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• Ga. Judge Throws Out Oath-Violation Charges Against Officers

  25-09-2020 23:59
  A coastal Georgia judge has thrown out some criminal charges against three police officers, although remaining charges mean each is still on track to go to trial.
  
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• The Latest: Boris Johnson to Urge Global Unity Against Virus

  25-09-2020 23:53
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell the U.N. General Assembly that the coronavirus pandemic has frayed the bonds between nations and will urge world leaders to unite against the “common foe” of COVID-19.
  
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• Earlier Absentee Ballot Processing on Special Session Agenda

  25-09-2020 23:51
  Gov. Ned Lamon is calling Connecticut lawmakers back to the state Capitol for a special session next week to consider allowing local election officials to being processing absentee ballots a little earlier, given the large number of expected ballots in this year's presidential election.
  
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• Woman Found Dead in Henderson, Police Suspect Foul Play

  25-09-2020 23:50
  Police in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson are investigating a woman’s death as a homicide.
  
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• Temp worker tossed Pennsylvania ballots Trump complained about, official says

  25-09-2020 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Justice Department announced an inquiry into the discarded ballots on Thursday, which was promoted by the White House and the president's re-election campaign.
  
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• Second Arrest Made in Connection with Death of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant

  25-09-2020 23:47
  
  Police in Wilson, North Carolina, has made its second arrest in connection with the August shooting death of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant. Officers with the Wilson Police Department arrested 21-year-old Aolani Takemi Marie Pettit on Tuesday, according to a news release. Pettit was charged with felony accessory after the fact and received a $250,000 secured bond.…
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• Dem Attorney General Pushes To Nix NYPD Traffic Stops

  25-09-2020 23:47
  
  New York’s Democratic attorney general on Friday recommended the New York Police Department get out of the business of routine traffic enforcement, a radical change she said would prevent encounters like one last year in the Bronx that ended with an officer fatally shooting a motorist. Attorney General Letitia James, who acts as a special…
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• Campaign Launched to Oppose Arkansas Highway Tax Measure

  25-09-2020 23:45
  An unlikely coalition of anti-ax advocates, environmentalists and community groups has formed to campaign against an Arkansas highway sales tax measure backed by the state's Republican governor and top lobbying groups.
  
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• Video: Two Men Arrested for Allegedly Plotting Terrorist Attack on Trump Tower

  25-09-2020 23:43
  
  The two are also accused of seeking to aid the Islamic State group. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/d43f1
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• Report: Seattle School Teaches Students To Call Rioters ‘Freedom Fighters,’ Encourages Kids To Bail Them Out

  25-09-2020 23:43
  
  There was a time when Americans of all political persuasions were collectively shocked and repulsed by images of rifle-toting children in terrorist training camps being instructed/indoctrinated in the ways of jihad. You might be surprised to learn that unfortunately, a not-so-different form of radicalization occurs in U.S. public schools. In a column this week, Seattle-based…
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• OK Prosecutors Argue Uber Driver Accused of Murder May Flee

  25-09-2020 23:41
  Oklahoma prosecutors are seeking to revoke bond for an Uber driver accused of murdering his passenger during a June altercation.
  
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• Oklahoma City Public Schools to Return to Distance Learning

  25-09-2020 23:40
  Oklahoma City Public Schools says it is returning to distance learning for at least two weeks and canceling indoor athletics amid a continued rise in coronavirus cases.
  
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• Democratic Lawmaker Arrested in Louisville on Felony Riot Charges

  25-09-2020 23:38
  
  A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, for alleged felony rioting a day after a grand jury declined to recommend murder charges for police officers in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott was among two dozen people arrested on rioting charges Thursday, WDRB-TV reported. Among those arrested…
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• US Senators Demand Action After AP Exposes Palm Oil Abuses

  25-09-2020 23:35
  
  Lawmakers say the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an Associated Press investigation found widespread exploitation in the palm oil industry.
  
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• Jones: Ginsburg Replacement Should Wait Until After Election

  25-09-2020 23:35
  U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama said Friday he will not support any U.S. Supreme Court nominee before the outcome of the presidential election.
  
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• California Expands Financial Protections After US Rollback

  25-09-2020 23:35
  California is creating what supporters call its own nation-leading, state-level version of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after critics said the Trump administration significantly weakened national protections.
  
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• As Problems with Postal Service Become Apparent, Dems Quietly Pivot on Mail-In Voting

  25-09-2020 23:34
  
  For months, Democrats and the liberal media have been claiming everyone must vote by mail this year to avoid spreading the coronavirus. For just as long, conservatives have responded that this sudden push for mail-in voting opens the door to fraud and might overwhelm the U.S. Postal Service. Now, many on the left have changed…
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• Video Shows New Jersey Police Fatally Shooting Black Man

  25-09-2020 23:32
  Video released Friday by New Jersey's attorney general shows police officers outside Atlantic City shooting and killing a Black man who advanced toward them with a broken bottle.
  
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• UK Pledges Over $400 Million for WHO, Calls for End to 'Ugly Rifts'

  25-09-2020 23:31
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge on Saturday a 30% increase in funding for the World Health Organization while...
  
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• Video: Liberal Elite Face Their Reckoning as Hollywood Street Turns Into Scene from ‘Mad Max’

  25-09-2020 23:30
  
  Thankfully, it appears nobody was seriously hurt. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/fcd5e
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• Limit of 1 Ballot Box Per County Reaches Ohio Appeals Court

  25-09-2020 23:28
  
  A lawyer for the Ohio Democratic Party says Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose's evolving public statements and erratic actions prior to issuing a directive limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county prove his order is not reasonable.
  
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• Mesa Police Shoot, Kill Man They Say Was Driving Stolen Car

  25-09-2020 23:27
  Police in Mesa say officers fatally shot a man who had been driving a stolen car.
  
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• ‘Absolute Savagery’ as Violent Protest Descends on Racetrack, Leaves One Horse Dead, Others Broken and Brutalized

  25-09-2020 23:27
  
  It happened half a world away, but the violence from an angry mob against innocent creatures feels just as jarring and senseless as when it’s in our own backyard. Fairview Racecourse in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, was the scene of a violent uprising that left at least one racehorse dead, another injured and several missing…
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• Video: Charles Barkley Comes Under Attack for Giving the Real Facts of the Breonna Taylor Case

  25-09-2020 23:21
  
  The ‘Inside the NBA’ host also railed against the idea of defunding the police. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/3691a
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• 2,500 More COVID-19 Cases in Illinois

  25-09-2020 23:21
  Illinois public health officials reported another 2,514 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 25 additional deaths.
  
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• Pelosi Claims Police ‘Murdered’ Breonna Taylor, Laments That No One Held Accountable

  25-09-2020 23:18
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi truly takes the prize among politicians stoking discord and spreading false narratives in America. The most recent example is her response to a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to charge police officers in the death of Breonna Taylor. “Justice was denied for Breonna Taylor and her family,” the California Democrat told…
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• Family of man killed by off-duty cop over parking space files lawsuit in California

  25-09-2020 23:15
  
  A video released by Vallejo shows a police officer shooting a man as he runs away.
  
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• Beshear Reports 12 More COVID-19 Deaths in Kentucky

  25-09-2020 23:14
  Gov. Andy Beshear has reported 930 new cases of coronavirus in Kentucky and 12 additional deaths.
  
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• Trump unveils $500bn ‘economic empowerment’ plan for black Americans, would designate KKK & Antifa ‘terrorist organizations’

  25-09-2020 23:13 via rt.com
  
  Donald Trump has announced the details of a ‘Platinum Plan’ of economic empowerment for black Americans. It includes big investments in black communities, as well as designating both the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations.“For decades, Democrat politicians like Joe Biden have taken black voters for granted. They made you big promises before every election – and then the moment they got to Washington, they abandoned you and sold you out,” the president told th
  
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• 2 Charged With Theft From Warm Springs Confederated Tribes

  25-09-2020 23:13
  Officials say two men have been charged with fraud against the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
  
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• Transgender Woman Killed at Army Checkpoint in Colombia, Prompting Outrage

  25-09-2020 23:11
  BOGOTA (Reuters) - A soldier shot and killed a transgender woman at a military checkpoint in southwestern Colombia, prompting outrage from...
  
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• Oregon Elections Boss, a Republican, Champions Vote-By-Mail

  25-09-2020 23:10
  Oregon’s Republican secretary of state hailed the state’s pioneering vote-by-mail as an example for the rest of the nation, though another election official warned of likely delays in announcing election results because of the coronavirus.
  
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• Lab Fails to Report Thousands of COVID-19 Tests to SC

  25-09-2020 23:10
  For the second time this week, South Carolina health officials say a lab failed to report thousands of COVID-19 tests over several months.
  
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• The Latest: Ethiopia Says Dam Not Meant to Harm Egypt, Sudan

  25-09-2020 23:09
  
  Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has told the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders that the country has “no intention to harm” Egypt and Sudan, which are downstream from a hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River and has led to talk of potential military action.
  
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• Mother of alleged Kenosha shooter gets standing ovation at GOP event

  25-09-2020 23:09
  
  Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during Black Lives Matter protests in Wisconsin
  
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• MAC Returns With 6-Game Football Season Starting Nov. 4

  25-09-2020 23:09
  The Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season, has become the final one to jump back in.
  
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• American Airlines secures $5.5 billion Treasury loan, could tap more

  25-09-2020 23:09
  
  American Airlinessaid on Friday it has secured a $5.5 billion government loan and could tap up to $2 billion more in October depending on how the U.S. Treasury allocates extra funds under a $25 billion loan package for airlines.Airlines have until Sept. 30 to decide whether to take the U.S. Treasury loans, which were authorized under the CARES Act coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress in March.American Airlines was originally allocated $4.75 billion, but carriers including Delta Air Linesan
  
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• Video: Study Finds Dominant Strain of COVID May Have Mutated for ‘Getting Around’ Masks

  25-09-2020 23:08
  
  More than 99 percent of the second-wave cases studied contained the mutation. STORY: http://w-j.co/s/416a7
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• Virginia Lawmakers Unveil New Budget Plans Amid Pandemic

  25-09-2020 23:07
  Virginia lawmakers have unveiled proposed budgets plans aimed at mitigating the effects of the coronavirus.
  
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• GOP Expecting Trump to Tap Barrett for Supreme Court

  25-09-2020 23:06
  
  Republicans are expecting President Donald Trump to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, as he aims to put a historic stamp on the high court just weeks before the election.
  
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• NC Elections Board, Republicans Spar Over Absentee Changes

  25-09-2020 23:05
  
  North Carolina’s elections board and state Republican heavyweights are sparring over the efficacy and legality of a brokered agreement that eases mail-in ballot rules.
  
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• Officials at veteran's home face criminal charges after deadly Covid-19 outbreak

  25-09-2020 23:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The superintendent and former medical director of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home face criminal charges in connection with a Covid-19 outbreak at the veteran's home earlier this year, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Friday.
  
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• FBI arrests two ISIS sympathizers for plotting ‘Netflix worthy’ attacks on Trump Tower & Wall Street

  25-09-2020 23:04 via rt.com
  
  The FBI arrested and charged two Americans for plotting “Netflix worthy” terrorist attacks on high-profile targets like Trump Tower and the New York Stock Exchange in the hopes of achieving “rock star status” with Islamic State.Federal agents arrested Kristopher Sean Matthews, also known as ‘Ali Jibreel’, in Tennessee earlier this week. His alleged accomplice, Jaylyn Christopher Molina, alias ‘Abdur Rahim’, was arrested in Texas. An affidavit layin
  
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• Minnesota, Oregon and Utah Report Record One-Day Increases in COVID-19 Cases

  25-09-2020 23:02
  By Lisa Shumaker(Reuters) - Three U.S. states reported record one-day increases in new COVID-19 cases on Friday as the nation surpassed the grim...
  
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• Minnesota, Oregon and Utah and Report Record One-Day Increases in COVID-19 Cases

  25-09-2020 23:02
  (Reuters) - Three U.S. states reported record one-day increases in new COVID-19 cases on Friday as the nation surpassed the grim milestone of over...
  
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• Kentucky Lawmaker Arrested During Protests in Taylor Case

  25-09-2020 23:02
  
  A Kentucky lawmaker spent a night in jail after her arrest during protests demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.
  
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• A Guide to the 2020 Presidential Debates

  25-09-2020 23:02
  
  Donald Trump and Joe Biden are poised to face off in televised debates. Here’s all you need to know about them.
  
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• Coronavirus Outbreak at Hospital Grows to 19 Known Cases

  25-09-2020 23:01
  A COVID-19 outbreak at a major Boston hospital has now grown to 19 confirmed cases of the disease.
  
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• Video: DOJ Announces Mass Charges for Suspects They Say Committed Crimes ‘Under the Guise’ of Peaceful Protest

  25-09-2020 23:00
  
  ‘In some instances, these individuals are alleged to have set fires to local businesses as well as city and federal property, which will regrettably incur millions of taxpayer dollars to repair damages.’ STORY: http://w-j.co/s/f2e82
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• Former Exam Administrator Pleads Guilty in College Scam

  25-09-2020 22:58
  
  A former college entrance exam administrator has pleaded guilty to taking bribes to help wealthy parents rig their kids’ test scores as part of the college admissions bribery scheme.
  
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