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Bill & Melinda Gates divorce after 27 years of marriage
BBC NEWS
Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple".
North Carolina Senate approves bill limiting governor's emergency response power
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
NORTH CAROLINA, USA - The Senate voted 28-21 on Tuesday to approve Senate Bill 346, which would require the Council of State to approve a governor's emergency declaration within 10 days.
Private autopsy shows deputies shot Andrew Brown Jr. 5 times
THE NEW YORK TIMES
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Lawyers for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies in coastal North Carolina last week, said on Tuesday that a private autopsy paid for by Mr. Brown’s family showed that he was hit by five bullets and killed by a shot to the back of the head.
India's COVID deaths top 200,000 after record surge in cases
REUTERS
NEW DELHI, India- India's toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country's deadliest day, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new infections.
Killer makes rare request for death by firing squad
METRO
A convicted killer who is fighting his possible execution has requested death by firing squad rather than a lethal injection.
India's COVID second wave hits new records
ALJAZEERA
NEW DELHI, India - India’s COVID-19 outbreak has set new records with 2,023 deaths in 24 hours – the highest single-day tally for the country so far – as hospitals run perilously low on oxygen amid rising demand for beds.
TikTok sued for billions over use of children's data
BBC
LONDON UK - TikTok is facing a legal challenge from former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield over how it collects and uses children's data.
8 dead in Indianapolis mass shooting
BBC NEWS
Eight people have been killed and many injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say.
UK expands trial to gauge effect of mixing COVID-19 vaccines
ALJAZEERA
LONDON, UK - A study in the United Kingdom into using different COVID-19 vaccines in two-dose inoculations is being expanded to include shots made by Moderna and Novavax, researchers say.
Bernard L. Madoff, Ponzie scheme mastermind, dies at 82
ALJAZEERA
NEW YORK, USA - Bernard L. Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than $19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died. He was 82.
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