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• Bills fans raise over $60K for diabetes to support Ravens player who dropped crucial pass

  22-01-2025 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Buffalo Bills fans, known as Bills Mafia, have banded together to support Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews after he dropped a crucial pass in the Bills-Ravens palyoff game.
  
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• Cheryl Hines to stop sales of her cosmetics line if RFK Jr. is confirmed

  22-01-2025 23:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cheryl Hines, the spouse to Robert Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to be HHS secretary, had used her husband's image and MAHA branding in the past to sell her products.
  
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• House passes Laken Riley Act, sending the first bill to Trump to sign into law

  22-01-2025 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republican-led House voted Wednesday to give final passage to the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered last year by an undocumented immigrant.
  
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• Natalie DiDonato, 'Mob Wives' cast member, found safe after being reported missing in Las Vegas

  22-01-2025 22:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Mob Wives” cast member Natalie “Nat D” DiDonato turned up safely in Nevada, her mother said Wednesday, ending a brief missing-persons search for the reality TV figure.
  
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• 2 people are killed in a knife attack in Germany; Scholz says there must be consequences

  22-01-2025 22:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Two people, including a 2-year-old boy, were killed and three others injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria on Wednesday. The suspect, a former asylum-seeker who was supposed to be leaving Germany, was arrested.Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that authorities must clear up why the suspect was still in the country. He said the attack, a month before a national election in which curbing irregular migration is a major issue, must have consequences.'RANDOM' STABBING SPREE AT FESTIVAL IN GERMANY LEAVES
  
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• Lynn Ban, star of Netflix’s 'Bling Empire: New York,' dies after brain surgery due to ski accident

  22-01-2025 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jewelry designer Lynn Ban, who starred in the Netflix reality series "Bling Empire: New York," died weeks after she underwent emergency brain surgery due to a skiing accident, her son announced Wednesday.
  
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• Windy conditions spark new brush fires in Southern California

  22-01-2025 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News' Dana Griffin reports on the Hughes Fire and the red flag warnings that have been extended in Southern California.
  
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• 'We're in the era of the billionaire,' human rights expert says. Here's why wealth accumulation is accelerating

  22-01-2025 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The rich are getting richer.
  
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• Federal regulations paused, halting FDA's proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair products

  22-01-2025 21:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  A proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair straightening products is now in limbo after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing all federal regulations.
  
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• HHS official halts CDC reports and health communications for Trump team review

  22-01-2025 21:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal health officials have been instructed to temporarily stop any “external communications” to the public, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.
  
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• Murder trial begins for 3 men charged in NYC gay bar drugging scheme

  22-01-2025 21:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  The trial of three men who prosecutors say facilitated a drugging and robbery scheme that terrorized New York City’s gay bars and led to two deaths began Wednesday in a downtown Manhattan courtroom.
  
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• Prince Harry’s day out of court

  22-01-2025 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sun newspaper publisher has apologised and agreed to pay him damages
  
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• Two dead, including shooter, in Tennessee school shooting

  22-01-2025 20:44 via nbcnews.com
  Police say one student was killed when a student fired several shots inside a high school cafeteria in Antioch, Tennessee. The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot.
  
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• Aid convoys snake their way through ruins in Gaza as attention shifts to rebuilding

  22-01-2025 19:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 2,400 aid trucks have entered Gaza since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas took effect.
  
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• New York Jets hiring Aaron Glenn as head coach, according to reports

  22-01-2025 19:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The New York Jets have hired Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their head coach, according to multiple reports.
  
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• Elon Musk undercuts Trump's Stargate AI investment announcement

  22-01-2025 19:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk claimed overnight Tuesday that tech giants OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank don’t have enough money to fulfill their high-profile pledge to invest $500 billion in U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure.
  
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• Meloni faces questions after Italy frees Libyan general accused of war crimes

  22-01-2025 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Case of Osama Najim puts spotlight on controversial migration pact between Italy and LibyaGiorgia Meloni’s government is under pressure to clarify why a Rome court refused to approve the arrest of a Libyan general accused of war crimes, allowing him to return home to a hero’s welcome on an Italian secret services flight in what critics believe was a tactic to shield alleged abuses committed in the north African country as a result of a migrant pact with Italy.Osama Najim, also known
  
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• California leaders promise a quick rebuild, but that may put homes at risk of fire again

  22-01-2025 18:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  California leaders have promised a speedy rebuilding process after the fires. But experts say neighborhoods must be built differently to avoid future fires.
  
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• Top Iranian politician appeals to Trump to restart nuclear deal negotiations

  22-01-2025 17:59 via theguardian.com
  Mohammad Javad Zarif says he hopes new Trump administration will be more serious, focused and realisticA senior Iranian politician has appealed to Donald Trump to begin new negotiations with Tehran over its civil nuclear programme, saying: “I hope that this time around, [Trump 2.0] will be more serious, more focused, more realistic.”Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s vice-president for strategic affairs, pointed out that the returning US president had not reappointed figures from his
  
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• Taiwan Air Force officer killed after being ‘inhaled’ by fighter jet’s engine

  22-01-2025 17:51 via foxnews.com
  
  A Taiwanese Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, officials said. The incident reportedly happened at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base on Tuesday while the master sergeant was performing a pre-shutdown inspection of the aircraft. Taiwan’s Air Force said the officer was "inhaled by the engine for unknown reasons." She later was pronounced dead after life-saving efforts were unsuccessful. "In response to media reports that ‘it is suspected
  
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• Mother of missing Marine veteran calls Trump admin a 'breath of fresh air' as she continues 12-year search

  22-01-2025 17:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Debra Tice has spent more than 12 years searching for her son, Austin Tice, a Marine veteran and journalist who was kidnapped in Syria in August 2012. Through four presidential administrations, she has not lost hope that her son will come home alive. In fact, she calls the new Trump administration a "breath of fresh air.""They are thinking about what they need to do, making suggestions, standing ready, having ideas. The burden isn’t on me the way it has been in the past," Tice told Fo
  
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• Record snowfall brings headaches — and some fun — to New Orleans

  22-01-2025 17:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  In New Orleans, a winter storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow just weeks before the Super Bowl, creating headaches but also a moment of levity for residents.
  
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• UN urges diplomacy as Iran hits nuclear 'gas pedal,' conservative commentator tells Trump ‘do not appease’

  22-01-2025 16:56 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations atomic watchdog on Wednesday sounded the alarm that Iran has hit the "gas pedal" on its nuclear development and urged diplomacy just two days after President Donald Trump re-entered the White House. The Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum that Iran has roughly enough uranium, if enriched further, to develop nearly five nuclear weapons.Rafael Grossi warned that Iran currently possesses roughly 440 pound
  
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• Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday

  22-01-2025 16:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Trump administration also directed government agencies to draw up plans for firing workers in DEI roles.
  
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• Israeli forces surround Palestinian hospital and refugee camp in West Bank

  22-01-2025 16:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel defence minister calls Jenin siege ‘shift in … security strategy’, as Palestinian Red Crescent says ambulances cannot reach dead and woundedMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli forces have besieged a Palestinian government hospital in Jenin and a nearby refugee camp in the heart of the city, as the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the assault marked “a shift in … security strategy” in the West Bank.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
  
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• NFL legends make emotional trip to Israel in push for hostages' release

  22-01-2025 16:23 via foxnews.com
  
  A pair of NFL legends and former Kansas City Chiefs teammates recently traveled to Israel to press the case for Israeli and American hostages held captive by Hamas.Nick Lowery, one of the league's all-time greatest placekickers, and former star fullback Tony Richardson returned from the five-day trip, sponsored by Athletes for Israel, earlier this month. Weeks later, a diplomatic breakthrough resulted in the release of three hostages and the promise of more to come. Lowery, the Chiefs' all-time
  
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• Supreme Court to consider how much time police can take before using deadly force

  22-01-2025 15:56 via nbcnews.com
  The Supreme Court will hear arguments over a potentially landmark civil rights case over the “moment of the threat doctrine,” which addresses how much time can be taken into consideration when police decide to use deadly force. The case stems from a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway that escalated into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes bleeding to death in the driver’s seat.
  
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• Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' album is uniting fans around nostalgia

  22-01-2025 15:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Many TikTok users — from Puerto Ricans to South Asians — have posted photos of their family in the two white, plastic chairs like the ones on the Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny's album cover.
  
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• Task Force created in Africa to counter terror fears from Iran and jihadi groups

  22-01-2025 14:30 via foxnews.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG - To counter the perceived threat of terror from Iran and jihadi groups, South Africa’s chief rabbi is setting up a specialist task force. Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein was spurred into creating the group after a bomb attack at a Jewish center in Cape Town last month. An improvised explosive device was thrown at the Samson Community Center but failed to detonate. The center is home to several South African Jewish organizations. The "Counter-Terror Task Force" will
  
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• Trump orders all federal DEI employees be put on leave

  22-01-2025 13:43 via today.com
  President Trump is ordering all federal workers in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be placed on paid leave. It comes as the president faces backlash from both sides of the aisle for the sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports and Hallie Jackson provides analysis for TODAY.
  
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• Families’ relief as memorial unveiled to first world war black South African dead

  22-01-2025 13:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Commonwealth War Graves Commission begins project to honour those who, unlike white counterparts, were never commemoratedElliot Malunga Delihlazo’s grandmother would say that her brother Bhesengile went to war and never came back. The family knew he had died in the first world war, but they never had a body to bury, only a memorial stone in the rural family homestead in Nkondlo in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.Now the Delihlazos know that Bhesengile died on 21 January 1917 of
  
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• ‘The end of women and children’s rights’: outrage as Iraqi law allows child marriage

  22-01-2025 12:33 via theguardian.com
  
  The Iraqi parliament has passed a ‘terrifying’ law permitting children as young as nine to marryIraqi MPs and women’s rights groups have reacted with horror to the Iraqi parliament passing a law permitting children as young as nine years old to marry, with activists saying it will “legalise child rape”.Under the new law, which was agreed yesterday, religious authorities have been given the power to decide on family affairs, including marriage, divorce and the care o
  
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• Colombia scrambles to cope as refugees flee deadly battles between rebel groups

  22-01-2025 12:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials describe ‘tsunami of people’ in city of Cúcuta escaping one of worst outbreaks of violence in recent yearsAuthorities in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta are scrambling to cope with an influx of internal refugees, as thousands of civilians flee an outbreak of fighting between rival rebel factions.Buses, trailers and dump trucks packed with disoriented mothers and children have been streaming into the border city since Friday when the bloody conflict began e
  
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• Fans of Josh Harris' other team aren't happy about the Commanders' turnaround

  22-01-2025 12:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris has turned around the NFL franchise. Fans of his NBA team in Philadelphia are hoping for the same.
  
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• Families fear for Cuban prisoners after Trump reneges on release deal

  22-01-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  US president reinstates Cuba on terror list despite Biden deal to release prisoners jailed over demonstrationsThe families of Cuban protesters jailed in anti-government demonstrations are waiting anxiously to see if the government will continue with a planned prisoner release after Donald Trump reneged on a deal made last week by Joe Biden.Activists from the human rights group Justicia 11J believe about 150 prisoners have been released so far of the 553 agreed with the Catholic church. Continue
  
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• Cat becomes accidental frequent flyer after being left on a plane by mistake

  22-01-2025 09:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Mittens made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia after she was not spotted in cargo holdA Maine Coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.Mittens, eight, was booked for one-way travel with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new home in Melbourne, Australia on 13 January. Her owner, Margo Neas, said on Wednesday that
  
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• Nepal increases permit fee for Mount Everest climbers by 36%

  22-01-2025 09:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Cost of scaling world’s tallest peak rises for first time in nearly a decade to $15,000Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials have said.Income from permit fees and other spending by foreign climbers is a key source of revenue and employment for the poor country, which is home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains. Continue readi
  
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• UK borrowing hits highest December level for four years

  22-01-2025 08:37 via bbc.com
  
  Borrowing - the difference between spending and tax revenue- was £17.8bn last month.
  
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• Teen arrested after boy, 12, dies in stabbing

  22-01-2025 08:36 via bbc.com
  
  A 14-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of murder after the stabbing on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Tensions over when to make Southport details public

  22-01-2025 08:35 via bbc.com
  
  Questions continue over why UK authorities did not publish key details about Axel Rudakubana earlier than they did.
  
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• HMRC denies running 'deliberately poor' phone service

  22-01-2025 08:18 via bbc.com
  
  Thousands on hold to HMRC's helpline say they were cut off after waiting for 70 minutes.
  
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• Two IDs plan aims to stop under-age online knife sales

  22-01-2025 08:10 via bbc.com
  
  Online shops will be forced to bring in stricter identification checks to stop sales to under-18s in the wake of the Southport attack, the government says.
  
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• 'Filming me sleep on ward made my mental health worse'

  22-01-2025 07:22 via bbc.com
  
  Former mental health patients are worried camera surveillance is being used without explicit consent.
  
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• England's best cricket is yet to come - Jones

  22-01-2025 07:16 via bbc.com
  
  England wicketkeeper Amy Jones is confident England can fight back to draw the Women's Ashes and responds to the criticism they have faced.
  
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• Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa

  22-01-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slaveryLloyd’s Register, the maritime and industrial group owned by one of Britain’s biggest charities, has apologised for its role in the trafficking of enslaved African people but has been criticised for not going far enough.Founded in 1760 as the Society for the Registry of Shipping by merchants and underwriters who met at Edward Lloyd’s coffee
  
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• Double-bounce controversy as Swiatek sets up Keys semi-final

  22-01-2025 06:57 via bbc.com
  
  Iga Swiatek drops just three games as she breezes past Emma Navarro to set up an Australian Open semi-final against Madison Keys.
  
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• PM's terror law overhaul and Trump widens 'economic war'

  22-01-2025 06:44 via bbc.com
  
  Reforms after the Southport attacks and Donald Trump's threat to tax foreign nationals lead the papers.
  
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• Xi and Putin hold video call after Trump's inauguration

  22-01-2025 06:00 via bbc.com
  
  The two leaders pledged to bring China-Russia relations to "greater heights".
  
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• US tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn

  22-01-2025 05:50 via bbc.com
  
  OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank join forces to build artificial intelligence infrastructure.
  
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• What happened on day two of the Trump presidency?

  22-01-2025 05:25 via bbc.com
  
  Trump's team takes on new immigration rules, an AI deal, and plans to purge DEI programmes and workers.
  
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