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• First female NYPD commissioner 'brings new ideas'

  06-01-2022 23:56
  New York City's first female police commissioner wants to bring "a fresh perspective" while acknowledging the departments "incredible sense of tradition." Keechant Sewell wants a safer city and the residents to have a "better quality of life." (Jan. 5)      
  
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• We asked the Forest Service what it does to protect America's water supplies. We're still waiting for answers.

  06-01-2022 23:41
  
  USA TODAY Network journalists worked for nearly two years to examine the U.S. Forest Service's management of water permits. Here's how it happened.      
  
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• Ditches, ponds and pipelines: Have you seen one of these on forest land?

  06-01-2022 23:40
  
  Have you seen any of these water uses? About 1,000 are years past their expiration dates. Look them up, and tell us about them in the form below.      
  
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• At the 'hydrologic roof' of the US, population growth and climate change put a water compact to the test

  06-01-2022 23:39
  
  A 2007 compact between Montana and the U.S. Forest Service is preserving streamflows in rivers that will be pressured by growth, climate change.      
  
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• A Western village's wells deplete a nearby forest stream. The Forest Service is watching – but not stopping them.

  06-01-2022 23:38
  
  A New Mexico village must follow rules to use national forest groundwater. That's a rare level of oversight for the U.S. Forest Service, experts say.      
  
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• Pastor, congregation lose homes in Colo. wildfire

  06-01-2022 23:36
  Among the nearly 1,000 homes and other structures destroyed by last week's devastating Colorado wildfire were homes owned by pastor Bill Stephens and at least 17 members of his congregation. (Jan. 6)      
  
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• Businesses brace for omicron at Mardi Gras

  06-01-2022 23:36
  Businesses brace for omicron at Mardi Gras      
  
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• Police Officer Scrambles to Save Dog After Tragic Fall Through Thin Ice

  06-01-2022 23:35
  
  On Dec. 5, two friends and their dogs went out for a walk at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, New York. In a move that one owner now deeply regrets, […]
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• Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-nominated director, dies at 82

  06-01-2022 23:35
  Peter Bogdanovich, the director of 1970s black-and-white classics like "The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon," has died. Considered part of a generation of young "New Hollywood" directors, Bogdanovich earned eight Oscar nods for "The Last Picture Show" in 1971. The director died early Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82. (Jan. 6)      
  
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• Nicholas Kristof does not meet residency requirements to run for governor, Oregon Elections Division says

  06-01-2022 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof does not meet the residency requirements to run for governor in Oregon, the state Elections Division said Thursday.
  
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• Water gets drained from national forests even after permits expire. Some of the largest numbers are in California.

  06-01-2022 23:26
  
  The diversions take water out of national forests with already declining water yields, and a lack of data makes it difficult to measure the impacts.      
  
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• As a drought-stricken Western state prays for rain, the water drained from its forests goes largely untracked

  06-01-2022 23:26
  
  In Utah, the second-driest but fastest-growing state, the U.S. Forest Service allows users to divert water from forests, but the quantity is unknown.      
  
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• Video Shows the Moment US Missile System Obliterates Iranian 'Suicide Drones' Targeting US Base

  06-01-2022 23:21
  
  Although America’s adversaries would like to believe that their prowess compares to the might of the U.S. military, they are usually sorely mistaken. Case in point: Two Iranian “suicide drones” […]
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• Unlikely Hero Steps In to Lead Police to Crash Victims

  06-01-2022 23:02
  
  On Monday, police officers in Lebanon, New Hampshire, were notified that there was a dog on Interstate 89. It was a large dog that WMUR-TV later identified as a Shiloh […]
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• Wisconsin has record high COVID-19 cases

  06-01-2022 23:01
  Wisconsin health officials reported a record number of COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row and expect record high numbers to continue.(Jan. 6)      
  
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• Man charged with murder after Las Vegas police find a severed head and other body parts in truck

  06-01-2022 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  A man driving in the Las Vegas area with a severed head in the back of a reportedly stolen truck has been charged with murder, according to a criminal complaint.
  
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• Russia Declares Foreign Meddling, Deploys Paratroopers as Chaos Erupts Overnight in Friendly Nation

  06-01-2022 22:39
  
  Kazakhstan has erupted in riots and now Russia is meddling. Chaos unfolded earlier this week on Sunday when several hundred residents of Zhanaozen, in western Kazakhstan, began protesting the high […]
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• Wizards announcer apologizes for mistaken reference to Kevin Porter Jr.'s father in 'trigger' comments

  06-01-2022 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  An NBA announcer is saying he mistakingly referenced the wrong man as Kevin Porter Jr.'s father in Wednesday's game between the Rockets and the Wizards.    
  
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• The 'Ozark' Season 4 trailer delivers the goods

  06-01-2022 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Netflix's "Ozark" is back for Seaon 4.
  
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• 'What the Hell's Going on Here?' Carlson Unleashes on Cruz for Calling Jan. 6 a Violent Terrorist Attack

  06-01-2022 22:14
  
  As we knew they would, Democrats are absolutely beclowning themselves on the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion. Ahead of Thursday, CNN’s chief national affairs analyst Kasie Hunt […]
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• Watch: Cows Escape Pen, Get Rounded Up on Highway After Another Attempted Escape

  06-01-2022 22:12
  
  Drivers on Interstate 84 in Caldwell, Idaho, experienced a different kind of rush hour on Sunday when some cows escaped from their property and ran across lanes of traffic. It […]
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• Schiff Can't Help but Spoil His Own Jan. 6 Horror Story

  06-01-2022 21:47
  
  For a man who’s chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff doesn’t have much respect for his country’s. The California Democrat long ago established himself as one of his […]
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• 'Woke' New Yorkers Melt Down After Seeing What Florida Resident Left on Their Cars

  06-01-2022 21:15
  
  Wokeness has a reputation for intolerance. That reputation has made some people intolerant of the woke. At least one Floridian has resorted to what could be construed as civil disobedience […]
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• How Jan. 6 exposed this pernicious myth about Trump supporters

  06-01-2022 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Research on Capitol riot suspects from Jan. 6, 2021 exposes several telling misperceptions.
  
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• Jen Psaki Says Biden 'Never' Gets 'Free Time' - But Look How Many Days He Has Spent in Delaware

  06-01-2022 20:52
  
  During her daily news briefing on Wednesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed that President Joe Biden has no free time. Psaki was addressing the fact that Biden had […]
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• Betty White's funeral will be private, but you can still celebrate her life

  06-01-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  The service arrangements for Betty White will be private, her friend and agent Jeff Witjas told CNN Thursday.
  
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• Father Gunned Down Outside Restaurant at His Child's Birthday Party

  06-01-2022 20:17
  
  On Dec. 31, Amber Uresti and Calogero Duenes of Humble, Texas, had much to celebrate. It was their daughter’s sixth birthday, and they had planned a party at a local […]
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• Former Notre Dame and Cincinnati Bengals star Ross Browner dies at age 67

  06-01-2022 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ross Browner, a two-time All-American defensive lineman and national champion at Notre Dame, and a 10-year NFL veteran, has died. He was 67.
  
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• After Blaming GOP COVID Policy for 'Canceling Vacations', Eric Swalwell Spotted Maskless on Vacation

  06-01-2022 19:14
  
  Just in case you were wondering, 2022 isn’t starting any better for California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell has had a run of bad calendar years, leaving behind at least […]
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• Mortgage rates just climbed past 2021 levels

  06-01-2022 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  Mortgage rates started off 2022 with a bang, as the average rate moved higher than at any point last year.
  
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• 'You Don't Need to Do This': Cop Begged for Her Life Before She Was Shot in Face, Prosecutor Says

  06-01-2022 18:57
  
  Illinois is not a death penalty state. However, in addition to seeking life sentences for two suspects in the murder of a Bradley police sergeant and the attempted murder of […]
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• 'Dangerous' Murder Suspect on the Run After Apparent Jail 'Door Malfunction' Lets Him Escape Custody

  06-01-2022 18:44
  
  A manhunt is on after a murder suspect escaped from a county jail not far from Savannah, Georgia. Kevin David Lenix Wilson, 32, who is under indictment for murder and […]
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• BMW's crazy concept car changes colors

  06-01-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  The BMW Flow electric SUV concept can change hues at the press of a button, going from white to gray or black and back again in moments. While it can't go beyond shades of gray and, even at that, it lacks the subtlety and depth of real car paint, the effect is startling.
  
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• 'A Real Miracle': Dog Saves Stranded Hiker After Fall Causes Serious Injury

  06-01-2022 18:22
  
  Many people like to think of their dogs as man’s best friend, but North, an eight-month-old Alaskan malamute from Croatia, has proven that he is. North was hiking with a […]
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• Social media platforms are on high alert today

  06-01-2022 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  January 6 was a clear turning point for major social media companies — proving that they would, under certain circumstances, be willing to deplatform a sitting US president. But some experts worry that they still haven't done enough to address the underlying issues that allowed Trump supporters and others on the far-right to be misled and radicalized, and to get organized using their platforms.
  
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• Op-Ed: The Biggest Breakdown in America Right Now Mirrors Our Rejection of God

  06-01-2022 18:16
  
  America is facing a trust deficit. Trust in the media has reached a near-record low. Establishment media organizations face defamation lawsuits for purposely misreporting on innocent people to push a […]
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• Kamala Harris to name Jamal Simmons as communications director

  06-01-2022 18:16 via cnn.com
  
  Jamal Simmons, a Democratic communications aide and media contributor, has been tapped to be Vice President Kamala Harris' new communications director, a White House official confirms.
  
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• Judge Considers Tossing Ghislaine Maxwell's Guilty Verdict and Re-Doing Trial After Juror Blunder Is Discovered

  06-01-2022 18:08
  
  Last week Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted on five federal sex trafficking charges after the jury concluded that she had helped recruit teenage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffery Epstein. […]
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• US Attorney's office requests Boston Marathon bomber to turn over funds

  06-01-2022 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should turn over money to his victims, including a previously deposited $1,400 federal stimulus payment, the US Attorney's Office of Massachusetts said in a filing Wednesday morning.
  
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• Analysis: What Jan. 6 revealed about the attack on multiracial democracy

  06-01-2022 17:49 via cnn.com
  
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• Kamala Harris Under Fire After Likening Jan. 6 to Pearl Harbor and 9/11

  06-01-2022 17:44
  
  We have reached the first anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion into the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off the Biden administration’s remarks on this […]
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• The Left Has a Dirty Trick to Win 2022 Midterms: Disqualify Republicans for 'Insurrection'

  06-01-2022 17:23
  
  It’s a bleak sign for Democrats that, as of Wednesday, 24 members of their own House caucus will be retiring in advance of the 2022 midterms, a portent of a […]
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• ‘Worse than the Civil war’: US media fixated on Capitol riot while left-wing radicalism goes unpunished

  06-01-2022 17:22 via rt.com
  
  Disparate reactions to left-wing protesters at the DOI versus the ones at the US Capitol show how biased the mainstream media truly is.One year after the US Capitol riot, Washington seems worried about domestic terrorism only when conservatives are perpetrators, but polling suggests no one outside the establishment echo chamber is swayed by the skewed narrative.
  As a GOP congressman held up nearly identical photos of federal buildings being breached – one of the US Capitol last January and
  
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• ‘Worse than the Civil war’: how fixation on Capitol riot makes America ignore its other major problem

  06-01-2022 17:22 via rt.com
  
  Disparate reactions to left-wing protesters at the DOI versus the ones at the US Capitol show how biased the mainstream media truly is.One year after the US Capitol riot, Washington seems worried about domestic terrorism only when conservatives are perpetrators, but polling suggests no one outside the establishment echo chamber is swayed by the skewed narrative.
  As a GOP congressman held up nearly identical photos of federal buildings being breached – one of the US Capitol last January and
  
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• Quit your job? Here's what to do with your 401(k)

  06-01-2022 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  Millions of people have decided to quit their jobs. If you're one of them, you'll have a lot to wrap up before your last day of work.
  
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• Chilling: Maxwell Juror Describes the Moment He Locked Eyes with the Notorious Child Predator

  06-01-2022 17:09
  
  Over the past few months, Scotty David experienced what few Americans ever have. He was selected to serve on the jury in one of the most prominent trials in history […]
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• Biden Fuels Division by Launching Attack on Trump in Jan. 6 Anniversary Speech

  06-01-2022 16:22
  
  With a backdrop of sagging approval ratings amid inflation concerns and broken COVID promises, President Joe Biden used the first anniversary of the Capitol incursion to castigate his opponents and […]
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• Leftists Can't Handle the Fact That Aaron Rodgers Owns a Book They Don't Like

  06-01-2022 16:07
  
  Who is John Galt? One answer to that question is a fictional character who famous people can’t read about without liberals having a meltdown. On Monday night, during an interview […]
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• These 37 Bed Bath & Beyond store are closing

  06-01-2022 15:54 via cnn.com
  
  Bed Bath & Beyond revealed the locations of 37 of the approximately 200 stores it plans close by the end of this year.
  
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• 'I'm Not Agreeing to Any of This': Joe Manchin Warns of the Perils of Radical Filibuster Reform

  06-01-2022 15:41
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin is the grinch who keeps on stealing stuff even after Christmas — and we couldn’t be happier. On Tuesday, returning to work after the Christmas and New […]
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