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• US Hopes for More Abraham Deals in Embrace of a Trump Policy

  09-06-2021 23:54
  
  The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel, and working to strengthen existing deals.
  
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• Keystone Pipeline Canceled After Biden Had Blocked Permit

  09-06-2021 23:54
  
  The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline says it's pulling the plug on the contentious project after Canadian officials failed to persuade the Biden administration to reverse its cancellation of the company's permit.
  
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• Bruised but Unbowed, Meme Stock Investors Are Back for More

  09-06-2021 23:54
  
  GameStop and other meme stocks are jumping again.
  
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• The Latest: New Mexico Child Care Sites Offer Vaccine Perks

  09-06-2021 23:53
  
  Private child care centers in New Mexico are the latest sites to offer perks to parents lining up to get a coronavirus vaccination.
  
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• ‘I’ll let him know what I want him to know’: Biden shoots ‘warning’ at Putin ahead of meeting

  09-06-2021 23:53 via rt.com
  
  In a statement construed by some as a “warning,” President Biden kicked off his first foreign trip as US leader by announcing that he was heading to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to “let him know what I want him to know.”Biden touched down in the UK on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday and the start of the G7 summit on Friday. His schedule in the coming days is a busy one. From the G7 in Cornwall, Biden will travel to Brus
  
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• El Chapo's Wife Expected to Plead Guilty to US Charges

  09-06-2021 23:53
  
  The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty to federal criminal charges after she had been charged in the U.S. with helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
  
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• Argentine President Says Brazilians 'Came From the Jungle', Sparking Uproar

  09-06-2021 23:53
  
  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez triggered a Twitter storm and a regional race debate on Wednesday with misjudged...
  
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• Here's When the Rare 'Ring of Fire' Phenomenon Will Be Visible in the Sky Tomorrow

  09-06-2021 23:51
  
  Back in 2017, I drove hours to rural Idaho to witness the last total solar eclipse to visit the U.S. When I watch the video I made, I’m a bit […]
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• Woman Who Stabbed Hartford Officer Found

  09-06-2021 23:50
  A 42-year-old Connecticut woman charged with stabbing and severely injuring a police officer during an eviction dispute has been acquitted by reason of mental disease or defect of charges including attempted murder.
  
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• Itxu Díaz: The Left Does Many Things Wrong, But Its Patronizing Attitude Is the Worst

  09-06-2021 23:49
  
  What’s most exhausting about the left is not its tax increases, nor its atrocious management of immigration, nor its fantasy of peaceful and inclusive multiculturalism. It’s not even its obsession […]
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• Biden Brings a Brexit Warning for Britain: Don't Imperil N.Irish Peace

  09-06-2021 23:47
  
  By Steve Holland and Guy FaulconbridgeCARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden brings a grave Brexit warning to his first meeting...
  
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• Teen Charged as Adult in High School Classroom Stabbing

  09-06-2021 23:46
  A suburban Detroit high school student has been charged as an adult in the stabbing of another student inside a classroom.
  
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• Murphy Runs on Record, Ciattarelli Asks Are You Better Off?

  09-06-2021 23:46
  
  New Jersey’s gubernatorial election is coming into focus, with Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy defending his progressive record and Republican Jack Ciattarelli homing in on affordability and taxes.
  
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• Nominee to Oversee Indigenous Affairs Has Widespread Support

  09-06-2021 23:45
  
  President Joe Biden's nominee to oversee Indigenous affairs at the Interior Department says he doesn't want to get in tribes' way as they seek to improve infrastructure, public safety and the economy on their lands.
  
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• Ex-GOP Congressman in Ohio to Challenge DeWine for Governor

  09-06-2021 23:44
  A former four-term congressman from northeast Ohio plans to challenge Gov. Mike DeWine in next year's Republican primary.
  
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• Lawmakers Look to Extend Waivers Under Disaster Declaration

  09-06-2021 23:43
  Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature may back off a wholesale end to the governor’s pandemic disaster emergency declaration, with lawmakers working to decide on which regulatory waivers to extend.
  
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• Raptors, Twists and Drops on Universal's New Jurassic Ride

  09-06-2021 23:42
  
  The creators of the Jurassic World VelociCoaster roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort had more to contend with than just encounters with rabid raptors.
  
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• Man Indicted in Vegas Strip Shooting That Killed 1, Hurt 2

  09-06-2021 23:42
  A 25-year-old man has been indicted on murder and attempted murder charges in a shooting that killed one man and wounded two others six weeks ago on the Las Vegas Strip.
  
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• What's in a Name? an Angry Spat Between Harry, Meghan and the BBC

  09-06-2021 23:36
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Just days after the birth of their second child, named after Queen Elizabeth, Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have...
  
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• Teen Girl Races to Save Family from Raging House Fire After Wall Tapestry Bursts Into Flames

  09-06-2021 23:35
  
  When 15-year-old Lizzy Grayhawk of Duluth, Minnesota, woke up at 12:49 a.m. Tuesday, she immediately knew something was wrong. She was uncomfortably hot, and a quick glance around the room […]
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• Wisconsin Legislature Votes to End Extra Unemployment

  09-06-2021 23:34
  
  The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature has voted to eliminate a $300-a-week federal bonus for unemployed people, a measure that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has made clear he’s likely to veto.
  
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• Keystone XL pipeline project officially terminated by Canadian energy company

  09-06-2021 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  TC Energy said on Wednesday it had scrapped the $9 billion project, months after U.S. President Joe Biden revoked a key permit.
  
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• Wisconsin Senate Passes Bills Making It Harder to Vote

  09-06-2021 23:31
  
  The Wisconsin Senate has approved Republican-backed bills that would create new hurdles for the elderly and disabled to cast absentee ballots, limit the number and location of ballot drop boxes and impose new penalties for violating election law.
  
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• Kentucky Reports 361 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths

  09-06-2021 23:31
  Kentucky has reported 361 new coronavirus cases and 12 more virus-related deaths.
  
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• Almost 30% of Republicans believe Trump will be reinstated as president – poll

  09-06-2021 23:31 via rt.com
  
  A new poll has liberals up in arms and critics pushing back after it declared that approximately three in 10 Republicans believe Donald Trump will be reinstated as the US president.The Politico/Morning Consult poll, published on Wednesday, found that while a majority of Republicans reject the potential of Trump being reinstated, 29% of respondents said they do believe the former president will be given his title once again this year. 
  Across political lines, 72% dismissed the idea that Trum
  
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• Lowest Level of Drought Declared in 6 Northeast SC Counties

  09-06-2021 23:30
  A dry spring has led a committee to declare that six counties in northeast South Carolina are in the first level of drought.
  
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• Senate Debates Budget on Final Day; Marijuana Bill on Hold

  09-06-2021 23:28
  The Connecticut Senate is debating a two-year, $46.7 billion state budget deal with no new taxes.
  
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• For Infrastructure Deal, Biden Eyes 'Multiple Paths Forward'

  09-06-2021 23:28
  
  President Joe Biden is pursuing “multiple paths forward” as he looks to muscle his big infrastructure package through Congress.
  
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• Police: Driver Not at Fault in Crash; Released From Custody

  09-06-2021 23:26
  A woman has been released from police custody following an early morning crash in northwest Detroit that killed a 4-year-old boy who was in her car and the driver of another vehicle.
  
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• Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Pizza Dough

  09-06-2021 23:24
  A Maine man accused of tampering with pizza dough has pleaded guilty to one of the two federal charges of tampering with a consumer product.
  
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• Biden nixes Trump proposal that would have kicked 3 million off food stamps

  09-06-2021 23:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In one of its latest steps to erase Trump administration policies, the Biden administration has withdrawn a controversial proposal that could have kicked 3 million Americans off of food stamps and cost nearly 1 million children automatic eligibility for free school meals.
  
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• U.S. Administers 304.8 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines - CDC

  09-06-2021 23:19
  
  (Reuters) - The United States had administered 304,753,476 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 372,495,525 doses in the country as of...
  
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• Top U.S. Antitrust Lawmaker Targets Big Tech With New Bills - Sources

  09-06-2021 23:19
  
  By Diane BartzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are working on drafts of five antitrust bills, four of them aimed...
  
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• Mississippi Approves First Wind Turbine Electricity Facility

  09-06-2021 23:18
  The state of Mississippi has approved its first wind turbine facility to generate electricity in the Mississippi Delta.
  
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• Meet the federal judge who overturned California's decades-old assault weapons ban

  09-06-2021 23:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The federal judge who overturned California's decades-old assault weapons ban last week opened his 94-page ruling with an eye-opening analogy.
  
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• Alabama: Nearly Finished With Nitrogen Gas Execution System

  09-06-2021 23:17
  Alabama says it has nearly finished building a system to use nitrogen gas to carry out death sentences.
  
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• Sponsor of Keystone XL Crude Oil Pipeline Says It's Pulling the Plug on the Contentious Project

  09-06-2021 23:16
  Sponsor of Keystone XL crude oil pipeline says it's pulling the plug on the contentious project.
  
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• Wisconsin at Risk of Losing $2.3 Billion for K-12 Schools

  09-06-2021 23:15
  A new memo from the Legislature's budget office says Wisconsin is at risk of losing $2.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief money for K-12 schools.
  
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• Louisiana Supreme Court Expansion Proposal Fails in House

  09-06-2021 23:15
  Louisiana won’t be expanding the state Supreme Court.
  
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• House: Require Financial Info From Officials, Limit Lobbying

  09-06-2021 23:12
  Elected state officials would be required to disclose personal financial information and would be banned from becoming lobbyists until two years after leaving office under bills advancing in Michigan.
  
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• UK's Queen Elizabeth Gifted Rose Named After Late Husband Philip

  09-06-2021 23:10
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has been given a rose named after her late husband Prince Philip to mark what would have been his...
  
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• Swimmer Drowns on Alabama Beach Days After Deputy's Death

  09-06-2021 23:09
  A drowning vacationer who was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico has died just three days after an Alabama sheriff’s deputy died while trying to save another person.
  
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• Revealed: It Was All a Lie! Trump Never Cleared Lafayette Park for Bible Photo-Op

  09-06-2021 23:09
  
  On June 1, 2020, a group of “protesters” in Lafayette Park, just north of the White House, were cleared by law enforcement officers from various agencies. Shortly after the clearing, […]
  The post Revealed: It Was All a Lie! Trump Never Cleared Lafayette Park for Bible Photo-Op appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Police: Student Shot Outside Graduation Practice

  09-06-2021 23:09
  Authorities say a student was injured in a shooting outside a Roanoke arena before a high school graduation practice Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Waikiki-Born Hawaiian Monk Seal Pup on His Own After Weaning

  09-06-2021 23:08
  A 6-week-old Hawaiian monk seal pup born on a Waikiki beach has been weaned and is now on his own.
  
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• Senate Panel Votes No Confidence in Juvenile Justice Leader

  09-06-2021 23:07
  
  A group of state senators investigating South Carolina’s juvenile prison system have voted they have no confidence in Department of Juvenile Justice Director Freddie Pough.
  
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• Man Accused of Stealing Vaccine Cards From Inoculation Site

  09-06-2021 23:07
  Prosecutors say a Nevada man has been charged with stealing more than 500 blank vaccine cards from a COVID-19 vaccination center near Los Angeles.
  
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• Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland moves to all clear after lockdown for reports of gunshots

  09-06-2021 23:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Texas' Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is on "active shooter lockdown," according to the base's Facebook page.
  
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• Michigan Task Force to Look at Juvenile Criminal Justice

  09-06-2021 23:06
  
  An executive order signed Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer creates a task force to examine Michigan’s treatment of juveniles in the state’s criminal justice system as well as factors that lead to youth getting caught up in that system.
  
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• North Carolina Man Drowns Trying to Save Daughter, Friend

  09-06-2021 23:04
  Police on the North Carolina coast say a man drowned after going into the Atlantic Ocean to try to save his daughter and another child from a rip current.
  
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