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Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their fragile ceasefire by 45 days following two days of negotiations in Washington, the U.S. State Department announced. The deal lands the same day Lebanese health officials reported Israeli air strikes killed 22 people, including eight children, across southern Lebanon.
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A Manhattan jury deadlocked Friday on the rape charge against Harvey Weinstein, forcing Judge Curtis Farber to declare a mistrial in the former Hollywood producer’s third trial on the allegation. The outcome leaves the single charge involving hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in limbo after two mistrials and a 2020 conviction that an appeals court…
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Africa’s top public health body confirmed a new Ebola outbreak Friday in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded. The strain has not yet been fully identified, raising questions about whether existing vaccine stockpiles will be effective.
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EBay formally rejected a $55 billion takeover proposal from GameStop on Tuesday, with chairman Paul Pressler calling the bid ‘neither credible nor attractive’ in a letter made public the same day. The rejection comes less than a week after GameStop announced the unsolicited offer to combine with a company nearly four times its size.
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Twelve hospital workers at Radboudumc university medical centre in Nijmegen have been placed in precautionary quarantine for six weeks after staff used a standard blood-draw procedure instead of the stricter protocol required for hantavirus patients, the hospital announced Monday. The patient had been evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship on May 7.
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One of the 17 Americans evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Sunday night. A second passenger is showing mild symptoms, marking the first confirmed case tied to the vessel.
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A person who jumped a perimeter fence onto an active runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines jet during takeoff Friday night, airport authorities said. The collision triggered an engine fire and forced 231 people on board to evacuate via inflatable slides.
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night after gunshots were heard inside the Washington Hilton, according to Mail Online. CNN reported Trump is safe and no injuries were immediately apparent.
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A former University of South Florida student was charged Saturday with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder with a weapon in the deaths of two Bangladeshi doctoral students who vanished from the Tampa campus earlier this month. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, appeared in a Tampa courtroom via video and was ordered held without bond, the Hillsborough…
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At least two officers are among those injured after shots were fired at Swedish Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, local media reported, with emergency services responding to an active shooter situation at the scene.
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Police officers have been shot at Swedish Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, local media reported, with an active shooter situation prompting an emergency response. Authorities have not yet confirmed the full scope of the incident.
