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<p>Colin Gray appeared in court on Friday to face murder charges over a school shooting his 14-year-old son is accused of committing earlier this week </p>

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<p>Tim Walz addresses the 2024 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, DC </p>

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<p>The West must stay the course in resisting Putin’s war in Ukraine, the spymasters warned </p>

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<p>Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at IBEW Local Union #5 on September 02, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.</p>

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<p>Matt Damon and Ketanji Brown Jackson acted together during a Harvard drama class</p>

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<p>Donald Trump gave the thumbs up at the grave of a soldier at Arlington National Cemetery last month. It was later alleged that Trump staffers got into an altercation with cemetery personnel. The names of the staffers have now been revealed. </p>

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<p>Harris now has a 3.1-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>

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<p>Anti-abortion rights supporters take part in a "Rally for Life" march and celebration outside the Texas State Capitol on January 27, 2024, in Austin, Texas</p>

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<p>Hadden Clark is the serial killer at the center of the new docuseries “Born Evil” on HBO Max that covers the murders of Michele Dorr and Laura Houghteling</p>

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<p>American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed at the protest on Friday, the US State Department confirmed</p>

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<p>Former vice president Dick Cheney is planning on voting for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in November, despite being a well-known Republican </p>

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<p>A visualisation by the European Space Agency of satellites in Earth’s orbit. Elon Musk’s Starlink network constitutes more than 62 per cent of all active satellites as of 6 September, 2024</p>

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<p>A member of the Harford County Sheriff's department tries to clear the way for an emergency vehicle as it heads toward Joppatowne High School after a shooting at the school, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Joppatowne, Md</p>

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<p>Jack Black in the much-criticised trailer for ‘Minecraft'</p>

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<p>Silver surfers: Daniel Craig and George Clooney premiering their respective movies at this week’s Venice Film Festival</p>

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<p>Stephen Colbert mocked JD Vance mercilessly for a resurfaced clip showing his grabbing a woman’s fist bump </p>

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<p>A White House official condemned Tucker Carlson (right) for holding an interview with Darryl Cooper (left) who claimed Winston Churchill was ‘the chief villain’ of WWII </p>

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<p>Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stops by the Lancaster County democrats headquarters on the second stop of his barnstorming tour, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 Lancaster, Pennsylvania. </p>

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<p>A visitor wipes sweat from their brow at Death Valley National Park’s Badwater Basin last July. The National Park Service said that the park had seen its hottest summer ever, with peak temperatures in July. More extreme heat is forecast to bake much of Southern California, including Los Angeles County</p>

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<p>A North Carolina judge has denied Robert F Kennedy Jr’s legal bid to remove his name from presidential ballots </p>

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<p>First Lady Jill Biden speaks at Fashion For Our Future Rally on the first day of New York Fashion Week </p>

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<p>Maria Georgas: ‘My character, my innocence, my peace is important to me’ </p>

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<p>A California barber is accused of beating Chance Crawford, 6, to death using a piece of lumber while he was babysitting the boy</p>

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<p>Novo Nordisk manufactures two of the three FDA-approved semaglutide weight-loss products: Ozempic and Wegovy. Now the maker is being sued after a woman said she lost her colon because of a weight-loss drug. </p>

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Ozempic maker sued over claims the weight-loss medication led to woman’s colon removal

Illegal taxi driver carrying three terrified passengers leads NYPD on high-speed chase

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<p>A moose wading through a pond in Ontario, Canada. Wyoming officials said Wednesday that a moose had been found dead in the northern U.S. state following an anthrax infection. The last confirmed case of anthrax in Wyoming wildlife was confirmed in 1956</p>

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<p>Fans gush over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s New York City date after Chiefs win</p>

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<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures during a meeting with the Fraternal Order of Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6. Allies worry about the Trump family’s ventures into cryptocurrency </p>

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<p>Hunter Biden is changing his plea in his federal tax case just ahead of jury selection </p>

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<p>Dana Shepherd, 52, was charged with murder and rape in the 1993 fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Carmen Van Huss</p>

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<p>Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former U.S. President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump, daughters of former U.S. President Donald Trump, look on during the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin</p>

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Albanians accuse Jared and Ivanka of ‘taking what is ours’ for billion-dollar resort project

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