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Bruce Lehrmann says ABC acted maliciously by showing Brittany Higgins speech, court documents show
Former political staffer suing national broadcaster over a February 2022 joint address by Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press ClubFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann has accused the Australian Broadcasting Corporation of acting maliciously by broadcasting Brittany Higgins’ National Press Club address, saying in court documents it was “wilfully blind” to the risk of her defaming...
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California GOP slams Dems for inviting member of anti-Catholic Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
California Republicans have criticized their Democratic colleagues for inviting a member of a the controversial group, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, to be honored at a June 5 event.
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Putin is plotting a new front in his war on the West
Russia would like nothing more than to foment unrest in the Balkans, the soft underbelly of Europe.
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India rescue work ends as focus turns to cause of worst train crash in decades
BAHANAGA, India— Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after the country’s deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people. The death toll from Friday’s crash was revised down from 288 after it was found that some bodies had been counted twice, said Pradeep Jena, […]
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Coal, Developing Nations, and the Streisand Effect • Watts Up With That?
Thus, was born the “Streisand Effect,” defined as efforts to suppress that only serve to amplify. The post Coal, Developing Nations, and the Streisand Effect first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
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Watch: Nikki Haley calls Putin a tyrant, breaking with Donald Trump's position
During CNN’s town hall with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations in the Trump administration, broke from former President Donald Trump’s stance on Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
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US, UK navies say they responded to distress call as Iran's Revolutionary Guard 'harassed' ship
The U.S. Navy says its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it
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Chiefs heading to White House Monday to honor Super Bowl LVII victory
The Kansas City Chiefs to visit President Biden at the White House on Monday in honor of their Super Bowl LVII victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in February.
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Jack Dorsey endorses fellow Bitcoin advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for president—and predicts he’ll win
“As president, I will make sure that your right to hold and use Bitcoin is inviolable," Kennedy said last month.
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Nashville's longtime state Rep. Bill Beck dies at 61
A native of Madison and Whites Creek, Bill Beck was elected to the statehouse in 2014 and represented Madison, East Nashville, downtown and Germantown.
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Joe Manchin isn't ruling out a 2024 third party run for president
CNN’s Jim Acosta talks with Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Molly Jong-Fast and Republican strategist Alice Stewart about Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) latest remarks on whether he’ll run for president in 2024 as a third party candidate.
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Capitol Police stop youth choir during national anthem performance, sparking outrage: 'I was shocked'
Video that shows the Rushingbrook Children’s Choir from South Carolina being stopped by police from singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol has sparked criticism.