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• Polish man sentenced to four months, deported from Denmark for June assault on Danish prime minister

  07-08-2024 23:55 via foxnews.com
  
  A Polish man on Wednesday was sentenced to four months in jail for assaulting the Danish prime minister as well as separate sexual harassment charges. He will also be deported and banned from returning to Denmark for the next six years.The unidentified 39-year-old man, held in pretrial custody since the assault, has been charged with punching Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's right shoulder with a clenched fist, causing her to lose her balance but not fall. Frederiksen suffered whiplash at the
  
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• Egypt asks its airlines to avoid Iran airspace for three hours on Thursday

  07-08-2024 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Egypt instructed all of its airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours in the early morning on Thursday amid tension between Israel and Iran.The NOTAM, a safety notice provided to pilots on Wednesday, said the instruction would be in effect from 0100 to 0400 GMT. It provided no further details as to why the notice was issued.ISRAEL CONSIDERS PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON IRAN AS TENSIONS ESCALATE: REPORT"All Egyptian carriers shall avoid overflying Tehran (Flight Information Region). No flight pl
  
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• Australian Craig sorry after Paris cocaine arrest

  07-08-2024 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  Australia hockey player Tom Craig apologises after being released from custody in Paris following his arrest for allegedly buying cocaine.
  
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• GB win three more medals to take Olympic total over 1,000

  07-08-2024 22:37 via bbc.com
  
  Matthew Hudson-Smith claims silver in the men's 400m final as GB win their 1,000th Olympic medal on day 12 in Paris.
  
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• El Bakkali wins gold, Rooks silver in steeplechase final

  07-08-2024 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  Soufiane El Bakkali defends his Olympic title in the men's 3000m steeplechase final with a dominant run while American Kenneth Rooks powers back from a hard start to cross the line in second, securing silver for the U.S.
  
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• Three Taylor Swift shows cancelled after Vienna police foil planned attack

  07-08-2024 22:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian, said to have pledged oath of allegiance to Islamic State group ‘in recent weeks’The Vienna leg of Taylor Swift’s blockbuster Eras tour been cancelled after two people were arrested over an apparent plot to launch an attack on a public event in the Austrian capital.The announcement was made by concert organisers Barracuda Music late on Wednesday, after Austrian authorities said they had arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly planning an Is
  
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• Boxer Lin reaches final amid eligibility row

  07-08-2024 22:12 via bbc.com
  
  Lin Yu-ting secures a place in the Olympic women's featherweight final amid the ongoing controversy over her eligibility.
  
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• GB's Hudson-Smith takes silver in 400m thriller

  07-08-2024 22:09 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith misses out on Olympic 400m gold by four-hundredths of a second in a dramatic finish at Paris 2024.
  
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• Quincy Hall storms through the field to win gold in the 400m

  07-08-2024 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  American Quincy Hall took home the gold in the men's 400m after mounting a furious late stage comeback to overtake the lead in the final meters. Hall fell behind early, but found a second wind in the home stretch to win. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• Republicans start attacking Walz by going after his military record

  07-08-2024 21:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is homing in on what advisers see as a potential liability for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: his departure from the Army National Guard two decades ago.
  
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• Lyles sets up shot at Olympic sprint double in 200m

  07-08-2024 21:24 via bbc.com
  
  American Noah Lyles will have the chance to become the first man since Usain Bolt to complete an Olympic sprint double after qualifying for the 200m final at Paris 2024.
  
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• Influencer responds to lawsuit claiming she copied another creator’s ‘aesthetic'

  07-08-2024 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two Texas-based content creators are waging a legal battle over whether one copied the other’s social media “aesthetic.”
  
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• GOP candidate who torched LGBTQ-inclusive books finishes 6th in Missouri primary

  07-08-2024 21:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Valentina Gomez, the GOP candidate who torched LGBTQ books in a campaign ad, came in sixth in the Missouri primary for secretary of state.
  
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• Indian female wrestler who fought against sexual harassment disqualified before gold-medal bout

  07-08-2024 20:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Despite being disqualified from the gold medal match just hours after she made Olympic history, Vinesh Phogat is still being hailed by many online for her bravery and resilience.
  
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• Greek pole vaulter Polak suspended for doping

  07-08-2024 20:37 via bbc.com
  
  Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak is provisionally suspended from the Paris Olympics after failing a doping test, the International Olympic Committee says.
  
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• Tropical Storm Debby churns over the Atlantic before making second landfall on East Coast

  07-08-2024 20:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical Storm Debby is taking a breather over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn’t done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly marches north. Debby, which made landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, is now loitering off the South Carolina coast, 55 miles southeast of Charleston.
  
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• Americans win gold in women's team pursuit over New Zealand

  07-08-2024 20:19 via nbcnews.com
  The U.S. women's team pursuit squad of Kristen Faulkner, Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and Lily Williams beat New Zealand for gold with a time of 4:04.306. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• Israel says underground Hamas weapons workshop destroyed in airstrike

  07-08-2024 19:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel Defense Forces released new video on Wednesday showing troops discovering an underground workshop that it says Hamas used to manufacture weapons, and its ensuing destruction in an airstrike.The discovery of the underground Hamas workshop came as the IDF’s 7th Brigade Combat Team carried out a weeks-long operation in the Bani Suheila area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF said.The operation saw troops raid dozens of terrorist infrastructure sites and the elimination o
  
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• Bangladesh protests threaten safety of religious minorities as temples burned, homes ransacked

  07-08-2024 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Bangladesh has descended into chaos following the shock departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, with religious minorities targeted as riots spread throughout the country. "You people are descendants of the Awami League! This country is in a bad shape because of you. You should leave the country," a mob shouted at Hindu residents of a mixed neighborhood, the BBC reported. Crowds gathered over the weekend to express intense anger at the economic turmoil that much of the coun
  
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• GB win Olympic silver and bronze in team pursuit races

  07-08-2024 18:44 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain win silver in a pulsating men's team pursuit final before the women's quartet back that up with bronze in the Paris Olympic velodrome.
  
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• WATCH: Dog starts house fire by chewing through lithium ion battery

  07-08-2024 18:42
  
  Oklahoma fire officials released footage of a dog starting a fire at a home. The family and dog escaped unharmed.
  
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• After dodging a Taliban crackdown, these young musicians are playing Carnegie Hall

  07-08-2024 18:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Taliban tried to silence them, at times violently. The Afghan Youth Orchestra defiantly played on, and this week they will take the stage at Carnegie Hall.
  
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• American ballerina left out of Russia prisoner swap pleads guilty to treason: report

  07-08-2024 18:09 via foxnews.com
  
  A U.S.-Russian ballerina who was not part of last week’s massive prisoner swap between Russia and the West has pleaded guilty Wednesday to a treason charge, reports say. Ksenia Karelina made her first appearance in Russian court in Yekaterinburg since the Aug. 1 release of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, according to Reuters. Karelina, a dual-citizen, lives in Los Angeles but was detained while visiting family in Russia in February. Authorities claim that Karel
  
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• Murder charges filed in death of D'Vontaye Mitchell

  07-08-2024 17:51 via nbcnews.com
  Four Milwaukee hotel employees have been charged with murder in the death D'Vontaye Mitchell. Multiple videos showed the men restraining Mitchell prior to his death. WTMJ's Jenna Rae reports.
  
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• Ukraine breaches Russian border near major gas transmission hub, defense officials say

  07-08-2024 16:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated the Kursk region near a major natural gas transmission hub in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the war began in February 2022.Russia has advanced this year after the failure of Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive to achieve any major gains, and has taken 162 sq miles of territory from Ukrainian forces since June 14, Russian officials said.Ukraine struck back on Tuesday - and the
  
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• Middle East crisis: US warns Israel and Iran that conflict must not escalate – as it happened

  07-08-2024 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Antony Blinken says US has been ‘engaged in intense diplomacy’ as the region braces for attacks from Iran and its alliesIt has just gone 2pm in Jerusalem. If you’re just joining us, here are the day’s developments:The United States has communicated to Iran and Israel that conflict in the Middle East must not escalate, secretary of state Antony Blinken said. The Middle East is bracing for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies after last week’s killing
  
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• Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus urges peace as he is sworn in as Bangladesh leader

  07-08-2024 16:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Incoming head of interim government hails ‘second Victory Day’ but tells Bangladeshis: ‘Violence is our enemy’Profile: Who is Muhammad Yunus?The Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is to lead an interim government in Bangladesh, urged people in the country to “refrain from all kinds of violence” after a mass uprising that has included communal attacks.Concern is rising in Bangladesh and neighbouring India over continuing violent unrest after the ousting of the
  
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• Old dudes rule! Macdonald, Oberholzer compete at Olympics

  07-08-2024 16:05 via nbcnews.com
  South Africa's Dallas Oberholzer, 49, and Great Britain's Andy Macdonald, 51, drew standing ovations after throwing down tricks as the two oldest athletes competing in men's skateboard park.
  
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• Court bans largest Thai political party over pledge to change lese-majesty law

  07-08-2024 15:56 via theguardian.com
  Leaders of progressive group Move Forward, which won most votes in last year’s election,also barred from politics for 10 yearsThailand’s constitutional court has ordered the dissolution of the country’s most popular party, and banned its leaders from politics for 10 years, over its election promise to reform the country’s strict lese-majesty law.Move Forward, a youthful pro-reform party, won the most votes in the 2023 election after pledging major changes to the country&r
  
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• Macdonald, 51, competes for Team GB in skateboard

  07-08-2024 15:50 via bbc.com
  
  51-year-old skateboarder Andy Macdonald represents Team GB in the Olympic park competition.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 trapped in wreckage after partial collapse of hotel on Germany's Mosel River

  07-08-2024 15:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Part of a hotel in a winemaking town on the Mosel River in western Germany collapsed, leaving two people dead and two others still trapped in the wreckage hours later, authorities said Wednesday.Fourteen people were in the hotel in Kroev when one story of the building collapsed at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. Police said five were able to get out of the building unhurt because they weren't in the part that collapsed. But others were trapped.Rescuers were able to contact some of them by cellphone. But
  
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• Kevin Durant praises Lisa Leslie after breaking her Olympic record

  07-08-2024 15:33 via today.com
  Basketball star Kevin Durant set a new record to become the top American scorer of all-time for Olympic competitions and gave the previous record holder, WNBA’s Lisa Leslie, a sweet shoutout.
  
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• WATCH: Fire brings down construction crane as bystanders watch on in shock

  07-08-2024 15:10
  
  Bystander footage captured the moment an intense building fire caused a construction crane to collapse in Vancouver. No injuries were reported.
  
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• US medalists in track, wrestling and boxing join TODAY

  07-08-2024 15:04 via today.com
  Team USA medalists Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Amit Elor, and Omari Jones join TODAY to talk about their wins at the 2024 Paris Olympics in track and field, wrestling and boxing. "I think it surprised a lot of people but I think American track fans were not surprised to see two Americans on the podium," Hocker says of their historic win in the men's 1500m.
  
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• What is Elon Musk's game plan?

  07-08-2024 14:44 via bbc.com
  
  X’s owner has chosen to wade in to opine on unrest in the UK. It isn't clear what's driving him.
  
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• Suni Lee wins 'Sad to Announce I Didn’t Make the Olympics' trend

  07-08-2024 14:36 via today.com
  Gymnastics superstar Suni Lee may have won the viral “Sad to Announce I Didn’t Make the Olympics” trend by poking fun at her fall on the balance beam at the 2024 Paris Games.
  
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• Surfer Caroline Marks talks to TODAY about winning gold in Paris

  07-08-2024 14:35 via today.com
  Team USA’s Caroline Marks joins TODAY after surfing her way to her first Olympic medal, taking home gold in a “nerve-wracking” competition that went down to the wire. Marks talks about reaching her life’s goal and the support she received from her family. "I feel like there's been a lot of personal growth for me since the last Olympics," she says.
  
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• Gabby Thomas talks first gold medal in Paris: ‘I was in my flow’

  07-08-2024 13:50 via today.com
  Track and field star Gabby Thomas joins TODAY to celebrate her first ever gold medal, winning the 200-meter race at the 2024 Paris Olympics Tuesday. "It was such an intense feeling and I was really in my flow, I didn't know where in the race I was until those last few meters," she says. The Harvard grad also reflects on her journey in the sport and opens up about why winning this race ranks among the top of all her accomplishments.
  
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• Israel vows to kill new Hamas political leader who plotted Oct. 7 massacre

  07-08-2024 13:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel is vowing to kill the new political leader of Hamas, with an IDF official saying the only place he belongs is beside the group’s slain military commander and the rest of the "October 7th terrorists." Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top official in Gaza and one of the masterminds of the massacre that launched the Israel-Hamas war, has become Hamas' new political chief following the July 31 assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. "There is only one place for Yahya Sinwar, and it
  
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• UK riots live: police braced for more far-right unrest amid reports of 30 planned gatherings

  07-08-2024 12:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Police anticipating busy day as they monitor reports of at least 30 gatherings and threats against immigration law specialistsShare your reaction to the riots that have taken place in parts of the UKChief executive of Conversation Over Borders, a national charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, is calling for people to send in welcoming notes which will be delivered to asylum seekers staying at initial hotel accommodation, PA Media reports.Colette Batten-Turner said since putting the cal
  
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• Middle East crisis live: US warns Israel and Iran that conflict must not escalate

  07-08-2024 12:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Antony Blinken says US has been ‘engaged in intense diplomacy’ as the region braces for attacks from Iran and its alliesProtesters disrupted an Israeli Supreme Court hearing Wednesday about a shadowy military facility where Israel has held Palestinian detainees throughout the war in Gaza.The protesters yelled “Shame!” as the attorney for a number of Israeli human rights groups argued that the Sde Teiman facility should be closed permanently over repeated allegations of de
  
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• Cornwall vet swims to rescue of trapped calves in race against rising tide

  07-08-2024 12:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Polly Dugmore put on wetsuit late at night after a herd of 10-week-old animals escaped their field on to a beachA herd of calves were saved from drowning when a vet engaged in a midnight marathon swimming race against the tide to guide them to safety.The 10-week-old animals broke out of Bodrugan Barton farm in Cornwall and became stranded on rocks at Colona beach in the early hours of last Thursday morning with the tide rising. Continue reading...
  
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• NSW top cop should have declared link to supplier of gin bought with taxpayer funds, police watchdog finds

  07-08-2024 12:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Karen Webb admonished but cleared of serious misconduct over purchase of ‘Commissioner’s Gin’ after investigationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn investigation into claims the New South Wales police chief bought alcohol with taxpayer funds has cleared her of serious misconduct, but warned she should have disclosed her association with the supplier.Karen Webb had been under investigation by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission after i
  
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• Team GB's Mills confronts France's Hay after falling in 5,000m heat

  07-08-2024 12:04 via bbc.com
  
  GB's George Mills confronts France's Hugo Hay as he is one of multiple runners to fall in the final straight of the first 5,000m heat.
  
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• Inquests into deaths of Southport stabbing victims opened and adjourned

  07-08-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Bebe King, Alice Dasilva Aguiar and Elsie Dot Stancombe died after attack at dance class in MerseysideInquests into the deaths of the three girls stabbed in the Southport knife attack have been opened and adjourned to allow criminal justice proceedings to take place, as a coroner said it was “impossible to adequately articulate the devastating, lifelong effects” of the killings.Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died after the stabbing at Hart
  
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• Burning body discovered in New York shopping cart, additional remains found in apartment

  07-08-2024 11:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A body was reportedly found burning inside a shopping cart along a sidewalk in Yonkers, New York, and was later connected to additional remains inside an apartment in the Bronx.The victim was discovered on a sidewalk near the Oak Street Bridge over the Bronx River Parkway shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday, Yonkers Police wrote on social media. The Westchester County Department of Public Safety and the Mount Vernon Fire Department were responding to a report of a fire before finding a deceased
  
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• Companies behind Pep11 ask court to force Albanese government decision on NSW gas project

  07-08-2024 11:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The development, planned to be offshore from Sydney to Newcastle, was vetoed by Scott Morrison when resources ministerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe company behind the contentious Pep11 offshore New South Wales gas exploration project has lost patience with persistent delays from the federal and state governments and has asked the court to force them to make a decision.BPH Energy and Bounty Oil an
  
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• Man who tackled Southport attacker says he wished he could have been ‘more Bruce Willis’

  07-08-2024 11:12 via theguardian.com
  
  John Hayes, 63, who was almost killed by leg wound, says he felt upset he could not do more to prevent stabbingsA man who suffered a 12cm leg wound tackling the Southport attacker has said he wished he could have done more to prevent the fatal stabbings, by behaving like a Bruce Willis action hero.John Hayes, 63, also called on the government to do more to tackle the root causes of the unrest that has followed the killing of three girls in the attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class
  
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• Kamala Harris has avoided interviews for more than two weeks since becoming Dem nominee

  07-08-2024 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  It has been more than two weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic nominee. And during that time, she has not granted any interviews or held press conferences, setting a new precedent for candidate access to the press in an unprecedented election cycle. Harris has had a honeymoon period of sorts. The legacy media has showered her candidacy with glowing coverage from immediate comparisons of Barack Obama's political rise to reframing her word salads as meme royalty.
  
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• Gallup poll reveals how teens cope with negative emotions — and why 'they want to be heard'

  07-08-2024 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A new Gallup survey explored how young Americans cope with stress, anxiety and other big emotions – and the results were mostly positive.The research was done in partnership with the Walton Family Foundation and Dr. Lisa Damour, a bestselling author and clinical adolescent psychologist who served as a consultant on Pixar’s movie "Inside Out 2."Ohio-based Damour and the rest of the team dove deep into the Gen Z experience, exploring the relationship between teens and their parents and
  
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