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• Ernst Wins Drive on Championship for 3rd LPGA Tour Title

  07-03-2021 23:54
  Austin Ernst won the Drive On Championship on Sunday for her third LPGA Tour title, pulling away to beat fellow former NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho by five strokes at Golden Ocala.
  
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• Cuomo: NY Restaurants Outside NYC Can Go to 75% on March 19

  07-03-2021 23:53
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says restaurants in New York state outside of New York City will be allowed to fill three-fourths of their seats starting March 19.
  
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• New Mexico Reports 183 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 More Deaths

  07-03-2021 23:47
  Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 183 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 12 more deaths.
  
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• Winning Run Ended by Man U but City Running Away With Title

  07-03-2021 23:45
  
  Manchester United prevailed 2-0 to halt City’s winning run at 21 matches in all competitions.
  
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• Woman Walks Into an Alaskan Outhouse, Doesn’t Notice Massive Beast Lurking Below Until It Attacks

  07-03-2021 23:43
  
  From mice lurking inside toilet bowls to snakes slithering through pipes, animals have a history of hiding in unexpected places. But what happens when the hiding animal is a bear? Shannon Stevens entered an outhouse while on a trip in the Alaskan backcountry last month, unaware of the danger lurking beneath its floors. After sitting…
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• Jefferson Parish Board Rejects Bid to Analyze School Names

  07-03-2021 23:39
  The board of the largest school system in the state rejected a bid to form a committee to analyze whether some school or mascot names should be changed because they’re honoring figures tied to slavery, the Confederacy or segregation.
  
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• Thousands of Teachers in Omaha Area Get Virus Vaccinations

  07-03-2021 23:34
  Roughly 5,000 teachers from the Omaha area received their coronavirus vaccine shots this weekend.
  
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• At Least 20 Dead, 600 Wounded in Equatorial Guinea Blasts

  07-03-2021 23:33
  Equatorial Guinea authorities say a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded at least 600 others.
  
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• Cuomo Defiant as Top New York Lawmakers Call on Him to Quit

  07-03-2021 23:29
  
  The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
  
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• Surfer Dies After Collision on Waves off California Coast

  07-03-2021 23:23
  Authorities say the accidental collision of two surfers in the waves off the Southern California coast left one of the men dead.
  
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• Schumer: Help Is on the Way to NY After Relief Bill Passes

  07-03-2021 23:22
  Fresh off the Senate’s passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was back in New York to promote the plan's impact on his home state.
  
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• Girl, 9, Killed After Car Hits 3 People in Portland Suburb

  07-03-2021 23:22
  A 9-year-old girl has been killed and two others injured after they were hit by a car in a Portland suburb.
  
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• Is He Finished? New York Senate Majority Leader Calls for Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation

  07-03-2021 23:20
  
  One of the most powerful Democrats in New York state politics on Sunday called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins had said last week after three women accused Cuomo of sexual harassment that she would call for Cuomo to step down if there was a fourth accusation. An allegation…
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• CNN’s Chris Cuomo Tells Don Lemon ‘You Know I’m Black on the Inside’

  07-03-2021 23:12
  
  Even as Chris Cuomo has became a target for critics who recall his happy talk interviews with his brother, embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the CNN host has proclaimed he is “black on the inside” while sharing a ditty with fellow CNN host Don Lemon. The proclamation was not received with open arms in…
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• Officer Kills Gunman Who Had Just Fatally Shot Woman

  07-03-2021 23:02
  Authorities say a Florida police officer fatally shot a man seconds after the man fatally shot a woman.
  
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• Game of Drones: Chinese Giant DJI Hit by U.S. Tensions, Staff Defections

  07-03-2021 23:02
  
  By David KirtonSHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd built up such a successful U.S. business over the past decade...
  
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• Kentucky Bill Would Criminalize Insulting, Taunting Police Officers

  07-03-2021 23:00
  
  A group of Kentucky state senators have had enough after watching rioters taunt police over and over again — and they want to give police a way to fight back legally. By a 7-4 vote, members of the Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee of the Kentucky state Senate passed legislation amending current law…
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• Analysis: Advocates Split Over Mississippi Tax Cut Proposals

  07-03-2021 23:00
  
  Policy groups are deeply divided over a proposal to phase out Mississippi’s personal income tax.
  
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• Fuel Tanker Overturns, Killing 1 and Closing I-95 in N.C.

  07-03-2021 22:59
  A North Carolina man has died after his fuel tanker overturned on Interstate 95.
  
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• The Latest: Michigan Makes Homeless People Vaccine-Eligible

  07-03-2021 22:55
  
  People who are homeless will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan starting Monday.
  
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• Koepka Withdraws From Players Championship With Knee Injury

  07-03-2021 22:51
  
  Brooks Koepka is out of The Players Championship with a knee injury.
  
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• State Police Ticket Renters After Large Party Near UConn

  07-03-2021 22:50
  Three people have received tickets after state police say they hosted a party of more than 100 people near the University of Connecticut campus.
  
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• White House task force coordinator won't say how soon Americans should expect vaccinations

  07-03-2021 22:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The White House coronavirus task force coordinator on Sunday wouldn't set a timeline on when Americans can expect to be vaccinated following President Joe Biden's announcement last week that the US would have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for every adult by the end of May.
  
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• New York State legislative leaders say Cuomo ‘MUST RESIGN’ after embattled governor brands such demands ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’

  07-03-2021 22:48 via rt.com
  
  Leaders of New York’s Assembly and Senate called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign just hours after he said stepping down because of rising sexual-harassment allegations by former staffers would be “anti-Democratic.”New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who like Cuomo is a Democrat, said Sunday that with new accusers of Cuomo stepping forward seemingly every day and the governor embroiled in multiple scandals, focus is being drawn away from the business of go
  
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• Authorities to Seek Charges After Violent Boulder Party

  07-03-2021 22:48
  Authorities say they will seek criminal charges against participants in a massive party near the University of Colorado that devolved into a violent confrontation with police this weekend.
  
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• Report: Blinken Offers Plan to Bolster Afghan Peace Process

  07-03-2021 22:46
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken is proposing a series of steps to help jumpstart Afghanistan’s stalled peace process between the government and Taliban.
  
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• Ruling RHDP Party Wins Majority in Ivory Coast's Parliamentary Election

  07-03-2021 22:45
  
  DAKAR (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's ruling party won 58% of seats in parliamentary elections, results showed on Sunday, strengthening President...
  
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• Texas Reports 2,420 New COVID-19 Cases, 84 More Deaths

  07-03-2021 22:44
  Texas health officials report more than 2,400 new cases of COVID-19, along with 84 more deaths linked to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
  
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• 800 Nurses at a Massachusetts Hospital Preparing to Strike

  07-03-2021 22:44
  Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester are planning to strike Monday following what they described as failed negotiations with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which owns the hospital.
  
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• Michigan to Begin Vaccinating Homeless People for COVID-19

  07-03-2021 22:41
  People who are homeless will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan starting Monday.
  
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• Loyola Chicago Gets MVC Crown Over Drake, 7th NCAA Berth

  07-03-2021 22:40
  
  Cameron Krutwig and Braden Norris scored 20 points apiece to help Loyola Chicago roll past Drake 75-65 in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
  
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• Why sweeping police reform over the last year has largely been elusive

  07-03-2021 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the year since Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in an overnight drug raid, the Democratic-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill overhauling policing, twice.
  
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• Blaze at Glenburn Fire Hall Totals Building, Damages Trucks

  07-03-2021 22:28
  Authorities say a small-town North Dakota fire department lost is building and likely six trucks in a fire.
  
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• ‘Used & betrayed’: Pro-life Biden backers say he broke promise to hear them, ramrodded Covid bill with taxpayer-funded abortion

  07-03-2021 22:27 via rt.com
  
  Pro-life Christians who chose to support Democrat Joe Biden in last November's election said they're feeling “betrayed” after the new president rammed through Covid-19 relief legislation that includes taxpayer-funded abortion.The $1.9 trillion stimulus package that was passed on Saturday in a party-line vote by the US Senate would allow for billions of dollars to be spent on abortion. Democrats rejected a Republican effort to include the Hyde Amendment, as in previous Covid-19 relief
  
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• Woman Reveals Bad Habits That Destroyed Her Teeth; One Habit in Particular Hits Home

  07-03-2021 22:24
  
  Michigan resident Victoria Irene Nowakowski took to TikTok to express the importance of dental hygiene after losing her entire top row of teeth. If you’re a fan of soda, you might want to read this one. According to the New York Post, Nowakowski’s decade-long soda addiction, cigarette habit and poor dental hygiene led to tooth…
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• Video: Dan Crenshaw Tours the Southern Border, Reveals How Bad the Situation Really Is

  07-03-2021 22:24
  
  Unsafe, unstable, uncontrolled — and unlikely to get much better under the policies of President Joe Biden. That’s the summary Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw delivered as he toured the Texas-Mexico border over the weekend, sharing dramatic video of gaps in the border wall that are an open invitation to illegal immigrants. “Here’s going to be…
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• No. 7 Gamecocks Win SEC Tourney 67-62 Over No. 16 Georgia

  07-03-2021 22:24
  
  Aliyah Boston had 27 points and 10 rebounds as No. 7 South Carolina used a late third-quarter run to defeat No. 16 Georgia 67-62 for its second straight SEC Tournament title and sixth in the past seven years.
  
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• Schumer: Help Is on the Way to NY After Relieve Bill Passes

  07-03-2021 22:22
  Fresh off the Senate’s passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was back in New York to promote the plan's impact on his home state.
  
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• Mother Arrested After Rollover Crash That Killed Daughter, 5

  07-03-2021 22:10
  A 26-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a rollover crash that killed her 5-year-old daughter.
  
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• At Least 15 Dead, 400 Wounded in Equatorial Guinea Blasts

  07-03-2021 22:05
  Equatorial Guinea's state television says a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 15 people and wounded at least 400 others.
  
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• Ex-Republican Senate candidate Witzke banned from Twitter after calling trans activist ‘DEMONIC’

  07-03-2021 22:03 via rt.com
  
  Lauren Witzke, a hardline right-winger who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2020, has been banned from Twitter. Her ban came after she called a trans activist “demonic” for suggesting that “little girls” can be “kinky.”Witzke’s account was suspended on Sunday evening, and in a post to Telegram shortly afterwards, the former Senate candidate from Delaware revealed that her account had violated Twitter’s rules against “hateful conduct.&r
  
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• U.S. Says All Options on Table for Afghanistan, Decision Unclear on Force Posture After May 1

  07-03-2021 22:01
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said Sunday that all options remain on the table for its remaining 2,500 troops in...
  
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• U.S. Pushes New Peace Effort, May Withdraw All Forces From Afghanistan After May 1: Letter

  07-03-2021 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a 90-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan and a new United Nations-led...
  
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• Analysis: Louisiana Weighs Hefty Borrowing to Pay Levee Debt

  07-03-2021 22:00
  
  Louisiana delayed paying its debts for improvements to the federal flood protection system stretching across five parishes in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina.
  
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• Calls Grow for Cuomo to Quit From Top New York Lawmakers

  07-03-2021 21:59
  
  The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
  
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• Judge Forced to Consider Additional Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin

  07-03-2021 21:57
  
  Complicating a difficult case further, an appeals court has forced a Minnesota judge to consider allowing prosecutors to charge former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd on May 25, NPR reports. It’s unclear whether the potential reinstatement of the charge could delay Chauvin’s trial. Jury selection is…
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• Carla Wallenda, Member of Famed High-Wire Act, Dies at 85

  07-03-2021 21:50
  
  Carla Wallenda, a member of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act and the last surviving child of the famed troupe’s founder, has died.
  
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• Facebook Slaps Knitting 81-Year-Old with a ‘Hate Speech’ Warning

  07-03-2021 21:48
  
  Imagine Rita Rich-Mulcahy’s surprise when Facebook flagged her for an offense she knew she didn’t commit. This widowed 81-year-old knits to pass the time. And she says it nearly got her banned for “hate speech.” “Facebook obviously use a bot to trawl around Facebook and I had made two comments, totally innocent, which the bot…
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• Feminist Activists Paint Barriers With Names of Victims in Mexico

  07-03-2021 21:47
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The names of women victimized by violence were painted on metal barriers hastily erected around Mexico's national palace...
  
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• Activists Paint Barriers With Names of Female Victims of Violence in Mexico

  07-03-2021 21:47
  
  By David Alire Garcia and Roberto RamirezMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal...
  
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