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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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OPEC keeps oil targets the same amid uncertainty on Russian sanctions

Sunday, December 04, 2022

The decision at a meeting of oil ministers Sunday comes a day ahead of the planned start of two measures aimed at hitting Russia's oil earnings in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

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The war in Ukraine is set to slow this winter, according to U.S. intelligence

Sunday, December 04, 2022

The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia's war in Ukraine is running at a "reduced tempo" and suggests Ukrainian forces could have brighter prospects in coming months.

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El Salvador has sent 10,000 police to seal off a town and search for gang members

Sunday, December 04, 2022

The operation is one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on street gangs.

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Some COVID restrictions have been eased in China after widespread protests last week

Sunday, December 04, 2022

China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations.

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Argentina is headed to the quarterfinals after beating Australia 2-1

Saturday, December 03, 2022

Lionel Messi put Argentina ahead with his third goal at this year's tournament and ninth in total at the World Cup — one more than Diego Maradona.

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Thousands protest in South Korea in support of truckers

Saturday, December 03, 2022

Demonstrators marched in South Korea's capital denouncing government attempts to force thousands of striking truckers back to work after they walked out in a dispute over the price of freight.

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Beijing and other cities in China end required COVID-19 tests for public transit

Saturday, December 03, 2022

The slight relaxation of testing requirements comes follows protests across China by residents frustrated by the rigid enforcement of anti-virus restrictions.

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A man who burned a cross to intimidate his Black neighbors pleads guilty to hate crime

Friday, December 02, 2022

Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., who burned a cross in his front yard, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over the December 2020 incident.

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Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

Friday, December 02, 2022

It's the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. It's part of efforts to modernize all three legs of a nuclear triad, alongside nuclear missiles and submarine-launched warheads.

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Glastonbury organizers say the festival will be Elton John's U.K. farewell show

Friday, December 02, 2022

Glastonbury Festival organizers say Elton John's performance on the 2023 festival's final night on June 25 will be his farewell show in the U.K.

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A Canadian man is charged in the deaths of 3 more Indigenous women

Friday, December 02, 2022

Police alleged Thursday that a Canadian man previously charged with murdering an Indigenous woman also killed three other women — two also confirmed to be Indigenous and one believed to be.

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South Africa's leader faces calls to resign over charges of cash stuffed in couches

Thursday, December 01, 2022

The calls for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign follow allegations that Ramaphosa tried to conceal the theft of a huge sum of cash stuffed into couches at his farm in 2020.

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Aline Kominsky-Crumb, underground cartoonist, dies at 74

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, an American cartoonist known for her feminist themes and often brutally frank, highly personal and self-critical work, has died at the age of 74.

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EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels

Thursday, December 01, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation's fuel supplies over the next three years.

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The Portland Thorns will be sold, the latest fallout from scandals in women's soccer

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Merritt Paulson's decision to sell the Thorns comes after a pair of team executives were dismissed for their roles in systemic abuse and misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League.

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Baseball great Gaylord Perry, a two-time Cy Young winner, dies at 84

Thursday, December 01, 2022

The Baseball Hall of Famer, a master of the spitball, made history as the first player to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. Perry pitched for eight major-league teams from 1962 until 1983.

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Jeffrey Epstein's estate reaches a $105M settlement with the U.S. Virgin Islands

Thursday, December 01, 2022

The U.S. territory sought to hold the late financier accountable after he was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls and of causing environmental damage on the two tiny islands he owned.

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'Squid Game' actor Oh Young-soo is indicted on indecent assault charges

Thursday, December 01, 2022

The 78-year-old Emmy nominee is accused of inappropriately touching a woman during a meeting in 2017. A South Korean outlet says Oh denies wrongdoing in the incident.

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