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• Official: Three killed and 2 injured after gunman sets fire to building in Houston

  28-08-2022 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  At least four people were killed and two people were injured early Sunday morning after a man dressed in all black set fire to a building and then shot at people fleeing, Houston Police chief Troy Finner said in a news conference.
  
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• Macaroni Grill Charging $2 Extra Per Check, Line at Bottom of Bill Explains Why

  28-08-2022 23:41
  
  A notable American restaurant chain has been forced to add a new line item to every bills thanks to President Joe Biden’s inflation.
  Italian restaurant chain Macaroni Grill is adding a fee of two dollars at the bottom of all customers’ checks, WESH-TV reported.
  The restaurant is designating the line item as a “temporary inflation fee.”
  Customer Alison Burke said she understood the need to add the fee as inflation continues to surge under Biden.
  “We had the most wond
  
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• Honeymoon Going Great Until Wife Fall Asleep in Hotel Room, Wakes to Find Husband's Been Booked on Union-Ending Charges

  28-08-2022 23:34
  
  As a Florida sheriff recounted the accomplishment of a squad formed to fight human trafficking, one arrest stood out.
  Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister last week summarized the work of the unit formed last June.
  A Facebook post by the office noted that 360 people had been arrested by the Human Trafficking Squad and eight victims had been rescued.
  “When I became Sheriff — I made a commitment to fight illegal prostitution and to protect the citizens of Hillsborough County fro
  
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• Leftist Teacher Says Quiet Part Outloud - Accidentally Admits Easy Way to Purge Wokeism in Schools

  28-08-2022 23:25
  
  A woke Illinois middle school teacher recently admitted that she routinely lies to parents about what she is teaching children in a video that should not only act as a warning to parents, but also as a road map to eliminating this dangerous, anti-American leftism that is so pervasive in our public school systems.
  The teacher’s name was not made public, but according to the Post Millennial, she is a member of the faculty at Troy Middle School in Plainfield, Illinois, a town about 40 miles s
  
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• US Citizen Imprisoned in China to Be Executed After Losing Appeal

  28-08-2022 23:15
  
  An American citizen faces execution in China now that his appeal of a murder conviction has been rejected.
  Shadeed Abdulmateen was convicted of killing his former girlfriend, and the death sentence was announced in April.
  After a trial by the High People’s Court of Eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, Abdulmateen’s appeal was rejected, CCTV reported, according to Reuters.
  “The High People’s Court of Zhejiang Province … found that the facts found by the Ningbo I
  
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• Pop Star Arrested After Making Joke in Middle East

  28-08-2022 23:04
  
  A Turkish singer who made a joke about the nation’s Islamic religious schools has been tossed in jail over her remark.
  Gülşen, a pop singer, was jailed on Thursday over a quip made in April while poking fun at a member of her band,  according to the New York Post.
  “He studied at an Imam Hatip [school] previously. That’s where his perversion comes from,” Gülşen said in April in a video which began circulating recently.
  The jab comes in a nation tor
  
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• Girl Screams as Man Is Walking By, Family Plays the Security Footage and Realizes Why

  28-08-2022 22:57
  
  A 6-year-old Ohio girl was taking out the trash Tuesday when her screams echoed in the Hamilton, Ohio, neighborhood where she lives.
  Only a few seconds of the family’s doorbell video made it plain why — a man had come along who appeared to try to abduct the girl, according to Fox News.
  “This guy walks by and he touched me. He pulled me,” Ken’Adi Nash said Friday in an ABC segment that aired on “Good Morning America.”
  She said although he grabbed her hand
  
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• Pics: EV Quality Troubles Persist - Tesla Steering Yokes Disintegrating Under 30k Miles

  28-08-2022 22:29
  
  Tesla was arguably the first electric car company to gain widespread notice in the United States, and most Americans probably know about the company and what it does.
  But as time goes on, some customers are learning the hard way that a brand-new Tesla vehicle may not meet the standards they expect.
  In a Twitter post on Tuesday, one self-identified Tesla user shared a problem encountered with the car’s steering yoke — the Tesla version of the steering wheel — after driving it fo
  
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• Video: Violence Hits Chuck E. Cheese as Grown Adults Engage in All-Out Brawl

  28-08-2022 22:23
  
  Chuck E. Cheese is supposed to be a place where kids can be kids.
  Apparently, in today’s day and age of outrage and pride, even that has been taken away.
  On Saturday, a brawl broke out between numerous adults at one South Carolina Chuck E. Cheese, according to WYFF.
  When police arrived on the scene, what they witnessed was absolute mayhem.
  A large crowd inside the restaurant was arguing and attacking one another. One security guard at the Chuck E. Cheese was even punched in the head, but c
  
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• EBT Down Nationwide, People Furious as Welfare Cards Stop Working

  28-08-2022 22:14
  
  A major outage with the United States’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is reportedly affecting Americans across the country.
  According to Down Detector, SNAP users began reporting outages around 8:30 a.m. pacific time on Sunday morning. By noon, nearly 5,000 users had reported outages around the country.
  SNAP is a program that helps supplement the food budget of low-income Americans, WWBT reported.
  While the program previously used food stamps as the primary way for Americ
  
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• Op-Ed: A Powerful Response to Abortion Culture Starts with Godly Men

  28-08-2022 21:41
  
  Recently, I had the opportunity to stand before a church and offer encouragement from God’s Word to women who may have experienced abortion.
  I shared, “There is healing and forgiveness in Christ for abortion as there is for all of our sins. Cling to the cross of Christ and know that in Christ, you are accepted and blameless. You do not have to live in shame or be crippled by guilt.”
  Several people came up afterward to thank me for the encouragement; of these, some of the first
  
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• People Escape House Fire Only to Find Man with Shotgun Who Immediately Opens Fire

  28-08-2022 20:58
  
  Four people died early Sunday after an apparent arson and an officer-involved shooting in Houston.
  Police said the suspect set fire to several residences and then fired upon those who fled, according to KHOU.
  The incident took place at about 1 a.m.
  Firefighters arrived but took cover when they heard shots, uncertain if the shots were meant for them.
  Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said a Houston police officer who responded confronted a suspect armed with a shotgun. The officer then killed the
  
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• Former Governor Ralph Northam's Dead Man Switch Triggered, Virginia Now Forced to Join with California

  28-08-2022 20:54
  
  Despite electing Governor Glenn Youngkin in a historical win for Republicans, Virginia still may be forced to abide by California restrictions on gas-powered vehicles.
  The former governor, Democrat Ralph Northam, signed legislation in 2021 essentially tying Virginia to California emissions regulations, according to Fox Business.
  This isn’t great news for Virginia Republicans, given that California legislators just signed one of its most restrictive emissions regulations ever.
  The legislati
  
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• Therapist of Mass Murderer Reveals Disturbing Moment Before Killing that Landed Him 3,318-Year Sentence

  28-08-2022 20:51
  
  A therapist who treated the man convicted of one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history is revealing haunting new details about James Holmes.
  Dr. Lynne Fenton treated Holmes before he killed 12 people and injured 58 more in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater in July 2012.
  The psychiatrist treated the then 24-year-old Holmes when he was a graduate student at the University of Colorado.
  Fenton released a new book on her experiences treating Holmes last month. She told the New York Post
  
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• 'Libs of TikTok' Locked Out of Account After Posting Phone Call with Children's Hospital

  28-08-2022 20:24
  
  Conservative Twitter account “Libs of TikTok” has been suspended by the platform once again after the account engaged in arguments with Children’s National Hospital.
  Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, who has provided financial support to Libs of TikTok and the account owner, Chaya Raichick, shared the notice the account received from Twitter.
  “Hi Libs of TikTok,” the notice said. “Your account, @libsoftiktok has been locked for violating the Twitter Rules.”
  T
  
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• Former White House Adviser Says Biden Admin Is Running the 'Epicenter' of Child Trafficking

  28-08-2022 20:21
  
  It’s obvious: Open borders are bad for the American people. Under President Joe Biden, many illegal immigrants take jobs from Americans and receive taxpayer-funded benefits.
  But that’s not all. Often unreported is the fact that illegal immigration is actually harmful to the illegal immigrants themselves. Open border policies incentivize the human trafficking of migrants.
  This is no different under the Biden administration. In fact, according to one former White House advisor on Monda
  
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• Richard Simmons Breaks Six-Year Silence; Fans Now Learning About Painful and Traumatizing Condition

  28-08-2022 19:53
  
  Richard Simmons, who last connected with his fans in 2016 before emerging from isolation last week, is living life the way he wants, according to his representative.
  In 2016, amid allegations he was being held hostage in his home, Simmons had publicly said the rumors were not true, according to the New York Post.
  “No one is holding me hostage,” Simmons said then. “I do what I want to do, as I’ve always done. People should always believe what I have to say, because I&rsquo
  
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• 2021 Video Shows LA Electric Vehicle Chargers Rendered Basically Useless Because They're Covered in Trash

  28-08-2022 18:25
  
  As Democrats and the Biden administration continue to rush headlong toward mass use of electric vehicles, California has taken the lead. But in many ways, it is also dropping the ball.
  One constant for whatever vehicle you choose to drive is the need to power the thing. And like gas-powered cars, the need to have stations conveniently placed over the road to replace depleted power in an electric vehicle is a must for them to be useful.
  California has prided itself on creating charging stations i
  
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• These pandemic winners are now struggling

  28-08-2022 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  Few companies flourished more amid the pandemic's economic upheaval than Peloton.
  
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• Peloton isn't the only pandemic gem that's in trouble

  28-08-2022 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  Few companies flourished more amid the pandemic's economic upheaval than Peloton.
  
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• US Military Ship Moves Toward Port, Gets Startling Response When Asking Permission to Dock

  28-08-2022 18:08
  
  The Solomon Islands, which recently negotiated a security agreement with China, denied entry to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.
  The cutter Oliver Henry, which is based in Guam, was scheduled to stop at Guadalcanal, Lt. Kristin Kam, a spokeswoman for the 14th Coast Guard District in Honolulu, wrote in an email, according to Stars and Stripes.
  “The Government of the Solomon Islands did not respond to the U.S. Government’s request for diplomatic clearance for the vessel to refuel and provisi
  
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• Mickey Mantle baseball card sells for record $12.6 million

  28-08-2022 17:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a
  
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• Biden Vows 'Assault Weapon' Ban - Here's What Would Trigger It

  28-08-2022 17:41
  
  President Joe Biden made a midterm campaign promise that should horrify American gun owners on Thursday night.
  Biden promised a ban of so-called assault weapons, stating his intention to do so if Democrats bolstered their Senate majority with two more seats and kept control of the House of Representatives.
  Biden made the pledge in combination with several other progressive policy proposals during a political rally in Rockville, Maryland on Thursday.Biden: “If we elect two more [Democratic]
  
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• Sen. Warren slams Federal Reserve chairman over interest rate comments

  28-08-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Sunday slammed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for suggesting interest rates should go up to combat inflation in the US, saying he could "tip this economy into recession."
  
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• Dershowitz Weighs In with Stark Warning About Trump Affidavit - Fails 'Nixon and Clinton Tests'

  28-08-2022 17:26
  
  Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has come out strongly in opposition to calls for the Department of Justice to pursue a case against President Donald Trump.
  While arguing that there is currently enough evidence in the more than half-redacted FBI affidavit to indict Trump, particularly by a grand jury in a Washington, D.C., that’s dominated by Democrats, Dershowitz cautioned the DOJ against it.
  “Any grand jury in D.C. would indict Trump on the evidence that he had classified mate
  
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• Twitter's Former Head of Security Turns on Company, Tells Feds What He Knows

  28-08-2022 16:29
  
  From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently, directly.
  It’s also a constant risk-and-reward calculation.
  A recent whistleblower report from Twitter’s former head of security alleges that the social media company has been negligently lax on cybersecurity and privacy protections for its users for years.
  While worrisome
  
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• Crist urges Democratic donors to help stop DeSantis before he becomes too powerful. But Florida is a tough sell

  28-08-2022 16:27 via cnn.com
  
  Fresh off winning his party's nomination for governor, Rep. Charlie Crist had a sobering message for Democrats across the country: Send money to Florida or you may end up with President Ron DeSantis someday.
  
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• Mining Disaster 70 Miles Southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas, Trapped 10 Men; Is Mexican Government to Blame?

  28-08-2022 16:02
  
  As hopes faded of rescuing 10 men trapped in a flooded Mexican coal mine, evidence has mounted that the current administration’s populist policies have driven the revival of the dangerous, primitive mines that continue claiming lives.
  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftist president elected in 2018, enacted a plan two years ago to revive coal-fired power plants in northern Mexico and give preference to buying coal from the smallest mines. The purchases were part o
  
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• Watch: Officer Rolls Out of Moving Vehicle, Draws Weapon and Hits Target After Being Rammed Forward

  28-08-2022 15:54
  
  Video footage released on Thursday by an Arizona police department sheds new light on a police-involved shooting that left a woman wounded and facing charges.
  According to The Arizona Republic, the incident occurred July 7 in Mesa, when an officer in a “fully marked” patrol car was being followed by a white SUV. When the patrol car reached the gates of the department’s headquarters, the SUV rammed it from behind and pushed it through.
  According to the newspaper, Mesa police Det
  
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• Five shot, one fatally, at New York City's Coney Island boardwalk

  28-08-2022 15:15 via cnn.com
  
  Police are searching for at least one gunman after a shooting at the Coney Island boardwalk in New York City killed one man and injured four others Saturday night.
  
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• Impostor Made It Into Mar-a-Lago - Got Close Enough to Touch Trump

  28-08-2022 14:57
  
  Calling herself Anna de Rothschild, the woman talked her way into exclusive circles. That is, until she was revealed to be Inna Yashchyshyn, an immigrant from Ukraine who is now under investigation by the FBI, according to an explosive package of reports published last week.
  In May of 2021, she made it into the exclusive club of Mar-a-Lago, in Florida’s Palm Beach County, where former President Donald Trump makes his home and where she was photographed with members of former Trump’s
  
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• Republicans have watched their lead on the generic congressional ballot evaporate

  28-08-2022 14:02 via cnn.com
  
  House Republicans are starting to grow pessimistic about their chances of winning a massive majority in the midterm elections, putting some allies of GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on edge over his future.
  
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• A famous internet 'troll' faces frightening harassment as she's about to give birth

  28-08-2022 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  YouTuber Trisha Paytas is facing heightened harassment from a "snark" community dedicated to hating her on Reddit.
  
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• Piece of Sports Memorabilia Smashes Sale Record - You Could Make Millions If You Have the Right One

  28-08-2022 13:52
  
  A mint-condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.
  The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the contentious “Hand of God” goal in soccer’s 1986 World Cup.
  It easily surpassed the $7.25 million for a centur
  
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• Pope Praises 13th Century Pontiff Known the World Over for One Thing

  28-08-2022 13:51
  
  Making a pilgrimage to an Italian mountain town, Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the humility of a 13th-century pontiff who resigned to live a hermit’s life and praised him for using his brief papacy to highlight the value of mercy and forgiveness.
  Francis made a four-hour visit to L’Aquila in the central Apennine mountains, which was struck by an earthquake in 2009, killing 305 people and destroying much of the town. It is still being rebuilt.
  The pontiff came to give a boost to a lat
  
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• Army Struggling to Fill Ranks, Accepts Man Who Failed Entrance Test Ten Times Into Special Military Program

  28-08-2022 13:33
  
  Chaz Andrews has wanted to join the Army since he was 19, but he has failed the service’s academic test more than 10 times over the past decade.
  Now, at age 29, Andrews thinks he has a real shot to pass, thanks to a new Army program that gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards.
  “I didn’t want to give up on it,” he said during a recent break in his classroom schedule at Fort Jackson, where he is
  
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• Netflix's 'Love Is Blind' promised a different kind of dating. Then came the divorces.

  28-08-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Danielle and Nick from Netflix's 'Love is Blind' are divorced, like Jarrette Jones and Iyanna McKneely. Maybe love -- in reality TV dating world -- isn't blind.
  
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• Democrats hammer Republicans over Social Security as conservative candidates grab the 'third rail'

  28-08-2022 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Republican congressional candidates call for changes to Social Security, Democrats are trying to make them pay a political price in the 2022 midterm elections.
  
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• Death of congressman's wife points to dangers of dietary supplements

  28-08-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dietary supplements and the death of Rep. Tom McClintock's wife, Lori McClintock, from white mulberry leaf.
  
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• Krispy Kreme debuts new doughnut in honor of Artemis I mission

  28-08-2022 08:04 via cnn.com
  
  One small step for a man, one giant leap for... doughnuts?
  
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• Brigham Young University apologizes, bans fan over racist slurs during volleyball match

  28-08-2022 04:06 via cnn.com
  
  Brigham Young University issued an apology on Saturday for racist comments made by a fan during a women's volleyball match between BYU and Duke at the Utah university on Friday evening.
  
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• Bills release rookie punter after he was accused of raping a 17-year-old last year

  28-08-2022 03:15 via cnn.com
  
  NFL rookie punter Matt Araiza has been released from the Buffalo Bills days after he and two other football players were accused in a lawsuit of gang raping a then-17-year-old girl during an off-campus party at San Diego State University last year.
  
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• Want to See What $7.8 Million Sinking to the Bottom of the Ocean Looks Like?

  28-08-2022 03:01
  
  A superyacht has found a new home at the bottom of the Ionian Sea.
  The yacht, valued at $7.8 million, capsized last weekend off the southeastern coast of Italy, according to Bloomberg. All those aboard were rescued.
  The 129-foot ship, called My Saga, was 9 nautical miles from shore last Saturday when its stern began filling up with water.
  The Italian coast guard responded to the yacht’s distress call.
  Four passengers and a crew member were taken to safety on a Romanian patrol boat while th
  
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• Director of National Intelligence to Review 'Potential Risk' Posed by Trump's Mar-a-Lago Docs

  28-08-2022 01:14
  
  America’s intelligence community will seek to determine whether the storage of official documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate posed a national security threat.
  Some of the documents were seized by the FBI during a raid of Trump’s home this month.
  On Friday, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers in a letter that her office will lead an “assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosu
  
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• Michigan GOP formally nominates two Trump-backed election deniers for key statewide offices

  28-08-2022 00:23 via cnn.com
  
  The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday nominated two candidates for statewide office who have denied the results of the 2020 presidential election and would have oversight of the state's elections if they win in November.
  
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• Judge says she has 'preliminary intent' to appoint special master to oversee Mar-a-Lago search review

  28-08-2022 00:19 via cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: Trump supporters who clamored for the release of the affidavit should be careful what they wish for
  
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• Mom Thought Lonely Old Man Just Wanted to Chat, But He Was Arrested After Allegedly Making Her a Disturbing Offer

  28-08-2022 00:04
  
  A convicted sex offender is behind bars after allegedly offering to buy a child at a grocery store in Florida.
  Lauren Benning was approached by 85-year-old Hellmuth Kolb while shopping with her daughter at a Winn-Dixie on Aug. 16, WESH-TV reported.
  The exchange began innocently enough, with Kolb complimenting Benning’s 8-year-old.
  “He just came up and he started making comments about how pretty she was and how good her dancing was and how he could never have children and he wanted ch
  
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