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• Ravens rookie Nate Wiggins ruled out of game against Raiders days after being involved in car crash

  14-09-2024 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  The Ravens will welcome the Raiders to Baltimore Sunday looking to bounce back from a heartbreaking season-opening loss. If the Ravens win for the first time in 2024, they will have to do so without one of their key players on defense.Ravens head coach John Harbaugh confirmed that first-round draft pick Nate Wiggins will be sidelined for Sunday's game against Las Vegas. The cornerback was involved in a car accident Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWiggins was offi
  
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• Hiker mauled by bear, hospitalized with ‘extensive’ injuries: official

  14-09-2024 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A 45-year-old man hiking alone in Alberta, Canada, was mauled by a bear late Friday morning, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed to Fox News Digital Saturday. The unnamed hiker from Calgary was in a remote part of Crowsnest Pass near Window Mountain Lake around 11:19 a.m., when the attack happened, leaving him with extensive injuries, RCMP public information officer Cst. Cory Riggs confirmed to Fox News Digital.RCMP at Crowsnest Pass responded after receiving an emergency SOS
  
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• Man, 18, charged with murders of a woman and two teenagers in Luton

  14-09-2024 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicholas Prosper is suspect in deaths of three people believed to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13An 18-year-old has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in Luton on Friday, Bedfordshire police have said.Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, Luton was arrested on Friday morning in Bramingham Road after police discovered three bodies at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank Drive, at about 5.30am. Continue reading...
  
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• Police officer who dragged NFL player Tyreek Hill from car had problem record

  14-09-2024 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Danny Torres, 27-year veteran who forcibly arrested Hill in Florida on Sunday, suspended for total of about 50 daysThe police officer who detained NFL player Tyreek Hill in Florida had racked up six suspensions and multiple reprimands before his encounter with the Miami Dolphins wide receiver, records from his agency show.According to employee records reviewed by NBC, Danny Torres, the Miami-Dade police department officer who forcibly arrested and handcuffed Hill last Sunday, has a tainted disci
  
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• Keir Starmer alleged to have broken rules over party donor’s gifts to wife

  14-09-2024 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister made a late declaration of a personal shopper and clothes for his wife paid for by Lord AlliKeir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife from the Labour donor Waheed Alli.The gifts to Victoria Starmer were not initially declared in the register of MPs’ interests, the Sunday Times reported. Continue reading...
  
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• More bomb threats hit Springfield, Ohio, after Trump elevates false claims about Haitians

  14-09-2024 22:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Two hospitals sent into lockdown, government buildings shut down and local schools evacuatedTwo hospitals in Springfield, Ohio, were sent into lockdown after bomb threats, police said Saturday, marking the fourth such case in as many days that appears linked to false claims circulating among the far right that Haitian immigrants there are eating domestic pets and wildlife.Saturday’s threats came even after the woman who started the rumors acknowledged to NBC News that they were unfounded a
  
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• Father who is convicted rapist stripped of parental responsibility for daughter

  14-09-2024 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Mother hopes case will ‘shine a light’ on family courts and CafcassA convicted rapist who was previously allowed to have unsupervised time with his child has been stripped of his parental responsibility.Kristoffer White, who has been described as a “danger to women and children”, failed to turn up to court last week for a hearing, attended by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), to determine the involvement he could have in his daughter’s life. Continue re
  
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• At least three dead as two passenger trains collide in Egypt’s Nile delta

  14-09-2024 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 40 others were injured in crash in the city of Zagazig, according to the country’s health ministryTwo passenger trains have collided in Egypt’s Nile delta, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities have said.The crash happened on Saturday in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said. Egypt’s health ministry said the collision injured at least 40 others. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia expels 6 British diplomats it accuses of spying. The UK calls it ‘completely baseless’

  14-09-2024 22:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said it had decided to expel them. The U.K. said the "completely baseless" move came weeks ago and was linked to its action in May to revoke the credentials of an attaché at the Russian Embassy and limit Moscow’s diplomatic activities in London.The latest East-West tensions unfolded as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Washington for talks that will include Ukraine’s request to use Western-supplied weapons t
  
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• What’s causing China’s economic downturn and what does it mean for Australia?

  14-09-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Oversupply and deflation are spooking markets, while falling demand for coal and iron ore threatens to further hamper anaemic Australian growthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“Because most Chinese are satisfied with the economy’s performance, Beijing would probably resist major adjustments in savings, consumption and investment incentives that did not serve its industrial policy goals.“Only the prospect of closed foreign markets or deep recession at h
  
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• Contrasting polls spell out disaster territory and green shoots for Labor ahead of Queensland election

  14-09-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mixed messaging for government as they try to conquer the ‘Queensland paradox’ – wooing both urban and regional votersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSix weeks out from the Queensland election, two polls dropped this week. They both told remarkably different stories.Resolve Strategic, published in the Brisbane Times, put Labor’s primary vote across the state at 23%. That’s disaster terr
  
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• Calls grow for total ban on gambling ads as Australia’s annual losses surge to $32bn

  14-09-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: On a per capita basis, ACT residents posted the heaviest gambling losses and Western Australia the least, according to new dataFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s gambling losses have surged from $25.6bn annually pre-Covid to $32bn in 2022-23, according to new data from the Queensland government.The data, released on Tuesday, revealed Australians are now losing $1,555 per capita, up from $1,
  
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• Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by landslides, flooding

  14-09-2024 21:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The death toll in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state media reported.Flood waters from the swollen Red River in the capital of Hanoi were beginning to recede, but many neighborhoods remained inundated and farther north, experts were predicting it could still be days before any relief is in sight.HANOI FLOODED BY SWOLLEN RIVER AS TYPHOON YAGI LEAVES 179 DEADTyphoon Yagi made
  
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• ‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori

  14-09-2024 21:37 via theguardian.com
  Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leaderAt 11.45 on Thursday morning, six white-gloved pallbearers carried a coffin holding the body of the most divisive, beloved and reviled Peruvian politician of the last four decades. They passed the mourners, the cameras and the flag-topped lances of the Húsares de Junín cavalry regiment, and set it down in the hall of Lima’s brutalist
  
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• Alarm in UK and US over possible Iran-Russia nuclear deal

  14-09-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  US president Joe Biden and British PM Keir Starmer fear secret arms link-up amid talks in Washington over UkraineBritain and the US have raised fears that Russia has shared nuclear secrets with Iran in return for Tehran supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles to bomb Ukraine.During their summit in Washington DC on Friday, Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden acknowledged that the two countries were tightening military cooperation at a time when Iran is in the process of enriching enough uran
  
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• ‘It’s the height of horror’: protests in 30 French cities in support of Gisèle Pélicot

  14-09-2024 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Outrage at ordeal of woman raped after being drugged by husband leads to marches across the countryHundreds of protesters gathered across France on Saturday in support of Gisèle Pélicot, the woman whose husband drugged her and invited more than 80 men to rape her at their home over the course of a decade.Feminist groups organised about 30 protests in cities including Paris and Marseille. Demonstrators also gathered in Brussels. At Place de la République in Paris, protesters
  
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• Thousands attend funeral of runner Rebecca Cheptegei who was set on fire by partner

  14-09-2024 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Mourners in Uganda pay respects to Olympic athlete whose death prompted renewed calls for more protection for women in sportThousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects on Saturday to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. The military funeral took place in a remote town near the Kenyan border.Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in Uganda’s army, said milit
  
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• Funeral for slain Turkish American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi draws hundreds

  14-09-2024 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Family members and political leaders gather in Turkish Aegean coastal city of Didim to mourn activist slain by IDFHundreds of people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags gathered on Saturday for the funeral of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Cevdet Yılmaz, Turkey’s vice-president; Hakan Fidan, the foreign minister; Numan Kurtulmuş, the parliament speaker; and Özgür Özel, the main opposition leader from th
  
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• A Portuguese food guide that will send your taste buds to another country

  14-09-2024 20:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Portuguese food is both unique and diverse. There is something for every palate on the menu, with offerings for seafood fans and meat lovers. Portuguese cuisine is full of bold flavors. Many Portuguese recipes call for potatoes, garlic, onions and rice. If you don't have a trip to Portugal in the books, no worries. Portuguese food is made in restaurants and bakeries all around the United States. TASTING GERMANY: A LOOK AT SOME MUST-TRY FOODS, FROM BERLIN TO BAVARIAIf you're feelin
  
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• Nurseries in England say new rules have reduced care to ‘crowd control’

  14-09-2024 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The first study into Tory shake-up of childcare shows staff are overwhelmedThe first major study into the Conservatives’ controversial shake-up of childcare has revealed that nursery staff are often doing more “crowd control” than education, because of the increased number of children they are looking after.Since September last year, nurseries in England have been allowed to increase child-to-staff ratios, so one adult now looks after five two-year-olds rather than four. The ch
  
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• ‘I constantly was saying no’: ex-Abercrombie & Fitch boss accused of abuse at global sex events

  14-09-2024 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Mike Jeffries, now 80, has been accused of exploiting young men for sex in cities around the world from 2009-15The former chief executive of the American fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch faces new allegations this weekend of exploitation and abuse at sex events held around the world.One witness said he attended a sex event in Spain with the former fashion boss Mike Jeffries and his British partner Matthew Smith, believing it was going to be a photoshoot, the BBC reported. Young men were inj
  
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• Pedestrian in his 60s dies after being hit by police vehicle in Nuneaton

  14-09-2024 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Warwickshire police officers were responding to an urgent incident on Friday evening when the collision occurredA pedestrian in his 60s has died after being hit by a police vehicle, Warwickshire police have said.Officers were responding to an emergency incident in Nuneaton when their vehicle collided with the man at about 8.45pm on Friday, the force said. Continue reading...
  
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• Video shows brutal conditions in tunnel where hostages were held, executed by Hamas terrorists

  14-09-2024 18:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Harrowing new video released by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shows the condition of the tunnels in which the troops found six hostages who had been executed by Hamas terrorists last month."We have also distributed this footage in English, and I have briefed the international media, so that the whole world can see and remember the evil of Hamas and understand the cruelty with which it treats the hostages," IDF Spokesperson RADM. Daniel Hagari said at a briefing earlier this week. "Even a
  
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• TfL to refund drivers wrongly issued with Ulez fines after cameras vandalised

  14-09-2024 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Two cameras in Chingford were twisted around to face roads outside the low-emission zone boundaryTransport for London (TfL) has said it will refund drivers wrongly issued with ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) charges because of vandalised enforcement cameras.The transport body confirmed two cameras in Chingford, north-east London, “became misaligned” for a short period and many fines were issued incorrectly. It is understood the cameras were twisted the wrong way so that they were faci
  
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• UK government accused of cracking down on free speech: 'Think before you post'

  14-09-2024 17:24 via foxnews.com
  
  LONDON - Britain is facing a free speech crisis as the new left-wing government, overzealous police and courts crackdown on freedom of expression. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the leader of the ruling Labour Party, and his government of barely two months have been accused of rolling back free speech protections on safety grounds and failing to root out selective enforcement of laws."Every Brit fundamentally has the right to free speech, but for several years now, we’ve seen a growing
  
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• Fury in Turkey as animal lovers and politicians attack ‘massacre law’ to deal with 4m stray dogs

  14-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new bill forcing local authorities to remove homeless animals from city streets has led to a furious backlashNext to the network of the highways that crisscross Turkey, among the lush forests or mountain peaks that dot the country, large stray dogs are a common sight. Most are pale white Akbaş dogs or Kangal shepherds, with their distinctive dark muzzle, pale golden coat and large bodies designed to herd livestock, although on the streets of Istanbul they are more commonly found lazing ou
  
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• ‘High stakes diplomacy’: New book gives an inside look at efforts to bring home an American detained in Syria

  14-09-2024 16:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Five years ago, 30-year-old Sam Goodwin entered Syria from Iraq as part of a years-long quest to visit every country in the world. His visit to war-torn Syria, country 181 of 193 for the St. Louis native, would be quick. Goodwin stayed in Qamishli, a city on the Turkey-Syria border, which he believed was under the control of the U.S.-backed Kurds.After checking into the Asia Hotel and grabbing a bite to eat, he waited until it was time to meet the friend of a local fixer who would show him
  
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• Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website

  14-09-2024 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  High court told ‘culture-jammed’ apology for high-profile corruption scandal ‘did not qualify as parody’Iceland’s biggest fishing company is suing an art student at London’s high court for spoofing its website and issuing a fake public apology over a high profile corruption scandal.The costly lawsuit, which will be heard this month, is feared by the student’s supporters to have a potentially chilling effect on artists engaging critically with large corpo
  
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• Hundreds released in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap deal – as it happened

  14-09-2024 16:34 via theguardian.com
  
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• More than 100 Ukrainians released in prisoner-of-war swap with Russia

  14-09-2024 16:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Exchange of military personnel took place as Ukraine called again on west to allow use of long-range weaponsRussia-Ukraine war live: latest updatesMore than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war will be able to return to their families after an exchange of captured members of the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces.The prisoner swap on Saturday, mediated by the United Arab Emirates, involved 206 military personnel from both countries. Continue reading...
  
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• Clover Moore claims historic sixth term as Sydney lord mayor

  14-09-2024 16:08 via theguardian.com
  Longtime independent politician thanks community for support in face of misinformation and ‘awful’ campaignFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClover Moore has claimed a historic sixth term as the Sydney lord mayor despite a swing against her in a campaign she described as the “toughest” of her career.The longtime independent secured another four years in the top job on Saturday evening, declarin
  
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• Israel-Gaza war: UN worker killed in West Bank during Israeli operation – as it happened

  14-09-2024 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Israel-Gaza war coverage hereThe Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) disaster risk management teams, in cooperation with the Palestine Ministry of Social Development, distributed food parcels to 11,000 families in Gaza and North Gaza governates, the humanitarian organisation shared on X.“This effort aims to alleviate the ongoing suffering of citizens due to the worsening humanitarian situation in the northern part of the [Gaza] Strip
  
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• 3 Americans in Congo sentenced to death after coup attempt

  14-09-2024 13:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Three American citizens have been sentenced to death in Congo after being convicted on charges of participating in a coup attempt, with one telling a court that his father — who led the failed effort — "had threatened to kill us if we did not follow his orders." A lawyer representing 21-year-olds Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson Jr. and 36-year-old Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, is now planning to appeal the verdict following the botched attack orchestrated by Malanga&rsquo
  
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• GOP efforts to crack down on noncitizen voting extend to state ballot measures

  14-09-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Even though it is already illegal and rare, eight states put constitutional amendments designed to prevent noncitizens from voting on the November ballot.
  
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• Pope criticizes Harris and Trump, tells US Catholics to choose ‘lesser evil’

  14-09-2024 11:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights.
  
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• It was ‘tough on China’ week in Congress, one of the few issues both parties agree on

  14-09-2024 11:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  From drones to drugs, House lawmakers sought to portray themselves as tough on China as they returned to work this week.
  
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• When he couldn't pay for cancer treatment, the hospital sued

  14-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Americans owe at least $220 billion in medical debt. In one of the states hardest hit, North Carolina, Terry Belk is still trying to pay for his late wife's cancer treatment and his own.
  
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• 'Shōgun' and 'The Bear' are set to conquer the Emmy Awards

  14-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The lineup of nominees features a mix of freshman series (“3 Body Problem,” “Fallout”) and returning favorites like “Abbott Elementary” and “Hacks.”
  
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• Can Mauricio Pochettino fix the USMNT before the 2026 World Cup?

  14-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. men’s soccer made history on Wednesday with the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as head coach of the national team.
  
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• Slain Ugandan Olympian buried with full military honors

  14-09-2024 10:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was buried on Saturday.
  
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• Shorten furious over robodebt department head’s attempt to position herself as ‘scapegoat’

  14-09-2024 09:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Kathryn Campbell defends her role in unlawful scheme and rejects claim she came up with program with former prime minister Scott MorrisonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBill Shorten has launched an excoriating attack of former public servant Kathryn Campbell after she claimed she was unfairly blamed in the robodebt scandal and defended her decisions around the scheme.“Robodebt was a shocking betrayal and failure of empathy towards vulnerable people who needed sup
  
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• Zimbabwe orders cull of 200 elephants amid food shortages from drought

  14-09-2024 07:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Environment minister says country has more elephants than it needs while critics of hunt say they are a major tourist drawcardZimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has led to food shortages, a move that tackle a ballooning population of the animals, the country’s wildlife authority has said.Zimbabwe had “more elephants than it needed”, the environment minister said in parliament on Wednesday, adding that the government had instructed the Zim
  
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• Mother held in jail after being charged with murdering her two sons in Blue Mountains home

  14-09-2024 07:30 via theguardian.com
  The 42-year-old woman fronted Parramatta local court in Sydney on Saturday in a brief hearing where she did not apply for bailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mother charged with murdering her two sons at their Blue Mountains home has made a brief court appearance where she was remanded in custody.The 42-year-old woman fronted Parramatta local court in Sydney for the first time on Saturday in a brief hearing where she did not apply for bail.Sign up for Guardian Austra
  
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• Israel’s prime target: the hunt for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

  14-09-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Motivated pursuers using advanced technology and brute force have yet to pin down their cautious quarry. Would his death or capture stop the war?A group of Israeli hostages were huddled in a tunnel in Gaza a few days after they had been dragged from their homes on 7 October, when the man who had plotted their abduction appeared out of the subterranean gloom.His hair and beard were grey and his dark-ringed eyes stared out from under thick black brows. It was a face familiar to them from a thousan
  
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• Cooler weather could help firefighters contain California wildfires

  14-09-2024 05:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Crews battling three major California fires could get some relief from record heat and help from the weather as a cooldown preceded minor containment for the blazes.
  
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• ISIS leaders killed in Western Iraq in joint raid with Iraqi Security Forces: CENTCOM

  14-09-2024 03:47 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Friday a raid which resulted in the death of 14 ISIS terror operatives in Western Iraq.Of the 14 operatives, four were ISIS leaders: Ahmad Hamid Husayn Abd-al-Jalil al-Ithawi, Abu Hammam, Abu-‘Ali al-Tunisi, and Shakir Abud Ahmad al-Issawi.US, IRAQ TEAM UP TO KILL 15 ISIS OPERATIVES IN EARLY MORNING RAID, US MILITARY SAYSThe raid occurred on August 29 and was conducted in partnership with Iraqi Security Forces.According to CENTCOM, the responsibi
  
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• Human remains found in Wisconsin identified as 3-year-old boy missing since February

  14-09-2024 02:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Human remains found on private property are those of 3-year-old boy who went missing in February, authorities in Wisconsin announced Friday.
  
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• Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones won’t face charges in 2020 election interference case

  14-09-2024 01:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Peter Skandalakis, who leads the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, said Friday that he considered the matter closed.
  
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• Driver charged in deaths of NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had blood-alcohol level above the legal limit

  14-09-2024 01:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday.
  
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• Havana Syndrome study shut down after mishandling data

  14-09-2024 01:38 via foxnews.com
  
  A long-term study of Havana Syndrome patients was shut down after a National Institute of Health (NIH) internal review board found the mishandling of medical data and participants who reported being pressured to join the research. The study had until now not found evidence linking the participants to the same symptoms and brain injuries. The internal investigation that halted the study was prompted by complaints from the participants about unethical practices.This comes after the intelligence co
  
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