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• TikTok star shares her breastfeeding journey and excess milk to help others during the baby formula shortage

  02-06-2022 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  With no end in sight to the baby formula shortage, lifestyle content creator and new mom Lucie Fink is stepping up to help babies in need. She's donating her excess breast milk, and she credits her TikTok and Instagram followers with inspiring her to help.
  
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• Ehrlich: Our Country Has Gone Off the Rails and Democrats Could Make Things Even Worse

  02-06-2022 23:43
  
  Wherever I go, THE QUESTION is increasingly asked: What is the ultimate goal here?
  This query refers to the left’s 18-month all-in experiment in woke-gone-wild federal pre-emption and spending like drunken sailors — with the usual apology to drunken sailors.
  To be sure, the experiment has been, shall we say, less than successful. A more brutal assessment: The country has gone off the rails.
  The humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan still haunts us. Inflation is waging war on the wo
  
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• Border Patrol Captures Ten Convicted Sex Offenders Infiltrating America in Three Days

  02-06-2022 23:41
  
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended a large number of convicted sex offenders on the southern border in just three short days.
  The United States Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz revealed that his personnel arrested the felons in a tweet last week.
  Ortiz revealed that Border Patrol agents had arrested ten different sex offenders in the three-day period.3-Day Recap!– 131 lbs. of Fentanyl– 26 lbs. of Heroin– 13 lbs. of Meth– 22 Water Rescues– 18 Large Groups,
  
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• Trump Throws His Support Behind 'One of the Most Successful Businessmen and Investors in the Country' in Crucial Senate Race

  02-06-2022 23:25
  
  The Arizona Senate race could prove to be one of the most important races in the country when it comes to determining the balance of the United States Senate for the next two years.
  On Thursday, former President Donald Trump finally announced who he was endorsing in the race: 35-year-old businessman Blake Masters.
  “Blake Masters is one of the most successful businessmen and investors in the Country, having led a multibillion-dollar firm that invests in new technology and many other emergin
  
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• Amber Heard Cements Place in History, Expert Says Verdict Was 'the End of #MeToo'

  02-06-2022 23:11
  
  Shakespeare’s Macbeth loved his wife. Lady Macbeth loved her husband. We know this from Macbeth’s letter in Act I. Their love, in a large sense, is what makes the play a tragedy.
  The story of once-upon-a-time Hollywood power couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard isn’t so much a tragedy as a horror story.
  On Wednesday, a jury in Fairfax, Virginia, found Heard had defamed Depp in a 2018 Op-Ed published by The Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure r
  
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• ER Doctor Credits God for Miracle Recovery of Woman on Brink of Death

  02-06-2022 23:06
  
  Lorraine Besson is a firm believer in miracles. She claims she is one, after a series of life-changing events she experienced in March 2016.
  “I know that Jesus is alive and well today and that He does still do miracles,” Lorraine Besson told the Christian Broadcasting Network. “I’m proof of that. I should not be sitting here telling you my story. It was only through the intervention of God. He had his hand on it from the beginning to the end, from the ambulance all the wa
  
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• Biden Is Recklessly Giving Ukraine Weapons That Could Start WW3

  02-06-2022 22:41
  
  While Russia’s war on Ukraine progresses, the Biden administration has been supplying Ukraine with funds and weapons. However, the newest round of weapons could make tensions worse.
  In an op-ed published by the New York Times on May 31, President Joe Biden clarified that the U.S. will now be sending advanced rocket systems and munitions.
  This is all part of the broader $700 million weapons package for Ukraine. In addition to the rocket systems, the U.S. will also be sending Javelin anti-ta
  
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• Canadians are willing to fete their queen on her jubilee, but not her children

  02-06-2022 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth in Platinum Jubilee as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, reconsider. 70 years hasn't earned Charles, Camilla and William the same respect.
  
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• Gas prices are skyrocketing. Here's why people haven't cut back on spending - yet

  02-06-2022 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Soaring gas prices have done little to slow US drivers' purchases at the pump. But they could start to spend less on other goods and services, which would be a strong headwind for an increasingly shaky US economy, experts say.
  
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• Trump endorses Blake Masters in Arizona GOP Senate primary

  02-06-2022 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Arizona Senate hopeful Blake Masters in a move that aides believe will give the Republican significant momentum ahead of the state's August primary.
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Dissects Biden's Entire Presidency in Just a Single Sentence

  02-06-2022 22:18
  
  When it comes to dissecting Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency, Kellyanne Conway will be tough to beat.
  The former adviser to President Donald Trump, and a key reason he defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, had a chance Thursday during an appearance on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” to explain the manifold failures of an administration Americans have been dealing with for a year and a half.
  It was as perceptive as it was pitiless.
  The sentence
  
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• What studies reveal about gun ownership in the US

  02-06-2022 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  As the nation continues to endure devastating mass shootings and increasing homicide rates, guns remain a fixture of American culture.
  
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• Editors Add a Big Notice to the Amber Heard Op-Ed That Started It All

  02-06-2022 21:52
  
  Johnny Depp secured a stunning legal victory in a defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday.
  Heard had implied Depp committed domestic violence and physical abuse during their two-year marriage in a 2018 Washington Post article.
  A jury decided that Heard’s claims constituted defamation at the end of a dramatic civil trial that saw dueling claims of abuse from both actors.
  Now, the establishment media outlet that carried the allegations is slapping a note on the original
  
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• Struggling CNN Makes Strategy Change in Order to Stop 'Alarming' Viewers

  02-06-2022 21:40
  
  CNN will limit the use of its “breaking news” banner in line with planned updates to its editorial guidelines, the network’s new top executive announced Thursday, likely the most visible of CNN’s planned changes to its overall approach to news coverage.
  Individuals within and outside the organization have complained that the news network uses the banner excessively, CEO Chris Licht wrote in a Thursday memo to staff.
  “It has become such a fixture on every channel and
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Announces Plan for 'Assault Weapons' Ban

  02-06-2022 21:22
  
  House Democrats will consider legislation prohibiting “assault weapons,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday at a San Francisco anti-gun violence event.
  The Democratic-majority lower chamber of Congress will also work on laws that would better inform people when an active shooter situation breaks out, Pelosi said, according to National Review.
  “And then, as we get through those, we will be having a hearing and marking up the assault weapon ban,” Pelosi said. “
  
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• Cleanup Crew

  02-06-2022 21:08
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• Woke NASCAR Kicks Off 'Pride Month' with an Apology to LGBT Community

  02-06-2022 20:56
  
  Of all the American businesses and organizations moving to cater to the woke left, NASCAR once seemed to be among the least likely. The stock car racing company long marketed itself to Heartland Americans, an overwhelming majority of whom are conservative.
  But that has changed in recent years as NASCAR has fallen victim to the left’s lies.
  On Wednesday, the very first day of “pride month,” the organization continued this troubling trend with an apology to and a celebration of h
  
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• Found on Laptop: Hunter Biden Posted Videos to Site Widely Known for Human Trafficking

  02-06-2022 20:32
  
  When you consume and produce porn, you’re incentivizing prostitution, rape and the sex trafficking of women and children.
  It’s as simple as that.
  Thanks to a Wednesday report from the U.K. Daily Mail, we now know that Hunter Biden was involved with both on the infamous and highly-trafficked pornography site “Pornhub.”
  According to the Daily Mail’s report — which featured the search history found on the laptop Hunter Biden had infamously abandoned at a Delaware
  
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• Michael Avenatti's Legal Problems Get Even Worse as Disgraced Lawyer Learns His Next Prison Sentence

  02-06-2022 20:23
  
  It’s going to be a while before Michael Avenatti gets out of federal prison.
  The disgraced lawyer and cable news star received a four-year sentence for defrauding Stormy Daniels on Thursday, Fox News reported.
  Avenatti was convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in February, with a federal court determining that the ex-lawyer had stolen $300,000 from Daniels, a high-profile client.
  Daniels, who retained Avenatti’s services in a legal battle against former President Dona
  
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• Op-Ed: Sussmann's Judge Took a Rule That Wouldn't Free a Drunk Driver and Used It to Help Him Get Off the Hook

  02-06-2022 19:54
  
  On Tuesday, much of the American nation — especially supporters of former President Donald J. Trump — were shocked at the full acquittal granted to Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyer, Michael J. Sussmann.
  Conservatives were furious, struggling to understand the acquittal. The other side of the political spectrum was likewise baffled when reports came out from legacy media outlets that admitted that Sussmann engaged in unethical and perhaps illegal behavior to benefit Clinton&rsq
  
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• Biden EPA to make it easier for states to block fossil fuel projects

  02-06-2022 19:30 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration unveiled a plan Thursday to undo Trump-era rule changes to a key section of the Clean Water Act, essentially giving states, territories and tribes more say on fossil fuel or industrial projects that could pollute their watersheds.
  
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• Tesla Owner Exposes Dark Secret About Electric Cars

  02-06-2022 19:16
  
  Economists have long understood that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but perhaps it’s time for electric-car enthusiasts to learn that lesson as well.
  While tree-huggers and leftists alike tout Teslas and other such vehicles as a panacea for the ills of fossil fuels, they ignore the devastating environmental wreckage the manufacture and use of these vehicles leave in their wake — even when it comes to something as simple as their tires.
  Brad Templeton, a senior contributo
  
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• AP Refers to Election Integrity Experts as 'Conspiracy Theorists' in Report on AZ Senate Hearing

  02-06-2022 18:57
  
  Establishment media outlets have sought to discredit the successful documentary film “2000 Mules” at every turn, so it came as no surprise when Arizona senators held a hearing with some of its stars that The Associated Press labeled them “conspiracy theorists.”
  True the Vote’s Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips, election integrity experts, worked with conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza to make the movie about alleged illicit conduct that took place du
  
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• Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes convictions upheld in New York

  02-06-2022 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Harvey Weinstein's criminal sex act and rape convictions have been upheld by a New York appellate court.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner's 5 Words On Lia Thomas Destroys Every Win Thomas Ever Had

  02-06-2022 18:45
  
  For a party that’s spent the last two years demanding Americans follow the science, Democrats have willfully ignored the science about transgenders. The reality is, despite years of “transitioning,” a biological male still maintains physical advantages in terms of muscle mass and bone density over biological women.
  This truth was recently reaffirmed by a group of doctors from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. And, in case the enlightened among us managed to block out The
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse Responds to Depp Verdict, Says It's 'Fueling' Him to Take New Action

  02-06-2022 18:36
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse indicated Wednesday that the verdict in the Johnny Depp defamation trial has spurred him to new action.
  In a pair of tweets, Rittenhouse offered some details.
  “I have a new announcement coming soon about my defamation cases, keep an eye on Fox News and [The Media Accountability Project] for more this week. Johnny Depp trial is just fueling me, you can fight back against the lies in the media, and you should!” he wrote.I have a new announcement coming soon about my de
  
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• 'Dirty Jobs' Host Mike Rowe Walks Into Barbershop for Haircut, What the Stylist Did Left Him Smiling

  02-06-2022 18:01
  
  When Mike Rowe needed a haircut, he made a leap across the generation gap that left him and the stylist happy.
  Rowe related the incident on his Facebook page on May 20, explaining that while he was in Charlotte, North Carolina, he examined the disheveled state of his appearance in the window of the CUT barbershop and decided he would invest $35 to appear more civilized.
  He then met stylist Allyssa Hagaman, and the repartee began, as Rowe recounted.
  “‘Would you prefer I use sciss
  
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• Surgery Patients Panic When Searing Pain Begins, Find Out They Were Given the Wrong IV

  02-06-2022 17:37
  
  They were supposed to be getting a strong painkiller for a simple but invasive procedure. Instead, they were getting saline.
  Now, after realizing what happened, thanks largely to a letter from the Department of Justice and a criminal investigation, dozens of women are suing the Yale University Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic for allegedly leaving them open to agony as they underwent a medical procedure.
  According to a Tuesday article in the Connecticut Post, the women say they
  
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• Elon Musk to workers: Return to the office, or else

  02-06-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is demanding that Tesla office workers return to in-person work or leave the company.
  
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• Elon Musk tells Tesla employees: Return to the office, or else

  02-06-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is demanding that Tesla office workers return to in-person work or leave the company.
  
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• Biden's FDA Placed Under Investigation as Baby Formula Crisis Rages

  02-06-2022 17:28
  
  With a documented five-month gap between the first findings of contamination at a major infant formula plant and the Food and Drug Administration’s action to close the plant, the FDA is now under the microscope itself to determine what went wrong.
  The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is beginning an audit of the actions that began with a September 2021 report of contamination and ended with a massive February recall of infant formula.
  Abbott Nutrition’s plant in
  
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• Hunter's Ex Relives Horrific Story: Living With Biden 'So Much Worse Than I Could Have Imagined'

  02-06-2022 17:09
  
  The Biden administration has an abusive relationship with the American people. Every day we are exposed to more lies, gaslighting, reckless spending, and cover-ups.
  Like father, like son. Hunter Biden once had a very similar dynamic going on with his now ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle.
  On June 14, Buhle is releasing “If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing,” a tell-all book about the sordid details of her life with Hunter.
  Divorce is a painful experience. It must have been
  
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• Biden Says He's Helpless to Bring Down Food and Gas Prices 'In the Near Term'

  02-06-2022 16:21
  
  Blaming the war in Ukraine for sky-high gas and food prices for Americans, President Joe Biden on Wednesday admitted his inability to do much about either.
  “There’s a lot going on right now but the idea we’re going to be able to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term. Nor is it with regard to food,” Biden said while speaking at the White House about the baby formula shortage, according to CNN.
  In March, Biden ordered the release of
  
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• Experts: Iran About to Have Nukes, Country Has 18x More Enriched Uranium Than Obama Deal Allowed

  02-06-2022 16:20
  
  Iran is on the cusp of having all the materials to build its first nuclear weapon, thanks in large part to the disastrous 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated by then-President Barack Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden.
  Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sounded the alarm during a May 17 speech at the Institute of Policy and Strategy at Reichman University in Israel.
  “It stands just a few weeks away from accumulating fissile material that will be sufficient for a first bomb, holds 60 k
  
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• Here's when to say 'no' at work

  02-06-2022 15:50 via cnn.com
  
  You've just volunteered to help show a new colleague the ropes. But now you're trying to figure out when you can actually make the time to fit it all in.
  
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• 4 Killed in Mass Shooting at Tulsa Hospital - Dead Suspect Identified as Black Male Between 35 and 40

  02-06-2022 14:56
  
  Four people were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday at a medical center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in what police said was a targeted attack. The gunman later killed himself, police said.
  “This wasn’t an individual who just decided he wanted to go find a hospital full of random people,” Capt. Richard Meulenberg of the Tulsa Police Department said, according to The New York Times. “He deliberately made a choice to come here, and his actions were deliberate.”
  Meulenberg wou
  
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• ‘Fire Island’ star Bowen Yang on how LGBTQ spaces can be unwelcoming for queer Asians

  02-06-2022 14:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Asian American queer rom-com “Fire Island” spotlights the power of queer Asian friendship — particularly in spaces that aren’t always inclusive of LGBTQ
  
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• Amber Heard Could Have Her Wages Garnished, May Have to File for Bankruptcy to Pay Depp Damages

  02-06-2022 14:43
  
  After losing a high-profile lawsuit brought by former husband Johnny Depp, actress Amber Heard may be in a bind in regards to how to pay damages — and she may be reduced to filing for bankruptcy, experts say.
  Depp was awarded $10.35 million in his civil suit against Heard after a jury found the actress had defamed her ex with malicious intent via a December commentary 2018 piece she published in The Washington Post.
  While it never mentioned Depp by name, the piece — in which Hea
  
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• Amber Heard's lawyer says 'lopsided' social media frenzy influenced jury, actor can't pay over $10M in damages

  02-06-2022 14:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amber Heard’s attorney said "lopsided" social media chatter and posts about the Johnny Depp defamation trial "influenced" the verdict and turned the courtroom into a "zoo."
  
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• Elon Musk tells Tesla workers to return to the office full time or resign

  02-06-2022 14:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk has told Tesla employees to come back into their respective offices at least 40 hours a week or leave the company.
  
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• U.S. Transportation Dept. lifts Trump-era restrictions on Cuba flights

  02-06-2022 14:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Transportation Department made it easier for Americans to travel to Cuba, lifting flight restrictions established during the Trump administration.
  
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• House Judiciary to vote on package of gun violence prevention measures

  02-06-2022 14:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House Judiciary Committee will meet Thursday to advance a package of gun violence prevention measures following several mass shootings across the country.
  
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• 'The Five,' Carlson, and Gutfeld Fuel Fox News' Ratings Trouncing of MSNBC and CNN

  02-06-2022 13:57
  
  Fox News dominated cable news rivals MSNBC and CNN in May, with its program “The Five” coming in as the network’s most popular.
  Fox averaged 1.5 million total viewers throughout the entire day compared to 634,000 for MSNBC and 500,000 for CNN, according to a Fox news release, citing Nielsen Media Research numbers.
  During the primetime hours of 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern, Fox averaged 2.3 million viewers, while MSNBC saw 1 million and CNN managed only  660,000, according to
  
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• Oil prices fall as OPEC considers pumping more to make up for Russia

  02-06-2022 11:22 via cnn.com
  
  Oil prices fell on Thursday on reports that OPEC could start to pump more crude to make up for a drop in Russian production caused by Western sanctions.
  
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• Potential for a high-profile flop looms over Biden administration's prep for next week's Summit of the Americas

  02-06-2022 11:06 via cnn.com
  
  Administration officials are still scrambling to secure attendees and prepare announcements for President Joe Biden to make just one week before he hosts Western Hemisphere leaders in Los Angeles for an important regional summit.
  
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• Postal Service sued for seizing Black Lives Matter masks during 2020 protests

  02-06-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  A California screen printer is suing the U.S.
  
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• From FDR to Clinton, the secret queer history of Washington D.C.

  02-06-2022 10:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  The existence and influence of LGBTQ people in our nation’s capital is as long as it is invisible.   A new book examines the unknown or barely known lives of
  
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• Dogs can detect Covid with high accuracy, even asymptomatic cases

  02-06-2022 10:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a new study, dogs accurately identified 97 percent of positive Covid cases after smelling human sweat samples.
  
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• 'Chicken-rice crisis' as Singapore's national dish hit by Malaysian export ban

  02-06-2022 09:04 via cnn.com
  
  Mohammad Jalehar was a teenager in the 1990s when he heard warnings about looming food and water shortages in Singapore.
  
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• Hot air balloon crash injures 3 in Wisconsin

  02-06-2022 08:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three people have life-threatening injuries after the hot air balloon they were in crashed in Wisconsin and may have collided with a train, officials said.
  
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