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Ryanair imposes Afrikaans language test on South African passengers

Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Citing the need to identify fraudulent passports, the European airliner says it wants South Africans to pass a test on a language spoken by only 13% of the country's travelers.

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A $3M settlement was reached in a lawsuit over Andrew Brown Jr.'s death

Monday, June 06, 2022

Brown was shot and killed in his car by sheriff's deputies more than a year ago. The family of Andrew Brown Jr. had filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit in 2021.

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A federal judge rules Oklahoma's lethal injection method is constitutional

Monday, June 06, 2022

In a federal trial earlier this year, attorneys for 28 death row inmates argued the method could violate the amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.

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Boris Johnson faces a no-confidence vote. His exit may be a matter of when, not if

Monday, June 06, 2022

Johnson was booed during the queen's Platinum Jubilee — the latest sign of intense public anger over his flouting of his own government's COVID-19 rules.

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Jennifer Lopez and 'Spider-Man' lead the cheers at MTV's Movie & TV Awards

Monday, June 06, 2022

MTV's youth-focused celebration of film and TV offered a lighter, breezier awards show with 26 categories in gender-neutral categories.

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Alec John Such, a founding member of Bon Jovi, dies at 70

Sunday, June 05, 2022

No details on when or how John Such died were immediately available. A publicist for Bon Jovi didn't immediately respond to messages.

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Rafael Nadal wins his 14th French Open championship — and his 22nd Grand Slam title

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Nadal's victory came two days after his 36th birthday and made him the oldest title winner in the history of the clay-court tournament.

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More than 50 people are feared dead in an attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives as worshippers were celebrating mass at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state. Several children were among the dead, a state lawmaker said.

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An upcoming trip by Pope Francis has rumors swirling about his future at the Vatican

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced speculation that the 85-year-old Francis might be planning to follow in his predecessor's footsteps and step down as pope.

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The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season floods Florida

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Tropical Storm Alex is heading toward Bermuda after dumping rain on parts of Florida. Alex reached tropical storm force after strengthening early Sunday.

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Mass shootings across the U.S. leave dozens killed or wounded this weekend

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Shootings in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona were among the incidents across eight states over the weekend.

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A fire at a depot in Bangladesh has killed at least 49 and injured more than 100

Sunday, June 05, 2022

The blaze in the city of Chittagong broke out around midnight Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals. The cause could not immediately be determined.

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North Korea has test-fired a salvo of short-range missiles

Sunday, June 05, 2022

The barrage of eight missiles test-fired over 35 minutes extends a streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.

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Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber baby, dies at 95

Saturday, June 04, 2022

A sketch of 5-month-old Cook became the Gerber company's trademark in 1931 and has been used in all packaging and advertising since.

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Iga Swiatek tops Coco Gauff to win the French Open

Saturday, June 04, 2022

Tennis's top-ranked Swiatek beat Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final at Roland Garros. Swiatek's unbeaten run of 35 matches equals one by Venus Williams in 2000 as the longest this century.

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Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Saturday, June 04, 2022

Police patrolled Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

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Police ID a suspect in the attacks on a doctor and 2 nurses at an L.A. hospital

Saturday, June 04, 2022

The 35-year-old man has been booked on three counts of attempted murder related to Friday's attack at the Encino hospital. Police have not yet disclosed a motive for the stabbings.

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A firm proposes using Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings

Saturday, June 04, 2022

Axon, which sells Tasers and police body cameras, floated the idea of a new police drone product last year to its AI ethics board, which quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy.

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Pilot killed in Navy jet fighter crash in Southern California desert

Saturday, June 04, 2022

The jet based at Naval Air Station Lemoore went down Friday in the area of Trona in San Bernardino County, the Navy said. The pilot's identity and details of the crash weren't immediately released.

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Buffalo-area GOP Rep. Jacobs won't run again after backlash for gun control support

Friday, June 03, 2022

After mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas school, Jacobs said he would vote for a federal assault weapons ban if he had a chance. His comments sparked a furious reaction from conservatives,

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