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• Pregnant Woman Risks Life To Save Husband from Shark Attack

  23-09-2020 23:58
  
  There’s a long list of things pregnant women are cautioned against. They’re told to watch their caffeine intake, not drink any alcohol and avoid flying too late in their pregnancies. Jumping into the ocean and saving your husband during a shark attack doesn’t generally make the list, but that’s precisely what one pregnant woman did…
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• Pelosi Reveals Legislation Aimed at Limiting Trump’s Presidential Powers

  23-09-2020 23:56
  
  House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have unveiled legislation to significantly diminish the powers of the executive branch, and they are claiming President Donald Trump forced their hand by shattering presidential norms. Democrats on Wednesday announced a package that, if enacted, would limit presidential pardons and force the executive branch to comply with congressional…
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• Fauci, Paul clash over Covid-19 herd immunity

  23-09-2020 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  "No, you misconstrued that, senator. And you've done that repetitively," Fauci told Sen. Rand Paul at one point during the exchange.
  
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• Video: Archaeologists Make ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery’ of Biblical-Era Carvings in Jerusalem

  23-09-2020 23:55
  
  The discoverers wanted to release the find to the public so that people can connect Biblical stories to something you can actually see and feel. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/b8bf6
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• Pompeo Faces New Criticism of Politicization Following Wisconsin Trip

  23-09-2020 23:55
  
  A speech to lawmakers in Madison has prompted new concern among critics who say the secretary of state is using his position as a campaign platform.
  
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• A grizzly bear mauled and killed a hunter in a first-of-its-kind attack at a national park in Alaska

  23-09-2020 23:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A hunter was killed by a grizzly bear this weekend in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, marking the park's first known bear mauling fatality.
  
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• In Taylor Case, Limits of Law Overcome Calls for Justice

  23-09-2020 23:54
  
  The outcome in the case of Breonna Taylor demonstrates the vast disconnect between the public’s perception of what justice should look like and the limits of the law when police use deadly force.
  
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• Trump Gains 4-Point Lead Over Biden with FL Likely Voters in Latest ABC/WaPo Poll

  23-09-2020 23:53
  
  President Donald Trump is leading former Vice President Joe Biden in the crucial swing states of Florida and Arizona among likely voters, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post released on Wednesday. Less than a week before the first presidential debate, Trump is in position to win both states, as he did in 2016, according…
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• Oregon Misstated Evacuation Figures in Chaos of Wildfires

  23-09-2020 23:53
  As wildfires raged across Oregon, state officials sent out a statement saying 500,000 people had been evacuated to escape encroaching flames.
  
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• John Stossel: Stupid Government Policies, Not Climate Change, Are To Blame for Wildfires

  23-09-2020 23:53
  
  “Mother Earth is angry!” says Nancy Pelosi in my newest video. “The debate is over around climate change!” says California Gov. Gavin Newsom, smirking, strangely. They’re eager to blame climate change for the wildfires in their state. I’m surprised they didn’t say it causes COVID-19, too. Newsom, ridiculously, says wildfires are another reason to get…
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• Crews make headway against massive California wildfire

  23-09-2020 23:52
  
  Firefighters notched a victory in their battle to beat back a massive blaze raging outside Los Angeles, more than doubling containment in the past 24 hours, the U.S. Forest Service said on Wednesday.The Bobcat Fire, which has been burning in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles since Sept. 6, was 38% contained as of Wednesday morning, John Clearwater, USFS spokesperson for Angeles National Forest, said in an email update.The Bobcat Fire, one of the largest and most dangerous fires in r
  
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• Reward for Information on Person Who Threw Kittens From Auto

  23-09-2020 23:51
  The Humane Society of Louisiana is offering a $750 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever’s responsible for the death of two kittens.
  
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• Bond Set for Chicago Horseman Who Rode on City Expressway

  23-09-2020 23:51
  The man known as the ``Dreadhead Cowboy,” who rode a horse on a Chicago expressway to protest gun violence, was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bond.
  
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• School Bans Pro-Police Flag After Complaints That It Is ‘Racist’

  23-09-2020 23:50
  
  Players on a Florida high school football team will no longer be able to carry a pro-police flag on the field before games after their school banned the banner because of complaints that the symbol is “racist.” The “thin blue line” flag has been flown by the Fletcher High School football team in Neptune Beach…
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• Michigan Senate Leaves DWI's Out of Expungement Expansion

  23-09-2020 23:47
  The Michigan Senate passed bills that would allow hundreds of thousands of people to clear criminal records.
  
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• Lakers Try to Regain Control Vs Confident Nuggets in Game 4

  23-09-2020 23:45
  
  The Denver Nuggets don’t sound like an underdog.
  
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• Video: Social Justice 101 – Everything You Need To Know About the Left’s New Religion, Critical Theory

  23-09-2020 23:43
  
  They are teaching this to kids. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/f5887
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• For-Profit Colleges Look to ‘Urban Members of Congress’ to Protect Gains Under Trump

  23-09-2020 23:43
  
  The lobbying strategy by a key industry group targets Black and Hispanic lawmakers whose constituencies, critics say, are among those preyed upon by disreputable for-profit colleges.
  
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• Major City Council Votes To Strip Funding from Police After ‘Ferocious’ Pressure from BLM

  23-09-2020 23:42
  
  The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s vetoes of three council budget bills that would have stopped sharp budget cuts of the Seattle Police Department. The veto-override vote capped hours of online public debate about the three bills and many speakers urged council members to “hold the line” against the…
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• Texas Tops 15,000 COVID-19 Deaths

  23-09-2020 23:40
  The death toll from the coronavirus in Texas has surpassed the 15,000 mark as the total number of deaths across the U.S. tops 200,000, by far the highest in the world.
  
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• Stocks Close Sharply Lower as Tech Sector Takes Another Hit

  23-09-2020 23:40
  
  U.S. stocks closed sharply lower as losses for technology companies dragged down the major indexes.
  
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• Exclusive: Top adviser steps aside from FDA COVID-19 vaccine reviews over potential conflict

  23-09-2020 23:40
  
  Hana El Sahly, associate professor of virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, last year became chairwoman of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee - the panel of outside experts that will make recommendations on whether coronavirus vaccines should be approved.In July, however, El Sahly was named one of three lead investigators for Moderna's late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial, creating a potential conflict of interest.Moderna has said it
  
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• University of Virginia Under New COVID-19 Restrictions

  23-09-2020 23:39
  The president of the University of Virginia has announced new COVID-19 restrictions which he describes as mostly preemptive because students have been doing the right thing.
  
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• Political leaders sound off after one of three officers charged in Breonna Taylor shooting

  23-09-2020 23:39
  
  "Breonna Taylor's life mattered. This result is a disgrace and an abdication of justice. Our criminal justice system is racist. The time for fundamental change is now," Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted.
  
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• Political leaders sound off after one of three officers charged in Breonna Taylor case

  23-09-2020 23:39
  
  "Breonna Taylor's life mattered. This result is a disgrace and an abdication of justice. Our criminal justice system is racist. The time for fundamental change is now," Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted.
  
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• In a Recently Resurfaced Video, RBG Calls Kaepernick’s Anthem Kneeling ‘Dumb and Disrespectful’

  23-09-2020 23:39
  
  The recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has totally shaken the liberal community. Due to her work pushing for women to gain equal rights in the workplace, the left now honors Ginsburg as if she was a patron saint. Some leftists may want to reconsider that praise, however, due to some comments…
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• Governor, Secretary of State Spar Over Election Plans

  23-09-2020 23:39
  
  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs are sparring over an effort by Hobbs to introduce more options for people to register or vote in certain limited circumstances.
  
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• Trump Announces He Will Sign Major Pro-Life Executive Order

  23-09-2020 23:37
  
  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will sign an executive order requiring medical care to be given to infants who are born alive, including those who survive attempted abortions or are born prematurely. “Today, I am announcing that I will be signing the Born-Alive Executive Order to ensure that all precious babies born alive,…
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• Two arrested in California after dismembered body found on golf course

  23-09-2020 23:36
  
  Discovery came as part of ongoing missing person case, police say
  
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• ESPN Host Blames ‘Right-Wing Agitators’ for Riots

  23-09-2020 23:35
  
  ESPN’s Max Kellerman claimed on the sports network’s “First Take” program Tuesday that mysterious conservative “agitators,” and not leftist demonstrators, are behind months of nationwide riots. Kellerman was discussing UFC fighter Colby Covington’s victory Saturday over Tyron Woodley when he asserted that the violence, looting, arson and even murders that have occurred during the weeks…
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• Houston, FAU Still Waiting After Virus Disrupts 3 More Games

  23-09-2020 23:34
  
  The Houston Cougars are still waiting to play their season opener as more major college football games were wiped out by COVID-19 issues.
  
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• UK PM Johnson Calls on Leaders to Build Back Greener After Coronavirus

  23-09-2020 23:33
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call on other leaders on Thursday to "build back better" after the coronavirus crisis...
  
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• Leftists Link Trump to Hitler for Saying ‘Good Genes,’ but Obama Used the Same Exact Phrase

  23-09-2020 23:32
  
  Some on the left are comparing President Donald Trump to 20th century German dictator Adolf Hitler after he told followers in Minnesota last week that they had “good genes.” Trump was speaking in the northern Minnesota city of Bemidji on Saturday when he complimented the state’s working-class history. “From St. Paul to St. Cloud, from…
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• Ivory Coast to Free Opposition Leader's Allies in Pre-Vote Peace Gesture, Spokesman Says

  23-09-2020 23:31
  
  ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Seeking to calm tensions in Ivory Coast ahead of a presidential election, the authorities plan to release associates of...
  
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• Analysis: The money part of the Breonna Taylor settlement is just a bandage

  23-09-2020 23:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For this week, we think about what justice might look like in the Breonna Taylor case, discuss great performances by the music icons Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight, and revisit the horrifying history of forced sterilizations. Plus, recommendations: Esquire's profile of Michael Kenneth Williams and Hulu's "High Fidelity."
  
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• Judge to Rule on Absentee Ballot Lawsuit by Friday

  23-09-2020 23:26
  A state court judge says he will rule before the end of the day Friday on whether to halt enforcement of a state law that prohibits county election officials from using information readily available in the voter registration database to fill in missing information on a voter’s absentee ballot request form.
  
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• Police Officers Not Charged for Killing Breonna Taylor

  23-09-2020 23:25
  
  A Kentucky grand jury has brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong.
  
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• Celebs, Long Vocal About Breonna Taylor Case, Decry Decision

  23-09-2020 23:25
  
  For months, actors, sports stars, musicians and other celebrities have been using their platforms to call for justice in the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
  
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• Appeals Court Rejects Rehearing in Transgender Bathroom Case

  23-09-2020 23:23
  A federal appeals court has denied a request for a full-court review of a ruling that a Virginia school board’s transgender bathroom ban is unconstitutional.
  
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• Breonna Taylor's supporters disappointed only 1 of the officers involved was charged

  23-09-2020 23:22
  
  "I think that it’s shameful that it’s taken this long," Timothy Findley Jr., a local pastor, said. "It’s a heart-wrenching ordeal."
  
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• Video: Flight Attendant Lashes Out at Passenger Wearing American Flag Gaiter – Cops Will Be Waiting for You

  23-09-2020 23:21
  
  The flight attendant told the passenger that his face mask ‘isn’t legal to wear.’ STORY: http://w-j.co/s/5bc27
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• Mississippi Gov: Don't Let Politics Hinder Virus Vaccination

  23-09-2020 23:20
  
  Gov. Tate Reeves has praised the Trump administration’s efforts to make a coronavirus vaccine available to the public in the next few months.
  
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• Former Detective Who Sexted Informant Sentenced to Jail

  23-09-2020 23:20
  A judge has ruled that former Redmond Police detective who sexted with an undercover informant will serve five days jail and 18 months probation.
  
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• Biden and Cindy McCain want suburban women to remember they hate Trump

  23-09-2020 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democrats need people who shifted blue in 2018 to remember why they did — and to believe they should do so again.
  
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• No charges in Breonna Taylor's death; lesser charges for one officer

  23-09-2020 23:16
  
  The death of the 26-year-old Black woman during a March 13 raid has galvanized a nationwide push for police reform and racial justice.
  
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• Albuquerque Aims to Save Spirit of Annual Balloon Fiesta

  23-09-2020 23:16
  Fall in Albuquerque just isn’t fall without the annual international hot air balloon fiesta.
  
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• Video: Arrest Made in Case of Poisoned Letter Sent to Trump

  23-09-2020 23:15
  
  The suspect was carrying a gun at the time of her arrest. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/0763c
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• Officer Charged in Breonna Taylor Case but Not for Her Death

  23-09-2020 23:12
  
  A Kentucky grand jury has brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong.
  
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• Michigan House Votes to Shield Employers From Virus Lawsuits

  23-09-2020 23:12
  A divided Michigan House has voted to shield health providers and businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits filed by patients, employees or customers, advancing bills that majority Republicans say would give businesses more comfort to reopen and block frivolous complaints.
  
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• Kentucky COVID-19 Positivity Rate Climbs Again

  23-09-2020 23:12
  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state's rate of positive coronavirus tests rose again slightly Wednesday.
  
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