US blocks seafood from Fiji 'slave' boat
Migrant workers being "lured into forced labour to recover seafood below market value".
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Covid: Is the Delta variant making younger adults 'sicker, quicker'?
New York Times: 'This to us feels like an entirely different disease.'
Andrew Cuomo defiant after probe says he sexually harassed 11 women
US president Joe Biden has called for the New York Govenor to resign.
Warden at NYC federal jail charged with killing husband
Prosecutors allege Antonia Ashford shot her husband in the face.
Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon
A Pentagon officer died after being stabbed at a transit station outside the building.
Opinion: Yes, Trump is ridiculous. He's also dangerous
New York Times: That Trump is an absurd figure doesn't mean we should dismiss him.
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Two years ago Elija Godwin was undergoing emergency surgery, today he's a medal winner.
Man, 24, needed double lung transplant after Covid infection
Blake thought, like most young people, that Covid wouldn't do him much harm. He was wrong.
Children stopped at US-Mexico border likely hit record high in July
U.S. authorities picked up more than 19,000 children alone at the US border in July.
Sharks swarm Florida canals as they try to escape toxic red tide
Fins are popping up in waterways near people's homes.
Lindsey Graham first senator to test positive for Covid-19
US Senator Lindsey Graham was fully vaccinated from the virus.
Covid-19 coronavirus: US employers pile pressure on unvaccinated
New measures unlikely to affect many American workers who haven't had a jab.
Obama under fire for 500-guest party as cases spike
All guests will be asked to present proof of vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test.
A millionaire hired two men to kidnap his wife. They ended up drowning
New York Times: 'I knew he was coming to get me,' businessman's estranged wife says.
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New York Times: They'd thought the worst of the pandemic was behind them.
Tragedy as 4yo boy found dead in toy box hours after vanishing
His grandmother tucked him in for bed. The next morning he was missing.
Mum charged after throwing baby shower for 12yo daughter, 24yo 'boyfriend'
He showed up to hospital proudly admitting he's the father. Cops arrested him on the spot.
'Stupid': Tourist charged over bear video
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Nasa photos show decline of snow cover in California
Images taken over 15-year period show a "drying" of Sierra Nevada mountains.
Distorting events of January 6, Republicans concoct entire counternarrative
New York Times: Adherence to facts cannot overcome adherence to the party line.
TikTok star shot in California movie theatre dies
TikTok Star dies after being shot at movie theatre.
Ammunition shelves bare as gun sales continue to soar in America
Manufacturers are producing as much ammunition as they can, but many shelves are empty.
Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new Covid cases
Florida reports the highest cases in one-day since the start of the pandemic.
US places more sanctions on Cuba following protests
'We hear the cries of freedom coming from the island:' President Joe Biden.
Disney to require employees to get Covid jab
It is the latest US corporation to mandate Covid vaccines for its employees.
Troy Skinner case: How an online infatuation with a US teen led to prison
Troy Skinner faces decades in jail after trying to get to the teenage girl he met online.
Covid warning: Fears Delta strain 'more contagious than the common cold'
New CDC study finds vaccinated people carry same level of virus as unvaccinated.
Man accused of beheading girlfriend in car in suburban Minneapolis
Police arrived to find woman's headless body on the ground, next to her bloodied car.
They refused the vaccine - now they want you to know they regret it
New York Times: Amid a resurgence of infections and deaths in the US, views are changing.
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The Kiwis attend different universities and met at an Airbnb in Arizona.
'The war has changed': Delta variant as contagious as chickenpox - US report
New York Times: An internal US report lays out a broader and grimmer view of the variant.
Russia's new module docked, then sent the Space Station spinning
New York Times: It took 45 minutes to get the situation under control.