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• Biden administration announces it will resume onshore oil and gas lease sales with higher royalty rate

  15-04-2022 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Interior announced Friday it planned to resume onshore oil and gas lease sales on federal land, with a higher royalty rate for oil and gas companies to pay to the federal government.
  
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• Trump endorses J.D. Vance in hotly contested Ohio Senate primary

  15-04-2022 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump officially endorsed "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance on Friday in Ohio’s crowded Senate Republican primary.
  
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• 5 people will share a $50,000 reward for tips that led to Brooklyn subway shooting suspect's arrest

  15-04-2022 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  Four victims were still hospitalized Thursday, two days after a mass shooting on a subway train that left New Yorkers badly shaken and forced a reckoning over passenger security on the largest public transportation system in the country.
  
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• Abortion issues at forefront in Kentucky

  15-04-2022 23:35
  Abortions are suspended in Kentucky as abortion-rights groups go to court over new restrictions approved by Republican lawmakers. Clinics say they can't comply with the new law, which mandates a regulatory process that hasn't been set up yet. (April 15)      
  
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• California delays schools vaccine mandate

  15-04-2022 23:31
  California is delaying its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for schools until at least the summer of 2023. California's top health official, Dr. Mark Ghaly, says the state has no plans to impose new pandemic restrictions despite an anticipated rise in cases. (April 15)      
  
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• AP Explains: Twitter's 'poison pill' for Elon Musk

  15-04-2022 23:31
  Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk's takeover attempt with a "poison pill" — a concoction that companies have been wielding against unwelcome suitors for decades. (April 15)      
  
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• Ohio Senate candidate now ridicules claims similar to ones he made in 2016 that GOP strategy was to antagonize Black voters

  15-04-2022 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Campaigning for the Senate in Ohio in recent weeks, J.D. Vance has ridiculed claims that advocates of a border-wall were "racist." But in multiple appearances in 2016, he made a similar argument to the one he is currently ridiculing -- including saying that Republican electoral strategy had been to antagonize Black voters and minorities for three decades.
  
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• For stars of a new limited-series adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1934 novel, love was all around

  15-04-2022 23:21
  Hugh Laurie has long been a fan of Agatha Christie's works and was delighted to adapt her mystery "Why Didn't They Ask Evans" into a limited series for BBC BritBox. His version has the central couple – played by Lucy Boynton and Will Poulter—engaging in clever, quick banter throughout the story as they try to determine how a man fell off a cliff in Wales.  (April 15)      
  
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• Evacuation lifts near gas plant rocked by blast

  15-04-2022 23:11
  Authorities allowed people to return to their homes near a Reno County, Kansas, gas plant a day after an explosion rocked the plant and led to a fire. (April 15)      
  
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• Dem Mega-Donor Who Backed Clinton and Obama Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Killing 2 Men

  15-04-2022 23:09
  
  The Democratic donor and political activist Ed Buck was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday for his involvement in multiple drug overdoses, including two deaths.
  Buck, 67, had been found guilty of supplying and personally injecting men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, The Guardian reported.
  In July, he was convicted by a federal jury on nine counts, including having a drug house, distributing meth and enticing men to travel for prostitution.
  Officials said Buck would pay men to
  
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• Russia-backed separatists patrol parts of Mariupol

  15-04-2022 23:06
  Separatist troops of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic have been taking over sectors of Mariupol following the assault by Russian marines. (April 15)      
  
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• SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts discuss mission

  15-04-2022 22:56
  NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, answer questions about their time aboard the International Space Station. (April 15)      
  
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• California teen with autism who vanished 3 years ago is found alive in Utah

  15-04-2022 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  A teenager who vanished nearly three years ago in California was found alive outside a gas station in Utah last week, authorities said.
  
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• Gay parents called 'rapists' and 'pedophiles' in Amtrak incident

  15-04-2022 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gay parents were called "pedophiles" and "rapists" while riding an Amtrak train on Tuesday, amid a recent uptick in charged rhetoric about LGBTQ issues.
  
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• Mexican town of Taxco celebrates Good Friday

  15-04-2022 22:46
  Mexican town of Taxco celebrates Good Friday      
  
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• President Biden and Vice President Harris release their 2021 tax returns

  15-04-2022 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  The White House released President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' tax returns on Friday, showing that the first couple earned just more than $600,000 in 2021 and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes at an effective federal income tax rate of 24.6%.
  
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• 'Pure evil': Inside the investigation that led to a 650-year sentence for serial rapist

  15-04-2022 22:35
  
  Steven Ray Hessler got 650 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults committed in Shelbyville in the 1980s. Here's how the case came together.      
  
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• Biden genocide comment raised concern among some U.S. officials

  15-04-2022 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Biden’s declaration that Russia is committing “genocide” raised concern among some officials, as he again took a position that's ahead of his own government.
  
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• CIA chief: Putin 'desperation' raises nuclear risk

  15-04-2022 22:21
  CIA Director William Burns says "potential desperation" from Russia's Vladimir Putin to portray a victory in Ukraine increases nuclear weapons risk. None of us can take "lightly" the threat posed by a tactical nuclear weapons he says. (April 15)      
  
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• One of two pups stolen at gunpoint in DC rescued, suspects arrested

  15-04-2022 22:17
  
  Pablo the Australian Shepherd, was joyously reunited with his owners after he was stolen at gunpoint in DC, but the search continues for a second pup.      
  
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• The Brooklyn subway shooting suspect has been denied bail. 4 survivors are still in the hospital

  15-04-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Four victims were still hospitalized Thursday, two days after a mass shooting on a subway train that left New Yorkers badly shaken and forced a reckoning over passenger security on the largest public transportation system in the country.
  
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• Orphaned bear cubs released back into the wild

  15-04-2022 22:06
  Four orphaned bear cubs have been released back into the wild in California after six months in captivity. Three of the bears were released in Central California's Mariposa County near where they were found. (April 15)      
  
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• Girl shot while waiting for Easter Bunny after shop owner opens fire on shoplifters

  15-04-2022 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  A shoe store owner aiming at would-be shoplifters opened fire in a California mall but struck a 9-year-old girl waiting in line to see the Easter Bunny, police said.
  
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• New York health officials alert public to two new BA.2 subvariants spreading in their state

  15-04-2022 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  New York State health officials are alerting the public to two new viral subvariants -- offshoots of Omicron's BA.2 virus -- that are spreading more quickly through the central part of that state.
  
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• Beast of Burden

  15-04-2022 21:01
  
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• A Ukrainian mother mourns her dead daughter

  15-04-2022 21:01
  Tears run down Victoria Kovalenko's cheeks as she tries to watch the video of her 12-year-old daughter Veronika's funeral. The family's car was hit with a Russian shell when they were fleeing Chernihiv on the ninth day after the invasion. Her 12-year-old daughter Veronika and husband Petro were killed in the attack.      
  
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• Abortions stop in Kentucky after restrictive new law. Here's what to know.

  15-04-2022 20:59
  
  Kentucky's only two abortion providers, both located in Louisville, are suing to block the new law, saying it's unconstitutional.      
  
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• Op-Ed: Gun Control Initiatives Announced by Biden Undermine the Biggest Claim of His Speech

  15-04-2022 20:56
  
  On Monday, President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the White House, announcing that his administration will be taking new gun control measures.
  While we already know Biden’s history of supporting anti-gun proposals, he claimed during his speech that he supports the Second Amendment. “By the way, it’s going to sound bizarre — I support the Second Amendment. You have a right,” the president said.
  However, the four gun control initiatives he announced in his spee
  
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• Opinion: How the story of The Villages explains America's deepest political divisions

  15-04-2022 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  Shortly after my mother moved to The Villages, Florida, in 2013, I spent some time visiting her at her new home. As we were catching up one afternoon, the doorbell rang.
  
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• The Memphis Zoo had to rescue 19 kangaroos and 4 wallabies after storms caused a creek to overflow

  15-04-2022 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  After a harrowing 36 hours or so for staff at the Memphis Zoo, Honeybunch, a wallaby that went missing in a severe storm, is back with his fellow marsupials.
  
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• China Makes a Statement by Deploying Highly Advanced Fighter Jets to Contested Areas

  15-04-2022 20:38
  
  China is taking a high-profile step to bolster its territorial claims by sending its most advanced fighter jets to patrol the East and South China Seas.
  China is among several nations that claim islands in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest trade routes. Its East China Sea claims include the Senkaku Islands, also claimed by Japan.
  It is now buttressing its words with actions by sending the J-20 stealth jet to the region, according to CNN.
  The state-run Global Times newspaper s
  
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• Pence Goes to University Jefferson Founded to Argue Freedom Is the 'Antidote to Woke America'

  15-04-2022 20:30
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence visited the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on Tuesday to argue for the importance of free speech and against the woke cancel culture.
  Pence was the featured speaker at an event hosted by the UVA student chapter of Young America’s Foundation.
  He thanked the UVA president and members of the faculty for not bowing to those among the student body who wanted him dis-invited, including the editorial board of the school paper The Cavalier Daily.
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• Christian Leaders Issue Urgent Call for Patriots to Gather: God Is On the Move in Our Nation

  15-04-2022 20:03
  
  Christian leaders on the commentary show “Flashpoint” say that God is about to move in powerful way in the U.S., and they’re exhorting Americans who love their country to gather in Tulsa, Oklahoma, next week to help start the fire.
  “Don’t make the mistake [of thinking] that this is a religious event. While we do honor God, and we’ll see signs and wonders, this is also a gathering of patriots,” Gene Bailey, host of “Flashpoint” told The Weste
  
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• Book banning efforts are inspiring readers to form banned book clubs

  15-04-2022 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  When Joslyn Diffenbaugh learned about efforts in Texas to remove certain books from school libraries and classrooms, she was surprised by the titles that were being challenged.
  
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• Book banning efforts are having the opposite effect

  15-04-2022 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  When Joslyn Diffenbaugh learned about efforts in Texas to remove certain books from school libraries and classrooms, she was surprised by the titles that were being challenged.
  
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• The Lyrid meteor shower will soon light up the April night sky. Here's when you can see it.

  15-04-2022 19:53
  The Lyrid meteor shower will be coming to a night sky near you over the next few days, with the peak expected on the night of April 21-22.      
  
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• Baseball greats, family honor Jackie Robinson

  15-04-2022 19:51
  Baseball legends, fans and family gathered in New York to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day. Friday is the 75th anniversary of Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (April 15)      
  
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• Molly Shannon gets vulnerable about childhood, family in new memoir

  15-04-2022 19:36
  Actor Molly Shannon said she feels vulnerable opening up about her childhood and family in her new memoir "Hello, Molly!" but hopes people can relate to her story. She also talks about her relationship with her father, who came out as gay later in life. (April 15)      
  
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• 'Wheel of Fortune' Fans Divided Over Pat Sajak's Indelicate Question to Vanna White

  15-04-2022 19:23
  
  Longtime “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak and letter-turner Vanna White have been developing their on-air chemistry for almost four decades.
  Yet on Wednesday, Sajak asked White a question that some viewers felt crossed the line.
  According to the New York Post, professional opera singer Ashley Fabian won more than $67,000 on Wednesday’s episode. As the show came to a close, Sajak and White began engaging in their usual banter.
  Given Fabian’s profession, Sajak tried to dis
  
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• The feared and beloved Easter Bunny: These photos of kids' reactions are priceless

  15-04-2022 19:16
  
  These children might never go near an Easter Bunny again, but we hope one day they can laugh about these photos.      
  
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• Here's How They Tipped the Scales for Biden: Movie That Brought Down Zuckerberg Drops Another Bombshell

  15-04-2022 18:55
  
  This article was sponsored by Citizens United Productions.
  When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars during the 2020 presidential race, he said the money was a donation to help run elections. But “donations” usually don’t come with a list of rules.
  “Rigged” exposes Zuckerberg’s plot to influence the 2020 election. It is out now, and you can get a digital copy for $4.99 or a DVD and digital bundle for $19.99 here.
  During a March 31 int
  
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• Nephew of Notorious Mob Boss Whitey Bulger Played Key Role in Hunter Biden's Chinese Business Dealings: Report

  15-04-2022 18:34
  
  Jim Bulger, the nephew of infamous Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, played a key role in many of Hunter Biden’s ventures in China, Fox News reported Thursday.
  The outlet said it had accessed and reviewed several emails that revealed the extent of Jim Bulger’s involvement in the Chinese business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son.
  Bulger was the chairman of the firm Thornton Group LLC, which is based in Boston, according to the report. Thornton worked with
  
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• AP Top Stories April 15 A

  15-04-2022 18:21
  Here's the latest for Friday, April 15: Zelenskyy holds a cabinet meeting; Texas governor eases off actions over immigration that caused led to logjam of trucks at border; Displaced Ukrainian women decorate Easter eggs;Christians mark Good Friday in Jerusalem.      
  
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• What is Patriots' Day? What to know about the lesser known New England holiday

  15-04-2022 18:17
  
  Some New Englanders get an extra three-day weekend and enjoy festivities. Here is what to know about Patriots' Day.      
  
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• Mike Pence Segment Goes Sideways as Joy Behar Is Instantly Corrected on Homosexuality and the Bible

  15-04-2022 18:08
  
  Among the many apocryphal sayings imputed to the theologian and Catholic saint Thomas Aquinas was “hominem unius libri timeo.”
  A very loose translation of the Latin phrase is still in use, usually by individuals positively allergic to any mention of biblical wisdom: “Beware the man of one book.”
  While its place in modern argot definitely isn’t how Aquinas originally intended it, the message is clear: If you want to believe in that dusty old Scripture, go right ahead
  
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• Jen Psaki Fires Off Vulgar Attack on Fox News Reporter Peter Doocy

  15-04-2022 17:26
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki trashed Fox News and its White House correspondent, Peter Doocy, in a podcast interview.
  During a Thursday recording of “Pod Save America,” the discussion turned to a January hot mic comment in which President Joe Biden, irked by a Doocy question, called the reporter a “stupid son of a b****.”
  Psaki was asked whether that comment was an accurate summation of Doocy or “does he just play a stupid son of a b**** on TV?”
  She r
  
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• Why is gas so expensive? Here's the question we should be asking instead

  15-04-2022 16:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Why are gas prices so high? America's car obsession comes with insurance fees, mechanical fees and car loans (not to mention death.) Let's ask that question.
  
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• Report: Trump Planning Game-Changing Endorsement in Red-Hot Ohio Republican Primary

  15-04-2022 16:54
  
  Former President Donald Trump has decided to endorse a candidate in one of the most competitive Republican primaries in the country, according to a report Thursday.
  NBC News reported that Trump plans to endorse entrepreneur and author J.D. Vance for U.S. senator in Ohio.
  NBC cited three sources close to the 45th president who are aware of Trump’s decision.
  Vance is competing with former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and investor Mike Gibbons in the Republican primary for U.S. senator in Ohio.
  
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• Report: Police to Question Dallas Cowboys Player About a High-Profile Murder

  15-04-2022 16:49
  
  Police are seeking to question Dallas Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph in connection with a murder that took place in Dallas last month, according to a new report.
  The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that police want to interview Joseph concerning a March 18 incident in which Cameron Ray, 20, was shot to death.
  They want to speak to Joseph because of a surveillance video that surfaced and was recently aired by KDFW-TV.
  The video shows a man with what appears to be a “YKDV”
  
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• Biden nominates a new top Fed banking regulator after Raskin withdrawal

  15-04-2022 16:26 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate former Obama Treasury official Michael Barr as the vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve, a move that would install a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 as the nation's top banking regulator.
  
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