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Video shows man wrapping belt around woman’s neck in NYC before sexually assaulting her, police say
New York City police are looking for a man who wrapped a belt around a woman's neck before sexually assaulting her in the Bronx last week.
AFP
Eurovision in Gaza's shadow as Israel competes in final
The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday, as tensions mount around Israel's participation during the Gaza war. Meanwhile, the contest was rattled earlier Saturday by the disqualification of Dutch contestant Joost Klein, for reasons that appear to have no link to the controversy over Israel's participation.
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Northern lights dazzle Maine, California, New Hampshire and other states during rare solar storm: See the photos
The largest solar storm in nearly 20 years is hitting Earth this weekend.
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Donald Trump says Nikki Haley not under consideration for vice president
Trump said Haley isn't under consideration for vice president on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.
AFP
Brazil's catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and displacing nearly two million, has also spawned a spate of bizarre conspiracy theories, some involving jets' vapor trails and weather antennas in faraway Alaska. One claim is that the government uses jets to spread toxic chemicals which are then activated by the powerful antennas in Alaska, altering the climate and provoking weather disasters.
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Auroras illuminate night skies around the world, expected to continue through Sunday
Night skies were lit up by the northern lights Friday in locations the auroras don't normally shine as a severe solar storm supercharged the phenomenon.
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Calls for accountability intensify after Houston police chief retires amid scandal over dropped cases
For months, a police accountability group in Houston demaded that Finner resign after it was revealed that thousands of cases, including for serious offenses such as sexual assault, were inexplicably dropped over the years.
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AP PHOTOS: Lotus Lantern Festival draws thousands in Seoul to celebrate upcoming Buddha's birthday
Holding umbrellas and pink paper lotus flowers, thousands of South Koreans joyously filled the wet streets of Seoul in an annual festival anticipating Buddha’s birthday the coming week. Despite the rain, organizers expected a turnout of around 50,000 people for Saturday’s Yeon Deung Hoe, or Lotus Lantern Festival, whose evening parade draws huge crowds out to see the featured floats, some carried and others rolled on wheels along the downtown area of the capital, Seoul. Thousands of people gathered Saturday at Seoul’s Dongguk University, the parade’s starting point, to head to the Jogyesa Temple where thousands of colorful lanterns were hung at the temple’s grounds, forming the sentence: “It’s peaceful just the way it is,” which could be seen from the air.
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Ex-GOP Gov. Hogan is popular with some Maryland Democrats, but not enough to put him in the Senate
Some Maryland Democrats have a soft spot for Larry Hogan, their former two-term Republican governor in a heavily blue state. Party voters in Tuesday’s primary will decide which candidate they think is in the best position to beat Hogan in November in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican senator in more than 40 years. David Trone, who's in his third term as a congressman, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks are the leading contenders among the 10 candidates.
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Joe Biden wants to remind 2024 voters of a record and an agenda. Often it's Donald Trump's
President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda -- often Donald Trump’s. In a hotel ballroom in Seattle, at fancy homes in California and at stops in Illinois and Wisconsin over the past week, Biden has been betting that reminding voters about Trump's presidency and highlighting his Republican opponent's latest campaign statements will work to the Democrat's advantage. At a Seattle fundraiser Friday night, Biden brought up Trump's recent interview with Time magazine in which Trump said states should be left to determine whether to prosecute women for abortions or to monitor their pregnancies.
USA TODAY
DOJ wants 40 year sentence for man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer
Prosecutors are arguing David DePape's crimes should be treated as terrorism. He attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer inside their home.
USA TODAY
Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate from more areas of Gaza's Rafah
More than 1 million displaced people have sought refuge in the southern city in the Gaza Strip during the seven-month-old war.
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A top Cambodian opposition politician is charged with inciting disorder for criticizing government
Sun Chanthy of the Nation Power Party, established late last year, was formally charged Friday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and sent to pre-trial detention in the northwestern province of Pursat, according to Choung Chou Ngy. Cambodia's government has long been accused of using the judicial system to persecute critics and political opponents.
Popular Science
Spectacular aurora photos: Skies dazzle in vivid colors around the world
The strongest geomagnetic storm observed in two decades created a jaw-dropping show.
The Conversation
Finding objective ways to talk about religion in the classroom is tough − but the cost of not doing so is clear
Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes its own approach.
Reuters
Colombia paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso released by Bogota court
A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday. Mancuso, a former top commander of the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), was sent back to Colombia from the United States in February after serving a drug trafficking sentence there.
The Conversation
How active are the microorganisms in your yogurt? We created a new tool to study probiotic activity — and made it out of cardboard
Probiotics are great for your gut, but which sources contain the most beneficial bacteria? Newly developed sensors are helping scientists figure it out.
Yahoo Finance
America's love affair with the SUV is killing the trusty sedan
The Chevy Malibu has gone the way of the dodo. The long-running Malibu nameplate has had two separate runs with Chevrolet, with its first stint dating back 50 years. GM sold 10 million Malibus during its time, but in recent days it's a rarity — a sedan.
CNN
Beethoven’s hair reveals new insights into the composer’s health issues
This week, learn secrets unlocked by studying Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair, explore lava tubes where Stone Age people lived, see the cosmic “God’s Hand,” and more.
The Conversation
Do you hear what I see? How blindness changes how you process the sound of movement
Detecting and tracking motion is key to survival. The ability to extract auditory information from a noisy environment changes when your brain isn’t wired to rely on vision.

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