📃 Democratic lawmakers have introduced a separate bill which provides $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome defence system. The funding was earlier removed from the government bill.

House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, who introduced the new bill, says the legislation is aimed “to demonstrate Congress' bipartisan commitment to Israel's security as part of a Middle East with lasting peace”.

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Former Nazi death-squad member, Helmut Oberlander, has died in Canada in the middle of his deportation hearing, the Canadian Press has reported.

The 97-year old who was on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals died peacefully at home, his family said.

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⚡️ The House, Senate, and White House have agreed to a framework for revenue for Biden’s social programme investments, US Senate Majority Leader Schumer says

⚽️ US-based investment firm, 777 Partners, has said it has bought Genoa Cricket and Football Club, Italy's oldest football club.

Genoa was established in 1893 and won the Italian championship nine times in the early stages of its history. Now it plays in the domestic top-flight Serie A, one of Europe's Big Five leagues.

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❗️ The Democrats are still working for an agreement on the overall cost of social programme investments and addressing climate change, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says

🤔 Britney Spears’ fiancé, Sam Asghari, has accused the makers of the documentary ‘Britney vs Spears’ of earning a profit from her story.

The documentary premieres on 28 September on Netflix.

"I hope the profit from these docs goes towards fighting against injustice", Asghari says.

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📹: Nevada lieutenant-governor candidate, Mack Miller, was forcibly removed from a meeting at the Clark County Commission Office

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😡 Parents and officials at a Missouri school have been angered by a "racist" petition calling for slavery to be brought back to the US.

The petition was launched by some pupils at Park Hill South High School in Riverside last week, but didn’t attract much attention as many initially considered it a joke.

Later, media reported leaked screenshots of comments on the petition which read “I hate blacks” and “I love slavery”.

Officials from Park Hill School District have reportedly only said that there was a so-called "discipline incident", whereas other officials hinted at racism possibly being a motivating factor.

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⚡️US House passes legislation funding Israeli Iron Dome defense system

⚡️ Powerful 5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Mexican coast

The US House of Representatives passed legislation that appropriates around $1 billion in funding for the replenishment of Israel's Iron Dome air defense system.

The legislation surpassed the 260 minimum easily. The tally was 290 to 8 with votes still being counted.

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😳 A daycare worker in Florida has been charged with child abuse for attacking a 4-month-old baby.

Thalia Camarillo, 42, was caught on camera twisting a baby’s leg so hard that it broke, according to media.

The incident reportedly happened at the Laugh N Learn Academy in Bradenton on 16 September. The baby was transferred to the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.

An investigation is underway.

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⚡️ Active shooter situation at Tennessee supermarket leaves at least 9 people shot

❗️Tennesse Kroger shooting leaves 1 dead, 13 injured

UPDATE |The shooter is also reportedly dead, and police believe it was a self-inflicted gunshot.

⚡️ CDC panel endorses Pfizer booster shots for older, at-risk Americans

⚡️ FBI issues arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie in connection to Gabby Petito's death

NY Governor Kathy Hochul threatened to replace unvaccinated hospital workers with foreign nationals.

On Thursday Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she was looking to award temporary visas for foreign nationals as a means of replacing those healthcare workers who, by September 27, remain unvaccinated, when the mandate takes effect.

🗣 “This is a conversation we have already been having – to talk about the opportunities we might have in freeing up the visa system to have some temporary workers come from places like the Philippines, where many nurses go elsewhere. […] It is going to be a Dept. of State process. This will not help in the next couple of days.”

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⚡️ US House committee chairman issues subpoenas to Meadows and Bannon over Jan 6 riot