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• Meet Ms. Pommel Horse: Stephen Nedoroscik's girlfriend says she's loving all the memes

  30-07-2024 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tess McCracken said it's been surreal to see her boyfriend, gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik aka "Pommel Horse guy," go viral after winning bronze.
  
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• Do you know the muffin man? Norwegian swimmer finds new obsession in Olympic Village

  30-07-2024 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  While Olympic spectators wait with bated breath to see how different events at the Paris Games unfold, the chronically online audience has become invested in a different journey: a Norwegian Olympian's love for chocolate muffins.
  
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• Starbucks is reeling as customers go elsewhere, sales decline

  30-07-2024 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as both its U.S. and international cafes faced weaker demand.
  
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• For Olympic pin collectors in Paris, Snoop Dogg's design takes the gold

  30-07-2024 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Move over Simone Biles — Snoop Dogg may win the Olympic title for top keepsake from the Paris Games.
  
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• Paredes brace leads U.S. men's to 3-0 victory over Guinea

  30-07-2024 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  Kevin Paredes scored a brace to help the U.S. men's soccer team secure a spot in the quarterfinals after a 3-0 win against Guinea in the team's last group stage match at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• In conversation with the Labour chancellor.

  30-07-2024 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In conversation with the Labour chancellor.
  
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• New Zealand women's rugby performs Haka after gold medal win

  30-07-2024 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  The New Zealand women's rugby team performed the Haka after winning their second straight gold medal. The Black Ferns defeated Canada 19-12. The Haka is a ceremonial dance in Maori culture. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• Two men die after helicopter crashes into building near Irish village

  30-07-2024 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Police say crash happened at about 3.30pm on farmland near Killucan, County WestmeathTwo men have died after the helicopter they were travelling in crashed into a building near the Irish village of Killucan.Irish police said the crash happened at approximately 3.30pm on Tuesday on farmland to the east of the village. Continue reading...
  
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• Son of El Chapo pleads not guilty in Chicago as mystery cloaks cartel arrests

  30-07-2024 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials have mixed accounts around arrest of Sinaloa co-founder El Mayo after Guzmán López turned himself inJoaquín Guzmán López, the son of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court in Chicago, days after his arrest in a dramatic operation in which he may have delivered his father’s former business partner to US authorities.Guzmán L&oac
  
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• Simone Biles stellar on floor to secure team gold in Paris

  30-07-2024 20:45 via nbcnews.com
  Simone Biles delivered big time on the floor to bring home the Olympic gold medal for Team USA. Now with eight Olympic medals, Biles is the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast in history. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• IDF charges reservist with aggravated abuse of Palestinian prisoners

  30-07-2024 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Indictment comes as nine other soldiers appear in Israeli military court over allegations of sexual abuse of detaineeIsrael’s military has charged a reservist with aggravated abuse of Palestinian prisoners, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as nine other soldiers appeared in military court for an initial hearing over allegations they had sexually abused a detainee from Gaza.The new indictment alleges that the unnamed soldier, assigned to escort handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinians, used a
  
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• Suni Lee helps lift USA to gold in Paris

  30-07-2024 20:30 via nbcnews.com
  Suni Lee shined on bars in the team final to help the U.S. women's gymnastics team return to the top of the medal podium at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• Maduro vows crackdown on Venezuela election protests after victory claim

  30-07-2024 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Authoritarian leader vows to squash what he calls ‘violent counter-revolution’ as more than 700 arrests are madeTens of thousands of anti-government protesters have returned to Venezuela’s streets to decry Nicolás Maduro’s alleged attempt to steal Sunday’s election, as the country’s authoritarian leader vowed to squash what he called “a violent counter-revolution” and more than 700 arrests were made.Maduro’s disputed claim to have won
  
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• ‘Deep moral deterioration’ being normalised in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  30-07-2024 20:21 via theguardian.com
  Ministers and mobs protesting at arrests for torture of Palestinians shows diminishing respect for rule of law and human dignityThe far-right mob attack on two Israel Defense Forces bases in support of soldiers accused of sexually torturing a detainee did not come out of the blue – the parallels to a 2016 incident were immediately obvious.In March that year, Elor Azaria, an IDF soldier serving in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, calmly walked over to Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, an injure
  
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• Team USA captures first ever medal in women's rugby

  30-07-2024 20:15 via nbcnews.com
  Team USA wins bronze in women's rugby sevens, the first medal ever for the American women and first USA medal in rugby since 1924.
  
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• The 1975 sued by Malaysian festival over Matty Healy’s onstage gay kiss

  30-07-2024 19:49 via theguardian.com
  Good Vibes Festival organizer seeks $2.4m after band’s violation of behavior code led to a shutdown last JulyThe organizer of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has sued the 1975 and all of the British pop-rock band’s members individually, following lead singer Matty Healy’s purported protest against the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ law on stage.Future Sound Asia, the music festival’s organizers, are seeking $2.4m (£1.9m) after the band’s violation of the eve
  
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• German man sentenced to death in Belarus pardoned by president

  30-07-2024 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Rico Krieger, found guilty on terrorism charges in case held behind closed doors, to be freed on orders of Alexander LukashenkoA German man sentenced to death in Belarus has been pardoned by the country’s president, just a few days after news of the case became public. Rico Krieger, 30, was found guilty on terrorism charges in a case that was held behind closed doors and only became public last week.Krieger, who formerly worked for the German Red Cross, was accused of placing explosives on
  
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• Turkey approves ‘massacre law’ to remove millions of stray dogs

  30-07-2024 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Animal lovers fear legislation will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up in overcrowded sheltersTurkish legislators have approved a law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from the country’s streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up in neglected, overcrowded shelters.Some critics also say the law will be used to target the opposition, which made huge gains in the latest local elections. The legislation includes penalties for
  
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• William Laws Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam War, dead at 80

  30-07-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Lieutenant Calley was the only person convicted over the largest killing of civilians by US army in the 20th centuryWilliam Laws Calley Jr, the only person convicted over the notorious My Lai massacre by US soldiers during the Vietnam war, has died at the age of 80.A lieutenant during the war, Calley was a member of Company C, which alongside his superior, Ernest Medina, he commanded during the search for Viet Cong combatants in the south Vietnamese village of My Lai and its neighbouring hamlets
  
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• Spanish PM files lawsuit against judge investigating his wife

  30-07-2024 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Pedro Sánchez taking legal action to prevent judiciary being used for ‘political motives’, spokesperson saysSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has begun proceedings against the judge who is investigating his wife for alleged corruption and influence-peddling, accusing him of misusing his judicial office.News of the proceedings emerged on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Sánchez invoked his legal right not to testify in a case concerning the business
  
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• Taylor Fritz fights to a winning finish in the second round

  30-07-2024 17:05 via nbcnews.com
  Taylor Fritz fought back from a set down to a winning finish in the second round against Great Britain's Jack Draper, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• India landslides: death toll passes 100 with dozens feared missing

  30-07-2024 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Heavy rainfall, difficult terrain, destroyed roads and collapsed bridge have hampered rescue efforts in KeralaAt least 108 people have died and dozens more are missing after heavy rain led to a series of landslides in the Indian state of Kerala, with rescue operations hampered by poor weather conditions and the destruction of roads and bridges.The Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, confirmed the bodies of 108 people had been uncovered so far and dozens more were missing, feared dead after
  
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• Watch: U.S. gymnasts behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics

  30-07-2024 16:13 via nbcnews.com
  Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik shared a heartfelt story about his grandfather and gymnast Asher Hong completed a rubix cube backstage at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  
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• Olympic fencer Lee Kiefer 'couldn't ask for anything more' after winning second gold medal

  30-07-2024 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  Two-time Olympic gold medalist Lee Kiefer joined NBC News NOW to speak about her second gold medal win in women's foil fencing and her experience at the Paris Olympics so far.
  
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• Standard Chartered plays down fears of US-China trade war under Trump

  30-07-2024 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Chief executive says tensions ‘not impacting’ business as bank reports pre-tax profits of $1.6bn for second quarterBusiness live – latest updatesFears of a China trade war erupting under a second Trump presidential term are overblown, according to bosses at Standard Chartered bank, as they suggested that the country’s real estate woes were “largely in the rearview mirror”.While the London-headquartered bank makes most of its money in Asia, particularly in Hong
  
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• US men’s gymnastics team wins first medal in 16 years

  30-07-2024 13:35 via today.com
  Team USA gymnasts Asher Hong, Brody Malone and Stephen Nedoroscik join TODAY to talk about breaking the 16-year “medal drought” after winning bronze at the Paris Olympics. Nedoroscik also says he thinks it’s “awesome” that fans have turned him into a meme and dubbed him Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent.
  
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• Maduro’s exit inevitable, says Venezuela opposition leader, as election protests grow

  30-07-2024 13:05 via theguardian.com
  
  María Corina Machado says president should understand he lost vote, amid international doubts over victory claimThe opposition leader battling to bring the curtain down on Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime has urged the Venezuelan strongman to accept that his exit from power is inevitable. The call came as thousands of protesters hit the streets to repudiate Maduro’s disputed claim to have won a third term in power.Venezuela’s incumbent president was officiall
  
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• More than 500 Mexicans flee to Guatemala to escape cartel violence in Chiapas

  30-07-2024 12:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Chiapas, once a haven for Guatemalans fleeing genocide, sees citizens crossing border to escape tyranny of cartelsThe Mexican state of Chiapas was once a haven for Guatemalans fleeing genocide at home, but this historical relationship has recently flipped, with hundreds of Mexicans crossing the border to escape the violent tyranny of organised crime groups.Entire communities emptied out last week as more than 500 men, women, children and the elderly fled with what they could carry and walked acr
  
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• Heavyweights compete in Olympic surfing Round 3

  30-07-2024 07:19 via nbcnews.com
  From brutal wipeouts to thrilling duels, Teahupo'o flexed its muscles on multiple surfers in Round 3 of the men's competition. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• The Papers: 'Two children dead' and '10 million lose out'

  30-07-2024 06:45 via bbc.com
  
  Tuesday's papers focus on the attack in Southport and Labour cutting the winter fuel allowance for 10 million people.
  
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• Israeli protesters enter army base after soldiers held over Gaza detainee abuse

  30-07-2024 06:34 via bbc.com
  
  The Sde Teiman base has been at the centre of reports of serious abuses against Palestinians from Gaza.
  
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• Secret Service allegedly delayed Trump's Nashville speech following security lapse

  30-07-2024 06:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump's speech in Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend was briefly delayed by the Secret Service over another security concern, just two weeks after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania, according to reports.Trump was prepared to take the stage on Saturday afternoon inside the Music City Center for the 2024 Bitcoin conference when Secret Service agents had him wait as two credentialed and screened attendees were removed from the venue for not followi
  
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• On this day in history, July 30, 1956, 'In God We Trust' is declared national motto

  30-07-2024 06:02 via foxnews.com
  
  On this day in history, July 30, 1956, the 84th Congress passed a joint resolution declaring "IN GOD WE TRUST" to be the national motto of the United States, according to History.com.Passing in both the House and the Senate unanimously and without debate, the resolution replaced "E pluribus unum," which had existed before as a de facto official motto, the same source noted.Just two years earlier, on June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase "under God" into th
  
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• UK's hottest day of the year expected as heatwave nears

  30-07-2024 05:56 via bbc.com
  
  The hottest day of the year in the UK could be recorded on Tuesday before thunderstorms roll in.
  
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• Urgent search for missing six-year-old girl launched in London

  30-07-2024 05:35 via bbc.com
  
  The girl was last seen on CCTV on Monday at about midday wearing light pink clothing.
  
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• ‘It doesn’t look that bad’: Would you swim in the Seine?

  30-07-2024 05:13 via bbc.com
  
  Parisians and visitors tell the BBC whether they would take a dip in the River Seine.
  
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• 'He likes family': Trump defends running mate's cat lady slur

  30-07-2024 05:08 via bbc.com
  
  Republican nominee says JD Vance has "tremendous support" as he faces questions over his suitability as a running mate.
  
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• JD Vance calls out Kamala Harris for praising trans activist, never reaching out to Laken Riley family

  30-07-2024 05:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is blasting Kamala Harris and accusing her of sending a letter to trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, but never reaching out to the family of murdered Georgia student Laken Riley."Border Czar Kamala Harris found the time to write a letter to Dylan Mulvaney, yet hasn't found any time to say even a single word about Laken Riley," Vance wrote in a post on X. "I find it very weird that Kamala is so cold and heartless about the American kids dy
  
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• Venezuelans clash with police after disputed election result

  30-07-2024 04:54 via bbc.com
  
  Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets against people as thousands gathered in Caracas.
  
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• Biden calls Speaker Johnson ‘dead on arrival’ in odd response to criticism of proposed radical SCOTUS changes

  30-07-2024 04:54 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden called House Speaker Mike Johnson "dead on arrival" during a strange interaction with a reporter on Monday.The exchange came shortly after Biden called on Congress to impose term limits and a code of conduct on the Supreme Court. In a statement released earlier on Monday, Johnson condemned Biden's proposal to "radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court," and argued that doing so would "tilt the balance of power" and erode the rule of law."This proposal is the logical conclusion to
  
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• White dudes for Harris brings out celebs; myth in US that men are expected to be 'protectors and providers'

  30-07-2024 04:15 via foxnews.com
  
  White dudes gathered Monday to voice support for Vice President Kamala Harris during a virtual meeting that featured Hollywood A-listers in which they were urged to step up and push back against "Make America Great Again" movement, which organizers contend has co-opted masculinity. The "White Dudes for Harris" gathering raised several million dollars during the remote call, organizer Ross Morales Rocketto said. Organizers said the goal of the fundraiser was to not "let the MAGA crowd bully
  
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• SEAN HANNITY: Kamala Harris is 'to the left of the Squad'

  30-07-2024 03:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Sean Hannity shreds Vice President Kamala Harris’ "radical" policies on "Hannity." SEAN HANNITY: There has never been a major party candidate for president more radical than Kamala Harris. She is to the left of AOC. She is to the left of the ‘Squad’. She's the ‘Squad' on steroids, and it's not just words.  LIBERAL MEDIA CLAIMS KAMALA HARRIS WAS NEVER ‘BORDER CZAR,’ CONTRADICTING THEIR OWN REPORTING You know, since taking over
  
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• Former California prison officer charged with sexually abusing 5 female inmates

  30-07-2024 03:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California faces additional charges connected to allegations from inmates who say they were subjected to his rampant sexual abuse while they were incarcerated, starting as far back as 2016.Darrell Wayne Smith, who worked at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, was arrested on May 11, 2023, in Florida on a 12-count indictment. At the time, he was accused of sexually abusing three women in their prison cells and in the p
  
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• Biden's 'dead on arrival' jab at Speaker Johnson bewilders social media users: 'What does that even mean?'

  30-07-2024 03:30 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden’s response to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s pushback against his radical changes to the Supreme Court baffled social media users Monday. Biden penned a Washington Post op-ed on Monday, calling on Congress to impose term limits and a code of conduct on the Supreme Court while also drafting limits on presidential immunity.Johnson was quoted as saying Biden’s proposal was "dead on arrival" in Congress. When asked about it, Biden turned the comment back on the s
  
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• New York judge declines to appoint monitor for NRA, bans former CEO Wayne LaPierre from working with group

  30-07-2024 03:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A New York judge on Monday decided not to assign an outside monitor to oversee the National Rifle Association (NRA), but banned Wayne LaPierre, the former CEO of the gun rights group, from employment with the organization for ten years. The split decision from Judge Joel Cohen came on the final day of arguments in the second stage of the civil trial of the NRA brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.Cohen said appointing a monitor to oversee the NRA wasn't a correct remedy, sayin
  
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• California woman has 100 different allergies, is restricted to eating just 13 foods

  30-07-2024 03:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A California woman with an intriguing condition is limited to just 13 foods on her personal menu. Jenna Gestetner is a 21-year-old from Los Angeles, California, who was diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) at a young age. MCAS is known as a "condition in which the patient experiences repeated episodes of the symptoms of anaphylaxis — allergic symptoms such as hives, swelling, low blood pressure, difficulty breathing and severe diarrhea," according to the Ameri
  
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• Jesse Watters: The US cannot afford Kamala Harris as president

  30-07-2024 03:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Jesse Watters says the media and Democrats cannot convince voters to ignore Vice President Kamala Harris' "radical" policy record. RON DESANTIS BLASTS MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR 'WHITEWASHING' KAMALA HARRIS' RECORD: 'BLIZZARD OF LIES'JESSE WATTERS: The words "President Kamala Harris" used to be an inside joke. Last year, party kingmakers tried peeling her off the ticket. The headlines were everywhere: Democrats shouldn't ditch Joe Biden, they should replace Kamala Harris; The case f
  
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• The optics war: Democrats renominate, Republicans recalibrate

  30-07-2024 03:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Politics and elections are about optics. And while Democrats may have shifted some of their optics of late by propelling Vice President Harris to the perch of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, the GOP also bolstered some of its optics of late, too.It’s no secret that House Republicans struggle to govern. They historically wrestle in their efforts to pass their own legislative initiatives. The House had to bag plans to adopt the annual Financial Services and Agriculture appropria
  
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• Gospel group may have suffered 'dark terror' in fatal plane crash that killed 7: expert

  30-07-2024 03:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Three members of the gospel group, the Nelons, were among seven people killed Friday, July 26, in a plane crash in Wyoming. There were no survivors.An "autopilot issue during flight" was noted as a cause for concern by the National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Keith Holloway, who also said that investigators were further evaluating the situation after investigating the crash site.Prior to the single-engine Pilatus PC-12/47E turboprop airplane crashing, Dr. Alan Diehl, a former NTSB,
  
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• Detransitioner Chloe Cole scorches LA Times for suggesting movement could cause 'death' of trans children

  30-07-2024 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Detransitoner Chloe Cole pushed back against an LA Times story that questioned her "motives" for sharing her detransitioning experience while implying that her movement could lead to the "death" of transgender children."This article is insane," Cole wrote on X last week. "They heavily insinuate that by speaking about my own personal experience, it will literally kill children. This is the same rhetoric that almost killed President Trump. I already fear for my life every time I step on a stage, t
  
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