Monday, 12 September 2022

Minnesota man gets life for selling fentanyl in 11 fatal ODs

A Minnesota man was sentenced to life in prison for selling fentanyl online that led to 11 fatal overdoses

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S.Carolina House to meet after divergent Senate abortion ban

South Carolina lawmakers are not yet done debating new abortion restrictions

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Man accused of killing Arizona girls facing 1st of 2 trials

A man accused of abducting and killing two young Tucson girls separately and dumping their bodies in the desert is facing the first of two scheduled trials

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Exxon Valdez Capt. Joseph Hazelwood dies at 75

Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez that grounded on Alaska’s Bligh Reef in 1989, causing one of the nation’s worst oil spills, has died

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Psychologist: School shooter suffered fetal alcohol damage

A neuropsychologist says Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suffered brain damage when his birth mother drank during pregnancy

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Mark Boucher To Quit As South Africa Head Coach After T20 World Cup 2022

Cricket South Africa said it will in due course make an announcement regarding a successor to outgoing coach Mark Boucher.

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Sunday, 11 September 2022

Shanaka Reveals How CSK Inspired Sri Lanka's Asia Cup Final Win vs Pak

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka had acknowledged at the toss that his side was up against it having been put in to bat, but had said even then that they could still win.

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Today in History: September 12, Steve Biko dies in custody

Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2022. There are 110 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 12, 1977, South African Black student leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko (BEE’-koh), 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry. On this date: In 1913, Olympic legend Jesse Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama. In 1914, during World War I, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany. In 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously ruled that Arkansas officials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court’s rulings. In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon. The TV Western series “Bonanza” premiered on NBC. In 1962, in a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring:...

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Seattle teacher strike persists, no classes Monday

Students in Seattle will miss a fourth day of school as teachers strike over pay and classroom support

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Weather helping, but threat from Western fires persists

Firefighters made progress against a huge Northern California wildfire that was still growing and threatening thousands of mountain homes, while crews also battled major blazes Sunday in Oregon and Washington

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3rd Test Day 4: Crawley Takes England To Verge Of South Africa Series Win

ENG vs SA 3rd Test, Day 4: Zak Crawley's dynamic unbeaten fifty took England to the brink of a series-clinching win over South Africa in the third Test at the Oval on Sunday.

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Asia Cup Final: Sri Lanka's Cup Of Glory As Pakistan Get Vanquished

Asia Cup: Sri Lanka, a country picking up pieces after the death of democracy while facing enormous financial turbulence, found 11 worthy heroes on a cricket pitch as Dasun Shanaka's unheralded bunch...

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Saturday, 10 September 2022

Today in History: September 11, U.S. comes under attack

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2022. There are 111 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. On this date: In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. In 1936, Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. In 1941, groundbreaking took place for the Pentagon. In a speech that drew accusations of anti-Semitism, Charles A. Lindbergh told an America First rally in Des Moines, Iowa, that “the British, the...

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