, giving an analysis of the general election results. It has followed that up today with the publication of a 129-page report on the election, based on the same polling and on what it learned from foc
  
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• UK foreign secretary repeats ceasefire call as Israel continues to pummel Gaza

  15-07-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  David Lammy holds second day of meetings with Israeli officials but hopes of immediate ceasefire are dwindlingIsraeli air and naval strikes continued to pummel Gaza as the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, reiterated his demand for a ceasefire during a visit to Jerusalem.Strikes on central Gaza followed two days of particularly deadly attacks including one in a humanitarian zone in southern Gaza that killed at least 90 people when Israeli forces targeted the head of Hamas’s military wing,
  
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• Second day of jury deliberations to start in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial

  15-07-2024 18:14
  
  A jury deliberating at the bribery trial of Sen_ Bob Menendez in New York City wants to know if unanimity is required to acquit “on a single count.”
  
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• East Coast braces for record heat wave; how long will it last?

  15-07-2024 18:12
  
  The record heat that baked the West Coast for much of last week is arriving in on the East Coast early this week.
  
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• MPs in the Gambia vote to uphold ban on female genital mutilation

  15-07-2024 17:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners applaud decision not to repeal law in west African country with one of the highest rates of FGMMPs in the Gambia voted on Monday to retain a law outlawing female genital mutilation (FGM), sparking joy and relief among campaigners.Thirty-four out of 53 lawmakers voted to maintain the ban, which was introduced in 2015, aid workers told the Guardian. The remainder voted to repeal it. Continue reading...
  
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• Man charged with murder after body parts found in suitcases on UK bridge

  15-07-2024 17:34
  
  A 34-year-old man has been charged with murdering two men whose remains were found in two suitcases in southwest England
  
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• Grenade thrown at Ukrainian military draft office

  15-07-2024 17:18 via foxnews.com
  
  An unidentified individual threw a grenade at a military draft office in the western Ukrainian town of Busk overnight, causing an explosion but not hurting anyone, police said on Monday.The police said in a statement they were investigating the incident, which comes as Ukraine is stepping up its effort to draft civilians into the armed forces more than 28 months since Russia invaded.UKRAINE'S DRONE STARTUPS CREATE AFFORDABLE AIR, LAND AND SEA ROBOTS IN SECRET TO FIGHT RUSSIAPolice in the western
  
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• Israel-Gaza war: Gaza municipality says it can no longer provide 700,000 people in area with drinking water – as it happened

  15-07-2024 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, says it can no longer provide drinking water after running out of fuelSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageAfter a night spent shaking in fear as the roof rattled from explosions, and a long walk along a crowded road, Diana Mahmoud arrived at the hospital where she gave birth to her son, Yaman.Mahmoud, 22, discovered she was pregnant a week after the outbreak of the war in Gaza and, like other mothers who became pregnant about that time, spent her entire preg
  
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• What could be in Labour's first King's Speech?

  15-07-2024 17:04 via bbc.com
  
  The government's lawmaking plans for the year will be set out by the King in a speech to Parliament.
  
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• ‘Incident of extreme violence’ on Geeves property made child protection workers worried for Amber Haigh and her son, court hears

  15-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Police files document that a former partner was found to have died from a gunshot wound on his property, court has heardListen to Guardian Australia’s podcast Who Cared? The disappearance of Amber Haigh in the Full Story podcast feedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChild protection workers were worried about Amber Haigh and her newborn son because of an earlier “incident of extreme violence&
  
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• Guardian Essential poll: three-quarters of Australians believe MPs enter politics to serve own interests

  15-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Survey shows deep dissatisfaction with state of democracy as Clare O’Neil warns against ‘virus’ of populism taking hold across worldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLess than 40% of Australians are satisfied with how democracy is working in Australia and three-quarters believe politicians enter politics to serve their own interests, the latest Guardian Essential poll has found.The perc
  
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• Australia’s big banks lent $3.6bn to fossil fuel expansion projects in 2023, report shows

  15-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lending puts banks in ‘complete violation’ of commitments to Paris agreement, climate group says, even as overall funding to sector ebbsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s big four banks are in “complete violation” of commitments to the Paris climate accord by funding fossil fuel expansion even as their overall lending to the sector continues to ebb, according to a
  
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• Trump likely to announce running mate choice on day one of GOP convention

  15-07-2024 16:58 via foxnews.com
  
  MILWAUKEE, WI - The Republican National Committee kicks off on Monday, just two days after former President Trump, the GOP's standard-bearer, survived an assassination attempt.And the Saturday shooting at Trump's rally in western Pennsylvania – where one spectator was killed and two more critically injured, and the former president visibly bloodied after a bullet grazed his ear – has altered the tone and raised the stakes of the convention.GOP CONVENTION GETS UNDERWAY TWO D
  
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• Trump reflects on stunning photo of him after being shot: 'Usually you have to die' to have iconic picture

  15-07-2024 16:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump reflected on the now world-famous photo of him holding his fist in the air after an assassination attempt during an interview published on Monday, quipping you "usually have to die" for it to become iconic."A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen," Trump told the New York Post. "They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture."Trump was shot in the ear on Saturday in an assassination attempt
  
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• Red Sox's Rafael Devers breaks Fenway Park seat with home run

  15-07-2024 16:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers has been a shining star as the team has surged in the standings at the All-Star break, and his 23rd home run of the season drew a lot of attention.Devers was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Boston’s 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. The two-run home run put the Red Sox in the lead in the bottom of the first.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Red Sox posted a photo of the damage from the Devers home run. A sea
  
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