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• NYC vaccine-checker caught in her own trap

  17-12-2021 23:59 via rt.com
  
  A New York City health inspector charged with checking restaurants’ compliance with the city’s vaccination mandate was denied entrance to a bar she was auditingafter allegedly refusing to show her vaccination card.Maggie Koronilian, the manager of Big Nose Kate’s Saloon and Eatery in Staten Island, told the New York Post on Friday that she had no choice but to send the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene employee on her way, as she was not compliant with the Covid-19 rules
  
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• Southwest CEO tests positive for Covid-19 after testifying unmasked at Senate hearing

  17-12-2021 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Southwest Chief Executive Gary Kelly tested positive for Covid-19 after appearing at a US Senate hearing on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed to Reuters.
  
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• This moment is Biden's biggest leadership test yet

  17-12-2021 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  It's starting to feel like March 2020 all over again. In New York City, news of rising infection rates, canceled Broadway performances, restaurant closures and a shift to online learning, carries a harrowing reminder of the pandemic's early days. Long lines have once again formed outside testing centers. Anecdotally, it seems many people in New York know at least one person who has tested positive in the last few days.
  
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• Opinion: This moment is Biden's biggest leadership test yet

  17-12-2021 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  It's starting to feel like March 2020 all over again. In New York City, news of rising infection rates, canceled Broadway performances, restaurant closures and a shift to online learning, carries a harrowing reminder of the pandemic's early days. Long lines have once again formed outside testing centers. Anecdotally, it seems many people in New York know at least one person who has tested positive in the last few days.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell says ‘no need’ to testify at trial

  17-12-2021 23:04 via rt.com
  
  Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell said there was “no need” for her to testify in her defense, as her attorneys wrapped up their case. The trial originally expected to last for weeks now moves to closing arguments.“Your honor, the government has not proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt and so there is no need for me to testify,” Maxwell told US District Judge Alison Nathan on Friday. Read more‘False memory’ expert called to testify in Ghi
  
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• Watch: Biden's Military Aide Announces Posthumous Medal Of Honor for Recipient - But There Was One Big Problem

  17-12-2021 23:03
  
  It’s no secret that Joe Biden is known for his gaffes. Since becoming president of the United States, he’s been held to a much higher standard — one which neither […]
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• Bradley Cooper paints a disturbing picture of male psychodrama in 'Nightmare Alley'

  17-12-2021 22:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Guillermo del Toro’s movie, starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, is unusually clear about how misogyny is as much about male psychodrama as it is about women.
  
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• 'Harry Potter' sport quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's 'anti-trans positions'

  17-12-2021 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Real-life quidditch, inspired by the magical game in "Harry Potter," is changing its name, citing author J.K.
  
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• Woman Receives New Home After Making Incredible Trade Starting with a Bobby Pin

  17-12-2021 22:44
  
  The idea of trading up from something less valuable to something of great value is more common a pursuit than you might think. Vloggers have done it. An episode of […]
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• Incompetent or Quiet Part Out Loud? Biden Refers to VP as 'President Harris'

  17-12-2021 22:32
  
  There President Joe Biden goes again referring to his No. 2 as being in charge. During the opening, apparently off-the-cuff remarks of a commencement address he delivered at South Carolina […]
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• Fox Business Poll: Voters think Biden is making inflation worse

  17-12-2021 22:11 via foxnews.com
  
  A new Fox Business poll finds that twice as many think the Biden administration is doing more harm than good.
  
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• Why DeSantis' bold critical race theory move matters to all of us

  17-12-2021 21:59 via foxnews.com
  
  At heart, the battle against critical race theory is a fight against entrenched bureaucracies that have used public institutions to promote their own racialist ideology.
  
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• Arizona governor Doug Ducey renews ban on local governments creating COVID vaccine requirements

  17-12-2021 21:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed an executive order on Thursday that bans local or state governments from creating their own coronavirus vaccine mandates.
  
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• COVID Impact: Los Angeles students lost over 90,000 days of in-person school due to coronavirus restrictions

  17-12-2021 21:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that students in Los Angeles, California missed over 90,000 in-person school days due to coronavirus restrictions in a little over a month.
  
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• Trump uses anti-Semitic tropes to again criticize Jewish Americans

  17-12-2021 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump, in a newly released interview, claimed that Jewish Americans "either don't like Israel or don't care about Israel," while also suggesting that evangelical Christians "love Israel more than the Jews in this country."
  
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• Michigan schools with mask mandates have 'similar' COVID case rates as schools with no mandate

  17-12-2021 21:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Data released by the state of Michigan this week showed that coronavirus transmission rates among school-age children have reached comparable levels regardless of community mask mandates.
  
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• Florida man receives stiffest sentence yet for a Capitol riot defendant

  17-12-2021 21:49 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida man has received the stiffest criminal sentence of any Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant so far, getting more than five years in prison.
  
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• Democrats hope to make progress on Build Back Better in new year as action stalls for now

  17-12-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  With a number of sticking points still unresolved, Democrats are hoping for a breakthrough that will allow them to pass President Joe Biden's sweeping social safety net expansion in the new year.
  
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• Fox Business Poll: Voters worry about the pandemic but split on restrictions

  17-12-2021 21:45 via foxnews.com
  
  A new Fox Business survey found that a majority of voters support basic coronavirus precautions, however, support waivers over vaccine mandates.
  
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• Fox Business Poll: Higher crime rates across the US a large concern for voters

  17-12-2021 21:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A Fox Business survey finds an overwhelming majority are concerned about crime nationally.
  
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• US national security advisor says Putin ‘hasn’t yet decided to invade Ukraine’

  17-12-2021 21:43 via rt.com
  
  White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US is prepared for dialogue with Russia “in the appropriate format,” and claimed to know that Putin is plotting – but hasn’t decided on – an invasion of Ukraine.“We're prepared for dialogue with Russia," Sullivan said on Friday at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in Washington, DC.
  "We've had dialogue with Russia on European security issues for the last 20 years. We had
  
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• New York Times fires 'Wirecutter' editor who left profane voicemails for Michigan gun rights group

  17-12-2021 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
  The New York Times has fired an editor on its product recommendation service Wirecutter after she left expletive-ridden voicemails for a gun rights group in Michigan.
  
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• 'Squad' member Rep. Pressley claims student debt is 'violence'

  17-12-2021 21:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley claimed student debt is "policy violence" and urged President Biden to cancel Americans' loans.
  
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• CNN analyst implores Joe Manchin to leave Democratic Party: 'It would be better off'

  17-12-2021 21:33 via foxnews.com
  
  CNN political analyst and former Democratic staffer Kirsten Powers called on Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to leave the Democratic Party over his opposition to parts of President Biden's massive social spending bill.
  
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• Virginia's 'Shopping Cart Killer' in custody after 4 bodies discovered

  17-12-2021 21:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Law enforcement in Fairfax, Virginia on Friday announced they have a suspected serial killer in custody, two days after officials discovered human remains in a container left in a wooded area.
  
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• White House steps up vigilance as school threats spread on social media

  17-12-2021 21:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The White House Friday said it was "closely monitoring" threats of violence in schools, which were going viral on social media, despite a lack of evidence that there is anything substantive behind them.
  
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• Google under fire for treatment of black female employees – Reuters

  17-12-2021 21:29 via rt.com
  
  Google is under investigation for mistreating its black female employees, according to members of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DEFH). The agency reportedly received formal complaints about harassment.Lawyers and analysts hailing from the California DEFH have interviewed a number of black female Google employees regarding their work experiences, according to documents and sources cited by Reuters in a report published on Friday. The interviews were allegedly conducted
  
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• Border crisis continues, November encounters up 140% over same time last year

  17-12-2021 21:24 via foxnews.com
  
  New Customs and Border Protection figures show agents reported 173,620 encounters at the southern border in November, a staggering increase of 140 percent from the same time last year.
  
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• Sports Illustrated Swimsuit names Katrina Scott 2021 Rookie of the Year: ‘An incredible example’

  17-12-2021 21:21 via foxnews.com
  
  This year’s Rookie group includes Yumi Nu, Nyma Tang, Kathy Jacobs, Tanaye White, Leyna Bloom, Maggie Rawlins and Natalie Mariduena.
  
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• Gingrich shreds Biden's 'Cripple America Faster' bill, says it won't pass

  17-12-2021 21:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gave his take on Biden's spending plan on 'America's Newsroom'
  
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• Pelosi's Handpicked January 6 Committee Hauled to Court After Thuggish Action Against Photojournalist

  17-12-2021 21:15
  
  The House Jan. 6 Committee continues to make headlines. This time, the committee is getting sued. Photographer Amy Harris is suing the committee after they issued a subpoena for her […]
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• Low-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine fails in trial on 2 to 5 year olds

  17-12-2021 21:01 via foxnews.com
  
  A low dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine failed to produce an adequate response in children aged two through five years of age.
  
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• Bari Weiss praises Kim Kardashian's dismissal of left-wing critics of work with Trump

  17-12-2021 20:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Journalist Bari Weiss expressed admiration for reality star and activist Kim Kardashian Thursday after she dismissed left-wing critics of her meeting with then-President Donald Trump on criminal justice reform issues.
  
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• The Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes cancels four shows today

  17-12-2021 20:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes today made the following statement about today’s shows.
  
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• COVID-19 shutdowns return on smaller scale, but are bigger shutdowns coming?

  17-12-2021 20:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The omicron variant has forced stores and restaurants to shut down, reviving memories of March 2020 and fears of bigger shutdowns on the way.
  
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• Bob Ehrlich: Here's Three Infuriating Ways the Leftist Media Twists Stories

  17-12-2021 20:20
  
  In public appearances, I’m often asked how to handle the left’s near-total dominance of the media. I typically cite the Ronald Reagan/Donald Trump doctrine in my answer: Understand it is […]
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• Alleged Home Intruder Immediately Regrets Decision When He Sees What's Waiting for Him Behind the Door

  17-12-2021 20:08
  
  In a time when Democratic policies are ruining some of America’s most famous cities, Florida continues to be a safe haven for conservatives. In the latest example, a man successfully […]
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• Biden or Grim Reaper? POTUS Says 'Winter of Severe Illness and Death' Coming for Unvaccinated Americans

  17-12-2021 19:49
  
  Not too long ago, President Joe Biden promised to be a president for all Americans. He appears to have added a caveat to that pronouncement. He will be a president […]
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• New Study Shows Moderna Vaccine Is Significantly More Likely to Cause Dangerous Side Effect

  17-12-2021 19:29
  
  There has been conflicting data concerning Moderna’s COVID vaccine. But a Danish study published in the British Medical Journal this week showed data that found Moderna’s vaccine is more likely […]
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• Discovery of A Lifetime: Man Buys Drawing For $30, Then Figures Out True Origin

  17-12-2021 19:21
  
  Everyone who scours estate sales, frequents thrift stores and buys the contents of old storage units hopes to land it big: To beat the system, to find a treasure worth […]
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• Biden calls VP ‘President Harris’ again

  17-12-2021 19:08 via rt.com
  
  US President Joe Biden once again referred to his VP as “President Harris,” during a graduation speech at South Carolina State University honoring a leading congressional Democrat, whose endorsement helped both get the nomination.Speaking at the historically black school in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on Friday, Biden told a joke about Delaware State University – another historically black college – and followed up with “all kidding aside, of course President [Kamal
  
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• Ex-police officer Kim Potter weeps as she recalls fatally shooting Daunte Wright

  17-12-2021 19:06 via cnn.com
  
  Former police officer Kim Potter, who's said she mistook her firearm for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop this year near Minneapolis, could take the stand Friday in her trial over the 20-year-old Black man's killing.
  
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• North Carolina Costco Rings Up Its Single Largest Transaction Ever - for a Good Cause

  17-12-2021 19:05
  
  It wasn’t just the size of the purchase that made a recent transaction at a North Carolina Costco special — it was the motive behind the $103,079.70 bill. The goal […]
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• Pfizer Begins Testing Three-Dose COVID Vaccine for Babies and Toddlers

  17-12-2021 19:04
  
  Pfizer said Friday it was changing plans and testing three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in babies and preschoolers after the usual two shots didn’t appear strong enough for some […]
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• Dow tumbles as volatility returns to Wall Street

  17-12-2021 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  Volatility is back on Wall Street: Stocks are falling as central banks around the world turn more hawkish and worries about the omicron variant increase ahead of the holidays.
  
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• 'This battle is not over:' Biden pledges to 'keep up the fight' on voting rights as Republicans block legislation

  17-12-2021 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday will make a "passionate case" for voting rights legislation that remains stalled in Congress due to Republican opposition when he delivers the commencement address at a historically Black university in South Carolina, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
  
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• Watch: Biden Repeatedly Botches the Name of Medal of Honor Recipient

  17-12-2021 18:51
  
  When President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to late Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, it should have been a special moment for Cashe’s family. Instead, Biden distracted from […]
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• 54-Year-Old Jan. 6 Rioter Receives Longest Prison Sentence of Anyone Who Entered Capitol

  17-12-2021 18:33
  
  A Capitol protester who attacked police officers on Jan. 6 was sentenced Friday to more than five years behind bars, the most so far for anyone sentenced in the incursion. […]
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• bell hooks left an impact on feminist thinkers around the world

  17-12-2021 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  As soon as news spread of the passing of acclaimed feminist theorist and activist bell hooks this week, tributes to her transformative legacy started pouring
  
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• Bill Clinton hosts MasterClass in leadership based on decades in public service

  17-12-2021 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Bill Clinton is teaching a MasterClass on "inclusive leadership," drawing on his long career in politics and eight years in the White House to teach participants how to negotiate, mediate and work with people they don't agree with.
  
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