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• Washington Post deletes scandalous tweet about parade massacre

  25-11-2021 22:37 via rt.com
  
  The Washington Post has revised an article and deleted the Twitter post promoting it after saying that last weekend’s Christmas parade massacre in Waukesha, Wisconsin, was “caused by a SUV.”The tweet was posted on Thursday with a caption reading, “Here’s what we know so far on the sequence of events that led to the Waukesha tragedy caused by a SUV.” The article linking to the message similarly blamed the vehicle for the massacre, which left six people dead and
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse supported a Democrat in 2020 presidential race

  25-11-2021 21:09 via rt.com
  
  Contrary to a media narrative that painted him as a far right white supremacist, exonerated teenager Kyle Rittenhouse claims he was a big fan of Democrat Andrew Yang in the 2020 presidential election.“I’m gonna get a lot of hate for this, but I was a pretty big Andrew Yang supporter before all of this,” Rittenhouse told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday. “I was part of the Yang Gang.”
  Rittenhouse’s admiration for a non-white, progressive candidate with
  
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• Analysis: National Day of Mourning turns Thanksgiving into something more honest

  25-11-2021 20:18 via cnn.com
  
  A version of this story appeared in CNN's Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here.
  
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• Covered in sand for centuries, Egypt reopens sphinx avenue with huge celebration

  25-11-2021 19:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Egypt is set to reopen the 3,000-year-old Avenue of the Sphinxes Thursday with a Thanksgiving Day parade of its own in Luxor.
  
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• Covered in sand for thousands of years, Egypt reopens sphinx avenue with huge celebration

  25-11-2021 19:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Egypt is set to reopen the 3,000-year-old Avenue of the Sphinxes Thursday with a Thanksgiving Day parade of its own in Luxor.
  
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• How 'freedges' spread across the nation

  25-11-2021 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The fridges provide free food that is available at any time with no questions asked. They've expanded across the country, in cities big and small.
  
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• This could finally be Sears' and Kmart's last holiday shopping season

  25-11-2021 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  This Black Friday could very likely be the start of the final holiday shopping season for Sears and Kmart, two brands that once proudly dominated the US retail landscape.
  
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• Don't use racist word ‘looting’, experts in US media warn

  25-11-2021 19:04 via rt.com
  
  The latest string of smash-and-grab attacks on high-end stores in California should not be called looting as that would be racist, two criminal justice experts told the media and police.The lecture on linguistics came after the San Francisco Bay area police departments had described a series of brazen thefts at luxury retail outlets over the weekend as looting. Lorenzo Boyd, a professor of criminal justice and community policing at the University of New Haven, told ABC7 news channel on Tuesday t
  
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• Migrant drownings give tragic jolt to long-simmering U.K.-France dispute

  25-11-2021 18:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Britain and France traded accusations Thursday after at least 27 migrants drowned while trying to cross the channel separating the two countries.
  
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• Mother who gave birth on a plane thanks first responders who delivered baby

  25-11-2021 18:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I just pushed once and the baby girl came out crying," Liliana Castañeda said of her daughter, Analia, who was born on a Delta Air Lines flight.
  
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• U.S. lawmakers defy China by meeting with officials in Taiwan

  25-11-2021 18:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  'When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip,' Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin said.
  
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• Children and teens are less likely to need Covid-19 boosters, Fauci says. Here's why

  25-11-2021 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  Now that the United States has rolled out Covid-19 booster shots for all fully vaccinated adults, some parents have been wondering if or when their vaccinated teenagers might need to get a booster dose of vaccine -- and researchers are working to have an answer soon.
  
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• Santa Claus gets a boyfriend in Norwegian Christmas commercial

  25-11-2021 17:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The four-minute ad titled “When Harry met Santa” has been produced to mark 50 years since the decriminalization of homosexuality in Norway.
  
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• Hundreds of FedEx packages were found tossed into an Alabama ravine, sheriff says

  25-11-2021 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of FedEx packages were discovered discarded in a ravine Wednesday in Blount County, Alabama, some 40 miles northeast of Birmingham, according to the local sheriff's office.
  
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• 12 LGBTQ milestones we’re thankful for this year

  25-11-2021 17:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  As more LGBTQ Americans plan to gather with their families — chosen or not — for the holidays, Thanksgiving might start to look more normal this year.
  
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• Watching 'The Beatles: Get Back' Disney+ series is a kind of torment

  25-11-2021 16:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  'The Beatles: Get Back' Disney+ documentary series from Peter Jackson barely offers any new insight into a band that's already been obsessively documented for more than 50 years.
  
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• Organized retail crime wave 'traumatizing' US workers

  25-11-2021 16:29 via rt.com
  
  Amid a surge in organized shoplifting, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry has said that the crime wave is “traumatizing” employees and making hiring and keeping staff difficult. The retailer is not the only outlet targeted by criminals.Organized shoplifting has “increased dramatically” over the last two years, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warned in September. Raoul pointed to shocking figures from the retail industry – theft investigations were up 86% at Home Depot,
  
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• Australia’s reluctant role at climate summit is exactly what activists were worried about

  25-11-2021 15:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Australia, one of the world’s top producers of coal and gas, narrowly dodged being labeled the COP26 climate summit’s villain.
  
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• Photographer apologizes, Dior pulls work after backlash in China over model's 'Western' depiction

  25-11-2021 15:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Chinese fashion photographer has apologized after backlash over work she did for French luxury brand Dior.
  
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• Officer faces charges after body of hit-and-run victim found in his car, prosecutors say

  25-11-2021 15:20 via cnn.com
  
  A Newark, New Jersey, police officer is facing multiple charges after prosecutors said he was involved in a hit-and-run that left a 29-year-old nurse dead.
  
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• 'Licorice Pizza' faces criticism for scenes involving fake Asian accent

  25-11-2021 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza" is being criticized by some on social media for including scenes where a white businessman speaks in a fake Asian accent.
  
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• As Arizona's attorney general and a first generation American, I'm grateful for the USA

  25-11-2021 15:00 via foxnews.com
  
  My family fled communism from the former Yugoslavia. They came to America because this nation could provide them and their descendants with boundless opportunities and freedoms.
  
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• NFL Week 12 schedule, scores, updates and more

  25-11-2021 14:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Week 12 of the 2021 NFL season begins with three Thanksgiving Day games.
  
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• Bill Gates partakes in building new experimental nuclear reactor

  25-11-2021 14:59 via rt.com
  
  A new experimental nuclear reactor will be built in the US state of Idaho, with the participation of a company co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates.The project, estimated to cost $170 million, will be partly funded by Gates’ nuclear power firm TerraPower, while most of the money will come from the US Department of Energy (DoE). Led by one of US’ largest gas and electric utility companies, Southern Company, it will also use technology from the businessman’s company, which works
  
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• Bill Gates engaged in new experimental nuclear reactor

  25-11-2021 14:59 via rt.com
  
  A new experimental nuclear reactor will be built in the US state of Idaho, with the participation of a company co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates.The project, estimated to cost $170 million, will be partly funded by Gates’ nuclear power firm TerraPower, while most of the money will come from the US Department of Energy (DoE). Led by one of US’ largest gas and electric utility companies, Southern Company, it will also use technology from the businessman’s company, which works
  
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• Supply chain issues: 'Shop early,' California Retailers Association president warns holiday shoppers

  25-11-2021 14:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Amid the supply chain crisis, the California Retailers Association president warns consumers to shop early this holiday season.
  
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• Liberal actress slams media coverage of Waukesha attack

  25-11-2021 14:48 via rt.com
  
  Actress Debra Messing – known as an outspoken liberal – has savaged the mainstream media for its coverage of the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre. “It was not an accident,” she declared, “It was a domestic terror attack.”“Dear Mainstream Media,” Messing tweeted on Wednesday. “A man intentionally drove his car through a parade killing 6 and injuring 50+. It was not an ACCIDENT.”
  “Call it by its name,” she added, using the h
  
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• Broadway actor charged over Capitol riot

  25-11-2021 14:15 via rt.com
  
  Actor James Beeks, portraying Judas in the US touring production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and known under stage name James Justis, has been charged with participating in the January 6 Capitol riot.
  “Beeks conspired with others known and unknown to forcibly enter the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and to obstruct the Congressional proceeding occurring that day,” Justice Department documents stated.
  While no video or photograph from the day showed Beeks’ full face, th
  
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• NYC school kids eat lunch outside despite dropping temps in order to social distance

  25-11-2021 14:04 via foxnews.com
  
  New York City school children are still eating outside so they can social distance despite temperatures dropping
  
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• New original Christmas movies airing on Fox Nation this Thanksgiving

  25-11-2021 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Those who don't love watching football this Thanksgiving can instead watch three new original Christmas movies on Fox Nation!
  
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• Lincoln, Jefferson and Thanksgiving's anti-slavery roots

  25-11-2021 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Not everyone has been on board with the national holiday of Thanksgiving. I am not referring to the modern progressives who decry it as racist, but rather to our third president, Thomas Jefferson.
  
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• Can Waukesha victims sue for Darrell Brooks being out on the streets? Experts weigh in

  25-11-2021 13:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News Digital spoke with experts about potential legal action from the Waukesha Christmas parade victims for the handling of Darrell Brooks
  
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• Biden strikes far different tone after Arbery verdict than Rittenhouse

  25-11-2021 13:52 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden's reaction to the guilty verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery case came in stark contrast to his reaction to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse days earlier.
  
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• Alabama students raise awareness for veteran suicide in march from Tuscaloosa to Auburn

  25-11-2021 13:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Student veterans in Alabama began a more than 150 mile ruck march on Wednesday from Tuscaloosa to Auburn to raise awareness for the estimated 17 veterans lost to each day to suicide.
  
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• Wild arrive late due to traffic, beat Devils 3-2 in shootout

  25-11-2021 13:34 via foxnews.com
  
  The Minnesota Wild didn’t let a traffic jam slow them down against the New Jersey Devils.
  
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• Thanksgiving history: Traditions and origins, where did it begin?

  25-11-2021 13:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Many people know the story behind Thanksgiving, but its history as an actual holiday is not as clear. Here are some interesting facts about Thanksgiving history.
  
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• Tavares, Engvall lead rolling Maple Leafs' 6-2 rout of Kings

  25-11-2021 13:30 via foxnews.com
  
  John Tavares and Pierre Engvall had a goal and an assist apiece while Toronto scored four consecutive times in the second period, and the Maple Leafs rolled to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.
  
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• Chef George Duran's holiday recipes

  25-11-2021 13:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Chef George Duran shares holiday recipes for roasted chicken, andouille sausage mac and cheese and loaded cornbread on "Fox & Friends."
  
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• Draisaitl, McDavid 4 points each as Oilers beat Coyotes 5-3

  25-11-2021 13:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid each had two goals and two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers past the Arizona Coyotes 5-3 on Wednesday night.
  
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• Kings hold off Blazers 125-121 in tech-filled game

  25-11-2021 13:22 via foxnews.com
  
  De’Aaron Fox scored 21 points before being ejected in the fourth quarter, Marvin Bagley III made a clutch 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and the Sacramento Kings held off the Portland Trail Blazers 125-121 on Wednesday night.
  
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• Arkansas County Judge Joseph Wood recounts his road from orphanage to race for lieutenant governor

  25-11-2021 13:22 via foxnews.com
  
  County Judge Joseph Wood of Washington County, Arkansas, recounted to Fox News Digital the journey that took him from an orphanage in Chicago to running in next year's Arkansas lieutenant governor's race.
  
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• Stephen Curry's Warriors get past Seth Curry's 76ers, 116-96

  25-11-2021 13:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Stephen Curry and his entire supporting cast had to bring some smothering second-half defense to shut down younger brother Seth and the undermanned 76ers.
  
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• Durant moves into NBA's top 25, Nets beat Celtics 123-104

  25-11-2021 13:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Kevin Durant grew up in the Washington, D.C., area looking up to Allen Iverson as he led Georgetown to back-to-back trips to the NCAA Sweet 16.
  
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• Celebrities share their favorite Thanksgiving dishes

  25-11-2021 13:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Celebrities have shared their favorite dishes to make or eat on Thanksgiving.
  
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• Williams helps No. 9 Memphis outlast Virginia Tech 69-61

  25-11-2021 13:09 via foxnews.com
  
  DeAndre Williams had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 9 Memphis outlasted Virginia Tech 69-61 in the NIT Season Tip-Off on Wednesday night.
  
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• No. 18 BYU improves to 5-0, beats Texas Southern 81-64

  25-11-2021 13:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Te’Jon Lucas had 18 points and seven assists to lead No. 18 BYU to an 81-64 victory over Texas Southern on Wednesday night.
  
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• Does Thanksgiving turkey really make you sleepy?

  25-11-2021 13:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Turkey might contain tryptophan, but what experts say may surprise you.
  
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• The First Thanksgiving story shows us how disparate people come together in challenging times

  25-11-2021 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  At its heart, the First Thanksgiving is a heroic tale about a moment in time when two disparate peoples found a way to come together in harmony and respect.
  
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• Australia sending troops to Solomon Islands as unrest grows

  25-11-2021 12:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Australia announced Thursday it is sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown
  
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• Soiled vaccination notice sparks probe

  25-11-2021 12:16 via rt.com
  
  After being handed a Covid vaccination non-compliance letter, a firefighter at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) reportedly dropped his pants and wiped his buttocks with the document.The notice was visibly stained with fecal matter as a result, according to media reports. The LAFD is currently investigating the alleged incident that took place on November 18, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Commenting on the case to the LA Times, she also said the firefighter is currently on paid administ
  
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