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    News Facebook gives users new way to see all their friends' posts

    Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends' posts in chronological order. The new feature is the company's latest attempt to keep people coming back to its social network amid intensifying competition with its trendier rival...
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    News Parkland siblings testify during Nikolas Cruz’s death penalty trial

    David Wilford and his kids were back in Broward County court on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale. He sat in the front row right across from the witness stand with a direct view of Nikolas Cruz. Siblings John and Madeleine “Maddy” Wilford, both former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students...
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    News Thousands of baby chicks die after being left on sweltering tarmac at Miami International Airport

    Thousands of baby chickens were found dead inside of cardboard boxes at Miami International Airport. The baby chicks were apparently unloaded from a plane and then left on the tarmac, baking in the sun on a day when the heat index hit 99 degrees. Local 10 News has learned they were part of a...
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    News Caught on camera: Florida deputy charged after slamming inmate to the ground

    A Florida jailer was the one wearing handcuffs Thursday, charged with felony battery after he was caught on camera slamming an inmate to the ground in what officials call “an unprovoked attack.” West Palm Beach ABC affiliate WPBF reports that St. Lucie County detention Deputy Brian Shackley...
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    News Live updates | Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump inaction during riot

    The Latest on the hearing Thursday by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The Jan. 6 committee returns to prime time on Thursday evening with a hearing focusing on three-plus hours during the insurrection at the Capitol when then-President Donald...
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    News Governors' immigrant-busing strategy hits home for mayors

    Two Republican border-state governors who are investing billions of dollars in immigration enforcement and spending hours at the podium blasting Biden administration policies have found indirect support for their arguments from two unlikely sources: Democratic Mayors Muriel Bowser, of...
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    News Jury gets Flint water case about liability for engineers

    Jurors heard closing arguments Thursday in the only trial to arise thus far from the Flint water crisis, a dispute over whether two engineering firms should be held partially responsible for the city's lead contamination in 2014-15. Attorneys representing four Flint children said Veolia North...
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    News As Ohio welcomes refugees, a nonprofit gives them a boost

    Hakizimana Muvunye, a refugee from Congo who lives in Cleveland, is a man doing his best. He’s the owner of Asante Landscaping but has only five clients so he also drives for Uber. “I need to take care of my family,” he said. Muvunye and his wife, Irene Twizere, have five children. Muvunye...
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    News Crews respond to fire at Brickell City Centre

    Miami Fire Rescue crews responded to a fire at the Brickell City Centre mall Thursday afternoon. Information was limited, but images and video from social media showed black smoke billowing from the side of the building near the intersection of South Miami Avenue and Brickell Plaza. It’s...
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    News Turkey: Ukraine grain export deal to be signed in Istanbul

    Turkish officials say a deal on a U.N. plan to unblock the exports of Ukrainian grain amid the war and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilizers will be signed Friday in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said that he, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and...
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    News Florida man seriously hurt after gator attack

    A Florida man was hospitalized with serious injuries from an alligator attack on the state’s west coast Wednesday evening. Sarasota ABC affiliate WWSB reports 43-year-old Eric Merda of Sarasota was bitten by an alligator at Lake Manatee Fish Camp in eastern Manatee County, citing the county’s...
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    News FACT FOCUS: Biden cancer remark causes confusion

    President Joe Biden’s speech at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts led to widespread claims on social media that he made a significant announcement not about climate change, but about his health. Conservative politicians and political commentators focused on a clip from Biden’s...
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    News Heard to appeal $10M judgment in Depp defamation case

    Amber Heard notified a Virginia court Thursday that she will appeal the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial that exposed the inner workings of their troubled marriage. Heard's lawyers filed a notice of appeal in Fairfax...
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    News New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

    New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person's condition. It appears the person had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus, perhaps...
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    News Amid threats, security rises at meetings of public officials

    The meeting place? A secret. Agenda? Not public. Name tags? Take them off in public. Even one of the main social events — trivia night — would be at an undisclosed location. This was no meeting of spies or undercover law enforcement agents. Instead, these were the security protocols for a...
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    News Turkey denies carrying out deadly strikes in northern Iraq

    Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday rejected accusations that his country's military carried out deadly strikes on tourists in northern Iraq the previous day, as families of the killed Iraqis buried their loved ones and Baghdad took steps to put pressure on Ankara. Speaking with Turkish state...
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    News EXPLAINER: Who gains or loses, what's next in Italy crisis

    Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s decision to resign Thursday, barely 12 hours after his “unity” coalition broke apart dramatically in Parliament, was the latest step in a political limbo that will likely last for months before a new government is solidly in place to lead the European Union’s...
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    News EXPLAINER: What's known about Biden catching COVID-19?

    President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, is experiencing mild symptoms and has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral pill treatment. A look at what we know about the president and his coronavirus infection: HOW'S HE FEELING? Biden is reporting a runny nose, fatigue and an...
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    News Parkland school shooter acted casually after fleeing

    Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz walked casually into a sandwich shop minutes after he murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago, showing no signs of stress or nervousness, video played at his penalty trial Thursday showed...
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    News Rio de Janeiro police conduct deadly raid in Alemao favelas

    Multiple deaths were reported during a police raid Thursday in Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities, but the exact toll remained unclear. An officer and two other individuals were killed and a woman was injured, an early police statement said. The Rio-based...
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