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New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears

Friday, March 17, 2023

New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday.

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Trains derail in Arizona and Washington, with oil spilled on Puget Sound tribal land

Friday, March 17, 2023

The derailment in Washington state occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. Most of 5,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel leaked on the land.

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Jim Gordon, a famed session drummer who was convicted of killing his mother, dies

Friday, March 17, 2023

Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77.

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A $3.5 billion accounting error puts the South Carolina comptroller's job on the line

Thursday, March 16, 2023

State lawmakers angry over the accounting blunder by Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom began efforts to oust him, a day after demanding he quit or be fired. He has signaled he won't resign.

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North Dakota Supreme Court ruling keeps the state's abortion ban on hold for now

Thursday, March 16, 2023

The state's high court ruled Thursday that a North Dakota abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

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The U.K. is the latest to ban TikTok on government phones because of security concerns

Thursday, March 16, 2023

British authorities said they are banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones following similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.

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Mets' Edwin Díaz hurts his knee during a World Baseball Classic celebration

Thursday, March 16, 2023

New York Mets star closer Edwin Díaz injured his right knee celebrating a win that advanced Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic and eliminated the Dominican Republic.

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Macron puts his government at risk with decision to raise the retirement age in France

Thursday, March 16, 2023

France's president pushed through the controversial bill via a special constitutional power. The move, which will raise the retirement age to 64 from 62, is expected to trigger a no-confidence motion.

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Bobby Caldwell, singer of 'What You Won't Do for Love,' dies at 71

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Bobby Caldwell's smooth soul jam "What You Won't Do for Love" went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.

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Jiang Yanyong, the doctor who exposed the size of the 2003 SARS outbreak, dies at 91

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Jiang Yanyong was a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.

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NBA suspends Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant 8 games for displaying a gun at a club

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The NBA suspended Morant eight games without pay on after determining that his displaying a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was "conduct detrimental to the league."

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The EPA's new 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Nearly two-dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, improving air quality for millions of people living in downwind communities.

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U.S. arrests a Chinese business tycoon in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Guo Wengui, long sought by the government of China and known for cultivating ties to Trump administration figures including Steve Bannon, was arrested on charges that he oversaw a fraud conspiracy.

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Honda recalls nearly 500,000 vehicles because front seat belts may not latch properly

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The recall covers top-selling models including the 2017 through 2020 CR-V, the 2018 and 2019 Accord, the 2018 through 2020 Odyssey and the 2019 Insight. It also includes the 2019 and 2020 Acura RDX.

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Tyson will close poultry plants in Virginia and Arkansas that employ more than 1,600

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Tyson Foods said it plans to close its processing, broiler and hatching operations in Glen Allen, Va., and a plant in Van Buren, Ark., in an effort to streamline its U.S. poultry business.

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Honduras says it will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

China claims self-ruled, democratic Taiwan is part of its territory and refuses most contacts with countries that maintain formal ties with Taiwan.

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'Rust' special prosecutor steps down in case against Alec Baldwin

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Alec Baldwin's legal team sought to disqualify special prosecutor and New Mexico state Rep. Andrea Reeb of Clovis based on constitutional provisions that safeguard the separation of powers.

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The Maine lobster industry sues California aquarium over a do-not-eat listing

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Industry groups are suing the Monterey Bay Aquarium for defamation, arguing that their prized catch shouldn't be on a "red list" published by Seafood Watch, a conservation program it operates.

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Clashes spill into 2nd day as Pakistan police seek arrest of former PM Imran Khan

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament last April, was ordered to appear before a judge to answer charges of illegally selling state gifts and concealing his assets.

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Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over the train derailment in East Palestine

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

The lawsuit seeks to force the company to pay for groundwater and soil monitoring in the years ahead and economic losses in the area.

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