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China announces a rollback of its strict anti-COVID-19 measures

Wednesday, December 07, 2022

China has announced a series of measures rolling back some of its restrictive anti-COVID-19 restrictions, including limiting the scale of lockdown to individual apartment floors and buildings.

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State judge places a hold on Oregon's gun law and the state says it will appeal

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

A ruling by a county judge threw the implementation of Oregon's new voter-approved gun law into limbo and the state's attorney general said her office will appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court.

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North Carolina power cut by shooting could come back earlier than planned

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Duke Energy said it expects to have power back Wednesday just before midnight in Moore County. The outages began shortly after one or more people breached the gates and opened fire on two substations.

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San Francisco supervisors bar police robots from using deadly force for now

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

San Francisco had been considering a policy to allow police robots to use deadly force in certain extreme cases. The Board of Supervisors sent the issue back to a committee for further discussion.

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Morocco shocks Spain to become the first Arab team to reach the World Cup's final 8

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

After a goal-less 90 minutes and extra time, Spanish players missed all three of their penalty kicks. No other team from outside Europe or South America made it this far in this year's tournament.

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Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies at age 92

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

The white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player co-founded the influential record label with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound."

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The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker gets 21 years in prison

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.

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Colorado LGBTQ club shooting suspect is charged with hate crimes

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

The suspect accused of entering Club Q, opening fire and killing five people and wounding 17 others was charged by prosecutors with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder.

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Boxing powerhouse Cuba lets women boxers compete

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Cuban officials say women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions, though they didn't yet confirm if that would be taken to a professional level like Cuban male boxers.

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The jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' soundtrack swings on after 57 years

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" became an indelible holiday tradition and so, too, has jazz musician Vince Guaraldi's composition, "Christmas Time is Here" for the animated TV special.

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Indonesia criminalizes adultery, but the law may take up to 3 years to take effect

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Indonesia's penal code had languished for decades while legislators in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation struggled with how to adapt its native culture and norms to the criminal code.

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Kirstie Alley, star of 'Cheers' and 'Look Who's Talking,' dies at 71

Monday, December 05, 2022

Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a post on Twitter. The Emmy-winning actress was known for roles including Rebecca Howe on Cheers.

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Nick Bollettieri, coach to many tennis stars, dead at age 91

Monday, December 05, 2022

The Hall of Fame member worked with some of the sport's biggest stars, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and founded a Florida academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes.

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A fan is reportedly buying the 'Goonies' house in Oregon, which was listed for $1.7M

Monday, December 05, 2022

The agent for the Victorian home featured in the The Goonies film in Oregon says the likely new owner is a fan of the movie about friendships and treasure hunting, and he promises to protect the site.

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Ukrainians say they hid orphaned children from Russian deportation

Monday, December 05, 2022

The staff at the children's regional hospital in Kherson city, Ukraine, say they began fabricating orphans' medical records to make it appear like they were too ill to move.

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Gladys Knight, Amy Grant and U2 are among the honorees at the Kennedy Center

Monday, December 05, 2022

Gladys Knight, George Clooney, Amy Grant, Tania León and U2 were all celebrated at the Kennedy Center, which annually honors a group of people for their artistic influences on American culture.

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Survivors of the Brussels suicide attacks seek closure as the trial starts Monday

Monday, December 05, 2022

More than six years since the deadliest peacetime attacks on Belgian soil, survivors seek closure as the trial of 10 men accused over the suicide bombings starts in earnest Monday.

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Someone shot at substations in North Carolina, knocking out power for thousands

Sunday, December 04, 2022

The authorities are investigating the mass power outage across Moore County as a criminal act after power substations were damaged by gunfire. The county implemented a nighttime curfew.

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Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at Colorado

Sunday, December 04, 2022

Deion Sanders is bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a Pac-12 program that's plunged to the bottom of college football. The Pro Football Hall of Famer has been at Jackson State.

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Residents are evacuating as Mount Semeru, Indonesia's highest volcano, has erupted

Sunday, December 04, 2022

Monsoon rains eroded and finally collapsed the lava dome atop 3,676-meter (12,060-foot) Mount Semeru, causing the eruption, according to National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari.

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