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Tuesday
4 January 2022
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The jury delivered the verdict after announcing they were deadlocked on three of the 11 charges Holmes faced -
Unsealing stems from Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against duke, filed in Manhattan federal court in August
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Voting rights reforms have repeatedly stalled in 50-50 Senate, as Schumer says: ‘We hope they change course and work with us’ -
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Seven-day average for hospitalizations increased by more than 40% during week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
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‘I’ll never leave your side’ How his father’s letters helped Shaka Senghor endure 19 years in prison
In his second book, Shaka Senghor wants his collection of letters to ‘empower my sons with my truth’ -
Schneider becomes show’s top-winning woman and first trans person to qualify for Tournament of Champions -
Just months after the town was plagued by noxious odors from a chemical spill, residents are inundated again
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Learn how to make food with care and attention, says Tim Adams, and the daily ritual of family cooking becomes a rewarding and meditative experience -
Artists Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston have tried to make sense of a tumultuous time, highlighting everything from the pandemic to the Capitol insurrection -
Environmental organizations and tribes have been coming together to protect the natural world, and a key part of this teamwork has been land transfers
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Central city of Yuzhou orders all citizens to stay at home, suspends public transport and closes schools on Monday night as Xi’an approaches two weeks in lockdown; Israel to open border to travellers with Covid-19 immunity -
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Activists say crackdown is driven by Xi Jinping, who has ‘declared a war on independent journalism’ -
FDA authorizes boosters as US confronts Omicron spike, with Pfizer the only vaccine option for US children of any age
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So far, increasingly militant workers are lacking something vital: a leader who can unite them all. Will that change? -
Republicans are busy undermining the next election. But giving up on democracy isn’t an option. We must fight back, and here’s how
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Wall Street and Peter Thiel are all investing in psychedelics. But Oxycotin showed the harm profit-hungry corporations can cause with ‘wonder drugs’ -
Spacefaring adventurers, living and experimenting with new technology, could potentially spawn a post-human era
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Ben Roethlisberger passed for 123 yards with a touchdown in likely his last start at Heinz Field as the Steelers kept their postseason hopes alive -
Tampa Bay’s gifted star finally found a rule to break that will be judged more seriously than his off-field sins: He quit on his team on live television
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Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return to the women’s World Cup at a slalom on Tuesday, eight days after a positive Covid-19 test -
Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge shortly after the team returned from a road game in Indianapolis
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The US president has made at least five disaster tours in the past year as his administration has tried to pass sweeping climate policies, with mixed success -
Beyond the 'blah blah blah' – a look back at the past 12 months -
New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel
We only have about 4,000 weeks of life on average, says the writer Oliver Burkeman, so make sure you are prioritising what really matters
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‘Forest Whitaker macheted his thumb, Tom Berenger knifed his foot, Willem Dafoe got medivacked – and Oliver Stone jumped up and down with joy’ -
From murderous mayhem in The Purge to the grim dystopia of Soylent Green, writers have predicted very bad things for the next 12 months
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From Stuart Little and Pet Sematary to new movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, cats can be scene-stealers. But how do you get such fickle and independent creatures to behave on camera? -
Warner Music Group deal for songwriting adds to company’s recent acquisition of Bowie’s recorded music -
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From building up a nest egg by earning interest on small change, to using an app for budgeting -
Inspired by Kourtney Kardashian and Megan Fox, searches for ‘gothcore’ grow as people look to express darker emotions
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Are eating plans like the paleo diet really healthier - or more ethical - than the way we eat now? -
Mary, 62, and Roy, 70, met in Michigan after she accidentally crashed her bike into his – and broke her jaw. They’re now married and live in St Louis -
Sweet and smoky chargrilled hispi cabbage in a classic dressing and served on garlic-rubbed toasts – supper’s looking up -
They say laughter is the best medicine – and trauma patients in Bristol are about to put the theory to the test
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National Weather Service predicts wind gusts of up to 35mph, as many flights cancelled and businesses and schools closed -
Growing drive by hardcore Trumpists spurs election watchdogs to voice alarm about threat to American democracy
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The company will discontinue service on all devices not running on Android software -
Baby Alfredo entered the world a few minutes before midnight in 2021; his sister Aylin was the hospital’s first baby of 2022 -
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Ariel Henry’s office says ‘bandits and terrorists’ made attempt on his life, prompting shootout in which one person died -
Statue of Elena Cornaro Piscopia could go up in square in Padua that contains 78 statues all dedicated to men
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Flames break out as man charged with arson day after fire extensively damages national assembly building -
Attacks such as the one in which two Save the Children staff died are a harsh fact of life under the junta, say humanitarian workers -
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Until 1984, the prison on the island of Gorgona off Colombia’s Pacific coast was a place where political prisoners and dangerous criminals served their sentences. Now it is a national natural park of coral reefs, dense jungle and exuberant fauna -
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world -
Striding hopefully towards a new future, a couple from the Caribbean arrive in Britain, the day before a crackdown on immigration begins
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