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• Judge Deals Twitter a Significant Blow in Legal Battle with Banned Journalist

  30-04-2022 23:55
  
  A federal judge on Friday rejected Twitter’s requests to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by an independent journalist.
  U.S. District Judge William Alsup’s decision to proceed with the case marks a setback for Twitter in its legal battle with former New York Times reporter, novelist and non-fiction writer Alex Berenson.
  While Alsup refused to dismiss the case as a whole, he dismissed Berenson’s claims relating to free speech, pointing to the federal protections Twitter enjo
  
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• Marine Mammals Trained for Combat Deployed to Black Sea

  30-04-2022 23:46
  
  Sleep tight, Russian navy. Flipper is on guard against those pesky Ukrainian frogmen.
  According to U.S. Naval Institute News, in late February — as Russia was gearing up to begin its pounding of Ukraine — the Russian navy put two dolphin pens at the entrance to the harbor of Sevastopol, a port that was part of Ukraine until Russia grabbed it in 2014.
  The outlet reported that satellite images confirmed the existence of the dolphin pens.
  Sevastopol is a vital Black Sea port and a major
  
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• Alabama authorities searching for inmate, corrections officer who removed him from jail

  30-04-2022 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Lauderdale County, Alabama, authorities are searching for a sheriff's office employee and an inmate who went missing on their way to the courthouse on Friday at around 9:30 a.m.
  
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• Bad Publicity from Lia Thomas Is 'One of the Worst Things That Happened to the Trans Community'

  30-04-2022 23:17
  
  Caitlyn Jenner, one of the most famous transgender names in the world, this week lamented that the saga of trans college swimmer Lia Thomas has been “one of the worst things that happened to the trans community.”
  Speaking to British talk show host Piers Morgan on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Jenner said the controversy surrounding Thomas has painted the transgender movement in a negative light.
  Jenner, of course, won Olympic gold in 1976, competing as Bruce Jenner. In 2015,
  
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• NATO Fighters Scrambling, Intercepting Russian Jets on Multiple Fronts

  30-04-2022 23:02
  
  A rise in tension between the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance and the Russian Federation has apparently been escalating for days in the skies above the Baltic and Black seas.
  “NATO fighter jets stationed around the Baltic and Black Seas have scrambled multiple times over the past four days to track and intercept Russian aircraft near Alliance airspace”, a Friday NATO release reads.
  Warning flags were first sent up on April 26 as multiple unidentified objects appeared on NATO radar arr
  
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• A tough state in a tough year: Tim Ryan looks to overcome Democratic headwinds in Ohio

  30-04-2022 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Ohio has changed since Tim Ryan first ran for Congress in 2002 -- and so have the prospects of a Democrat running in the state.
  
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• Manchin cuts ad for West Virginia Republican facing Trump-endorsed rival in primary

  30-04-2022 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be taking sides in the bitter Republican primary in his home state of West Virginia that pits US Rep. David McKinley against Trump-backed Rep. Alex Mooney.
  
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• Woman Called 'Squatter' by Media Tells Her Side of the Story and It's Heartbreaking

  30-04-2022 22:24
  
  Two weeks ago, a 3,700-square-foot single-family home was listed for sale in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The listing acknowledged the dwelling was in need of some TLC, but that it was being offered “as is.” The owners were asking $800,000 and it had to be a cash deal. Oh, and one other thing: Prospective buyers weren’t allowed to see the basement because there was a squatter living there.
  The description of the home in the Zillow listing read: “NO ACCE
  
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• NHL Goalie Grabs the Microphone and Stuns Teammates and Fans with 'Unreal' National Anthem Performance

  30-04-2022 22:00
  
  The Buffalo Sabres closed out their regular season Friday with a performance few fans will forget.
  No, not the 3-2 win in overtime over the Chicago Blackhawks that gave a team that missed the playoffs something upbeat to think about before they watched the playoffs from home.
  Injured goalie Malcolm Subban took the mic and sang an inspired and awesome version of the National Anthem, according to Yahoo Sports.
  Players on both teams clearly enjoyed the performance, as did his brother, P.K. Subban,
  
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• In Brutal Questioning of Buttigieg, Manchin Totally Dismantles Biden's Electric Vehicle Subsidy Plan

  30-04-2022 21:53
  
  President Joe Biden’s plan to cut U.S. emissions dramatically relies on more Americans to buy electric vehicles, which is why the administration wanted to include massive subsidies for Americans to buy them.
  At the same time, American manufacturers can’t build electric vehicles fast enough for the people who want to buy them, with waitlists on some models stretching over a year. How do you reconcile throwing government money at people who are already buying enough of a product for wh
  
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• Biden Administration Furious That State Outlawed 'Gender Transition' Procedures on Children, Takes Legal Action

  30-04-2022 21:48
  
  Angered that Alabama has put a roadblock in the way of children receiving “gender transition” treatments, the Department of Justice has hit the state with a lawsuit.
  State Bill 184 makes its purpose clear: “to prohibit the performance of a medical procedure or the prescription of medication, upon or to a minor child, that is intended to alter the minor child’s gender or delay puberty.”
  But in the eyes of the Biden administration, adhering to biology is “d
  
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• Dog Missing for 11 Years Finally Makes It Home Just in Time to Comfort Grieving Family

  30-04-2022 21:37
  
  Over a decade ago, Marzena Niejadlik’s brother passed away, a loss that took its toll on the entire family.
  Looking for a little levity and healing, Niejadlik brought home an adorable Yorkshire terrier puppy named Rex.
  “We were all devastated, and I kind of was thinking that maybe getting a dog … will maybe bring some cheer into our family, especially to my mom,” Niejadlik told WBZ-TV.
  But someone else found the pup irresistible too and swiped it a few months later after
  
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• A dolphin was impaled with a 'spear-like object' in Florida -- while it was still alive

  30-04-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is investigating the death of a dolphin that was impaled while alive in Florida.
  
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• Up to a quarter million Ford Explorers recalled for rollaway risk

  30-04-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Up to a quarter million Ford Explorers are being recalled due to a mechanical problem that can cause the SUV to roll away while it's parked, according to documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  
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• Man Who Married Hologram of a 16-Year-Old Runs Into Big Problem

  30-04-2022 20:59
  
  It is a truth of modern life that technology can cause issues in a marriage.
  But the complications of phones, tablets, computers and other facets of 21st-century life are nothing next to the plight of Japan’s Akihiko Kondo, who can’t talk to his wife anymore because her software no longer is supported.
  Such is the price Kondo paid for being what’s called a fictosexual and marrying a hologram of a fictional character, according to the New York Post.
  Kondo, 38, had what he termed
  
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• NY Prosecutors' 6-Month Attempt to Hit Trump with Criminal Charges Ends in Total Failure: Report

  30-04-2022 20:54
  
  A six-month grand jury formed in 2021 to hear evidence against former President Donald Trump is due to expire this week.
  The ending of the grand jury with no charges brought against Trump indicates that the criminal investigation launched by Democratic prosecutors in New York into the 45th president is “fizzling out,” The Washington Post reported.
  Former New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. believed Trump could be found guilty of crimes related to manipulating propert
  
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• Why car shopping is so bizarre in the US

  30-04-2022 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  The way we buy cars in America is just weird.
  
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• Two Clips of Biden's New Disinformation Chief Singing Prove Why She's the Wrong Person for the Job

  30-04-2022 20:31
  
  Nina Jankowicz is about as qualified to lead a “Disinformation Governance Board” under the Department of Homeland Security as she is to head a “Leftist Propaganda Jingle Board” under the National Endowment for the Arts.
  Sadly, she is, in fact, in charge of the first one. The existence of that dystopian-sounding agency was announced this week and Jankowicz, a fellow with the Wilson Center who focuses on disinformation, was tapped to lead it. Politico, which broke the news,
  
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• They Tried to Stick Florida with Disney's Billion-Dollar Debt, Then DeSantis Delivers the Bad News

  30-04-2022 20:00
  
  How much is a child’s mind worth? Disney may be betting that it’s worth more than Gov. Ron DeSantis is willing to pay. It’s a bad bet. For DeSantis, and for the great majority of Americans, a child’s mind is priceless.
  Reedy Creek Improvement District, Disney’s self-governing special district, is arguing that Florida’s move to do away with the law that permits it to operate would come at a great price, Newsweek reported.
  The legislation, implemented in 1967, i
  
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• Republicans Roll Out Plan to 'Immediately' Halt Biden's 'Ministry of Truth'

  30-04-2022 19:30
  
  If Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado has her way, Congress will put an end the Biden administration’s effort to equate the truth with whatever it might want it to be.
  Earlier this week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed the existence of the Disinformation Governance Board, according to The Washington Post.
  “We have just established a mis- and disinformation governance board in the Department of Homeland Security to more effectively combat this thre
  
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• White House Tries to Fix Latest Biden Gaffe, Official Transcript Still Looks Like a Jumble of Nonsense

  30-04-2022 19:01
  
  It’s gotten to the point where, when the White House alters the official transcripts of President Joe Biden’s word-jumble gaffes, even they can’t make them look any better.
  On Thursday, the president spoke from the White House about the administration’s request to Congress for additional funding to support Ukraine, both for military and humanitarian assistance. This shouldn’t be a hard pitch — but here we are talking about it, so you know things didn’t g
  
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• A former Idaho state lawmaker is convicted of raping a legislative intern

  30-04-2022 18:09 via cnn.com
  
  A former Idaho state lawmaker was found guilty Friday of raping a state legislative intern in 2021.
  
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• Musk Shuts Down AOC in Brutal Public Confrontation: 'Stop Hitting on Me'

  30-04-2022 18:07
  
  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ was in a state of great agitation on Friday afternoon. News of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter on Monday had hit the congresswoman especially hard, triggering an inner turmoil she couldn’t seem to shake.
  Given the massive disparity between their IQs, one would think the Democratic socialist would stay away from trying to match wits with Musk, one of the most intelligent people on the planet. But her need for attention preva
  
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• Twitter's Woke Employees Outraged Over Elon Musk's Takeover, Reveal Their Biggest Fear

  30-04-2022 17:50
  
  Leaked records of Twitter’s internal communications reveal just how shrill and woke the company’s employees are, leaving little doubt as to how the social media giant became a bastion for group think, censorship and radical, left-wing bias.
  Twitter’s left-wing employees were outraged, of course, after the company’s board reversed its position and on Monday announced it had decided to accept Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the company.
  Musk’s mov
  
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• 'American Idol' Winner Admits There's a Warrant Out for His Arrest, Turns Himself In to Police

  30-04-2022 17:12
  
  Laine Hardy has gone from being one of the most popular “American Idol” winners in recent years to a man facing some very serious charges.
  According to the Lafayette, Louisana, Daily Advertiser, Hardy turned himself in to Louisiana State University Police on Friday after acknowledging there was a warrant out for his arrest.
  The 21-year-old Hardy, who won the 2019 season of the show, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges he bugged his ex-girlfriend’s dorm roo
  
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• Elon Musk wants end-to-end encryption for Twitter DMs. It may not be that simple

  30-04-2022 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Just two days after he announced he would buy Twitter, Elon Musk sent out a deluge of tweets about his plans for the social media platform. One stood out for its broad appeal.
  
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• Dog Stuck on 2nd Floor of Burning Home Makes Desperate Attempt to Escape as Flames Close In

  30-04-2022 16:15
  
  Justin Steinmetz was on his way to work Wednesday morning, passing through Berks County, Pennsylvania, when he saw a house on fire.
  Steinmetz, being a good Samaritan, stopped his car and ran to the house, banging on the door and trying to alert the inhabitants — but the parents were at work, and the kids were at school.
  However, two dogs and two cats were in the burning building.
  Getting no response at the house, Steinmetz quickly alerted neighbors, directed someone to call 911, and attemp
  
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• Man Crossing Waterfall Sets Off Major Rescue Effort After Water Rises, Trapping Him on Rocks

  30-04-2022 16:06
  
  A man found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time on Thursday when he decided to cross a waterfall between Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.
  When he first started to cross Great Falls, the water was low — however, a dam upriver was opened, and the water level rose significantly in a short period of time, trapping him on the rocks.
  Once first responders were notified, they contacted officials to see if the dam could be shut to aid in their rescue, but operators told them that it would take
  
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• Report: 9,000 Drone Incursions Into US Airspace Recorded; Reconnaissance Conducted on American Forces

  30-04-2022 16:01
  
  America is being spied upon by an enemy just across its southern border, according to a new report.
  A report from Judicial Watch that cites an unnamed senior Homeland Security official said Mexican drug cartels have launched more than 9,000 drone flights into America over the past year.
  The drones are sent to spy on law enforcement and related security operations in the Texas area, the official said.
  Border Patrol agents have grabbed some of the drones and are trying to probe their technology to
  
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• Elon Musk’s no good, very bad meme shows how out of touch he is with political reality

  30-04-2022 13:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk sure loves memes. The billionaire and maybe Twitter boss has tweeted about AOC, polarization and Joe Rogan. But does he know what he's talking about?
  
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• Ikea's restaurants were failing. Then it turned to Swedish meatballs

  30-04-2022 11:30 via cnn.com
  
  Ikea is known for sprawling showrooms, cheap flat-pack furniture and, of course, Swedish meatballs.
  
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• Over 40 million people are under severe storm threats

  30-04-2022 11:01 via cnn.com
  
  Two separate weather systems will bring severe storms to more than a dozen states this weekend, some of the same ones that were hit Friday night.
  
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• Fauci's mealymouthed Covid assessment gave Fox News what it wants

  30-04-2022 10:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci Covid-19 comments to PBS that we're 'out of the pandemic phrase' should change behavior on vaccines, masks and other preventative measures.
  
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• Pro-crypto cash floods Democratic primaries, rankling some lawmakers

  30-04-2022 10:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath have $2 million in cryptocurrency backing flood their primary fight.
  
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• DeWine, once a bipartisan favorite, faces re-election hurdle in raucous GOP primary

  30-04-2022 10:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine faces three re-election opponents in Tuesday’s GOP primary. John Cranley and Nan Whaley are competing for the Democratic nomination.
  
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• 11-foot alligator blocks traffic on Florida highway

  30-04-2022 08:02 via cnn.com
  
  Just when you thought rush hour couldn't get any worse.
  
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• Lawsuit claims Brian Laundrie's parents knew 'whereabouts' of Gabby Petito's body when they went on vacation

  30-04-2022 04:04 via cnn.com
  
  In an amendment to their lawsuit filed earlier this spring, Gabby Petito's parents allege during the search for the young woman, Brian Laundrie's parents knew their son had killed her and knew "the whereabouts of her body."
  
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• DOJ files challenge to Alabama law that makes it a felony to administer gender-affirming health care to minors

  30-04-2022 03:58 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department on Friday challenged an Alabama law that makes it a felony for a doctor to administer gender-affirming health care to minors.
  
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• Police are searching for a coyote after it attacked and injured a girl in California

  30-04-2022 02:02 via cnn.com
  
  A search is underway for a coyote after it attacked and injured a young girl in Huntington Beach, California, Thursday night, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD).
  
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• Opinion: What the January 6 committee's eight hearings could accomplish

  30-04-2022 02:00 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee investigating January 6 announced that it will hold eight hearings in June -- but will they manage to change public opinion, spur a criminal referral and pressure the Department of Justice to pursue its own investigation?
  
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• New Jill Biden Book Flops, Registers Microscopic Number of Sales in First Week

  30-04-2022 01:23
  
  A new book about first lady Jill Biden has been greeted with a yawn by the American public.
  Sales of “Jill: A Biography of the First Lady” have been so low that The Washington Free Beacon used the phrase “Doctor Dud” in the headline of its report on the book.
  All of 250 copies of “Jill” were sold in its first week on the market.
  The book was cited in a Friday report from Politico about the rather boring nature of the Biden administration.
  According to the repo
  
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• Californians Ordered to Conserve Water; Cities Told to Enforce This Edict or Face the Consequences

  30-04-2022 00:57
  
  There’s a drought in Southern California, so Gov. Gavin Newsom asked for a 15 percent voluntary reduction of household water usage.
  But a big water supplier to the area has gone further — it says local water districts must reduce water consumption or face fines, KCRA reported.
  “We don’t have enough water supplies right now to meet normal demand. The water is not there,” according to Rebecca Kimitch, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cali
  
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• Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's attempt to have her conviction on sex trafficking charges dropped

  30-04-2022 00:50 via cnn.com
  
  A request by Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys to have her sex trafficking convictions dropped has been denied.
  
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• 4 Florida corrections officers are charged in the alleged beating death of an inmate

  30-04-2022 00:36 via cnn.com
  
  Four Florida Department of Corrections officers have been arrested in the alleged beating death in February of an inmate at a prison south of Miami, authorities said.
  
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• This was the week Democrats realized how bad 2022 is going to get

  30-04-2022 00:30 via cnn.com
  
  For months now, one thing has been pretty clear: Democrats are headed for an absolutely brutal midterm election unless something BIG changes and QUICKLY.
  
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• Analysis: This was the week Democrats realized how bad 2022 is going to get

  30-04-2022 00:30 via cnn.com
  
  For months now, one thing has been pretty clear: Democrats are headed for an absolutely brutal midterm election unless something BIG changes and QUICKLY.
  
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• Study Confirms What We Knew All Along: Look What's Happening in Areas with High Gun Ownership

  30-04-2022 00:18
  
  A study finds that neighborhoods with fewer gun permits issued to residents have higher numbers of burglaries, and it’s a statistic that seems to just make common sense.
  Seeming to confirm the old adage that “an armed society is a polite society,” the newest study from the National Bureau of Economic Research took a look at a public database containing information on Tennessee’s concealed carry handgun permit holders and then cross-checked that list to reports of burglari
  
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• Op-Ed: If Democrats Can Win Elections Fair and Square, They Should Have No Problem with GOP's Plans

  30-04-2022 00:13
  
  With the 2022 midterm elections fast approaching, voter fraud may not be far behind. And Republicans have taken action to protect election integrity.
  In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans recently passed far-reaching election reforms, creating a law enforcement agency to tackle voter fraud.
  In Georgia, lawmakers passed bills requiring photo identification in order to vote. Additionally, law enforcement officers now have more bandwidth to investigate allegations of electio
  
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