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• Toronto in Process of Finalizing Hiring of Darko Rajakovic, AP Source Says

  11-06-2023 00:59 via usnews.com
  The Toronto Raptors are in the process of finalizing a contract with Memphis assistant Darko Rajakovic to become the team’s next coach, a person with knowledge of the matter said Saturday
  
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• DeSantis Argues He's Top Trump Alternative Even as Ex-President's Indictment Overshadows 2024 Race

  11-06-2023 00:56 via usnews.com
  
  Republican White House candidate Ron DeSantis is plowing ahead with efforts to portray himself as his party’s staunchest national conservative leader, even as the 2024 GOP race had been overshadowed by the federal indictment for mishandling classified documents against former President Donald Trump
  
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• China Has Been Spying From Cuba for Some Time, U.S. Official Says

  11-06-2023 00:31 via usnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden...
  
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• Trump Offers Message of Hope After Tumultuous Week: 'America Went to Sleep Last Night with Tears in Its Eyes...'

  11-06-2023 00:28 via westernjournal.com
  
  For anyone who thought that the chaotic and unprecedented week that former President Donald Trump just had would somehow dampen his spirits — bad news, bub.
  If a recent Truth Social post is any indication, the former president isn’t just surviving — he’s thriving while cooking up big plans for the future of the country.
  Take a look at this post in vintage Trump all caps:“AMERICA WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT WITH TEARS IN ITS EYES,” Trump posted.
  Indeed, it’s
  
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• Federal Regulators Promise Safety Review at All the Major Freight Railroads

  11-06-2023 00:06 via usnews.com
  
  Officials say they plan to conduct safety investigations of all the major freight railroads over the next year
  
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• Shocker: Highly Contagious STD Rages Out of Control in Alabama

  10-06-2023 23:38 via westernjournal.com
  
  To put it bluntly, messing around in Alabama could get you in a whole lot of trouble.
  And in Montgomery County? Double ouch.
  According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, syphilis cases in the state went up 40 percent in 2022, AL.com reported.
  Montgomery reported 421 cases of syphilis last year, more than double the 204 cases in 2021. That means a county with 5 percent of the state’s population had 14 percent of its 2,926 syphilis cases.
  “Montgomery trailed only Jefferson Cou
  
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• Freight Train Derails Near Russia's Border With Ukraine - Governor

  10-06-2023 23:33 via usnews.com
  (Reuters) - Fifteen cars of an empty freight train derailed in Russia's southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, the local governor said late on...
  
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• US Confirms China Has Had a Spy Base in Cuba Since at Least 2019

  10-06-2023 23:22 via usnews.com
  China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, as part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence capabilities
  
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• Woman Killed, 4 Wounded in Western Pennsylvania Shooting

  10-06-2023 23:07 via usnews.com
  Authorities say police are seeking a man in connection with a shooting that killed a woman and injured four other people at a western Pennsylvania home
  
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• Soccer-Man City Hang Tough to Beat Inter and Complete the Treble

  10-06-2023 23:02 via usnews.com
  
  By Martyn HermanISTANBUL (Reuters) - Manchester City ended a sensational season by beating Inter Milan 1-0 to win the Champions League for the...
  
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• Soccer-Jubilant Man City Hang Tough to Beat Inter and Complete the Treble

  10-06-2023 23:02 via usnews.com
  
  By Martyn HermanISTANBUL (Reuters) -Manchester City finally extended their domestic domination across the continent as they beat Inter Milan 1-0 to...
  
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• Tunisia Will Not Be Europe's Border Guard, President Says

  10-06-2023 22:54 via usnews.com
  
  TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Saturday that Tunisia would not accept becoming a border guard for other countries ahead of...
  
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• Small Plane Crashes Into Mountain in Central Arizona, Killing 2

  10-06-2023 22:51 via usnews.com
  Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a mountain in central Arizona, killing both people on board
  
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• North Carolina Governor Signs Bill Allowing Blue Cross to Restructure

  10-06-2023 22:51 via usnews.com
  
  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law a bill allowing the state’s leading health insurance provider to reorganize despite pleas from other executive officials to block the proposal
  
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• Seattle Judge Rules Against Female-Only Korean Spa, Hands Disgusting Win to Transgender Activist

  10-06-2023 22:28 via westernjournal.com
  
  In another example of the liberals’ war against women, a leftist judge who is sold out to the extreme transgender agenda has ruled against a Seattle spa, saying that, despite the owners’ Christian faith, their rule against allowing men claiming to be women to use the facilities was a crime.
  Seattle District Court Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein — who was first appointed to the bench by Jimmy Carter in 1980 — ruled that a traditional Korean spa where women participate in th
  
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• Brittney Griner, Mercury Teammates Confronted at Airport by 'Provocateur,' WNBA Says

  10-06-2023 22:25 via usnews.com
  
  The WNBA says Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday
  
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• North Carolina GOP Votes to Censure Sen. Tillis for Support of LGBTQ+ Rights, Immigration Policies

  10-06-2023 22:20 via usnews.com
  
  Republicans delegates in North Carolina have voted to censure the state’s senior U.S. senator for supporting policies they say violate the GOP platform
  
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• North Carolina GOP Censures Sen. Tillis for Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights, Immigration Policies

  10-06-2023 22:20 via usnews.com
  
  Republicans delegates in North Carolina have voted to censure the state’s senior U.S. senator for supporting policies they say violate the GOP platform
  
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• Trump Magnifies Attacks on Justice Department in Post-Charges Speech

  10-06-2023 22:18 via usnews.com
  
  By Nathan Layne(Reuters) - Former president Donald Trump used the first public appearance since his federal indictment to ratchet up attacks on the...
  
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• Bidens Offer 'Joy' at White House Pride Event as LGBTQ Attacks Mount

  10-06-2023 22:15 via usnews.com
  
  By Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday hosted the largest Pride celebration in White House history on Saturday...
  
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• State's Largest Airport Shuts Down Entire Terminal After Disgusting Discovery at Gates

  10-06-2023 22:00 via westernjournal.com
  
  Hawaii’s largest airport, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Oahu, briefly had to shut down a portion of gates in Terminal 2 due to some sickening and unwanted visitors — bedbugs.
  The Hawaii Department of Transportation was first alerted of the situation on May 29, according to SFGate.
  HDOT staff then immediately tried to clean and “remove items they thought had attracted the bugs.”
  But the efforts were for naught, as the following day they were contacted once more
  
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• Panel Makes Ethics Ruling Against Lawmaker Who Hid Bibles in Arizona House Lounge

  10-06-2023 21:58 via usnews.com
  
  An Arizona House ethics committee has concluded a Democratic lawmaker engaged in disorderly behavior by hiding Bibles in a lounge for legislators as a comment about the separation of church and state
  
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• Op-Ed: Speech Is Hateful to Those Who Hate the Truth - Just Ask Jesus' Apostles

  10-06-2023 21:57 via westernjournal.com
  
  Sometime after Pentecost in 33 A.D., Peter and John were going up to the temple in Jerusalem during the 3 p.m. hour of prayer.
  They encountered a beggar who had been lame from birth seeking charity from those entering the temple. Peter told the beggar that they did not have money to give but offered something better.
  In the name of Jesus, Peter commanded the lame man to walk — and for the first time in his life, he did. Overjoyed, he entered the temple with Peter and John, praising God.
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• Man City Star De Bruyne off Inured After Just 35 Minutes of Champions League Final

  10-06-2023 21:48 via usnews.com
  
  Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne had to be substituted with an injury during the first half of the Champions League final against Inter Milan, making it the second time in three seasons he’s had to come off early in the biggest club game in soccer
  
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• De Bruyne Again Goes off Injured in Champions League Final but Man City Finds a Way Without Him

  10-06-2023 21:48 via usnews.com
  
  Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne’s Champions League final came to an early end — again
  
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• Woke Target Gets Even More Bad News Following Satanic Clothing Scandal

  10-06-2023 21:40 via westernjournal.com
  
  A new poll suggests that Target may have tumbled deep into America’s partisan divide.
  A poll from Rasmussen Reports said that 35 percent of those surveyed said the company’s emphasis on LGBT “pride” merchandise has them less likely to shop there.
  But the poll showed stark differences in how Americans of different ideologies view the retailer, which has been battered for weeks by a boycott after selling clothing created by a designer who flirts with Satanic themes and a wo
  
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• Ecuador Ex-President Correa's Party Names Luisa Gonzalez as Presidential Candidate

  10-06-2023 21:37 via usnews.com
  QUITO (Reuters) - The political party of Ecuador's ex-President Rafael Correa on Saturday named former lawmaker Luisa Gonzalez as its candidate for...
  
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• North Dakota Tribe Buys Idle Oil Pipeline From Enbridge

  10-06-2023 21:30 via usnews.com
  A Native American tribe in North Dakota bought an idle pipeline from the energy company Enbridge to help deliver oil from wells on its reservation to the broader market
  
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• Storm Chaser Prays Against Tornado, Makes Remarkable Discovery Inside Ruined Home

  10-06-2023 21:27 via westernjournal.com
  
  Most drivers, if they spotted a tornado ahead of them, would turn around and flee the other way.
  It’s a pretty safe bet that Tanner Charles would drive straight at it.
  Charles is a storm chaser — someone who monitors conditions to find the biggest, baddest weather events so he can take photos and videos to post on social media.
  Sometimes, he gets lucky — if you want to call it that — and pinpoints the location of a big tornado as it touches down.
  But on days such as that,
  
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• What We Know About the DOJ Special Counsel Is Terrifying

  10-06-2023 21:18 via westernjournal.com
  
  When Jack Smith was named special counsel to look into multiple cases against former President Donald Trump, he was painted by the media as an impartial man, “a war crimes prosecutor in The Hague who’d cut his teeth in New York prosecuting state and federal crimes, including the brutal beating of a Haitian immigrant by police.”
  He’d come to the top of the Department of Justice’s public integrity unit in 2010 after then-Attorney General Eric Holder needed to clean ho
  
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• Mexico Arrests 16 Soldiers Involved in 'Execution' of Five Men, Ministry Says

  10-06-2023 20:59 via usnews.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's defense ministry said on Saturday that the 16 military personnel allegedly involved in an "execution" have been...
  
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• Where, When and How Novak Djokovic Won Each of His 22 Grand Slam Titles

  10-06-2023 20:58 via usnews.com
  
  Novak Djokovic will be trying to set the record for the most Grand Slam singles trophies won by a man when he goes for what would be No. 23 against Casper Ruud in the French Open final on Sunday
  
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• 'The View' Host Held Meeting with Federal Prosecutors Concerning Donald Trump: Report

  10-06-2023 20:57 via westernjournal.com
  
  Alyssa Farah Griffin reportedly met with federal prosecutors investigating Jan. 6 to help them determine former President Donald Trump’s “state of mind” leading up to the incursion.
  Griffin, 33, formerly served in the Trump White House as director of communications and now works as a political commentator for CNN and a co-host of “The View.”
  While Griffin is considered a Republican, she has been criticized in recent years for her increasingly left-leaning views.
  On
  
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• Mass Slated in Solidarity With LGBTQ Catholics Canceled After Protests

  10-06-2023 20:40 via usnews.com
  Officials say a Roman Catholic Mass to be held in western Pennsylvania this weekend in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics has been canceled at the request of the diocese after protesting emails and calls, some of them threatening
  
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• Biden Marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month With Celebration on White House South Lawn

  10-06-2023 20:30 via usnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden has welcomed hundreds to the White House for a delayed Pride Month celebration
  
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• Nuggets Showing Plenty of Poise in These NBA Finals Against Heat

  10-06-2023 20:27 via usnews.com
  
  The Denver Nuggets have shown a lot of poise in their first NBA Finals
  
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• Soldier Guilty in Rwanda's Genocide Dies in Niger

  10-06-2023 20:24 via usnews.com
  By Sonia RolleyPARIS (Reuters) - A former lieutenant colonel convicted of inciting genocide in Rwanda in 1994 has died in Niger after an appeal for...
  
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• James Cameron Feels He 'Walked Into an Ambush' in Argentine Lithium Dispute

  10-06-2023 20:09 via usnews.com
  Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this week during a visit to Argentina in which he believes there was an attempt to use his image as an environmentalist to give a positive spin to lithium mining operations despite opposition from Indigenous communities
  
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• Randy Cox, Paralyzed in Police Van, Reaches $45 Million Settlement With New Haven, Connecticut

  10-06-2023 19:40 via usnews.com
  
  New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van last year
  
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• An Innovative Computer Program Has Something to Say About a European 'Supervolcano'

  10-06-2023 19:33 via westernjournal.com
  
  A computer model trying to guess what is taking place below the surface of the earth is warning that a massive Italian “supervolcano” could be heading toward an eruption.
  The new study is focused on the Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy, which last erupted in 1538.
  LiveScience noted that 1.5 million people live above the supervolcano.
  The site speculated about what could happen if Campi Flegrei were to “reenact its largest previous eruption.”
  The volcano would &ldqu
  
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• Things Just Got Worse for EV Company on the Brink of NASDAQ 100 Delisting

  10-06-2023 19:25 via westernjournal.com
  
  An embattled electric vehicle company has just received more bad news that could damage its image even further.
  At the beginning of June, Yahoo Finance reported that electric vehicle startup Rivian had seen its stock price plummet 90 percent from its record high, meaning that the company is on the verge of being pushed out of the NASDAQ 100 Index.
  While that may seem like the worst news a company could get, the situation has since only deteriorated for Rivian, as one of its flagship products mal
  
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• Convicted 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski Dead at 81

  10-06-2023 19:17 via usnews.com
  By Alistair Bell(Reuters) -Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and "twisted genius" who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17...
  
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• Texas Erects Innovative Solution to Fed's Border Wall Gaps – Illegal Crossings Just Got Tougher

  10-06-2023 19:15 via westernjournal.com
  
  Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday that the Lone Star State will deploy “marine floating barriers” to combat illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The barriers will be enacted at hot spots along the Rio Grande River with the first 1,000 feet being placed near Eagle Pass, according to the press release.
  Abbott stated, “This is a new water-based barrier: buoys. We can put mile, after mile, after mile of these buoys.”
  The process of adding the barriers in
  
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• Director of Arkansas Heritage Plans to Retire at the End of June

  10-06-2023 19:05 via usnews.com
  Another resignation looms for the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
  
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• 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski Found Dead at 81 in Federal Supermax Prison

  10-06-2023 18:58 via westernjournal.com
  
  Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81.
  Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told The Associated Press.
  He was found unresponsive in his cell e
  
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• Ted Kaczynski, Known as the Unabomber, Has Died in Federal Prison at 81

  10-06-2023 18:58 via usnews.com
  
  Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday
  
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• Ted Kaczynski, Known as the Unabomber for Years of Attacks That Killed 3, Dies in Prison at 81

  10-06-2023 18:58 via usnews.com
  
  Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday
  
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• Rome Holds LGBTQ+ Pride Parade Amid Backdrop of Meloni Government Crackdown on Surrogate Births

  10-06-2023 18:45 via usnews.com
  
  Rome's annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade is winding its way through the Italian capital
  
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• Japan Accused of Secretly Releasing Irradiated Fukushima Water Into the Sea

  10-06-2023 18:45 via westernjournal.com
  
  Amid outcries from China, Japan is moving forward with a plan that will release contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, with China accusing it of having already started.
  Earlier this week, Japanese broadcaster NHK said an underwater tunnel built to serve as the conduit for releasing the contaminated water has already been filled with seawater, according to Reuters.
  Hong Kong Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan wrote an opinion piece opposing the plan, acc
  
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• France Warns Iran on Drone Deliveries to Russia

  10-06-2023 18:45 via usnews.com
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday about the consequences of delivering drones...
  
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