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• Book: Chinese Tycoon Gave Hunter Biden King's Ransom for Family Access, Expertise on Dodging Laws

  28-11-2021 23:34
  
  A new book claims that Hunter Biden was offered a multi-million-deal to help a Chinese energy company cut red tape and make important connections — and part of his cut […]
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• Prepare for not-so-jolly Christmas tree prices, trade group warns

  28-11-2021 23:31 via rt.com
  
  Artificial and real trees will be far more expensive in the US this year thanks to shortgages and supply chain issues, the Christmas tree industry has warned Americans.The American Christmas Tree Association (ACTA), which represents artificial tree producers, has released statements recommending people order their trees early as supply chain issues could lead to long delays, as well as price increases. 
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• Lawyer Who Got Nick Sandmann a Settlement from CNN Weighs in on Rittenhouse: His New Target Is the Biggest Fish of Them All

  28-11-2021 23:31
  
  In 2018, Nick Sandmann found himself the subject of national scorn after a selectively edited clip of him smiling awkwardly while a Native American activist banged a drum in front […]
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• When a worker shortage closed her favorite restaurant's dining room, a retiree grabbed an apron to help

  28-11-2021 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  When the dining room of an Ohio great-grandmother's favorite restaurant closed because of staffing shortages, she grabbed an apron without hesitation.
  
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• Wisconsin Senators Issue Joint Statement Demanding People Stop 'Politicizing' Waukesha Attack

  28-11-2021 22:46
  
  Exploiting the Waukesha tragedy has to stop, Wisconsin’s two United States senators said Saturday. A week ago, an SUV drove into a Christmas parade in the Wisconsin community, leaving six […]
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• The pro-Nazi US official who helped shape post-war Germany

  28-11-2021 22:45 via rt.com
  
  Newly declassified FBI files have shed significant light on the Nazi sympathies of John McCloy, the US assistant secretary of war during World War II, revealing a depth to the relationship that was not previously known.McCloy is an enormously significant figure in 20th century US history – as well as his war role, he went on to serve as World Bank president, US high commissioner for Germany, Council on Foreign Relations chair, and adviser to all presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ron
  
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• Omicron Variant Reaches Australia, Gov Says Vaxxed People Brought Mutant Strain Back from Africa

  28-11-2021 22:43
  
  The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Australia in two people who were vaccinated against the coronavirus. Although the lethality of the variant is very uncertain, the […]
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• Dear corporations, Hanukkah is not the same as Passover

  28-11-2021 22:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Stores like Bed Bath & Beyond recognize that there is a market for Jewish-related items, but after seeing Passover phrases on Hanukkah items, it feels like tokenism.
  
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• Buttigieg offers easy fix to surging gas prices

  28-11-2021 22:35 via rt.com
  
  US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is facing a new wave of criticism for waving off soaring gas prices by giving a solution to Americans: buy an electric vehicle.Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday, Buttigieg talked up some of the specifics of the Build Back Better bill, including a “discount” provided to Americans if they choose to buy an electric vehicle. 
  “It contains incentives to make it more affordable to buy an electric vehicle, up to a $12,500 discount in effect f
  
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• Buttigieg offers easy fix for surging gas prices

  28-11-2021 22:35 via rt.com
  
  US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is facing a new wave of criticism for waving off soaring gas prices by giving a solution to Americans: buy an electric vehicle.Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday, Buttigieg talked up some of the specifics of the Build Back Better Bill, including a “discount” provided to Americans if they choose to buy an electric vehicle. 
  “It contains incentives to make it more affordable to buy an electric vehicle, up to a $12,500 discount in effect f
  
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• Buttigieg gives an expensive solution to surging gas prices

  28-11-2021 22:35 via rt.com
  
  US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is facing a new wave of criticism for waving off soaring gas prices by giving a solution to Americans: buy an electric vehicle.Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday, Buttigieg talked up some of the specifics of the Build Back Better bill, including a “discount” provided to Americans if they choose to buy an electric vehicle. 
  “It contains incentives to make it more affordable to buy an electric vehicle, up to a $12,500 discount in effect f
  
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• CNN insists ‘a car’ killed six people at Wisconsin Christmas parade

  28-11-2021 22:22 via rt.com
  
  Despite multiple media outlets being hammered for blaming the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre on a vehicle rather than its black driver – a murder suspect – CNN continued to blame “a car” for the mass killing.Repeat felon Darrell Brooks killed six people and injured more than 60 when he plowed an SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last week. Though Brooks has been arrested and charged with six counts of murder, media outlets covering the massacre ha
  
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• Looting Craze Spreads Beyond California; Heartland State Stores Blitzed by Mobs

  28-11-2021 21:39
  
  “Black Friday” — the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season — took on a whole new meaning with reports of flash mobs engaging […]
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• 82-Year-Old Man Out to Pick Up a Turkey Hospitalized After ATV Gang Jumped Him

  28-11-2021 21:27
  
  An 82-year-old man who survived a savage attack by an ATV gang has described the experience as a living “nightmare.” “He was going to pick up a turkey. That’s all […]
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• Fauci Targets Critics on National Television: 'I'm Going to Be Saving Lives, and They're Going to Be Lying'

  28-11-2021 21:04
  
  White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci continued to identify himself with all of science Sunday as he rebuked those who have had the nerve to criticize him. In an […]
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• Watch: Biden Slammed Trump Over 'Fear Mongering' for COVID Restrictions, Now He Does Same Thing

  28-11-2021 20:10
  
  I am often apt to angrily declare that Twitter is one of the worst things that has ever happened to our constitutional republic. Everything from the way it has weaponized […]
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• Man killed by stray bullet while enjoying Thanksgiving with family, authorities say

  28-11-2021 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  A stray bullet struck and killed a 25-year-old man who was eating Thanksgiving dinner with his family in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said in a news release.
  
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• Guard dies after being shot in attempted robbery of San Francisco news crew

  28-11-2021 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  A security guard on assignment for a San Francisco Bay area news crew died Saturday after being shot in an attempted robbery three days earlier, police said.
  
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• Police ID 2 brothers killed in a shooting at a Nashville apartment. A suspect is also dead

  28-11-2021 19:43 via cnn.com
  
  Nashville police have identified the brothers killed in a shooting at an apartment complex Friday night as Zacquez Sherrell, 18, and Tavarius Sherrell, 15.
  
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• Covid isn't over. Why is my school acting like it is?

  28-11-2021 19:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  With no mask or vaccine mandates, my classmates are often sick. I want to protect myself, but I get judged if I cover up.
  
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• Report: South African Doctor Who First Noticed Omicron Variant Reels in Doomsayers, Reveals Symptoms Are 'Unusual but Mild'

  28-11-2021 19:07
  
  As panic circles the globe over a new coronavirus variant first reported in South Africa, the doctor who first noticed the variant is asking for a dose of calm. Dr. […]
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• After Three Years of Delay, Jussie Smollett Set to Face Criminal Charges

  28-11-2021 18:59
  
  Jussie Smollett will finally face a trial for his 2019 stunt in which he claimed he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in Chicago. Smollett claimed two masked men […]
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• Gretchen Whitmer Slammed After State Records Fastest Covid Surge in the US

  28-11-2021 18:29
  
  Perhaps no governor in the United States embraced the use of emergency powers with more zeal than Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat. In a commentary piece published by The […]
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• McCarthy should publicly condemn behavior by GOP members 'crossing the line' on violence and civility, Hutchinson says

  28-11-2021 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  • Moderate House Republican warns McCarthy over embracing far-right members
  
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• New BLM fundraiser asks for $5 million after previous one is taken down

  28-11-2021 17:43 via rt.com
  
  A Milwaukee Black Lives Matter GoFundMe page claims to be raising $5 million for a nonprofit bail organization. It comes days after GoFundMe shut down a BLM fundraiser for Darrell Brooks, the suspect in a Waukesha car attack.Read moreBLM’s Christmas message? ‘Boycott white businesses’A previous GoFundMe page that was raising funds specifically for Brooks’ bail was taken down for violating the platform’s terms of service. The new fundraising page, set up two days ago
  
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• Scientists Confirm Earth Now Has a Second Moon: Here's What We Know So Far

  28-11-2021 17:40
  
  Leaving a wobbly track through space, a tiny mini-moon orbits the Earth. Intrigued by this scrap of rock, which is about 164 feet across, scientists have been trying to figure […]
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• Vaccine Pass Being Programmed Into Phones

  28-11-2021 17:30
  
  Physical vaccine cards may be losing legitimacy as more digital versions are being released. Samsung, one of the world’s top producers of electronic devices, now has what is often referred […]
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• Opinion: I reported on Ahmaud Arbery's death last year. I finally exhaled last week.

  28-11-2021 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  When Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan Jr. were found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery on Wednesday, I felt like I could finally exhale.
  
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• Waukesha will hold a moment of silence Sunday, one week after a car plowed through Christmas parade

  28-11-2021 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, will hold a moment of silence and light the city up in blue on Sunday, marking one week since a car drove through a city Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring scores of others.
  
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• Fauci reveals plan to prepare Americans for Omicron

  28-11-2021 17:10 via rt.com
  
  White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has described the Omicron variant of Covid-19 as a “clarion call” to get people vaccinated. This is amid fears that the new variant may prove resistant to existing jabs.In the weeks since it was first discovered in Botswana, the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has rapidly become the dominant strain of the virus in South Africa, and cases have been discovered in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Although the US has shut down travel from a
  
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• Why we need to stop with the 2024 predictions

  28-11-2021 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  We're less than three years away from the 2024 presidential election. That hasn't stopped polls of a potential matchup between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump -- which indicate Biden is in trouble -- from being published.
  
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• Analysis: Why we need to stop with the 2024 predictions

  28-11-2021 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  We're less than three years away from the 2024 presidential election. That hasn't stopped polls of a potential matchup between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump -- which indicate Biden is in trouble -- from being published.
  
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• Horrific: Man Charged with 600 Counts of Sexual Assault, Incest with Child

  28-11-2021 16:52
  
  A Florida man has racked up more than 1,200 counts of sexual abuse of a child. Robert Cota, 31, faces 600 counts of sexual assault involving a minor and another […]
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• Frank Williams, Williams F1 team founder, dies aged 79

  28-11-2021 16:52 via cnn.com
  
  Frank Williams, the founder of the Williams Formula 1 team and the longest-serving team principal the sport has ever seen, has died aged 79.
  
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• WATCH: Dancing mayor and shopping Biden breach mask mandates

  28-11-2021 16:44 via rt.com
  
  San Francisco Mayor London Breed is facing a backlash after being filmed dancing carefree and maskless in a club despite the city’s mandate. US President Joe Biden is meanwhile facing his own public-masking critiques.The video of Breed, reportedly from this week, shows the mayor in a crowd, dancing and singing, seemingly aware she is being filmed.  Mayor London Breed feeling the spirit once again at a nightclub reportedly a few nights ago as our city continues towards its downward spi
  
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• Israel Makes Desperate Move After Single Case of New COVID Strain Appears

  28-11-2021 16:28
  
  Fortress Israel is banning foreigners from entry in response to the Omicron strain of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the embattled nation would “act fast, early, hard and […]
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• Schiff: January 6 committee decision on criminal contempt charges for Mark Meadows could come this week

  28-11-2021 16:22 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection will make a decision "this week" on whether it will refer Mark Meadows for criminal contempt charges for defying a subpoena before the Thanksgiving recess, California Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the panel, said Sunday.
  
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• Biden, Mask-Scold-in-Chief, Makes Another Facial Covering Faux Pas During Nantucket Shopping Trip

  28-11-2021 15:54
  
  President Joe Biden has no problem wearing face masks even when they’re not needed — particularly at outdoor events. When they’re required, however, it seems he has the opposite problem. […]
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• Justice Roberts is at the epicenter of an abortion dispute before the Supreme Court

  28-11-2021 15:38 via cnn.com
  
  Since his first job as a young lawyer in Washington, John Roberts' work has been entangled with Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that gave women a right to end a pregnancy.
  
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• School Cancels ISIS Survivor Event Over Fear of Offending Muslims

  28-11-2021 15:25
  
  In trying to prevent Islamophobia, Canada’s largest school board has proved itself to be Islamophobic itself. Good work. According to a report earlier this month in The Globe and Mail, […]
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• Make-A-Wish asks boy with a critical illness what he wants. 'Feed the homeless,' he says.

  28-11-2021 15:00
  
  Abraham Olagbegi, 13, asked Make-A-Wish to feed homeless people once a month in his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi.      
  
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• Woman wins lottery for third time in 3 years

  28-11-2021 14:54 via cnn.com
  
  A Maryland woman is celebrating after winning the lottery for a third time in about three years.
  
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• The job market is looking way better. It's still playing catch-up

  28-11-2021 14:40 via cnn.com
  
  More than 20 months into the pandemic, the US job market has reached a milestone.
  
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• LeBron James fined $15K for 'obscene gesture' celebration

  28-11-2021 14:27 via cnn.com
  
  LeBron James' celebration in the recent overtime victory against the Indiana Pacers has landed the Los Angeles Lakers forward a fine from the NBA.
  
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• Americans Sound Off Against Biden in New Poll, And Things Don't Get Any Better When Trump Is Added to the Mix

  28-11-2021 14:27
  
  A new poll finds not too many Americans are eager to put a “Biden 2024” sign on the their front lawns, while adding to the drumbeat of polls saying that […]
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• Boyfriend Stabs Girlfriend Before Running Her Over; Cleared of Murder After Court Hears What They Ate Earlier

  28-11-2021 14:07
  
  A 28-year-old British man has dodged a murder charge because he was out of his mind on drugs and did not know what he was doing. However, Jake Notman, 28, […]
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• State of Emergency Declared in New York: 'It's Coming'

  28-11-2021 13:44
  
  Following in the shoes of a governor who won raves in the media for his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is declaring a […]
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• Watch: Gunman Storms Altar, Pastor Seizes Back Control of God's House with One Brave Move

  28-11-2021 13:15
  
  God saves souls. He also saves lives, according to a pastor who tackled a gunman threating the lives of his congregation. A man pulled a gun during a Sunday service […]
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• Some states dropping ‘dehumanizing’ terms for immigrants

  28-11-2021 04:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Immigrants and immigrant-rights groups say "alien," especially when combined with “illegal,” is dehumanizing and can have a harmful effect on immigration policy.
  
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• Stowaway found in plane's landing gear compartment at Miami airport

  28-11-2021 03:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man was being examined at a hospital after he was found in a plane's landing gear compartment at Miami International Airport Saturday morning, authorities
  
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