G. Gordon Liddy, Mastermind Behind Watergate Burglary, Dies at 90
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Biden to call for increase in corporate taxes to pay for $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
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Democrats debate their strategy for pushing through voting rights legislation.
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Biden to Pay for Infrastructure Plan With 15 Years of Corporate Taxes
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A few frequent flyers 'dominate air travel'
A small minority of frequent flyers dominates air travel in countries with high aviation emissions. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3frzlKK
The cost of speaking up against China
Uyghurs abroad describe a pattern of harassment and intimidation they say is designed to silence them. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31uIev4
Beware the return of the Iberian wolf, say Spain's farmers
A plan to ban hunting of wolves in north-west Spain worries farmers but is hailed by conservationists. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3fFHP1h
US orders some diplomats to leave Myanmar as unrest grows
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NC Medicaid paid out nearly $214,000 to business owner for made-up therapy, feds say
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Former sheriff’s employee arrested over ‘road rage’ incident in the Keys, police say
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Biden announces actions to address violence against Asian Americans
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Miami-Dade man charged with attempted murder of officers in Everglades Park standoff
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CDC director: Data suggests vaccinated people largely 'do not carry the virus'
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Amid spring break uproar, Miami Beach mayor proposes 2 a.m. South Beach alcohol cutoff
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Hungary first in European Union for vaccinations, and deaths
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Students and teachers won’t have daily COVID screenings in this NC school district
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Chauvin Trial: Day 2 Key Moments
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‘No Place for a Child’: Inside the Tent Camp Housing Thousands of Migrant Children
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Scenes from Day 2 of the Derek Chauvin trial.
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State Dept. Reverses Trump Policies on Reproductive and Religious Freedoms
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China sets sights on Middle East with Iran co-operation deal
The strategic accord will help expand Chinese influence in the region and challenge US dominance. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3wnY9JU
Pakistan's president says he's positive for coronavirus
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George Floyd's family knelt outside of courthouse for 8 minutes and 46 seconds ahead of Derek Chauvin's trial
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Court to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law
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Canada suspends the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 55.
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‘No Excuse Not to Be Vaccinated’ in Texas, Which Expands Eligibility to All Adults
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‘Believe Your Eyes,’ Prosecutor Tells Jury on First Day of Derek Chauvin Trial
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Mike Pompeo grows more combative as he eyes 2024.
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Banks Face Billions in Losses as a Bet on ViacomCBS and Other Stocks Goes Awry
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A reporter in Minneapolis breaks down Day 1 of the trial.
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Hong Kong: China to pass 'patriot' electoral reforms
The changes aim to only have "patriots" in office in Hong Kong but critics warn it will stifle dissent. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QTw50N
George Floyd: Americans react to Day One of the Chauvin trial
A black political hopeful, a Minnesota resident and a retired officer share their thoughts. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3frkzE2
Photographing the "endless diversity" of America by streetlight
Photographer Daniel Freeman travelled across the US to capture striking night-time shots. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PJusSr
Hong Kong: What is China's 'patriot' plan for electoral reform?
Aiming to tighten control over Hong Kong, China wants only "patriots" to run for office. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39pR1Tw
Oklahoma pastor’s wife and her lover arrested in shooting death of husband
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Mother charged in shooting death of 12-year-old daughter in Montco: DA
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First witness in Chauvin trial testifies she thought police camera froze because of how long he kneeled on George Floyd's neck
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Teacher’s racist rant after Zoom call with Black family in California sparks outrage
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Democrats start preparing a path for Biden’s spending plans, but it will be a bumpy one.
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With an Eye on 2024, a Rarely Bashful Pompeo Grows More Combative
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Biden Pushes Mask Mandate as C.D.C. Director Warns of ‘Impending Doom’
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Need a Virtual Escape? Why Not Fly Above the Suez Canal.
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On the first day of the trial, Americans remembered George Floyd.
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New York becomes the first state to offer a Covid-19 vaccination digital pass.
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Egypt prepares to unload containers from ship blocking Suez after other measures fail
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Graham slammed for touting 'straight NRA propaganda,' 'survivalist' AR-15 fantasy in interview
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Inside America’s Most Interesting Magazine, and Media’s Oddest Workplace
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Paris doctors warn that hospitals may be overwhelmed as cases surge anew.
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The Netflix show putting the spotlight on menopause
The new Netflix show Bombay Begums puts the spotlight on menopause, but why aren't we talking about it? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3m1NyPK
Serial killer on federal death row dies at Indiana hospital
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2 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at convenience store
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Infant found alive after Egypt building collapse
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Georgia Elections Officials Compare Dem ‘Voter Suppression’ Claims to Trump’s Fraud Allegations
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Kenyan DJs sacked after blaming woman for being pushed off building
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China's growing firepower casts doubt on whether U.S. could defend Taiwan
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Parasitic worms in your shellfish lead a creepy but popular lifestyle
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Cruises will remain banned, CDC says, as industry pressure to restart heats up
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Fugitive who shot trooper in Mexia dies by suicide, according to a television report
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U.S. Men Fail to Qualify for Olympic Soccer Tournament
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Getting to Yes: A Nursing Home’s Mission to Vaccinate Its Hesitant Staff
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Brisbane lockdown: Australian city to shut down over seven cases
The Australian city of about two million people is to enter a snap three-day lockdown. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39F1fzx
George Floyd: When does Derek Chauvin's trial start?
A US police officer is accused of killing a black man last year. Here's why the world is watching. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3c6wRy9
'It is so easy to choose what voluntary work to do'
Charities are turning to technology to help them attract more volunteers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3rClIuY
Inmate Is Killed in Hostage Standoff at Oklahoma Jail
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Georgia GOP election official who debunked Trump's fraud claims defends state's new voting restrictions
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‘It was homegrown’: Republican senator laments that the US doesn’t produce its own meth anymore
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Florida's DeSantis threatens lawsuit if CDC doesn't enable U.S. cruises to resume by summer
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Exclusive: Over-70s to get booster Covid vaccines from September
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Three weeks before George Floyd killing, accused officers violently detained another Black man
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Myanmar coup: US 'horrified' by deadliest day since military takeover
International leaders condemn the military after Saturday's violence - the deadliest since the coup. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3csLsp6
Melbourne to Cairns: Meet the Australian skateboarding an 'insane' 4,000km
Gordy says he is skating from Melbourne to Cairns but says he "didn't realise how big Australia was". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39ohW1I
India coronavirus: The high-risk young demanding Covid jabs
Cancer patients who are under the age of 45 are struggling to get Covid jabs in India. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31s9A4N
Kenya's Mike Sonko: The rise and fall of Nairobi's ex-governor
Mike Sonko was elected governor of Kenya's capital despite a criminal past - and now faces more legal woes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3tZ5X2D
Derek Chauvin trial: Why role of TV cameras could come into focus
Cameras will be in court, thanks to the network behind OJ Simpson’s trial. What role will they play? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2P5k0VL
Hunting rare birds in Pakistan to feed the sex drive of princes
A glimpse into the closed world of hunts for houbara bustards, thought by some to be an aphrodisiac. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3flrQoE
Georgia governor reportedly signs voting restrictions into law under portrait of slave plantation
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‘They are bragging about donating the money to people who want to take my guns’: MTG rages after losing lawsuit
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Cruises will remain banned, CDC says, as industry pressure to restart heats up
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Many U.S. graduations are curtailed again, but some commencements will go on without guests.
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Insurgents Seize Mozambique Town, Killing Several People; Fate of Hundreds Unknown
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AI: Ghost workers demand to be seen and heard
Workers who label content and help computers understand language want their own voices to be heard. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3w5Nfs0
Project 17: The photograph that united a family
A photograph of a "burner boy" working on a toxic dump in Ghana helped his family to find him. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39ksWxf
'Ice-cream toothache': Cold food and drinks pain explained
Scientists say they have worked out how teeth become sensitive and hurt with cold food and drinks. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3rmRv2R
Beverly Cleary, children's author behind Ramona Quimby, dies aged 104
The beloved writer created the feisty characters of Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3vYM3GZ
The vaccine misinformation battle raging in France
Online conspiracy theories are exacerbating existing vaccine scepticism. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3lU0Z4t
German Covid Easter U-turn shakes Merkel's cool, calm image
Chancellor Merkel takes political flak as Germany struggles to agree on lockdown measures. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31u9MQZ
Home-schooling around the world: How have we coped?
Indigenous children have been hit hardest and the crisis has reached a "tipping point", say experts from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3d6iLgO
Georgia official begged by Trump to ‘find’ votes mocks Sidney Powell: ‘Kraken cracks under pressure’
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Exclusive: Over-70s to get booster Covid vaccines from September
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Bus Driver, Kind Stranger Attacked After Stopping Assault on Elderly Asians in NYC
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Fury as Georgia congresswoman arrested and hauled out of state capitol after knocking on governor’s door
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Anti-Semitic play calling renews push for genocide education
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New York Deploys Undercover Asian Agents to Combat Hate Crimes
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Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes
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GM expands board to 13 with Meg Whitman and NBA's Mark Tatum
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Los Angeles-area woman and dog fatally stabbed, suspect knocked out with rock
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‘We will leave – the question is when’: Biden says 1 May withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan now unlikely
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Russia trolls Suez Canal with northern 'alternative'
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Advocates are pushing for D.C. statehood to be included in a broader voting rights bill.
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Stop the Executions, President Biden
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Georgia Law Kicks Off Partisan Battle Over Voting Rights
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Analysis: Biden reveals how he views the threat from China.
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The challenge facing Joe Biden at the border
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A day after passing 300,000 Covid deaths, Brazil logs a daily record of more than 100,000 new infections.
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'My brother died fighting for Senegal’s youth'
Thousands of young people took to the streets earlier this month, in anti-government protests. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3vZBF1x
US immigration: The suffocated youth unafraid of a perilous journey
Tougher policies and deaths on the road are unlikely to stop Guatemalans from trying to reach the US. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3cl8TR1
Why my ancestral home could be lost to climate change
As Bangladesh turns 50, a UK-Bangladeshi reflects on how climate change affects his parent's country. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3rpjO0i
Minimum wage fight: 'There's no recovery without raising it'
Can Joe Biden deliver on his promise to double America's minimum wage? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OZWJ7D
The glaring omission in Biden's first press conference
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Family of teen who choked on chicken nugget gets $2 million
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‘We will leave – the question is when’: Biden says 1 May withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan now unlikely
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‘It’s sick’: Biden blasts ‘despicable’ GOP voter suppression initiatives as ‘un-American’
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Republicans who pushed lies about Trump’s defeat will now grill tech executives on election misinformation
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Final voting results show major setback for Israel's Netanyahu
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Russia trolls Suez Canal with northern 'alternative'
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Misogyny Fuels Violence Against Women. Should It Be a Hate Crime?
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José Baselga, Who Advanced Breast Cancer Treatments, Dies at 61
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National Book Critics Circle Names 2020 Award Winners
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Like Cuomo family members, a drug company boss with longstanding ties to the governor got special access to virus testing.
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Biden Assails Republicans Over Voting Rights and Defends Record on Border
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JAMA Editor Placed on Leave Following Racial Controversy
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With revenue slumping, Pope Francis orders pay cuts at the Vatican.
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Timing Is Everything, Biden Says, and ‘Politics Is the Art of the Possible’
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Zuckerberg and other Big Tech C.E.O.s are questioned on Capitol Hill about Covid and vaccine misinformation.
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Bertrand Tavernier, 79, French Director With Wide Appeal, Dies
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‘Lives lost’ as tornadoes sweep Alabama
Deaths and property destruction are reported as the powerful storm batters the southern US state. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3w8PWcv
Somalia photography: 'I want it to be normal for women to take photos'
A photography exhibition in Somalia by two women challenges the way the country is seen. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3f8QMjf
Tigray conflict: The fake UN diplomat and other misleading stories
An information war has been raging over the Tigray conflict with both sides sharing misleading claims. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3tRqupU
'I have learned how to survive with a bow and arrow'
The Covid pandemic and last summer's social unrest has inspired more Americans to take up hunting. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3lMizY9
Secret until now, records reveal clash over the Trump DOJ’s demand for NC voter data
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Hundreds of Migrant Children Test Positive for Coronavirus Upon Arrival at HHS Facilities
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Rohingya refugee camp fire: Several dead, hundreds missing and thousands homeless
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As the For the People Act voting bill is debated, Republicans in dozens of states push restrictions
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Biden froze border wall funding — now a government watchdog will decide if that was legal
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Giuliani could be hit with ‘false statement’ charges in Georgia, report says
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Biden taps Kamala Harris to lead White House immigration and border efforts
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Syrian-born alleged Boulder shooter shows anyone can ‘assimilate into American culture,’ says Michael Moore
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Sarm Heslop missing: FBI investigating disappearance of British woman
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Virginia becomes the first southern state to abolish the death penalty.
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Boulder’s Pain Is Deepened by a Lost Fight for Gun Control
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Boulder Mourns Those Lost in Mass Shooting
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Senate Democrats plan to employ an obscure legislative tool to reinstate an Obama-era climate change rule.
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Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects to Officer Eric Talley.
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