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South Dakota governor gives Native American tribes 48 hours to remove checkpoints on highways

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (bottom right) threatened legal action against the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes over checkpoints set up on roads leading to their reservations.




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Ruthie Ann Miles announces that she has given birth to daughter Hope Elizabeth

Broadway star Ruthie Ann Miles, 37, has given birth to a baby girl and announced it on her Instagram. Hope Elizabeth was born last month to her and husband Jonathan Blumenstein.




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Oprah walks 2.26 miles to mark Ahmaud Arbery's 26th birthday who was gunned down while jogging

Oprah Winfrey walked 2.26 miles to mark Ahmaud Arbery's 26th birthday. 'I wonder what was he thinking in those last seconds of his life?,' Oprah wrote in the Instagram post.




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Cardiologist shares photo on board a packed United flight out of NYC

Ethan Weiss took to Twitter to share a selfie from his seat on the crowded 737 jet, which took off from New York on Saturday.




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Bill Maher says Democrats should ignore Biden sexual assault accuser Tara Reade's claims

The comedian and political commentator devoted part of Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher monologue to addressing the potential fallout of Reade's claims against the former Vice President.




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Desperate hunt for two Utah friends, aged 17 and 18, who went missing in a storm three days ago

Priscilla Bienkowski, 18, and Sophia Hernandez, 17, were out on Utah Lake near Salt Lake City when it is believed they were caught in an intense storm. The Utah Sheriff's Office are searching.




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No evidence of Russian interference in Brexit via Facebook, says Clegg

The former deputy prime minister suggested people claiming that Russia had influenced the EU referendum result through Facebook were engaged in perpetuating a 'myth'.




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Boris Johnson speaks LIVE on Facebook in first 'People's PMQs'

The Prime Minister took aim at politicians trying to thwart attempts to leave on October 31 with or without a deal with Brussels as he appeared live from Downing Street.




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Bride asks group to Photoshop her cousin's dress in wedding photos

Shared to Facebook group That's It, I'm Wedding Shaming by a Canadian member, the photograph showed the cousin sporting a curve-hugging frock as she stood with the bride.




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Man guilty of inciting religious hatred after anti-Muslim rant

Louis Duxbury (pictured outside York Crown Court) was found guilty of inciting religious hatred after the Facebook tirade. He claimed he was exercising his right to free speech.




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Labour candidate's old Facebook posts praise Boris Johnson

James Wilder, who is standing in the safe Conservative seat of Newbury, was gushing over the Prime Minister in a series of unearthed Facebook posts.




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Hiker finds wedding ring man dropped on 10-mile mountain trail

Massachusetts man Bill Giguere is relieved after he lost his wedding band on a Mount Hancock in New Hampshire last Thursday but got it back after Tom Gately saw his Facebook plea.




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Facebook extends 'Crisis Response' feature to WhatApp for users with poor connectivity

Facebook has extended its Crisis Response tools to WhatsApp, allowing those with poor connectivity to alert friends and family about what's happening - as it may be their only way to alert others.




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267 million Facebook users IDs exposed in unsecured database 

Sensitive records, including names, phone numbers and IDs belonging to hundreds of millions of Facebook users were discovered in an unsecured database on the dark web last week.




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Celeste Barber's $50m bushfire fund: where should money go?

The comedian's mammoth $51million bushfire fundraiser could be hampered by legal confusion and squabbling now the total is being distributed by PayPal to its intended recipient.




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Facebook influencer threatens business offering free exhaust

Dave Aspden asked Lancashire garage owner Gary Faulkner for a free exhaust to be fitted on his Vauxhall Cavalier. The garage agreed but Mr Aspden never booked and was told he had to wait.




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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg responds to 'control freak' claims

Sheryl Sandberg, who is Facebook's chief operating officer, has defended herself against claims she is a control freak obsessed with her public image.




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Coronavirus: Facebook shuts London HQ as employee infected

The social network confirmed it had told staff to work from home today after the employee tested positive for Covid-19 after visiting its office in Fitzrovia, central London.




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Coronavirus: Facebook information centre aims to foil infodemic

Mark Zuckerberg held a phone press conference from the comfort of his home to announce Facebook's 'Coronavirus Information Center' that will provide authoritative information to users.




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Instagram is removing coronavirus-related content not shared by health organizations

Instagram is now removing coronavirus-related content and accounts from recommendations and 'Explore' option unless it is posted by or belonging to credible health organizations.




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Facebook's 'supreme court' who decide what can be posted

Facebook has been accused of a being a 'Left-wing enclave' after it revealed members of the panel; Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and ex-Danish social democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt.




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U.S. cities best positioned to recover from coronavirus pandemic named

Durham, North Carolina, is one of the U.S. cities best positioned to recover from the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic because of low population density and high educational attainment




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Man, 43, is charged with murdering former neighbor after he allegedly terrorized the father-of-four

Miles Armstead (right), 44, was doing yard work outside of his home in Oakland on May 1, when his former neighbor, Jamal Thomas (left), 43, allegedly shot him in the back of the head.




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Nail salons plan to sue Governor Newsom after he said they were the source of virus in California

Community spread of the coronavirus in California began in a nail salon, Gov Gavin Newsom said at a news conference on Thursday but now a group representing salons plan to sue the Governor.




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Cheat's quinoa tabbouleh with feta 

This quick side dish is healthy, herby and fresh - any leftovers are also perfect for next day's lunch




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Ripe here, right now 

Tomatoes play a starring role in these delicious quick-cook recipes 




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Where were you when...Christine Keeler grabbed the headlines, 22 July 1963

She was a symbol of 60s debauchery, remembers her biographer Douglas Thompson  




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Elizabeth Day: 'I hate background music. Do you hear me?'

While I was undergoing a life MOT, I realised there was one area I had overlooked - my hearing




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Tuscan tomato & bread salad 

Use different-coloured tomatoes for this easy dinner that's perfect for warm summer evenings




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LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I need a plus one

The past week has got me wondering. Do we date men in order to have a plus one?




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BEAUTY THERAPY: These don't just protect you

The new wave of high-spec suncreams are kind to skin - and the ocean




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Mel B tells how, finally, she has found contentment

Melanie Janine Brown is sitting on the doorstep of her farmhouse, one leg aloft as she points out the direction of her hometown, Leeds, with a pink sequined Ugg boot




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Why I'm having my husband's baby... three years after he died

Josie Lloyd-Wilson became a widow just eight weeks into her first pregnancy. So the heart-wrenching decision to have her husband's second child wasn't easy




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Griff Rhys Jones can't help but envy other Cambridge veterans like Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson

Griff Rhys Jones needs to be on stage. 'I love, love, love being funny in front of an audience,' he says. 'I adore it.'




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TELL TRINNY: She's not a friend, she's a vampire! 

Q A close friend is getting very needy. Whenever we meet, I feel as though she's waiting to pour out her latest troubles. Her life is so dramatic




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Fashionable W Residences holiday homes for sale on the Algarve

There may not be a better way to enjoy benefits of hotel living than with a luxury W residency, with the first being built in Portugal, on the Algarve.




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Somerset swingers mansion is for sale for £2,225,000

An adult party business called Exclusively Silks was launched at the property earlier this year, with events such as Naughty Burns Night' and 'Discovering Swinging'.




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Home suite home: How hip hotels are influencing the way we decorate our homes

More and more of us are drawing inspiration from high-end hotels. Even Harry and Meghan seem to be at it, modelling their marital home, according to reports, on Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire.




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The follies that could make your home stand out 

The appeal of follies is nothing new. They were created by British aristocrats who had time and money to splash out on mock castles, towers and monuments.




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From Matthew Bourne's Romeo & Juliet in London to Summer Sessions in Edinburgh, 7 Unmissable Events

The brilliant choreographer's contemporary take on the tragic love story finally arrives in London.




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Helene Schjerfbeck's works offer a salient lesson for our times

In Finland they put her work on postage stamps, but if you haven't heard of Helene Schjerfbeck, don't worry.




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How we became the movie podcast kings

Simon Mayo reveals the secret of his and Mark Kermode's podcast success




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It's not totally clear why The Worst Witch at the Vaudeville Theatre needed to be a musical

Long before Harry Potter there was Mildred Hubble - a luckless pupil at Miss Cackle's Academy For Witches.




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Now's the time to join the podcast revolution.

There are hundreds of thousands of podcasts to choose from. Here, we've curated the best 100 from across a wide range of interests, from gardening to true crime




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Louise Doughty on why we love Apple Tree Yard

Louise Doughty's bestseller Apple Tree Yard is now a synonym for having sex with someone you shouldn't, or doing it somewhere you might be caught




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It's capricious and difficult but there's no denying Pinot Noir is worth celebrating

Happy Pinot Noir Day (yes, it really is a thing). I'm up for a bit of veneration - any excuse to celebrate the good things in life, and Pinot Noir is among the best




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How Songs Of Praise, a national treasure since 1961, got an all-singing 21st century makeover

Traditional Sunday worship might be in decline but the number of people going to church regularly, worshipping where and when they choose, is rising




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Will Young thanks Prince William for his LGBT speech

'I want to let him know what a wonderful thing he did,' Young says. 'Him standing up and saying, "I wouldn't mind if my child was gay" is just incredible,' the 40-year-old singer enthuses.




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Craig Brown on the joys of mudlarking

Towards the end of this slightly jumbled but always engaging book comes a sentence so striking that it should have been placed at the beginning: 'I was ten years old when I found my first human bone.'




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Like eating balls of compressed sawdust

Moncks comes from the folk behind nearby Park Chinois, that rather fabulous folly of Cantonese deluxe. But here the kitchen struggles to match the splendour of the decor