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• Report: Amazon Driver Told to Keep Working as Deadly Tornado Barreled Toward Town

  18-12-2021 23:19
  
  When tornado warning sirens went off before a deadly Dec. 10 tornado struck Edwardsville, Illinois, an Amazon delivery driver was told to keep delivering, despite the dangers. The driver was […]
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• Biden to Introduce New COVID Measures, Issue 'Stark Warning' to Unvaccinated

  18-12-2021 23:01
  
  President Joe Biden, who on Thursday promised death and disease this winter for unvaccinated Americans, will address the nation on Tuesday on the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Omicron, a […]
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• Biden's OSHA Vaccine Mandate Now Upheld by 6th Circuit Court; Millions to Be Impacted

  18-12-2021 22:31
  
  The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to allow the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private companies with more than 100 employees to remain in place, dissolving a ruling […]
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• CDC’s miscalculated jab data poses risk as winter looms

  18-12-2021 22:23 via rt.com
  
  The US Centers for Disease Control has overcounted the number of Americans who have received Covid-19 vaccines, recording numerous second doses and boosters as first shots, state officials told Bloomberg.While the CDC’s data suggests some 240 million Americans have received at least one shot, the statistics claim just 203 million are fully vaccinated, a statistic which would suggest 37 million Americans started - but did not finish - their course of injections.
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• USPS reaches settlement with NAACP over 2020 mail-in voting

  18-12-2021 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  The United States Postal Service announced an agreement Friday with the NAACP on a lawsuit the civil rights organization filed prior to the 2020 election that had challenged USPS delivery delays.
  
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• PETA tells New Yorkers how they should treat rats

  18-12-2021 22:07 via rt.com
  
  Animal-rights group PETA is alarmed that New York City is combatting its surging rat population by employing a clever new trap baited with Oreo cookies, saying the creatures are “simply trying to live their lives.”The Italian-made traps in question have been endorsed by Mayor-elect Eric Adams and are reportedly being used increasingly by New York businesses to help stop an infestation that has been blamed for rising cases of the bacterial infection leptospirosis. Reports of rat sight
  
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• As Man Dominates Women's Swimming, Made-Up Sport to Change Name Citing 'Anti-Trans' JK Rowling

  18-12-2021 21:49
  
  Transgender controversies sparked a major change in amateur sporting this week — but not at the University of Pennsylvania, where a male is shattering records in women’s college swimming. No, […]
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• Current flu vaccines a bad match for dominant strain, new research suggests

  18-12-2021 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  The current flu vaccines appear to be a bad match for the dominant strain so far this influenza season. That could lead to a bad flu season onto of a Covid surge.
  
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• School behind mysterious Ohio football team that played on ESPN is a 'scam,' officials say

  18-12-2021 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Ohio Department of Education said Bishop Sycamore High School is "a scam" and was a way for students to play football in hopes of increasing their chances
  
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• Judge Hands Down Big Win to Gen. Flynn, Will Allow His Family to Sue CNN

  18-12-2021 21:04
  
  CNN may have the opportunity to write another check for doing its job poorly, this time to relatives of former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn for labeling them followers […]
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• A reporter risked her life to show the world Covid in Wuhan. Now she may not survive jail.

  18-12-2021 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan risked her life to report on the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. Her family now fear she will not survive prison.
  
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• NFL International Map May Appear to Short China, But a Shocking Detail Jumps Out on Closer Inspection

  18-12-2021 20:47
  
  In a complete kowtow to China, the National Football League has included Taiwan as part of China in its map of countries where the NFL is marketing itself abroad. The […]
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• Kamala Staffer Stops Interview After Tough Question, Host Immediately Calls Out Her Excuse

  18-12-2021 20:37
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked for claiming technical difficulties kept her from hearing a hardball question during a Friday appearance on a Comedy Central show. “I want to know […]
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• Program could see felons evade prosecution for sexual battery & assault – media

  18-12-2021 20:32 via rt.com
  
  Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has reportedly rolled out a new ‘restorative justice’ initiative that will enable teenagers who commit such crimes as sexual battery and arson to escape prosecution.A leaked memo obtained by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shows that Gascon is expanding a diversion program for juvenile offenders to include more serious crimes. The prosecutor, who was elected last year after getting more than $2.5 million in campaign funding from billi
  
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• US hypersonic weapon test fails third time in a row

  18-12-2021 20:22 via rt.com
  
  The US military didn’t succeed in conducting a test of a hypersonic missile prototype, with the munition failing to decouple from its carrier aircraft. This is the third failure in a row for the US ARRW hypersonic weapon program.The unsuccessful attempt to test the new missile prototype was made by the US Air Force on Wednesday. The munition failed to leave its carrier aircraft for an unspecified reason, returning safely back to the ground.
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• Obama Ethics Chief Rips Into Pelosi After She Defends Shady Congressional Business Dealing

  18-12-2021 20:05
  
  It’s quite the magical Christmas when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is enthusiastically defending the free-market system and a former Obama administration ethics chief is lambasting the Democrats. Of course, the […]
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• Trump loyalists are knocking on voters' doors in latest quest to find fraud in 2020 election

  18-12-2021 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  A few months ago, two women showed up at Steve Snell's home in southern Pennsylvania with questions for his 89-year-old mother-in-law.
  
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• Opinion: How to stop Black people from meeting my cousin Emmett Till's fate

  18-12-2021 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  In 1955, Emmett Till, a Black boy who was just 14 and a mere five foot four inches tall, was kidnapped and brutally tortured by White men -- all for allegedly whistling at a White woman. Yet, more than six decades later, lynching is still not a federal hate crime.
  
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• YouTube TV pulls Disney-owned channels after failing to reach deal

  18-12-2021 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  After failing to reach a deal with Disney, YouTube TV will not be able to distribute Disney-owned channels such as ESPN and ABC on its platform, and has dropped the monthly subscription price to its platform by $15, to $49.99.
  
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• YouTube TV drops price and pulls Disney-owned channels after deal falls through

  18-12-2021 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  After failing to reach a deal with Disney, YouTube TV will not be able to distribute Disney-owned channels such as ESPN and ABC on its platform, and has dropped the monthly subscription price to its platform by $15, to $49.99.
  
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• Russia Draws Red Line as Ukraine Situation Threatens to Erupt, NATO Rejects Biggest Demand

  18-12-2021 19:32
  
  In an apparent bid to restore the territory of the Soviet Union and re-establish an Iron Curtain anywhere it should please, Russia is proposing that the U.S. and its allies […]
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• How a new 'Spider-Man' defies expectations — and gives fans something to cheer again

  18-12-2021 19:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  An overstuffed homage to Sony and Marvel’s two decades in the Spider-fam business, the film nevertheless manages to be utterly charming.
  
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• Rockettes cancel rest of season as New York records largest one-day Covid tally

  18-12-2021 19:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Just one week before Christmas, the remainder of New York's iconic Radio City Rockettes season was called off, as the city and state continue to deal with a
  
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• US city gets ready to inaugurate all-Muslim government

  18-12-2021 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  For decades, Hamtramck was known as Michigan's "Little Warsaw," a city of just two square miles of tightly-packed houses and factories, spitting distance from downtown Detroit.
  
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• Suspected ‘Shopping Cart Killer’ arrested after gruesome murders

  18-12-2021 19:12 via rt.com
  
  Police in Virginia are investigating a man they believe to be a serial killer dubbed the “Shopping Cart Killer,” because he used carts to transport his alleged victims’ remains after doing “unspeakable things” to them.During a press conference on Friday, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said the suspect, Anthony Robinson, 35, was in custody on suspicion of killing four women. Robinson allegedly found his targets on dating sites – with Davis stating that
  
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• Will the real president please stand up? Harris bristles at suggestion Biden isn’t it

  18-12-2021 19:00 via rt.com
  
  US Vice President Kamala Harris lashed out at TV host Charlamagne Tha God after he jokingly asked her whether the real leader of the country was President Joe Biden or West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin.Asked which “Joe” was the “real president of this country,” Harris insisted at first in a resigned tone, “Come on Charlamagne, it’s Joe Biden,” talking over his attempted replies - “I can’t tell sometimes” - with a torrent of p
  
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• Watch: Biden Judicial Nominee Can't Answer Simple Yes-or-No Question About Social Justice

  18-12-2021 18:29
  
  How many ways can you avoid answering a yes-or-no question during a judicial hearing? At least eight, in the case of Anne Traum. Traum, a law professor at the University […]
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• Her kids will be getting smaller gifts this year. The rest of the family won't get any at all

  18-12-2021 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  Higher prices for gas and groceries are taking a toll on Jen Kendra's finances, and she's had to make some difficult tradeoffs this holiday season.
  
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• Desperation in Post-Biden Afghanistan Leads to Homeless Reportedly Keeping 'Heroin Dogs' on Streets of Kabul

  18-12-2021 17:49
  
  Homeless drug addicts in Kabul, Afghanistan, reportedly have been providing stray dogs narcotics so that they would stick around to provide body warmth during the Afghan capital’s harsh winters. Drug […]
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• London's mayor declares 'major incident' as omicron surges in U.K. capital

  18-12-2021 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" Saturday as the omicron variant of the coronavirus surged through the United Kingdom's capital.
  
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• Nick Searcy Tells Sean Hannity the Sinister Plan Behind All the Media's Jan 6 Lies

  18-12-2021 17:19
  
  When actor Nick Searcy went to the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, he had no intention of making a documentary. Almost a year later, his film “Capitol Punishment” is […]
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• The surprising reason you can't find cream cheese anywhere

  18-12-2021 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  This year hackers have unleashed cyberattacks against pipelines, ferry boats, meat packers, even police departments. And now they've come for the cream cheese.
  
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• Betty White Sends Big Message to Fans Ahead of Her 100th Birthday

  18-12-2021 16:48
  
  Actress Betty White will turn 100 in January, and there is something very special planned. “Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be GREAT!” White said in a […]
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• Trump claims Israel had ‘absolute power’ over Congress

  18-12-2021 16:02 via rt.com
  
  Donald Trump is facing backlash after sounding off about what he called the “dangerous” apathy of American Jews towards Israel and claiming that the country once had “absolute power” over the US Congress.During a recent interview with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, Trump said that Jewish people in the US “either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel.” Audio excerpts from the sit-down were played on an episode of the podcast ‘Unholy: T
  
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• Watch: Man Continues Ice Skating Lessons Amid Stage 4 Cancer Battle, Performance Caught on Tape

  18-12-2021 15:43
  
  People approach their mortality in many different ways, but it’s always encouraging to see someone wring every last bit of opportunity and joy out of life, even when he knows […]
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• Blue Doom: Here's a List of Every Single House Democrat Not Running for Re-Election in 2022

  18-12-2021 15:24
  
  Is it possible an upcoming red wave is driving Democrats from the House? It’s difficult to say, since politicians often give a familiar reason for leaving office — “I want […]
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• Court reinstates Biden vaccine mandate

  18-12-2021 14:04 via rt.com
  
  A US federal appeals court has reinstated the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate for large private businesses, reversing an injunction by another court last month to pause the vaccine and testing requirement.In its ruling on Friday, the Sixth US Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio upheld the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to enforce the mandate, which it called an “important step” in curtailing coronavirus transmission.
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• Schools, classrooms close doors again in latest Covid surge

  18-12-2021 13:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  As schools brace for the rapid rise in omicron cases amid delta’s continued onslaught and the onset of flu season, some are closing their doors once again and
  
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• Why Trump's Washington D.C. graft may have been even worse than we thought

  18-12-2021 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Why does the House report matter? The D.C. hotel was the epicenter of Trump’s graft.
  
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• Actor sacked from popular sitcom over Capitol riot – media

  18-12-2021 10:35 via rt.com
  
  Actor and comedian Jay Johnston was fired from animated sitcom ‘Bob’s Burgers’ over his alleged role in the storming of US Capitol in January, the Daily Beast reported.Johnston will not be allowed to continue voicing Jimmy Pesto Sr., a recurring popular character on Fox network’s animated sitcom ‘Bob’s Burgers’, the Daily Beast reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
  One source described the step as a “ban,” while another said
  
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• States make headway on criminal justice reform after Congress falls short

  18-12-2021 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  To some advocates, many of the issues at hand are better handled by states, not the federal government.
  
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• How do judges act when no one is watching? High-profile Rittenhouse trial raises concern

  18-12-2021 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  “If a high-profile case could play out this way, then what are judges doing when no one is watching?” one new volunteer said.
  
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• Employees of tornado-battered candle factory say it was a job for 'the have-nots'

  18-12-2021 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  “It’s a place for the have-nots,” one employee said.
  
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• Leading cause of death among 18-45yo Americans revealed, and it is not Covid-19

  18-12-2021 07:41 via rt.com
  
  Fentanyl overdoses have become the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45, according to a new report which shows deaths related to the drug overtaking Covid-19 and suicide.Between 2020 and 2021, 78,795 adults in the age bracket died from the drug, with 2021 deaths rising by nearly 4,500 over the year before, according to a report released by the organization Families Against Fentanyl this week.
  Fentanyl now kills more 18- to 45-year-olds than suicide, Covid-19, and car accidents, wit
  
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• A professor hid a cash prize on campus. All students had to do was read the syllabus

  18-12-2021 07:00 via cnn.com
  
  With every new college semester, students are faced with multiple syllabuses outlining the subjects in their classes.
  
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• California votes to drop 3,000 pounds of poison from helicopters

  18-12-2021 05:49 via rt.com
  
  The California Coastal Commission voted 5-3 this week to drop nearly 3,000 pounds of poison onto the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge in a controversial effort to stop invasive mice.The vote passed on Thursday evening, giving authorities initial approval to drop the poison onto the islands in a bid to stop the mice, which are threatening rare bird populations. The plan will now have to be approved by the Pacific Southwest regional director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, however, b
  
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• Governor reveals if she plans to shut NYC down amid record spike in cases

  18-12-2021 03:43 via rt.com
  
  New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced she would not shut down New York City despite the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, arguing that the “health of the economy” needs to be considered alongside the health of the people.After being asked whether she would encourage businesses to shut down to stop the spread of the variant, Hochul told MSNBC on Friday that the data shows Omicron “spreads quickly” but is “not as dangerous.”
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• Pfizer to test Covid booster dose on infants, young kids

  18-12-2021 03:17 via rt.com
  
  Pfizer will start testing Covid-19 vaccine booster doses in children aged six months to five years old after finding that its lower-dose shot may not provide enough protection in one age group.The pharmaceutical giant announced on Thursday that it would start testing a third dose on young children “at least two months after the second dose” in an effort “to provide high levels of protection in this young age group.”
  Explaining its decision, the company cited clinical data
  
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• Crews may have found 1887 time capsule in Robert E. Lee statue pedestal

  18-12-2021 03:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Crews working to remove the pedestal where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud case heads to jury as closing arguments conclude

  18-12-2021 02:17 via cnn.com
  
  Elizabeth Holmes' defense will continue presenting its closing arguments Friday in her criminal fraud trial as the case edges closer to jury deliberations following more than three months of witness testimony.
  
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