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• Taliban to Be Recognized as Legitimate Government in New Deal to Solve Airport Conflict: Report

  29-08-2021 22:49
  
  Turkey will operate Kabul’s airport in collaboration with Qatar, according to a new report. As part of the deal, Turkey — a NATO member — will recognize the Taliban as […]
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• Mom of 20-Year-Old Marine Who Was Killed in Kabul Bombing Makes Surprise Call to On-Air Show, Places All Blame on Biden

  29-08-2021 22:42
  
  The mother of one victim of the terrorist attack in Kabul sharply criticized President Joe Biden on Friday. Kathy McCollum, the mother of Rylee McCollum, 20, was notified of her […]
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• Ida Slams US Coast Harder than Katrina, Virtually All Gulf Oil Production Now Crippled by Monster Storm

  29-08-2021 22:35
  
  Long before Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana Sunday, its impacts were already being felt. Ida struck the coast near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, shortly before 1 p.m. ET, on the 16th anniversary […]
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• Blinken denies giving Taliban lists of Americans and Afghan allies, but then says US turned over names for busloads of evacuees

  29-08-2021 22:25 via rt.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried to refute reports that the Biden administration gave lists of Americans and allies in Afghanistan to the Taliban, but then went on to say it provided names for busloads of its evacuees.Asked by NBC News host Chuck Todd on Sunday how the administration could be sure that lists of people the US is trying to get out of Afghanistan won’t be used for “horrendous reasons,” Blinken said “it’s simply not the case” that such i
  
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• Sick Man Collapses Onto Subway Tracks; Heart-Racing Video Shows NYPD Rescue Seconds Before Train Enters the Station

  29-08-2021 22:15
  
  The New York City Police Department has had a rough go of it the past several years. The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has always been hostile toward the […]
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• Judge Asks Mom a Surprise Vaccine Question, She Gets It 'Wrong' So He Strips Her of Custody

  29-08-2021 21:30
  
  A Chicago mother has been stripped of all rights to her son after she told a Cook County judge she has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. WFLD-TV reported that […]
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• New California wildfire forces evacuations and grows to 1,200 acres in less than 6 hours

  29-08-2021 21:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As many in the southeastern United States brace for Hurricane Ida, across the country in California some San Diego County residents have been forced from their homes because of a new, fast-growing wildfire.
  
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• WATCH Hurricane Ida make landfall on Louisiana coast with 150mph winds and devastating surge

  29-08-2021 20:45 via rt.com
  
  Hurricane Ida has made landfall in Louisiana, bringing devastating floods and violent 150mph winds. Video footage captured the awesome destructive power of the Category 4 hurricane.Ida landed on the Gulf Coast on Sunday at around midday, first hitting Louisiana’s southernmost point of Port Fourchon. The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 150mph (240km/h), and cameras set up on nearby Grand Isle captured the torrential storm surge that followed. Extreme video out of Grand
  
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• Teacher Brags She Has No American Flag in Class, Here's What She Tells Students to Pledge Allegiance To

  29-08-2021 20:36
  
  This is a strange thing to have to tell someone, but here’s some advice that could have saved Kristin Pitzen’s some problems: Social media reaches beyond California. Given that’s the whole […]
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• Cruz among top Republicans helping Iowa’s Hinson launch 2022 congressional reelection bid

  29-08-2021 20:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Rising GOP star Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa got a helping hand from a number of top Republicans as she formally announced her 2022 reelection campaign.
  
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• Jonathan Turley: Biden defies laws, courts – eviction ban latest setback for administration

  29-08-2021 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Biden administration has racked up a long line of losses in federal courts in what is one of the worst records in the first six months of any modern presidency.
  
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• Trump Family Member Claims He Will Run in 2024

  29-08-2021 19:55
  
  A Trump family member who last year authored a book that had nothing good to say about her family told a media outlet she expects former President Donald Trump will […]
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• Ed Asner, actor and activist best known as Lou Grant in 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' dead at 91

  29-08-2021 19:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Ed Asner, the actor and activist best known for portraying Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its subsequent spinoff, has died at age 91.
  
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• Blinken was vacationing in the Hamptons hours before Kabul fell

  29-08-2021 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken was vacationing in the Hamptons just hours before the Taliban completed its retaking of Afghanistan 20 years after their ouster, according to a new report.
  
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• Chihuahua beauty pageant gets more than 800 costumed participants: See the photos

  29-08-2021 19:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Some Chihuahuas were born to be stars.
  
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• China Uses Afghan Disaster to Slam Biden, US for 'Violation of Human Rights'

  29-08-2021 19:28
  
  For Beijing’s propaganda mill, the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan has been a gift. It’s not just that it happened. The collapse of the U.S.-backed government, the speed at which […]
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• Whoopi Goldberg company sued for $50M in NJ development dispute

  29-08-2021 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Whoopi Goldberg is being sued for $50 million in a New Jersey development dispute.
  
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• Biden honors U.S. service members killed in Kabul attack

  29-08-2021 19:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The president and the first lady were meeting with family members of those killed in the Kabul terrorist attack and witnessing the return of their bodies.
  
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• Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

  29-08-2021 19:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Jacques Rogge, who oversaw an era of political and financial stability in the Olympic movement after its worst ethics scandal and pursued a hard line against doping during his 12 years as IOC president, has died, the Olympic organization said Sunday. He was 79.
  
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• NHL star accuses estranged wife of hitting him as divorce gets uglier

  29-08-2021 18:58 via foxnews.com
  
  NHL star Evander Kane was granted a temporary restraining order against his estranged wife after accusing her of punching him in the face multiple times and, in one instance, swinging their baby daughter around during a heated argument, according to court documents.
  
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• Gen. Jack Keane: Terror groups in Afghanistan are likely 'complicit' in their anti-Americanism

  29-08-2021 18:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Gen. Jack Keane discussed the "common ideology" of the Taliban, ISIS-K, and al Qaeda on "Fox & Friends Weekend," concluding they are likely "complicit" in their anti-Americanism in Afghanistan.
  
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• Furious Vet Gets to Work After Seeing USMC Officer Kicked from Corps for Calling out Biden and Woke Brass

  29-08-2021 18:55
  
  My son, shaken and ashen, showed up two hours late for our 2013 Christmas Eve dinner. He had spent the afternoon at Walter Reed Hospital visiting his former West Point […]
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• Mets star tests positive for COVID-19

  29-08-2021 18:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Noah Syndergaard’s planned rehab start for Single-A Brooklyn on Sunday was scuttled because he tested positive for COVID-19, according to an industry source.
  
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• Ida Nears Landfall: Powerful Hurricane Targets Louisiana, Undergoes Drastic Change in 24-Hour Period

  29-08-2021 18:14
  
  As Hurricane Ida was closing in on Louisiana on Sunday, it was growing stronger and approaching Category 5 strength. As of 7 a.m. Central Time, Ida’s sustained winds had been […]
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• Several Kennedy Family Members 'Devastated' After Father's Assassin Gets Life-Changing News from Prison

  29-08-2021 17:59
  
  As the man who gunned down their father took a step toward freedom, several children of the late Robert F. Kennedy criticized the California parole board for its recommendation of […]
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• Animal Center Tells Heartbreaking Story of Pup Thought to Be Held Down with a Shoe and Shot

  29-08-2021 17:34
  
  When an injured animal comes to a shelter, it can be difficult to tell whether the injuries were accidental or intentional. There are certainly patterns and signs that point to […]
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• New 'Inclusive' CDC Guide: Don't Call People 'Alcoholics,' 'Smokers,' 'Uninsured'

  29-08-2021 17:28
  
  Earlier this month, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky gave us a pretty good idea of how woke President Joe Biden’s CDC was going to be […]
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• Biden is holding together the Democratic Party in Washington -- for now

  29-08-2021 17:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Almost a year before Joe Biden was elected president, fellow Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked in a New York Magazine profile that "in any other country," she and Biden "would not be in the same party."
  
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• Hurricane Ida strengthens into ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm ahead of landfall on US Gulf Coast

  29-08-2021 15:49 via rt.com
  
  Hurricane Ida, set to hit the Gulf Coast on Sunday, has been upgraded to an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm, as sustained wind speeds reached 150mph (241kph), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said.The storm is expected to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana in the afternoon, with strong winds and rainfall already reported in the Bayou State. Its arrival coincides with the 16th anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people and caus
  
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• US Command Believes Another Attack Imminent at Kabul Airport

  29-08-2021 15:19
  
  As U.S. forces continue the final days of evacuations from Afghanistan, officials warned of another threat at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, where humanitarian organizations were despairing of getting civilians […]
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• Parent Demanding Masks Be Forced on Kids Loses It, Strips Clothes Off in Middle of School Board Meeting

  29-08-2021 15:07
  
  I can’t say I agree with French Enlightenment thinker Voltaire on much, but you have to admit that for an ardent critic of Christianity, the ol’ deist had some wit […]
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• Top toymakers say their products will be harder to find and more expensive this holiday season

  29-08-2021 14:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The makers of some of the most popular toys in the United States sounded the alarm this week about the global shipping crisis and labor shortages limiting their ability to keep stores stocked throughout the fall holiday shopping season.
  
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• Pandemic jobless benefits expire soon. Don't expect employment to suddenly soar

  29-08-2021 14:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Pandemic unemployment benefits are ending nationwide the first weekend in September, but don't expect to see millions of available jobs to be filled quickly.
  
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• FBI agent tried to profit financially from knowledge of Michigan governor ‘kidnapping’ plot, defense lawyers claim

  29-08-2021 13:43 via rt.com
  
  An FBI agent who helped ‘foil’ a plot to abduct Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer may have used his knowledge of the case to lend credibility to his private cyber intelligence company, newly filed court documents allege.Attorneys for five defendants charged with attempting to kidnap the Democratic governor are seeking information about special agent Jayson Chambers, after a BuzzFeed report claimed that the FBI agent may have published tweets about the undercover operation before it
  
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• Netflix's 'The Chair' repeats a dichotomy as common as it is false

  29-08-2021 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  In real life as on TV, the tokenism of the “diversity hire” trivializes the profound impact that women and minorities have had on American education.
  
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• Autopilot Tesla HITS police cruiser & another car in Florida in a near-miss incident that left 2 people injured

  29-08-2021 08:53 via rt.com
  
  In a freak incident, a Tesla operating on autopilot struck a patrol car and another vehicle, both of which were not moving. The Tesla driver and another person received mild injuries, while the officer escaped unscathed.The three-car collision took place on Saturday morning near downtown Orlando after a Florida state trooper pulled over to assist the driver of a vehicle stuck in one of the lanes. Shortly after the officer exited his vehicle, a Tesla smashed into the left side of his car and veer
  
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• California teacher takes down US flag because it made her ‘uncomfortable,’ invites student to pledge allegiance to Pride colors

  29-08-2021 02:42 via rt.com
  
  A California school district is investigating a viral video showing a high school teacher bragging about removing the American flag from her classroom and suggesting that a student pledge allegiance to the LGBTQ flag instead.The teacher, identified by Fox News on Saturday as Kristin Pitzen of Newport Mesa School District in Orange County, was seen on a viral social media video speaking about the daily Pledge of Allegiance at her school. “I always tell my class, ‘Stand if you feel lik
  
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• Exhausted and without hope, East Asian youth are 'lying flat'

  29-08-2021 02:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As a high schooler growing up in a small town in eastern China, Li Xiaoming dreamed of moving to a big city where he could have a better life.
  
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• As Afghanistan Crisis Rages, Biden Shifts to Acting Tough on Iran

  29-08-2021 01:53
  
  President Joe Biden talked tough on Iran a day after a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. service members. Biden spoke with reporters ahead of a meeting […]
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• Hurricane Ida intensifies rapidly, will become one of strongest storms to hit Louisiana ‘since at least the 1850s,’ governor warns

  29-08-2021 01:51 via rt.com
  
  Hurricane Ida is gathering strength as it churns over hot Gulf of Mexico waters and is forecast to become what Louisiana Governor Jon Bel Edwards called one of the most powerful storms to hit the state in 170 years.US National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters are “extremely confident” in their current projections for Ida, Edwards said at a press briefing on Saturday, including expectations that it will pummel the Louisiana coast on Sunday and will intensify to at least Category 4 st
  
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• Fauci World: Recurring 5-Month Vaccine Schedule Being Discussed with Biden

  29-08-2021 01:50
  
  President Joe Biden has a lot to say about what former President Donald Trump left for him to deal with when he was sworn in in January, and most of […]
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• #BidenMustGo Campaign Takes Off as Sickened Americans Speak Out on Afghanistan Tragedies

  29-08-2021 01:38
  
  It’s been a terrible and shameful week for the American people. President Joe Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan troop withdrawal has been terrible from the start. Just days before the […]
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• Iran Hits the Jackpot as Taliban Realizes 1 Thing About the Vehicles Biden Left Them

  29-08-2021 01:33
  
  As we watch the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in real time, it’s pretty sickening to know that the new regime will be aided by the veritable war chest left behind […]
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• Ilhan Omar praises chaotic Afghanistan evacuation as ‘inspiring’ while critics call for Biden’s resignation

  29-08-2021 01:29 via rt.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) has praised President Joe Biden for “not allowing” media pressure to change his decision to wrap up the evacuation mission in Afghanistan by August 31, calling the hectic effort "inspiring."Appearing on Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s ‘Velshi,’ Omar was asked by guest host Medhi Hasan whether it was “surprising” to see Biden “now standing up to the defense establishment, to the generals, to the hawks, including i
  
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• With 13 Service Members Killed and Over 200 Other Casualties, Kabul Airport Bombings Mark the 4th Deadliest Day for US in Afghanistan

  29-08-2021 00:59
  
  Thursday’s deadly suicide bombings in Kabul reportedly marked the fourth-deadliest day of attacks in terms of American casualties during the 20 years Americans fought in Afghanistan. As noted by KDVR-TV, […]
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• ‘Nothing better to do?’ CDC mocked for tweeting about ‘inclusive language’ guide as Covid-19 rages

  29-08-2021 00:58 via rt.com
  
  Fresh from dabbling in Second Amendment politics, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has turned to curbing the First Amendment, admonishing Americans to use “inclusive language.” The internet was unimpressed.“Are you using inclusive language?” the CDC asked Twitter users in a post on Friday. The message linked to the agency’s recently issued “health equity guiding principles for inclusive communication,” which advises against using s
  
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