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• US Virus Cases Nearly Triple in 2 Weeks Amid Misinformation

  21-07-2021 23:59
  
  COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation.
  
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• Proposed Rule Would Require Nursing Homes to Boost Staffing

  21-07-2021 23:58
  Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration says it wants to require nursing homes to boost staffing levels.
  
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• Health inequities, mistrust contributing to lagging vaccination rates in Black Americans

  21-07-2021 23:57
  
  Less than a quarter of Black Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CDC data from mid-July.      
  
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• Strong Quake Hits Offshore Near Panama, No Damage Reported

  21-07-2021 23:56
  SAN JOSE/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -A strong earthquake struck off the southern coast of Panama on Wednesday near the border with Costa Rica, although...
  
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• Biden Does More to Help Russia Than Trump Ever Did in 4 Years as He Clears Way for Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

  21-07-2021 23:55
  
  President Joe Biden just paved the way for the isolation of former Soviet states by greenlighting Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that aims to bypass Ukraine in […]
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• Brazen Shoplifting Spurs California Law for Organized Thefts

  21-07-2021 23:53
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at curbing organized retail theft as violent smash-and-grab shoplifting costs state businesses millions of dollars every year.
  
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• U.S. Justice Dept Issues New Policy on Communications With White House

  21-07-2021 23:49
  
  By Jan Wolfe and Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday handed down new policies governing the...
  
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• Wildfire Smoke Clouds Sky, Hurts Air Quality on East Coast

  21-07-2021 23:48
  
  Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West have clouded the sky and led to air quality alerts on parts of the East Coast.
  
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• Judge Rules Conservative Radio Host Larry Elder Will Be on Ballot in Recall Election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

  21-07-2021 23:48
  Judge rules conservative radio host Larry Elder will be on ballot in recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein, movie mogul who gave rise to #MeToo movement, pleads not guilty to sex-crime charges in California

  21-07-2021 23:48 via rt.com
  
  Fresh from being extradited to California from a New York prison, disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to 11 sex-crime charges, including four counts of rape, in Los Angeles.Defense lawyer Mark Werksman entered the plea on Weinstein's behalf on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Weinstein, co-founder of the once-powerful studio Miramax, was shackled and brought into the courtroom by sheriff’s deputies in a wheelchair, wearing a brown jail
  
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• Howell, King Headline ACC's Wealth of Returning QB Talent

  21-07-2021 23:47
  
  North Carolina's Sam Howell is a Heisman Trophy candidate and the headliner of the Atlantic Coast Conference's class of experienced returning quarterbacks.
  
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• Chicago City Council Approves New Layer of Police Oversight

  21-07-2021 23:47
  Chicago has a new layer of oversight over its police department.
  
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• Off-Duty Officer Witnesses Car Crash and Burst Into Flames, Races Through Fire to Save Victims

  21-07-2021 23:45
  
  Many people become first responders because helping others is something that deeply aligns with their character. The job title is just the official way of identifying the fact that they […]
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• Louisiana Veto Session Ends With No Bill Rejections Reversed

  21-07-2021 23:43
  
  Louisiana lawmakers have ended their historic veto session after two days in which Republicans failed to overturn any of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ bill rejections.
  
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• Pandemic-Related Rental Assistance Funds Not 'Flowing Fast Enough' According to Treasury Department

  21-07-2021 23:41
  
  The Department of the Treasury has awarded a small fraction of the tens of billions of dollars Congress appropriated for pandemic rental assistance since January. The federal government has expended […]
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• No Bear Hunt in 2021 as Required Management Policy Expires

  21-07-2021 23:41
  There will be no black bear hunt in New Jersey this fall for the first time in more than a decade.
  
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• U.S. Judge Blocks Arkansas Ban on Gender-Transition Treatments for Children

  21-07-2021 23:40
  By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday barred the state of Arkansas, at least for now, from enforcing a first-in-the-nation law...
  
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• Indictment: Man Who Hates Women Planned Shooting at Sorority

  21-07-2021 23:39
  An Ohio man who authorities say despises women has been indicted on an attempted hate crime charge for allegedly planning to kill sorority members at an unidentified university in the state.
  
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• Jill Biden Stops in Alaska on Her Way to Tokyo Olympics

  21-07-2021 23:37
  
  JIll Biden is on her first solo international trip as first lady.
  
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• Backlog of Jobless Benefits Claims Is Growing, Advocates Say

  21-07-2021 23:37
  Advocates for the unemployed say the backlog of people in Pennsylvania waiting for a decision on whether they can receive unemployment compensation benefits has ballooned following the introduction of a new online portal for the system.
  
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• Delaware Could Get More Than $100M in Opioid Settlement

  21-07-2021 23:36
  State officials say Delaware could receive more than $100 million under a proposed $26 billion nationwide settlement with producers and distributors of opioid painkillers.
  
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• The CDC Is Now Monitoring Hundreds of People in the US for Potential Cases of Monkeypox

  21-07-2021 23:34
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring over 200 people in 27 states for possible exposure to monkeypox after having contact with an individual who contracted the disease […]
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• O'Reilly Accuser's Appearance on 'The View' Stopped by Order

  21-07-2021 23:34
  
  ABC's daytime talk show “The View” postponed a planned appearance on Wednesday by a woman who settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against former Fox News Channel personality Bill O'Reilly.
  
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• Intel's Foundry Ambitions Could Be Slowed by Lack of Deal Targets

  21-07-2021 23:33
  
  By Stephen Nellis(Reuters) - For Intel Corp Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger, an obvious strategy in his high-stakes bid to make the company a player...
  
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• Johnson & Johnson, leading US drug distributors agree to $26-billion settlement with states over their roles in opioid epidemic

  21-07-2021 23:30 via rt.com
  
  US pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three biggest drug distributors have agreed to pay a combined $26 billion to end the legal liability for their alleged roles in spurring the nation’s opioids crisis.Attorneys general from seven states announced the deal on Wednesday, saying that Johnson & Johnson will pay $5 billion and distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen will pay about $21 billion combined. The money will be paid out over ti
  
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• Johnson & Johnson and other leading US drug distributors agree to $26bn settlement with states over their role in opioid epidemic

  21-07-2021 23:30 via rt.com
  
  US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three biggest drug distributors have agreed to pay a combined $26 billion to end the legal liability for their alleged roles in spurring the nation’s opioid crisis.Attorneys general from seven states announced the deal on Wednesday, saying that Johnson & Johnson would pay $5 billion and distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen about $21 billion combined. The money will be paid out over time &ndash
  
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• California's PG&E to Bury 10,000 Miles of Power Lines to Prevent Wildfires

  21-07-2021 23:30
  
  (Reuters) -Pacific Gas and Electric Co said on Wednesday it was burying 10,000 miles of power lines in high-risk fire zones to prevent wildfires as...
  
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• Bedke Dismisses Claim That Hearing Is Politically Motivated

  21-07-2021 23:30
  House Speaker Scott Bedke says Rep. Priscilla Giddings' claim that an ethics investigation she's facing is politically motivated is false.
  
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• Volunteer Firefighter in New Mexico Hit by Fire Truck, Dies

  21-07-2021 23:28
  New Mexico State Police say they are investigating the death of a volunteer firefighter who was fatally struck by a fire truck.
  
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• Montana Offers Funding to Help Farmers, Ranchers With Stress

  21-07-2021 23:28
  Officials say financial pressures, unpredictable weather, drought, long work days and social isolation can cause stress and take a toll on the mental health of Montana’s farmers and ranchers.
  
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• Texas authorities arrest 3 men in connection to deaths of 4 people

  21-07-2021 23:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Three men have been arrested and accused of capital murder in connection with a quadruple homicide in east Texas, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
  
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• At Least 17 Migrants Drown off Tunisia in Shipwreck -Red Crescent

  21-07-2021 23:21
  TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from...
  
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• Biden Kowtows to China, Refuses to Issue Sanctions Despite Blaming It for Cyberattacks

  21-07-2021 23:18
  
  President Joe Biden continues to put America last by refusing to say whether he’ll sanction communist China despite having accused it of engaging in ransomware attacks and cyberextortion. At a […]
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• CSX 2Q Profit More Than Doubled as Railroad Hauled 27% More

  21-07-2021 23:12
  CSX railroad’s second-quarter profit more than doubled as the economy continued to rebound from the depths of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• O'Fallon Man Sentenced to Life in Death of 4-Month-Old Child

  21-07-2021 23:11
  A 34-year-old O'Fallon man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his girlfriend's 4-month-old infant.
  
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• Ohio Man Who Identified as 'Incel' Charged With Planning Mass Shooting of Women

  21-07-2021 23:09
  By Mark HosenballWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who identified himself as an "incel" - involuntary celibate - was arrested on Wednesday and charged...
  
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• Virginia Could See up to $530M Under Opioid Settlement

  21-07-2021 23:05
  Virginia is expected to receive about $530 million over many years from a proposed $26 billion national settlement agreement to litigation over the opioid crisis.
  
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• Santa Fe Hospital Reaches Settlement Over Fraudulent Billing

  21-07-2021 23:04
  Federal prosecutors have reached a settlement with a Santa Fe hospital over claims of fraudulent billing.
  
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• Two Doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca Shots Effective Against Delta Variant, Study Finds

  21-07-2021 23:03
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus...
  
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• Police Officer Rescues Three People After House Is Set on Fire by Likely Lightning Strike

  21-07-2021 23:01
  
  Frank Jolin is a full-time electrician, part-time cop and, after his actions this past weekend, a hero. Mandy Leo of West Brookfield, Massachusetts, and her husband were out for the […]
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• McCarthy blasts Pelosi over Jan 6 committee picks

  21-07-2021 23:01
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of "an egregious abuse of power" after she rejected two Republicans on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. (July 21)      
  
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• 'WJ Live': New Hunter Biden Emails May Reveal Joe Biden as Hillary 2.0

  21-07-2021 22:59
  
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• Western Wildfire Smoke to Cause Problems in South Carolina

  21-07-2021 22:56
  Health officials say smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada will drift across parts of South Carolina this week and could cause problems in people with chronic heart and lung diseases.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein, in a wheelchair, pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges in Los Angeles

  21-07-2021 22:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to 11 sexual assault charges in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, a day after he was moved across the country from his New York prison.
  
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• New COVID-19 variant: What is it called, where did it come from, should we be concerned?

  21-07-2021 22:55
  
  A Texas hospital reported its first case of the lambda variant. But how infectious is it? And do vaccines protect against it? Here's what we know.      
  
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• Kansas Health System Declining to Take Patient Transfers

  21-07-2021 22:55
  
  A major Kansas health system is declining to take patients from outside hospitals because it has too few open beds with cases of the faster-spreading COVID-19 delta variant surging.
  
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• Pennsylvania Decertifies County's Voting Machines After 2020 Audit

  21-07-2021 22:51
  
  By Nathan Layne(Reuters) - Pennsylvania's top election official has decertified the voting equipment of a rural county that participated in an...
  
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• Biden Administration Reportedly Reverses Course: It Will Keep Border-Related Health Order from the Trump Era for Now

  21-07-2021 22:51
  
  The Biden administration will reportedly keep restrictions allowing border officials to expel most migrants for another month. The Trump administration implemented public health order Title 42 prohibiting some individuals from entering […]
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• 2 officers save driver after plunge into river

  21-07-2021 22:51
  Two police officers from Florida's Space Coast rescued a driver Tuesday after a car plunged off a causeway into a river. (July 21)      
  
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• Scant Details After Suburban Indianapolis Cop Shoots Person

  21-07-2021 22:49
  Authorities released scant details Wednesday after a suburban Indianapolis police officer shot and wounded a “male subject” while officers were responding to a call for assistance at a house.
  
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