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• Harvard adds caste bias protections for graduate student workers 

  02-12-2021 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Harvard University is the latest U.S. school to add measures protecting caste-oppressed students following a push from graduate workers and a national
  
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• Actor testifies that 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett asked him to carry out fake hate crime

  02-12-2021 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  An aspiring actor testified Wednesday that Jussie Smollett recruited him and his brother to stage a homophobic and racist attack on him in downtown Chicago.
  
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• Eddie Mekka, 'Laverne & Shirley' actor, dies at 69

  02-12-2021 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Laverne & Shirley" actor Eddie Mekka, famous for his role as Carmine Ragusa, has died at 69. He passed away at his home in California, his brother told NBC News.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein's house manager says Ghislaine Maxwell ran Epstein's properties

  02-12-2021 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The longtime house manager of Jeffrey Epstein's home in Palm Beach, Florida, testified in federal court Thursday that Ghislaine Maxwell ran Epstein's many properties and even declared herself the "the lady of the house."
  
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• Twitter purges thousands of ‘state-linked’ accounts

  02-12-2021 23:41 via rt.com
  
  Twitter has announced their latest round of axed accounts, targeting thousands of users accused of promoting government agendas in countries such as China, Russia and Venezuela.Thursday’s ban affects 3,465 accounts, the most so far under the social media company’s push to remove users that spread “state-backed information.”
  Twitter said that it “attributed” the accounts that were given the boot to “operations” running for the sake of governments in
  
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• New York City expands school vaccination mandate

  02-12-2021 23:41 via rt.com
  
  Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has imposed a Covid-19 vaccination mandate on the city’s private schools, affecting about 56,000 staff. The order is expected to run into resistance from Orthodox Jews.“We’re doing everything in our power to protect our students and school staff, and a mandate for nonpublic school employees will help keep our school communities and youngest New Yorkers safe,” de Blasio said in a statement on Thursday, announcing the mandate.&nbs
  
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• Spotify Wrapped shows how our personal data gets sliced and diced

  02-12-2021 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Like many other Spotify users, I opened the music streaming app on Wednesday and received a cheerful message: "Your 2021 Wrapped is here," it read, imploring me to explore the top songs, artists, and podcasts I listened to "in a year that was far from normal."
  
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• January 6 was opposite of 1776, judge tells rioter who carried revolutionary flag into US Capitol

  02-12-2021 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge slammed one of the January 6 rioters for waving a 1776 flag while storming the US Capitol, saying his attempt to overturn a democratic election betrayed the values of the American Revolution.
  
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• Dollar General is chasing wealthier shoppers with 1,000 new stores

  02-12-2021 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Dollar General has become a retail empire by building small stores in rural towns across America to attract mainly low-income shoppers.
  
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• Watch: Biden Gives Speech So Bad It Has Tons of People Wondering What Is Going on with Him

  02-12-2021 23:23
  
  The president’s latest speech has many people wondering the same thing. Is Biden okay? On Thursday, President Biden delivered remarks at the National Institutes of Health regarding his administration’s efforts […]
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• Justice Thomas Sinks Pro-Abortion Lawyers with One Simple Question

  02-12-2021 23:10
  
  The Supreme Court heard the oral arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization. This case has the potential to overturn the Court’s precedential cases Roe v. Wade and […]
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• Justice for Kenny G — and his jazz

  02-12-2021 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Disliking the wildly popular jazz artist isn’t just an aesthetic preference — it's a statement of identity. But is it fair?
  
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• A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed by her brother, who was making and selling guns, Georgia sheriff says

  02-12-2021 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  A 13-year-old boy who was manufacturing and selling so-called "ghost guns" has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his 14-year-old sister with one of his own homemade firearms, according to the Douglas County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Where are all of the PlayStations? How gamers are handling the global shortage

  02-12-2021 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying to find insider information on where to get a PlayStation 5 this holiday season. Stemming from the global chip shortage, video game consoles this year are particularly hard to come by.
  
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• Watch: Pelosi Suffers Extreme 54-Second Cognitive Failure on Live TV

  02-12-2021 22:33
  
  The evidence is building that President Joe Biden isn’t the only Democrat Americans should be worried about when it comes to how things are working upstairs. When House Speaker Nancy […]
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• Report reveals scale of missing military munitions

  02-12-2021 22:16 via rt.com
  
  While all branches of the US military insist only a tiny percentage of explosives are lost or stolen from their stocks, an AP investigation suggests the disappearance of grenades, C4, and even rockets, often gets overlooked.Investigating the disappearance of more than 2,000 military firearms since 2010, the agency sought records into the missing explosives as well. According to a report published on Thursday, the US Army came back with a list of 1,900 incidents, “about half” of which
  
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• Vile: Ex-ESPN Shill Who Slams GOP for Cash Suggests 'Trump Fascism' Motivated MI School Shooter

  02-12-2021 22:05
  
  Keith Olbermann has always been a political activist. Although he made a name for himself as a sports anchor on ESPN, he just wants to be a leftist pundit. Olbermann […]
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• 400k patients’ info leaked in Planned Parenthood ransomware hack

  02-12-2021 21:54 via rt.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of patients from a Los Angeles Planned Parenthood branch have had their information compromised in a massive malware attack. Conducted two months ago, it has only now been disclosed.A hacker apparently using the same kind of ransomware deployed to seize the Colonial Pipeline energy system earlier this year has reportedly gained access to some 400,000 Planned Parenthood patients from the women’s health clinic’s Los Angeles branch. While Planned Parenthood offers
  
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• As inflation hits harder, middle-class shoppers gravitate to dollar stores

  02-12-2021 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  As inflation increases consumer goods prices, shoppers from higher income levels are starting to abandon their regular grocery store in favor of dollar stores.
  
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• White House points to surprising cause of crime wave

  02-12-2021 21:41 via rt.com
  
  A rash of smash-and-grab thefts in the US by organized looting gangs is being caused at least partly by the Covid-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden’s press secretary has claimed.“A root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Thursday when questioned about reasons for a surge in lawlessness, including mass looting incidents. DOOCY: "What is President Biden going to do about all this lawlessness?"PSAKI: "I think a ro
  
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• Dog Saves Former Police Chief as Fire Destroys Home

  02-12-2021 21:32
  
  A dog named Boo is being hailed a hero after saving owner Mark Morris from what would have been almost certain death. Early Sunday, around 3 a.m., Morris, the former […]
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• Einstein's Handwritten Theory of Relativity Notes Just Sold For Millions

  02-12-2021 21:21
  
  While Einstein’s theories and work continue to shape reality as we know it, one anonymous enthusiast was recently able to walk away with a bit of the famous physicist in […]
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• Austin Orders All National Guard, Reserve to Get Vaccinated or Face Pay Loss

  02-12-2021 21:21
  
  Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered all members of the National Guard and Ready Reserve to get a COVID-19 vaccination or not get paid. In a Tuesday memorandum, Austin wrote […]
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• BuzzFeed employees walk out, blast ‘rich executives’

  02-12-2021 21:14 via rt.com
  
  A handful of BuzzFeed News employees have staged a walkout for a day, demanding better pay and benefits just as the company prepares to go public.“We've been bargaining our contract for almost 2 years, but BuzzFeed won't budge on critical issues like wages – all while preparing to go public and make executives even richer,” the union representing the 61 protesting employees tweeted on Thursday. 
  If BuzzFeed gets shareholder approval for the merger deal with ​​8
  
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• Why baseball's billionaire owners and millionaire players just can't get along

  02-12-2021 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Major League Baseball's string of 26 straight seasons of labor peace came to an end early Thursday when the owners locked out the players. That's bad news for fans of the sport, even if there isn't a single game canceled as a result.
  
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• Fact Check: Did the MI School Shooter Pose as a Cop to Coax Students Out of Their Hiding Places?

  02-12-2021 20:54
  
  A fear-drenched video of students fleeing an Oxford High School classroom is a chilling indication of the panic students endured during a Michigan school shooting Monday that left four students […]
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• Hunter Biden Once Joked About Joe Biden Having Dementia, According to New Book

  02-12-2021 20:34
  
  A new book about Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop includes a story about the younger Biden joking about his father’s diminished mental abilities. Miranda Devine’s book “Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, […]
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• 'Nothing but a Shakedown': Twitter Users Roast NBA After Woke League Rolls Out 'Justice Coalition'

  02-12-2021 20:09
  
  The NBA has repeatedly shown it has become a leftist organization. On Wednesday, it proved this once again by releasing a video detailing the role of its new “Social Justice […]
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• Lead, mercury, other pollutants could affect birth ratios of boys to girls

  02-12-2021 20:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lead, mercury and other pollutants could be affecting the ratio of boys to girls born each year, according to a new study published Thursday.
  
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• Workers are ghosting employers. Here's how companies can combat no-shows

  02-12-2021 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  Home health provider Interim HealthCare of the Upstate currently has 51 open positions it's looking to fill. Since September, 17 candidates have canceled their interviews and 20 didn't even show up.
  
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• Here's how gamers are scoring video consoles during a global shortage

  02-12-2021 19:46 via cnn.com
  
  Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying to find insider information on where to get a PlayStation 5 this holiday season. Stemming from the global chip shortage, video game consoles this year are particularly hard to come by.
  
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• Satanic: Women Proudly Take Abortion Pills Outside Supreme Court to Express Support for Killing Babies

  02-12-2021 19:38
  
  For the folks who seek to normalize abortion as just another medical procedure, this approach does nothing but expose that lie. While demonstrating outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on […]
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• Trump Makes Major Accusation in Fiery Interview: Biden Admin 'Knowingly Destroying Our Country'

  02-12-2021 19:22
  
  During an appearance on Fox and Friends, former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden for a number of failures. Trump accused Biden’s administration of “knowingly” destroying the country and […]
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• Biden’s approval rating tumbles further

  02-12-2021 19:18 via rt.com
  
  President Joe Biden continues to alienate voters with his job performance, and a new poll shows that even among those Americans who give him a thumbs-up, less than half say they “strongly approve.”A Trafalgar Group poll, which was conducted in the last week of November and released on Wednesday, found that 36.3% of Americans approve of Biden’s job performance, against 59.1% who disapprove. That result compared with a 39.6% approval rating when the same researcher polled likely
  
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• US' second Omicron case comes from NYC anime convention

  02-12-2021 19:05 via rt.com
  
  Health officials in Minnesota have announced the second case of the Covid-19 variant Omicron in the US. The infected person’s only recent travel was to an anime event in New York.The Minnesota Department of Health made the announcement on Thursday, saying the patient experienced “mild symptoms,” but they have since been “resolved.”
  The unidentified adult male is fully vaccinated, and the Anime NYC 2021 convention he attended required attendees to be inoculated again
  
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• Fundraisers shut down for man convicted in Ahmaud Arbery murder

  02-12-2021 19:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  William "Roddie" Bryan, along with father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, were found guilty last week in the fatal shooting last year.
  
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• AOC's Attempt to Attack Supreme Court Over Abortion Case Crashes and Burns When Biden Accuser Steps In

  02-12-2021 19:01
  
  For Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it must have looked like an easy attack. The New York congresswoman, de facto “squad leader” and one of the shrillest voices of the Democratic Party’s shrillest […]
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• Treasury and Fed heads explain where the blame for inflation lies

  02-12-2021 18:33 via rt.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed chair Jerome Powell insist the inflation crippling the US economy is actually too much of a good thing, saying it’s because markets weren’t anticipating such a quick recovery from Covid.“We understood demand would be strong,” Powell explained on Wednesday, but “didn’t understand [the] significant problems of the supply side.” Taking a defensive approach, he noted that the US wasn’t the only country riled by s
  
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• CNN Host Speculates Cuomo Could Be Back on Air Sooner Than You Think

  02-12-2021 17:57
  
  If CNN’s Brian Stelter is to be believed, Chris Cuomo’s “indefinite” suspension could just end up being a very long Christmas vacation. Appearing on CNN’s “New Day” Wednesday morning, Stelter […]
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• Kamala Harris' Office Shows Signs of Disarray as Two More Top Staffers Reportedly Head for the Exits

  02-12-2021 17:45
  
  Two more top staffers for Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly are heading for the exits as White House infighting continues. Symone Sanders, the senior adviser and chief spokesperson for Harris, […]
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• 'Laverne and Shirley' Star Eddie Mekka Dead at 69

  02-12-2021 17:43
  
  Eddie Mekka, who played Carmine Ragusa or “The Big Ragu” on “Laverne and Shirley,” has died at 69 years old. “It is with deep regret that we share with you […]
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• Blinken and Lavrov meet amid tensions over Russia's intentions in Ukraine

  02-12-2021 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Thursday in Stockholm, Sweden, amid growing concern among Western powers that Russia is seeking to invade Ukraine.
  
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• Parade Massacre Suspect Speaks Out for the First Time in Stunning Interview

  02-12-2021 17:27
  
  On Nov. 21 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Darrell Brooks Jr. drove his SUV into a crowd of people at a Christmas parade, according to police. Six people were killed and 62 […]
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• WATCH: New York police in standoff with armed man at United Nations HQ

  02-12-2021 17:19 via rt.com
  
  Heavily armed New York City police have arrested a man threatening to commit suicide with a shotgun outside the UN headquarters on East River, after a standoff that lasted nearly three hours.The NYPD issued a traffic alert for the intersection of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue – right outside the UN HQ – on Thursday morning, and said the public should  “expect emergency vehicles in the surrounding area.”A video posted on Twitter by Newsmax host Greg Kelly shows
  
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• New York police in standoff with gunman at United Nations

  02-12-2021 17:19 via rt.com
  
  Heavily armed New York City police have surrounded the area outside the UN headquarters on East River and are reportedly negotiating with a person carrying a gun.
  The NYPD has issued a traffic alert for the intersection of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue – right outside the UN HQ – and said the public should  “expect emergency vehicles in the surrounding area.” RIGHT NOW: A GUY HAS A GUN IN FRONT OF THE UNITED NATIONS. POLICE ARE NEGOTIATING. STAND-OFF ⁦@U
  
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• New York police in standoff with armed man at United Nations HQ

  02-12-2021 17:19 via rt.com
  
  Heavily armed New York City police have surrounded the area outside the UN headquarters on East River and are reportedly negotiating with a person carrying a gun.
  The NYPD has issued a traffic alert for the intersection of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue – right outside the UN HQ – and said the public should  “expect emergency vehicles in the surrounding area.”
  A video posted on Twitter by Newsmax host Greg Kelly shows emergency vehicles blocking the road and SW
  
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• Jussie Smollett 'wanted me to beat him up,' Abimbola Osundairo testifies

  02-12-2021 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  On January 25, 2019, a few days before Jussie Smollett reported an alleged hate crime attack, he told an acquaintance he "wanted me to beat him up," the man testified Wednesday.
  
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• Getting Udder Your Skin

  02-12-2021 17:07
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals What He Is Doing with Gun He Used for Self-Defense During BLM Riot

  02-12-2021 17:06
  
  Having had a minute to process his acquittal on all five counts against him, a very relaxed, amiable and self-possessed Kyle Rittenhouse sat down with Charlie Kirk, host of The […]
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• 12 charts to explain the US economy

  02-12-2021 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Business tracks key economic indicators to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the US Economy. Data on this dashboard is refreshed automatically.
  
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