The school had posted a message on Facebook seeking blood donations for two students, including the girl, who was in seventh grade.
World
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Trump alternates between threatening escalation and saying talks are going well.
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The 83-year-old was the oldest man to serve as US president and his age was a source of concern for much of his four years in office.
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The former labour and delivery nurse is on trial for the murder of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy, who ranged from 8 months to 5 years old.
Crime and Justice
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The US president said on social media that the administration will immediately appeal what he called an "unjust decision" to the US Supreme Court.
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The Tates are accused of rape and sex trafficking in the United Kingdom.
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The 15-year-old, whose name has not been released, was charged with first-degree murder.
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Officials said the bodies were being kept in an unrefrigerated area in “deplorable conditions".
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The Australian air crew flew an American from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a rare midwinter rescue.
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Under the agreement, the three countries would treat an attack on one as an attack on all three.
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Authorities said the 14-year-old, who killed five at a high school outside Bangkok, also appeared to have killed his grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning.
Deep divisions are threatening to destabilise the Pacific Islands Forum after foreign ministers walked away unable to come to any agreement on action against China’s ballistic missile test.
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Through this year’s military drills, Taiwan has chosen to emphasise its army's and society’s flexibility and resilience as opposed to primarily putting advanced weapons on display.
Politics
Friday 6:32pm
Local police said three teachers and three students were killed and multiple people were hospitalised, some in critical condition.
Friday 5:46pm
The glasses have in-built cameras that can take pictures and videos, with a Kmart version of the product recently selling out in stores.
Friday 3:58pm
The United States already has tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminium and automobiles. Trump has threatened to impose 50% tariffs on more Canadian goods beginning August 19.
Friday 3:55pm
Knox was a 20-year-old student when her roommate Meredith Kercher was found stabbed to death on Nov 2, 2007, in her bedroom in the apartment they shared with two Italian women.
Friday 3:40pm
Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family.
Health
Friday 2:05pm
Donald McPherson took out a multi-million dollar life insurance policy for Paula Leeson shortly before her death.
Friday 10:56am
An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labelling error.
Friday 10:45am
Hospital emergency room diagnoses of the condition, cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, rose 16% from last October to May of this year, federal researchers found.
Friday 10:34am
A South Korean spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the SpaceX rocket's upper stage inadvertently plowed into the lunar surface.
Friday 9:06am
"We can't just roll over and have our tummies tickled," said Stormers coach John Dobson.
Friday 8:10am
Ukraine says it struck oil facilities deep inside Russia as Kyiv pushes to weaken Moscow's war machine while seeking more air defences.
Friday 7:43am
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Three Hawke's Bay brothers swapped music for ice cream and built a Hollywood hit, serving the uniquely Kiwi flavour to tourists and stars.
Business
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