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American attitudes toward China have soured significantly in the past three years, with 70% of those surveyed for a report published on Thursday saying Washington should stand up to Beijing over its human rights record even if it damages economic ties. Nearly 9 in 10 respondents to a Pew Research Center survey of more than 2,500 Americans conducted in February said they saw China, the world's second largest economy, as a competitor or enemy rather than a partner, the U.S.-based center said. "Americans want more focus on human rights – even at the expense of economic ties – in bilateral relations with China," the report said.
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QAnon predicted Trump’s re-inauguration on 4 March. Congress braced for an assault. Neither happened
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‘I collided with the establishment’: Inside the Wallis and Edward TV interview that rocked the monarchy five decades before Meghan and Harry
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Biden news: Senate at stimulus standstill as CDC ends Covid safeguard for shelters in migrant ‘tsunami’
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Dutch inventor trials scream test for COVID
Can COVID-19 be detected via screaming?Location: Amsterdam, NetherlandsIt involves people walking into an airlocked cabinto scream or sing(SOUNDBITE) (English) INVENTOR OF BREATH ANALYZER 'QUBA', PETER VAN WEES, SAYING:"If you are spreading and yelling and screaming, you are spreading tens of thousands of particles which contain coronavirus and if I take out the moisture from the coronavirus, I will have the basic coronavirus by itself and therefore it can be recognized as such."Van Wees aims for an accuracy of over 80%He sees the device as a potentially useful screening tooloutside concerts, airports, schools and offices(SOUNDBITE) (English) 25-YEAR-OLD DISK JOCKEY, SORAYA ASSOUD, SAYING:"It's always very nice to scream, when nobody can hear you though. And I think it's a good way of meditation as well, so it's fun!"
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Biden secretly limits drone strikes, amid congressional scrutiny over war powers
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Reddit chief: I was late to spot GameStop stock mania
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Disney World guests with COVID rage spit and yell at resort staff trying to enforce safety guidelines, report says
Employees of Orlando's Walt Disney World Resort told the Orlando Sentinel about the harassment workers face when trying to enforce mask-wearing.
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Rudy Giuliani's legal woes mount as a federal criminal investigation into his Ukraine dealings resumes, report says
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Cuomo skipped sexual harassment training - that he himself mandated - by having a staffer complete it for him, accuser says
When asked by a reporter Wednesday if he had taken the sexual harassment training, Cuomo said, "Short answer is yes."
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The Wall Street Journal ridicules Trump in public feud after the paper questioned his usefulness to the Republican Party
Wall Street Journal's editorial board suggests Trump needs therapy to get over his election failure, following a broadside from the former president.
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A handful of QAnon followers flew all the way from California to DC in hopes of watching Trump's March 4 'inauguration'
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A teenage girl wearing 'Everything will be OK' T-shirt was shot in the head on Myanmar's bloodiest day of protests yet
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Miley Cyrus said playing her alter ego Hannah Montana on her hit Disney show led to an 'identity crisis'
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A day after forcing marathon bill reading, Johnson says 'preference' to leave Senate
The day after he single-handedly delayed the U.S. Senate's debate on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill for 11 hours, Republican Senator Ron Johnson said on Friday that he could retire from office when his term expires. The 65-year-old Republican, who was first elected to the Senate during the Tea Party surge in 2010, had pledged to spend only two terms in the Senate.
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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman said a security guard followed her and told her she 'looked suspicious' when entering her own building
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Cellphone records tie Proud Boys member to someone in Trump White House, NYT reports
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Lake of the Ozarks Realtor Offered $1.5K to Have Her Former Mother-in-Law Killed: Prosecutors
Camden County JailA prominent Lake of the Ozarks real estate agent and self-described “cheer mom” has been arrested for allegedly trying to put a hit out on her former mother-in-law. Prosecutors in Camden County say Leigh Ann Bauman, 43, offered to pay $1,500 to people in St. Louis to make her former mother-in-law’s death “look like an accident.” She was reportedly concerned about the woman causing problems with her relationship with her kids.Bauman was recorded discussing the scheme, according to a press release from the Camden County prosecutor’s office. She was given multiple opportunities to change her mind when asked by a witness-turned-informant if she was sure she wanted to carry out the killing, prosecutors said, but she moved ahead with it, at one point acknowledging that she was a Christian but noting she could always ask for forgiveness later.The realtor also is said to have made no secret about her alleged plans. After sending a text message to her daughter that said, “Your grandmother will die,” Bauman allegedly plowed ahead with the plan and pushed for her former mother-in-law to be killed in the small town of Hermann.Her alleged murder-for-hire plot fell apart when an attorney for a person who was solicited to hire people to carry out the killing contacted the Missouri Highway Patrol. She was arrested on Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is currently being held without bond in the Camden County Jail.“We’re very appreciative of what the witness did in this case,” Camden County Prosecutor Caleb Cunningham said Friday. “We encourage anyone to contact law enforcement if there’s a crime or suspected crime.” “A local realtor had several political connections and the witness was aware of these political connections,” Cunningham said. “Out of an abundance of caution, DDCC was used to avoid any hint of impropriety,” he said, referring to the Missouri Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control.Bauman, who describes herself as a realtor, an artist, an entrepreneur, and a “cheer mom” on her Facebook page, frequently posted online about her “track record of success.” While she was most well-known as a realtor, with nearly 20 years in the industry, she also apparently set a world record in a boating race last year. Her LinkedIn account also mentions work in pharmaceutical sales and an acting and modeling career, with appearances on Days of Our Lives and in Nike commercials.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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Charles Barkley lost weight because he was worried about being lifted in a chair for the traditional Jewish hora at his daughter's wedding
"Listen, I need all Jewish people on deck, brother," Chuck told Jimmy Kimmel about the chair lift. "Cause I can only get so skinny by Saturday, man."
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Kim Kardashian calls out tabloids for comparing her to a whale and shaming her on a 'weekly basis' during her 1st pregnancy
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