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Iraq's prime minister has survived an assassination attempt

Saturday, November 06, 2021

Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is unharmed after an armed drone targeted his residence early Sunday, according to government officials.

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Health care company cuts ties with Aaron Rodgers after COVID-19 vaccine comments

Saturday, November 06, 2021

Prevea Health said the company and the Green Bay Packers star mutually agreed to end a nine-year partnership after Rodgers explained why he's avoided getting a COVID-19 vaccine endorsed by the NFL.

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Appeals court temporarily halts Biden vaccine mandate for larger businesses

Saturday, November 06, 2021

A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.

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An oil tanker truck explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 98 and injuring dozens

Saturday, November 06, 2021

The explosion took place after a bus struck the tanker near the country's capital city. Dozens were injured after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said.

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8 people dead and several are injured at a music festival in Houston

Saturday, November 06, 2021

Officials described a surge of the crowd at the Astroworld Festival Friday night while rapper Travis Scott was performing. An estimated 50,000 people were in attendance.

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Man dressed as the Joker injures 17 people on Tokyo train

Sunday, October 31, 2021

The attacker, identified as a 24-year-old man, was arrested after stabbing several passengers and starting a fire on the commuter train. His motive was not immediately known.

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Alec Baldwin mourns cinematographer in first public comments about 'Rust' shooting

Saturday, October 30, 2021

"She was my friend," the actor told photographers in Vermont. Investigators believe the gun Baldwin fired on a movie set carried a single live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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John Deere and union reach tentative agreement but strike continues for now

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Under the new offer, union workers at the farm equipment maker Deere & Co. would get immediate 10% raises, but a strike that began Oct. 14 will go on while workers study the agreement before a vote.

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Brett Favre repays $600,000 in welfare funds he accepted for speeches he never gave

Thursday, October 28, 2021

The NFL legend says he never knew the money he received came from welfare funds. The Mississippi attorney general could still sue Favre if he doesn't pay interest owed on the amount.

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108,000 people will get medical debt relief after Stacey Abrams' PAC gifts $1.34M

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The Fair Fight Political Action Committee says its donation to the RIP Medical Debt nonprofit will benefit residents in 5 Southern states, part of Fair Fight Action's advocacy for Medicaid expansion.

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He underpaid for a Mountain Dew by 43 cents. It almost cost him 7 years in prison

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania dropped a theft count against Joseph Sobolewski, who because of the state's three-strikes law saw the original charge against him treated as a felony.

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Leaders from Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube face lawmakers about child safety

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Executives from the three social media giants testified before a Senate subcommittee Thursday about what they are doing to ensure the safety of their youngest users.

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The crew member who handed Baldwin a gun was fired after a mishap on set in 2019

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The assistant director was fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew, a producer for the film told the Associated Press.

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Arrested for refusing to give up bus seat in 1955, she's fighting to clear her record

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus, Black teenager Claudette Colvin did the same.

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A historic storm brings heavy rain, flooding and mud flows to Northern California

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Flooding was reported across the San Francisco Bay Area while the National Weather Service's Sacramento office warned of "potentially historic rain."

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Colombia has captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan. President Iván Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.

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Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting

Saturday, October 23, 2021

An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use, in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, unsealed court documents show.

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Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Leaked documents reveal that Facebook struggled to quash misinformation and anti-Muslim propaganda and lacked the resources to do so, even as its own employees raised red flags.

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Peter Scolari, of 'Newhart,' 'Bosom Buddies' and 'Girls,' dies at 66

Friday, October 22, 2021

Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included recurring parts on Evil and Girls, has died after fighting cancer for two years.

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Lorli von Trapp Campbell from the 'Sound of Music' family has died at age 90

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Campbell was born in Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in the musical and beloved movie.

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