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• Utah House Votes to Allow Concealed Guns Without a Permit

  26-01-2021 23:59
  The Utah House voted Tuesday to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit, despite some GOP dissent.
  
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• Tennessee Man Sought, Charged in Fatal Shootings of 2

  26-01-2021 23:59
  Officials say a man is being sought on first-degree murder charges in the fatal shootings of two men at a lake in northeastern Tennessee.
  
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• A Man with a Home: Pence’s Steadfast Faith Guarantees His Place in Heaven

  26-01-2021 23:59
  
  Now that his time serving as vice president has ended, Mike Pence’s political career seems uncertain — but his future is grounded in Christ. In recent weeks, Pence alienated both political parties by refusing to throw out state-certified Electoral College votes or invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. The decision to deny…
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• The Latest: Alabama to Get More Doses in Vaccine Delivery

  26-01-2021 23:56
  
  Sate Health Officer Scott Harris says Alabama will receive an additional 10,000 first doses in its upcoming delivery, but supply remains the chief obstacle to getting more people  vaccinating.
  
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• Arizona Residents Digging Out From Latest Winter Storm

  26-01-2021 23:55
  
  Parts of multiple roads in Arizona’s high country were closed Tuesday as a major winter storm made its final sweep through the state.
  
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• Suspect in Fatal Sioux City Shooting Pleads Not Guilty

  26-01-2021 23:54
  One of three suspects in a fatal shooting at a New Year's party in Sioux City has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
  
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• SC House Approves Taking More Bids to Sell Santee Cooper

  26-01-2021 23:54
  
  The South Carolina House has agreed to reopen bids for a private company to buy state-owned utility Santee Cooper.
  
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• Democrats Prep Biden's Virus Aid Package With or Without GOP

  26-01-2021 23:54
  
  Senate Democrats are preparing to push ahead with President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
  
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• Biden: U.S. Will Have Enough Vaccines for 300 Million Americans By End of Summer

  26-01-2021 23:49
  
  The Biden administration plans to secure 100 million additional doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines.
  
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• Louisiana's Cassidy and Kennedy Diverge on Trump Impeachment

  26-01-2021 23:43
  Louisiana’s two Republican U.S. senators are taking different approaches to the second impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Bill Opens Way for Smoking Bans at Florida Parks, Beaches

  26-01-2021 23:37
  Local governments could ban smoking at beaches and parks they own and Florida would prohibit smoking in state parks under a bill approved by a Senate committee, The state already bans smoking at indoor workplaces and restaurants other than bars that sell a minimal amount of food.
  
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• Wisconsin Senate to Vote on Repealing Wisconsin Mask Mandate

  26-01-2021 23:36
  The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on repealing Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care community that doing so would impair efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Biden Administration to Review Sanctions on International Criminal Court Officials

  26-01-2021 23:36
  
  By Simon LewisWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will "thoroughly review" U.S. sanctions on International Criminal Court officials...
  
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• Bath Iron Works Rigger Suffers Serious Injury

  26-01-2021 23:34
  The Machinists Union says a Bath Iron Works rigger is recovering after being “critically injured” in a workplace accident.
  
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• Department Store Chain Belk Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

  26-01-2021 23:32
  The North Carolina-based department store chain Belk says it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  
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• Watch and Admire: Man City Goes Top of EPL After 5-0 Win

  26-01-2021 23:30
  
  Manchester City’s players powered to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season and even the opposition are stopping to admire their work.
  
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• NBA: Los Angeles Mourns on First Anniversary of Kobe Bryant's Death

  26-01-2021 23:30
  
  By Rory CarrollLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of the late Kobe Bryant, who died a year ago to the day alongside his daughter and seven others when...
  
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• Lessons Learned From Reopening a Mississippi School During COVID

  26-01-2021 23:29
  
  A Mississippi charter school’s decision to offer in-person learning hinged heavily on a desire for equity. Its experience offers insight for others looking to do the same.
  
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• Newly Confirmed Massachusetts Coronavirus Deaths Rise by 41

  26-01-2021 23:28
  The number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts rose by 41 while the number of newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by more than 2,200 on Tuesday.
  
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• Rand Paul: No One Will Ask Dems Whether They Have Incited Violence with Their Dangerous Rhetoric

  26-01-2021 23:27
  
  As the Senate prepares to take up the House of Representatives’ article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump, which accuses Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 incursion at the U.S. Capitol, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is calling out Democrats for their own inflammatory rhetoric in recent years. Paul, who just four years…
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• Yellen Says Treasury Focus to Help Nation Reeling From Virus

  26-01-2021 23:26
  
  Janet Yellen has been sworn in as the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary and the first woman to hold the office.
  
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• Elliot Page and Emma Portner Divorcing After 3 Years

  26-01-2021 23:26
  
  Actor Elliot Page and Emma Portner say they are divorcing after three years of marriage.
  
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• 12 Outbreaks End, No New Ones at Long-Term Care Facilities

  26-01-2021 23:25
  New Hampshire Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette says 12 coronavirus outbreaks at long-term care facilities in the state have ended, and there currently are no new outbreaks to report.
  
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• The Latest: Canada's PM: 'Worrying' if EU Blocks Vaccine

  26-01-2021 23:22
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it would be very worrying if the European Union blocked Canada from getting COVID-19 doses from Europe.
  
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• Permanent Mail-In Voting Among Carney's Goals for Delaware

  26-01-2021 23:22
  Democratic Gov. John Carney says his plans for Delaware include making mail-in voting permanent and mandating higher use of renewable energy sources.
  
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• Safety Advocates Urge Nebraska to Tighten Seat Belt Law

  26-01-2021 23:21
  Highway safety advocates are urging Nebraska lawmakers to tighten state seat belt requirements that are among the loosest in the nation.
  
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• Some Frustrated by Vaccine Signup; 8 Corrections Staff Cases

  26-01-2021 23:20
  As Vermonters aged 75 and older sign up to get vaccinated against COVID-19 over the next six weeks some say they got appointments easily while some others are expressing frustration with the registration process.
  
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• Alaska Governor Plans to Deliver Annual Address Remotely

  26-01-2021 23:18
  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to deliver his State of the State address remotely this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• South Dakota Lawmakers Revive Bill Decried by LGBTQ Groups

  26-01-2021 23:17
  
  South Dakota Republican lawmakers have revived a proposed law that would have banned people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates.
  
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• Judge: Floyd's Past Arrest Details Can't Be Used at Trial

  26-01-2021 23:17
  A judge has ruled that information about George Floyd's prior arrests can't be used at the trials of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in his death.
  
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• Report: Biden Received Record-Shattering Amount in Dark-Money Donations to Aid 2020 Victory

  26-01-2021 23:15
  
  President Joe Biden used millions in dark money donations to assist his 2020 election victory, which is considered a faux pas in some Democratic circles. The Biden campaign was given roughly $145 million in these anonymous donations. The obscene amount takes the record from failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who accrued $113 million in dark…
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• Maduro's 'Miracle' Treatment for COVID-19 Draws Skeptics

  26-01-2021 23:15
  
  Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro appears to be counting on yet another “miracle” to save his citizens from COVID-19.
  
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• Governor Pins Vaccine Difficulties on Supply Overpromises

  26-01-2021 23:15
  Gov. Tom Wolf is defending Pennsylvania’s rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, saying it was left in the lurch by the Trump administration’s overpromises and that a decentralized vaccine signup system should prove to be more efficient, as opposed to a centralized portal some states use.
  
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• Bill to Deny Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Fails

  26-01-2021 23:12
  
  The Montana House has voted down a bill seeking to penalize physicians who provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
  
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• Kansas Lawmakers' Ire Rises Over Handling of COVID-19 Shots

  26-01-2021 23:10
  Republican legislators are suggesting that mistakes by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration are making it more difficult for older Kansas residents to get COVID-19 vaccine shots.
  
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• Mother of Teen Who Died Sues Unity Center for $13M

  26-01-2021 23:09
  The mother of a Portland teen who died by suicide shortly after medical staff allegedly evaluated and released him from the Unity Center for Behavioral Health has filed a $13 million lawsuit against two of the organizations that operate the center.
  
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• Biden’s Bid to Reopen Schools Plagued by Setbacks

  26-01-2021 23:09
  
  The president insists he wants schools reopened when it is safe to do so. But his goal of resuming in-person classes in the first 100 days of his administration appears to be in jeopardy.
  
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• NY Civil Rights Advocates Back Facial Recognition Ban

  26-01-2021 23:08
  Amnesty International is calling on New York City and state officials to ban law enforcement from using facial recognition technology.
  
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• Let Down Your Hair: New Army Rules for Ponytails, Nail Color

  26-01-2021 23:07
  
  Female soldiers can let their hair down and flash a little nail color under new rules being approved by the Army.
  
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• Efforts Slow to Reduce Crowded Texas Jail Amid Pandemic

  26-01-2021 23:07
  A federal judge is expressing frustration over what she sees as a lack of progress in efforts to try and relieve overcrowding at Texas’ largest county jail, where some inmates have described the facility as a “metal can of contagion” because of ongoing concerns about a potential COVID-19 outbreak.
  
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• The Latest: Tennessee Tech Men’s Hoops Has Schedule Change

  26-01-2021 23:06
  
  The Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team has its first schedule change of the season because of COVID-19 issues.
  
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• Starbucks' Recovery, Solid in China, Still Slow in US

  26-01-2021 23:06
  Starbucks’ recovery slowed at the end of last year as U.S. coronavirus cases mounted.
  
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• Governor Seeks New State Investments in Relief, Education

  26-01-2021 23:02
  
  New Mexico’s governor is urging legislators to approve increased spending on public schools, health care and aid to small businesses in her annual State of the State address.
  
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• Montana Bison Harvest Challenges Wounded Marine Veteran

  26-01-2021 23:00
  A love of hunting propelled 39-year-old Brian Meyer to the remote prairie of Eastern Montana.
  
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• Amid Backlash, Harvard Cancels Class on Policing Strategy

  26-01-2021 23:00
  Harvard University’s engineering school has canceled a class that intended to evaluate a policing strategy based on U.S. military tactics after students raised concerns about the strategy’s impact on people of color.
  
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• Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s 100-Day Deportation Freeze

  26-01-2021 22:59
  
  The ruling delivers an early blow to President Joe Biden on one of his first major immigration actions.
  
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• ‘WJ Live’: Even Democrats Are Starting to See Big Tech as a Threat

  26-01-2021 22:56
  
  Support Christian, conservative journalism at The Western Journal by joining our subscription service. Former Dem Rep. Tulsi Gabbard believes Big Tech oligarchs could be more dangerous than the U.S. Capitol rioters, calling tech giants ‘domestic enemies.’ Could Big Tech start facing backlash from both political parties? ► Click HERE to subscribe to “WJ Live”: http://w-j.co/s/51c85 The Western…
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• Two Men Extradited From Australia to Face U.S. Charges for $50 Million Text Messaging Fraud

  26-01-2021 22:51
  By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men have been extradited from Australia to face U.S. criminal charges over an alleged scheme to bilk...
  
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• Dump Truck Driver Sentenced in Wreck That Killed 2 Siblings

  26-01-2021 22:51
  The driver of a dump truck that killed two siblings from Millard has been sentenced to prison.
  
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• Hogan Outlines Mass Vaccine Plans for When More Is Available

  26-01-2021 22:50
  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is outlining plans for vaccinating more people against the coronavirus as more shots become available.
  
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