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• Fires rage on Long Island as New York governor declares state of emergency

  08-03-2025 23:59 via theguardian.com
  
  State agencies responding around Pine Barrens, where homes, chemical factory and Amazon warehouse are at riskQuick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York’s Long Island on Saturday, fanned by high winds that spewed thick grey smoke into the sky and prompted the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major highway.Kathy Hochul, the state governor, declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barren
  
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• Tesla facilities face wave of attacks as Elon Musk delves into politics

  08-03-2025 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Elon Musk attempts to drastically cut the federal workforce and delves further into the corridors of American power, the Tesla CEO's electric carmaker facilities have come under fire — literally.
  
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• Suspects in LA murder of good Samaritan who tried to stop catalytic converter theft were in country illegally

  08-03-2025 23:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Two murder suspects who allegedly killed a good Samaritan in Los Angeles County while he was attempting to stop them from stealing his neighbor’s catalytic converter were in the country illegally and have lengthy criminal records, Fox News has learned. Wilber Alberto Rabanales and Jose Christian Saravia Sanchez were arrested by police in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood Thursday for the Feb. 25 murder of Juan Miguel Sanchez. The incident was caught on surveillance video. 
  
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• Top Trump advisers get involved as the fight to win his presidential library site heats up

  08-03-2025 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The search for President Donald Trump’s post-administration presidential library site is intensifying in South Florida, with Trump's son Eric and a top Trump administration adviser, Steve Witkoff, getting involved in recent weeks.
  
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• Blue state mayor proposes city ordinance to strengthen transgender care protections in the face of Trump EOs

  08-03-2025 23:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Seattle’s Democratic mayor this week proposed a city ordinance that would strengthen protections for those seeking transgender care and surgeries, while calling out the Trump administration's "hateful, dangerous and discriminatory attacks" against the LGBTQ+ community. Mayor Bruce Harrell campaigned as a moderate before his win in 2021, pushing public safety and helping local businesses, according to The Seattle Times, although he has expressed support for transgender care previously.
  
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• No. 7 Alabama beats No. 1 Auburn on overtime buzzer-beater with Dick Vitale on call as March Madness creeps up

  08-03-2025 23:15 via foxnews.com
  
  The NCAA tournament is right around the corner, but madness in March has already begun.No. 7 Alabama defeated top-ranked Auburn, 93-91, on the road with an overtime buzzer-beater Saturday in a regular-season finale.Mark Sears drove toward the paint and hit a floater as the clock expired to give the Crimson Tide a huge victory. Sears had just nine points, but he scored the most important two.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDick Vitale was on the call and delivered his patented "
  
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• HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer

  08-03-2025 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Health and Human Services employees were offered voluntary buyouts to resign from their jobs on Friday night, according to a person who received the email and an administration official.
  
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• Bill Maher mocks length of Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce relationship: 'The world is so upside down'

  08-03-2025 23:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are approaching a year and a half of dating, and HBO's Bill Maher is shocked at how long it's lasted. During Friday's episode of "Real Time With Bill Maher," the comedian took a dig at the couple's relationship and its duration, citing Swift's history of brief flings."This world is so upside down now. It took [President] Trump three weeks to break up with Ukraine and Mexico and Canada," the comedian said, while dissing the commander in chief’s diplomatic
  
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• Washington Post editorial board links DC mayor’s decision to remove BLM art to a ‘victory for the city’

  08-03-2025 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Washington Post editorial board defended Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s controversial decision to remove the giant "Black Lives Matter" art covering a main city street near the White House.Though many have complained about Bowser’s move, thinking it’s about bowing to Republicans' opposition to Black Lives Matter, the board argued it’s smart as it will placate President Trump, whose administration is threatening the city’s independence from the federal gov
  
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• Daylight saving time starts Sunday. What to know about 'springing forward.'

  08-03-2025 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  After a long winter of short days, it’s finally time to spring forward.
  
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• Pope Francis shows 'slight improvement' amid weekslong hospitalization, Vatican says

  08-03-2025 22:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pope Francis has shown a "gradual, slight improvement" after more than three weeks in the hospital, the Vatican said Saturday.
  
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• US vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers

  08-03-2025 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  US pushes to remove references to sanctions and Russia’s war in Ukraine from a Canadian draft statementThe US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to reports last night.Canada, which has the current Group of Seven presidency, proposed the measure ahead of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Quebec later this week. Continue reading...
  
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• Livvy Dunne dealing with injury that could end her gymnastics career

  08-03-2025 22:16 via foxnews.com
  
  LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne missed her senior night Friday.The 22-year-old New Jersey native announced in an Instagram post she has an "avulsion fracture of my patella," which cost her Friday night's meet."It absolutely breaks my heart not to get the opportunity to compete in the (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) one last time," Dunne wrote.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDunne has not competed since Jan. 24 against Arkansas, but she could return for NCAAs next month. A typical recov
  
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• ‘Etched in my mind’: reporter describes South Carolina firing squad execution

  08-03-2025 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press recalls experience of watching Brad Sigmon die for 2001 murdersA reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the killing was now “etched” in his mind.Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in South Carolina for the news agency for 21 years and has seen 11 people killed using three methods, wrote a short essay about the experience.
  
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• Keir Starmer’s poll ratings leap after Trump withdraws support for Ukraine

  08-03-2025 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Around 30% of voters say they prefer Labour for dealing with ‘allies against threats to the UK’ in boost to party leaderKeir Starmer’s approval ratings have shot up since Donald Trump returned to the White House and shocked Europe by withdrawing political and military support for Ukraine, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.Starmer’s Labour government as a whole has also gained public support for its response to the global turbulence caused by Trump&rsqu
  
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• DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers

  08-03-2025 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security is performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who may be leaking information to the media about immigration operations.
  
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• Excessive phone and screen use tied to manic symptoms for one group, study finds

  08-03-2025 21:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, indicates that pre-teens with greater exposure to certain types of tech use could be at a higher risk of developing manic symptoms.Published in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the study analyzed a nationwide sample of 9,243 children in the U.S. between 10 and 11 years old.Young people who spent more time engaged with social media, texting, videos and video games were more likely to have "inflated self-es
  
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• Blake Lively appears unbothered by Justin Baldoni legal drama as she speaks publicly for first time since feud

  08-03-2025 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Blake Lively stepped out for South by Southwest (SXSW) as she appeared unfazed by her ongoing legal battle with actor Justin Baldoni. Lively made one of her first public appearances since she and "It Ends With Us" director and co-star Baldoni filed lawsuits against one another. On Friday, Lively was all smiles as she posed for photographers, took photos with fans and signed autographs during the world premiere of her new movie, "Another Simple Favor." BLAKE LIVELY DEMANDS TEXTS WI
  
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• Barcelona soccer game postponed after team doctor dies

  08-03-2025 21:31 via foxnews.com
  
  A soccer game in Spain involving the popular team Barcelona FC was postponed after a member of the team's medical staff died, the club announced. Just around 15 minutes before a Saturday home game against Osasuna at Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium was set to begin, fans were informed it would be postponed due to the death of doctor Carles Miñarro Garcia.Barcelona said it was "deeply saddened to announce the passing of first-team doctor Carles Miñarro Garcia this evening,
  
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• ‘She is evil’: Amy Coney Barrett under attack by right wing after USAid ruling

  08-03-2025 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Supreme court justice who frequently votes alongside conservative colleagues branded ‘DEI judge’ Amy Coney Barrett, the Donald Trump-appointed conservative supreme court justice, has been branded a “DEI judge” by furious rightwing figures, after she voted to reject Trump’s attempt to freeze nearly $2bn in foreign aid.Coney Barrett, part of the court’s rightwing majority, split with her fellow conservative justices this week. She and John Roberts, the chief jus
  
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• Draymond Green insinuates Knicks star missed game due to rivalry with teammate, not family friend's death

  08-03-2025 21:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Karl-Anthony Towns missed a game this week, and it was initially revealed he missed the game for "personal reasons."After rumors circulated, it turned out a close friend of Towns' girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, died of breast cancer.Towns returned to the team two days later after funeral services, but Draymond Green apparently had heard a different story about why Towns was absent.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Knicks were hosting the Golden State Warriors, who include Jimmy Bu
  
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• Xavier Worthy's attorneys release statement after Chiefs star's arrest on family violence charge

  08-03-2025 21:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy was arrested in Texas Friday for an alleged assault, online jail records showed. Worthy, a first-round pick in last year's NFL Draft, was booked by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office on an assault charge. Williamson County includes parts of Austin, where Worthy rose to stardom during his time with the Texas Longhorns.The charges allege Worthy assaulted a family or household member, restricting the alleged victim's breathing. Under Tex
  
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• Former Democrat Senator Jon Tester admits 'men shouldn't play in women's sports' after losing re-election

  08-03-2025 21:08 via foxnews.com
  
  After losing re-election in 2024, Former Montana Senator Jon Tester has spoken out against trans athletes in women's sports. During an interview on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday, Tester said he agreed with California Governor Gavin Newsom's recent comments that allowing trans athletes in women's and girls' sports is "deeply unfair." "In that statement, Gavin Newsom is 100% correct," Tester said. "We're talking about a very, very, very small amount of people who, by the way,
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown, Cameron Diaz red hot at star-studded events: PHOTOS

  08-03-2025 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  While at a screening for her latest Netflix movie, "The Electric State," in London, Millie Bobby Brown posed for red carpet photos in a strapless red dress with a lace-up corseted bodice and beading. The "Stranger Things" star paired the look with matching red high heels, a few rings on her fingers and a pair of circular earrings featuring red jewels. She wore her blonde locks in a side part, and made a statement with her dark eye makeup and bold red lip.The young actress recently spoke out
  
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• Former ESPN colleagues at odds over longtime show’s cancellation after claim it went ‘woke’

  08-03-2025 20:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Earlier this week, ESPN announced its "Around The Horn," will go off the air in May after over two decades.Jay Mariotti, who was a regular on the show until his domestic violence arrest in 2010, said in a recent interview that the show is being canceled because it went "woke.""I think what John Skipper wanted from some of the shows was he started to install people on the shows who became anti-Trump," Mariotti told Front Office Sports.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMariotti the
  
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• Chiefs agree to bring back wide receiver Hollywood Brown after Xavier Worthy's arrest: reports

  08-03-2025 20:50 via foxnews.com
  
  The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing back one of their stars.The Chiefs agreed to a one-year deal with wide receiver Hollywood Brown worth up to $11 million on Saturday, accordig to numerous reports. Brown, 27, played in just two regular-season games after he suffered a shoulder injury on the first snap of the preseason. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBrown had nine catches for 91 yards in those regular-season games and then added five catches for 50 yards in the Chie
  
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• South Carolina woman arrested in connection with Myrtle Beach wildfire

  08-03-2025 20:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman accused of igniting a more than 2,000 acre wildfire last week in South Carolina, threatening the lives and homes of hundreds, has been arrested and charged, officials said on Friday.
  
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• Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare

  08-03-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nominee for undersecretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’Read more: Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?One of Donald Trump’s top picks for the Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia under the Aukus agreement poses a “very difficult problem” for the US and could endanger its own sailors.Elbridge Colby, Trump’s no
  
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• Australia’s smaller airports rife with vulnerabilities, former Qantas security head says, after alleged gunman boarded Jetstar flight

  08-03-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Much of the security is on the passenger side of the terminal, Geoff Askew says, not on the tarmacEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s smaller and regional airports are rife with security vulnerabilities, industry insiders have warned, after the dramatic citizen’s arrest of a teenager who allegedly boarded a Jetstar flight with a shotgun and ammunition.Police charged a 17-year-old Victorian boy
  
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• Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown

  08-03-2025 19:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday unveiled a stopgap funding bill that would avert a shutdown at the end of next week and keep the government running through the end of September.
  
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• Nuggets' Nikola Jokic makes NBA history with league's first 30-20-20 triple-double

  08-03-2025 19:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nikola Jokic sat in front of his locker, calmly scrolling through his phone, seemingly unimpressed that 30 minutes earlier he made NBA history.
  
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• Pope Francis shows 'slight improvement' during fourth week in hospital, Vatican says

  08-03-2025 19:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis has apparently shown "slight improvement" and is responding well to ongoing oxygen therapy, according to a statement from the Vatican. The 88-year-old pontiff has been in the hospital since Feb. 14, when he was admitted for respiratory issues that were later found to be bilateral pneumonia.Doctors are keeping the pope’s prognosis under wraps as they continue to evaluate his condition.On Thursday, the pope recorded a message thanking those who had been praying for his reco
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader rails against Trump’s ‘bullying’ military threat

  08-03-2025 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Ayatollah Khamenei says US demand to reopen talks on Iran’s nuclear programme is aimed at dominationIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticised what he described as bullying tactics a day after Donald Trump threatened military action against Iran.“Some bully governments – I really don’t know of any more appropriate term for some foreign figures and leaders than the word bullying – insist on negotiations,” Khamenei told officials after T
  
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• Trump's Scottish golf resort vandalized by pro-Palestine group over Gaza stance

  08-03-2025 19:03 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s highly acclaimed Turnberry golf resort in Scotland was vandalized with graffiti overnight Friday by pro-Palestine activists who also dug holes into one of the course's fairways.Drone footage shows the resort's clubhouse splattered with red paint while giant white letters reading "Gaza Is Not For Sale" were painted on an area next to a green.The lamp post at the resort’s entrance was also damaged while graffiti reading "Free Gaza" and "Free Palestine" wer
  
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• Unprecedented number of sick, stranded sea lions being found on L.A.-area beaches

  08-03-2025 18:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  An unusually high number of disoriented marine mammals, sickened by a toxic algae bloom, is being found along Southern California’s coast, prompting concerns 2025 could be the deadliest year yet.
  
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• Celebrations and protests in the US and around the world mark International Women’s Day

  08-03-2025 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  From Istanbul and Warsaw to New York and Los Angeles, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violenceWomen took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence.On the Asian side of Turkey’s biggest city, Istanbul, a rally in Kadiköy saw members of dozens of women’s groups listen to speeches, dance and sing in the spring sunshine. The colorful protest w
  
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• Dread haunts Gaza as airstrikes dent hopes of renewed ceasefire

  08-03-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The territory is mired in a ‘grey zone’ of uncertainty as the peace process has stalled and neither side seems willing to compromiseFears of a return to war in Gaza are intensifying this weekend, with faltering diplomatic efforts and almost daily airstrikes by Israeli forces in the devastated territory.There has been relative calm in Gaza since a ceasefire for prisoners deal between Hamas and Israel came into effect in January, pausing 15 months of conflict. However, the first phase
  
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• Florida teen kidnapped and possibly dismembered after meeting man on social media, police say

  08-03-2025 17:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Florida teenager was kidnapped and possibly dismembered after meeting up with a man she met through a social media application last month.
  
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• North Korea unveils its first nuclear-powered submarine

  08-03-2025 17:36 via foxnews.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the U.S.State media on Saturday released photos showing what it called "a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine," as it reported leader Kim Jong Un’s visits to major shipyards where warships are built.The Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA, didn't provide details on the submarine, but
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard's warning to Senate on Syria proves prophetic as Al Qaeda-linked regime slaughters minorities

  08-03-2025 17:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's warning of a terrorist takeover in Syria looks to be coming true amid reports that al Qaeda-linked terror forces aligned with Syria’s interim new president—a former al Qaeda terrorist—are being accused of massacring Alawites as well as members of the country's dwindling Christian community. Syrian security forces and affiliated gunmen have killed more than 340 civilians, the vast majority of them from the Alawite minority,
  
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• Two men arrested in India over alleged rape of Israeli and local woman

  08-03-2025 16:38 via theguardian.com
  
  The two women were said to have been stargazing with three male travellers when the incident took placeTwo men have been arrested in India in connection with the alleged rape of an Israeli and a local woman.The Israeli woman and her homestay operator were said to be stargazing with three male travellers in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Gaza plan criticized by US and Israel gets European support

  08-03-2025 15:05 via foxnews.com
  
  A $53 billion Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza has garnered support from France, Germany, Italy and the U.K., after receiving pushback from the U.S. and Israel. "The plan shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and promises – if implemented – swift and sustainable improvement of the catastrophic living conditions for the Palestinians living in Gaza," the foreign ministers wrote in a joint statement. The foreign ministers called for a post-war pla
  
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• Bipartisan legislation seeks to rein in Erdogan's Turkey over ties to US foes

  08-03-2025 14:43 via foxnews.com
  
  A group of bipartisan House lawmakers are introducing legislation to redesignate Turkey as a Near Eastern country at the State Department, rather than a European country, as Ankara has moved away from the U.S. and NATO allies.The group of lawmakers, led by Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., introduced the Turkey Diplomatic Realignment Act, which looks to formally move Turkey’s designation at the U.S. State Department from the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to
  
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• Bipartisan legislation seeks to reign in Erdogan's Turkey over ties to US foes

  08-03-2025 14:43 via foxnews.com
  
  A group of bipartisan House lawmakers are introducing legislation to redesignate Turkey as a Near Eastern country at the State Department, rather than a European country, as Ankara has moved away from the U.S. and NATO allies.The group of lawmakers, led by Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., introduced the Turkey Diplomatic Realignment Act, which looks to formally move Turkey’s designation at the U.S. State Department from the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to
  
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• What happened in Room 22?

  08-03-2025 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  For a month, seven people held Sam Nordquist captive in a small hotel room in upstate New York, torturing him to death, authorities said. How did it go on in secret?
  
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• UN draft report on children in conflict zones raises eyebrows with framing of Israelis

  08-03-2025 12:44 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations' annual report on children in conflict zones isn’t set to come out until June, but the draft report obtained by Fox News Digital is already causing concern. The report excludes several examples of Israeli victims of the ongoing war, while lobbing accusations at the Jewish state.Throughout the section of the report on Israeli and Palestinian children, there are instances of the U.N. conflicting verified and unverified data. Though the report admits that there is unverifie
  
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• Three suspects at large after shooting at Toronto pub leaves a dozen injured

  08-03-2025 12:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Police say suspects are male, with one in a black balaclava seen fleeing the scene at the Piper Arms in a silver carThree suspects are at large after a mass shooting at the opening night of a pub in Toronto that left a dozen people injured, Canadian police say.The shooting at the Piper Arms pub near Scarborough town centre in eastern Toronto happened at 22:39pm on Friday local time (03:39 GMT). Continue reading...
  
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• A prehistoric creature gets new life and a silent Democratic protest: The news quiz

  08-03-2025 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A traveler got a very unpleasant welcome to Boston, Democrats staged a silent protest and a jewel thief got creative.
  
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• South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol freed from prison after canceled arrest

  08-03-2025 10:48 via foxnews.com
  
  South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was freed from prison on Saturday after a court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being physically detained.This comes after Yoon was arrested and indicted by prosecutors in January over his martial law decree on Dec. 3 — leading to political turmoil in the country — that the National Assembly voted to reverse just hours later. The National Assembly also voted to impeach him, resulting in his su
  
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• Pope Francis continues to rest in hospital as Vatican’s Holy Year proceeds without him

  08-03-2025 10:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis remained in the hospital on Saturday recovering from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him."The night passed quietly, the pope is resting," the Vatican said Saturday morning.Three weeks have now passed since Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened. Doctors first diagnosed the complex viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract infection and subsequently the onset of pneumonia in
  
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