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BYU bans a fan who yelled a racist slur at a Black volleyball player on Duke's team

Sunday, August 28, 2022

The universities are playing in a four-team, round-robin invitational. Brigham Young University says the fan is not allowed at any of the athletic venues on campus.

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Taylor Swift says a new album is coming, after winning the top award at the MTV VMAs

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Superstar Taylor Swift says she thought it would be a "fun moment' to announce a new album is coming in October at the VMAs.

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Prince Charles edits British Black newspaper 'The Voice'

Sunday, August 28, 2022

The Prince of Wales has edited an edition of British African-Caribbean newspaper "The Voice" to mark its 40-year anniversary.

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The U.S. sails warships through the Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi's visit

Sunday, August 28, 2022

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville are conducting a routine transit, the U.S. 7th Fleet said. It comes at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

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More than 30 people were killed as militias fight each other in Libya's capital

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Residents fear the fighting that capped a monthslong political deadlock could explode into a wider war and a return to the peaks of Libya's long-running conflict.

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D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced, Maryland's highest court says

Saturday, August 27, 2022

The Maryland Court of Appeals said, however, it's very unlikely Malvo would ever be released from custody, because he is also serving separate life sentences for murders in Virginia.

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Residents near a Ukrainian nuclear plant are preparing in case of radiation exposure

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Authorities are distributing iodine tablets as Ukraine and Russia traded blame over threats to the Zaporizhzhia plant.

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The autopsy for Naomi Judd confirms details of her death that her family released

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Judd died the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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She's back! Britney Spears releases her first song since her conservatorship ended

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Spears collaborated with Elton John on the club-ready single "Hold Me Closer."

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More than 80 people have been rescued from a Philippine ferry fire

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Philippine coast guard personnel and volunteers have rescued more than 80 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry that caught fire as it approached a port south of Manila.

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Mississippi residents are preparing for possible river flooding

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Experts predict the Pearl River near Jackson will crest by Tuesday. Emergency officials are telling people in low-lying areas to prepare for flooding of homes and businesses.

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A Missouri school district reinstated spanking if parents give their OK

Saturday, August 27, 2022

The policy says corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission. The district had dropped the practice in 2001.

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6 of the 43 missing Mexican students were turned over to the army, official says

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Six of the 43 college students "disappeared" in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days and then turned over to the local army commander who ordered them killed, an official said.

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Jeffrey Epstein's mentor — who once ran a Ponzi scheme — was found dead. He was 77

Friday, August 26, 2022

Steven Hoffenberg is believed to have died at least seven days before his body was found this week in Connecticut by police, who responded to a request to check on his welfare.

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Goofy dances and instant noodles made this Japanese executive a TikTok star

Friday, August 26, 2022

The chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation's biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes.

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Households across the U.K. are about to experience an 80% jump in energy costs

Friday, August 26, 2022

The latest price cap — the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers — will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January.

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California is poised to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars

Thursday, August 25, 2022

The state is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new vehicles sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, a step that will speed the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles.

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Japan police chief to resign over shooting death of former prime minister

Thursday, August 25, 2022

A police report found holes in former prime minister Shinzo Abe's protection that allowed the alleged attacker to shoot him from behind.

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Judge rules Mexico's ex-attorney general to go to trial in missing students case

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam told the judge that there could have been "errors," but that no one had been able to present another version of what happened to the students.

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Kobe Bryant's widow was awarded $16 million in the trial over crash photos

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

A jury found that Los Angeles County must pay Vanessa Bryant for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter.

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