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• Mbappe scores as Real Madrid win Uefa Super Cup

  14-08-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Watch highlights as Real Madrid beat Atalanta 2-0 to win the Uefa Super Cup, thanks to second-half goals from Fede Valverde and debutant Kylian Mbappe.
  
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• The Taliban is celebrating 3 years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans

  14-08-2024 23:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of their return to power Wednesday at a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan, but there was no mention of the country’s hardships or promises to help the struggling population.Under blue skies and blazing sunshine at the Bagram base — once the center of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks — members of the Taliban Cabinet lauded achievements such as strengthening Islamic
  
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• Thai politics braces for shakeup after court dismisses PM Srettha Thavisin

  14-08-2024 23:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he "grossly" violated ethics by appointing a minister who was once jailed, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance.Real estate tycoon Srettha is the fourth premier in 16 years to be removed in verdicts by the same court, underlining the central role Thailand's judiciary has played in its long political crisis.THAILAND'S SENATE APPROVES HISTORIC BILL LEGALIZIN
  
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• Jamaica declares state of emergency after eight killed in weekend shootings

  14-08-2024 20:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Two attacks in Clarendon killed eight and injured nine as government looks to focus on gang violenceJamaica’s prime minister has issued a 14-day state of emergency in the country’s southern Clarendon parish amid fears of further violence after two shootings on Sunday left eight dead and nine wounded.Seven people were killed when gunmen fired indiscriminately at a birthday party in Cherry Tree Lane, Clarendon; the eighth victim was killed in a second shooting. Continue reading...
  
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• Mideast oil powerhouse bans Russian 'shadow fleet' vessels that seek to undermine sanctions

  14-08-2024 20:39 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Arab Emirates has pushed back on Russia’s efforts to circumvent Western sanctions through a "shadow fleet" by refusing entry to its port for any ship from the African country of Eswatini. "Using a ‘shadow fleet’ to smuggle oil while concealing its origin, in order to circumvent Western economic sanctions has been part of Putin’s playbook of sanction-proofing Russia’s economy," Rebekah Koffler, a former DIA intelligence officer and author of "Putin&rs
  
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• Is Ukraine's Advance Damaging Putin?

  14-08-2024 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plus, inflation is up for the first time this year
  
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• Mpox outbreak in Africa is public health emergency, declares WHO

  14-08-2024 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Outbreak resembles early days of HIV, say experts, urging accelerated access to vaccines and testingAn outbreak in Africa of mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox, resembles the early days of HIV, scientists have said, as the World Health Organization declared it a public health emergency.The declaration must accelerate access to testing, vaccines and therapeutic drugs in the affected areas, medical experts urged, and kickstart campaigns to reduce stigma surrounding the virus. Continue r
  
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• Japan issues first-ever 'megaquake' advisory, leaving citizens scared, confused

  14-08-2024 19:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever "megaquake advisory" last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of Kyushu.The magnitude 7.1 quake caused no deaths or severe damage but the advisory has led to widespread confusion and a lingering sense of worry — in a country well accustomed to regular quakes — about when the next big one will hit.The Associated Press explains what the advisory means, w
  
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• Rocket attack launched against US military base in Syria

  14-08-2024 19:27 via foxnews.com
  
  A rocket was fired at a U.S. military base in Syria this week in an unsuccessful attack, Fox News Digital has learned. A small explosion was reported on Tuesday outside the U.S. base at Mission Support Site Euphrates in Syria. "On August 13, at approximately 4:00 PM ET, a rocket attack was attempted against U.S. and Coalition forces at Mission Support Site Euphrates in Syria," a U.S. defense official told Fox News Digital. TEXAS FAMILY SUES SYRIA FOR DEATH OF LOVED ONE:
  
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• Bahia’s police killings pile pressure on Lula’s Workers’ party in Brazil

  14-08-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Nearly 300 people aged 19 and under were killed by Bahian security forces in 2023, making it Brazil’s highest rateActivists have raised the alarm over police violence in the Brazilian state of Bahia, as new figures revealed that more children and adolescents are killed by the region’s security forces than anywhere else in the country.Two hundred and eighty-nine people aged 19 and under were killed by police in Bahia last year, up from 242 in 2022, according to a new report by the Uni
  
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• Rosenberg: Ukraine's advance undermines Putin's image as 'Mr Security'

  14-08-2024 18:20 via bbc.com
  
  Ukraine's incursion into Kursk raises questions about Mr Putin's ability to keep Russia safe.
  
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• Ernesto strengthens into hurricane after leaving half of Puerto Rico without power

  14-08-2024 18:02 via theguardian.com
  Storm moving over open waters towards Bermuda, bringing torrential rain and winds of 75mphStorm Ernesto has strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the US territory without power.The storm was located about 175 miles (280km) north-west of San Juan, Puerto Rico and was moving over open waters towards Bermuda. It had maximum sustained winds of 75mph (120km/h) and was moving north-west at 16mph. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Teacher uses pop songs to teach elementary students

  14-08-2024 16:21
  
  A teacher known as “Mr. C” has taught his kids evaporation using the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” and math using the tune of NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye.”
  
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• At least 68 people killed in flooding as rains worsen Sudan’s plight

  14-08-2024 16:17 via theguardian.com
  
  About 27,000 people displaced by heaviest rainfall since 2019 in country already hit by civil war and famineHeavy rains in Sudan have killed dozens of people, compounding hardship in a country that is already facing multiple crises.At least 68 people have been killed in Sudan as a result of rains that have plagued different parts of the country this year, the interior ministry said. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv’s Kursk incursion continues as it targets Russia with drones

  14-08-2024 11:43 via theguardian.com
  Zelenskiy says that troops are advancing ‘despite difficult and intense battles’Kristen Michal, the Estonian prime minister, has said “we must continue to show our steadfast support to Ukraine and further raise the cost of war for Russia.”The Polish national public prosecutor’s office has said that Volodymyr Z., who is wanted by German authorities in connection to the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, was not arrested in Poland as he fled to Ukraine in
  
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• Tory leadership candidate calls Musk’s comments ‘absurd’ but says he won’t quit X – UK politics live

  14-08-2024 11:41 via theguardian.com
  Mel Stride criticises billionaire for sharing fake story about sending people to Falklands and his claim that the UK was set for civil warPatrick Butler is the Guardian’s social policy editor, and he has this story of social media getting the RSPB into hot water:The RSPB has been criticised by the English charities watchdog over social media posts in which it accused named government ministers of being “liars” for watering down environmental protections. Continue reading...
  
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• Ecologists warn deadly H5N1 bird flu could arrive in Australia via Antarctica as preparations ramp up

  14-08-2024 11:41 via theguardian.com
  Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is ramping up preparations for a highly pathogenic and contagious strain of bird flu potentially reaching Australia via its Antarctic territory and Macquarie Island, warning it could devastate wildlife and be passed to people.Government agencies led by the Australian Antarctic
  
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• Thai court removes Srettha Thavisin as prime minister after less than a year

  14-08-2024 11:40 via theguardian.com
  Srettha becomes fourth Thai premier to be removed by court in 16 years, after his appointment of former lawyer who served jail timeThailand’s constitutional court on Wednesday dismissed the prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who served jail time, raising the spectre of more political upheaval and a reset of the governing alliance.Srettha, a real estate tycoon, becomes the fourth Thai premier in 16 years to be removed by verdicts by the same cour
  
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• Israel-Gaza war live: US approves new sale of $20bn of military equipment to Israel

  14-08-2024 11:28 via theguardian.com
  Equipment – including fighter jets and ammunition – will not be delivered for years, according to the PentagonIsrael’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 39,965 Palestinians and wounded 92,294 since 7 October the Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday.A total of 36 Palestinians have been killed and 54 wounded in the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement. Continue reading...
  
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• Reeves ‘planning to cut state aid’ for AstraZeneca project in Merseyside

  14-08-2024 11:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor reportedly seeking to cut £20m from the £65m promised to expand site by Jeremy Hunt in MarchBusiness live – latest updatesA £450m plan to expand an AstraZeneca vaccine-manufacturing site in Merseyside has suffered a blow after it emerged the government plans to cut some of the funding for the scheme.It is understood that the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is considering reducing the state aid earmarked for the scheme by more than £20m after her predecessor, J
  
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• Major incident in West Midlands after sodium cyanide spill into Walsall canal

  14-08-2024 11:08 via theguardian.com
  Public told to stay away from 12-mile stretch of canals and towpaths after spillage of toxic chemicalA major incident was declared on Wednesday after authorities said a spill of sodium cyanide into a West Midlands canal posed a serious health risk to the public.Members of the public are being advised to avoid a 12-mile stretch of canals and towpaths centred in Walsall after the toxic spillage, understood to have happened on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• New figures show NSW children are being ‘criminalised for their disadvantage’, advocate says

  14-08-2024 11:02 via theguardian.com
  More than half the 10- to 13-year-olds who faced court had been a victim of violence and about a third had accessed homelessness services, report findsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChildren aged 10 to 13 facing criminal penalties in New South Wales are “overwhelmingly” from disadvantaged backgrounds and disproportionately Indigenous, according to a new report.It comes amid debate over the minimum age of criminal responsibility, after the Vic
  
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• Liz Truss leaves stage over ‘I crashed the economy’ lettuce banner

  14-08-2024 10:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM said ‘that’s not funny’ when remote-controlled banner was unfurled behind her at event in SuffolkUK politics live – latest updatesLiz Truss left the stage abruptly at an event to promote her own book after campaigners unfurled a banner emblazoned with the phrase: “I crashed the economy” below a picture of a lettuce.The former prime minister, who lasted 45 days in office, was in Suffolk discussing the US presidential election on Tuesday when the campa
  
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• Bank of England could still cut interest rates again despite rise in inflation

  14-08-2024 10:44 via theguardian.com
  
  July fall in service sector and core inflation may open door for policymakers to make reductionUK inflation rises to 2.2% in first increase since DecemberBusiness live – latest updatesFor the first time this year, inflation is on the rise. After falling fairly steadily from above 11% almost two years ago, a bump in the road back to more normal levels was always likely.Rishi Sunak will have known this day would come. Back when he called July’s general election on that rain-soaked May
  
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• Ukraine's surprise attack on Russian soil

  14-08-2024 10:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could this offensive sway the dynamics of the war in Kyiv’s favour?
  
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• Thérèse Coffey was turned down for Labour Treasury job

  14-08-2024 10:19 via theguardian.com
  
  UK director of European development bank reports to Rachel Reeves, who has been critical of previous governmentA former Conservative deputy prime minister who lost her seat at the last general election applied for a job in Labour’s Treasury department.Thérèse Coffey also had a stint as the health secretary and was one of Liz Truss’s fiercest allies when she was prime minister. Continue reading...
  
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• Record-breaking downpours in eastern Australia put emergency services on high alert

  14-08-2024 10:17 via theguardian.com
  Parts of the Queensland coast copped a battering into Wednesday of more than 100mm in less than six hoursFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEmergency services are poised to carry out rescues as record-breaking downpours have soaked parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.Southeast Queensland’s coastal catchments have been issued with a flood watch warning, as have parts of the NS
  
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• Burke fends off Coalition attacks over Palestinian visas in question time – as it happened

  14-08-2024 10:07 via theguardian.com
  This blog is now closedGreens propose tech tax to support Australia’s traditional media while banning gambling adsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt seems Qantas has been forgiven – at least by the prime minister. Anthony Albanese gave the airline a special shout out in his speech welcoming home Australia’s Olympians:I do want to take a moment as well to thank [CEO] Vanessa [Hudson] and Qantas for once again reminding us of why every ser
  
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• Scott Peterson says he’s an ‘a-hole’ for cheating on slain wife but maintains innocence

  14-08-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In first on-camera remarks in decades, Peterson, convicted in 2004 of murder, denies killing his pregnant wifeIn his first on-camera remarks in two decades, the convicted double murderer Scott Peterson called himself “a total a-hole” for cheating on his pregnant wife, Laci, before her slaying – but he insisted he did not murder her or their unborn son, Conner.“It’s horrible. I was a total a-hole to be having sex outside our marriage,” the 51-year-old Peterson
  
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• Four-day-old twins killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike as father registered births

  14-08-2024 09:48 via theguardian.com
  Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan’s wife and mother-in-law also killed in strike that hit home where they were shelteringMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesFour-day-old twins have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza while their father went to register their birth, he has said, as Israel continued its bombardment of the territory.Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan said his wife, Joumana Arafa, a pharmacist, had given birth by caesarean section four days earlier and announced the twins’ arri
  
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• Dutch beach volleyball player who raped child breaks silence over Olympics

  14-08-2024 09:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Steven van de Velde spent 13 months in prison for rapeNetherlands pair reached quarter-finals at Paris GamesThe Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, has said that he considered quitting the Paris Olympics amid the controversy surrounding his participation.Van de Velde and his beach volleyball partner Matthew Immers reached the quarter-finals in Paris, where they lost to Brazil in straight sets. The pair played four mat
  
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• Greens propose tech tax to support Australia’s traditional media while banning gambling ads

  14-08-2024 09:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Sarah Hanson-Young urges people not to believe the claim that free-to-air TV needs gambling ad revenue to surviveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens have proposed a tech tax to support traditional media while banning all gambling ads, as broadcasters seek compensation for Labor’s planned restrictions.On Wednesday the Greens communications spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, urged Australians
  
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• Teaching crocodiles not to eat cane toads saves them from fatal poisoning, researchers discover

  14-08-2024 09:23 via theguardian.com
  
  In gorges already infested with the pest amphibians, rangers have managed to cut the freshwater crocodile mortality rate by 95%Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTricking freshwater crocodiles in Western Australia into believing toxic cane toads cause food poisoning could stop the crocs dying during future infestations of the pest, a new study which produced dramatic cuts in fatalities has found.The pract
  
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• BTS member Suga facing possible prison sentence or fine over drink-driving e-scooter incident

  14-08-2024 07:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Suga has apologised after he was found lying on the ground in the Yongsan district of Seoul following an apparent accidentSuga, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, faces a potential prison sentence or a hefty fine after a breathalyser test revealed he was over the blood-alcohol limit when he reportedly fell off his e-scooter in Seoul last week.Suga, who along with other members of the band has taken a break from music to perform compulsory national service, was found lying on the ground in the
  
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• Custody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBTQ+ milestone in China

  14-08-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman wins visiting rights to see daughter, but not son, in first recognition that child can have two legal mothersA woman fighting a landmark LGBTQ+ custody battle in China said she “still has faith for the future” after winning the right to make monthly visits to her daughter.Last month, Didi, who is 42 and lives in Shanghai, travelled to Beijing to visit her seven-year-old daughter, who lives in the capital with Didi’s estranged wife and their other child. It was the first t
  
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• Peter Dutton says Australia should not accept Palestinians from Gaza due to ‘national security risk’

  14-08-2024 05:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Coalition leader’s escalated rhetoric immediately rejected by senior Albanese government figuresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton has escalated the Coalition’s rhetoric against Palestinians fleeing the Gaza war zone, claiming that none should be allowed to Australia “at the moment” due to an unspecified “national security risk”.The comments from the opposi
  
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• New Zealand charity unknowingly gives out sweets with lethal levels of meth

  14-08-2024 05:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Up to 400 people received parcels that could contain the contaminated lolly as police open a criminal investigationA charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed sweets filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels, after the items were donated by a member of the public.Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets &nda
  
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• Ilhan Omar, member of the ‘Squad’, wins Minnesota Democratic primary

  14-08-2024 04:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Minnesota race is last in series of heated primaries for progressive Democrats who have criticized the Gaza warRepresentative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has won the state Democratic primary for her seat, according to the Associated Press, in a rematch against Don Samuels that comes two years after she barely eked out a victory against him.With 216 of 217 precincts reporting results, Omar was leading Samuels 56.2%-42.9%, according to Minnesota Secretary of State tallies.
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• WATCH: Timelapse: Moon sets into aurora borealis as seen from the ISS

  14-08-2024 04:56
  
  Matthew Dominick, a flight engineer on board the International Space Station, shared this captivating timelapse video showcasing the moon setting among vibrant red and green auroras down on Earth.
  
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• Japan PM Fumio Kishida announces he will step down in September

  14-08-2024 04:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Kishida’s three-year term has been marked by scandal, rising living costs and record defence spendingJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he will not run for the presidency of his ruling Liberal Democratic party [LDP] next month – a decision that will see the appointment of a new leader of the world’s fourth-biggest economy.Kishida, who has been battling low approval ratings and a damaging funding scandal, said he would step down as LDP leader in September, tel
  
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• Kiribati’s pro-China government faces test as election begins

  14-08-2024 03:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Climate change, living costs and China ties in focus as president Taneti Maamau seeks to extend his tenure in the Pacific countryPolls opened in the Pacific country of Kiribati on Wednesday, after an election campaign dominated by the cost of living, rising sea levels and questions about the benefit of deeper ties with China.A nation of 115,000 residents, Kiribati is considered strategic despite being small, because it is relatively close to Hawaii and controls more than 3.5 million sq km (1.4m
  
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• ‘We know who built this country’: Walz courts union workers in first solo event

  14-08-2024 02:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Harris’s VP pick emphasizes his labor background at LA event and says Trump and Vance ‘waged war on workers’Tim Walz held his first solo campaign event since being selected as Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential nominee on Tuesday, rallying union members in Los Angeles and denouncing Donald Trump’s record on labor rights.The Minnesota governor’s appearance, at an event hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, was the first in a
  
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• Tropical Storm Ernesto expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the Atlantic

  14-08-2024 02:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.
  
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• New Jackie Robinson statue returns to Kansas after original was stolen

  14-08-2024 01:35 via nbcnews.com
  A newly rebuilt Jackie Robinson statue has returned to Wichita, Kansas, after the original was stolen from a little league complex. It comes after the alleged thief pleaded guilty to stealing it. NBC News' Morgan Chesky has the story.
  
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• Kamala Harris campaign says it was targeted by foreign hackers

  14-08-2024 01:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaign says cybersecurity measures prevented hacking but disclosure raises renewed fears of foreign interferenceUS politics – live updatesKamala Harris’s presidential campaign has confirmed it was warned by the FBI it had been targeted by a foreign influence campaign, triggering renewed fears over foreign interference in US elections.The disclosure – reported by NBC – came after Donald Trump’s campaign claimed it had been hacked in an email phishing attempt, suspe
  
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• Videos show protester charging Ferguson officer who was critically injured

  14-08-2024 01:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released videos of a man shown charging at a police officer and knocking him to the pavement, where he hit his head and was critically injured.
  
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• North Carolina inmate guilty of 1-year-old's murder escapes during medical appointment

  14-08-2024 01:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Officials in North Carolina are searching for an inmate convicted of killing a 1-year-old girl after he escaped while being taken to a medical facility Tuesday in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
  
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• Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s

  14-08-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Unicef analysis also finds children in eight countries spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35CAlmost half a billion children are growing up in parts of the world where there are at least twice the number of extremely hot days every year compared with six decades ago, analysis by Unicef has found.The analysis by the UN’s children’s agency examined for the first time data on changes in children’s exposure to extreme heat over the past 60 years. Continue reading...
  
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• DATELINE FRIDAY PREVIEW: The Day the Music Died

  14-08-2024 00:43 via nbcnews.com
  Keith Morrison reports Friday, August 16, at 9/8c on NBC.
  
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• Team Trump starts to close the battleground ad spending gap: From the Politics Desk

  14-08-2024 00:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kamala Harris, Biden and the Democrats have held an ad spending advantage in battleground states, but Trump and the GOP are starting to close the gap.
  
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