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• Four dead, including three children, and eight children injured in tractor accident

  29-07-2022 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Four people are dead, including three children, after a tractor towing a flatbed-type utility trailer carrying 12 people rolled over Friday morning in southeastern Pennsylvania, state police said.
  
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• Watch as Sin City Becomes a Flooded City: Shocking and Rare Thunderstorm Drowns Strip, Casinos Suffer Mass Damage

  29-07-2022 23:31
  
  The Las Vegas Strip was filled with floodwater after heavy thunderstorms on Thursday.
  The Mohave Desert gambler’s paradise looked more like a tropical Caribbean island in video of the extreme weather.Downpour in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/aUnpG6ahGp
  — MechaRandom42, Youtuber, Twitch Streamer (@RandomMnky) July 29, 2022Water poured through the roof of the Planet Hollywood casino, and blackjack tables were doused with rainwater.Video sent to @8NewsNow shows flooding inside Planet Hollyw
  
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• Combat veteran says GOP senators who reversed their votes on the PACT Act 'spit in our face'

  29-07-2022 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  A U.S. military veteran who would have benefited from two bipartisan measures recently sacked in the House and Senate said lawmakers “spit” in veterans’ faces
  
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• Kamala Harris' director of public engagement is leaving his role

  29-07-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris' director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs is leaving his position, a White House official told CNN.
  
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• White House communications director Kate Bedingfield makes 'last-minute' decision to stay in her role

  29-07-2022 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  White House communications director Kate Bedingfield is staying on in her role, a surprise decision coming after the White House announced she would be leaving, multiple sources told CNN.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen's Manager Defends Ticket Cost Amid Uproar: 'Fair Price'

  29-07-2022 22:47
  
  After concert tickets went on sale for Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 tour last week, the musician’s manager responded to fan uproar over the record-high ticket prices.
  “In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing. We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others,” Jon Landau told The New York Times in an article published Tuesday.
  Some of the said ticket prices cost between $1,000 and $4,000, while the rest ranged belo
  
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• Late night hosts roast JetBlue's deal to buy Spirit

  29-07-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Late night hosts poked fun at JetBlue's deal to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion, a merger that could create the fifth-largest airline in the US.
  
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• Former CNN Cameraman Sentenced for Threatening to 'Put a Bullet' in Rep. Matt Gaetz, Harm His Family

  29-07-2022 22:24
  
  A former television camera operator was sentenced to six months of house arrest, five years of parole and a $10,000 fine for threatening Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and his family, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
  Eugene Huelsman, 59, of Thousand Oaks, California, pleaded guilty to a charge of transmission of a threat in interstate commerce, according to Jason Coody, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
  Huelsman — who worked for CNN, ABC and NBC, according to Fox
  
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• Op-Ed: We Should Be Heartbroken for America's Youth

  29-07-2022 22:13
  
  There is a lot of complaining about young people these days. The internet is full of people showcasing the peculiarities and immorality of our youth.
  I understand the impulse, but after what we allowed to happen to these kids while they were growing up, I think we should be tearing our clothing and putting ashes on our heads. I know that’s an antiquated custom. Today we have drugs to numb the guilt. We’ve come a long way.
  Anyway, some of our youth’s behavior is erratic if not d
  
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• Kushner recounts Sessions' attempts to block Trump's criminal justice reform bill

  29-07-2022 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Recounting his year-long effort to pass the First Step Act, Jared Kushner in his forthcoming memoir describes the numerous and ultimately unsuccessful efforts by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to thwart the landmark criminal justice reform legislation.
  
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• Warning to Every Gun Owner in America: Mandatory Buyback of 'Assault-Style Weapons' Now Underway

  29-07-2022 21:59
  
  Left-wingers often claim that no one wants to take away your firearms, even as they pass laws to do just that. In Canada, the government is winding up another round of bans and a forced “buyback” program is in the work to ease the despotic measure.
  But while gun owners in Canada are always at the whim of Canadian authorities, American gun owners are not entirely immune from these sorts of confiscatory campaigns as the Democrats continue to erode our right to bear arms day by day.
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• Mulvaney says Jan. 6 committee asked about text message he sent to RNC chair Ronna McDaniel days after 2020 election

  29-07-2022 21:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jan. 6 committee asked about text message Mulvaney sent to RNC chair Ronna McDaniel days after 2020 election
  
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• Man Swept Away at Sea Almost Lost Hope When a Strange Object Floated Into His Path; He Was Rescued 18 Hours Later

  29-07-2022 21:42
  
  A tourist from North Macedonia survived for 18 hours at sea earlier this month after being swept offshore by strong currents near Kassandra, Greece.
  Thirty-year-old Ivan, whose last name was not released, was part of a group of three men who had been swept into the Aegean Sea by the currents on July 9, the Daily Mail reported.
  The men, misjudging the current, jumped into the sea during a party, according to the Greek Reporter.
  When Ivan’s friends reached out to the coast guard after he was
  
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• Video: Injured and Starving Polar Bear Cub Turns to Humans for Help After Getting Tongue Stuck in Tin Can

  29-07-2022 21:36
  
  A malnourished polar bear cub approached residents of Dikson in northern Russia on Wednesday, apparently seeking help after its tongue got caught in a can of condensed milk.
  Videos circulating on social media showed the bear near one resident’s home. The man asked the bear to come closer so that he could remove the can from its mouth.The emaciated polar bear – turned out to be a female – was rescued, vets successfully freed her tongue & treated multiple cuts. The bear is ov
  
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• 'WJ Live': Ron DeSantis' Clever Solution to Halt Kids' Drag Shows

  29-07-2022 21:33
  
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• Pelosi's Suspicious Cash Flow May Soon Come to a Screeching Halt

  29-07-2022 21:28
  
  The bombshell dropped on Thursday, just a day after it was reported that Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, had dumped up to $5 million in tech stock right before the Senate passed the CHIPS Act, which is projected to pump about $80 billion into that industry.
  It seems as though the music is about to stop, and someone is getting worried. These are stocks Paul Pelosi only bought weeks ago.
  The Pelosi gravy train appears to be about to derail, and who is it bringing the
  
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• Bill Barr subpoenaed by voting tech company Smartmatic in company's defamation lawsuit against Fox News

  29-07-2022 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  Voting technology company Smartmatic on Thursday subpoenaed former Attorney General Bill Barr in its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, demanding he turn over any communications with the right-wing television channel's personalities, executives, and owners.
  
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• Tucker Carlson Explains Real Message Behind Biden's Recession Denialism: 'Lower Your Expectations, America'

  29-07-2022 21:07
  
  When did two consecutive quarters of negative growth stop equalling a recession? When it became apparent the United States was going to experience two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth under President Joe Biden, of course.
  “In terms of the technical definition, it’s not a recession. The technical definition considers a much broader spectrum of data points,” White House economic adviser Brian Deese said before the official data came out, according to Fox News.
  Of
  
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• Big Democrat and Republican Names Join Together, Form Third Political Party

  29-07-2022 20:52
  
  More than a dozen former Republican and Democratic officials have joined hands in creating a third political party in the United States, party leaders announced Wednesday.
  Andrew Yang,  a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and former Republican New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will be co-chairing the new party, known as Forward, Reuters reported.
  Founded by the merger of three political organizations—the Renew America Movement, the Forward Party, and the Serve America Movem
  
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• Chinese Army Tells Citizens to 'Prepare for War'

  29-07-2022 20:24
  
  The Chinese army urged citizens to “prepare for war” in a social media post Friday that garnered thousands of thumbs-up, according to the state-sponsored Global Times.
  Chinese officials have issued stark warnings of possible conflict should House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit Taiwan during her trip to Asia, pledging a “forceful” response.
  With the California Democrat scheduled to leave for the trip Friday, it was still unclear whether she would follow through on plans to vis
  
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• Entire NC police department resigned after Black woman town manager was hired

  29-07-2022 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents.
  
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• An antifa-fearing militia has called itself to action in Mariposa County as officials battle raging wildfires

  29-07-2022 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The parking lot of H&L Lumber in Mariposa, California, was host to a flurry of activity Sunday as members of a local militia sporting military-style fatigues
  
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• Pelosi's Taiwan Visit Getting Heated: US Nuclear Carrier Faces Off Against Chinese Warships

  29-07-2022 19:22
  
  Amid escalating tensions between Taiwan and China, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to set off Friday on a tour of several Asian nations — possibly including Taiwan.
  In light of that, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sailed near the hotly contested Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea, the South China Morning Post reported Friday.
  The report, which cited satellite images, said Chinese warships were seen nearby, watching and monitoring the U.S. carrier’s movements.
  Ch
  
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• Mystery as Child, 7, Found Dead in Washing Machine Following Missing Report

  29-07-2022 19:09
  
  Police are investigating the mysterious death of a seven-year-old boy found dead inside a washing machine in Spring, Texas.
  Troy Khoeler’s corpse was found hours after his parents approached police at around 5:20 a.m. to report that their son had gone missing, Harris County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Robert Minchew said at a news briefing Thursday.
  Constables responding to the report went to Khoeler’s home to take statements from his parents to file a missing person’s report. P
  
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• Biden nominates lawyer who represented Mississippi abortion clinic at Supreme Court in Dobbs case for federal judgeship

  29-07-2022 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Julie Rikelman, who argued the case for the Mississippi clinic before the Supreme Court in the case that led to the overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, for a post on an US appeals court.
  
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• Workers' wages continue to climb, but not as fast as inflation

  29-07-2022 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  Employers continued hiking workers' pay at a brisker-than-expected pace, but the increases still weren't enough to compensate for the even faster rise in inflation.
  
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• Doocy Presses Jean-Pierre's Claim That Texas and AZ Busing Migrants to DC Is the Problem

  29-07-2022 18:29
  
  Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy pushed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Thursday to explain why Texas and Arizona busing migrants to Washington, D.C., is wrong.
  Earlier in the day, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested the Biden administration activate the National Guard in the district to address the “humanitarian crisis” caused by the inflow of migrants.
  WRC-TV reporter Mark Segraves tweeted that Bowser wants the Washington, D.C., Guard to be “activated indefini
  
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• Two oil giants see record profits as gas prices hit consumers' wallets

  29-07-2022 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  ExxonMobil and Chevron both reported record massive profits thanks to record gasoline prices during the quarter.
  
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• $2,245.62 a second: ExxonMobil scores enormous profit on record gas prices

  29-07-2022 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  ExxonMobil and Chevron both reported record massive profits thanks to record gasoline prices during the quarter.
  
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• Pelosi departing for Asia today, but Taiwan stop still uncertain

  29-07-2022 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to depart Friday for a tour of Asia, though whether she stops in Taiwan remains uncertain, a person familiar with the plans said.
  
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• RNC Will Stop Special Support of Trump if He Makes This 2024 Decision: Report

  29-07-2022 17:58
  
  The Republican National Committee has paid nearly $2 million to law firms that have represented former President Donald Trump since October 2021.
  But that financial aid could all change if Trump makes one decision.
  An unidentified RNC official on Wednesday said that as soon as Trump announces a 2024 presidential run, the payments will come to a screeching halt, according to ABC News.
  This is because the Republican Party has a “neutrality policy” that prohibits it from taking sides in
  
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• Justice Thomas Leaves Woke George Washington University

  29-07-2022 17:34
  
  The Constitutional Law program at George Washington University Law School has lost one of the greatest assets it has ever offered students.
  Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and the foremost expert in originalist legal interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, will no longer be instructing there.
  Thomas’ decision was announced Wednesday by co-instructor Professor Gregory Maggs.
  Maggs, in an email to students, wrote, “Unfortunately, I am writing with some sad news
  
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• Godlewski ends US Senate bid in Wisconsin, clearing way for Barnes

  29-07-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  Wisconsin state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski is ending her US Senate campaign as the field in the Democratic primary consolidates around Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.
  
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• FL Department of Education Tells Schools They May Ignore Biden Administration's Proposed Gender Rules

  29-07-2022 17:12
  
  The Florida Department of Education sent a letter to K-12 schools on Thursday telling the schools they may disregard the Biden administration’s proposed revisions to Title IX, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
  The U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture both threatened to withhold funds to federal institutions if they fail to adhere to the revisions to Title IX proposed in June.
  In the letter, Florida Education Comm
  
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• Trial between Twitter and Elon Musk now has a date

  29-07-2022 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk over his move to terminate their $44 billion acquisition agreement will go to trial on Oct. 17 and run for five days, a Delaware judge has ruled.
  
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• Reimagine Disaster

  29-07-2022 17:00
  
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• Damning WH Visitor Logs, Emails Reveal What Joe Biden Did with at Least 14 People

  29-07-2022 16:57
  
  On the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden insisted he had never talked to son Hunter about his overseas business dealings in places such as Ukraine and China.
  All right, then: Why did 14 of Hunter Biden’s business associates meet with Joe Biden during the time when he was vice president in the Obama administration?
  According to a report from Fox News on Thursday, over a dozen individuals doing business with the wayward son of the current president when he was veep had meetings with Joe between
  
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• Shocking Video: Democrat Official Smashes SUV Into Cyclist, Speeds Away Without Stopping

  29-07-2022 16:27
  
  Imagine finding out that the hit-and-run motorist that injured you is your Democrat city council representative.
  Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise allegedly left the scene of a car crash that sent a cyclist flying earlier this month.
  DeGise appeared to have the right of way when she collided with delivery cyclist Andrew Black on July 19, according to the New York Post.
  However, video footage of the crash shows a Nissan Rogue driving on after the collision, seemingly not stopping after what cou
  
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• DC mayor asks for National Guard's aid with migrants, says city is at 'tipping point'

  29-07-2022 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has issued a request for aid from the DC National Guard to help with migrants entering the city by bus, according to a letter obtained by CNN affiliate WUSA.
  
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• Biden Reportedly Receives Dire Warning Direct From Chinese President: 'If You Play With Fire You Get Burned'

  29-07-2022 16:11
  
  As tensions increase over a possible trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a warning to President Joe Biden on Thursday.
  “Public opinion shall not be violated, and if you play with fire you get burned. I hope the US side can see this clearly,” CNN quoted Xi as saying. The comment came during a call planned long before the possible Pelosi trip mushroomed into an international flashpoint.
  The White House readout on the call was in muc
  
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• World Leaders Weigh In on American Law, So Justice Alito Reminds Them How Little They Truly Know

  29-07-2022 15:56
  
  Who knows more about the Constitution than a Supreme Court justice? Well, everyone from French President Emmanuel Macron to Prince Harry, apparently.
  Those are just two of the foreign leaders (if, of course, you consider the fatuous Prince Harry a leader of anything, including his own household) who decried the Supreme Court’s last month decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
  Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, is sick of it. In a speech las
  
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• Justices worry about the future of the court and point fingers as to who's to blame

  29-07-2022 15:44 via cnn.com
  
  • Supreme Court justice mocks foreign leaders who criticized reversal of Roe v. Wade
  • Indiana AG's investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard involves complaints from people who never interacted with her, her attorney says
  
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• Samuel Alito mocks foreign critics of repealing Roe v. Wade in Rome speech on religious liberty

  29-07-2022 15:42 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Samuel Alito, appearing for the first time in public since penning the opinion that reversed Roe v. Wade, mocked foreign criticism of the decision during a speech he delivered in Rome.
  
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• Fast Food Is Slipping Out of Many Americans' Price Range

  29-07-2022 15:22
  
  The runaway inflation raging under Joe Biden’s failed presidency has gotten so bad that many Americans have cut back on eating out, even at less-expensive fast food restaurants.
  Both McDonald’s and Chipotle have reported lower sales from their less-affluent customers amid the historic inflation that’s eroding consumers’ bank accounts.
  “We’re definitely seeing a slowdown in their purchase frequency,” Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol told Bloomberg on Tuesday. &l
  
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• Pro-Trump influencer upset after documents detailing 'substantial' cooperation with FBI are released

  29-07-2022 15:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pro-Trump influencer Brandon Straka, who was convicted for his actions on Jan. 6, is upset after court filings detailing the assistance he provided to the FBI were released.
  
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• Report: Hunter Biden Intimidated His Drug Dealer with Mob Connections

  29-07-2022 14:53
  
  “The big guy” might not be Hunter Biden’s only connection with real power.
  At least, that’s what he wanted a Rhode Island drug dealer to believe, according to a new report.
  It said the son of President Joe Biden touted his relationship with a relative of organized crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in a January 2019 text.
  The texts were pulled from the younger Biden’s infamous laptop by the Marco Polo research group and provided to The Sun, which reported
  
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• The Fed's Preferred Inflation Metric Just Surged in Warning Sign for Biden's Economy

  29-07-2022 14:45
  
  The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index, continued to surge in June, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
  The PCE index was up 6.8 percent for the year ending in June, an increase from 6.3 percent in both April and May, the BEA announced.
  PCE is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation because it is “just better at capturing the inflation that people actually face in their lives,”
  
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• Should Trump (finally) be worried?

  29-07-2022 14:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Washington Post said DOJ is investigating President Donald Trump’s January 6 actions. Then NBC News interviewed Merrick Garland. Now comes the hard part.
  
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• The strange reason America's economy is shrinking

  29-07-2022 14:32 via cnn.com
  
  When you think about a shrinking economy, what comes to mind?
  
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• Shakira Facing Possible Imprisonment After Allegations of Defrauding Gov't Out of Millions

  29-07-2022 13:02
  
  Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud.
  Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. The prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of 24 million euros ($24 million).
  The indictment details six c
  
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