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• Majority of Americans worry about being able to pay for housing

  15-08-2022 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  If you are feeling the pinch of higher rents, you're not alone.
  
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• Brother of Marine Killed in Biden's Afghan Withdrawal Takes His Life Near Sibling's Memorial

  15-08-2022 23:40
  
  It was one year ago that the Biden administration abruptly shut down U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.
  And it was almost one year ago that a suicide bomber killed 13 American service members near the Kabul airport.
  That bombing has, in effect, now claimed another victim.
  Distraught over the death of his brother, 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, in the Aug. 26, 2021, blast, Dakota Halverson, 28, of Norco, California, took his own life Tuesday morning, his mother said on social
  
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• Alaska voters are casting ballots in two separate elections for the same seat. Here's how it works

  15-08-2022 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Voters in Alaska on Tuesday are voting in two separate elections for the same US House seat -- the state's at-large congressional district seat.
  
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• Rand Paul Moves to Pull Rug Out from Under DOJ, Leave Them with Nothing Usable from Mar-a-Lago Raid

  15-08-2022 22:45
  
  Only a few days after the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky publicly demanded the repeal of the Espionage Act.
  The Department of Justice is presumably weighing whether or not to indict former President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the act by taking classified documents with him upon leaving office (although, whether the documents in question were actually “classified” is up for dispute).
  According to the official search warrant, the FBI raided the Tru
  
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  15-08-2022 22:43
  
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• North Dakota School Board Votes to Remove Pledge of Allegiance, Points to 2 Words That Don't Align with Their Diversity Code

  15-08-2022 22:11
  
  A woke Fargo, North Dakota, school board has dumped the Pledge of Allegiance in part because it contains two words that aren’t “inclusive” enough. The decision has caused accusations of anti-Americanism and riled the community.
  The board made the decision to dump the Pledge even worse by only having passed a motion to open its meetings with the recitation on March 22. But only a few months later, on Tuesday, the board rescinded the motion in a 7-2 decision, according to Inforum
  
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• New charges related to threats against FBI unsealed against Pennsylvania man

  15-08-2022 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department unsealed charges on Monday against a Pennsylvania man who allegedly threatened to kill FBI agents after investigators searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's home in Florida.
  
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• DeSantis Takes Stage, Promises What's Happening Now 'Will Result in the Retirement of Nancy Pelosi'

  15-08-2022 21:41
  
  When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the stage Sunday to boost Republicans running in Arizona, his live audience was in Phoenix.
  But he was grabbing attention from both political parties across the country, thanks to his role as an emerging star in the GOP.
  And that had to be unnerving for some households in California and Washington, D.C. – especially the ones with inhabitants named “Pelosi.”
  In a speech marked with his usual frank demeanor, DeSantis all but predicted a Republi
  
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• Suspect accused of shooting a coach during a Dallas-area youth football game turns himself in

  15-08-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Police are searching Monday for a suspect in a weekend shooting that left one man dead at a youth football game in a Dallas suburb.
  
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• Trump Says His Passports Have Been Seized by the FBI; Former President Now Stuck

  15-08-2022 21:18
  
  The federal government has taken its investigation into former President Donald Trump to the next level.
  According to a message posted by Trump’s Truth Social account Monday, the FBI seized Trump’s passports, presumably preventing Trump from leaving the country.BREAKING pic.twitter.com/wQNNUmZct9
  — Michael Austin (@mikeswriting) August 15, 2022“Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three Passports (one expired), along with everything else,” Trump
  
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• Warner Bros. May Be Scrapping Another Film - Woke Superhero Actor Faces Villainous Allegations Involving Children

  15-08-2022 21:08
  
  As his legal problems pile up, actor Ezra Miller might lose the biggest role of his career.
  Already facing multiple allegations this year, Miller — set to star as the speedy superhero the Flash in films based on the DC comic books — was charged last week with felony burglary after allegedly entering a home in Stamford, Vermont, and stealing several bottles of alcohol, The Associated Press reported.
  Additionally, Rolling Stone reported Wednesday that Vermont’s Department for Chi
  
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• Democratic Rep. Believes She's 'Off the Record,' Drops the Big One About Biden

  15-08-2022 20:44
  
  A Democratic congresswoman who believed she was “off the record” may have accidentally dropped a massive hint as to President Joe Biden’s plans in 2024.
  In an interview published by The New York Times on Saturday, Eleanor Randolph of the Times editorial board asked Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York whether Biden should fun for president again in 2024.
  “Off the record, he’s not running again,” Maloney said.
  Jyoti Thottam, another member of the editori
  
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• Starbucks Asks Labor Board to Suspend Mail-In Voting After 'Infected' Union Election

  15-08-2022 20:32
  
  Starbucks is asking the National Labor Relations Board to suspend mail-in union elections after an election in the Kansas City area did not go its way.
  According to Fox Business, Starbucks wrote a letter to the chairman and general counsel of the NLRB accusing the labor board officials of tampering in an union election at a store in Overland Park, Kansas.
  The letter alleged board members in the Kansas City area “and elsewhere engaged in highly improper, systemic misconduct” in union
  
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• Analysis: US economy didn't get recession memo

  15-08-2022 20:19 via cnn.com
  
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• Prominent Doctor Who Was Recently Convicted of Sexually Abusing Patients Suffers 'Violent Death' in Jail

  15-08-2022 20:18
  
  A once-prominent neurologist convicted last month of sexually abusing patients killed himself Monday at a New York City jail, two people familiar with the matter said.
  Doctor Ricardo Cruciani, 68, was found unresponsive in a shower area at the Eric M. Taylor Center, a jail at the notorious Rikers Island complex, the people said. They were not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.
  Cruciani’s lawyer, Frederick Sosinsky, confirmed in a statement that his client ha
  
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• $3 gas could be around the corner

  15-08-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  US gasoline prices continue to fall, and they could keep falling, raising the possibility of gas below $3 a gallon in much of the country before the end of the year.
  
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• FBI Is Terrified After Mar-a-Lago Raid Backfires, Now Obsessively Combing Through Social Media Profiles for 'Signs of Agitation'

  15-08-2022 19:34
  
  As Americans are rightfully frustrated with the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago, the Biden administration is warning federal and local law enforcement about the possibility of “domestic terrorism.”
  The Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, FBI and Customs and Border Protection also issued warnings using very similar language, Just the News reported.
  “Last night, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice issued a Joint Intelligence Bullet
  
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• Ex-Minneapolis officers reject state plea deal in George Floyd killing

  15-08-2022 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao told a judge Monday they have rejected a plea deal offered by state prosecutors for their role in George Floyd's killing, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's deputy chief of staff said.
  
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• Health departments apply lessons learned from Covid to other public health concerns

  15-08-2022 19:02 via cnn.com
  
  LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy it is to use the medicine that can reverse opioid overdoses.
  
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• US does not plan to release frozen Afghan assets soon

  15-08-2022 18:57 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration does not plan to release billions of dollars of Afghan government assets held by the country's central bank anytime soon, citing concerns the funds could end up in the hands of terrorists after the leader of al Qaeda was killed while hiding out in Afghanistan's capital.
  
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• Did you change jobs during the pandemic and then regret it?

  15-08-2022 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  A record number of Americans quit their jobs last year. The reasons for leaving varied: some workers were looking for new opportunities, others wanted more flexibility, higher pay or were starting new careers.
  
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• This high risk investment craze isn't going away

  15-08-2022 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Investors who aren't afraid of serious risk now have several new "funds" they can buy into. The difference is, unlike traditional ETFs which are tied to shares in multiple companies, the latest exchange-traded funds actually give traders exposure to only one stock.
  
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• FBI Had November Midterms on Its Mind While Planning Mar-a-Lago Raid: Ex-Federal Prosecutor

  15-08-2022 17:41
  
  A former federal prosecutor with knowledge of the Department of Justice’s inner workings said the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida was likely conducted on Aug. 8 for a specific reason.
  On Tuesday, Elie Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor turned CNN senior legal analyst, said the DOJ is required to hold off from conducting “politically sensitive moves” within 90 days of any major election.
  The Aug. 8 raid just so h
  
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• Child Protective Services Worker Fired After Allegedly Being Caught on Video Telling Young Foster Girl to Do the Unthinkable

  15-08-2022 17:19
  
  A Texas Department of Family and Protective Services employee has been fired after encouraging a 14-year-old foster care youth to enter the sex trade.
  The 14-year-old was asking for food while being housed at a Harris County hotel. In reply, the worker, who was videoed by the girl, proposed sex work,  according to WOIA-TV.
  “The person in the video — who was employed as [child protective services] support staff — was dismissed from her position Aug. 10,” said Marissa
  
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• SoulCycle is closing 25% of its studios

  15-08-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  It's not just Peloton that's spinning into trouble: Indoor cycling studio SoulCycle is closing about 25% of its locations.
  
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• Officer in George Floyd Killing Rejects Plea Deal, Says He Would Be 'Lying' to Accept Any Offer

  15-08-2022 17:04
  
  Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in three-year prison sentences, setting the stage for a trial in October.
  Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Thao, Kueng and Thomas Lane were working with Derek Chauvin when he pinned Floyd’s neck with his knee for more
  
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• If You Lose a Loved One to This, You Might Have Pelosi's Political Stunt to Thank Now

  15-08-2022 17:02
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to go through with a visit to Taiwan may have been a way to project strength to the Chinese. Aside from that, it’s difficult to see any tangible benefit from what amounted to a political stunt.
  There have been plenty of tangible harms, however — and one of them could end with too many Americans dead.
  According to Reuters, officials in President Joe Biden’s administration are slamming Beijing for suspending cooperation on drug traffick
  
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• White House launching messaging push

  15-08-2022 15:49 via cnn.com
  
  The White House is launching a messaging push to capitalize on a recent string of policy accomplishments and spur momentum for Democrats heading into November's pivotal midterm elections, according to a memo written by top White House officials.
  
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• Pfizer CEO Announces He's Positive for COVID, Is 'Thankful to Have Received 4 Doses' of Vaccine

  15-08-2022 15:45
  
  Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla announced Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 — and praised his company’s vaccines while announcing his diagnosis.
  “I would like to let you know that I have tested positive for #COVID19. I am thankful to have received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and I am feeling well while experiencing very mild symptoms. I am isolating and have started a course of Paxlovid,” he said in a series of tweets.
  “We have come so far in o
  
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• Adam Schiff Can't Explain This Little Detail About the Mar-a-Lago Raid

  15-08-2022 15:34
  
  Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff was unable to explain what took the FBI so long to raid former President Donald Trump’s home in South Florida’s Mar-a-Lago Club if the documents Trump had in his possession were so sensitive, making the issue yet another one of the many questions surrounding this inexpiable police-state action.
  Schiff’s inability to explain the matter was on full display this weekend during his visit to the CBS Sunday morning show “Face the Nation,” when
  
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• Parkland Shooter Is Still Holding on to a Delusional Belief, Counselor Says

  15-08-2022 15:14
  
  Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, believes the day will come when he will be free.
  Cruz told counselor Wesley Center that when he gets out of jail, he wants to help people, The Associated Press reported Sunday.
  “He had some sort of epiphany while he was in [jail] that would focus his thoughts on being able to help people,” Center told prosecutors in an interview.
  “His life’s purpose
  
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• Federal Judge Orders Lindsey Graham to Testify Before Grand Jury Investigating Trump

  15-08-2022 14:58
  
  A federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether, in the aftermath of the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws while trying to overturn his narrow loss in the state.
  Attorneys for Graham, a South Carolina Republican, had argued that his position as a U.S. senator provided him immunity from having to appear before the investigative panel and asked the judge to quash his sub
  
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• Opinion: Fully remote work could soon vanish

  15-08-2022 14:45 via cnn.com
  
  As restaurants, malls and movie theaters fill back up with people, the workplace has remained nearly empty. This is partly driven by how engrained remote work has become in society. People have invested in creating workspaces in their homes, relocated to smaller towns and even taken their work to vacation resorts. Now, amidst an easing pandemic and slowing economy, companies are increasingly trying to draw employees back into the office. But many just don't want to go.
  
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• New business taxes are coming. Wall Street isn't worried

  15-08-2022 14:29 via cnn.com
  
  The most powerful business lobby in the United States is not a fan of the landmark heath care and climate package President Joe Biden is expected to shortly sign into law.
  
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• 2022 Red Wave Was Losing Steam... Then Mar-a-Lago Raid Changed Everything for Voters

  15-08-2022 14:24
  
  In recent months, the “red wave” of the upcoming midterm elections seemed to be losing steam.
  Gas prices had begun to drop from their peaks, job numbers were beginning to bounce back and inflation is now at “0 percent” according to President Joe Biden. These and other factors, such as mainstream media support, seemed to be keeping the political pendulum on the blue side.
  In recent weeks, liberal media mainstays such as The Washington Post, The New York Times and CNN have
  
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• 'We thought we were safe': Kentucky disaster shows how US is ill-prepared and under-insured for devastating floods

  15-08-2022 13:38 via cnn.com
  
  When Bob and Debbie Smith signed up for flood insurance years ago, they never expected the storm that transformed the little river next to their backyard into a raging, muddy torrent. They never imagined that they and their cat would need to be rescued from their front porch by a neighbor with a boat as the floodwater reached up to their chests.
  
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• The FEMA maps showed they weren't in a flood zone, but the waist-high water showed otherwise

  15-08-2022 13:38 via cnn.com
  
  When Bob and Debbie Smith signed up for flood insurance years ago, they never expected the storm that transformed the little river next to their backyard into a raging, muddy torrent. They never imagined that they and their cat would need to be rescued from their front porch by a neighbor with a boat as the floodwater reached up to their chests.
  
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• Days Before Primary, Liz Cheney's Democrat Pal Throws an Anchor Around Her Neck

  15-08-2022 13:37
  
  A former Democratic senator who made headlines in a 2017 sexual harassment scandal that forced his resignation has sparked ridicule after endorsing Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming in her upcoming Republican primary.
  Wyoming Republicans go to the polls Tuesday to decide between Cheney, who has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, and challenger Harriet Hageman, who has Trump’s support.
  One poll released last week gave Hageman a 29-point lead over Cheney.
  Former U
  
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• Brittney Griner appeals Russian drug conviction

  15-08-2022 12:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  WNBA star Brittney Griner's defense team has filed an appeal against her drug conviction as Russia and the United States discuss a potential prisoner swap.
  
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• Cheney tries to hold on in tough Wyoming primary reshaped by Trump

  15-08-2022 12:00 via cnn.com
  
  Six years ago, when Rep. Liz Cheney first ran for Wyoming's lone House seat, Nicholas Houfek said he saw the long-time Virginia resident, who had purchased a home in Jackson Hole four years earlier, as a "carpetbagger."
  
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• From Hong Kong to a peeling suburban apartment block: How American candy stores took over London's Oxford Street

  15-08-2022 11:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  London's Oxford Street has been swamped with American-themed candy stores over the past two years. Local officials say they are involved in criminality.
  
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• Angry China stages new military drills near Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers visit

  15-08-2022 11:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the island’s president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation on Monday.
  
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• Saudi fund invested $500 million in Russian oil as Ukraine invasion began

  15-08-2022 10:55 via cnn.com
  
  Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding invested in Russian energy groups Gazprom, Rosneft and Lukoil between Feb. 22 and March 22, it said on Twitter on Sunday.
  
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• Violence, hunger and fear: Afghanistan under the Taliban

  15-08-2022 10:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  It was a stunning rout.   A year ago Monday, a ragtag army of extremists swept into Kabul without firing a shot after having seized most of Afghanistan.
  
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• Second Bridge Made of Wood and Glue Collapses, Similar Crossings Closed When People Realize There Might Be a Pattern

  15-08-2022 10:29
  
  A wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday, with a car plunging into the water and a truck getting stuck on a raised section. The drivers of both vehicles were rescued and are doing well, police said.
  Police were alerted shortly after 7:30 a.m. that the bridge had collapsed as a truck and a car were crossing over it. The cause wasn’t immediately known.
  The car plunged into the river while the truck remained on the bridge in a nearly vertical position on a sectio
  
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• China cuts rates as lockdowns and a real estate crisis take their toll

  15-08-2022 10:07 via cnn.com
  
  China's central bank cut interest rates on Monday as new data showed the economy losing steam last month because of renewed Covid lockdowns and a deepening property downturn.
  
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• Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says

  15-08-2022 06:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a
  
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• The U.S. could see a new 'extreme heat belt' by 2053

  15-08-2022 06:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  An "extreme heat belt" reaching as far north as Chicago is taking shape, a corridor that cuts through the middle of the country and would affect more than 107
  
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• Mar-a-Lago -- and its owner -- have long caused concerns for US intelligence

  15-08-2022 05:40 via cnn.com
  
  Revealing an airstrike over "beautiful" chocolate cake. A trespasser from China carrying flash drives and electronics. Cellphone photos of the "nuclear football" briefcase. And now, classified documents recovered during an FBI search.
  
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• House Republicans to issue scathing report criticizing Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal

  15-08-2022 04:35 via cnn.com
  
  At the height of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan there were only 36 State Department officials on the ground at the Kabul airport to process Afghans who were trying to evacuate, according to a newly released report from House Republicans, despite the department's claims that they had surged resources to handle the crowds desperately trying to flee.
  
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