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• The Latest: Protests Decry Brazil Policies as Toll Tops 500K

  19-06-2021 23:57
  
  Anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Brazil as the nation’s confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a million.
  
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• Nelly Korda Shoots 62, Takes 3-Shot Lead in Michigan

  19-06-2021 23:57
  Nelly Korda shot a career-best 10-under 62 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over Leona Maguire in the Meijer LPGA Classic.
  
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• Fake Body Found in Missouri Ditch

  19-06-2021 23:56
  Authorities in rural southwest Missouri aren’t amused after deputies and firefighters rushed to the scene of possible human body and found clothes stuffed with trash instead.
  
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• Vaccination Rate for LA Public Safety Workers Below Average

  19-06-2021 23:47
  COVID-19 vaccination rates for employees at police, fire and corrections agencies in Los Angeles are significantly lower than the state’s average for other adults.
  
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• Cops: Man Pulled Gun on Chief's Daughter Over Cream Cheese

  19-06-2021 23:45
  Police say an angry Florida man pulled a gun on a drive-thru worker because they forget the cream cheese with his bagel.
  
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• Law enforcement 'very nervous' about changes in policing as gun violence soars

  19-06-2021 23:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A team of Portland Police Bureau officers that responded to the city's violent summer of protests has disbanded because of what their union called a "politically driven" decision to indict a member on criminal charges.
  
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• Search Continues After 3 Tubers Die, 2 Disappear at Dam

  19-06-2021 23:38
  Rescue teams have continued to scour a North Carolina river for two missing tubers following a deadly accident in which a family went over a dam.
  
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• Butler Drives Wolfpack Past Stanford 10-4 in CWS Opener

  19-06-2021 23:36
  
  Jonny Butler homered and drove in a career-high five runs, Reid Johnston pitched six strong innings and North Carolina State opened the College World Series with a 10-4 victory over Stanford.
  
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• Weather Service: Tornado in Northeastern Indiana Was an EF-2

  19-06-2021 23:33
  The National Weather Service says a tornado that damaged or destroyed several rural homes Friday in northeastern Indiana and toppled a communication tower packed winds in excess of 100 miles per hour.
  
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• Hendrick Trio Sets Pace at Re-Opened Nashville Superspeedway

  19-06-2021 23:33
  
  William Byron, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott paced the first ever Cup Series practice at Nashville Superspeedway in yet another display of how dominant Hendrick Motorsports is right now.
  
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• Sheriff: Alabama Man Killed After Pointing Gun at Deputies

  19-06-2021 23:28
  Authorities say an armed 20-year-old man was fatally shot during a standoff with sheriff’s deputies and Alabama state troopers.
  
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• ‘Democracy is dead’: Time-travelling Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom star in ‘cringe’ pro-Democrat political ad to conservative mockery

  19-06-2021 23:21 via rt.com
  
  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been mocked by conservatives for a hammed-up political ad warning America that democracy will be “dead” in the future unless they support some Democrat-pushed voting bills.Released on Thursday, the ad stars Perry and Bloom as a pair of ragtag freedom fighters living under a presumably Republican dictatorship in the year 2055. In a message beamed back to the present day, they warn that “Democracy is dead” in the future, and that “the
  
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• ‘Democracy is dead’: Time-traveling Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom star in ‘cringe’ pro-Democrat political ad to conservative mockery

  19-06-2021 23:21 via rt.com
  
  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been mocked by conservatives for a hammed-up political ad warning America that democracy will be “dead” in the future unless they support some Democrat-pushed voting bills.Released on Thursday, the ad stars Perry and Bloom as a pair of ragtag freedom fighters living under a presumably Republican dictatorship in the year 2055. In a message beamed back to the present day, they warn that “democracy is dead” in the future, and that “the
  
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• 11 Hospitalized After Church Bus, Vehicle Crash in Arkansas

  19-06-2021 23:21
  Authorities say a church bus collided Saturday with another vehicle on a northeastern Arkansas highway, sending least 11 people to the hospital.
  
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• Man Suspected of 3 Killings in Oregon Town Is Still at Large

  19-06-2021 23:19
  
  A man sought in the killings of three people after a hit-and-run crash near a casino and a shooting at a marijuana dispensary in a small Oregon city is still at large.
  
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• Three Injured in Explosion at Serbian Ammunition Plant

  19-06-2021 23:18
  CACAK, Serbia (Reuters) - Three workers sustained light injuries in a strong explosion that rocked an ammunition plant's facilities in the Serbian...
  
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• Former British Parliament Speaker Bercow Joins Opposition Labour Party

  19-06-2021 23:16
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - John Bercow, the former speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament, said on Saturday that he had joined the opposition...
  
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• Brazil Surpasses Half a Million Deaths From COVID-19

  19-06-2021 23:13
  
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil surpassed 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, registering 2,301 new deaths in the past...
  
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• 5 Rescued When Boat Overturns in Buzzards Bay

  19-06-2021 23:07
  Officials say five people were rescued when a boat capsized near a lighthouse in Buzzards Bay.
  
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• Missing Men? Suns, Clips Deal With Uncertain Status of Stars

  19-06-2021 23:04
  
  The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers are still playing basketball deep into these NBA playoffs partly because they’ve learned to persevere in clutch moments without their biggest stars.
  
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• Vegas Goalie Fleury Laughs off Flub, Looks Forward to Game 4

  19-06-2021 23:02
  
  Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury remains upbeat by attempting to look ahead to Game 4 of the Golden Knights' Stanley Cup semifinal playoff against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
  
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• Massive 'Grizzly 399' Takes Down Elk Calf, Brutal Nature Scene Caught on Camera

  19-06-2021 22:55
  
  There’s something about God’s creation that is so incredibly humbling to us humans. As societies grapple with conflict, culture wars and political battles, out in the wild, the circle of […]
  The post Massive 'Grizzly 399' Takes Down Elk Calf, Brutal Nature Scene Caught on Camera appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• 76ers Put Process Legacy on the Line in Game 7 Vs Hawks

  19-06-2021 22:55
  
  The Philadelphia 76ers have not played like a top seed in the East against the Atlanta Hawks.
  
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• Summer Classes Move Online for Some Students Due to COVID

  19-06-2021 22:53
  Summer classes have moved online for some St. Joseph elementary and middle school students because of COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Juneteenth Nevada Lawmaker, Sponsor See Justice in Holiday

  19-06-2021 22:51
  The nation was celebrating Juneteenth on Saturday to memorialize the end of slavery in the United States, two days after President Joe Biden signed the federal holiday into law.
  
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• Navy Seal Who Killed bin Laden: I'm a Patriot, But Putin Beat Biden

  19-06-2021 22:44
  
  It turns out old age, guile and flashcards don’t beat totalitarianism and ice-water for blood. Who could have guessed? Other than everybody, that is. President Joe Biden’s first meeting with […]
  The post Navy Seal Who Killed bin Laden: I'm a Patriot, But Putin Beat Biden appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• The Latest: Richardson Eyes Olympic Spot at Track Trials

  19-06-2021 22:35
  Six more trips to Tokyo are up for grabs on Day 2 of U.S. track and field Olympic trials.
  
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• Newgarden Earns Pole for IndyCar Race at Road America

  19-06-2021 22:34
  
  Josef Newgarden has earned the pole position for Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America as he attempts to help Team Penske earn its first win of the season.
  
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• Vacationing Kids Cited for Dragging Florida Gator With Noose

  19-06-2021 22:30
  Three California children are in trouble after catching an alligator by its neck and dragging it to shore while vacationing near a Florida lake.
  
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• Lindor Breaks Out, 5 RBIs Lead Mets Over Nats 5-1 in Opener

  19-06-2021 22:21
  
  Francisco Lindor had five RBIs on a pair of two-run homers and run-scoring single for his first big offensive game with the New York Mets, a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
  
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• Chicago Boy, 7, Honored for Helping Save His Mother's Life

  19-06-2021 22:18
  A 7-year-old Chicago boy has been honored and showered with gifts for helping save his mother by calling 911 and calmly providing information on her condition after she suffered a seizure.
  
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• 'Can’t Miss Him More:' Shiffrin Reflects on Her Late Father

  19-06-2021 22:18
  
  Rarely a day passes when some image, moment or song doesn’t remind skiing great Mikaela Shiffrin of her father.
  
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• Biden administration takes steps to make sex-change surgery available as a healthcare benefit for military veterans

  19-06-2021 22:17 via rt.com
  
  The Joe Biden administration is poised to offer gender-reassignment surgery as a standard medical benefit for military veterans, boosting transgender services in a system with a history of delaying or denying basic care.Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough announced the move on Saturday at a LGBTQ Pride Month event in Orlando. “We are taking the first necessary steps to expand VA’s care to include gender-confirmation surgery, thus allowing transgender vets to go through th
  
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• Biden to Host Israeli President Rivlin on June 28 - White House

  19-06-2021 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden plans to host Israel's new president, Reuven Rivlin, at the White House on June 28, the White House...
  
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• Triple Shooting Kills 2 Men, Wounds 3-Year-Old

  19-06-2021 22:13
  Police say a triple shooting killed two men and wounded a 3-year-old boy in west Philadelphia over the weekend.
  
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• Several Hurt After Fire at Atlanta-Area Apartment Complex

  19-06-2021 22:11
  A fire at an Atlanta-area apartment complex has left at least nine people injured and displaced nearly 40 people.
  
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• Vacationing Kids Cited for Catching Florida Gator With Noose

  19-06-2021 22:09
  Three California children are in trouble after catching an alligator by its neck and dragging it to shore while vacationing near a Florida lake.
  
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• Activists Protest EU Migration Policies at Croatian Border

  19-06-2021 22:04
  
  Dozens of human rights activists have briefly blocked Croatia's border with Bosnia to protest European Union's migration policies.
  
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• Nebraska Teen Charged in Death of His 6-Month-Old Daughter

  19-06-2021 22:02
  A Nebraska teen has been charged as an adult in the death of his 6-month-old daughter.
  
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• UVM Food Systems Research Center Gets $11K in Federal Funds

  19-06-2021 22:01
  University of Vermont says its Food Systems Research Center is getting $11 million in federal funding to support its work researching the regional food system, from production agriculture to food security.
  
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• Triple Shooting Kills 2 Men, Wounds Boy, 3

  19-06-2021 21:57
  Police say a triple shooting killed two men and wounded a 3-year-old boy in west Philadelphia over the weekend.
  
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• Juneteenth, Recalling End of Slavery, Is Marked Across US

  19-06-2021 21:57
  
  Parades, picnics and lessons in history are all part of Juneteenth celebrations in the U.S. The day is carrying even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery.
  
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• AZ Audit Reviewing Thousands of Ballots Where Machines Did Not Detect Vote for President, Audit Liaison Says

  19-06-2021 21:54
  
  Ken Bennett, Senate liaison to the Maricopa County, Arizona, election audit, stated on Friday there are more than 33,000 ballots from November’s election where voters made no selection for president, […]
  The post AZ Audit Reviewing Thousands of Ballots Where Machines Did Not Detect Vote for President, Audit Liaison Says appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• SC City's Mayor Decides Not to Seek Reelection

  19-06-2021 21:53
  After 12 years, residents in one South Carolina city will be getting new leadership.
  
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• UAE to Suspend Entry From Three Countries, Dubai Updates Travel Protocols

  19-06-2021 21:46
  
  CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will suspend travellers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Namibia from entering the country on...
  
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• Ex-Catholic School Teacher Pleads Guilty in Sex Abuse Cases

  19-06-2021 21:45
  A former Catholic school teacher has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing children during his tenure at a southern Michigan school in the 1970s.
  
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• Cops shoot driver after pickup truck plows through bicycle race in Arizona, leaving 6 gravely injured

  19-06-2021 21:43 via rt.com
  
  Police in Show Low, Arizona, have shot and arrested a man who allegedly drove his pickup truck through a bicycle race, leaving six victims in hospital, four of them in critical condition.According to police, the driver ran his Ford F-150 pickup truck through a line of cyclists during a charity race on Saturday morning in Show Low, a town around 180 miles northeast of Phoenix.
  He allegedly struck multiple cyclists. Six were taken to hospital, with four described by police as being in “criti
  
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• At Least 11 Hurt in Arkansas Crash of Church Bus, Vehicle

  19-06-2021 21:41
  Authorities say a church bus collided with another vehicle on a northeastern Arkansas highway, injuring at least 11 people.
  
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• Iowa Supreme Court Rules on Waterloo's Ban the Box Ordinance

  19-06-2021 21:36
  The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down part of the city of Waterloo’s new “ban the box” ordinance that prohibits employers from making hiring decisions based on pending criminal charges without a legitimate business reason.
  
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• Driver Rams Cyclists in Arizona Race, Critically Injuring 6

  19-06-2021 21:34
  Police say a driver in a pickup truck has plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona, critically injuring several riders.
  
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