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The Taliban shut down Afghanistan's only women-run radio station

Saturday, April 01, 2023

Sadai Banowan, which means "women's voice" in Dari, is Afghanistan's only women-run station. The Taliban said it was shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Israeli police shoot and kill a man at Jerusalem's holiest site

Saturday, April 01, 2023

The slain man was 26-year-old Mohammed Alasibi from Hura, a Bedouin Arab village in southern Israel. The shooting raises fears of further violence during heightened tensions at the holy site.

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Alec Baldwin codefendant gets 6 months' probation on gun charge in 'Rust' case

Saturday, April 01, 2023

Safety coordinator and assistant director David Halls also must pay a $500 fine, complete a gun-safety course and community service after agreeing to the conviction related to a death on a movie set.

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A must-see sunset spectacle at Monument Valley

Saturday, April 01, 2023

A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations played out this week at Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation along the Arizona and Utah border.

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The NBA and its players have a deal for a new labor agreement

Saturday, April 01, 2023

The league and its players came to an agreement on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement. It is still pending ratification, though that process is almost certainly no more than a formality.

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LSU women rally against Virginia Tech in the Final Four to reach their 1st title game

Saturday, April 01, 2023

LSU is going to the women's national championship game for the first time, beating top-seeded Virginia Tech 79-72 in a national semifinal game. The Tigers will face Iowa for the crown on Sunday.

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Led by Caitlin Clark, Iowa ends South Carolina's perfect season in women's Final Four

Saturday, April 01, 2023

In the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes into the championship game against LSU.

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Pope Francis has been discharged from hospital following treatment for bronchitis

Saturday, April 01, 2023

Pope Francis was discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away: "I'm still alive."

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U.N. food chief says billions of dollars are needed to avert unrest and starvation

Saturday, April 01, 2023

The world will see mass migration, destabilized countries and starving people in the next 12 to 18 months without billions of dollars more funding, the U.N. World Food Program chief warned.

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Andrew Tate has been released from a Romanian jail and placed under house arrest

Friday, March 31, 2023

Tate was initially detained in late December in Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. He was detained on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking.

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The EPA approves California's plan to phase out diesel trucks

Friday, March 31, 2023

The agency's decision allows California — which has some of the nation's worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell more zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades.

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Tornadoes kill at least 11 people across the Midwest and South

Friday, March 31, 2023

Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest shredded homes and shopping centers, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.

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Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend's murder

Friday, March 31, 2023

Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.

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Arrest orders are issued for 6 people in the deadly Mexican immigration center fire

Friday, March 31, 2023

Three officials from Mexico's immigration agency, two private security guards and the migrant accused of starting the fire, which killed at least 39, face charges of homicide and causing injury.

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Report questions the Mounties in a probe examining the Nova Scotia mass shootings

Friday, March 31, 2023

A public inquiry recommends that the government rethink the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's central role in the country's policing.

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A patch marks the spot — for players debuting in Major League Baseball

Friday, March 31, 2023

Major League Baseball announced that players making their first appearances will wear debut patches on their jerseys. The patch will appear on different places of a sleeve.

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Turkey's parliament clears the way for Finland to join NATO

Thursday, March 30, 2023

All 276 lawmakers present voted in favor of Finland's application. The action lifted the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country's long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.

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Judge's ruling undercuts U.S. health law's preventive care

Thursday, March 30, 2023

A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a key part of the law. Opponents say the ruling jeopardizes preventive care for millions of Americans.

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Mexico investigates 8 workers and officials over the fatal fire at a migrant facility

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Authorities said Wednesday that they're looking into the actions of eight people for possible misconduct at the detention center, where a fire killed 39 men.

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9 people are dead after Army helicopters crash during a training mission in Kentucky

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The crash is under investigation.

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