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An hours-long standoff in North Carolina leaves five dead, including 2 sheriff’s deputies

[Breaking news update, published at 10:39 a.m. ET] Five people, including two sheriff’s deputies, are dead after a 13-hour standoff Wednesday in Boone, North Carolina, authorities said. [Original story, published at 4:02 a.m. ET] One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an armed standoff near Boone, North Carolina, officials said

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Germany puts anti-lockdown group under surveillance for possible extremist ties

Germany’s intelligence service is putting some anti-lockdown activists under surveillance because of concerns they are attempting to undermine the legitimacy of the federal state. The country’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) announced on Wednesday that the new surveillance would focus on some members of the ‘Querdenker’ group. The movement has been

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Summer camps across Canada prepare to reopen with COVID-19 modifications

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Summer camps across Canada are gearing up to welcome back campers this summer with modifications to prevent COVID-19 transmission, while preparing contingency measures in case provinces once again impose restrictions on camps. New Brunswick-based camp consultant Stéphane Richard, who serves as the president

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Navalny appears in court for first time since ending hunger strike, saying ‘I’m just an awful skeleton’

A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via videolink, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike. The visibly gaunt Navalny used the platform to launch a broadside against President Vladimir Putin and his government, likening him to the

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