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• Trump's victory launches old, worrisome storyline, historians say

  28-12-2016 19:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After President-elect Donald Trump's recent victory, some of his supporters celebrated by flying Confederate battle flags from pickup trucks and waving them at rallies.
  
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• National Guard delays Alaska staffing changes that threatened national security, civilian rescues

  20-04-2024 01:20
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation’s most remote state.The Alaska Air National Guard confirmed the delay in an email to The Associated Press on Friday.AIR NATIONAL GUARD CHANGES IN ALASKA COULD AFFECT NATIONAL SECURITY, CIVILIAN RESCUES, STAFFERS SAYEfforts by the state’s politicians and Alaskans
  
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• No perjury charges for British soldiers accused of lying in Bloody Sunday probe

  20-04-2024 01:15
  
  Fifteen British soldiers who allegedly lied to an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict, will not face perjury charges, prosecutors said Friday.There was insufficient evidence to convict the soldiers or a former alleged member of the Irish Republican Army about their testimony before an inquiry into the 1972 killings of 13 civilians by Britain’s Parachute Regiment in Derry, also known as Londonderry, the Public Prosecution Servi
  
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• Japanese autoworkers narrowly escape suicide bomber in Pakistani port city

  20-04-2024 01:12
  
  A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. They narrowly escaped the attack but three bystanders were wounded.Separately, an Afghan Taliban religious scholar was killed in an attack in the southwest of Pakistan the previous day.The attack on the van happened when it was heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked at Pakistan Suzuki Motors, local police chief Ars
  
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• Rutgers students want school to sever ties with Tel Aviv University

  20-04-2024 01:00
  
  Rutgers’ University students want their school, the State University of New Jersey, to sever ties with Tel Aviv University in the wake of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.The Rutgers University Student Assembly New Brunswick (RUSA) posted on their Instagram account that students voted to call for the school to terminate a partnership with Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the results were certified on Tuesday.The vote was conducted through RUSA’s Spring 2024 Election. The student governme
  
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• Gratitude for Grandma: 5 thoughtful Mother's Day gifts to show your love

  20-04-2024 00:52
  
  Mother's Day is a time to honor the incredible women who have nurtured, guided and loved us unconditionally. While we often celebrate our mothers or stepmothers on this special day, it's also the perfect opportunity to show appreciation and gratitude for grandmothers who play a unique and cherished role in the lives of so many families.If you're not sure what to get your grandmother (or nonna, mimi or gigi) this year — fret no more. 10 BIG STATEMENT GIFTS FOR MOTHER'S DAYBelow ar
  
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• Climate Protesters Rush Senator in Chaotic Scuffle, Things Backfire When Their Own Turn Against Them

  20-04-2024 00:51 via westernjournal.com
  
  There is always a kind of grim satisfaction in watching leftist lunatics get eaten by their own. Especially when those lunatics have recently been blocking highways and streets, vandalizing works […]
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• Maryland teen allegedly plotted school shootings in 129-page manifesto with transgender main character

  20-04-2024 00:40
  
  A Maryland teenager was arrested after law enforcement officials uncovered a plot to commit school shootings, officials said Friday. Andrea Ye, 18, of Rockville, who goes by Alex, allegedly wrote a 129-page manifesto detailing the strategy to commit a mass shooting at Thomas Wootton High School in Montgomery County. Ye was arrested on Wednesday. Investigators uncovered the alleged plot through a review of Ye's writing and internet searches, authorities said. In the manifesto, Ye allege
  
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• FAA Investigating After Southwest Pilot Was Given Instructions That Nearly Caused Disaster

  20-04-2024 00:25 via westernjournal.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after the pilot of a Southwest Airlines was given instructions that could have caused a catastrophe at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Thursday. According […]
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• 18-year-old turns self in to NH police on hate-motivated graffiti charges

  20-04-2024 00:25
  
  An 18-year-old from Portsmouth, accused of creating hate-motivated graffiti, has turned himself into police on criminal charges, authorities said Friday.SWISS PARLIAMENT APPROVES NAZI SYMBOL DISPLAY BANLoren Faulkner was arrested on Thursday on 31 counts of criminal mischief and hate-motivated criminal mischief for the graffiti spree targeting religious buildings and other communities in February 2023, police said. He was released on bail and will be arraigned in June. It was not immediately kno
  
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• Police called to ND forensic examiner's office on day she was fired over homicidal, suicidal remarks

  20-04-2024 00:23
  
  North Dakota's state forensic examiner was fired earlier this month in an episode during which police were called to her office.Officers from the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Bismarck police responded to Dr. Barrie Miller's office in Bismarck on April 10, according to two police reports. An employee told police Miller was about to be fired and was "interrogating her" about it, and that she was inside with her son and "making homicidal comments," according to the reports.GUNSHOT REPORT TRIGGER
  
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• Boxers pulled from throwing first pitch at Mets game after earlier altercation at Empire State Building

  20-04-2024 00:16
  
  The lead-up to the Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia fight at Brooklyn's Barclays Center has led to numerous promotional events throughout New York this week, but two have already gone awry.Haney and Garcia were originally slated to fight for the WBC junior welterweight title Saturday night, but Garcia weighed in three pounds over the maximum 140-pound limit. The fight is still on, but a belt will not be up for grabs.Nonetheless, the two had a promo event at the Empire State Building Tuesday, and they had
  
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• 5 shot after Maryland high school senior skip day turns violent: 'What is the world coming to?'

  20-04-2024 00:13
  
  Five people were shot in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a high school senior skip day party at a park, police said in a Friday evening press conference. The shooting happened at Hanover Parkway in Prince George's County. Hundreds of students were gathered for the party before shots rang out around 2:30 p.m., Greenbelt Police Chief Rick Bowers said. "My heart breaks for them. These are just kids trying to have a good time," Bowers said of the victims, who ranged in age from 16 to 18.&
  
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• Sober Living Company Catering to 'High-Risk' Tenants Sued - Now Body of Missing 12-Year-Old Boy Found in Attic of House It Owns

  20-04-2024 00:04 via westernjournal.com
  
  A company that works to give housing to “high-risk” past drug and alcohol users is the owner of a home in Buffalo, New York, where the body of a missing […]
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• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be disciplined for suit to overturn 2020 election, court says

  19-04-2024 23:58
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has ruled that Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton can face discipline from the state bar association over his failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.A disciplinary committee of the State Bar of Texas accused Paxton in 2022 of making false claims of fraud in a lawsuit that questioned President Joe Biden's victory. On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeals said Paxton can be sanctioned by the committ
  
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• Hall of Famer Kurt Warner has a 'huge question' about top NFL Draft prospect J.J. McCarthy

  19-04-2024 23:57
  
  Every year, there always seems to be one quarterback who suddenly shoots up near the top of NFL Draft boards.This year, it's J.J. McCarthy.The Michigan quarterback entered the 2023 college football season on the outside looking in among potential top selections, but after a 15-0 national championship season, his stock has risen.He may be biased, but Jim Harbaugh even said no one should "be surprised" if McCarthy is the first quarterback off the board. His name hasn't shot up that high. Caleb Wil
  
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• Connecticut housefire kills 3, including baby; foul play suspected

  19-04-2024 23:56
  
  Police in Connecticut say a third person has died as the result of a fire that also killed an 8-month-old baby and is being investigated as a crime.The blaze was reported at about 6 p.m. Wednesday at a home in Wallingford, about 14 miles north of New Haven.Police and firefighters said they initially found a man with severe burns outside the home, and he was flown to a hospital burn center in critical condition.1 DEAD AFTER FIRE UNDER ATLANTIC CITY PIER NEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTA 19-year-old and t
  
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• Black parents tell Dr. Phil they're angry with government for funding illegal migrants as taxpayers struggle

  19-04-2024 23:52
  
  Two Black parents struggling to make ends meet criticized how the federal government is managing the economy and their tax dollars on a Thursday night episode of Dr. Phil.Dr. Phil opened the episode by saying America should be a meritocracy "where those who work hard, have talent and add value are rewarded," but that its current state is another story. He then introduced two parents, Jordan and Leticia, who said that despite both of them working multiple jobs to support their family, life under
  
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• Oregon hotel featured in Jack Nicholson's 'The Shining' catches fire

  19-04-2024 23:50
  
  Firefighters responded to a call at the famous hotel that was featured in director Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, "The Shining."According to The Oregonian, a portion of the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon caught on fire at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. The official X account for the Clackamas Fire Department shared that at 11:12 p.m on Thursday, the fire was declared under control."The fire was kept to the roof & part of the attic, & didn’t spread any further. C
  
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• New York lawmakers nearing passage of $237B budget plan

  19-04-2024 23:45
  
  New York state lawmakers are on the verge of passing a $237 billion budget that includes sweeping plans to build housing, shutter unlicensed cannabis storefronts and help manage the city's migrant crisis.The raft of proposals is expected to pass through the Legislature late Friday and potentially into the weekend, almost three weeks after the budget was due.The governor and leaders of the state Senate and Assembly weighed countless political and business demands during their negotiations behind
  
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• Rock trailblazer Heart reunites for a world tour and a new song

  19-04-2024 23:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring and fall for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as "the full-on rocker size.""I’ve been strengthening. I’ve got my trainer," she says. "You go one day at a time and you strengthen one workout session at a time. It’s a lot of work, but it’s the only job I know how to do."HEART'S
  
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• Anti-Catholic FBI memo's origin revealed as bureau absolved of 'malicious intent'

  19-04-2024 23:23
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been exonerated by a Department of Justice review that found investigators did not intend to target traditional Catholics as potential "racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists."The Justice Department Inspector General review noted, however, that analysts "incorrectly conflated" an investigative subject's religious views with his alleged domestic terrorism activities. Findings from the 120-day review, which was handled by Justice Department
  
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• Columnist Who's Under Fire for Bizarre Caitlin Clark Interaction Has Yet Another Viral Exchange - 'Terrible Moment'

  19-04-2024 23:21 via westernjournal.com
  
  If, as a male sports writer, you feel the need to compare a young female athlete to a sports car, try not to do so immediately after asking her to […]
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• Anti-Israel protesters heard shouting ‘We are Hamas,’ ‘Long live Hamas’ amid Columbia U demonstrations

  19-04-2024 23:17
  
  Anti-Israel protesters near Columbia University were heard shouting pro-Hamas slogans this week as demonstrations geared up at the private campus. "We are Hamas!" one aggressive protester was captured shouting on video. When a person asked her, "You’re Hamas, wow! You’re what? You’re Hamas?" she answered, "We are all Hamas, pig!" Another person could be heard calling, "Long live Hamas!" On Thursday, more than 100 anti-Israel protesters were arrested as they set u
  
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• While NYC Dumps Resources Into 'Getting' Trump, Rat-Borne Disease Explodes Amid Squalid City Conditions

  19-04-2024 23:16 via westernjournal.com
  
  Like reading a news story about a person getting scurvy, hearing about a modern metropolis getting beset by rat-borne illnesses almost seems like getting thrown back in time to the […]
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• Trump's visit to working-class Pa. town evokes fond memories, businesses say: 'More money in our pockets'

  19-04-2024 23:10
  
  Al Anderson owns the Leather Corner Post. The bar and grill on the edge of Schnecksville has its roots as a former carriage stop in the 1850s. The landmark, so dubbed from a time before street names when the crossroads at which it sits was marked only by a piece of rawhide nailed to a stake, has seen a lot of change in 170 years.And for Anderson, the changes have been particularly profound over the past decade as he struggles to keep up with rising costs to keep his business going."Our cost
  
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• Olympic torch makes Acropolis overnight stop a week before handover to Paris organizers

  19-04-2024 23:10
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending the night at the ancient Acropolis in Athens, a week before its handover to Paris 2024 organizers.During a lull in heavy rain late Friday, a torchbearer lit a cauldron in front of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple, on the citadel that dominates the Athens skyline and is Greece’s top tourist draw.OLYMPIC STAR KATIE LEDECKY WELCOMES COMPETITIVE ACTION IN POOL AHEAD OF PARIS GAMESThe flame will stay there until
  
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• White House hosted meeting with climate activist group that sparked chaos at recent DC gala

  19-04-2024 23:08
  
  The climate activist and protest group that caused chaos at a Washington, D.C., gala this week featuring Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was recently hosted for a private meeting at the White House.On Thursday, members of the Washington, D.C.-based Climate Defiance – which was founded in early 2023 by activists Michael Greenberg and Rylee Haught – physically disrupted the event hosted by the Bryce Harlow Foundation as Murkowski was delivering remarks. Then, in a moment captured on vid
  
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• GOP lawmakers slam Biden administration's new Title IX protections for 'gender identity'

  19-04-2024 23:07
  
  Republicans blasted new regulations for Title IX being ushered in by President Biden's Department of Education that would protect gender identity from discrimination, while rolling back Trump-era rules that bolstered the rights of those accused of sexual misconduct. "The Biden administration has completely lost its way on Title IX," Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said in a statement. Cassidy serves as ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.He preface
  
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• Fox News Politics: Trump gets a jury

  19-04-2024 23:03
  
  Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What's happening? - Biden taking heat for another gaffe- Democrats come to Speaker Johnson's rescue- Judge denies Trump's bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits- Fox News Digital at the southern borderThe full jury, including alternate jurors, has been selected and sworn in former President Trump’s criminal trial in New York City, setting the stag
  
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