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• Op-Ed: The Plot Thickens in Gaza and Iran, Undeterred by Biden

  10-08-2022 23:56
  
  On the afternoon of Aug. 5, Israeli fighter jets screamed toward the Gaza Strip.
  An air strike operation that lasted less than three minutes successfully eliminated Tayseer Jabari, a top commander of the terrorist organization known as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as well as several squads of Gazan militants en route to attack Jewish targets along the border. Leading up to the airstrike, Israeli forces had already arrested Bassam al-Saadi, the leader of the PIJ in the Yehudah v’ Shomron
  
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• Americans Give Biden a Reality Check After His 'Zero Percent Inflation' Claim

  10-08-2022 23:53
  
  If there were any doubts that the government is in the hands of a man out of touch of with reality, President Joe Biden himself laid them to rest on Wednesday with a claim about inflation even liberal Americans should have laughed at.
  Standing in front of cameras, Biden boastfully announced, to a country that has been racked by soaring prices from virtually the moment he took office, that the United States had experienced “zero percent inflation in the month of July.”
  And the social
  
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• Armed Resident Sends Entire Group of Home Invasion Suspects Running for Their Lives

  10-08-2022 23:45
  
  A robbery almost occurred in Los Angeles early Wednesday morning, but an armed resident who did not take kindly to the alleged break-in decided to fight back.
  The Hollywood Hills homeowner fired gunshots at the would-be-robbers, sending them fleeing from the multimillion-dollar house.
  Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the incident around 2:30 a.m. following two 911 calls, KTTV-TV reported.
  The suspects remain at large.
  It is not known what the burglars looked like or how many t
  
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• Russian Aircraft Enters US Air Defense Identification Zone

  10-08-2022 23:24
  
  Russian surveillance aircraft have entered Alaska’s air defense identification zone twice this week, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
  “On two separate occasions, over the past 2 days, the Alaskan NORAD Region detected, tracked and identified Russian surveillance aircraft entering and operating within the Alaskan ADIZ,” NORAD announced in a Tuesday post on Twitter.
  “The Russian aircraft did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace,”
  
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• Biden's New Plan Will Dramatically Cut Down on 'Illegals' But Will Destroy the Country

  10-08-2022 23:07
  
  As illegal immigration numbers skyrocket, the Biden administration’s new strategy will only make matters worse. According to multiple experts, the new plan threatens both national security and the American economy.
  Instead of prioritizing deportation or border security, President Joe Biden will institute a backdoor policy reclassifying immigrants as asylum-seekers for U.S. entry. In other words, instead of pursuing policies that would reduce the number of undocumented immigrants, Biden has
  
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• Eric Trump Gives Inside Look at What the FBI Outrageously Did During KGB-Style Raid: It's Worse Than You Think

  10-08-2022 22:53
  
  Eric Trump is revealing shocking details about what really happened during the FBI’s unprecedented raid on Mar-a-Lago.
  The federal agency demanded that staff turn off all security cameras on the property and forced a lawyer to stand outside on the driveway while they ransacked the resort’s interior.
  Eric Trump was present at the building when 30 FBI agents arrived at the Palm Beach property. He shared the new details of the raid in an interview with the Daily Mail.
  “There&rsquo
  
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• SpaceX denied nearly $900 million in broadband subsidies

  10-08-2022 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  In a high-stakes decision, federal regulators announced Wednesday that SpaceX will not receive nearly $900 million in subsidies that the company was awarded in December, citing the fact that its satellite-based service is "still developing technology" and the company "failed to demonstrate that [it] could deliver the promised service."
  
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• 'WJ Live': Special Guest Spills 'Chilling' New Details About Trump's Mar-a-Lago Raid

  10-08-2022 22:48
  
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• A $1,500 'option' is now mandatory on GMC, Buick, and some Cadillac models

  10-08-2022 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  General Motors is selling three years of OnStar service as a $1,500 "option" on all Buick and GMC vehicles, as well as on Cadillac Escalade SUVs. But this is an option you can't refuse.
  
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• Teen and mom facing charges in abortion-related case that involved getting their Facebook messages

  10-08-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that involved police obtaining Facebook messages between the two that authorities allege show evidence of an illegal self-managed medication abortion, as well as a plan to hide the remains.
  
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• Nebraska teen and mother facing charges in abortion-related case that involved obtaining their Facebook messages

  10-08-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that involved police obtaining Facebook messages between the two that authorities allege show evidence of an illegal self-managed medication abortion, as well as a plan to hide the remains.
  
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• Gen Z is over Facebook, Pew Research Center finds

  10-08-2022 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook, once the go-to social media platform for many, has plummeted in popularity among younger users, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
  
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• Elementary School Teacher Arrested on 45 Counts of Distributing Child Pornography

  10-08-2022 22:09
  
  A teacher in Louisiana has been arrested after being accused of distributing child pornography.
  Brandon Short was arrested on Tuesday and charged with 45 counts of distributing pornography that included children under 13-years-old, WAFB reported.
  Short allegedly used the app Kik to distribute pornographic pictures of young girls.
  The former teacher worked in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System and had been hired in August of 2021.
  He was “assigned as an itinerant teacher” at Ry
  
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• John Stamos and The Beach Boys honor Bob Saget at Los Angeles concert

  10-08-2022 21:58 via foxnews.com
  
  John Stamos and The Beach Boys are paying tribute to the late "Full House" star Bob Saget.  At the "Sixty Years of the Sounds of Summer" concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Stamos and The Beach Boys dedicated the song "Forever" to his former co-star, as a video montage of Saget was displayed to the audience.  The 1970s classic "Forever" was performed several times on "Full House" by Stamos’ beloved character Uncle Jesse. Last Friday, Stamos first previewed the Los Angele
  
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• Louisiana kindergartner allegedly forced out of school because her parents are gay

  10-08-2022 21:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  A couple in Louisiana, Emily and Jennie Parker, said the Bible Based Academy in Dequincy said their daughter could not go to school there because they are gay.
  
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• Spain imposes regulation curbing air conditioner use as temperatures soar

  10-08-2022 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  A new energy-saving rule in Spain that limits the use of air conditioning in public spaces in order to curb dependence on Russian energy is going into effect despite sweltering temperatures. The regulation requires air conditioning be set no lower than 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit during the warmest months of the year in public spaces such as shops, offices, and movie theaters, even though temperatures routinely eclipse 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer months, Agence France Press reported.&nb
  
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• Washington State Cougars ex-head football coach sues for wrongful termination

  10-08-2022 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has filed a claim against the university seeking $25 million for wrongful termination after he was fired last year for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The claim was filed on Rolovich’s behalf with the state’s Office of Risk Management on April 27, the Seattle Times reported. Such a claim is a prerequisite for filing a lawsuit against a state agency, said Brionna Aho, spokesperson for state Attorney General Bob Ferguson
  
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• North Korea soldiers in Ukraine would be logistical 'mess’ Putin won’t 'allow': Russia expert

  10-08-2022 21:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Climbing Russian causalities and reports suggesting that Russia is now looking to North Korea to aid its flagging troops raised eyebrows this week as some began to question whether Moscow would drag Pyongyang into its war in Ukraine. Russia expert and former intelligence officer in Russian doctrine and strategy for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Rebekah Koffler, threw cold water on these claims and said they were "implausible.""The Russian propaganda machine could say that 100,000 N
  
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• DOJ Official Declares Mar-a-Lago Raid 'A Spectacular Backfire': Report

  10-08-2022 21:52
  
  In the aftermath of the FBI raid at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, a Justice Department official said that the operation has backfired after garnering furious responses from many on the right and that it was not the FBI’s intention to make a political fiasco.
  On Monday, FBI agents arrived at Trump’s home in Florida with a search warrant to obtain any government documents that the former president may have had in his possession, Newsweek reported.
  According to
  
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• COVID vaccine production from South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare to end this week due to low demand

  10-08-2022 21:50 via foxnews.com
  
  South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare will stop making COVID-19 vaccines from the end of this month due to a lack of orders, a senior executive said, further undermining Africa's already meager capacity to produce doses. Aspen currently produces vaccines for Johnson & Johnson . In March, it struck a deal to produce, price, and sell its own-brand version of the shot for African markets. That deal was considered a game-changer for a continent frustrated by sluggish Western handouts. But, while only
  
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• Bucks’ Bobby Portis relishing time in Milwaukee, credits key figure for success: ‘Shout-out to my mom’

  10-08-2022 21:50 via foxnews.com
  
  It took Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis a few years to find his NBA home, spending the first five years of his career with three different teams.  Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 2015, Portis spent the first three years of his career in Chicago before being traded to the Washington Wizards in 2019. After signing a two-year deal with the Knicks in 2019, New York declined the club option for the second year, opening up the opportunity for Portis to sign with the Bucks in 2020. In Milwauk
  
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• Russia resumes oil pipline after Hungary's MOL paid transit fees

  10-08-2022 21:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian oil pipeline flows resumed to Central Europe on Wednesday, ending a six-day halt, after Hungarian group MOL paid transit fees owed to Ukraine, providing a temporary solution to the latest disruption of Russian energy supplies. MOL said oil was again flowing through the southern branch of the Druzhba, or Friendship, pipeline, that it had reached Slovakia and should reach Hungary on Thursday. Oil flows, however, are not expected to resume to the Czech Republic. On Tuesday, Russian pipeline
  
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• Little League batter consoles pitcher after scary hit to head: I wanted him to know I was OK

  10-08-2022 21:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Little League baseball players had no idea their heartwarming display of sportsmanship would go viral, amassing millions of views after being shared on Twitter. During the Little League World Series Southwest Regional Championship, Oklahoma player Isaiah Jarvis was hit in the helmet by a pitch from Texas East's Kaiden Shelton.  Jarvis immediately fell to the ground but was able to get up and walk to first base. Although he was OK, Shelton was visibly shaken. That's when Jarvis did the u
  
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• California police arrest multiple suspects in connection with off-duty officer shooting

  10-08-2022 21:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Multiple arrests have been made in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Southern California police officer, authorities said Wednesday. Capt. Scott Loughner of the suburban Downey Police Department confirmed the arrests and said details would be released in an afternoon press conference at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. Monterey Park Officer Gardiel Solorio, 26, was shot to death in a mid-afternoon attack Monday in a parking lot near a Downey fitness center. CALIFORNIA
  
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• Michigan auto company releases industrial chemicals into river

  10-08-2022 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Michigan environmental officials notified an an auto trim maker that it violated the law by releasing industrial chemicals into a river system northwest of Detroit. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy says its Water Resources Division issued citations Tuesday to Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom for discharging a plating solution containing hexavalent chromium into a sanitary sewer system the weekend of July 29. The solution was routed to an area wastewater treatment facili
  
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• Watch: Even Blue Cities Have Had Enough of Fauci, Gets Booed While Throwing First Pitch at Game

  10-08-2022 21:09
  
  If you’re tired of hearing about Dr. Anthony Fauci, you are not alone.
  On Tuesday, the White House’s chief medical adviser was invited to throw out the first pitch at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, where the Mariners were taking on the New York Yankees.
  When Fauci was introduced over the loudspeaker, many fans booed.#Anthonyfauci gets mixed reception when introduced to throw out the first pitch at @Mariners vs @Yankees game in #seattle pic.twitter.com/V9Wom7f0rI
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• The suspect in New Mexico Muslim killings was arrested twice on domestic violence charges

  10-08-2022 21:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The man accused of killing at least two men of South Asian descent, sending shockwaves through this city's Muslim community, was arrested twice in 2018 in
  
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• What's in it for you? Five benefits for average Americans in the Democrats' climate and health bill

  10-08-2022 20:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democrats' climate and health care bill contains cash benefits for many Americans, including tax credits for electric vehicles and savings on prescription drugs and health insurance premiums.
  
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• Food prices are skyrocketing, and it's not just because of inflation

  10-08-2022 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  Inflation may be slowing overall, but food prices are still sky-high.
  
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• DeSantis flexes his power in Florida ahead of 2024 decision

  10-08-2022 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  • DeSantis suspends Tampa prosecutor who took stance against criminalizing abortion providers
  
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• Sesame Place announces diversity initiatives after accusations of racial bias

  10-08-2022 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  Sesame Place has announced new measures to expand its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts following a class action lawsuit alleging racial bias.
  
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• Iranian Operative Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Former Trump Administration Official John Bolton

  10-08-2022 20:05
  
  The Department of Justice has charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in an alleged assassination plot against John Bolton, who was national security advisor under former President Donald Trump.
  The DOJ accuses the Iranian operative, Sharam Poursafi, of trying to pay $300,000 to individuals to kill Bolton in Washington or Maryland, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
  The 45-year-old Poursafi “remains at large abroad,” the department said in a news relea
  
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• Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Crime Punishable by Death

  10-08-2022 19:55
  
  A former Twitter employer has been found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia after he exchanged private user information for money.
  Ahmad Abouammo worked for Twitter from 2013 to 2015, and he managed media partnerships with high-profile users in the Middle East and North Africa, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  Along with being found guilty of selling private information, Abouammo was also found guilty of money laundering, wire fraud and falsification of records.
  However, he was found innocent of
  
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• Biden says US government knows 'with certainty' that Austin Tice has been held by Syrian government

  10-08-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared that the US government knows "with certainty" that American journalist Austin Tice has been held by the Syrian government and called on Damascus to cooperate on efforts to release him after 10 years of captivity.
  
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• Trump Skewers NY AG Letitia James from Inside Her Own Office After He's Called In for Deposition

  10-08-2022 19:34
  
  Former President Donald Trump took aim at New York Attorney General Letitia James in a series of Wednesday Truth Social posts.
  Trump pointed to James’ legal pursuit of him as the latest development in a partisan “witch hunt” targeting him for political purposes.
  “Seeing racist N.Y.S. Attorney General tomorrow, for a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. history! My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic!” said the for
  
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• Serena Williams' legacy was powered by tennis – but her influence on Black girls and women was just as profound

  10-08-2022 19:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  When Serena Williams retires from tennis — she will leave a legacy as the most dominant and influential women’s player in the game’s history.
  
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• Dermatologist arrested after her husband secretly recorded her allegedly poisoning him with Drano

  10-08-2022 19:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  A California dermatologist has been arrested after her husband secretly recorded her allegedly poisoning him by pouring Drano into his drinks, according to officials and a restraining order.
  
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• Op-Ed: The Double Standards of Biden's Justice Department Reek to the High Heavens

  10-08-2022 19:06
  
  When it comes to the Biden Justice Department, if it weren’t for double standards, there might be no standards at all.
  Such is the case with how the FBI (the principal law enforcement division of the Justice Department) is investigating more than 40 cases of arson and other acts of domestic terrorism against pro-life pregnancy centers.
  To date, there have been zero arrests of activists in such groups as Jane’s Revenge in these cases of domestic terrorism. But when a Planned Parenthoo
  
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• Watch: Dramatic Moment Plane Makes Emergency Crash-Landing on Crowded Freeway Before Bursting Into Flames

  10-08-2022 18:58
  
  Drivers on a California freeway dealt with an extra driving challenge when a small plane crash-landed on the highway Tuesday afternoon.
  No injuries were reported by the California Highway Patrol when the plane landed on the 91 Freeway in Riverside County at 12:31 p.m., according to KTLA.
  Video showed the single-engine plane wobbling as is flew lower and lower until it landed on the freeway, sliding to the side of the road as it bursts into flames.A dashcam showed an attempted emergency landing t
  
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• Doctor Arrested After Husband Catches Her on Camera Allegedly Concocting a Dangerous Surprise for Him

  10-08-2022 18:44
  
  A California woman was arrested after her husband said she was trying to poison him — and he used surveillance videos as evidence against her.
  Jack Chen, a physician in Orange, had fallen ill and believed his wife was trying to poison him with drain cleaner, lawyer Steven Hittelman said, according to CBS News.
  “He started to have unusual symptoms back in March and April,” Hittelman said. “He went in to get checked by a doctor and found that he had had physical effects. He
  
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• LA City Council Meeting Turns Chaotic When Audience Member Charges Toward Council President

  10-08-2022 18:33
  
  A city council meeting in Los Angeles, California, descended into chaos Tuesday after the council voted to prohibit homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.
  The council, according to KABC-TV, voted 11-3 to broaden existing regulations that made sitting, sleeping or camping at daycare centers and schools specified by the council unlawful that day.
  In response to the vote, a public speaker at the meeting climbed over a bench and hurried towards Democratic City Council P
  
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• Is Liz Cheney Getting Rich Off Hunter Biden? The Shocking Connection No One's Been Talking About

  10-08-2022 18:22
  
  A combination of reporting from February and more recent stories regarding Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, her husband, Hunter Biden’s business dealings with Chinese energy firms and those firms’ meetings with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office have yielded something unexpected: concrete connections linking Hunter’s business with China and Cheney.
  Early this year, a story that seemed to capture little notice was published by Just The News describing at great length the
  
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• 'Breakfast Club' co-host Angela Yee announces her departure

  10-08-2022 18:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Angela Yee, one of the longtime hosts of the popular “Breakfast Club” radio show, confirmed on Wednesday morning that she will be leaving the program.
  
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• Nightmare Flight from China: Terrified Children Forced to Travel 8 Hours with Mother's Lifeless Body

  10-08-2022 17:45
  
  While aboard a flight from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, a woman died in her sleep right next to her family.
  Helen Rhodes was found not breathing by her husband and two children on the Friday flight, with eight hours left to travel in the 12-and-a-half-hour trip.
  The cause of death remains unknown.
  “We are still in disbelief and shock about the sudden passing of our dearest friend Helen Rhodes, whose life has touched many people in Hong Kong and the UK,” family friend Jayne Jeje w
  
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• Ahmaud Arbery's hometown honors him following end of hate crime case

  10-08-2022 17:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ahmaud Arbery’s hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally shot after being chased by three white men in a nearby neighborhood — a crime local officials vowed to never forget.
  
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• Former Dem Presidential Contender: Trump Raid 'Something Every American Should Be Extremely Concerned About'

  10-08-2022 17:36
  
  If President Joe Biden wanted to find a way to discredit the FBI and his Department of Justice, he couldn’t have done a better job than Monday’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
  The search, essentially over a dispute with the National Archives and Records Administration over whether Trump improperly took classified information to his Florida estate, could end with the former president being charged under U.S. Code Title 18, Section 2071, which p
  
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• Readers share what inflation has forced them to give up

  10-08-2022 17:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  How rising prices turned up the heat on millions of Americans already reeling from the pandemic — and how they could cool off
  
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• There's One Glaring Problem with the Upcoming Electric Vehicle Tax Credit - No One Qualifies

  10-08-2022 17:13
  
  An electric vehicle tax credit included in the Democrats’ mammoth “Inflation Reduction Act” promises a $7,500 tax credit to electric vehicle purchasers.
  There’s one catch, however: No one could claim the credit because virtually no electric vehicles qualify under the terms of the law.
  John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, explained the situation in a blog post Friday.
  “[T]here are 72 EV models currently available for purcha
  
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• Gone Fishing

  10-08-2022 17:08
  
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• An Iranian national is charged in a plot to kill John Bolton

  10-08-2022 17:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was charged in a plot to murder former National Security Advisor John Bolton, the Justice Department said.
  
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