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• Congressional Republicans Celebrate New CDC Guidance by Ditching Masks

  13-05-2021 23:57
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress reacted jubilantly and removed their masks on Thursday after the Centers for Disease...
  
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• DNR Considers Ending Night Wolf Hunt, Shorter Registrations

  13-05-2021 23:56
  
  Wisconsin wildlife officials are considering drafting new regulations that would prohibit hunting wolves at night and shorten the window for registering kills after hunters blew past their quota in February.
  
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• Report: Canadian National to Sweeten Offer for US Railroad

  13-05-2021 23:53
  Canadian National is likely to sweeten its $33.7 billion offer to buy Kansas City Southern railroad to secure the deal over rival Canadian Pacific.
  
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• U.S. Rep. Roy Announces Bid for No. 3 House Republican Leadership Job

  13-05-2021 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Chip Roy, a two-term conservative from Texas, said on Thursday he intends to run for the No. 3...
  
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• Husband of Ex-DA Avoids Jail Time in Los Angeles Gun Case

  13-05-2021 23:49
  
  The husband of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey will avoid jail time and instead enter a diversion program after pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple’s home.
  
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• Utah School District to Recommend - but Not Require - Masks

  13-05-2021 23:48
  A school district in Utah has announced it is going against a continuing public health order and no longer requiring facial coverings in K-12 schools.
  
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• Washington Governor: State on Track to Fully Reopen June 30

  13-05-2021 23:44
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says that the state is on track to fully reopen its economy by June 30.
  
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• Harvey Mason Jr. Becomes Official CEO of Recording Academy

  13-05-2021 23:42
  Harvey Mason jr., can drop the interim from his title: He’s now the official president and CEO of The Recording Academy.
  
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• Cheers! Alabama Governor Signs Limited Wine Delivery Bill

  13-05-2021 23:42
  Alabamians will soon be able to have a bottle of cabernet or chardonnay delivered in the mail.
  
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• US Mortgage Rates Fall for 4th Week; 30-Year Dips to 2.94%

  13-05-2021 23:41
  Mortgage rates declined this week, marking their fourth consecutive week below 3%.
  
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• Prosecutor: No Charges Against Kansas Deputy Who Shot Woman

  13-05-2021 23:41
  A Kansas prosecutor says no criminal charges will be filed against a Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a woman who refused to pull over during a high-speed chase that began over a wrong license plate on a vehicle.
  
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• Locked Out Stagehands Protest Outside Metropolitan Opera

  13-05-2021 23:41
  
  Locked out stagehands of the Metropolitan Opera protested the company amid a crowd of about 1,000 that rallied outside Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, criticizing the company for constructing sets for three of next season’s new productions at nonunion shops.
  
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• DoorDash Sales Surged in Q1 Even as Dining Rooms Reopen

  13-05-2021 23:40
  
  DoorDash’s sales nearly tripled in the first three months of the year as demand for food delivery remained elevated even as U.S. restaurants reopened their dining rooms.
  
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• US Vows to Stand by Ally Australia Against China

  13-05-2021 23:39
  
  The Biden administration is vowing to stand by Australia in its worsening trade and other disputes with China.
  
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• Disney Q2 Revenue Drops on Continued Weakness in Parks

  13-05-2021 23:38
  
  Disney second-quarter revenue dropped as the pandemic continued to weigh on its parks and theme parks.
  
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• IRS Says Detroit-Area Singers Were Making a Fraudulent Rap

  13-05-2021 23:34
  Two women who formed the Detroit-area rap duo “Deuces Wild” are accused of stealing millions of dollars through fraudulent tax returns.
  
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• Greyhound Canada to Cut All Routes, End Operations

  13-05-2021 23:31
  Greyhound Canada is permanently cutting all bus routes across the country, shutting down the intercity bus carrier’s operations in Canada after nearly a century of service.
  
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• Police: Sheriff's Deputy Wounds Suspect in Kentucky

  13-05-2021 23:29
  Kentucky State Police say a sheriff's deputy serving an arrest warrant shot and wounded the suspect Thursday.
  
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• U.S. Administers 266.6 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines - CDC

  13-05-2021 23:27
  
  (Reuters) - The United States has administered 266,596,486 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed...
  
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• Israel Threatens Gaza Ground Invasion Despite Truce Efforts

  13-05-2021 23:26
  
  Israel says it is massing troops along the Gaza frontier and calling up 9,000 reservists ahead of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory.
  
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• Health Officials: Half of New Mexicans Now Fully Vaccinated

  13-05-2021 23:26
  New Mexico is now administering the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 to children ages 12 to 15.
  
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• Conservation Groups Say They'll Sue Dams' Owner Over Salmon

  13-05-2021 23:24
  Conservation groups are alleging that four Kennebec River dams operated by Brookfield Renewable between Waterville and Skowhegan are threatening the survival of the endangered Atlantic salmon.
  
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• Elon Musk on Crypto: to the Mooooonnn! and Back Again

  13-05-2021 23:23
  
  By John McCrankNEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin's price tumbled after Elon Musk said on Wednesday his electric car maker Tesla Inc would no longer...
  
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• DNR Considers Ending Night Wolf Hunt, Cut Registration Time

  13-05-2021 23:23
  
  Wisconsin wildlife officials are considering drafting new regulations that would prohibit hunting wolves at night and shorten the window for registering kills after hunters blew past their quota in February.
  
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• Airbnb Reports 1Q Loss of Nearly $1.2 Billion, Revenue Rises

  13-05-2021 23:21
  Airbnb says it lost nearly $1.2 billion in the first quarter, about three times as much as it lost a year ago, as travel remains depressed because of the pandemic.
  
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• Missouri Lawmakers Pass Safeguards for Boarding Schools

  13-05-2021 23:19
  Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation that would impose greater oversight of unlicensed boarding schools and residential care facilities for children.
  
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• Pipeline Hack Fuels Gas Crunch; US Suspects Russian Origins

  13-05-2021 23:18
  
  Motorists are finding gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states.
  
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• We're Screwed: Watch US vs. Russia Military Recruitment Videos and You'll See How Weak We Are Under Biden

  13-05-2021 23:17
  
  President Joe Biden has already weakened the global perception of the U.S. military in his short time in office. A new Army recruitment video is practically indistinguishable from a Democratic […]
  The post We're Screwed: Watch US vs. Russia Military Recruitment Videos and You'll See How Weak We Are Under Biden appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• The Latest: Washington State Schools Soon to Be Full-Time

  13-05-2021 23:14
  
  Washington authorities said Thursday all schools in the state must provide full-time, in-person education for students for the 2021-22 school year and that students and staff will still be required to wear masks.
  
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• Ohio Governor Ending $300 Weekly Federal Coronavirus Payment

  13-05-2021 23:13
  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has announced the state is ending its participation in the federal program providing $300 of weekly pandemic unemployment funds.
  
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• North Carolina Is King and Queen of NCAA Lacrosse Tourneys

  13-05-2021 23:12
  North Carolina is king and queen of the hill for the Division I men's and women's lacrosse championships.
  
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• Governor, Top Democrat Call Nevada Death Penalty Repeal Dead

  13-05-2021 23:12
  Nevada's governor and the top Democrat in the Legislature are declaring efforts to repeal the state's death penalty law dead.
  
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• Canada Slams 'Unconscionable' Iran Conduct Since Airliner Shootdown

  13-05-2021 23:12
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday condemned Tehran's "unconscionable" conduct since Iranian forces shot down an airliner last year, killing 176...
  
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• Judge Refuses to Free Capitol Riot Suspect Linked to Militia

  13-05-2021 23:11
  
  A federal judge has refused to free a Texas man whom authorities have accused of planning an attack on a social media company’s facility after he returned home from storming the U.S. Capitol.
  
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• Utah Won't Require Masks for Students Last Week of School

  13-05-2021 23:10
  
  Utah will not require masks in K-12 schools for the last week of the academic year.
  
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• Tim Tebow, Tennessee Gov Unveil Anti-Human Trafficking Push

  13-05-2021 23:10
  
  Former NFL player Tim Tebow is teaming up with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in a multimillion-dollar partnership to fight human trafficking.
  
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• Ilhan Omar Is Cashing In on the Controversy Sparked by Her Anti-Israel Comments: Report

  13-05-2021 23:10
  
  Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is reportedly attempting to raise funds for her 2022 re-election bid by capitalizing on criticism of recent remarks in which she accused Israel of […]
  The post Ilhan Omar Is Cashing In on the Controversy Sparked by Her Anti-Israel Comments: Report appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Lamont: 'Basic Agreement' Reached With Nursing Homes, Union

  13-05-2021 23:06
  Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says his administration has reached a “basic agreement” with nursing home operators and the union that represents the workers.
  
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• De Blasio Now Offering New Yorkers Free Fast Food After Trying to Ban 'Unhealthy' Sodas

  13-05-2021 23:06
  
  Politicians are sanctimonious hypocrites. It is known. That being said, I’m not sure there’s a living American politician as sanctimonious and as hypocritical as New York City Mayor Bill de […]
  The post De Blasio Now Offering New Yorkers Free Fast Food After Trying to Ban 'Unhealthy' Sodas appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Sununu Issues Order to Expand Mental Health Services

  13-05-2021 23:05
  Gov. Chris Sununu has issued an order on expanding access to mental health services, in response to a recent state Supreme Court ruling that psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention promptly.
  
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• Middle School Teacher Charged With Growing Marijuana in Yard

  13-05-2021 23:03
  Authorities say a middle school teacher in North Carolina grew large quantities of marijuana using a greenhouse at her home.
  
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• Aeva Announces Customer Deal; Shares Rise Even After Results Disappoint

  13-05-2021 23:02
  
  By Stephen Nellis(Reuters) - Aeva Technologies Inc on Thursday said it signed a deal to develop a sensor for a self-driving car to be made by an "...
  
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• Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Interstate Near Joliet

  13-05-2021 23:01
  A stalled engine forced the pilot of a small aircraft to make an emergency landing  on Interstate 355 south of Chicago.
  
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• Off Beat: Top Cop Banned After Faking Report to Flee Meeting

  13-05-2021 23:00
  A law enforcement oversight board has decided to revoke the license of a former Maine police chief after an investigation found that he created a false police report to get out of a meeting.
  
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• The Latest: White Sox Get OK to Boost Attendance to 60%

  13-05-2021 22:59
  
  The Chicago White Sox will get to play before larger crowds at home after the city and state increased capacity to 60%.
  
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• Teens Can Get Vaccinated, but It May Be a Tough Sell to Some Parents

  13-05-2021 22:58
  
  Vaccinating 12-to-15 year-olds would help get closer to herd immunity, but some parents aren’t sure about taking that step.
  
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• Arizona Man Arrested After Several Threats Made in Nebraska

  13-05-2021 22:58
  Federal prosecutors say an Arizona man was charged with making several threats against schools and other businesses around Omaha in April.
  
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• Activists Blast NC Republican Measure Raising Riot Penalties

  13-05-2021 22:56
  Several Black activists are blasting a Republican measure at the North Carolina House that would increase penalties for rioters, calling it racist legislation.
  
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• Judge: Deputies Fired Over School Massacre to Get Jobs Back

  13-05-2021 22:55
  A Florida judge has ruled two deputies who were fired for inaction during a high school shooting that left 17 dead should be reinstated with back pay.
  
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• Packers Add QB Depth With Bortles as Rodgers Saga Continues

  13-05-2021 22:54
  
  The Green Bay Packers have signed Blake Bortles as they attempt to add quarterback depth while MVP Aaron Rodgers’ future with the team remains uncertain.
  
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