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• UN chief defends UNRWA, says only 'a few elements' participated in Oct. 7

  22-09-2024 19:33 via foxnews.com
  
  U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres defended the UNRWA's operations in Gaza on Sunday, saying only "a few elements" of the organization were affiliated with Hamas.Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon claimed last week that the UNRWA, or United Nations Relief and Works Agency, is completely taken over by Hamas. Guterres has admitted that Hamas "infiltrated" the organization, but said during a Sunday appearance on CNN that there is no evidence behind Israel's claims."The fact is there wa
  
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• Sri Lankan leftist candidate Dissanayake claims presidential election

  22-09-2024 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Second-round victory viewed as widespread rejection of the old political elite amid economic crisisThe Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, in what was viewed as a widespread rejection of the old political elite who are blamed for the country’s ongoing economic woes.For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, the election went into a runoff on Sunday after no candidate managed to get more than 50% of the votes. However, after second-
  
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• UN chief calls on Sudanese paramilitary leader to end siege of North Darfur city

  22-09-2024 17:04 via theguardian.com
  
  António Guterres ‘gravely alarmed’ by RSF assault on al-Fashir as EU foreign policy chief warns of another genocideThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, is “gravely alarmed” at reports of a full-scale assault on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and has called on its leader to halt the attack immediately, according to Guterres’ spokesperson.“It is unconscionable that the warring parties have repeatedly
  
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• Politicians are promising housing help. Homebuilders say the problems are many and the solutions scant.

  22-09-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the suburbs of Wichita, Kansas, local homebuilder Carl Harris used to charge homebuyers around $330,000 for one of his new-construction homes aimed at growing families.
  
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• Iran posed to overwhelm US bases in Gulf former CENTCOM commander warns

  22-09-2024 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The former top security head of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) warned on Thursday that U.S. bases in the Middle East could become overwhelmed by Iranian missile fire. Retired Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, now a Hertog senior fellow with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), is sounding the alarm in a report this week that argued U.S. bases in the Arabian Gulf have become vulnerable to Iranian assault with Tehran's developments in its weapons capabilities.&
  
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• Far-right group that invokes Nazi past on track for more state election success in Germany

  22-09-2024 12:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Polls opened on Sunday in the German state of Brandenburg, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to finish first.
  
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• Man dies in freak accident involving frozen hamburgers: 'Difficult to hear'

  22-09-2024 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  WARNING: This article contains graphic detailsBritish officials recently determined the shocking and tragic way that a Welsh man died last year.The Western Telegraph reported that Barry Griffiths, 57, died after accidentally knifing himself while separating frozen burgers in June 2023. Officials announced the results of the investigation at a coroner's court hearing on Monday. Griffiths, a resident of Llandrindod Wells, had been trying to separate the frozen burgers with a knife when he sta
  
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• Marxist lawmaker leads the vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election

  22-09-2024 11:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka’s presidency on Sunday, the election body said, with a second round of counting to determine the winner using preferential votes.
  
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• Israel says it conducted retaliatory strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, struck Hamas in Gaza

  22-09-2024 11:29 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday morning it was conducting retaliatory strikes against the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon.This comes after the IDF says Hezbollah launched about 115 aerial attacks towards civilian areas in northern Israel over the span of a few hours.The IDF said its defensive arrays are deployed in northern Israel and are on high preparedness to thwart threats targeting the area. Air defense systems had intercepted multiple projectiles over Haifa, Israel.I
  
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• Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as fears of war mount

  22-09-2024 11:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Israel and the Hezbollah militant group exchanged heavy fire across the Lebanese border on Sunday, fueling fears of a wider conflict in the region.
  
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• Local Republicans reject Trump's claims about Haitian immigrants in their towns

  22-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republicans in places like Springfield, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pa., say Haitian immigrants have provided a boost.
  
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• A summer marked by extreme, record-setting heat in the U.S. comes to a close

  22-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A summer marked by record-setting heat — particularly in Arizona — has ended. Phoenix notched a record 113 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 100 degrees.
  
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• A Miami steakhouse server's secret to making ends meet in one of America's least affordable markets

  22-09-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles looking at the financial realities of everyday Americans and the challenges they face.
  
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• At least 4 killed and dozens more injured in Birmingham shooting

  22-09-2024 09:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least four people were killed and dozens more were injured in a shooting at in Birmingham, Alabama police said early Sunday.
  
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• Brother of man arrested over 1977 Easey Street cold case says he is ‘100% sure’ of his innocence

  22-09-2024 09:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Perry Kouroumblis, 65, was arrested at Rome airport and held for the alleged murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan BartlettGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe brother of a man accused of the 1977 Easey Street killings in Melbourne says he is “100% sure” that there has been a mistake and his brother is innocent of the double murder.Perry Kouroumblis, 65, was arrested at Rome airport on Thursday Australian time and held for the murders of Suzanne Armstrong a
  
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• Football-mad Morocco dreams of a World Cup final in its own ark

  22-09-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buoyed by the team’s success in 2022, the kingdom is eyeing a bigger goalThe rendering is dramatic, a vast white stadium inspired by the design of a Maghrebi communal tent, known as a moussem.The language used to describe it is no less flowery: think of it as “almost like a Noah’s Ark, a place for all nature and animals to come together”, says Tarik Oualalou, head of Paris architecture firm Oualalou + Choi, one of five teams in the design consortium. Continue reading...
  
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• Breakfast clubs must be for all children in England, say disability charities

  22-09-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners want Labour’s key education policy to provide food for all primary aged pupils rather than just in schoolsMinisters are coming under mounting pressure to extend free ­breakfast clubs in primary schools to cover pupils in special schools and ­alternative provision to ensure they do not miss out on Labour’s leading education policy.The government is planning to unveil the children’s wellbeing bill early next year, outlining plans for free breakfast clubs in al
  
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• China ‘testing us’ in Pacific, Biden tells Quad leaders – as it happened

  22-09-2024 08:04 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog has now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMark Butler is asked whether a ban on vapes is having the effect he intended. The minister says the government has already “seized 5m vapes at the border”, on top of the 1 July retail ban:We’ve taken the approach in the first few months to try to get businesses to surrender their vapes, and many have done that to the TGA. We’ve been conducting inspections in conjunction with state authoriti
  
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• ‘Scam and scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn Tory asylum contracts

  22-09-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The former top civil servant at the Department for International Development has warned a lack of oversight in spending echoes corrupt contracts awarded during CovidThe billions of pounds spent on housing asylum seekers is ripe for the kind of “scam and scandal” that emerged in the contracts awarded during the Covid pandemic, the Observer has been told.A crippling collapse of the systems and expertise monitoring the use of Britain’s aid budget over several years means that ther
  
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• Ofsted cannot be allowed to reform itself, say teachers’ unions

  22-09-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sister of headteacher Ruth Perry, who killed herself last year, joins call for ‘complete reset’ of schools inspectorateEducation unions are to warn that Ofsted cannot be trusted to reform itself, as headteachers ­continue to report that school inspections are leaving their staff feeling distressed.Prof Julia Waters, sister of the Reading headteacher Ruth Perry, who killed herself last year after an inspection downgraded her school from outstanding to inadequate, will call on the
  
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• China ‘testing us’ across the region, Biden tells leaders at Quad summit

  22-09-2024 06:59 via theguardian.com
  
  US president is recorded on hot mic singling out Beijing, saying it ‘continues to behave aggressively’ in areas including the South China SeaJoe Biden has been recorded on a hot mic telling the leaders of Australia, India and Japan that an aggressive China is “testing us”, in remarks at a Quad summit that risked undercutting the group’s declaration that carefully avoided referring to Beijing by name.The comments came as Biden opened a farewell summit in his home tow
  
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• Von der Leyen tightens grip on EU but trouble looms | Jennifer Rankin

  22-09-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite cementing control, the EU commission’s president faces a daunting second term amid the rise of the far rightUrsula von der Leyen was leaving nothing to chance. At a private meeting with members of the European parliament in Strasbourg last Tuesday, she chose not to reveal who would get what job in her incoming European Commission, due to take office at the end of the year.Then immediately afterwards, during a brisk 21-minute press conference, she announced every single name, leavin
  
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• Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident

  22-09-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife, Evgenia, speak of his time in a Siberian jail and why the truth about Russia will come outThe last time I met Evgenia Kara-Murza, it was a grim day in early March. The timing couldn’t have been worse. As we spoke, Alexei Navalny’s coffin was being lowered into the frozen ground in a Moscow cemetery. Meanwhile Evgenia’s husband, Vladimir Kara-Murza, was still incarcerated in a Siberian prison cell almost identical to the one in the Arctic Circle
  
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• 63 days: Kamala Harris has yet to do formal press conference since emerging as Democratic nominee

  22-09-2024 06:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 63 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference. Under pressure to sit down for a substantive interview after weeks of stonewalling, Harris finally ended her interview drought last month in Georgia when she was joined by running mate Tim Walz for a pre-taped piece with CNN's Dana Bash that was a far cry from a traditional press conference. She's done more interviews since, inclu
  
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• Colorado pulls off incredible win after last-second Hail Mary to force overtime, Baylor fumble at goal line

  22-09-2024 05:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Colorado still loves prime time (no pun intended), even in the Big 12.The Buffaloes pulled off an incredible win after a wild sequence of events against Baylor, coming away with a 38-31 overtime victory in their first Big 12 matchup since 2010.After Baylor missed a 45-yard field goal to go up two possessions, Colorado had one more chance with 2:19 left, and they pulled out a miracle. Shedeur Sanders found a wide-open Will Sheppard inside the five-yard line, but it was dropped – however, on
  
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• Coalition’s nuclear power plan is ‘economic insanity’, Jim Chalmers says on eve of major Dutton speech

  22-09-2024 05:37 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘It will cost more, it will push prices up, it will take longer,’ treasurer says of opposition leader’s ‘fantasy’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition plans to build seven nuclear power plants are “economic insanity”, Jim Chalmers has said, in the lead-up to a speech by Peter Dutton that is expected to provide new details of the policy.The federal opposition has outlined
  
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• Janet Jackson tells interviewer she's heard Kamala Harris is not Black, echoing election disinformation

  22-09-2024 05:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Echoing disinformation that has infected the U.S. presidential election, pop icon Janet Jackson said she has heard Vice President Kamala Harris is not Black.
  
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• Kathryn Crosby, 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' star and widow of Bing Crosby, dies at 90

  22-09-2024 05:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Kathryn Crosby, the actress best known for "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, "Anatomy of a Murder" and "Operation Mad Ball" and the widow of iconic singer Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90.Crosby died of natural causes on Friday at her home in Hillsborough, California while surrounded by her family, a spokesperson for the Crosby family confirmed to Fox News Digital.Often credited under her stage name of Kathryn Grant, Crosby starred opposite Tony Curtis in 1957's "Mister Cory" in 1957 and Victor Mature
  
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• WATCH: Golden retriever finds new trick to playing fetch

  22-09-2024 05:01
  
  Two-year-old golden retriever Remi found a new way to play fetch while her mom runs on the treadmill.
  
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• WATCH: Bear cubs spotted playing on trampoline

  22-09-2024 05:01
  
  Bear cubs had a field day as they were seen wandering into a Massachusetts backyard and started playing on a trampoline.
  
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• Israeli military shuts down Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank raid

  22-09-2024 04:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Qatari broadcaster says it has been ordered to close office in Ramallah for 45 days, months after being banned from operating inside IsraelSee all our Middle East coverageIsraeli forces raided the office of Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order, the Qatari broadcaster said, with footage showing heavily armed and masked troops entering the premises in Ramallah.“There is a court ruling for closing down Al Jazeera for 45 days,” an Israeli soldi
  
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• Trump declares deep blue New York in play over illegal immigration: 'We think we can'

  22-09-2024 04:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump joined "One Nation" host Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Channel for an exclusive interview during a day of campaign stops Wednesday in New York, including a rally on Long Island.The former president shared during the interview that he believes deep blue New York may be in play come November due to increasing concerns over illegal immigration in the state."But most importantly, and immediately, we're going to close our border because we have millions and millions of people pour
  
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• Caitlin Clark offers play-by-play commentary while watching Phillies game amid MLB team's playoff push

  22-09-2024 03:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Caitlin Clark has put her basketball talents on full display throughout her first season in the WNBA. After becoming the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer, Clark was the first player off the board at the WNBA Draft in April. She broke several league records during her rookie campaign with the Indiana Fever.While the Iowa native's basketball talent is undisputed, she might have another sports passion and talent that was relatively unknown until a video recently surfaced on social media
  
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• Vance says allegations against Mark Robinson 'aren't necessarily reality'

  22-09-2024 03:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. JD Vance reacted to the bombshell report about Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, saying that the allegations against Robinson "aren't necessarily reality."
  
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• ‘Astounding’ lack of menopause education for Australia’s medical students must be remedied, Mark Butler says

  22-09-2024 03:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Federal health minister also calls for prosecution of shopkeepers caught illegally selling vapesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal health minister, Mark Butler, says he is “astounded” that medical students can spend as little as one hour learning about menopause and has signalled that the government is likely to take action after a damning parliamentary inquiry.On Sunday Butler told the ABC&rsqu
  
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• Walz roasted after making puzzling gaffe during rally: 'Four more years of this'

  22-09-2024 03:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz appeared to misspeak at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, prompting conservative social media commentators to pounce on the apparent gaffe.During his speech in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon, Walz was discussing gun violence when he became distracted by an audience member who appeared to need water. Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, strayed from his speech to call attention to the rallygoer. "Things lik
  
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• Trump-Vance ticket has done combined 56 interviews since last month compared to 18 for Harris-Walz

  22-09-2024 03:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, have sat down for at least 56 interviews since the Harris-Walz ticket was formed, compared to 18 non-scripted interviews for the Democratic presidential ticket thus far.After weeks of avoiding interviews, Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped up her appearances in recent days, sitting for a digital video interview with Wired on Wednesday, her campaign announced. She also spoke with a Spanish radio host and the National Associ
  
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• Researchers discover nearly 200-year-old message in a bottle: 'Absolutely magic moment'

  22-09-2024 03:26 via foxnews.com
  
  A team of volunteers excavating an archaeological site in Normandy, France, found a "time capsule" this week from a 19th century colleague who surveyed the region nearly 200 years ago. "P. J. Féret, a native of Dieppe, member of various intellectual societies, carried out excavations here in January 1825," the message rolled up inside a glass flask said. "He continues his investigations in this vast area known as the Cité de Limes or Caesar’s Camp."The mes
  
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• Florida police department program incentivizes kids caught doing the right thing

  22-09-2024 03:04 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida police department is catching local kids on the street — doing the right thing.The Sebastian Police Department (SPD) on the state's Atlantic coast in Indian River County launched a new campaign this week with its Caught Doing the Right Thing coin program for kids doing good deeds in the city.The program rewards children for doing the right thing with prizes shared by local businesses, like a small order of fries at Burger King.A video showing the program in action has spread far
  
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• Angelina Jolie says she got matching tattoos with teenage daughter Vivienne: 'Means so much to us'

  22-09-2024 02:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Angelina Jolie revealed that she and her 16-year-old daughter, Vivienne, have matching tattoos.During a new interview with CR Fashion Book, the 49-year-old actress shared that she and Vivienne recently got inked to commemorate "The Outsiders," the Broadway musical that the mother-daughter duo worked on together."I got ‘Stay Gold’ with my daughter Viv during our time with ‘The Outsiders," Jolie said. "It means so much to us separately and together." The Academy Award winner
  
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• Kamala Harris plans to skip historic Al Smith dinner despite long-standing tradition: report

  22-09-2024 02:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign reportedly announced Harris will skip the historic Al Smith dinner, eschewing a decades-old campaign tradition.The decision was first reported by CNN Saturday afternoon, citing Harris campaign officials. The campaign reportedly told event organizers Harris was instead planning to campaign in a battleground state, but the report did not specify which state Harris will be campaigning in.The annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is tra
  
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• Dan Evans, former Republican Washington state governor, US senator, dies at 98

  22-09-2024 02:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Dan Evans, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died. He was 98.Evans died Friday, according to the University of Washington, where he had served as a regent and where the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance bears his name.FERGUSON WINS PRIMARY, ADVANCES TO GENERAL ELECTION IN WASHINGTON GUBERNATORIAL RACE"Dan Evans was an
  
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• Israel strikes targets in Lebanon as Hezbollah launches deepest rocket attacks since start of Gaza war

  22-09-2024 02:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli military says its jets targeted hundreds of Hezbollah sites on Saturday, while Hezbollah says it launched dozens of missiles at an airbase in northern IsraelSee all our Middle East coverageThe Israeli military says it has launched airstrikes on hundreds of targets in southern Lebanon, as Hezbollah launched its deepest rocket attacks into Israel since the start of the Gaza war, fuelling fears of a wider conflict.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday night it launched two wave o
  
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• Australian demand for overdose drug naloxone more than doubles after spike in synthetic opioid deaths

  22-09-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Take Home Naloxone program, which allows access without a prescription, sees rise in use after multiple reports of people who unknowingly used laced drugs and diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDemand for a life-saving opioid overdose drug has doubled in one year as a “whole new cohort” of stimulant and hallucinogenic users, fearful of taking lethally laced narcotics, have rushed to get the medication.P
  
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• No. 18 Michigan scores last-minute touchdown to hand No. 11 USC loss in Trojans’ first Big Ten matchup

  22-09-2024 01:50 via foxnews.com
  
  It was a tale of two halves in Ann Arbor, but it was the home team that officially welcomed USC to the Big Ten.The reigning national champion Michigan Wolverines, ranked 18th in the country, found the end zone with under a minute to go for a 27-24 victory over the 11th-ranked Trojans.Michigan failed to get a first down in its first five drives of the second half after racking up over 200 yards of offense in the first. However, on third and 1 with just over two minutes to go, Kalel Mullings got t
  
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• Massachusetts man arrested in 36-year-old cold case after spit on sidewalk links him to murder of woman

  22-09-2024 01:31 via foxnews.com
  
  A 65-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday for the cold-case murder of a Boston woman in 1988, the Boston Police Department confirmed.James Holloman was linked to the crime after DNA from his spit on a sidewalk outside his home last year matched DNA from the crime scene, Boston 25 News reported.DNA from a possible suspect had been found underneath Karen Taylor’s fingernails and on a bloody sweatshirt and cigarette when she was found stabbed 15 times at her Roxbury home in May 19
  
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• Indo-Pacific leaders expand maritime security cooperation at Biden’s farewell summit

  22-09-2024 01:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States announced plans for new security initiatives in the Indian Ocean, when outgoing President Joe Biden hosted counterparts from the Quad grouping established due to shared concerns about China.
  
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• Lizzo slams 'Ozempic allegations' after weight loss transformation

  22-09-2024 00:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Lizzo slammed rumors that her dramatic weight loss was due to Ozempic.In an Instagram post, the 36-year-old rapper shut down speculation that she was taking the Type 2 diabetes medication, which is prescribed off-label for weight loss, attributing her body transformation to diet and fitness."When you finally get Ozempic allegations after 5 months of weight training and calorie deficit," Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, wrote on a video post she shared Friday.In the clip, Lizzo wore a red k
  
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• Caitlin Clark's autographed WNBA Draft card sells for record-breaking amount

  22-09-2024 00:25 via foxnews.com
  
  In April, the Indiana Fever had the top overall pick in the WNBA Draft for a second consecutive year. The franchise elected to use the highly coveted pick on Caitlin Clark, which added the consensus top prospect to its roster. While WNBA Draft rookie cards have typically been manufactured every year, Clark's card has commanded an unusually high price.The card sold at an auction for an estimated $84,000.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe one-of-a-kind card also featur
  
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• Bengals Ja'Marr Chase fined $31,599 for tirade on referee against Chiefs

  22-09-2024 00:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Ja'Marr Chase's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty has now hurt him financially.The Cincinnati Bengals' star wide receiver was fined $31,599 Saturday for his emotional outburst toward a referee during the team’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday.The Bengals were at the Chiefs’ 34-yard line when Joe Burrow found Chase for a 4-yard completion. As Chase got up to head to the huddle, he gave referee Alex Kemp an earful about the tackle by Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie.CLICK HERE
  
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