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Auckland, New Zealand CNN —A shooting that erupted inside a building in central Auckland killed at least two people and injured six others, say New Zealand officials, casting a cloud over the Women’s World Cup that was set to start later in the day. The shooting is “an isolated incident,” and “not a national security risk,” New Zealand police said on Twitter, adding that the male shooter was also dead. During a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the Women’s World Cup, which is due to kick off later in the city on Thursday, will “proceed as planned.”“Clearly, with the FIFA World Cup kicking off this evening, there are a lot of eyes on Auckland. “Auckland Transport says passengers coming in to the city should delay travel. New Zealand’s parliament voted to ban military-style semi-automatic weapons in 2019, weeks after the Christchurch massacre left 50 people dead.

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☆ I've lived in a van full-time for 3 years. Here are the 5 biggest downsides no one talks about.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Alyshia Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raychel Reimer, a van life content creator from Vancouver, Canada. At the time we were living out of our backpacks when I found van life videos on YouTube. Although we wouldn't trade van life for anything, here are five things you should know before trying it for yourself. Many think, people who participate in van life don't work, or we don't have real jobs. We love being a part of the van life community and we would not trade van life for the high cost of living in Vancouver.

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"The missile was equipped with prohibited cluster munitions. Reports from outside organizations: Cluster munitions have been used on civilian targets in the northeastern Kharkiv region as well, a CNN investigation from last year found. In a report published on August 25, 2022, the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Monitor civil society group said Russian forces had “repeatedly” used cluster munitions since the start of the war. Ukraine's own use of the weapons: The same report by the Cluster Munition Monitor group found that Ukrainian forces had also used cluster munitions "several times" and "mostly" in populated areas. Cluster munitions have killed at least 215 civilians and injured 474 people overall since the start of the war, according to the monitoring group's report.

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☆ Israel's Netanyahu in hospital with probable dehydration
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Rami AmichaySummary 73-year-old PM suffered dizziness during breakIsraeli media say no indications he may be incapacitatedBenjamin Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving leaderJERUSALEM, July 15 (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to hospital on Saturday with dizziness from apparent dehydration but was in good condition, his office said, and there were no indications of a potential handover of power. On Saturday, he was taken to Sheba Hospital in the town of Tel Hashomer, close to his private residence in coastal Caesarea. When then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was felled by a stroke in 2006, he was succeeded by his deputy, Ehud Olmert. "I wish the prime minister a full recovery and good health," tweeted Yair Lapid, the centrist leader of the opposition. In early October, Netanyahu took ill during the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur and was also briefly hospitalised.

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☆ Israel's Netanyahu suffers dehydration after holiday in heatwave
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Rami AmichaySummary 73-year-old PM felt dizziness after holiday at seaBenjamin Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving leaderSunday's cabinet meeting postponed'I feel really well,' he says from hospitalJERUSALEM, July 15 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered hospital on Saturday with apparent dehydration after a coastal break during a heatwave, delaying the weekly cabinet meeting even though he declared himself well. Netanyahu's office said the 73-year-old was admitted to Sheba Hospital, close to his private residence, after experiencing dizziness, and would stay there overnight. In a video from hospital, a smiling Netanyahu said he had taken holiday on Friday at the Sea of Galilee in temperatures hitting 38 Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit). "I wish the prime minister a full recovery and good health," tweeted Yair Lapid, the centrist leader of the opposition. In early October, Netanyahu was taken ill during the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur and was also briefly hospitalised.

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ATHENS/ROME, July 13 (Reuters) - Southern Europe sweltered under a fierce heatwave on Thursday, with a warning that temperatures could hit record highs for the continent next week. Health authorities issued a top, red alert warning for 10 Italian cities for the next two days, including Rome, Florence, Bologna and Perugia. Weather forecasts and official records are based on the air temperature which is significantly lower than the land surface reading. The record European temperature of 48.8C was registered in Sicily in August 2021 and could be exceeded next week, according to the European Space Agency. "With this solitude and this heat emergency, we see an explosive mix," he told a press conference.

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A concrete patio was washed into a brook behind a home after flash flooding left widespread damage to the downtown in Highland Falls, N.Y., on Monday, July 10, 2023. Ms. Dagaev looked outside. Ms. Dagaev was unsteady on her feet on dry land. She called her friend, Laurie Tautel, the county legislator, who was just minutes away on Main Street in Highland Falls. “You’ve got to get me out of here!” Ms. Dagaev shouted.

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Video The mayor of Lviv called this the worst attack on the city since the war started. Still, Russia has shifted its strategy with missile and drone attacks throughout the war, hitting one city one night and then targeting several on another. In the early days of the war, the 700,000 residents of Lviv prepared themselves for a full-scale onslaught that never materialized. A day before the attack on Lviv, Ukraine destroyed a military base in the Russian-occupied city of Makiivka. Consequences of the night attack by Russian terrorists.

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☆ Seven children injured as car crashes into elementary school in Wimbledon, London
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alex Hardie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A car has crashed into an elementary school in southwest London, leaving nine people injured, according to the city’s Metropolitan Police force, who described it as a “serious collision.”Seven children and two adults were hurt in the incident in Wimbledon, officers said, adding that they are awaiting further updates on their conditions. The driver stopped at the scene and there have been no arrests as of yet, the Met added. Police were called at 09:54 a.m. to reports that a car collided with a building at the primary school in Camp Road, the force said in a statement. The institution is a fee-paying girls’ school for pupils aged 4-11. “Officers remain at the scene along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance,” the Met said.

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☆ Suspected Palestinian shooter kills Israeli in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEAR KDUMIM SETTLEMENT, West Bank, July 6 (Reuters) - A suspected Palestinian assailant shot and killed an Israeli near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israel's ambulance service said. Israel's Army Radio said the assailant had driven to the settlement from the direction of the nearby Palestinian city Nablus. The attack followed Israel's two-day operation earlier in the week in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, about 10 kilometres away, its biggest in years. Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip but also has a presence in the West Bank, praised Thursday's shooting which it said was a response to Israel's Jenin operation. Violence in the West Bank has escalated over the past 15 months, with increased Israeli raids, Palestinian street attacks and settler rampages in Palestinian villages.

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☆ Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

But it remained unclear whether there would be any long-lasting effect after nearly a year and a half of heavy fighting in the West Bank. Since early 2022, Israel has been carrying out near daily raids in the West Bank in response to a series of deadly Palestinian attacks. They also point to increased West Bank settlement construction and violence by extremist settlers . Across the West Bank, Palestinians observed a general strike to protest the Israeli raid. Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war.

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Armed men attended the funeral on Wednesday of the Palestinians killed during the Israeli military operation. People stand by rubble and the remains of a destroyed vehicle outside a mosque in Jenin, West Bank, on Wednesday, July 5. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images People attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed during the Israeli military operation. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Aerial vehicles fly during the Israeli military operation in Jenin on Monday. “Military bulldozers destroyed multiple roads leading to the Jenin refugee camp, making it nearly impossible for ambulances to reach patients,” the group said.

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CNN —Gunfire erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, leaving at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release from the Fort Worth Police Department’s homicide unit. A shooting that erupted just before midnight in Fort Worth, Texas, left at least three dead. The deadly gunfire in Fort Worth is one of at least 345 mass shootings in the nation this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Police are also investigating a mass shooting in Philadelphia they believe left five people dead and two children injured Monday evening.

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☆ Roller coaster riders stuck upside down for hours at Wisconsin festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Christina Zdanowicz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Festivalgoers got more of an adventure than they bargained for Sunday when a roller coaster ride got stuck at a fair in Wisconsin, leaving them hanging upside down for hours. Eight passengers were left suspended when a mechanical failure stalled the ride at the Forest County Festival in Crandon, Wisconsin, the Crandon Fire Department said. Emergency personnel work to remove people from a stuck roller coaster in Crandon, Wisconsin, on July 2. Emergency personnel stand by as eight people are removed from a stuck roller coaster in Crandon, Wisconsin. The ordeal came two days after a father spotted a crack in a steel support pillar at the top of a roller coaster at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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☆ Six hurt in suspected Palestinian car-ramming, stabbing in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TEL AVIV, July 4 (Reuters) - Six people were injured in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday by an assailant believed to be a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank, Israeli police said, calling the incident terrorism. A medic who examined him at the scene told Israel's Kan radio that he had been shot dead. Israel has been on alert for Palestinian attacks a day after launching a major military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Video circulated online showed a pick-up truck that had mounted a pavement near a mall and jutted into a bicycle path. A spokesperson for the Magen David Adom ambulance service said some of those injured had knife wounds.

Persons: Israel's Kan, Khaled Al, David, Dan Williams, James Mackenzie Organizations: West Bank, West, Thomson Locations: TEL AVIV, Tel Aviv, Israel, West Bank, Jenin

CNN —Israeli forces launched a large military operation in Jenin in the northern West Bank overnight Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 13 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Footage shared with journalists appeared to show operations ongoing in parts of the Jenin refugee camp and Israeli military vehicles on the streets of Jenin on Monday morning. The IDF said it struck a joint operational command center for the Jenin Camp and operatives of the Jenin Brigade, a Palestinian militant group associated with Islamic Jihad. “The aggression on Jenin will not achieve its targets, Jenin will not surrender. The raid comes less than two weeks after an Israeli military raid on Jenin erupted into a massive firefight, leaving at least five Palestinians dead and dozens wounded.

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☆ Tour de France 2023: Rider safety in the spotlight after death of Gino Mäder
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In June, Swiss rider Gino Mäder died aged 26 following a crash on the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse. Gino Mäder competes in the fourth stage of the 2023 Tour de Suisse. “I think especially for everyone who was at the race [Tour de Suisse], that was pretty hard hitting,” the British rider told reporters on Wednesday. A pedestrian walks past a giant yellow jersey ahead of the 110th edition of the Tour de France in Bilbao. Goyvaerts/AFP/BELGA/Getty ImagesElsewhere, 2019 Tour de France champion Egan Bernal is competing in his first Grand Tour event since suffering serious injuries in a crash last year.

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☆ Donetsk region school suffers direct hit, two dead, say Ukraine police
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 30 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on Friday on a village school near the frontline in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region killed two women, including a teacher, and injured six, Ukrainian police said. The 56-year-old primary school teacher and a chief accountant, 44, died in the strike on the village of Serhiivka, Ukrainian police said. "Russian troops, in a direct hit, destroyed a school where civilians were located," Ukraine's national police said in a statement. The Donetsk region prosecutor's office said four men aged 54 to 69 and two women aged 24 and 34 were injured and taken to hospital, and that it had launched an investigation into the attack. Groups of men, some in civilian clothing, others emergency workers in helmets, and uniformed police, walked atop the ruins, searching for survivors.

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CNN —Madonna has been discharged from the hospital and transported to her New York City home via a private ambulance, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN Thursday. “She’s in the clear,” the individual told CNN. He added Madonna would be postponing the launch of her upcoming tour while recovers. “At this time we need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour,” Oseary wrote. Madonna also added supplemental dates in the US in December and January, followed by four show dates in Mexico City.

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☆ Twin sisters among 11 killed in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kramatorsk
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sisters Anna and Yulia Aksenchenko would have turned 15 in September, Kramatorsk city council's education department said in a Facebook post under a picture of the two girls smiling for the camera. Asked about the attack on Kramatorsk, the Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia attacked only military targets, not civilian ones. A second missile hit a village on the fringes of Kramatorsk, wounding four people. Russia has frequently hit Ukrainian cities since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. A missile strike killed 63 people at a railway station there in April 2022, one of the worst single air strikes of the war.

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☆ Brutal Heat Wave Is Expected to Spread Across the South
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The heat index is a measure of how hot it really feels, when humidity and other factors are considered along with the temperature. Already, the excessive heat has killed three hikers, brutalized workers and caused spikes in ambulance calls and emergency-room visits, as cities caution residents to stay indoors and drink water. As of Tuesday evening, more than 61 million people were under excessive heat warnings or advisories, according to data from the National Weather Service. Forecasters have warned that the relentless heat could continue across much of the South through the weekend. The heat will persist next week, with parts of the Great Lakes, Midwest, Idaho and eastern Washington State expected to be up to 10 degrees above normal, said David Roth, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service.

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☆ Jeffrey Epstein's brother remains convinced the financier was murdered, calling new DOJ report 'blatant bullshit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The DOJ inspector general released a long-awaited report concluding Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. Mark Epstein, his brother, isn't convinced. On Tuesday morning, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General published its long-awaiting report into Jeffrey Epstein's death. Epstein's body was examined by Kristen Roman, a medical examiner for the city of New York. Investigators also spoke to three other inmates in the cell block who could see directly into Epstein's cell from their own cells.

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☆ Russian missile hits restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk killing at least eight
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, June 27 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 56, emergency services said, as rescue crews combed the rubble in search of casualties. A second missile hit a village on the fringes of Kramatorsk, injuring five, but the main casualties were at the restaurant, where at least three children were among the dead. A Russian missile also hit a cluster of buildings in Kremenchuk, about 375 km (230 miles) west in central Ukraine, exactly a year after an attack on a shopping mall there that killed at least 20. In Kramatorsk, a city frequently targeted by Russian attacks, emergency workers scurried in and out of the shattered restaurant as residents stood outside embracing and surveying the damage. [1/9]A view shows a building of a restaurant heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 27, 2023.

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☆ Heat Wave Baking Texas Extends to the Southeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( David Montgomery | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A scorching early-summer heat wave that has baked much of Texas and Oklahoma for the past week was spreading across the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, with dangerous heat forecasts reaching all the way to the Florida Keys. In Austin, Texas, where the heat index climbed to 118 degrees Fahrenheit last week — the highest on record in the city — officials were preparing for daily high temperatures to remain above 100 “for the foreseeable future,” said Kevin Snipes, the city’s emergency management director. Ambulance calls and emergency-room visits for heat exhaustion have risen in Austin and other cities, including Tulsa, Okla., where electricity was out for tens of thousands of people for several days last week after heavy storms that were followed by triple-digit heat. The high temperatures have already proven fatal for some. A teenage boy from Florida and his stepfather, who were hiking in Big Bend National Park in southern Texas on Friday, died as temperatures there rose to 119 degrees Fahrenheit — the second-highest mark ever recorded in the state.

Persons: ”, Kevin Snipes Locations: Texas, Oklahoma, Gulf, Florida, Austin , Texas, Austin, Tulsa, Okla, Big Bend

☆ He Was Handcuffed and Hospitalized. Now He’s on Track for Housing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Andy Newman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If the hospital would not help the patient, damaging that trust did not seem worth it. “If you’re going to forcibly take away somebody’s rights and take them to the hospital against their will, you want to make sure you’re not making the situation worse,” Mr. Auwarter said. BronxWorks sent its first person to the hospital under the mayor’s directive on Christmas night, when the wind chill was 12 degrees. Outreach workers at an elevated subway station approached a woman in her 60s who had refused to talk to them for five years. Her legs were covered with ulcers and so swollen she could not get socks on, and one foot was bare.

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