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Malmo, Sweden — Not everyone was welcoming the Eurovision Song Contest to the Swedish city of Malmo. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested in the Swedish port city Thursday against Israel’s participation in the pan-continental pop competition. Protesters waving green, white and red Palestinian flags packed the historic Stortorget square near Malmo’s 16th-century town hall before
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Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have filed new charges against former Nebraska Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry, after an appeals court threw out his criminal conviction in a campaign finance case because the court said he had been tried in the wrong venue. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in December tossed out the former Republican congressman’s
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The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his film “There Is No Evil,” has become the latest artist targeted in a widening crackdown on
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Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by Hunter Biden to dismiss federal gun charges brought against him by special counsel David Weiss last year. The three-judge panel said in an unsigned opinion that Hunter Biden failed to show that lower court orders denying his requests to toss out the indictment
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Jerusalem — Every morning before she goes to school, 12-year-old Dariel Bardach-Goldstein tapes a number to her chest. It marks the days since her cousin was taken hostage by Hamas. Dariel campaigns almost daily with her mother Rebecca, demanding a deal to bring the dozens of Israelis seized by Hamas during the group’s Oct. 7
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“Neuralink” looks to implant chips into the brain Elon Musk’s “Neuralink” looks to implant chips into the human brain 05:46 Neuralink’s brain-computer interface device has encountered issues since it was implanted in its first human subject, according to the company owned by Elon Musk. Some of the device’s electrode-studded threads started retracting from the brain
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Rainn Wilson, best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on “The Office,” is using his personal experiences to highlight spirituality, saying we all need a “soul revolution.” “I went through a lot of mental health crises when I was younger, and I found that turning to spiritual tools to help me on my path
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2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper took off from Tunisia in his P-38 “Lightning” aircraft as “one of many fighter waves” set to attack enemy Axis forces in Sicily, Italy on July 10, 1943. During the attack, air forces were dispatched every 30 minutes, dodging enemy fire as they strafed an armored German column. Knepper, 27,
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Tel Aviv — Some of Israel’s most senior far-right politicians lashed out Thursday at President Biden after he warned the White House could withhold more weapons shipments to the Israeli military if it launches a major military ground assault on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Israel’s ultra-nationalist, firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a short message
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Rainn Wilson talks hosting new podcast “Soul Boom” – CBS News Watch CBS News Award-winning actor Rainn Wilson, famed for his role as Dwight Schrute in “The Office,” joins “CBS Mornings” to talk about hosting the new podcast ‘Soul Boom,’ inspired by his bestselling book. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
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