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• Virginia House Passes Bill Ending Coal Tax Credits

  01-02-2021 23:59
  The Virginia House passed a bill Monday that would phase out two costly coal tax credits that a state investigation recently found generate economic losses for the state.
  
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• Kentucky Wants to Limit Drive Time for COVID-19 Vaccinations

  01-02-2021 23:59
  A Kentucky official says as the COVID-19 vaccination network expands, the eventual goal is that no one has to travel more than one county away to receive an inoculation.
  
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• Florida Man Charged With Trying to Join ISIS

  01-02-2021 23:59
  Authorities say a former Florida resident has been returned to the United States after traveling to Turkey and attempting to join the Islamic State group.
  
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• Teachers Suspended After Lesson Asks: How to Punish a Slave?

  01-02-2021 23:57
  Administrators at a Wisconsin middle school say they have suspended teachers who were involved in an activity for sixth graders that included a question about how the students would punish slaves.
  
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• ICE Won’t Make Immigration Arrests at Coronavirus Vaccination Sites, DHS Says

  01-02-2021 23:57
  
  The Department of Homeland Security said it fully supports equal access to the vaccine for immigrants in the country illegally.
  
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• 13 GOP House members demand AOC apologize to Ted Cruz for accusing him of ‘attempted murder’

  01-02-2021 23:57 via rt.com
  
  Republican members of Congress have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California), demanding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) apologize to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for claiming he tried to have her killed."It has come to our attention that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent out a tweet in which she accused Senator Cruz, in essence, of attempted murder," the letter, which was obtained and revealed by Washington Examiner on Monday, reads.
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• 100-Year-Old New Hampshire Camp Shuttered and List for Sale

  01-02-2021 23:52
  A 57-acre New Hampshire summer camp has been shuttered and listed for sale the year it would have celebrated its 100th anniversary.
  
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• Chief Who Supervised Officer in Shootings to Retire

  01-02-2021 23:51
  A suburban Milwaukee police chief who supervised an officer who killed three people will retire this summer.
  
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• Hundreds Deported Under Biden, Including Witness to Massacre

  01-02-2021 23:50
  
  President Joe Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of people in its early days despite his campaign pledge to halt most at the beginning of his term.
  
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• Authorities ID Man Killed When Two Trucks Collided Saturday

  01-02-2021 23:49
  Authorities have identified the 53-year-old Nebraska man who died over the weekend after another driver lost control of his pickup truck on an icy road.
  
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• Woman, 9-Year-Old Boy Killed in North Carolina House Fire

  01-02-2021 23:48
  Officials say a boy whose 10th birthday was coming this week and a 62-year-old woman have died in a house fire in North Carolina.
  
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• Highlights of Ohio Governor's Proposed 2-Year Spending Plan

  01-02-2021 23:48
  
  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled a two-year state spending budget with a $1 billion initiative to help bring the state back from the economic downfall of the pandemic.
  
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• Arrest Made in Shooting of MetroLink Guard in St. Louis

  01-02-2021 23:45
  Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a MetroLink security guard in St. Louis.
  
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• NY officials try to fix vaccination racial disparities

  01-02-2021 23:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York officials acknowledged Monday there's a clear racial disparity among the people who have received vaccine doses to date and the city needs to redouble its efforts to address inequitable access.
  
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• NY officials try to fix racial disparities in vaccination rates

  01-02-2021 23:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York officials acknowledged Monday there's a clear racial disparity among the people who have received vaccine doses to date and the city needs to redouble its efforts to address inequitable access.
  
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• Texas Ready to Open Large Drive-In Vaccine Site

  01-02-2021 23:43
  Texas’ rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations stayed on its downward trend Monday as health officials eyed the opening of a large drive-through vaccine center at the Texas Motor Speedway racetrack.
  
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• 2 Brothers Found Dead in Vehicle in Chandler Murder-Suicide

  01-02-2021 23:37
  Authorities in Chandler say two people found fatally shot inside a vehicle were brothers and the deaths resulted from a murder-suicide.
  
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• NHL's Devils Forced to Postpone 3 Games Because of COVID

  01-02-2021 23:36
  
  The NHL has announced that the New Jersey Devils have been forced to postpone three games this week after four more players tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Bucs Double up Female Coaches in Super Bowl With Not 1 but 2

  01-02-2021 23:36
  
  Maral Javadifar thought Katie Sowers making history a year ago as the first female to coach in a Super Bowl meant that topic had been handled once and for all.
  
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• Famed San Francisco Private Eye Palladino Dies After Attack

  01-02-2021 23:33
  Famous San Francisco private eye Jack Palladino died Monday, never having regained consciousness after tussling with would-be robbers in his Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and hitting his head.
  
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• Montana House Advances Bill Providing Virus Liability Shield

  01-02-2021 23:32
  Montana House lawmakers voted to advance a bill that would protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
  
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• Young Not Stupid: While CA Closed Down Businesses, They Put Billions of Dollars Into the Hands of Criminals

  01-02-2021 23:30
  
  The following is a weekly series of commentary articles by Cameron Arcand, founder of the conservative commentary website Young Not Stupid and a contributor to The Western Journal. The Golden State has become the gold standard for government inefficiency, as California is reeling from a massive unemployment scandal. The Employment Development Department determined that there…
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• Republican Tenney Leads in Last Undecided US House Race

  01-02-2021 23:28
  
  Former U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney appeared close to recapturing her seat in Congress as election officials wrapped up counting ballots Monday in the nation’s last undecided U.S. House race.
  
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• Mayor Ordered to Resign After His Embezzlement Guilty Plea

  01-02-2021 23:27
  A Mississippi mayor is being removed from office after pleading guilty to embezzlement by a public official.
  
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• Yale is offering its highly popular 'happiness' course to high school students for free

  01-02-2021 23:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In order to help young people combat the growing mental health crisis brought on by the pandemic, Yale University is now offering a variation of its most popular online course to more than 500 low-income high school students across the US at no cost.
  
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• Police: Kansas City Man Used Child as Shield Against Police

  01-02-2021 23:25
  Kansas City police say a man used his 6-year-old daughter as a shield during a confrontation at a home.
  
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• Stealth Fighter Jet to Land at Nebraska Museum This Spring

  01-02-2021 23:22
  A stealth fighter jet is set to arrive at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ashland this spring.
  
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• Nevada Reports 838 New COVID-19 Cases, 8 Deaths Monday

  01-02-2021 23:20
  Nevada reported 838 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths from the disease on Monday.
  
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• County to Reassess Properties to Settle School Funding Suit

  01-02-2021 23:18
  Officials in Delaware’s largest county have agreed to conduct a general reassessment of all real property to settle a lawsuit over school funding.
  
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• Fauci flip-flops again, says there's NO DATA to indicate that wearing multiple masks is beneficial in fighting spread of Covid-19

  01-02-2021 23:17 via rt.com
  
  Just when he seemed to be a proponent of the double-masking fad, US Covid-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci has again reversed his expert advice, saying there is “no data” to show that multiple masks provide increased virus protection.“There are many people who feel, 'You know, if you really want to have an extra little bit of protection, maybe I should put two masks on.' There's nothing wrong with that, but there's no data that indicates that that is going to make a difference. And th
  
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• Capitol Building Fence Is Blocking DC Laws From Approval

  01-02-2021 23:17
  
  That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government’s ability to enact new laws.
  
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• Study: Killings Surge in 2020; Pandemic, Protests Play Roles

  01-02-2021 23:16
  
  Killings rose dramatically across the U.S. last year, and a study suggests that the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice unrest were factors.
  
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• California teacher says Bernie’s mittens are symbol of ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE,’ in ‘stupidest op-ed ever’

  01-02-2021 23:16 via rt.com
  
  Progressive godfather Bernie Sanders has been cancelled and is now, according to a San Francisco journalist and teacher, the embodiment of “white privilege,” all because he wears meme-able mittens, or something.Few people would associate Bernie Sanders with “white supremacy.” An elederly Jewish progressive whose ill-fated presidential campaign last year promised to build a left-wing “multi-generational, multi-racial coalition,” the Vermont senator is about as
  
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• Brazil Senate Elects Bolsonaro Ally to Head the Upper Chamber

  01-02-2021 23:16
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate voted 57-21 on Monday to elect Rodrigo Pacheco, the candidate endorsed by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro,...
  
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• Half of Americans want to see Senate convict Trump over Capitol riot - poll

  01-02-2021 23:15 via rt.com
  
  As former President Donald Trump gears up for his impeachment trial next month, a new poll has found that half of Americans want to see the Senate convict him for inciting an insurrection.According to a Marist poll released on Monday, 50 percent said they want to see Trump convicted and impeached, despite the fact that he no longer resides in the White House. On the opposite end of the argument, 41 percent want to see him acquitted. 
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• Trump Family Member Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  01-02-2021 23:14
  
  Former White House adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize as a result of their work to form peace deals between multiple countries in the Middle East. Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, led a diplomatic effort that resulted in historic agreements — known…
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• Illinois Expected to Top 1M COVID-19 Vaccinations

  01-02-2021 23:14
  Illinois public health officials said they expected COVID-19 vaccinations to top 1 million by the end of Monday, even as the state struggles to get more doses and fends off criticism it is moving too slowly.
  
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• Google Shutters Internal Stadia Game Studio

  01-02-2021 23:13
  
  Google is closing the internal studio tasked with developing games for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, a move that raises questions about the future of its Stadia service itself.
  
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• Navy Pauses Plan to Move Wisconsin Badger to Virginia Museum

  01-02-2021 23:06
  
  The Navy has paused plans to move a beloved badger statue from Wisconsin to the East Coast for at least two years.
  
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• White House press secretary Psaki finally CIRCLES BACK after trolling from ‘conservative Twitter’ over repetitive promise

  01-02-2021 23:03 via rt.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Jen Paski has claimed she doesn’t spend “a lot of time” thinking about Donald Trump’s absence on social media, but she did turn heads by acknowledging criticism of her from “conservative Twitter.”Psaki addressed a number of issues with the press during a Monday gathering at the White House, but the comment that appeared to stick out most was one directed at what she deemed “conservative Twitter.”
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• Spotify Launches Music Streaming Service in South Korea

  01-02-2021 23:03
  
  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday made a long-awaited debut in South Korea, the sixth largest music market in the world and...
  
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• Legendary Singer Tony Bennett’s Family Reveals Heartbreaking Health Diagnosis

  01-02-2021 23:03
  
  Millions of people have been affected by Alzheimer’s disease, either because they have it or because someone they love does. And yet there is still much stigma surrounding the condition, and many times people like to keep such diagnoses hushed for as long as possible. More are choosing to speak out about the disease as…
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• Chiefs' Robinson, Kilgore on COVID-19 List as Close Contacts

  01-02-2021 23:02
  
  The Kansas City Chiefs placed a pair of backups, wide receiver Demarcus Robinson and center Daniel Kilgore, on the COVID-19 list as close contacts as they begin their final preparations for the Super Bowl against Tampa Bay.
  
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• Brothers Accused in Capitol Breach Face Washington Transfer

  01-02-2021 23:01
  The U.S. Marshals Service will transfer two Montana brothers to Washington to face charges in their alleged roles in the breach of the U.S. Capitol last month.
  
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• Op-Ed: 2 Things That Could Seriously Shake Up the GOP in 2024

  01-02-2021 22:59
  
  Can 74 million people be wrong? Maybe, but that’s the wrong question to ask. The right question is: What happens, in 2024, to the 74 million votes that went to former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Some won’t vote in 2024. That’s a given, no matter how hard GOP political strategists want to…
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• 2 Kentucky Men Charged With Entering Capitol During Riot

  01-02-2021 22:58
  Two Kentucky men have been charged with illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
  
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• ‘WJ Live’: BLM Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize After Months of Destructive Riots

  01-02-2021 22:55
  
  Support Christian, conservative journalism at The Western Journal by joining our subscription service. The Norwegian politician who nominated BLM for the Nobel Peace Prize said there is ‘a strong linkage between antiracism movements and peace.’ ► Click HERE to subscribe to “WJ Live”: http://w-j.co/s/51c85 The Western Journal’s mission is to equip readers with the truth, and we’re…
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• Senate Pro-Life Caucus Chair: Aborting Babies with Down Syndrome Is ‘Eugenics’

  01-02-2021 22:55
  
  Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana spoke out against the abortion of babies with Down syndrome in an interview with the Catholic News Agency last week. “This is eugenics, and we cannot allow this to continue in our country,” said Daines, the chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus. He also criticized fellow lawmakers who support the…
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• Myanmar, Russia Pose Early Tests for Biden's Foreign Policy

  01-02-2021 22:55
  
  A military coup in Myanmar and a mass crackdown on dissidents in Russia are presenting early tests for the Biden administration as it tries to reestablish American primacy as a worldwide pro-democracy leader.
  
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• John Bartlett, Infectious Disease Specialist, Dead at 83

  01-02-2021 22:54
  A widely respected infectious disease specialist who played a role in the growth of the nationally renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital has died at age 83.
  
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