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• Woman Found Dead, Wrapped in Plastic, in New York Building

  06-03-2021 23:56
  New York City police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman who was found wrapped in plastic in a lower Manhattan building.
  
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• Alaska Native, Former State Lawmaker John Sackett Dies at 76

  06-03-2021 23:55
  Alaska Native leader and former state lawmaker John Sackett has died.
  
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• Creighton Players Express Hurt Over McDermott Words in Video

  06-03-2021 23:52
  
  Five Creighton basketball players explained in a short video before the Bluejays' home game against Butler why they were hurt by coach Greg McDermott’s remarks in his locker room talk following a loss last weekend.
  
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• Virginia GOP Tries Again to Develop Nomination Plans

  06-03-2021 23:48
  Republican Party leaders in Virginia will hold a virtual meeting Friday to try to develop a new plan for choosing nominees for governor and statewide offices in this year’s elections.
  
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• LA County May Return Beachfront Land Taken From Black Family

  06-03-2021 23:46
  Los Angeles county officials may return a beachfront property that was seized from a Black family nearly a century ago.
  
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• Protesters Burn Masks at Idaho Capitol Rally Against Rules

  06-03-2021 23:39
  At least a hundred people gathered at the front of the Idaho Capitol on Saturday to burn masks in a protest against measures taken to limit infections and deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Late Tip-In Helps Providence Hold off No. 10 Villanova 54-52

  06-03-2021 23:39
  
  David Duke made a tiebreaking tip-in with 2.8 seconds left and Providence held on after blowing a 20-point lead to beat No. 10 Villanova 54-52.
  
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• Bold Approach Proves Costly for Arsenal in Latest Slipup

  06-03-2021 23:38
  
  Arsenal's chances of qualifying for European competitions are looking more unlikely after gifting Burnley an equalizer in a 1-1 draw in the Premier League.
  
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• 'Let kids be kids': California considers bill requiring gender-neutral children's sections at large retailers

  06-03-2021 23:35
  
  In a push for inclusivity, a proposed bill in California will ban large retail stores from dividing children's items by gender.      
  
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• Looney Tunes: Cartoon skunk Pepe Le Pew contributed to ‘RAPE CULTURE’, says New York Times columnist

  06-03-2021 23:29 via rt.com
  
  NYT columnist Charles Blow and his critics are trading rhetorical blows after the writer made Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew the latest target of the cancel mob, arguing that the skunk "normalized rape culture.""Right-wing blogs are mad because I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture," Blow wrote Saturday, tweeting a scene from the Warner Bros. classic cartoon series. "Let's see, he grabs/kisses a girl/stranger repeatedly, without consent and against her will. She struggles mightily to get
  
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• Pro-Life Fashion Designer Delivers Bold Response to ‘1973’ Pro-Abortion Necklaces

  06-03-2021 23:23
  
  Fashion designer Carla D’Addesi is on a mission to defend the unborn, with her Culture of Life 1972 (COL1972) fashion brand serving as a “movement that protects and values human life.” The designer recently told “Politely Rude” podcast host Abby Johnson that her business was “birthed out of necessity” after she and her daughters discovered…
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• Surveying Company Under Investigation Over State Contracts

  06-03-2021 23:17
  A newspaper says federal agents are investigating a surveying company that has received millions of dollars in contracts from the Michigan Department of Transportation.
  
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• Edey, No. 23 Purdue Beat Indiana for 9th Straight Time

  06-03-2021 23:17
  
  Zach Edey scored 20 points and Jaden Ivey added 17 to help No. 23 Purdue beat Indiana 67-58.
  
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• Watch: Suspected Purse-Snatcher Thinks He Had an Easy Score Until This Grandmother Caught Up to Him

  06-03-2021 23:11
  
  There truly are some despicable people in the world, and older members of society — viewed by criminals as being weak or powerless — often are prime targets for crimes. Few things terrify me more than the thought of my grandparents falling victim to one of these individuals. The mere idea makes me angry. Sometimes,…
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• FBI Denies Asking Dallas to Keep Suspect Officer on Job

  06-03-2021 23:11
  The agent in charge of the Dallas FBI office says the agency did not ask Dallas police to keep on the job an officer being investigated for two slayings.
  
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• Journalists' Group Calls for Release of Reporters in Myanmar

  06-03-2021 23:10
  The Society of Professional Journalists is calling on Myanmar to release Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and five others who were detained while covering protests in the Southeast Asian nation.
  
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• Officer busted on child porn charge while working at Maryland vaccination site

  06-03-2021 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  The officer, who is also a corporal in the Maryland National Guard, was taken into custody at Six Flags America, sheriff's officials said.
  
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• Central Indiana Woman Dies in Fire That Destroyed Her Home

  06-03-2021 23:07
  Authorities say a central Indiana woman has died in a fire that destroyed her home.
  
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• Barzal Shines as Islanders Beat Sabres for 4th Straight Win

  06-03-2021 23:05
  
  Mathew Barzal and Scott Mayfield each had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 for their fourth straight win.
  
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• Without Cunningham, No. 17 Oklahoma State Beats No. 6 WVU

  06-03-2021 23:04
  
  Sophomore Avery Anderson III scored a career-high 31 points to lead No. 17 Oklahoma State to an 85-80 victory over No. 6 West Virginia.
  
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• YouTube Chess Star Punished for ‘Harmful and Dangerous’ Content After Talking About White and Black Game Pieces

  06-03-2021 23:01
  
  It sounds like a humorous made-up cautionary tale about the hypersensitivity surrounding race relations today — except that it’s completely true. According to the Independent, chess champion Antonio Radic believes his chess channel was temporarily barred from YouTube because of a “glitch” in the algorithm that picked up the “black against white” chess terminology and…
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• Police: Man Drove Wrong Way on Highway, Struck Trooper

  06-03-2021 23:01
  Connecticut state police say they arrested a Utah man after he drove the wrong way on a highway, led police on a chase and intentionally struck a trooper, who was not seriously injured.
  
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• Silver: NBA May Return to Normal in '21-22, Virus Permitting

  06-03-2021 23:00
  
  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league is expecting arenas to be filled again next season.
  
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• Coronavirus Cases, Related Deaths Rising in Texas

  06-03-2021 22:59
  The number of coronavirus cases and deaths due to the illness caused by the virus are rising in Texas.
  
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• Alamo Elementary Being Renamed After Leftists Claim Current Title Is Part of a ‘Call for Vengeance Against Mexicans’

  06-03-2021 22:55
  
  Last month, the city of San Francisco hit the pause button on a woke initiative that was too asinine even for them. San Francisco School Board President Gabriela López announced in a Feb. 21 opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle that the city by the bay would stop, for now, the process of renaming…
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• Woman, Friend Charged With DUI After Truck Hits Car in Ditch

  06-03-2021 22:53
  A woman who drove her car into a ditch in Tennessee had a friend who was trying to help hit her car with his truck before both were charged with DUI.
  
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• Boy Killed in Senegal Protests as Opposition Steps up Pressure

  06-03-2021 22:48
  
  DAKAR (Reuters) - A 17-year-old boy was killed by gunfire in southern Senegal on Saturday, a government official said, and several police stations...
  
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• Amazon Makes Tweak to App Icon After Hitler Comparisons

  06-03-2021 22:48
  
  Amazon tweaked its new app icon after people pointed out that the earlier version resembled Adolf Hitler. The e-commerce giant introduced the first iteration of the new icon in January, replacing the shopping cart symbol. The January version of the icon featured a brown box with a jagged piece of blue tape above the company’s…
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• South Dakota Reports 2 More COVID-19 Deaths, 149 New Cases

  06-03-2021 22:47
  South Dakota health officials reported two more deaths from COVID-19 and 149 new cases, while reporting an increase in the number of active cases for the fifth straight day.
  
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• Parents, Seniors Upset Over No Formal Graduation at U-M

  06-03-2021 22:45
  Parents and students have held a rally to show their displeasure with the University of Michigan’s decision to forgo a traditional in-person spring graduation.
  
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• No Charges for 2 Buffalo Officers Seen on Video Punching Man

  06-03-2021 22:45
  A prosecutor has decided two Buffalo police officers seen on video punching a man in the face while he was on the ground won’t face criminal charges over the encounter last year.
  
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• Watch: Disturbing Video Shows Adult Guiding Child Through ‘The GayBCs’ Alphabet Book

  06-03-2021 22:41
  
  That’s it for Dr. Seuss. Sure, only six of his books are being taken out of print, and just two of those are worth reading, if you ask me: “And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo.” But the writing’s on the wall. Take a 2019 study,…
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• Arkansas Health Department Plans COVID Vaccine Clinics

  06-03-2021 22:40
  The Arkansas Department of Health has announced plans for five weekly mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the state.
  
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• 50 People Sue Wisconsin City Over Handling of Protests

  06-03-2021 22:35
  Fifty people are suing a Wisconsin city over the way it handled protests last fall after authorities announced that a police officer would face no charges for the fatal shooting of a Black teenager.
  
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• Senate Narrowly Passes Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Budget Bill

  06-03-2021 22:34
  
  The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill Saturday along party lines with not a single Republican voting in favor of the legislation after a marathon of a session. Bloomberg’s Steve Dennis reported the amended bill passed 50-49 and sent it “back to the House, which still needs to pass it” after…
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• Iowa Man Accused of Filming College Women While They Slept

  06-03-2021 22:34
  Police arrested an Iowa man Friday in connection to a series of incidents in the Ames, Iowa, in which college women reported awakening to see a man watching them in their beds.
  
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• Brexiteer Nigel Farage Steps Down as Leader of Reform UK

  06-03-2021 22:32
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Saturday he would step down as the leader of Reform UK, the rebranded Brexit Party he...
  
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• Country’s Worst Environmental Disaster Now Looks Like an Iran-Backed Terror Attack

  06-03-2021 22:29
  
  Earlier this year, the Libyan-owned ship Emerald departed from the Islamic Republic of Iran, seemingly for a routine voyage to Syria. The vessel’s automatic identification system, or AIS, was disabled by the time the craft reached Israeli waters on Feb. 1. For nearly a day, Emerald stayed within tens of kilometers of Israel’s shore before…
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• Over 82,000 North Dakotans Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

  06-03-2021 22:28
  North Dakota is reporting an additional 81 positive cases of COVID-19 in the state and one new death.
  
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• Judge Tosses North Carolina Lawsuit Over Remote Learning

  06-03-2021 22:28
  A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by parents in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools who want in-person learning for their students over virtual classrooms.
  
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• Nevadans in Majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 Relief Bill

  06-03-2021 22:27
  Nevada Democrats Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
  
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• Wyoming State Lawmaker Issues Direct Challenge to Anti-Trump Congresswoman: ‘It Is Time to Get Rid of Liz Cheney’

  06-03-2021 22:23
  
  Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming might be popular with members of Washington, D.C.’s elite class after she’s attacked former President Donald Trump in recent months, but it doesn’t look like that popularity matters where it counts: with her own voters. In the weeks since Cheney voted with Democrats and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to…
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• Arizona to Accept Consular ID Cards as Valid Identification

  06-03-2021 22:19
  State officials in Arizona have reauthorized accepting consular identification cards as legal forms of identification.
  
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• Arizonans in Majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 Relief Bill

  06-03-2021 22:18
  Arizona Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
  
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• Young TikTok users tried canceling Eminem. He responded with 'Tone Deaf,' a new song.

  06-03-2021 22:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  “I won't stop even when my hair turns grey (I'm tone-deaf) / 'Cause they won't stop until they cancel me,” the rapper wrote in a Twitter post.
  
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• California Counties Don't Want Blue Shield's Vaccine Program

  06-03-2021 22:15
  Counties across California are increasingly asking to opt out of the state’s centralized vaccination program run by Blue Shield.
  
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• Police: Texas Rapper Dead in Interstate Shooting in Georgia

  06-03-2021 22:13
  Authorities say a  shooting on Interstate 85 in suburban Atlanta has claimed the life of a rising Texas rap artist.
  
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• What if Psaki’s Constant ‘Circling Back’ Is a Sign They’ve Cut Biden Off From Vital Staff?

  06-03-2021 22:12
  
  It was the butt of many a right-wing joke during the 2020 campaign that then-candidate Joe Biden appeared to spend the majority of his time in his “basement.” It’s a bit less funny, however, that this pattern seems to be continuing now that he is the leader of the free world. Meanwhile, White House press…
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• Man Charged With Shooting Pregnant Woman

  06-03-2021 22:12
  A Connecticut man has been charged in connection with the shooting of a pregnant woman last weekend.
  
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• New Mexicans in Majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 Relief Bill

  06-03-2021 22:06
  New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
  
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