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U.N. talks to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity will pick back up this week

Sunday, February 19, 2023

The goal of the U.N. meetings is to produce a unified agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of the world's vast marine ecosystems.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber has written a new composition for Charles III's coronation

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such "The Phantom of the Opera'' and "Evita,'' has written the anthem for King Charles III's coronation.

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The U.S. and South Korea staged a joint air exercise after the North's missile launch

Sunday, February 19, 2023

North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack capacity against its rivals.

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Brittney Griner is headed back to the Phoenix Mercury, the AP reports

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Griner has re-signed with the WNBA team on a one-year contract, a source told The Associated Press. The 32-year-old returned home from Russia in December after a high-level prisoner swap.

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An energy crunch forces a Hungarian ballet company to move to a car factory

Saturday, February 18, 2023

The Ballet Company of Gyor began rehearsing at a local Audi factory last month after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.

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North Korea fires a missile as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for military exercises

Saturday, February 18, 2023

North Korea fired a long-range missile into the sea off Japan a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises.

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A man has been charged with killing 6 people in Mississippi

Friday, February 17, 2023

A lone gunman killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather Friday at multiple locations in the tiny rural community of Arkabutla, the local sheriff said.

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A white Louisiana police officer is charged with killing an unarmed Black man

Friday, February 17, 2023

After reviewing evidence and bodycam footage, state troopers charged Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, with negligent homicide in the Feb. 3 shooting death of Alonzo Bagley, 43.

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11 days after the quake, a few more survivors are pulled from the rubble in Turkey

Friday, February 17, 2023

Even as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 43,000, search teams in southern Turkey have rescued a few people who were trapped in the debris, including a 12-year-old boy.

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U.S. prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

Friday, February 17, 2023

The additional sentence from last year's child pornography and enticement convictions in Chicago would add to 30 years the R&B singer and songwriter recently began serving in a New York case.

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Taiwan reports that a Chinese weather balloon was found on an outlying island

Friday, February 17, 2023

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the balloon carried equipment registered to a state-owned electronics company in the northern city of Taiyuan.

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The suspect charged with killing 7 people at 2 California farms pleads not guilty

Thursday, February 16, 2023

A gag order has been issued that prohibits the attorneys, the suspect and the county sheriff's office from talking to reporters about the facts of the case or sharing opinions about what happened.

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All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster Tim McCarver dies at 81

Thursday, February 16, 2023

McCarver had a long run as the one of the country's most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators.

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Mikaela Shiffrin wins gold in giant slalom at the world championships

Thursday, February 16, 2023

The victory makes Shiffrin only the fourth female skier to win world titles in four different disciplines. Last month, she broke Lindsey Vonn's women's record of 82 World Cup wins.

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Tesla recalls nearly 363,000 cars with 'Full Self-Driving' to fix flaws in behavior

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Tesla is recalling the vehicles to fix problems with the way the "Full Self-Driving" system behaves around intersections and following posted speed limits. The fix will come in a software update.

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Spain approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and trans laws

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Among the enacted changes, 16- and 17-year-olds will be allowed to undergo an abortion without parental consent. And workers suffering debilitating period pain can take paid time off.

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2 deputies who were suspended in the Tyre Nichols case didn't keep their bodycams on

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Two sheriff's deputies who have been suspended for five days failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by Memphis police, officials say.

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A skinny robot documents the forces eroding a massive Antarctic glacier

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Scientists got their first up-close look at what's eating away part of Antarctica's Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because of its massive melt and sea rise potential.

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Upset Ohio town residents seek answers over train derailment

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Hundreds of worried people gathered to hear state officials tell them that testing so far has shown local air is safe to breathe and to promise that safety testing of the air and water would continue.

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1 person was killed and 3 others injured in a shooting at an El Paso mall

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

The shooting happened in a busy shopping area and across a large parking lot from a Walmart where 23 people were killed in a racist attack in 2019.

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