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• Biden caught between climate goals and high gas prices as administration releases new drilling plan

  01-07-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration released a proposed plan on Friday for where the federal government intends to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales in federal waters for the next five years. The plan would mainly limit drilling to the Gulf of Mexico, with one proposed lease sale in waters off Alaska.
  
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• Florida Highway Patrol arrests two men in two days in separate human smuggling cases

  01-07-2022 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  The Florida Highway Patrol arrested two people this week for smuggling others into the state, according to incident reports from the agency.
  
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• Texas Mom Warns of Terrifying New Scam: 'I Thought That Somebody Had My Baby'

  01-07-2022 23:30
  
  More often than not, the scams that make the news focus on elderly victims. People seeking to take advantage of that vulnerable group do so by preying on their technological naivete and trusting nature.
  But one young mother in Austin, Texas, knows that elderly people aren’t the only targets after she nearly fell victim to a manipulative opportunist.
  Pye Brown’s young daughter was the bait when she got a call from someone claiming to be a police officer.
  He told her that her daughter
  
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• The day after Roe was overturned, this Minnesota clinic received its highest call volume ever

  01-07-2022 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Steps from an interstate and minutes from an airport sits a nondescript building with a tenant never more in demand.
  
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• Sheriff calls man suspected of fatally shooting two law enforcement officers 'a terrorist on a mission'

  01-07-2022 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  The suspect in an hourslong shooting that killed two law enforcement officers and injured several others in eastern Kentucky, was charged Friday with several counts of murder including murder of a police officer, and assault on a service animal, officials said.
  
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• Offshore drilling mostly limited to Gulf of Mexico in Biden administration's new 5-year plan

  01-07-2022 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration released a proposed plan on Friday for where the federal government intends to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales in federal waters for the next five years. The plan would mainly limit drilling to the Gulf of Mexico, with one proposed lease sale in waters off Alaska.
  
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• Democratic Congresswoman and 180 Other Pro-Abortion Agitators Arrested by Capitol Police

  01-07-2022 23:08
  
  Six days after the Roe v. Wade overturn, California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu was detained Thursday by Capitol Police during a pro-abortion protest outside the Supreme Court.
  Protesters, including Chu, blocked the intersection of Constitution Avenue and First Street, Fox News reported. After 181 people were arrested for crowding, obstructing or incommoding, the intersection reopened around 1:20 p.m. Thursday, according to a tweet from the U.S. Capitol Police.
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• North Dakota Rules on Bill Gates' Farmland Purchase of Over 2,100 Acres

  01-07-2022 22:45
  
  North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley authorized billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates’ purchase of large swathes of the state’s farmland Tuesday.
  The Epoch Times reported on Wrigley’s approval of the purchase Friday, citing a copy of a letter from the Republican attorney general’s office.
  With nearly 270,000 acres under his ownership as of last year, Bill Gates is the single largest private owner of farmland in the United States.
  Gates began his purchase of the 2,10
  
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• Biden intends to nominate a conservative, anti-abortion lawyer to federal judgeship, Kentucky Democrats say

  01-07-2022 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden intends to nominate an anti-abortion Republican lawyer to a federal judgeship, two Kentucky Democrats informed of the decision say.
  
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• A teenage girl was bitten by a shark in Florida, sustaining a serious leg injury

  01-07-2022 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  A teenage girl is in serious but stable condition after being bitten by a large shark while scalloping near Keaton Beach on Florida's Gulf Coast Thursday.
  
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• House GOP pushes legislation to require Biden admin to detail the status of major arm sales to Taiwan

  01-07-2022 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Republican House lawmakers are introducing legislation that would require the Biden administration to provide Congress with a detailed report on the status of major arms sales to Taiwan, an effort that comes as there is a mounting sense of urgency about getting Taiwan the weapons it would need to fend off a potential Chinese invasion.
  
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• What the reactions to Clarence Thomas post-Roe reveal about white liberals

  01-07-2022 22:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Supreme Court Roe v Wade opinion sparks racist attacks on Clarence Thomas, confirming his world view
  
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• Georgia toddler's death is at least the 8th child hot-car fatality this year

  01-07-2022 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  A one-year-old child died Thursday after being left in a hot vehicle in Danielsville, Georgia, authorities said, bringing the number of reported heat-related vehicle deaths of children this year to at least eight.
  
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• World War II-Era Boat Emerges in the Desert as Lake Mead Water Levels Continue Dropping

  01-07-2022 21:50
  
  A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona.
  The Higgins landing craft that has long been 185 feet below the surface is now nearly halfway out of the water at Lake Mead.
  The boat lies less than a mile from Lake Mead Marina and Hemingway Harbor.
  It was used to survey the Colorado River decades ago, sold to the marina and then sunk, according to dive-tour company Las Vegas Scuba.
  Higgins Industries in New Orl
  
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• Cassidy Hutchinson urged to 'do the right thing' before Jan. 6 hearing, sources say

  01-07-2022 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cassidy Hutchinson, former top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, was the recipient of one of the messages the Jan. 6 committee unveiled this week.
  
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• Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade

  01-07-2022 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  With safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week's Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion-seekers are increasingly turning to online resources to seek medical care.
  
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• Milwaukee officials are offering $28,000 for information in the killing of a Black transgender woman

  01-07-2022 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  Milwaukee Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of $28,000 for information leading to an arrest in the killing of a transgender Black woman who was found dead two weeks ago.
  
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• 93-Year-Old Man Gets Fed Up After Repeated Break-Ins, Grabs His Shotgun and Makes Intruder Pay

  01-07-2022 21:12
  
  A 93-year-old homeowner in Moreno Valley, California, shot and critically wounded a home intruder Wednesday after facing multiple break-ins.
  “The fact is, when they broke in they got a lot of my equipment and I approached them to put them under citizens arrest,” Joe Teague told KNBC-TV.
  “I kept telling them, I have a shotgun with three shells in it, but I actually only had one. And they kept throwing stuff at me,” Teague said.
  When the men refused to stop attacking the el
  
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• Joe Biden Selects Megan Rapinoe for Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Highest Civilian Honor in the US

  01-07-2022 21:00
  
  President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. soccer player and left-wing activist Megan Rapinoe.
  The award is considered the highest honor the president can bestow upon an American civilian.
  “Megan Rapinoe is an Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup champion,” the White House said in its announcement. “She also captains OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer League.
  “She is a prominent ad
  
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• Biden intends to pick conservative, anti-abortion lawyer for federal judgeship, sources say

  01-07-2022 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden intends to nominate an anti-abortion Republican lawyer to a federal judgeship, two Kentucky Democrats informed of the decision say.
  
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• Harris to discuss abortion rights with Black women at Essence Festival

  01-07-2022 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris will speak at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on Saturday, a White House official said, marking an opportunity to discuss the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with one of the Democratic Party's key constituencies -- Black women.
  
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• Single-use plastic waste is getting phased out in California under a sweeping new law

  01-07-2022 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  In an attempt to slash the wide-ranging impacts of plastic pollution, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the country's most sweeping restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging on Thursday, the same day the Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to tackle the worsening climate crisis.
  
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• 'We're here': Mexican groups slam U.S. abortion restrictions as they help more American women

  01-07-2022 19:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Groups and clinics in Mexico express concern over tightening U.S. restrictions as they help more U.S. women crossing the border to seek abortion services.
  
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• The surprising reason the US is so hurt by the formula shortage

  01-07-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  The baby formula shortage in the United States has left many mothers and families desperately scrambling to feed their infants.
  
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• The surprising reason the United States is so hurt by the formula shortage

  01-07-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  The baby formula shortage in the United States has left many mothers and families desperately scrambling to feed their infants.
  
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• American highways ripped apart city neighborhoods. A $1 billion plan wants to do better

  01-07-2022 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it will soon fund up to $1 billion in projects to reconnect city neighborhoods that have been scarred by highways.
  
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• Chicago police officer shot multiple times while responding to domestic disturbance

  01-07-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  A Chicago police officer was shot numerous times while responding to a domestic disturbance Friday and is hospitalized in a serious condition, officials said.
  
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• International Manhunt for Suspect in 'Love Triangle' Cyclist Murder Just Came to a Close

  01-07-2022 19:30
  
  Suspected murderer Kaitlin Armstrong was captured Wednesday after a manhunt that lasted well over a month.
  According to Fox News, Armstrong was found in Costa Rica 43 days after authorities began their search. United States Marshals announced the news on Thursday morning, but they said the capture took place the day before.
  With the help of local authorities in Costa Rica, U.S. Marshals located Armstrong in a hostel in the Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica, Fox News reported.
  Law enforcement off
  
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• 'These kids were obliterated': Outrage of families boils over lack of answers in Uvalde

  01-07-2022 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  The families of the 19 children and two teachers gunned down at a school in Uvalde, Texas, have had enough.
  
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• Family of American Hostage Held in Venezuela Slams Biden Admin as Delegation Returns Empty-Handed

  01-07-2022 18:45
  
  A U.S. delegation returned Thursday having failed to secure the release of five Americans Venezuela’s socialist regime is holding hostage, Reuters reported.
  Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens and Ambassador James Story traveled to Caracas to discuss the status of at least eight Americans held captive in inhumane conditions, Reuters reported. The hostages include five of six former executives who worked for the U.S. branch of Venezuela’s state-run oil
  
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• Opinion: Democrats may be playing with fire this primary season

  01-07-2022 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  It had become the stuff of legend in Washington.
  
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• The highest maternal poverty levels are in trigger law states, data shows

  01-07-2022 18:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Data shows that women in many of the trigger law states are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to be below the poverty line.
  
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• Farmers Rise Up, Block Highways with Their Tractors in Protest of Climate Tyranny

  01-07-2022 18:21
  
  Farmers in the Netherlands conducted several demonstrations this week against the country’s radical plans to slash nitrogen and ammonia emissions.
  On Monday, farmers in their tractors blocked highways in multiple parts of the country and set fires near the town halls of Apeldoorn and Epe in Central Netherlands, The Associated Press reported.
  Near Liessel — 93 miles from Amsterdam, the nation’s capital — a truck dumped large plastic-wrapped bales of hay on a stretch of hig
  
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• Driver of truck where migrants died didn't know AC had gone off, court paper says

  01-07-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  The alleged driver of a tractor-trailer where sweltering conditions led to the death of 53 migrants this week in San Antonio didn't realize the truck's air conditioning unit had stopped working, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday in the investigation into the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history.
  
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• Poll: Majority of Latinos Support Key Trump-Era Border Policy

  01-07-2022 18:06
  
  A majority of Latinos agree with Title 42, a Trump-era policy used to quickly expel migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a poll released Thursday by Axios-Ipsos Latino in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.
  Of the Latinos polled, 51 percent strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with Title 42 remaining, while 44 percent were opposed to keeping it, according to Axios.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on April 1 that Title 42 would end May 23, but due to a court
  
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• How this bank is transforming banking for Spanish speakers

  01-07-2022 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  For the 44 million Spanish-speaking individuals in the United States, opening a bank account can be an intimidating journey with an array of obstacles.
  
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• Companies aggressively marketed baby formula. Then there was a shortage

  01-07-2022 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  The baby formula shortage in the United States has left many mothers and families desperately scrambling to feed their infants.
  
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• Now the Wheels Won't Stay On: Toyota's New Electric Car Dangerously Fails, Results in Massive Recall

  01-07-2022 17:08
  
  Toyota has recalled its newest electric vehicles because the wheels can literally fall off in what one commentator says is a symptom of what’s wrong with the electric vehicle market.
  The company announced that 2,700 of its new electric bZ4X SUVs are a danger to their drivers, with only 260 to date having been delivered in the United States.
  “After low-mileage use, all of the hub bolts on the wheel can loosen to the point where the wheel can detach from the vehicle,” Toyota said
  
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• Judge Reprimanded for Verbal Tirade in Court: 'I Asked You A F***ing Question'

  01-07-2022 16:07
  
  Would you want this judge to sentence you?
  A Seminole County, Florida judge is facing punishment from the state after directing a profane verbal tirade toward a man who entered his courtroom.
  Judge Wayne Culver lost his temper with the man in a February hearing. The man had supposedly been interrupting proceedings and talking out of turn.
  “Sir, I’m doing something. Can you shut up and sit down?”
  Culver got even angrier when the man didn’t respond to another question.
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• WH Press Corps Demands Biden Admin Change Unprecedented Rules That Are 'Restrictive and Antithetical to the Concept of a Free Press'

  01-07-2022 15:52
  
  President Joe Biden is trying to manipulate the news media through the administration’s selective access rules for White House events, according to a protest letter made public.
  The letter to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was signed by 68 journalists — many of whom are at odds with each other on a daily basis — including Kaitlan Collins of CNN, Ed O’Keefe of CBS and Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News, according to the New York Post.
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• SCOTUS ready to impact voting rights, LGBTQ protections next

  01-07-2022 15:33 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court reached into every corner of American life, reordering intimate family choices, breaching the separation of church and state, and diminishing the steps government can take to prevent gun violence or protect the environment.
  
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• Well-Known Trans Educator Tweets Bloodthirsty Challenge After Roe v. Wade Overturn

  01-07-2022 15:11
  
  An unhinged transgender activist is still allowed to tweet despite having encouraged the assassinations of conservative Supreme Court justices following the landmark reversal of Roe v. Wade last week.
  Abortion superfan Eli Erlick, a man who identifies as a woman, has not been punished by Twitter despite having tweeted “Supreme Court assassination challenge” on June 24 in response to the high court’s sage decision to relegate abortion as a states’ rights issue, pursuant to
  
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• Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds

  01-07-2022 15:02 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (META) has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday, as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn.
  
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• Biden Apparently Thinks $5 Gas Isn't Painful Enough - His EPA Is Attacking America's Largest Oilfield

  01-07-2022 14:34
  
  In case you were wondering whether the Biden administration could do anything more to cripple the U.S. fossil fuel industry, the answer is yes.
  The Environmental Protection Agency is considering an “ozone violation designation” for portions of the Permian Basin, the largest oil field in the United States, according to Bloomberg News. The Permian Basin is located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
  In a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned
  
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• 'She didn't have to suffer': Families mourn victims of the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history

  01-07-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  The grandmother placed her head in her hands and began to sob.
  
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• 'She didn't have to suffer': Families mourn after the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history

  01-07-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  The grandmother placed her head in her hands and began to sob.
  
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• Kohl's takes down the 'for sale' sign

  01-07-2022 14:11 via cnn.com
  
  Kohl's is no longer for sale.
  
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• I'm Being Harassed by Uvalde Police - Mom Who Saved Her Own Kids Shares Alarming Accusations

  01-07-2022 14:09
  
  A Uvalde, Texas, mom who defied police during the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in order to rescue her children said she is now targeted by Uvalde police.
  Nineteen children and two adults were killed in the school on May 24. The police response to the shooting has been a hot-button issue since the incident, in which over an hour passed from the time the shooting started until gunman Salvador Ramos was killed.
  “The other night we were exercising and we had a cop parked at the co
  
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• 'Cryptoqueen' added to FBI most-wanted list over OneCoin scheme

  01-07-2022 12:02 via cnn.com
  
  A German citizen accused of defrauding investors out of $4 billion by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin has been added to the FBI's list of its ten most-wanted fugitives, US officials said on Thursday.
  
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• Waffle hot dogs, hot dog jello: Each state's most uniquely searched hot dog variation

  01-07-2022 12:01
  One food stands out as a Fourth of July staple – hot dogs. Here's the uniquely searched hot dog in your state.      
  
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