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• Russia frees Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap since cold war

  01-08-2024 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Several foreigners and Russian political prisoners released as Germany frees hitman Vadim Krasikov as part of dealRussia prisoner swap – latest updatesThe largest prisoner swap between Russia and the US since the cold war has taken place, as 16 people were freed from Russian custody including the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Several other foreign citizens held in Russia and numerous Russian political prisoners were also freed.The exchange took place at Ankara airport on T
  
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• Biden tells Americans freed from Russian detention, 'Welcome almost home'

  01-08-2024 23:48
  
  Biden is calling a prisoner swap that freed several wrongfully detained American citizens held in Russia a "feat of diplomacy" and said "their brutal ordeal is over."
  
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• Russian hackers' release believed to be first U.S. prisoner swap of international cybercriminals

  01-08-2024 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  The decision to release the Russians highlights the steep price the U.S. was willing to pay to release Evan Gershkovich and other political prisoners.
  
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• Donald Trump loses gag order appeal in hush money case

  01-08-2024 23:27
  
  A New York appeals court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump's effort to throw out the limited gag order in his New York criminal "hush money" case.
  
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• Flavor Flav and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to help debut Olympian pay rent on time

  01-08-2024 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Veronica Fraley's post on X about struggling to pay her rent came a day before her first track and field event. It got the attention of Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian.
  
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• Kiefer, Scruggs lead U.S. to first-ever team fencing gold

  01-08-2024 23:06 via nbcnews.com
  After 120 years, the U.S. women's foil team — Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub — defeated Italy, 45-39, to win the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal in a team fencing event.
  
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• What parents should know after report suggests tongue-tie may be over-diagnosed

  01-08-2024 23:04
  
  Here's what parents should know after the American Academy of Pediatrics released a report suggesting tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed in babies.
  
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• Boxer previously barred from women’s events wins fight after opponent quits in 46 seconds

  01-08-2024 22:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk, J.K. Rowling, Sen. Marco Rubio and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni all appeared to criticize the inclusion of boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria.
  
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• U.S. nabs relay silver for Ledecky's record 13th medal

  01-08-2024 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  By finishing second behind Australia in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay, Team USA secured a 13th Olympic medal for Katie Ledecky, making her the most decorated female swimmer of all time.
  
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• Watch: Right-wing 'undercover journalists' cause scene at hotel while planning to infiltrate pro-Palestinian groups

  01-08-2024 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  Body camera video obtained by NBC News captured a group of right-wing “undercover journalists” who were preparing to infiltrate local pro-Palestinian groups, police said. Their efforts got derailed on the first day in town after police say they got drunk and rowdy at a Michigan hotel and the group’s leader, Michael Spadone, was hauled off in handcuffs.
  
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• Relive Kim Yeji's shots to win silver in women's air pistol

  01-08-2024 22:08 via nbcnews.com
  Relive the journey of South Korea's Kim Yeji winning silver in the women's air pistol final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• Putin hit man seen as Russia's big prize in prison swap: 'High-value asset'

  01-08-2024 22:02 via foxnews.com
  
  In the biggest prisoner swap with Moscow since the Cold War, the Biden administration on Thursday secured the liberation of 16 American and German nationals held prisoner in Russia and Belarus in exchange for the release of eight Russians. The top of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s list was hit man Vadim Krasikov, who used the cover name Vadim Sokolov and was convicted by a German court for the 2019 assassination of a former Chechen commander near Berlin’s parliamentary build
  
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• Trump's comments on Jewish Democrats, second gentleman Doug Emhoff spark criticism

  01-08-2024 21:50
  
  Former president Donald Trump is under fire for recent comments made about the Jewish community in which he claimed a Jewish American who votes Democrat is a "fool."
  
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• Simone Biles wins gold in women's gymnastics all-around, Suni Lee takes bronze

  01-08-2024 21:45
  
  Team USA women's gymnasts Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee compete Thursday in Bercy Arena for the individual all-around.
  
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• Tom Cruise to appear in Olympics closing ceremony – report

  01-08-2024 21:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Mission: Impossible star pre-taped stunts in Paris and Los Angeles for the 11 August ceremony, reports suggestTom Cruise is reportedly set to assist with the ceremonial Olympic Games handoff between Paris and the 2028 host, Los Angeles.The closing ceremonies will get a boost from the Mission: Impossible actor who has filmed stunts in both cities as part of a pre-taped segment for 11 August, according to TMZ. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: How a 4-eared cat is ‘bringing good luck’ to Tennessee animal shelter

  01-08-2024 21:34
  
  Audio, a cat born with four ears, currently resides at True Rescue, an animal shelter in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, as he awaits to be adopted.
  
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• Drunk driver was going 78 mph when he crashed into nail salon and killed 4, prosecutors say

  01-08-2024 21:26
  
  Prosecutors say the drunk driver who killed four people and injured nine more when he crashed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon was driving 78 mph at the time of the crash
  
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• Biles clinches all-around gold with stunning floor routine

  01-08-2024 20:52 via nbcnews.com
  With a near-perfect floor routine in her final event at the women's all-around final, Simone Biles clinches her sixth-ever Olympic gold medal and second in Paris.
  
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• WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich asked for Putin interview upon release from Russian prison

  01-08-2024 20:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was imprisoned in Russia for over 16 months, made a bold proposal before his release in a prisoner swap on Thursday, asking whether he could interview Russian President Vladimir Putin after being freed.Gershkovich made the request while filling out a mandated official request for presidential clemency that was addressed to Putin before his release, The Wall Street Journal reported."The last line submitted a proposal of his own: After his release
  
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• Hezbollah chief says conflict with Israel is in ‘new phase’ after assassinations

  01-08-2024 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Hassan Nasrallah calls for revenge at funeral of Fuad Shukr as does Iranian president at funeral of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail HaniyehThe leader of Hezbollah has said that the Lebanese group’s conflict with Israel has entered “a new phase” after the back-to-back assassinations of a senior commander and Hamas’s political chief that risk plunging the Middle East into a regional war.In a televised address broadcast to about 1,000 mourners at the Beirut funeral of
  
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• Kamala Harris' vetting team has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears end

  01-08-2024 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The vetting team for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has met with six potential running mate contenders as her selection process nears its end, two sources familiar with the campaign said.
  
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• Iran reportedly convenes terror proxies to plot assassination response, Israel 'strongly prepared in defense'

  01-08-2024 20:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Two high-profile assassinations in the Middle East prompted Iran to hold a meeting with representatives from its proxy groups to plan a response to those deaths, for which Iranian officials have blamed Israel.Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, speaking Thursday at a funeral for the group’s "No.2" commander Fuad Shukr, claimed that "Israelis are happy now" but that they have "crossed a red line" and should expect "rage and revenge on all the fronts supporting Gaza," The Times of
  
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• ‘Day of great joy’: Wall Street Journal’s crusade to free Gershkovich succeeds

  01-08-2024 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Newspaper mounted a high-profile campaign to stress reporter’s innocence and ensure he was not forgottenRussia prisoner swap – latest updatesThe reporter Evan Gershkovich’s release from a Russian prison on Thursday was celebrated across US and global media but perhaps most happily by journalists at his own paper, the Wall Street Journal in New York.In an email to staff after news of Gershkovich’s release as part of a large-scale prisoner swap, Emma Tucker, the Journal edi
  
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• Miss South Africa contestant faces backlash over Nigerian father

  01-08-2024 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Chidimma Adetshina subjected to online abuse and questions about whether she is South African amid anti-African immigrant sentimentA South African beauty pageant contestant with a Nigerian father has been subjected to relentless online abuse and interrogations of her right to compete for the Miss South Africa title, as a persistent strain of xenophobia against immigrants from other African countries has resurfaced.Since Chidimma Adetshina, a 23-year-old law student who was born in Soweto and liv
  
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• 2 baby boys die in hot cars in separate states on same day

  01-08-2024 19:56
  
  A 6-month-old boy has died after he was left in a hot car in Arizona for about seven hours, authorities said.
  
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• Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ends up in coma

  01-08-2024 19:50
  
  A Connecticut man is in the hospital after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake he was trying to help
  
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• Netanyahu warns Israel will 'exact very high price' if attacked after killing Hezbollah, Hamas commanders

  01-08-2024 19:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned that those who attack the Jewish state will pay a "very high price" after confirming that Israel killed top Hezbollah and Hamas commanders in recent strikes.Netanyahu held an in-depth assessment at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Home Front Command with generals and senior officers following the confirmed deaths of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr and Hamas commander Muhammad Deif."Israel is in a state of very high readiness for any scenario
  
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• Trump, for 3rd time, asks judge in hush money case to recuse himself

  01-08-2024 19:36
  
  A change in the political landscape means the judge overseeing former President Trump's criminal hush money case should be recused, defense attorneys argued Thursday.
  
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• 'He had everyone fooled': Former FBI agent sentenced to life for child rape in Alabama

  01-08-2024 19:34
  
  A former FBI agent has been sentenced to life behind bars for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl
  
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• Two couples drop wrongful death suit against Alabama IVF clinic and hospital

  01-08-2024 19:32
  
  Two couples who sued an Alabama hospital and in-vitro fertilization clinic where their embryos were accidentally destroyed have dropped their wrongful death lawsuit
  
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• Suni Lee dazzles on bars in the women's all-around final

  01-08-2024 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  Defending all-around Olympic champion Suni Lee dazzles with her uneven bars routine as she chases a second consecutive medal in the women's all-around gymnastics event.
  
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• Highlights: Round 1 of the Olympic men's golf event

  01-08-2024 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  Highlights from the first round of the Olympic men's golf event at Le Golf National.
  
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• WATCH: Biden sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to daughter of freed prisoner

  01-08-2024 19:29
  
  The daughter of Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist released in the prisoner exchange, turns 13 on Friday.
  
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• Nonchalant Turkish sharpshooter scores silver — and fans’ hearts

  01-08-2024 18:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikeç didn't need special lenses or big ear protectors to win the silver medal in the air pistol team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  
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• Children ‘at death’s door’ as famine declared in Sudanese refugee camp

  01-08-2024 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  UN-backed early warning network confirms people in the Darfur city of El Fasher are starving to deathFamine has been declared in a Sudanese displacement camp in the besieged city of El Fasher.About 600,000 people are estimated to be living in camps just outside the capital of North Darfur. Continue reading...
  
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• These are the U.S. residents released from Russian prison

  01-08-2024 17:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Alsu Kurmasheva were freed from Russian captivity in one the biggest prisoner exchanges since the Cold War.
  
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• Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 in crackdown on protests

  01-08-2024 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Student protests that began over government-job quotas have led to mass roundups, says families of detaineesBangladesh has arrested more than 10,000 people and banned a major opposition party as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests.The country has been in turmoil since a mass student movement began against quotas for government jobs. It escalated into deadly clashes when protesters were attacked by pro-government groups and hit by police with teargas, rubber bullets and pellets
  
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• Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran by hidden explosive device: report

  01-08-2024 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was carried out in Tehran this week using an explosive device that was hidden months ago inside the guesthouse where he was staying, a report says. The bomb ended up being remotely detonated around 2 a.m. local time Wednesday, killing Haniyeh and a bodyguard at the compound protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the northern part of Iran’s capital, Middle Eastern officials told The New York Times. Hani
  
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• Up to seven reportedly dead in Nigeria after clashes between police and citizens

  01-08-2024 17:18 via theguardian.com
  Anti-government protests held in Abuja, Minna, Katsina and Lagos despite official efforts to stifle itAs many as seven people have died, according to reports, after clashes between Nigerian security personnel and citizens on the first day of a weeklong nationwide protest against “bad governance” and a cost living crisis.The newspaper Daily Trust reported that six people were killed on Thursday during clashes with police during an attempt to dislodge a roadblock protesters had install
  
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• Team USA gymnasts Frederick Richard and Paul Juda celebrate their historic bronze win

  01-08-2024 17:02 via nbcnews.com
  Team USA gymnasts Paul Juda and Frederick Richards talk to NBC News' Joe Fryer after their historic bronze win at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and speak about which competitions they're looking forward to watching. 
  
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• First round of US-made F-16s land in Ukraine as war with Russia rages on

  01-08-2024 16:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The long-awaited arrival of U.S.-made F-16s have allegedly landed in Ukraine, officials said Wednesday, a move that will help Kyiv revive its air capabilities in its war against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly emphasized his country’s need for superior air support and aircraft since Russia invaded more than two years ago. Despite international willingness to provide warplanes to Kyiv, the U.S. previously refused its F-16 technology over concerns it
  
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• Middle East crisis: Israel confirms death of Hamas military chief who masterminded 7 October attack – as it happened

  01-08-2024 16:45 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli military said on Thursday, a day after the group’s political leader was assassinated in Teheran.“The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) announces that on 13 July 2024, IDF fighter jets struck in the area of Khan Younis, and following an intelligence assessment, it can be confirmed that Mohammed Deif was el
  
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• WATCH OUT: Australia's Clancy slams net camera on serve

  01-08-2024 16:39 via nbcnews.com
  Australian beach volleyball player Taliqua Clancy serves a shot that directly hammers the net camera in a match against Canada.
  
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• WATCH: Turkey's sharpshooter wins silver without high-tech aids

  01-08-2024 15:59 via nbcnews.com
  Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec won silver in the 2024 Paris Olympics mixed air pistol team event. Dikec went viral for his nonchalant approach of not using any high-tech aids in the competition.
  
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• Olympic Italian gymnast sets internet ablaze for parmesan partnership

  01-08-2024 15:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa was a Muenster at the 2024 Paris Olympics, helping her team win the silver medal in Tuesday's all-around final.
  
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• St Andrews rector dismissed from governing body over Israel genocide accusation

  01-08-2024 15:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Stella Maris criticises decision to remove her from two roles after she accused Israel of genocide and apartheidThe rector of St Andrews University has been dismissed from the institution’s governing body and her position as a trustee after she accused Israel of genocide and apartheid.Stella Maris criticised the decision to remove her from the two roles, which came after the university commissioned an investigation into an email she sent in November to all St Andrews students calling for a
  
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• Russia releases former Marine Paul Whelan in prisoner swap

  01-08-2024 14:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is among those expected to be in U.S. custody soon, along with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, as part of a prison transfer involving the United States and Russia, a senior administration official told Fox News on Thursday.Whelan had been wrongfully detained by Russian authorities for more than five years, according to the U.S. State Department. His release is part of a massive swap of political prisoners and journalists involving the United States a
  
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• Southport stabbing spree suspect named after attack that killed 3 children

  01-08-2024 14:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities have identified the 17-year-old suspect accused of killing three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in the United Kingdom.Judge Andrew Menary ruled Thursday that suspect Axel Rudakubana's identity could be revealed despite being a minor. Rudakubana will turn 18 in six days, according to local reports. "Whilst I accept it is exceptional given his age, principally because he is 18 in six days' time, I do not make an order under section 45," the judge said, according to
  
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• Katie Ledecky glances at young fan — and her reaction is priceless

  01-08-2024 14:28 via today.com
  After Katie Ledecky swam to gold in the 1500-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics, she glanced over at a young fan in the crowd and probably changed her life. TODAY’s Hoda Kotb shares the Olympic Boost.
  
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• Stephen Lawrence’s body to be returned to UK 31 years after murder

  01-08-2024 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Doreen Lawrence announces son’s body has been exhumed in Jamaica, after photos of open grave posted onlineStephen Lawrence’s body will be returned to the UK from Jamaica 31 years after his racist murder, his mother, Doreen, has said.In a statement issued through her lawyer, Lady Lawrence said images of her son’s grave had appeared on social media after his body had been exhumed, which had caused the family “distress”. Continue reading...
  
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