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• NYPD Reveals What Subway Attack Suspect's Last Few Moments of Freedom Were Like: 'There Was Nowhere Left for Him to Run'

  13-04-2022 23:47
  
  The suspect in the Tuesday morning New York City subway shooting, Frank James, 62, was arrested at 1:42 p.m. on Wednesday on the corner of St. Marks Place and First Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village. Shortly afterward, city officials gathered for a news conference.
  Law enforcement sources told The New York Post they had allegedly received a Crime Stoppers tip from an individual who claimed to be James, saying he was at a McDonald’s at East 6th Street and First Avenue. When police ar
  
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• As states move to restrict abortion access, neighboring states prepare for more demand

  13-04-2022 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  The flurry of new abortion restrictions across mostly Republican-led states leaves neighboring states to fill the gap in abortion care.
  
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• 17 L.A. gangs involved in 'follow home robberies' that target people once they're alone, police say

  13-04-2022 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than a dozen gangs in the Los Angeles area are targeting people and robbing them of watches, jewelry and expensive items, police said.
  
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• After Neighbor Complaint, Police Find Emaciated Dogs Tied up and Left in Empty Apartment for Weeks

  13-04-2022 23:17
  
  Nothing can set your neighbors against you as quickly as poor pet ownership behaviors. Failing to clean up after your pets or letting them make a ruckus at all hours are two of the biggest offenders.
  When someone in an apartment in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, kept hearing the dogs in the upstairs unit barking and crying, it was no doubt annoying — but after weeks of the same behavior without any change, the person was compelled to call the Euclid Police Department.
  And what offic
  
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• Warner Bros. censors gay dialogue in Harry Potter movie for China release

  13-04-2022 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  Warner Bros. removed two lines of dialogue about a gay relationship for the Chinese release of its latest Harry Potter movie.
  
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• Finkenauer lawyer asks Iowa Supreme Court to return her to primary ballot in fight over signatures

  13-04-2022 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  A lawyer for Iowa Senate hopeful Abby Finkenauer urged the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to place her back on this year's Democratic primary ballot after a judge ruled that she had fallen short of the state's signature requirements for qualification as a candidate.
  
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• 'WJ Live': Elon Musk Could Now Take Over Twitter - Here's Why That Matters

  13-04-2022 22:49
  
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• Major Networks Refused to Identify Race of NYC Subway Shooter During Citywide Manhunt

  13-04-2022 22:26
  
  In the opening monologue of his Tuesday night show, Fox News’ Jesse Watters told viewers about something very disturbing he’d noticed in the liberal media’s coverage of the New York City subway shooting earlier that day: Many outlets had omitted the race of the suspect in their descriptions of him.
  Considering that the New York Police Department had solicited the public’s assistance in identifying this man, the significance of his race was no small matter.
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• Covid cases are on the rise, yet few precautions have come back. Why?

  13-04-2022 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the more contagious BA.2 subvariant of the omicron strain spreads, much of the country has resisted reinstating Covid-related restrictions.
  
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• Capitol Riot Defendant Who Sat at Pelosi's Desk Rejects Federal Plea Deal

  13-04-2022 22:03
  
  A high-profile face of last year’s Capitol incursion is rejecting a plea deal from federal prosecutors, refusing an offer that would have cost him years in prison.
  Richard Barnett entered the Capitol and was photographed sitting at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office desk during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
  Barnett faces a laundry list of federal charges. The deal would have required him to plead guilty to one of the charges.
  Barnett’s defense attorney, Joseph McBride, announced t
  
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• Capitol Incursion Defendant Who Sat at Pelosi's Desk Rejects Federal Plea Deal

  13-04-2022 22:03
  
  CORRECTION, April 14, 2022: This article originally used the term “riot” to describe the events at the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Here at The Western Journal, we use the term “incursion”instead of “riot,” which the mainstream media strongly prefers. This article and its title have been updated to reflect that.
  A high-profile face of last year’s Capitol incursion is rejecting a plea deal from federal prosecutors, refusing an offer that would have c
  
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• Softball Umpire Issues Message to Spectators After Ambush Leaves Her with Black Eye

  13-04-2022 21:53
  
  An umpire for a youth softball game was allegedly attacked after a spectator disagreed with her call, but her response to the incident sent an even stronger message.
  According to Magnolia State Live, Kristi Moore was serving as an umpire for a 12-year-old softball game in Laurel, Mississippi, on Saturday. After she made a call, Kiara Thomas, a parent of one of the players, allegedly began yelling at her from the stands.
  A coach eventually asked Thomas to leave the game because she was cursing. W
  
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• Migrants bused to DC as part of Texas Gov. Abbott's protest against Biden

  13-04-2022 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  A group of migrants bused from Texas arrived in Washington, DC, on Wednesday morning, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would send willing migrants to the capital in a rebuke of President Joe Biden's border policies.
  
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• 'Come On Guys, He's Right There!' Suspect Hides Right Next to Cops After Live Police Chase

  13-04-2022 21:39
  
  One Los Angeles man managed to pull off a disappearing act on the police after a car chase with the authorities.
  At least, until the cops realized that the wanted car theft suspect was hiding right next to them.
  The bizarre escapade was captured on camera last month by a KTTV helicopter.
  After crashing a vehicle the authorities suspected was stolen during a chase, the suspect hid between a fence and a blue vehicle.
  The suspect had previously collided with three different civilian vehicles in an
  
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• Home Depot Founder Hammers Biden Over Inflation: 'Worse Than Jimmy Carter'

  13-04-2022 21:25
  
  Americans are getting very upset with the Biden administration over the continuing inflation crisis.
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Tuesday that the consumer price index, which measures what consumers pay for products and services, was up 8.5 percent from March 2021 to last month — the biggest increase since December 1981.
  On Wednesday, the BLS announced the producer price index, which measures the prices paid by wholesalers, had jumped 11.2 percent year over year in March &mdash
  
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• Kahele defends dual role as member of Congress and Hawaiian Airlines pilot, along with proxy voting record

  13-04-2022 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Kai Kahele defended his part-time work as a commercial pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, saying the arrangement complies with House Ethics rules, and attributed his lengthy absence from the Capitol to the pandemic after questions arose about whether he was breaking any ethics rules for continuing his work with the airline.
  
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• Mask mandate aboard planes, trains and buses in the US extended until May 3

  13-04-2022 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to extend the federal transportation mask mandate for another two weeks, according to a source familiar with the Biden administration's plans who was authorized to speak about them.
  
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• Maryland man with 124 snakes in his house died of snakebite, autopsy finds

  13-04-2022 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Maryland man found dead at his home alongside over 100 caged snakes died of accidental snake envenomation, according to an autopsy.
  
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• Strong tornadoes and large hail forecast today in Mississippi Valley after 23 hurt in Texas tornadoes

  13-04-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  A storm system sweeping the country Wednesday will dominate the central US, bringing long-track tornadoes, blizzard conditions and fuel for explosive wildfires.
  
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• Investigation Reports Horrifying Find About Iconic Easter Candy

  13-04-2022 20:08
  
  Behind the chocolate in every Cadbury Crème Egg lurks the shadow of child labor, according to a new report.
  Britain’s Channel 4 found in a report this month that children as young as 10 work for up to nine hours a day in the African nation of Ghana to harvest the cocoa pods that are the raw material of the chocolate for the Easter treat, according to The Sun.
  “The farmers are paid so little they can’t afford to hire adults to work on the farm, so they have to use their c
  
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• Former Trump aide Mark Meadows removed from North Carolina voter roll

  13-04-2022 19:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mark Meadows, who was White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, was removed from the voter roll in North Carolina on Monday, the State Board of El
  
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• Criminal Case Against Clinton Campaign Lawyer Takes Big Step Forward as Judge Issues Key Ruling

  13-04-2022 19:55
  
  The criminal prosecution of a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI during the Trump-Russia investigation can move forward, a judge ruled Wednesday after denying a defense bid to dismiss the case.
  The ruling means Michael Sussmann, charged last year by special counsel John Durham, remains set for trial on May 16 in Washington’s federal court.
  Sussmann is charged with lying to the FBI during a September 2016 meeting in which he relayed concerns from cybersecurity res
  
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• Yellen sends warning to countries 'indifferent' to Russian sanctions

  13-04-2022 19:43 via cnn.com
  
  US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a warning Wednesday to countries that are not moving to cut financial ties with Russia or that seek to undermine sanctions imposed due to the war in Ukraine.
  
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• Watch Officer's Ferocious Takedown of Kidnapping Suspect and Swift Rescue of Child

  13-04-2022 19:40
  
  Some nightmares end up with happy endings.
  Such was the case recently in Atlanta when Jerrica Moore left her car for a moment with her 9-year-old son inside, according to CNN.
  The keys were also inside, which led to panic as Moore saw the car drive away with her child inside.
  According to the Atlanta Police Department, initial tracking of the car was done through the ability to track an iPhone in real time.
  Then came an all-out pursuit, according to a Facebook post by Fulton County Government.
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• Fact check: McCormick attack ad takes benign Oz quote out of context to portray Trump-endorsed candidate as 'anti Trump'

  13-04-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  On Saturday, former President Donald Trump endorsed surgeon and former television personality Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania's open US Senate seat. The endorsement is a challenge for Oz's top Republican rival, former hedge fund chief executive David McCormick, who had also reportedly sought Trump's backing.
  
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• 2 men face more than 14 years in prison for a Minnesota mosque bombing

  13-04-2022 19:16 via cnn.com
  
  Two Illinois men were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in the 2017 bombing of the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.
  
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• Wall Street is battling to determine the future of work from home

  13-04-2022 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Big banks like to stick together on major policy decisions. But as Wall Street grapples with heading back-to-work, a rare chasm is growing between the finance giants.
  
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• Hilarious Video: Clever Army Ranger Outsmarts His Instructor, And the Look on the Instructor's Face Is Priceless

  13-04-2022 18:56
  
  You don’t get to be an Army Ranger — the elite of the elite in our Armed Forces — without a bit of cunning. Staff Sgt. Robert McCain certainly has a bit of that.
  McCain has gone viral after he solved a puzzle at this weekend’s 2022 Best Ranger Competition in Fort Benning, Georgia, a brutal test of skill, strength, endurance and — especially in McCain’s case — ingenuity.
  (Here at The Western Journal, we salute McCain and all the men and women who put thei
  
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• Biden is the strongest-ever gun sense commander-in-chief in the Oval Office

  13-04-2022 18:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  I never thought I’d get the chance to introduce President Joe Biden as he announced lifesaving actions on gun safety, but I also never thought I'd be a gun violence victim.
  
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• Migrants arrive in D.C. on buses sent by GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

  13-04-2022 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A group of undocumented migrants arrived in the nation's capital Wednesday on a bus sent by Texas Gov.
  
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• Wholesale Inflation Shatters Expectations, Hits Highest Level Ever Recorded

  13-04-2022 18:16
  
  A new measure of America’s sputtering economy offered little hope that inflation will ease any time soon.
  The producer price index, which measures inflation before it reaches consumers, rose 11.2 percent in March compared with March 2021, the Labor Department announced on Wednesday.
  This is the largest increase since the 12-month data measure was introduced in November 2010 and exceeded even the pessimistic expectations of economists surveyed by Reuters, who had predicted a 10.6 percent ye
  
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• Texas Has Dropped Off the First Busload of Immigrants in DC - Just Steps from the Capitol

  13-04-2022 17:48
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on April 6 that Texas would be sending willing, undocumented immigrants to Washington, D.C., as a response to the Biden administration’s handling of immigration.
  Fulfilling the promise, the first bus of immigrants arrived at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and dropped off the passengers just a few blocks away from the Capitol building, Fox News reported.
  This is Texas’ response particularly to the administration’s decision to rescind Title 42, which was a p
  
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• Media Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Elon Musk, Calls Internet Free Speech 'the Dream of Every Dictator'

  13-04-2022 17:26
  
  Here are three things that most people who have been paying attention to the Elon Musk/Twitter saga know.
  First, Musk is now the largest shareholder in the social media giant, buying 9.2 percent of the company’s stock for $2.89 billion last week. He was set to take a seat on the board but then backed out, likely because it would preclude him from buying more of the company’s shares.
  Second, Musk has expressed grave concerns about the stifling of free speech on social media platforms.
  
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• 17 Gangs Have Dispatched Crews to Rob the Wealthiest People in LA, Police Say

  13-04-2022 17:12
  
  Police have learned that 17 gangs have honed in on the wealthiest residents of the Los Angeles area by robbing them after they leave venues catering to the rich and famous.
  Police said the robberies are often carried out by crews working from multiple vehicles and that the high-end handbags, watches and other items are then sold regionally on a thriving black market, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  Violence towards victims is becoming a hallmark of the crimes, said Capt. Jonathan Tippet, who
  
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  13-04-2022 17:09
  
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• After Gov. Abbott Announced He'd Ship Illegal Immigrants to DC, Texas Mayor Has Noticed a Huge Change

  13-04-2022 17:01
  
  Thanks to the border crisis, President Joe Biden’s overwhelmed border security officials have been dropping off illegal immigrants they’ve processed in border towns, including in Texas.
  Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t take kindly to this, particularly since the administration is ending a policy under Title 42 of the nation’s health law that allows for the summary expulsion of illegal immigrants from the country without an asylum hearing.
  He announced he was chartering b
  
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• Teen Demanding Visitation Rights for Newborn Thrown in Dumpster: 'If the Baby Is OK, I Want It'

  13-04-2022 16:54
  
  The shocking story of a New Mexico teen who allegedly left her baby in a dumpster in January broke hearts everywhere. Now, the mother is asking to be allowed to see the child.
  Footage of someone dropping a bag into the dumpster and of good Samaritans finding the newborn baby boy circulated online, and eventually the mother, 18-year-old Alexis Avila, was identified.
  During an interview with police, the teen claimed she hadn’t known she was pregnant and was terrified of her mother findi
  
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• Huge NBA Game Interrupted by Animal Rights Protester's Bizarre On-Court Stunt

  13-04-2022 16:17
  
  Tuesday night’s battle for one of the last NBA playoff spots was briefly interrupted by an animal rights protester who tried to glue herself to the floor of the Target Centre in Minnesota.
  The glue did not hold enough to prevent authorities from removing the woman, identified as Alicia Santurio of the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere, according to USA Today.
  However, an image from social media showed that she did leave her mark on the court.pic.twitter.com/zbK9ancPRK
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• 3 reasons Shanghai's lockdown matters to the global economy

  13-04-2022 15:50 via cnn.com
  
  China is struggling to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 in Shanghai despite a 17-day lockdown that is keeping most of its 25 million residents trapped at home.
  
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• Twitter Employees in Total Panic at Thought of Elon Musk Taking Over Company: 'S*** Show'

  13-04-2022 15:44
  
  Progressives can’t defend their ideas in an open debate. They also can’t honestly explain away the horrible results of their policies.
  That is why leftists rely on censorship to advance their agendas. Blocking opposing voices means no debate happens before or during their actions, and there is no accountability for their failures afterward.
  The internet is the new public square, and Big Tech colludes to quash free speech.
  Now, however, free speech advocate Elon Musk seems intent on c
  
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• Why it's so hard to buy a home right now

  13-04-2022 15:29 via cnn.com
  
  Home prices have skyrocketed by nearly 20% over the last year and mortgage rates have risen faster over the past three months than they have in decades. But the high cost to buy a home is not the only obstacle prospective buyers are facing.
  
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• Subway Attack Suspect Identified - Unhinged Black Nationalist Diatribes Discovered

  13-04-2022 15:28
  
  Police are seeking an apparent black nationalist in connection with the Tuesday subway attack in Brooklyn in which 10 victims were shot and at least 29 injured overall.
  The man, identified as 63-year-old Frank James, had a volatile collection of social media postings, including one in which he said he was  “entering the danger zone,” according to the New York Post.
  After first identifying James as a “person of interest” in the attack, police labeled him a “susp
  
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• Russian Intelligence Chief Thrown Into Maximum Security Jail in Shakeup Over Disaster in Ukraine: Reports

  13-04-2022 13:52
  
  A senior Russian military intelligence officer has been detained in a Moscow maximum security prison, with President Vladimir Putin apparently blaming him for massive failures in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  The U.K.’s Telegraph reported the shakeup in Russia’s authoritarian government on Tuesday.
  Col. Gen. Sergei Beseda, of the Russian security service known by the initials FSB, has been incarcerated in Lefortovo Prison, a Tsarist-era facility that was active in the Soviet ye
  
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• We need to acknowledge that friend dates can cause stress, too

  13-04-2022 10:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Progress in the battle of Covid-19 has ushered in a return to socializing — and fears of asking people out on friend dates.
  
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• 3 Sikh men attacked in the same New York neighborhood in just over a week

  13-04-2022 09:01 via cnn.com
  
  Two Sikh men were attacked in the New York borough of Queens on Tuesday, less than two weeks after another Sikh man was assaulted in the same neighborhood, authorities said.
  
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• Wildfire forces evacuations and damages homes in New Mexico

  13-04-2022 08:28 via cnn.com
  
  A 4,000-acre wildfire in New Mexico has destroyed 150 structures, officials in the town of Ruidoso said Tuesday evening.
  
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• Wildfire damages 150 structures in small New Mexico town, many more are threatened

  13-04-2022 06:59 via cnn.com
  
  A 4,000-acre wildfire in New Mexico has destroyed 150 structures, officials in the town of Ruidoso said Tuesday evening.
  
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• Breaking: Brooklyn Subway Attack Suspect Arrested

  13-04-2022 06:43
  
  The man wanted in the shooting of 10 people on a subway in Brooklyn was arrested Wednesday afternoon, a day after the attack on a crowded rush-hour train.
  Frank R. James, 62, was taken into custody in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood, law enforcement officials who weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press. Law enforcement located James after police received a tip about his potential whereabouts, the official sai
  
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• Wildfire destroys 150 structures in small New Mexico town

  13-04-2022 06:03 via cnn.com
  
  A 4,000-acre wildfire in New Mexico has destroyed 150 structures, officials in the town of Ruidoso said Tuesday evening.
  
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• Biden struggles to refocus Americans' attention on his efforts to help family budgets as inflation soars

  13-04-2022 06:01 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden had hoped that his Tuesday trip to Iowa might serve as a turning point, where he could refocus Americans' attention on his domestic agenda -- particularly his efforts to lower their fuel and household costs -- a day after concentrating on gun violence with a crackdown on mail-order "ghost guns."
  
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