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• Person Supposedly Interviewed in Recent Mainstream Media Article Has Been Dead for Years

  12-06-2022 23:59
  
  On Thursday, a mainstream media outlet published an article detailing efforts from democrats to purchase Spanish-language radio stations in Florida. However, one of the sources it claimed to interview reportedly died two years ago.
  In the article from the Associated Press, the outlet detailed opposition from Cuban listeners in Miami to an effort to buy out some of their favorite stations.
  The Latino Media Network, founded by strategists from the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary
  
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• NFL Coach Deletes Twitter Account, Begins Apology Tour After Jan. 6-George Floyd Riots Comparison Costs Him Big

  12-06-2022 23:23
  
  Speaking his mind about the Capitol incursion has cost Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $100,000.
  Del Rio was fined after comparing the incursion with the vast damage done during riots that took place in the summer of 2020.
  Del Rio tweeted, “Would love to understand ‘the whole story’ about why the summer of riots, looting, burning and the destruction of personal property is never discussed but this is??? #CommonSense,” according to ESPN.
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• Sarah Palin Slated for Big Comeback with Victory in Special Election Primary

  12-06-2022 23:07
  
  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared to take one step forward in her political comeback Saturday with the latest results showing her atop the many candidates in the primary election for the House seat formerly held by Republican Don Young, who died in March.
  Under Alaska’s rules, the top four finishers in Saturday’s voting advance to an August special election to fill the remainder of Young’s term, which ends in January.
  Palin, a Republican who was the vice-presidential cand
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign manager, conservative election attorney will testify before January 6 committee on Monday

  12-06-2022 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien will be among the witnesses testifying Monday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the panel announced Sunday. Stepien will testify under subpoena, he told CNN.
  
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• CBP officers seize more than $330K in fentanyl at Hidalgo International Bridge

  12-06-2022 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted about $339,300 worth of suspected fentanyl at the Hidalgo International Bridge in Texas this week, according to a CBP news release.
  
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• Kim Foxx's Husband Alleges Violent Domestic Abuse, Released Police Reports Reveal

  12-06-2022 22:29
  
  Police were summoned to the home of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on June 4, to investigate allegations that she hit her husband during a domestic incident, according to a new report.
  Flossmoor Police Department records were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, according to CWB Chicago, a community-run news website. Kelley Foxx, the prosecutor’s husband, called the police.
  “While en route to the address, dispatch informed us the domestic was phy
  
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• This Professor Makes $100k a Year to Teach Your Kids: Listen to How Insane He Is

  12-06-2022 22:16
  
  The title of “university professor” used to really mean something. At one time, the profession carried a certain amount of weight and prestige.
  Nowadays, if you tell someone you’re a college professor, they’ll wonder whether or not you belong in a mental institution.
  That certainly seems to be a valid question when it comes to Patrick R. Grzanka, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
  Grzanka was interviewed by Mat
  
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• Rebranded McDonald's restaurants are unveiled in Russia

  12-06-2022 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  The golden arches and Big Mac may have gone, but Russians saw 15 McDonald's restaurants reopen on Sunday under new branding and ownership, according to its owner Alexander Nikolaevich Govor.
  
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• Watch AOC Struggle for 50 Seconds Straight to Keep from Endorsing Joe Biden for 2024

  12-06-2022 21:45
  
  Like a broken clock, even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets it right sometimes — it’s just for all the wrong reasons.
  That was on display on CNN Sunday, when “State the Union” host Dana Bash asked the Democratic socialist from New York if she would back would President Joe Biden if he decides to run for reelection in 2024.
  The next 50 seconds were almost painful to watch — especially for Joe Biden’s rapidly thinning fan base.
  “You know, if the president choo
  
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• Liz Cheney's Polling Collapses Going Into Jan. 6 Hearing as Challenger Boasts Literal 2:1 Lead

  12-06-2022 21:28
  
  Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming could be heading for a primary defeat at the hands of challenger Harriet Hageman if the Aug. 16 primary mirrors the results of a new poll.
  The poll from Fabrizio, Lee & Associates shows that Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has only 28 percent support.
  The poll was taken June 1 and June 2 — roughly a week before last week’s primetime hearing of the House panel investigating the Capitol incursion. The poll has a +/- 4
  
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• Girl, 9, Eaten Alive by Lice - Mom, Grandma Charged with 1st-Degree Murder

  12-06-2022 21:28
  
  Two Arizona women who were at first charged with child abuse have now been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl.
  The girl, who was not identified, died on March 22, according to KOLD-TV in Tucson.
  Based on the conditions in which she was found, her mother, Sandra Kraykovich, 38, and her grandmother, Elizabeth Kraykovich, 64, both Tucson residents, were originally charged with felony child abuse, before an autopsy was done or the investigation wa
  
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• Everyone Feared the Worst for Missing Infant After Parents Are Found Dead, 40 Years Later Cops Stumble Across a Miracle

  12-06-2022 21:10
  
  A baby who went missing 40 years ago when her parents were found murdered has finally been identified, located and introduced to her long-lost family.
  Holly Marie Clouse, the missing daughter of a couple found murdered in Texas in 1981, earned the nickname “Baby Holly” when Harold Dean Clouse and Tina Gail Clouse disappeared after moving from Florida to Texas, KHOU reported.
  The circumstances of the murders were strange, indeed.
  Police said that Baby Holly’s parents may have go
  
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• Attorney Out of a Job After Targeting Family Dog with Cruel Procedure in Plea Deal

  12-06-2022 21:00
  
  I try to be slow to condemn the bone-headed statements of others, because I know I often need some grace in that regard myself.
  But some people, in some situations, make it harder than it should be.
  Take, for example, what an unnamed North Carolina assistant district attorney in Graham County suggested in a plea deal regarding a noise ordinance violation for a barking dog.
  Michael Eddings told WLOS that his Great Pyrenees, Leo, has cost him more than $750 in citations and attorney fees because o
  
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• Georgia man kills daughter, then himself, after fatally shooting baby's mother and injuring grandmother

  12-06-2022 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  A man fatally shot his infant daughter before killing himself in Georgia on Sunday morning after kidnapping the baby from her mother, according to police.
  
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• Liquor Store Owner Gets Last Laugh, Reveals Thieves' First Swig from Stolen $4,200 Bottle Won't Be What They Expect

  12-06-2022 20:47
  
  Three thieves were caught on camera robbing what appeared to be an expensive bottle of liquor from a Houston, Texas, liquor store.
  Little did the men know what they were stealing was not the original $4,200 bottle they thought they were taking but an inexpensive decoy.
  The incident occurred on May 23 at around 2 p.m., according to the Houston Police Department, local outlet KRIV-TV reported.
  It began after three black men walked into the store located on block 2800 of Katy Freeway. The ordeal wa
  
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• New Discoveries on Shroud of Turin Directly Contradict 1988 Carbon Dating, Puts Roughly Around Judea Some 2,000 Years Ago

  12-06-2022 20:29
  
  A new report finds the Shroud of Turin dates back to the era of the earthly ministry of Jesus, contradicting 1988 evidence that dated the cloth as being centuries newer.
  A new scientific procedure says fabric in the shroud is about 2,000 years old, according to a Christian Broadcasting Network report last week.
  The study also analyzed traces of pollen on the shroud.
  “The pollen samples that were gathered they, a lot of them, are from plants that are native to not just the Middle East, but
  
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• New Discoveries on Shroud of Turin Directly Contradict 1988 Carbon Dating, Put It Roughly Around Judea Some 2,000 Years Ago

  12-06-2022 20:29
  
  A new report finds the Shroud of Turin dates back to the era of the earthly ministry of Jesus, contradicting 1988 evidence that dated the cloth as being centuries newer.
  A new scientific procedure says fabric in the shroud is about 2,000 years old, according to a Christian Broadcasting Network report last week.
  The study also analyzed traces of pollen on the shroud.
  “The pollen samples that were gathered they, a lot of them, are from plants that are native to not just the Middle East, but
  
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• Donald Trump may not be on the ballot, but his former officials are

  12-06-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's efforts to play kingmaker have had, up to this point, a mixed record of success in high-profile Republican primaries this year.
  
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• Analysis: Trump may not be on the ballot, but his former officials are

  12-06-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's efforts to play kingmaker have had, up to this point, a mixed record of success in high-profile Republican primaries this year.
  
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• Three Arrested in Fatal Beating of Teen at School Founded by LeBron James, Incident Started Over a Water Gun

  12-06-2022 20:20
  
  Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a 17-year-old boy who was killed in the parking lot of LeBron James’ I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, on June 2.
  20-year-old Deshawn Stafford Jr., 19-year-old Tyler Stafford and 21-year-old Donovon Jones were arrested on Saturday by the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and Akron Police, according to Fox News.
  “I am happy to report that today, officers with the Akron Police Department, made several
  
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• Breaking Report: Gun Legislation Deal Reached - Here Are the 10 GOP Senators Responsible

  12-06-2022 20:12
  
  A group of 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats reached a deal on new gun control legislation Sunday.
  The deal — being heralded as a “breakthrough” by various media outlets — will institute a number of provisions, including red flag laws and investments in mental health and school security, in hopes of preventing future gun violence.
  In its current form, the deal is a tentative agreement. A final bill has yet to be written or brought to Congress.
  However, with the support of a
  
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• Analysis: Apple may have to kill the Lightning port

  12-06-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
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• Analysis: Apple may finally have to kill the Lightning port

  12-06-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
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• Rover Snaps Picture of Strange Martian Formation; Image of Otherworldly 'Architecture' Sets Internet Ablaze

  12-06-2022 19:18
  
  The doorway to speculation is wide open after NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped an image that has captured wide interest on social media.
  The image appears to look like a doorway that could lead to some unexplained underground land.
  Many who have commented on the picture have offered their version of theories for what it represents.Oh, hey, look, that’s totally a little doorway for little aliens that totally exist, like, on Mars! pic.twitter.com/rSLQhZaNJs
  — Kevin M. Gill (@kevinm
  
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• Immigrants Illegally Pour Across Border, First Steps in Our Country Are Directly on 'No Trespassing' Sign

  12-06-2022 19:10
  
  Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the invasion at the southern border has been unrelenting. The latest surge of migrants in Yuma, Arizona, unintentionally highlighted just how incompetent the Biden administration is.
  On Friday, Turning Point USA’s Drew Hernandez released a video showing a throng of migrants illegally crossing the border into the United States.
  As they rounded the corner to get around the unfinished border wall, each of them stepped on a sign that had b
  
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• In Unearthed 2020 Video, Biden Explains His Plan to Destroy the Oil Industry

  12-06-2022 19:02
  
  The first thing taught to any economics student is the relationship between supply and demand.
  When there’s less of a product around, that product’s value increases, therefore making it cost more.
  It’s a very simple rule to understand and yet, it appears that President Joe Biden doesn’t seem to grasp it. Perhaps he never took Econ 101.
  A video of Biden has been circulating recently on social media showing his lack of knowledge regarding the forces of supply and demand.
  In
  
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• Starbucks Considers Radical Change to Restrooms Over Safety Concerns

  12-06-2022 18:50
  
  Starbucks may end a four-year-old policy of opening its bathrooms to non-customers, according to its acting CEO.
  Four years ago, the company responded to an incident at a Philadelphia store by embracing a policy that allowed anyone to come in and sit anywhere they wanted or use a restroom.
  But times have changed, according to Howard Schultz, a former CEO who has returned to lead the company on a temporary basis, according to The New York Times.
  “We serve 100 million people at Starbucks,&rd
  
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• LGBT Hollywood Star Is Now a Prime Grooming Suspect, Police Unable to Locate Him Now

  12-06-2022 18:27
  
  An actor who has been accused of “grooming” a young Native American woman for years cannot be located by authorities looking to serve an order barring him from contacting her, according to the woman’s parents.
  A document from Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court in North Dakota signed on Tuesday ordered Ezra Miller “shall have no contact and shall not harass Tokata Iron Eyes, Sara Jumping Eagle and Chase Iron Eyes,” according to Fox News.
  Miller is known for his ro
  
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• Legal Fight to Keep Home Depot Powerless Against BLM Imagery in Stores Ends as Judge Exposes the Entire Movement

  12-06-2022 17:51
  
  On Friday, Home Depot won one round of its fight to ban employees from wearing Black Lives Matter messages.
  Last year, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel said the company violated federal law by not allowing workers to wear Black Lives Matter imagery on their aprons, according to Bloomberg.
  Administrative law judge Paul Bogas said the company did nothing wrong.
  In his ruling, Bogas wrote that the Black Lives Matter images employees wanted to wear did not have “an ob
  
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• Court Issues Unprecedented Ruling on 4G Tower After Ranchers Notice What Was Happening to the Cows

  12-06-2022 16:41
  
  A French court has issued an order that could determine whether a nearby 4G cell phone tower is harming the health of nearby cows.
  Rancher Frédéric Salgues says that his cows “are all skin and bones. It’s enough to make you cry.”
  He claims that a cell phone tower that arrived on the scene in 2021 is to blame.
  An administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand, in southwestern France, is taking the claims seriously enough to order the tower shut down for two months to see
  
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• Police Department Has Already Spent Entirety of 'Fuel Budget,' Residents Given Frightening News

  12-06-2022 16:28
  
  Ordinary Americans aren’t the only ones feeling the squeeze from the record high prices of gasoline. With over three months to go before the end of their fiscal year, the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office in central Michigan has already exhausted their entire fuel budget.
  According to WDIV-TV, in a now-deleted June Facebook post, Sheriff Michael Main wrote: “We have exhausted what funds were budgeted for fuel with several months to go before the budget reset.
  “I
  
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• Sheriff Issues Urgent Warning Against Picking Up Folded Dollar Bills: 'This Is Very Dangerous'

  12-06-2022 15:44
  
  The Giles County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Department cautioned residents on Thursday against picking up folded dollar bills on the ground.
  Sheriff Kyle Helton said people stumbled across folded dollar bills at a local gas station on two occasions. When those individuals picked up the bills, they found a white powdery substance between the folds.
  When authorities tested the powder to determine its chemical composition, they found it contained methamphetamine and fentanyl.
  “This is a very
  
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• Massive Migrant Caravan Marches Toward US with LGBT Flags Flying as Mexican President Snubs Biden at Summit

  12-06-2022 15:27
  
  Thousands of migrants are making their way through Mexico to the American border, with some waving rainbow flags in support of the LGBT agenda.
  According to Fox News, the migrants — who numbered up to 10,000 at one point — are no longer traveling in one massive group because many of them were given documents allowing them to travel legally in Mexico.
  However, the caravan still accounts for about 6,000 would-be migrants, The New York Times reported Saturday.
  Although Mexico is in theo
  
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• Confused about the economy? Here's what you need to know

  12-06-2022 15:18 via cnn.com
  
  Cardi B is asking the million-dollar question (Or the 20-trillion-dollar question, more precisely).
  
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• Chinese Navy Drone Ship Seen at Sea, Experts Notice Critical Detail Right Away

  12-06-2022 15:04
  
  China has completed the first sea trial voyage of its latest domestically manufactured drone ship, the communist government’s media reported last week, and experts say elements of its design look suspiciously familiar.
  The autonomous surface vessel has a displacement of approximately 200 metric tons and a maximum speed of over 20 knots, the state-run China Global Television Network reported.
  Chinese authorities started testing the new vessel Tuesday near Panzhi Island in Zhoushan, Zhejiang
  
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• Heat wave creating a 'dangerous situation' across the southern US

  12-06-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  More than 65 million people from California to Tennessee are under some type of heat alert Sunday, as dangerously high temperatures persist across the Southwest and the southern and central Plains.
  
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• Biden Finally Commits to Fighting Food Shortages, But There's One Big Catch

  12-06-2022 13:55
  
  President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris understand that the rising prices of gasoline and food brought on by pandemic-related supply disruptions, Putin’s war in Ukraine, and climate change have led to serious food shortages for people all over the world.
  Accordingly, the administration announced a $331 million commitment to “advance food security” in the Western Hemisphere on Thursday.
  The catch? Although record levels of inflation in the U.S. have forced some Amer
  
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• Another big Fed rate hike is coming. But how many more after that?

  12-06-2022 13:34 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates by a half of a percentage point for the second consecutive time at the end of its next meeting on June 15. After that, all bets are off. Bigger rate hikes could be in the cards as consumer prices surge.
  
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• Growing up I kept hearing that being gay was a ‘white thing’

  12-06-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The queer Black-led Tony-nominated musical "A Strange Loop" makes it clear that in today's society, the best thing you can do is to be yourself.
  
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• 31 linked to white nationalist group arrested near Pride event in Idaho

  12-06-2022 06:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thirty-one people affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front were arrested near an annual LGBTQ+ event Saturday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,police
  
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• Oklahoma official seeks execution dates for 25 inmates

  12-06-2022 06:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Oklahoma’s attorney general has asked the state’s highest appeals court to set execution dates for 25 death row inmates after a federal judge rejected their
  
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• Man arrested and banned from Madison Square Garden after allegedly assaulting two men after hockey game

  12-06-2022 06:31 via cnn.com
  
  A 29-year-old man was arrested and charged after he allegedly assaulted two men following an NHL playoff game at Madison Square Garden this week, the New York City Police Department told CNN.
  
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• Navy orders 'safety pause' after back-to-back Southern California crashes

  12-06-2022 05:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Navy on Saturday announced a "safety pause" for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in Southern California during the week.
  
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• New York, Nebraska out of the running for early slots on 2024 Democratic presidential calendar

  12-06-2022 05:19 via cnn.com
  
  Sixteen states and Puerto Rico have been invited to move forward with their applications to hold early Democratic Party presidential nominating contests in 2024, a Democratic National Committee official told CNN on Saturday.
  
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• Op-Ed: Take a Look at Middle East Terrorists and You'll See How Ineffective Gun Control Really Is

  12-06-2022 02:55
  
  The unmistakable smell of smoke drifted into my apartment just outside of Jerusalem.
  Setting aside my preparations for an upcoming meeting with a client, I peered out the window. Two stray kittens that had become unapologetic squatters in our backyard garden glanced upward, sniffing at the air suspiciously. I called out to my wife in the other room, and we exited the apartment to get a better look.
  In the street, columns of smoke rose around us. The sirens of fire engines wailed as helicopters h
  
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• Biden pledges federal government will cover "100%" of New Mexico wildfire response cost

  12-06-2022 02:22 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said Saturday the federal government will cover the full cost of the wildfire response in New Mexico following requests from the state's governor and other lawmakers, while also acknowledging the role the US Forest Service played in starting the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire.
  
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• Mo Donegal wins the Belmont Stakes

  12-06-2022 02:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mo Donegal won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, adding more hardware to the trophy case of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and denying Rich Strike a second Tr
  
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• Students who survived gun violence face mental hurdles as adults

  12-06-2022 02:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some students experience trauma or anger in the wake of a school shooting or as a result of gun violence, but they've also found powerful ways to cope.
  
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• Leaked Email Confirms Parents Are Not Crazy: Staff's Coordinated Effort Hid What Boy Was Doing at School

  12-06-2022 00:34
  
  A Michigan middle school has directed teachers not to tell a young student’s mother that he identifies as transgender and is “transitioning” into a girl, according to an email obtained by Fox News.
  Keep in mind, middle school students are typically 11 to 13 years old.
  Just give that a second to sink in. Remember how wise and informed your decisions were when you were 12? Yeah, me too. It’s a wonder I’m still alive.
  The email, reportedly written by a school counselor
  
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• Ukraine Slams Biden for 'Absurd' Jab at Zelenskyy That 'Needs to Be Clarified'

  12-06-2022 00:11
  
  U.S. President Joe Biden said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “didn’t want to hear” American warnings about Russia invading Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s aides said the claim was “absurd.”
  Speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Los Angeles on Friday, Biden said the U.S. knew before the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February that Russian President Vladimir Putin was going to “go in off the border,” Newsweek reported.
  “I know a lot of
  
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