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Assange Extradition

The British government approved an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US, where he will face espionage charges related to publishing classified US intelligence documents. The Friday decision comes two months after a UK court granted Assange's extradition and brings the Australian national's decadelong battle with the US closer to an end. WikiLeaks intends to file an appeal with Britain's high court.

Assange faces 17 counts brought under the Espionage Act and one charge of computer misuse. The allegations relate specifically to a 2010 document dump of classified intelligence shedding light on abuse, torture, and civilian deaths during the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A majority of the documents were provided by former intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who was allegedly assisted by Assange in hacking a military computer.

Assange, 50, has been held in a London prison since his arrest in 2019. The leak is considered one of the largest of US classified information in history.

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Today, we're sharing a story from reader Vickie S. in Norman, Oklahoma.

"I got home one evening and could not find my phone. I kept calling it with my husband's phone ... As I sat trying to think where it could be, my husband's phone rang. It was my phone calling! I answered and a young voice said, 'I was riding my scooter around, and I kept hearing this phone ring. It was out in the middle of the road.' ... After telling him I would be right there, he said, 'I'll just ride it over to you on my scooter!' I was so amazed at his kindness."

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Historybook: Napoleon Bonaparte defeated in Battle of Waterloo (1815); American suffragist Susan B. Anthony fined after being convicted for voting in the 1872 presidential election (1873); Film critic and Pulitzer Prize recipient Roger Ebert born (1942); Sally Ride becomes first American woman to travel to space (1983).

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