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• New footage shows Sonya Massey talking to officers 16 hours before her death

  05-09-2024 23:55
  
  Bodycam footage was released of Sonya Massey 16 hours before she was fatally shot in her Illinois home after deputies responded to her 911 call of a suspected prowler.
  
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• Rich Homie Quan, one of Atlanta’s bedrock rap artists, dies at 34

  05-09-2024 23:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Cause of death is unknown for Atlanta rapper best known for songs such as Type of Way and Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)The Atlanta rap artist Rich Homie Quan, known for Type of Way and Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh), died on Thursday in Atlanta.DeQuantes Devontay Lamar, 34, was one of Atlanta’s bedrock artists. Lamar grew up in DeKalb county, on Atlanta’s east side, and entered Atlanta’s evolving rap music scene in 2011 after a string of burglaries led to a stint in Georgia prison. His first hit,
  
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• Asian Americans have largest voter registration increase, new analysis shows

  05-09-2024 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new analysis found Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders have seen the largest increase in voter registration of any racial group this year compared to 2020.
  
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• Hunter Biden pleads guilty in federal tax case after day of back-and-forth

  05-09-2024 23:19 via theguardian.com
  
  US president’s son, who earlier pleaded not guilty, avoids potentially embarrassing trial on day it would have begunHunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday, after a day of legal wrangling and in a dramatic move that will avoid a potentially embarrassing trial for Joe Biden’s son.Biden, 54, pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges on a day of courtroom twists and turns, after prosecutors earlier objected to his surprise intention to ent
  
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• 2 Nigerian brothers sentenced for sextortion that led to teen's death

  05-09-2024 23:04
  
  Two brothers from Nigeria have been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the U.S., including a 17-year-old from Michigan who took his own life
  
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• Woman dies 18 years after Amish village mass shooting left her severely injured

  05-09-2024 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Rosanna King was just six when gunman shot her and nine other girls, killing five, in Pennsylvania community in 2006A woman who was severely injured when a gunman killed five girls and wounded her and four other girls during a mass shooting at their one-room, rural Amish schoolhouse has died 18 years later, a funeral director said on Thursday.Rosanna King, 23, died at her home in the farming community of Paradise, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday and a funeral is planned there on Friday, according to an
  
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• Body found in suitcase outside apartment building

  05-09-2024 22:27
  
  Police are investigating after human remains were found inside a suitcase Tuesday on Long Island.
  
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• Chiefs defeat Ravens 27-20 in NFL season opening thriller

  05-09-2024 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chiefs defeat Ravens 27-20 in NFL season opener game
  
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• FBI raids homes of 2 deputies for NYC mayor, NYPD commissioner subpoenaed: Sources

  05-09-2024 22:11
  
  The FBI conducted searches at the homes of two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ closest aides on Thursday, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
  
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• Teacher fatally shot by his classroom doorway: 'He was trying to crawl back to us'

  05-09-2024 22:01
  
  When a gunman opened fire outside Stephanie Reyna's classroom, killing math teacher and football coach Richard Aspinwall, she said her classmates jumped into action.
  
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• Was Abraham Lincoln gay? Scholars make the case in 'Lover of Men' documentary

  05-09-2024 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Lover of Men," which premieres Friday, examines Abraham Lincoln's relationships with four men and why historians are reluctant to label his sexuality.
  
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• Russian TV presenter charged with violating US sanctions and money laundering

  05-09-2024 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Dimitri Simes, who had contacts in Donald Trump’s orbit, charged as White House targets Kremlin influencers before US presidential electionsUS investigators have indicted a prominent Russian state television personality and his wife for violating sanctions and for money laundering as the White House targets Kremlin influence operations before the US presidential election.Dimitri Simes, a television presenter and producer for Russia’s state-owned Channel One, was charged with receivin
  
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• Michel Barnier vows to address feelings of ‘anger’ and ‘injustice’ as France’s new PM

  05-09-2024 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Rightwing prime minister promises ‘new era’, saying priorities will be education, security and controlling immigrationEurope live – latest updatesMichel Barnier, France’s new rightwing prime minister, has vowed to address the nation’s feelings of anger, abandonment and injustice, promising a “new era” and a break with the past.Barnier, the EU’s former Brexit negotiator, took office hours after Emmanuel Macron appointed him to form “a unifying
  
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• Michigan newlyweds are charged after groomsman is struck and killed by SUV

  05-09-2024 20:21
  
  Police say a groom struck a groomsman with a vehicle and killed him after a wedding in Flint, Michigan
  
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• Niagara Falls is a must-see destination in Canada, but be advised the rest of the country is, too

  05-09-2024 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A trip to Canada is sure to be filled with unforgettable views and experiences unlike any other. Every year, millions of people head to Canada to see Niagara Falls. In fact, over eight million visitors trek to the spot each year to take in its beauty, according to the Niagara Falls website. Canada is a very large country, the second largest in the world behind Russia. Seeing several of Canada's popular tourist destinations all in one trip will be a long vacation, with travel days worke
  
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• Clock is ticking again for Michel Barnier, France’s anorak-wearing, spreadsheet-loving new PM

  05-09-2024 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  A councillor at 22, now country’s oldest premier in modern history, the former Brexit negotiator must win over a divided parliamentHe calmly but firmly negotiated the UK’s departure from the EU after years of British squabbling over Brexit, and he prefers consensus to political punch-ups. But Michel Barnier faces his toughest challenge yet as France’s new prime minister amid the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.The discreet rightwinger, 73, known for his sens
  
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• Amish woman dies 18 years after being severely injured in deadly schoolhouse shooting

  05-09-2024 19:18
  
  A woman who was severely injured when a gunman killed five girls and wounded her and four other girls during an attack on their one-room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania has died 18 years later
  
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• Gunman at Israeli consulate killed by German police on anniversary of Munich Olympics massacre

  05-09-2024 19:10 via foxnews.com
  
  German police exchanged gunfire with an armed Islamist outside the Israeli consulate in Munich on Thursday, ultimately killing the gunman.Police engaged the shooter at roughly 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, suspecting he was planning to attack the Israeli consulate. Authorities say he had a long rifle with a bayonet attached, and he returned fire when police engaged him. Police have yet to identify the gunman, but they say content on his phone suggests he was an Islamist.The incident occurred on
  
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• A 13-foot (and growing) python was seized from a New York home and sent to a zoo

  05-09-2024 18:55
  
  A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank
  
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• Munich police kill man who opened fire near Israeli consulate

  05-09-2024 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Antisemitism and Islamism have no place here,’ Scholz says after incident also close to Nazi documentation centreThere is “no place” in Germany for antisemitism or Islamist extremism, the German chancellor has said after police in Munich shot dead a man carrying a “long-barrelled gun” following an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate.In a joint statement, the Bavarian state police and prosecutors said they believed the man had been planning a terrorist
  
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• Self-swab HPV test set to arrive in doctors' offices this month

  05-09-2024 18:35
  
  The first tests that allow people to self-collect samples to screen for HPV are set to arrive in doctors’ offices and other health care settings later this month.
  
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• Gunman killed in Munich believed to be planning terrorist attack: Police

  05-09-2024 18:31
  
  Munich police shot dead an armed teenager in the Karolinenplatz area of the southern German city on Thursday morning, authorities said.
  
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• Woman tells trial of husband who invited men to rape her: ‘I was sacrificed on altar of vice’

  05-09-2024 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Gisèle Pélicot says French police saved her life when they investigated husband, who drugged her and enlisted men to rape herA French woman whose husband has admitted drugging her and inviting more than 80 men to rape her over the course of a decade has said she “was sacrificed on the altar of vice” and treated “like a rag doll”.Gisèle Pélicot, 72, said “police saved my life” when they investigated her husband, Dominique Péli
  
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• Harvey Weinstein has sexual assault charges dropped by UK prosecutors

  05-09-2024 17:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein won’t face charges of indecent assault in Britain, prosecutors announced on Thursday.The Crown Prosecution Service, which in 2022 authorized two charges of indecent assault against Weinstein, said it decided to discontinue proceedings because there was "no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.’’"We have explained our decision to all parties,’’ the CPS said in a statement. ’’We would always encourage any
  
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• Putin says he backs Harris over Trump, adds he's ready for talks with Ukraine

  05-09-2024 17:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday appeared to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race against former President Trump.According to multiple reports, Putin was questioned during the Eastern Economic Forum he attended in eastern Russia over how he viewed the upcoming U.S. election.The Russian president, apparently smiling alongside the event’s moderator, said ultimately it was up to the American people to decide, but said that as President Biden has backe
  
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• Rebecca Cheptegei’s family demand justice after death of runner set on fire by former partner

  05-09-2024 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Olympian sustained 80% burns during attack in KenyaPolice say former boyfriend attacked her amid disputeThe family of a Ugandan athlete who died in Kenya after allegedly being set on fire by her former boyfriend has called for justice and legal action against the culprit.“I have a lot of grief because I’ve lost my daughter. I seek your help so that this person who has killed my daughter can be prosecuted,” Joseph Cheptegei, the father of Rebecca Cheptegei, told reporters at the
  
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• China detains five AstraZeneca staff over ‘data privacy and import breaches’

  05-09-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Detentions involve Chinese citizens who marketed cancer drugs for firm’s oncology divisionChinese police have reportedly detained five current and former AstraZeneca employees as part of an investigation into possible breaches related to data privacy and importing unlicensed medications.The detentions took place earlier this summer, and targeted Chinese citizens who marketed cancer drugs for the oncology division of the British pharmaceutical company, according to Bloomberg. Continue readi
  
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• Hamas accuses Netanyahu of trying to ‘thwart’ ceasefire and hostage deal – as it happened

  05-09-2024 15:37 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more of our Israel-Gaza war coverage herePalestinian news agency Wafa reports that three people have been killed in an apparent Israeli strike on Gaza City in the north of the territory. The attack happened in the al-Zaytoun neighbourhood.There has been an apparent shooting attack near the Israeli consulate in Munich in Germany on the anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack on Israeli athletes and staff at the Games. There are no reports of casualties
  
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• Netanyahu dismisses claims of imminent cease-fire deal during 'Fox & Friends' appearance

  05-09-2024 15:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday morning dismissed reports that negotiators were close to agreeing a cease-fire deal."It’s exactly inaccurate," Netanyahu told "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade during an interview. "There's a story, a narrative out there that there's a deal out there … that’s just a false narrative." Netanyahu stressed that Israel has agreed to several deals proposed by the negotiators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, but that
  
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• Superyacht victims' cause of death was 'death by confinement,' autopsies show: report

  05-09-2024 14:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Four of the seven people who died in the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht last month off the coast of Sicily passed away after being trapped alive inside the ship’s cabins and suffocated, autopsies have reportedly revealed. New York City lawyer Chris Morvillo, his wife Neda, along with Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley’s London-based investment banking subsidiary, and his wife, Judy all died due to "death by confinement," according to forensics r
  
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• Geologists study 5,600-year-old submerged bridge; new details of life emerge from Mallorca, Spain

  05-09-2024 14:03 via foxnews.com
  
  A study led by the University of South Florida has uncovered new details about the colonization of Mallorca, Spain.An underwater bridge located inside Genovesa Cave was first discovered by researchers in 2000, according to Dr. Bogdan Onac, a geology professor at the University of South Florida and leader of the study, in an email to Fox News Digital.At the time, it was estimated that the bridge was 3,500 years old, primarily based on pottery that was found close to where the bridge was created,
  
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• North Korea may have executed officials over flood response, reports say

  05-09-2024 12:57 via theguardian.com
  
  South Korea’s intelligence service says it has ‘detected signs’ Kim Jong-un ordered executions of 20 to 30 officialsNorth Korea may have executed multiple officials over damage from devastating floods in July that wrecked thousands of homes and left up to 1,500 people dead or missing, according to South Korean intelligence.South Korea’s national intelligence service said it was closely monitoring signs that the regime had carried out the executions after the North’s
  
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• How Biden is spending his final months as president

  05-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden is launching a new phase of his presidency this week.
  
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• A new flashpoint has emerged at Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea – and a new danger

  05-09-2024 07:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysts warn that the dispute over Sabina Shoal could lead to an even more drawn-out struggle between Manila and BeijingHopes that tensions in the South China Sea might ease have been short lived. Just weeks after the Philippines and China struck a deal to try to stop dangerous confrontations at Second Thomas Shoal, a new flashpoint has emerged.Over recent weeks, Manila has accused Chinese personnel of ramming its boats, blasting them with water canon and firing flares at its aircraft, with inc
  
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• Pair of US Air Force F-35s make historic landing on highway in Finland

  05-09-2024 02:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II jets executed a historic landing on a highway in Finland on Wednesday as part of the Finnish Air Force’s annual road base exercise, dubbed BAANA 2024.The two U.S. jets were assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K. and their maneuver demonstrated advancements in the NATO Alliance’s ability to deploy air power from unconventional locations.BAANA 24 is the annual road base exercises, and the Finnish Air Force regularly trai
  
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• WATCH: Russia interfering in 2024 presidential election: US

  05-09-2024 01:52
  
  The Biden administration is announcing charges and sanctions as part of its investigation into a Russian disinformation campaign targeting American voters.
  
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• WATCH: American Airlines flight diverted after passenger starts vaping

  05-09-2024 01:51
  
  An American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Dallas was diverted due to an unruly first-class passenger.
  
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• Another migrant boat spotted on English Channel day after mass-casualty wreck

  05-09-2024 01:42 via foxnews.com
  
  A day after 12 migrants died when their small inflatable ripped apart on a failed effort to cross the English Channel, several dozen others made another crossing attempt on a crowded vessel from northern France on Wednesday, as French patrol boats watched it labor through the seas.That migrants were prepared to risk their lives so soon after a dozen others lost theirs trying to cross the busy waterway from France to Britain underscored the magnitude of the problem for the French and U.K. governm
  
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• Gillian Anderson: Sex and stardom

  05-09-2024 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The actor speaks candidly about sexual fantasies and much more.
  
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• US Army opens investigation after American officer stationed in Poland dies: ‘Outstanding leader’

  05-09-2024 00:51 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Army confirmed Wednesday it is investigating the death of a U.S. soldier who died while stationed in Poland.Lt. Col. Joshua Camara, 45, was based at Camp Kościuszko, home of V Corps’ forward headquarters in the city of Poznan. He died on Tuesday, Sept. 3. A V Corps spokesperson said Camara was a public affairs officer who had served in V Corps since June 2024. Camara was the recipient of the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal and Meritorious Service Medal, among other aw
  
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