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• Historic Church's Woke New Spin on Lent Includes 'Fasting from Whiteness' and Race-Based Liturgy Overhaul

  06-04-2022 23:56
  
  The historic First United Church of Oak Park in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, has come up with a novel way to celebrate Lent this year — an approach it calls “Fasting from Whiteness.”
  For the duration of the Lenten season, which commemorates the 40-day period that Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert, worship services will exclude “any music or liturgy written or composed by white people.”
  The church’s website provides a description of this ini
  
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• For small trucking companies, high price of diesel may be unsustainable

  06-04-2022 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  For some small trucking companies, the high price of diesel may force them to shut down operations.
  
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• Wisconsin mom with Russian heritage strangled son to death while ‘amped up’ over Ukraine war

  06-04-2022 23:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Natalia Aleksandrovna Hitchcock is charged with strangling her 8-year-old son, authorities say.She has Russian ties and was upset over war in Ukraine.
  
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• 'The Red Wave Has Already Started': Riot-Ravaged Kenosha Elects Republican Leader for First Time in Decades

  06-04-2022 23:35
  
  It’s a local election that should be national news — but the mainstream media isn’t interested.
  Voters in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, which became infamous for its 2020 riots and the 2021 prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse for defending himself during the violence of 2020, went to the polls Tuesday to elect a Republican who campaigned partially on linking her Democratic opponent to the failures of the Biden administration and “the liberal status quo.”
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• Judge deals blow to Steve Bannon’s legal defense in upcoming trial

  06-04-2022 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Steve Bannon cannot argue at his trial on contempt of Congress charges that he is not guilty because he was following the advice of his lawyer, a judge ruled.
  
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• Op-Ed: Establishment Media Reveals Its Own Rotten Core in Failed Attack Against DeSantis

  06-04-2022 23:28
  
  The establishment media is as dutiful a servant as the god of the new age — Progress, of course — could ask for. It has its orders, and it follows them. It exists to tell us that old ideas are stupid and even dangerous and that the people who have them are, too.
  In the course of their duties, outlets like The Associated Press are required to antagonize politicians like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. They have to say left when DeSantis says right and up when he says down. Simple.
  But the
  
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• State judge whose home was raided by investigators found dead

  06-04-2022 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  John Michalski, an acting justice on the Erie County Supreme Court, died of an apparent suicide, according to attorney Terry Connors. Michalski was 61.
  
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• Instagram ‘systemically fails’ to protect high-profile women from abuse, study finds

  06-04-2022 23:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Instagram “systemically fails” to protect high profile women from the “epidemic” of misogynistic abuse through DMs, a new study published Wednesday suggests.
  
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• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Announces Plan to Charter Buses of Illegal Aliens to Washington, DC

  06-04-2022 23:16
  
  With a historic wave of illegal aliens set to cross the southern border this spring, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a plan to make the Biden administration deal with the consequences of its own border policies.
  Abbott announced on Wednesday that the state will charter buses of illegal immigrants directly to Washington, D.C.
  The governor was speaking at a news conference in Weslaco, Texas.BREAKING: Texas Gov. @GregAbbott_TX says that Texas will be sending charter buses of illegal migrants to Washingt
  
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• Man found guilty of sex trafficking, extortion of daughter's Sarah Lawrence schoolmates

  06-04-2022 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New York man was convicted Wednesday on charges that he moved into his daughter's dorm room at Sarah Lawrence College and abused students at the elite school
  
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• Wind Energy Company to Pay $35 Million After Mass Killing of Bald Eagles

  06-04-2022 23:11
  
  The dark side of green energy has taken an un-American twist.
  A renewable energy company that operates wind turbines throughout the United States pled guilty to killing 150 protected eagles in federal court on Tuesday.
  ESI Energy LLC admitted to three violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in its plea, namely killing bald and golden eagles through the operation of wind energy turbines in New Mexico and Wyoming.
  The birds died of blunt force trauma after colliding with wind turbine blades at
  
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• Attorney General Garland and Commerce Secretary Raimondo test positive for Covid

  06-04-2022 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Attorney General Garland and Commerce Secretary Raimondo tested positive for Covid, as the virus continues to spread in high levels of government.
  
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• New York City LGBTQ bar set ablaze in arson attack

  06-04-2022 22:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A bar serving LGBTQ New Yorkers has closed after an arson attack over the weekend, the New York City Police Department confirmed Wednesday.
  
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• Tucker Should Sue the Pants off Joe Walsh for Planting This Totally Fabricated Quote That Went Viral

  06-04-2022 22:32
  
  On Monday, former Republican turned leftist Joe Walsh conjured up a fake Tucker Carlson quote and posted it on Twitter.
  After the quote went viral because people believed it was real, Walsh tried to claim innocence despite having fabricated the quote.
  “@TuckerCarlson tonight: ‘What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged?'” Walsh wrote on Twitter. “‘What if they’re fake?
  “What if the Ukrainian military killed them & then blamed Russia
  
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• ‘The alarm bells are blazing’: Sacramento shooting spurs calls for action on gun violence

  06-04-2022 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  After a mass shooting in Sacramento left six people dead, lawmakers called for “bolder action” to tackle gun crimes
  
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• US wind energy just hit a major milestone

  06-04-2022 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  The United States set a major renewable energy milestone last Tuesday: wind power was the second-highest source of electricity for the first time since the Energy Information Administration began gathering the data.
  
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• Musk Amends SEC Filing, And It's Bad News for Woke Twitter Employees

  06-04-2022 22:16
  
  Twitter employees were demoralized after Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s ownership of 9.2 percent of the company’s shares was disclosed on Monday. Following the announcement that he had joined Twitter’s board of directors on Tuesday morning, they engaged in a collective meltdown. What will they do when they hear that on Tuesday evening, Musk amended his SEC filing to reflect that his investment is no longer “passive” but “active”?
  MarketWatch reported that after s
  
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• Drone Footage: Outgunned Ukrainian Tank Takes On Entire Russian Armored Column

  06-04-2022 22:02
  
  Drone footage from Ukrainian combatants reveals a Ukrainian T-64 tank taking on an entire column of Russian armored vehicles.
  The well-positioned tank executes an ambush on the Russian column, hiding itself in a secluded position and firing through a narrow angle at the enemy.
  Russian vehicles fire wildly into the town as they take incoming fire, unable to locate the Ukrainian tank.#Ukraine: Insane combat footage shows a single Ukrainian tank engaging a large #Russia-n convoy consisting of sever
  
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• Man who said January 6 was 'magical' acquitted in US Capitol riot case

  06-04-2022 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday found Matthew Martin not guilty of four federal misdemeanors related to trespassing -- marking the first time a US Capitol riot defendant was acquitted of all charges.
  
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• Report: New CNN Boss Rips Into 'Cancer' Brian Stelter's 'Failing Show'

  06-04-2022 21:52
  
  The boss of CNN’s incoming parent company is taking aim at Brian Stelter.
  John Malone, the biggest shareholder of Discovery, harshly criticized Stelter in an informal meeting of the company’s executives, according to a report.
  Discovery is completing a merger with WarnerMedia, CNN’s current parent company.
  Media reporter and former Washington Examiner editor Jon Nicosia broke news of Malone’s words for Stelter on Tuesday.
  Malone ripped Stelter as a “cancer,” c
  
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• At least five gunmen opened fire in deadly Sacramento shooting, police say

  06-04-2022 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least five people opened fire during a mass shooting in Sacramento over the weekend that was fueled by gang violence and left six people dead, police said We
  
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• Embattled Disney Hires Former Clinton Campaign Staffer for Key Role

  06-04-2022 21:38
  
  A leading advocate of gay marriage who helped spread Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s message is now the lead spokeswoman for the embattled Disney brand.
  The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it has hired Kristina Schake as vice president of global communications.
  “She will be responsible for our worldwide communications strategy and operations, and serve as the Company’s lead spokesperson,” the company said.We’re pleased to welcome Kristina
  
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• Polls Show Majority of Dem Voters Siding with DeSantis on 'Don't Say Gay' Bill

  06-04-2022 21:19
  
  Despite the White House’s harsh condemnation of Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a majority of Democratic voters support the legislation, according to multiple polls.
  Signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 28, the Parental Rights in Education Bill — HB 1557 — prohibits classroom instruction regarding “sexual orientation or gender identity” for children in kindergarten through third grade.
  Supporters of the bill argue s
  
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• The Fed is ready to move faster on interest rates

  06-04-2022 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates at a faster pace to get a handle on America's pervasive inflation problem, according to minutes from the central bank's March meeting released Wednesday.
  
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• Lawmaker blasts Big Oil CEOs at hearing: 'You are ripping off the American people'

  06-04-2022 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Leading oil company CEOs declined on Wednesday to endorse a call from Democrats to reduce dividends and share buybacks and plow the money into ramping up production instead.
  
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• Police won’t be charged in death of Amir Locke, Black man shot during no-knock warrant

  06-04-2022 20:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  No charges will be filed in the death of Amir Locke, a Black 22-year-old man fatally shot by a SWAT team officer during a no-knock warrant raid in Minneapolis in February, officials announced Wednesday.
  
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• Trauma among health care workers comparable to that of combat vets

  06-04-2022 20:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Health care workers on the front lines of Covid are left with post-traumatic stress similar to what's seen in combat veterans, called moral injury.
  
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• Biden Administration Targets Putin's Children in New Round of Sanctions

  06-04-2022 19:30
  
  In a new round of sanctions, the U.S. and its allies are banning new investment in Russia and sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adult daughters and other Russian elites.
  These sanctions come after new brutality in Ukraine was discovered, Axios reported.
  When Russian troops pulled out of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, dozens of civilian bodies were found, shot to death and some with their hands tied behind their backs, CNBC News reported.
  In light of this, a senior Biden administrati
  
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• 'Disgusting': Youth Basketball Referee Rushed to Hospital After Players and Adults Brutally Beat Him

  06-04-2022 19:11
  
  An incident at a Georgia youth basketball game can be entered into evidence if there was doubt about the erosion of authority at all levels of American society.
  On Sunday, players and fans ganged up on a referee during a youth basketball game that was played at Stronghold Christian Church in Lithonia, Georgia.
  In a video shared on social media, the referee was chased around the court and then corned until he went down as players and fans — both youth and adults — hit and kicked him.
  
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• Judge Acquits Jan. 6 Defendant After Video Shows Police Allowing Him Into Capitol

  06-04-2022 19:08
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot.
  U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued the verdict from the bench after hearing testimony without a jury in the case against Matthew Martin. McFadden, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump, acquitted Martin of all four counts for which he was charged.
  Martin did
  
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• A Major Bank Is Now Forecasting a Recession Will Hit the US Soon

  06-04-2022 18:55
  
  Banks, traders and economists have been watching the economy — along with just about anybody with a paycheck — trying to anticipate if and when a recession might hit the U.S.
  Now, the first major bank has stepped forward to say that a recession is no longer a question of “if” but “when.”
  Deutsche Bank has warned that the Federal Reserve’s measures to fight inflation in the U.S. will spark a recession that will likely begin late next year, CNN reported.
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• Netflix introduces new category after Pete Davidson's 'SNL' musical sketch

  06-04-2022 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Netflix introduced a new "short-ass movies" category after Pete Davidson joked on "SNL" about the lack of films that ran less than an hour and 40 minutes.
  
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• US pushes Russia to the brink of default

  06-04-2022 18:27 via cnn.com
  
  Russia is in imminent danger of default after the United States cut off the country's ability to pay its debt using frozen dollars sitting in American banks.
  
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• 'Rigged' Film Shows Mark Zuckerberg Single-Handedly Enabled Rampant Fraud in the 2020 Election

  06-04-2022 18:26
  
  This article was sponsored by Citizens United Productions.
  Before the 2020 presidential election, research had already proven mail-in ballots were uniquely susceptible to fraud.
  Thanks to a plot funded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, election officials disregarded those findings and ramped up mail-in voting for the last election cycle.
  “Rigged” is a new film that exposes how Zuckerberg used his fortune to help President Joe Biden win in 2020. It is out today
  
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• Mystery Man Shoots and Kills Army Combat Vet's Therapy Dog in What Appears to Be Random Act of Violence

  06-04-2022 18:14
  
  Daniel Perez has done much for his country during his lifetime. Serving in the Army for nearly three decades, the Floridian did combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and now continues his service as a master sergeant in the Army Reserves and an employee of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
  Like many who have spent time abroad fighting for their country, Perez struggles with PTSD — but he had a furry coping mechanism named Matilda.
  “She knew when I was down, she knew when I was depressed,”
  
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• Suspect in Sacramento Mass Shooting Received Early Prison Release Just 1 Month Prior

  06-04-2022 18:01
  
  One man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting early Sunday in Sacramento had been released early from prison in February.
  The shooting left six people dead and 12 injured, according to KGO-TV.
  Smiley Martin, 27, is a suspect along with his brother Dandrae Martin, 26, police said.
  Dandrae Martin has been charged with assault and illegal firearm possession. Smiley Martin, who was among those wounded, will face gun charges when he is out of the hospital, including possession of a machine gun
  
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• Levin Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate 'Corrupt' Biden Family, Says AG Garland Cannot Be Trusted

  06-04-2022 17:24
  
  Fox News host Mark Levin believes enough information has surfaced about the “corrupt” Biden family business dealings to warrant the immediate appointment of a special counsel.
  On an episode of his program “Life, Liberty & Levin” that aired Sunday night, Levin pointed to reporting from The Washington Post and The New York Times to show that even establishment media outlets, which cast doubt on or ignored the information contained on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop
  
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• On the Cusp of Victory, Would-Be AOC Supporters Realize She Just Might Be a Fraud

  06-04-2022 17:06
  
  It’s no surprise to conservatives that New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first and only allegiance is to herself and her profile. However, the left seems to be waking up to this fact, too.
  Take the workers at an Amazon warehouse in the New York City borough of Staten Island who recently unionized. This should have been AOC’s proudest moment, what with her rhapsodizing about the joys of organized labor and the perfidies of Amazon — a company which pl
  
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• U.S. to sanction Putin's adult children, ban all new investments in Russia

  06-04-2022 16:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. will impose a new round of economic sanctions on Russia, the White House announced on Wednesday, including on the adult children of President Vladimir
  
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• WaPo Columnist: Biden's Economy Great, Except for That Pesky Inflation

  06-04-2022 16:44
  
  As far as The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin is concerned, President Joe Biden’s economy is doing superbly — except, of course, for that pesky inflation that’s hitting the average American’s wallet.
  In a widely derided column published Sunday, Rubin wrote that “Biden’s economy is extraordinary” while acknowledging “inflation is still the Achilles’ heel of the Democrats.” Which is a bit like saying the performance of “Our A
  
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• Cavalier Johnson elected first Black mayor of Milwaukee, CNN projects

  06-04-2022 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  Voters in Milwaukee have elected Cavalier Johnson as the city's next mayor, CNN projects. Johnson, a Democrat who is currently serving as the city's acting mayor, is the first African American elected to the post.
  
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• Senate Democrat Throws Cold Water on Biden's Big Plan: Report

  06-04-2022 16:34
  
  One Democratic senator is shooting down trial balloons that the package of taxes and spending the Biden White House called Build Back Better can be revived.
  Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has told supporters privately that the bill is essentially dead, according to Axios.
  “In closed-door conversations, Sinema has told donors a path to revival is unlikely,” the outlet reported late Tuesday.
  Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has said he’s not opposed to some
  
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• Russian car sales have collapsed since the invasion of Ukraine

  06-04-2022 16:13 via cnn.com
  
  Auto sales in Russia plummeted by almost two-thirds in March, as the war in Ukraine, Western sanctions and an exodus of foreign businesses wreaked havoc on the country's economy.
  
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• Deadly Army Helicopter Crash at Georgia Base Reportedly 'Not an Accident'

  06-04-2022 15:43
  
  A criminal investigation is under way into an Army helicopter crash last week that killed one soldier.
  The March 30 crash at Wright Army Airfield, near Fort Stewart in Georgia, left Capt. James Bellew dead, according to Army Times. Two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in the 2 a.m. crash.
  Army Times reported that a source it did not name said the crash was “not an accident.”
  The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the incident, according to 3rd Inf
  
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• JetBlue makes offer for Spirit in attempt to derail deal with Frontier

  06-04-2022 15:41 via cnn.com
  
  JetBlue Tuesday made an unsolicited $3.6 billion offer for low-fare rival Spirit Airlines in an attempt to derail a proposed deal between Spirit and Frontier Airlines.
  
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• NRA Celebrates as Georgia Bill Means Huge Milestone for Second Amendment Freedoms

  06-04-2022 15:24
  
  Georgia lawmakers have struck a huge blow for the Second Amendment.
  Before adjourning from its 2022 session on Tuesday, the state’s General Assembly passed a bill recognizing the constitutional right to carry a firearm without a permit. It’ll become law when Gov. Brian Kemp signs it, as he’s promised to do.
  “I look forward to signing the Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2021 into law soon and fulfilling another promise I made to the voters of this state,” Kemp, a
  
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• Report: BLM Activists Working with Social Media to Censor Criticism of Group

  06-04-2022 15:11
  
  While it’s not as if social media conglomerates need a whole lot of prodding to do Black Lives Matter’s bidding, if a report published Monday is true, the national organization has been going so far as to tell platforms what news about the group they should censor.
  According to New York Magazine, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation was actively monitoring social media for negative mentions about the group — and when it found them, it had them taken down.
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• The Fed is sounding more and more aggressive

  06-04-2022 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  What does it mean when even the doves at the Federal Reserve start to sound like hawks?
  
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• Watch the Bizarre Moment Biden Pulls Something Out of His Pocket and Eats It During Middle of Obama Speech

  06-04-2022 14:14
  
  Joe Biden’s handlers may be controlling the government behind the scenes, but they are incapable of controlling Joe Biden.
  Almost every time the president appears in public, something odd and off-putting occurs.
  On Tuesday, Biden absentmindedly and very visibly on stage unwrapped and ate something in the middle of a speech by former President Barack Obama.
  RNC Research shared the cringe-worthy moment on Twitter.Joe Biden: This is a good time for a snack pic.twitter.com/WWuYhSRCfY
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• Utah woman dies after falling 20 feet at Grand Canyon National Park

  06-04-2022 12:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Utah woman on a private boating trip has died after a fall at the Grand Canyon, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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