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    News Apple security experts are warning people to update their devices immediately, here’s why

    Apple’s latest security update was easy to miss. But security experts are warning that everyone should update any Apple device they have immediately. Apple said Wednesday that there are serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take...
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    News US Treasury official to visit India amid Ukraine tensions

    A top Treasury Department official is set next week to make his first official trip to India since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Amid tensions over India’s neutral stance on the invasion that began in late February, the U.S. wants the meetings to focus on how to deepen ties with...
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    News Defective sex toys get a 2nd chance — as fashionable shoes

    Sex toys and shoes? Try, sex toys IN shoes. A little streetwear label has partnered with a giant in the adult toy industry to create a shoe derived in part from unused, defective amusements that come off the manufacturing line as misfits. Looking a lot like Merrell's popular Hydro Moc or...
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    News Feds: 6 Cuban migrants found locked in van in Opa-locka

    Federal agents discovered six Cuban migrants locked in the back of a cargo van by smugglers following a traffic stop Thursday, according to a U.S. Border Patrol official. Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the Border Patrol’s Miami sector, tweeted that agents encountered the...
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    News FIU football team still reeling over death of 22-year-old linebacker returns to practice

    The Florida International University Panthers were back on the practice field Friday but took a moment of silence to remember their teammate, Luke Knox, who died on Wednesday. FIU police responded to the University Tower dorms on Wednesday and the 22-year-old was transported to the hospital...
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    News Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in occupied West Bank

    A 58-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed outside a bakery during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank early on Friday. His family and the Palestinian Health Ministry said he was shot by Israeli troops. The military said he may have been struck by gunfire from Palestinian militants...
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    News 'I lost everything': Algeria reels from deadly wildfires

    Firefighters in Algeria have extinguished all but one of over 50 wildfires that ravaged the country this week, leaving at least 37 people dead and consuming farms, crops and cork forests, authorities said Friday. Visibly anguished, farmer Ali Gharsi walked past dead animals through a...
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    News Islamic State 'Beatle' gets life term for US hostage deaths

    British national El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in an Islamic State scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners hostage a decade ago. Elsheikh's hostages gave him a somewhat whimsical nickname — he was dubbed a “Beatle” along with other English-accented...
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    News Panel rules Justice improperly withheld memo in Russia probe

    The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memorandum Barr cited in publicly announcing that then-President Donald Trump had not committed obstruction of justice in the Russia investigation, a federal appeals panel said Friday. The...
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    News 19-year-old arrested after allegedly uploading child porn to social media accounts, police say

    A 19-year-old North Miami man is accused of uploading several images depicting children engaged in sex acts, according to Miami Police, who said that a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led them to Frank Louis Noguera. According to the arrest affidavit...
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    News Man’s body found in grass near Hollywood cemetery

    Hollywood police are investigating after someone found a man’s body lying in the grass near a cemetery Friday morning. Police said a person discovered the body behind Fred Hunter’s Hollywood Memorial Gardens West, located off McKinley Street and North 64th Avenue in the city’s Boulevard Heights...
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    News Poland nabs octogenarian with 5 kilos of heroin in suitcase

    A 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada was arrested at Warsaw airport on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000, officials in Poland said Friday. Customs officers at Frederic Chopin Airport decided to check the woman's luggage Sunday after becoming...
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    News LeBron James, Wade produce doc on 2008 Olympic 'Redeem Team'

    A documentary on the 2008 U.S. men's basketball team known as the "Redeem Team,” with executive producers including LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, will premiere on Netflix this fall. “The Redeem Team” will debut Oct. 7 on Netflix, the streaming service announced Friday. The film is Netflix's...
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    News Suspect arrested 8 months after elderly man found dead in burning Fort Lauderdale condo

    A man has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge, eight months after a 93-year-old man was found dead inside of his Fort Lauderdale condominium after a fire erupted inside. Police confirmed that Keith Rush, 56, was taken into custody on Thursday. The fire was reported around 1 a.m. Dec...
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    News Vatican cardinal terms assault allegations false, defamatory

    The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman on Friday denied any inappropriate behavior and said he would vigorously fight the “false” and “defamatory” accusations if the case proceeds. Cardinal Marc Ouellet issued his own statement via the...
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    News Judge puts Utah ban on transgender kids in sports on hold

    Transgender kids in Utah will be not be subjected to sports participation limits at the start of the upcoming school year after a judge delayed the implementation of a statewide ban passed earlier this year. Judge Keith Kelly’s decision Friday to put the law on hold until a legal challenges is...
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    News CDC confirms Nebraska child died of brain-eating amoeba

    Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, according to the...
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    News Sheriff: Florida man awakens to find intruder sharpening machete in bedroom

    A Florida man awoke to find a intruder sharpening a machete with a baseball bat in his bedroom Thursday morning, leading deputies to shoot and kill the man after he stabbed one of them, officials said. According to the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office, the suspect had entered the man’s efficiency...
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    News Who benefits from newly approved over-the-counter hearing aids? We find out

    Experts are weighing in on the approval of over-the-counter hearing aids by the Food and Drug Administration this week, specifically who is best suited for the devices. “A person that’s starting to notice they’re having difficulty hearing a person from the other room or the TV is a little loud...
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    News Foot Locker names former Ulta Beauty chief as CEO

    The chief executive who oversaw the rapid expansion of Ulta Beauty will take over as CEO of Foot Locker during a major transition for the chain. Mary Dillon, one of only a handful of women to run a company in the S&P; 500, stepped down as the top executive at Ulta early last year and will take...
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