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Former SS guard goes on trial over 5,230 murders in what could be last ever Nazi prosecution of its kind
Three dozen survivors and their relatives are co-plaintiffs in the case where former SS guard is charged with over 5,000 counts of accessory to murder
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Former SS guard goes on trial over 5,230 murders in what could be last ever Nazi prosecution of its kind
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China Reports 2 Cases Of The Most Dangerous Type Of Plague
Authorities have censored Chinese-language news of the hospitalization of a couple who traveled from Mongolia to Beijing for treatment, perhaps to tamp down fears.
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NEW: Two patients have been diagnosed in Beijing with the most dangerous form of the plague – the medieval disease also known as the Black Death
Authorities attempted to tamp down fears of an epidemic by censoring Chinese-language news
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Girl, 15, and Boy, 14, Who Were Tragically Killed in California High School Shooting Identified
Gracie Anne Muehlberger and Dominic Blackwell were the two victims who sadly lost their lives in Thursday's school shooting
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Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, and Dominic Blackwell, 14, were the two victims of the school shooting in Santa Clarita
Both had recently celebrated birthdays, with Muehlberger turning 15 years old last month while Blackwell had turned 14 on Sept. 11
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Red on TikTok
Red's short video with ♬ original sound
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Turn the sound up from the beginning
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Nicolas Cage to Play Himself in ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’
Lionsgate is in final negotiations to buy the Nicolas Cage movie project “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.” The “Unbearable” package includes Tom Gormican attached t…
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Nicolas Cage to Play Himself in ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’
Cage will play a version of himself as an actor who, in need of some money begrudgingly accepts a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a Mexican billionaire
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‘No discipline. No plan. No strategy:’ Kamala Harris campaign in meltdown
Campaign manager Juan Rodriguez is taking the most heat for the failings, but his defenders point their finger at the candidate's sister, Maya Harris.
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‘No discipline. No plan. No strategy:’ Kamala Harris campaign in meltdown
@ccadelago reports
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Prince Andrew speaks to BBC about paedophile friend Jeffrey Epstein
Andrew has been interviewed by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis and will be broadcast on BBC2 at 9pm on Saturday. Ms Maitlis said it was a 'no holds barred interview - no questions vetted'.
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Prince Andrew will speak publicly about relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for first time in 'no holds barred, no questions vetted' interview with BBC's Emily Maitlis agreed after six months of negotiations with Buckingham Palace
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Rudy Giuliani is being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible campaign finance violations and a failure to register as a foreign agent as part of an active investigation into his financial dealings, according to three U.S. officials.
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Justice Ginsburg taken ill with flu, absent from Supreme Court
The 86-year-old's health has been a concern since she was diagnosed and treated for lung cancer and a tumor on her pancreas.
Cat owner caught after overweight feline body-double flight scam
“I violated the rules, and the carrier has every right to take action,” Galin told NBC News.
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A Russian man’s cat exceeded @aeroflot’s weight limit for cats in the airplane cabin.
The man refused to put his cat in cargo, so this is what he did instead.
The airline has revoked hundreds of thousands of his air miles as a result of this violation
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Sean Havens on TikTok
“Have a little Christmas spirit” with Mimi & Big Unc 😂🇮🇹 #fyp #foryou #viral #italian #comedy
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This is so great 😂
“I don’t want to look at the tree for three months!”
“You love it!”
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Deal With Taliban Will Free American and Australian Professors, Officials Say
The expected exchange, including senior members of the Haqqani network of the Taliban, is likely to be a step toward new peace talks.
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NEW: The Afghan government and Taliban agreed on a prisoner exchange that would free American and Australian professors who were abducted by the insurgents more than three years ago. In return, the government would release three senior Taliban figures.
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Shelter cat put in solitary confinement for 'repeatedly' letting other cats out
Quilty the cat has locked up for continually helping other cats at the shelter escape and failed his latest parole board hearing
Deval Patrick, Ex-Governor of Massachusetts, Is Considering White House Bid
Days after Michael Bloomberg began taking steps to enter the 2020 race, Mr. Patrick’s conversations with top Democrats are the latest evidence of an unsettled presidential primary field.
Bolton Rejects Legal Alliance With Mulvaney
A lawyer representing the president’s former national security adviser filed a motion opposing an effort by Mick Mulvaney to join a suit on impeachment testimony.
Warren Would Take Billionaires Down a Few Billion Pegs
Elizabeth Warren’s tax proposals would significantly curb the gigantic fortunes of America’s richest families over time.
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If Warren’s wealth tax were in effect since 1982
Bill Gates would have had $13.9 billion in 2018 instead of $97 billion
Bezos would have had $48.8 billion last year instead of $160 billion
Bloomberg would have had $12.3 billion instead of $51.8 billion
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Pete Buttigieg outlasts the pundits by emerging as the alternative to Biden
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg is fast threatening former Vice President Joe Biden’s dominance of the Democratic primary’s pragmatic lane.
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Pete Buttigieg to the LA Times:
“The failures of the Obama era help explain how we got Trump. I am running on building a future that is going to have a lot of differences.”
@evanhalper reports
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Banning Plastic Straws Is a New Twist in Environmentalism's Erasure of Disability
Straws are easy to target, but cities and companies still rely on environmentally harmful practices.
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Banning plastic straws is a new twist in environmentalism's erasure of disability
By @sesmith
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Who is Rudy Giuliani's friend "Charles"? An accidental text may have outed his identity
Rudy Giuliani's new fixer seems to connect a lot of dots
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Looks like @RudyGiuliani texted one of his passwords to a reporter.
In this case to @SollenbergerRC
Who is Rudy Giuliani's friend "Charles"? An accidental text may have outed his identity
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How One Employer Stuck a New Mom With a $898,984 Bill for Her Premature Baby
Dignity Health said its employee, an ER nurse, failed to meet the deadline to add her premature newborn to its health plan, so she was responsible for the medical bills. It rejected her appeals for a year until ProPublica called.
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How One Employer Stuck a New Mom With a $898,984 Bill for Her Premature Baby
Dignity Health said its employee, an ER nurse, failed to meet the deadline to add her premature newborn to its health plan, so she was responsible for the medical bills.
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