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• 'Stuttering John' From Howard Stern Show Loses Lawsuit Against Sirius XM

  24-06-2021 23:59
  
  By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Sirius XM Holdings Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by John Melendez, known by his alter ego...
  
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• Midshipman Pilot Injured When Small Plane Crashes

  24-06-2021 23:59
  Authorities say a Naval Academy midshipman was injured when the small plane he was piloting crashed and caught fire as it approached an Eastern Shore airport.
  
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• Judge Allows Georgia Ballot Review Case to Move Forward

  24-06-2021 23:56
  A judge has allowed a lawsuit alleging fraud in Georgia’s most populous county during the November election and seeking a review of absentee ballots to move forward.
  
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• American Basketball Player Imprisoned in China Looks at His Rice, Discovers the Horrific Reality of the Country

  24-06-2021 23:55
  
  If you’re a basketball player who can’t make it in the NBA, this doesn’t necessarily mean you go into coaching or the middle-management path at Verizon. Instead, there are a […]
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• Why Do Democrats Keep Warning They'll Unleash the Horrors of Nuclear War on American Citizens?

  24-06-2021 23:50
  
  The left has proven its ire for gun owners time and time again — that is no secret. But what can be said about President Joe Biden’s and California Democratic […]
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• Liberals aghast as American TV news host says ‘traitors’ who stole election from Trump can face ‘execution’

  24-06-2021 23:50 via rt.com
  
  One America News (OAN) host Pearson Sharp triggered plenty of Donald Trump critics when he argued on the network that thousands were behind a “coup” against the former president and should be possibly executed.During a segment discussing the 2020 presidential election on OAN, known for being a heavily conservative network, Sharp implied there were thousands involved in “undermining the election” and branded them “traitors.”
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• Ex-Blackhawk Sues Team, Alleging Sexual Assault by Assistant

  24-06-2021 23:48
  An unidentified former Chicago Blackhawks player says in a lawsuit against the team that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted him in 2010 during a playoff run to a Stanley Cup title and that the team did nothing after he informed a now-retired employee.
  
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• Top US General Defends CRT, Rants About 'White Rage,' Says He's Read Marx and Lenin

  24-06-2021 23:47
  
  In this week of the Biden presidency, we learned that the highest-ranking general in the United States military — and the chief military adviser to the president — supports the […]
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• Scaramucci Tells Banker Trial Jury About Trump's Transition

  24-06-2021 23:46
  
  Anthony Scaramucci is lending his voice and memories to the federal government's case against a Chicago banker charged with trying to parlay $16 million in loans to ex-President Donald Trump's former 2016 campaign manager for a powerful cabinet post.
  
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• Man Pleads No Contest After 6-Year-Old Accidentally Shot

  24-06-2021 23:46
  A 28-year-old Lawrence man who was at home when a 5-year-old boy shot a 6-year-old friend has pleaded no contest to aggravated endangering of a child.
  
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• Minnesota Weighs More Cameras in Courts After Chauvin Case

  24-06-2021 23:45
  
  Minnesota’s court system could allow expanded camera coverage of criminal proceedings following the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death.
  
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• Judge Orders Shop Owner to Pay $850 for Violating Mask Rule

  24-06-2021 23:45
  A judge has reaffirmed her ruling that a Newport businessman violated Vermont’s emergency mask mandate when he refused to wear a mask in his former print shop during the peak of the pandemic.
  
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• Haiti Gang Leader Launches 'Revolution' as Violence Escalates

  24-06-2021 23:44
  By Robenson Sanon and Andre PaultrePORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders warned this week he was launching a...
  
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• A Snapshot of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement

  24-06-2021 23:44
  
  President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators have reached an agreement to significantly boost infrastructure spending, though considerable hurdles remain before the blueprint unveiled Thursday becomes reality.
  
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• Planned Parenthood, Right to Life Oppose Missouri Tax Bill

  24-06-2021 23:40
  Both Planned Parenthood and Missouri Right to Life oppose legislation to limit funding for family planning services and say it won't have its intended effect.
  
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• Luxembourg Gay PM Blasts 'Stigmatizing' New Hungarian Law

  24-06-2021 23:39
  
  By Gabriela BaczynskaBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg's gay Prime Minister Xavier Bettel told his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban on Thursday...
  
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• Forced to 'Act as a Billboard': Atheists Outraged at 'In God We Trust' on MS License Plates

  24-06-2021 23:39
  
  Objective truth is a difficult piece to fit into the jigsaw puzzle of leftist ideology. Christians believe that objective truth comes from God. So when liberal atheists feel forced to […]
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• Chronic Absenteeism Skyrockets in Providence Schools

  24-06-2021 23:37
  This school year 60% of Providence students were chronically absent, according to data reviewed by WPRI-TV.
  
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• Mississippi School District Replaces Retiring Superintendent

  24-06-2021 23:36
  A Mississippi school district has named a new leader.
  
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• Butte-Silver Bow Awards First Cash Prizes for COVID Vaccines

  24-06-2021 23:36
  Butte-Silver Bow County has announced the winners of its first COVID-19 Vaccine Sweepstakes.
  
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• Man Wanted for Wounding Texas Officer Arrested in Arkansas

  24-06-2021 23:35
  Authorities say a man wanted for shooting and wounding a North Texas police officer earlier this month has been arrested at an Arkansas motel.
  
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• U.S. Democrats Launch Bill Allowing Existing Nuclear Plants Tax Credit

  24-06-2021 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Democrats in the U.S. Senate introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow some existing nuclear power plants to...
  
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• COVID Variant First Gained Foothold in Rural Missouri

  24-06-2021 23:32
  A highly contagious coronavirus variant that is contributing to a surge of cases in Missouri first gained a foothold in rural areas of the state where vaccinations rates are low, a pattern not seen previously.
  
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• Biden's DOJ Readying Strike Forces to Go After Firearms Blamed for Liberal Cities' Sky-High Violent Crime

  24-06-2021 23:30
  
  On Wednesday, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland held a joint news conference to discuss the administration’s initiatives to address the surging crime rates in Democrat-run cities. Ignoring […]
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• Testimony: Brother Confronted Father With His Feces Photos

  24-06-2021 23:28
  
  The older brother of a 13-year-old boy who disappeared in Colorado in 2012 has testified in a trial for his father.
  
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• Kelly Commutes 5 Prisoners' Sentences, Pardons 3 Others

  24-06-2021 23:27
  Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she has commuted the sentences of five people and granted pardons to three others.
  
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• Hawaii Tax Agency Boosts Peer-To-Peer Car Rental Oversight

  24-06-2021 23:27
  The Hawaii Department of Taxation has been boosting its monitoring of peer-to-peer car rentals.
  
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• US to Keep About 650 Troops in Afghanistan After Withdrawal

  24-06-2021 23:26
  
  U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that about 650 U.S. troops are expected to be kept in Afghanistan to provide security for the American diplomatic presence after the Pentagon completes its military withdrawal, which is set to be largely done in the next two weeks.
  
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• Ukrainian Member of FIN7 Cybercrime Gang Sentenced in United States

  24-06-2021 23:26
  By Raphael SatterWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian hacker was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a notorious cybercrime group that...
  
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• Buffett's Berkshire Stays Aggressive With Stock Repurchases

  24-06-2021 23:21
  Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate is still aggressively buying back its own stock to make use of some of its huge pile of cash.
  
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• Evacuation Orders Expand as Wildfires Burn in Arizona

  24-06-2021 23:19
  Residents in about 90 homes west of Flagstaff were told to evacuate Thursday because of a wildfire burning in the area.
  
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• Bill Removing Local Control of NJ Wind Power Lines Approved

  24-06-2021 23:16
  
  Local communities would be stripped of most control over where and how power lines from offshore wind energy projects come ashore under a bill that received final approval Thursday in the state Legislature.
  
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• Kentucky to Allow College Athletes to Earn off Likeness

  24-06-2021 23:15
  
  Gov. Andy Beshear has signed an executive order allowing college athletes in Kentucky to make money through the use of their name, image or likeness.
  
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• Officials: US to Leave About 650 Troops in Afghanistan to Protect Diplomats, Will Largely Complete Withdrawal in 2 Weeks

  24-06-2021 23:14
  Officials: US to leave about 650 troops in Afghanistan to protect diplomats, will largely complete withdrawal in 2 weeks.
  
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• NTSB: Pilots Failed to Keep Proper Spacing to Prevent Crash

  24-06-2021 23:13
  A federal investigation has found that the pilots in a fatal 2019 midair collision near a Florida airpark failed to keep adequate space between the planes while they were doing maneuvers near each other.
  
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• Iowa County Now Named for Black Dean, Not Slave-Owning VP

  24-06-2021 23:09
  Iowa’s most liberal county is no longer named for a slave-owning U.S. vice president and instead will honor a trailblazing local Black academic.
  
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• Even a Democratic Rep Is Slamming Kamala's 'Politically Safer,' 'Check-the-Box' Border Trip

  24-06-2021 23:09
  
  Not even some Democrats are impressed. Wednesday’s headlines that Vice President Kamala Harris was finally making a long-neglected trip to the southern border have already been torched by Texas Republican […]
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• NJ Lawmakers Send Record $46.4B Budget to Murphy's Desk

  24-06-2021 23:08
  New Jersey lawmakers have passed a record budget that will make its first full public pension payment in a quarter century, mail tax rebate checks to 760,000 residents and boost overall state spending by 15% over last year.
  
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• Suspect in Death of Maryland Woman Wanted in Other Attacks

  24-06-2021 23:07
  Chicago police say a man suspected in the stabbing death of a Maryland graduate student over the weekend is also wanted for attacking two other women.
  
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• The U.S. Is About to Change the Way the World Thinks About UFOs

  24-06-2021 23:06
  
  A subject often dismissed as fantasy has found new legitimacy in an upcoming U.S. report into UFOs. Those who have spent their lives studying the subject say it will be a game-changer.
  
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• Marshals Find 1 of 3 Youths Who Escaped Detention Facility

  24-06-2021 23:06
  The U.S. Marshals Service says one of three youths who escaped from a Tennessee detention center this week has been captured.
  
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• Man Kills Co-Worker in Shooting Outside SC Chicken Plant

  24-06-2021 23:06
  Authorities say an employee at a South Carolina chicken plant shot and killed a co-worker as they fought in the parking lot after finishing  a night shift.
  
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• City Pays $250K to Settle Suit by Ex-Portland Police Worker

  24-06-2021 23:05
  The city of Portland will pay $250,000 to a former Portland police background investigator who said an ex-officer sexually harassed and stalked her.
  
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• 14-Year-Old Arrested in Shooting Death of Another Teen

  24-06-2021 23:04
  A 14-year-old in Mississippi has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old.
  
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• Salas Leads Women's PGA and Sees Brighter Days Post-Pandemic

  24-06-2021 23:03
  Lizette Salas was in her happy place, and not just because she was leading the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
  
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• Polish Parliament Passes Bill to Limit WW2 Property Restitution Claims

  24-06-2021 23:01
  WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's parliament late on Thursday passed a draft bill which is expected to make it harder for Jews to recover property seized...
  
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• Building collapse in Miami feared to have killed dozens as search stretches on over 12 hours with no new rescues, 99 still missing

  24-06-2021 22:58 via rt.com
  
  Two sections of a high-rise condo in Florida have collapsed one after the other, killing at least one person and leaving 99 residents missing, local police said. The building is located in Surfside, just north of Miami.Miami-Dade County’s Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah confirmed 55 apartment units on the building’s northeast side had totally collapsed, with 35 people rescued from the wreckage of the 12-story building and ten “assessed and treated” on site. A further tw
  
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• FedEx Posts Profit as Online Shopping Boom Continues

  24-06-2021 22:56
  FedEx reported a nearly $2 billion profit in its most recent quarter, after reporting a loss the year before, helped by a surge in online shopping and the growth of its business-to-business shipping services.
  
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• Canada Finds No Evidence Iran's Downing of Airliner Was Premeditated

  24-06-2021 22:54
  
  By Steve SchererOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Thursday it had found no evidence that Iran's downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last year...
  
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• The Latest: US to Send Afghanistan 3 Million Vaccine Doses

  24-06-2021 22:53
  
  The White House says it will provide Afghanistan with 3 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to help with a coronavirus outbreak fueled by the delta variant.
  
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