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• Woman Being Kidnapped Fears for Life Until Driver Notices and Pulls Over: 'God, You Sent Me an Angel'

  14-05-2022 22:50
  
  On Sunday evening, 37-year-old mother Zayra Mendoza was walking home from work in Birmingham, Massachusetts, when she realized a man was following her.
  He quickly caught up to the petite woman and grabbed her. The two struggled and the man ripped off her top. Though Mendoza tried to break free and run, she couldn’t.
  “When I looked, the man was right on top of me,” Mendoza recalled through a translator, according to ABC News. “I thought this man is going to rape me, going
  
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• Britney Spears says she has lost her baby, a month after announcing pregnancy

  14-05-2022 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Britney Spears announced that she has lost her baby, posting the news in a statement on her Instagram account Saturday.
  
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• Demonic? Dem Rep Says Women Need to Be Able to Kill Babies to Deal with Inflation

  14-05-2022 22:20
  
  Struggling to deal with inflation? Kill more babies, a Democratic representative in a California swing district says.
  Appearing on MSNBC (because of course), Democratic Rep. Katie Porter insisted that abortion and inflation were linked issues, telling Lawrence O’Donnell that women “need to be able to be in charge of how many mouths they’re going to have to feed.”
  (As the Supreme Court prepares to release its official opinion on Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, we’ll
  
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• After Thousands Cry Foul, White House Admits It 'Misstated' Claim About Biden and Vaccines

  14-05-2022 22:03
  
  The White House backtracked Saturday from its Friday claims that there was no COVID-19 vaccine available in the United States when President Joe Biden took office.
  “We previously misstated that vaccines were unavailable in January 2021. We should have said that they were not widely available,” the White House wrote in a Saturday tweet. “Vaccines became available shortly before the President came into office. Since then, he’s responsible for fully vaccinating over 200 mill
  
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• Fights over school boards share ballot with North Carolina's Senate primary

  14-05-2022 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  North Carolina's Senate race is among the most competitive in the nation this year. But voters across the state are also weighing in on highly contested school board races fueled by parents who felt voiceless throughout the pandemic and a conservative focus on how topics like race and sex are taught in public schools.
  
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• Mass shooting leaves 17 injured in Milwaukee near NBA playoff game

  14-05-2022 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A mass shooting in downtown Milwaukee left 17 people wounded late Friday shortly after fans left a nearby NBA playoff game, according to the Milwaukee Police De
  
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• George P. Bush Attacks Ken Paxton For Mask, CRT Lawsuits: I'd Be 'Staying Out of the Courthouse' as AG

  14-05-2022 21:44
  
  It sounds like he’s running for the wrong office.
  Texas Attorney General candidate George P. Bush revealed that he plans on “staying out of the courthouse” if elected as Texas’ top prosecutor.
  Bush was speaking to a Texas teacher on Wednesday. He is challenging incumbent Ken Paxton in the Republican primary.
  Bush criticized Paxton’s lawsuits against mask and vaccination mandates in schools.
  He said that he opposes critical race theory, but questioned the idea that t
  
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• Breaking: At Least 10 Dead in Buffalo, NY Grocery Shooting, Killer Reportedly Wore Body Armor - Developing

  14-05-2022 21:38
  
  A gunman sporting a rifle and body armor opened fire in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing at least 10 people before being taken into custody on Saturday afternoon, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
  Details on the number of additional people shot at the Tops Friendly Market and their conditions weren’t immediately available. The two officials were not permitted to speak publicly on the matter and did so on condition of anonymity.
  Investigators believe the man ma
  
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• Woman Arrested for Aggravated Animal Cruelty Admits to Shooting Her Own Dogs with a BB Gun 173 Times

  14-05-2022 21:35
  
  There are plenty of ways to encourage dogs to stop unwanted behaviors, and different methods work for different dogs.
  Some tools and aversives are controversial, but there is one method that no sane dog lover would support: shooting a dog with a BB gun.
  Sadly, that’s what two dogs from Spring Hill, Florida, suffered when their owner, Jamie Kujawa, was tired of them trying to dig under the fence and escape. (Is it any wonder they were trying to get out?)
  Authorities first showed up at
  
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• Melania Trump Breaks Year-Long Public Silence to Call Out 'Leadership' Over 'Heartbreaking' Formula Shortage

  14-05-2022 21:19
  
  Former first lady Melania Trump, who spent her time in the White House calling attention to children the world forgot, said America’s infant formula shortage is “heartbreaking.”
  Trump sat down with Pete Hegseth of Fox News for what is being reported as her first interview since leaving the White House, the Washington Examiner reported. The interview will air Sunday. Fox posted a clip of the interview on Friday.
  “I think it’s sad to see what’s going on if you r
  
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• Private Jet Owned by Climate Alarmist Elon Musk Takes Flight of Just 31 Miles

  14-05-2022 20:44
  
  Stop it! Stop the climate change!
  So says offbeat entrepreneur Elon Musk. Bill Gates, too — he’s so alarmed about the climate that he says we need to get rid of cows and eat plastic meat. Or something.
  But why believe these guys? Both indulge in what Gates calls a “guilty pleasure.” Despite what they preach, Musk and Gates travel in private jets.
  Last week, Musk’s jet was tracked — on Twitter, no less — flying from San Jose, California, to San Francisco.
  
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• Parents' Group Speaks Out After Reportedly Being Targeted by FBI, Merrick Garland as Terrorist 'Threats'

  14-05-2022 20:32
  
  The head of a parents’ organization — consisting mostly of concerned mothers — that was reportedly targeted by Attorney General Merrick Garland’s FBI said Garland himself is “the terrorist.”
  Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice told the Daily Caller she was concerned investigations into the group’s members might “intimate our moms” in a piece published Friday.
  The remarks came two days after House Republicans said they’d found sm
  
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• Nationwide protests draw thousands in support of abortion rights

  14-05-2022 20:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tens of thousands of demonstrators are taking the streets in hundreds of protests across the country Saturday to defend abortion rights following a leaked Supre
  
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• White House hires lawyer as it braces for potential GOP investigations after midterms

  14-05-2022 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  The White House has hired Richard Sauber to assist in the Biden administration's response to potential future investigations should Republicans win back majorities in Congress in the midterm elections, officials confirm to CNN.
  
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• Clarence Thomas Speaks Out on Supreme Court Leak: 'It Changes the Institution Forever'

  14-05-2022 19:29
  
  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday that the leak of a draft opinion that could lead to overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion has severely damaged the court.
  “I do think that what happened at the court is tremendously bad… I wonder how long we’re going to have these institutions at the rate we’re undermining them,” Thomas said at the Old Parkland Conference, according to Fox News.
  He repeated the concern and elaborated further i
  
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• Kamala Harris to lead US delegation to UAE following death of Emirati president

  14-05-2022 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris will make a trip to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, leading a presidential delegation to express in-person condolences on the death of the country's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
  
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• Look What Camera Caught Bernie Sanders Doing on an Airplane

  14-05-2022 18:47
  
  When the prolier-than-thou socialist politician with a multimillion-dollar net worth and several different properties is flying to stump for another socialist politician, you can’t expect the man to fly in coach with the riffraff.
  So, when Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders — the self-declared socialist who came ridiculously close to garnering the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2020, at least considering how far left he skews — flew to speak on behalf
  
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• Judge blocks Alabama restrictions on certain gender-affirming treatments for trans youth

  14-05-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge has partially blocked an Alabama law that restricts gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors.
  
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• Republicans and Democrats alike go after Mastriano in Pennsylvania governor's race

  14-05-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  The message was blunt to Pennsylvania Republicans in the closing days before the May 17 primary: Don't pick someone who can't win.
  
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• Car Thieves Are Using a New Tactic to Target Vehicles with Keyless Entry, Experts Warn

  14-05-2022 17:48
  
  Car thieves are turning to a two-person system that, with the help of technology, allows them to pop the locks on cars with keyless entry and then – if the vehicle has keyless start – drive off.
  “They’re very bold,”  Jason Flenniken of south Austin, Texas said, according to WOIA-TV.
  Flenniken said his neighborhood has been hit by thieves using what are known as relay devices to get into locked vehicles.
  “There were at least three people that were roaming
  
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• Twitter Users, Others Criticize Bette Midler Over Her 'Cruel and Insensitive' Take on Baby Formula Shortage

  14-05-2022 17:17
  
  Bette Midler’s solution to America’s baby formula crisis has caused outrage across the Twittersphere this week in what critics say was a tone-deaf suggestion by the actress and singer.
  “TRY BREASTFEEEDING! It’s free and available on demand,” Midler tweeted Thursday.TRY BREASTFEEEDING! It’s free and available on demand. https://t.co/15xetgg1ps
  — bettemidler (@BetteMidler) May 12, 2022Ilyse Hogue, president of the social impact organization Purpose, helped
  
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• Snooty Fashion Mag Tries to Wage War on British Bar Owner, Ends up Crying Uncle After Owner Beats Them at Their Own Game

  14-05-2022 17:14
  
  The owner of a rural English pub says he was asked to change the bar’s name by a fashion magazine because of the village where it’s located: Vogue.
  Mark Graham, who runs the Star Inn at Vogue, said he received a letter from British Vogue publisher Conde Nast, saying the name could “cause problems” because members of the public might confuse the two businesses.
  He said the letter from Sabine Vandenbroucke, chief operating officer of Conde Nast Britain, asked if he would ch
  
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• Justice Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court

  14-05-2022 17:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.
  
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• Fact check: Deceptive attack ad from Oz allies falsely depicts Barnette's positions on BLM, race and policing

  14-05-2022 15:06 via cnn.com
  
  A super PAC supporting Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and prominent candidate in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary, has released an attack ad that wildly distorts the past remarks and positions of Kathy Barnette, a party rival who is surging in late-campaign polls.
  
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• 4 reasons the economy looks like it's crumbling — and what to do about it

  14-05-2022 14:59 via cnn.com
  
  The American economy is super weird right now.
  
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• Trump endorses Mastriano in Pennsylvania GOP governor's race

  14-05-2022 14:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for governor, putting a last-minute seal of approval.
  
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• He thought he was logging in to his cryptocurrency account. Then hackers stole his life savings.

  14-05-2022 12:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Last Christmas, Philip Martin sat down at his computer to check his cryptocurrency balance. Before he knew what was happening, hackers stole his life savings.
  
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• Why people hated shopping carts when they first came out

  14-05-2022 12:00 via cnn.com
  
  We live in a world shaped by shopping carts. The ubiquitous, unloved contraptions are a key feature of US economy. (Yes, really.)
  
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• How Joe Biden went from predicting a Republican 'epiphany' to declaring war on the 'MAGA Party'

  14-05-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Three years ago, candidate Joe Biden boldly predicted that once he defeated Donald Trump, Republicans would have an “epiphany,” free themselves
  
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• How a push for equity turned Detroit into a dead zone for legal weed

  14-05-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  While legal marijuana businesses thrive in Michigan, the city of Detroit has not yet allowed any recreational cannabis shops to open.
  
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• Fossils of a dinosaur that inspired 'Jurassic Park' sold for over $12M

  14-05-2022 10:00 via cnn.com
  
  His name is "Hector," he's over 100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12 million in auction at Christie's.
  
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• Fossils of a dinosaur that inspired 'Jurassic Park' sold for over $12 million

  14-05-2022 10:00 via cnn.com
  
  His name is "Hector," he's over 100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12 million in auction at Christie's.
  
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• Indiana police are still working to identify boy found dead in a suitcase

  14-05-2022 09:00 via cnn.com
  
  Indiana officials are still trying to identify a child whose body was found last month inside a suitcase in a heavily wooded area in southern Indiana.
  
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• SWAT officer saves an unresponsive baby by performing CPR

  14-05-2022 08:16 via cnn.com
  
  An Atlanta police officer saved an unresponsive 4-month-old baby after performing CPR on him Friday, the department said.
  
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• $22,500 reward offered for escaped murderer who attacked driver of Texas prison bus

  14-05-2022 07:54 via cnn.com
  
  An escaped murderer with alleged ties to the Mexican mafia was added Friday to the Texas most-wanted fugitives list as more than 300 law enforcement personnel searched for the man who fled from a prison bus Thursday after breaking out of his restraints and attacking an officer.
  
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• Forget Not Graduating: 4 Air Force Cadets Get Even Worse News After Refusing COVID Vaccine

  14-05-2022 06:24
  
  Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers this month because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials.
  It’s the only military academy, so far, where cadets may face such penalties. The Army and Navy said that as of now, not one of their seniors is being prevented from graduating at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Ne
  
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• Dallas salon owner believes shooting a hate crime: 'He didn’t even demand money. He just came in to shoot people'

  14-05-2022 03:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  A shooting at a Dallas hair salon that injured three women of Korean descent may be part of a string of shootings targeting Asian businesses, police said Friday
  
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• Op-Ed: Xi Jinping Is Watching Putin to Decide When to Attack Taiwan

  14-05-2022 03:21
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping is watching Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine to decide when to attack Taiwan. At this point that decision is made, but the timing won’t be settled until this fall and before President Joe Biden leaves the White House.
  Let me untangle some issues that will dictate Beijing’s timing for its assault on Taiwan: Xi’s enemies and economic challenges, Biden’s green light indicators for Putin’s war, a growing list of battle
  
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• GOP laughs off Biden’s 'ultra-MAGA' attack, calling it 'hilarious'

  14-05-2022 02:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Ultra MAGA.” “MAGA King.” President Joe Biden, who dodged the words “Donald Trump” for more than a year, has suddenly integrated the Trump political movement
  
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• Op-Ed: Educators Need to Know They Aren't Students' Parents

  14-05-2022 01:23
  
  This may be news to some educators, but they aren’t their students’ parents.
  It shouldn’t be surprising. However, some teachers, administrators and board of education members continue to try to circumvent parents’ right to know what their children are being taught.
  In a recent example, a parent of a child at Fairfax High School in Virginia asked to attend a U.S. Department of Justice program held at the school. The DOJ School-Student Problem Identification and Resolution
  
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• Convicted Killer On the Loose After Stabbing Prison Bus Driver and Escaping in Rural Texas

  14-05-2022 01:07
  
  A prison bus traveling from a prison in Gatesville to Huntsville in Leon County, Texas, crashed Thursday after an inmate managed to free himself from his shackles, attack the driver and flee from the vehicle.
  Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was convicted of capital murder and attempted murder in 2006 and has been serving a life sentence ever since.
  On Thursday, while being transported to a medical appointment, he somehow freed himself and got into the driver’s compartment, stabbing the driver — a
  
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• Mainstream Media Fact-Checkers Bury White House Over 'Clearly False' Claim About Biden's First Day in Office

  14-05-2022 01:01
  
  President Joe Biden’s latest attempt to rewrite the history of the Trump administration‘s response to COVID-19 crashed and burned Friday.
  In praising Biden, the official White House Twitter account insisted that when he was sworn in, “there was no vaccine available.”When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available.
  In the last 15 months, the economy has created 8.3M jobs and the unemployment rate stands at 3.6% — the fast
  
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• Babies Can't Eat in Biden's USA, But House Is Giving Its Staff Free Peloton Memberships Paid for by You

  14-05-2022 00:44
  
  Many Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities under the Biden administration. Meanwhile, members of the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives are spending unnecessary money on their staffers.
  Sure, elected officials are supposed to represent their constituents, so one would think congressmen would be concerned that Americans cannot afford gas or find baby formula. But it appears the House of Representatives has other priorities.
  According to FOX Business, the House is planning
  
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• Army Reveals New Weapon Intended to Become Standard-Issue Rifle in Combat Force

  14-05-2022 00:38
  
  The Army has revealed the weapon intended to replace the M4 carbine in front-line combat units.
  The branch announced a 10-year, $20.4- million contract to Sig Sauer to produce two weapons it’s calling the next-generation squad weapons at the end of April, according to a U.S. Army Public Affairs press release.
  The weapons are the XM5 rifle and the XM250 automatic rifle. The former is intended for individual soldiers, and the latter is intended as a replacement for squad automatic weapons li
  
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• This key step to getting Covid-19 under control isn’t getting enough attention (or money)

  14-05-2022 00:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  World leaders at the White House global Covid-19 summit focused on vaccine equity, but they also needed to talk more about investing in ways to reduce exposures.
  
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• Op-Ed: I'm Furious the Black Community Is Being Used to Perpetrate an Attack Against Americans

  14-05-2022 00:35
  
  Something maniacal was unleashed in the wake of the leaked draft opinion detailing the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
  This frightening new obscenity is more insidious and deadly than Jim Crow ever was. I join many others who are furious that the black community is yet again being used to perpetrate a terroristic attack against the people of America.
  It is the elites who are calling for women to take it to the streets — to protest the potential reversal of a decision that h
  
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• Analysis: Georgia is Donald Trump's Achilles' heel

  14-05-2022 00:30 via cnn.com
  
  • GOP eyes Pelosi as party weighs payback for January 6 subpoenas
  • Opinion: Katie Porter said the words every Democrat in America needs to hear
  • This GOP candidate is rising in the polls. Hear her past bigoted comments
  
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• DeSantis taps self-described 'Florida gun lawyer' to oversee elections

  14-05-2022 00:28 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has put in charge of the state's election systems a deeply conservative state lawmaker who has championed legislation to ban so-called sanctuary cities and calls himself the "Florida gun lawyer."
  
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• Video: Black Native African Forced to Stand in Back of WH Briefing Room Heckles Psaki on Her Final Day

  14-05-2022 00:23
  
  Jen Psaki’s final day as White House press secretary was an unmitigated disaster.
  In one fell swoop, with one simple question shouted from across the news briefing room, the Biden administration’s credibility on “racial equity” and “anti-racism” was utterly torn asunder.
  As Psaki was finishing up her final day — thanking the administration and White House reporters while fighting back tears — Simon Ateba, the chief White House correspondent for Tod
  
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