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• Trump Adds DeSantis Ally to Legal Team with Enough Wins That the Left Should be Worried

  30-08-2022 23:34
  The FBI better watch out: according to a report released on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump is teaming up with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ally to take on the criminal case that resulted from the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago.
  After months of coordination between the White House, the Department of  Justice, the National Archives and President Joe Biden himself, the FBI chose to raid Trump’s home in South Florida to find illegally-held classified documents.
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• Small Town Businesses May Go Full 1768 - Tired of Leftist City Leaving Them in the Lurch

  30-08-2022 23:12
  A group of merchants in San Francisco has banded together in a desperate attempt to force the city to solve the homeless problem that is destroying their businesses. They are threatening to withhold their taxes unless they are heard.
  Emulating our Founding Fathers, the group of business owners in the city’s Castro neighborhood sent a letter to the city to explain the troubles they face. Often ignored in blue cities, these merchants, like so many others, are forced to suffer taxation withou
  
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• Hillary Clinton 'Should Be Getting 50 Life Consecutive Sentences': Mark Levin Highlights Mar-a-Lago Hypocrisy

  30-08-2022 23:03
  Conservative talk show giant Mark Levin recently noted the hypocrisy of the Department of Justice attacking former President Donald Trump for allegedly storing classified documents in his home after ignoring worse conduct by Hillary Clinton.
  The “Life, Liberty & Levin” host used the opening monologue of his Sunday show to outline how Trump has been illicitly targeted by the corrupt deep state system, Fox News reported.
  Comparing the treatment Trump has received to the completely
  
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• Furious Mom Slams School Over Event, 'They Already Took God Out of Schools Now They're Going to Let Satan In'

  30-08-2022 22:41
  Parents in a Pennsylvania school district say that schools are so skittish about Bible study on school grounds that the church needs to pay to bus kids to an off-campus location to do it.
  Satanists, however, are reportedly free to use the facilities for their after-school activities.
  According to a Saturday Fox News report, administrators with the Northern York County School District are allowing the Satanic Temple to host an event at Northern High School in Dillsburg — about 100 miles wes
  
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• Last Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Passes Away at Age 91

  30-08-2022 22:35
  Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91.
  The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given.
  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that Russian President Vladimir Putin offered deep condolences over Gorbachev&rsquo
  
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• An 'annoyed' Melania Trump stays mum on Mar-a-Lago search as she promotes NFT business

  30-08-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Shortly after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this month, former President Donald Trump fumed on social media about agents rummaging through his wife's clothing and personal items.
  
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• Why Truth Social isn't on Google's app store

  30-08-2022 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Truth Social, the Twitter-like social network backed by former President Donald Trump, remains unavailable on Google's Android app store because of deficiencies in the app's content moderation systems, according to a Google spokesperson.
  
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• EPA Forced to Make Emergency Move After Refinery Fire Threatens Price of Gas in 4 States

  30-08-2022 22:24
  Damage from a fiery explosion at the largest refinery in the Midwest has resulted in the Environmental Protection Agency temporarily lifting a federal restriction on fuel sales in four states to prevent supply disruptions and further price increases.
  According to The Associated Press, BP oil refinery told reporters that the refinery in Whiting, Indiana, experienced “an electrical fire” on Wednesday. While no one was injured and the fire was successfully extinguished, the facility alo
  
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• News Anchor, 27, Commits Suicide at Her Home Just Weeks Before Wedding

  30-08-2022 22:11
  A local news anchor and former basketball star tragically died on Saturday.
  The anchor, Neena Pacholke of WOAW, a Wasau, Wisconsin, ABC News affiliate, was found dead in her home after reportedly making a series of suicidal statements.
  The Western Journal reached out to the Wasau Police Department regarding Pacholke Tuesday and received the following statement.
  “The Wausau Police Department and Marathon County Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the death of a 27-year-old wom
  
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• Dow tumbles nearly 310 points

  30-08-2022 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Tuesday's market rally was brief. Stocks opened higher but quickly gave up their gains. A more than 5% drop in oil prices, while welcome news to consumers, led to a big sell-off in energy stocks.
  
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• Oops: Zuckerberg Should Have Kept Quiet - GOP Calls Meta CEO to Turn Over Hunter Biden Communications

  30-08-2022 21:51
  It looks like Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may have made a big mistake by spilling the beans to Joe Rogan on Thursday.
  During an interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Zuckerberg admitted to colluding with the FBI to censor the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in the run-up to the 2020 election.
  In a letter addressed to Zuckerberg on Monday, Republican Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Charles Grassley of Iowa demanded Facebook to hand over all communicat
  
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• Musk seeks to delay Twitter trial over whistleblower claims

  30-08-2022 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk's legal team is seeking to delay the trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal by a month in light of the whistleblower disclosure alleging that the company has serious security vulnerabilities.
  
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• Elon Musk seeks to delay Twitter trial in light of whistleblower claim

  30-08-2022 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk's legal team is seeking to delay the trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal by a month in light of the whistleblower disclosure alleging that the company has serious security vulnerabilities.
  
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• Why DeLorean's new car looks totally different

  30-08-2022 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  If you've seen the new DeLorean Alpha5 electric car, you might be disappointed that it doesn't look much at all like the famous DeLorean DMC-12 from the "Back to the Future" movies. Really, other than the gullwing doors, there's not much that clearly ties the cars together.
  
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• Rob Schneider Knew 'Saturday Night Live' Was Done For When This Skit Aired: 'I Literally Prayed, Please Have a Joke at the End'

  30-08-2022 20:46
  So many epitaphs have been written for “Saturday Night Live” that the show feels like it’s been on a death-watch since the mid-1980s.
  It’s had its ups and downs since then, as the show is wont to do. However, the latest down period has lasted the better part of a decade at least; “SNL” is hardly alone among comedians or comedy shows aiming for applause from the woke set as opposed to actual laughs, but it may be the worst offender — and, if the trend con
  
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• Tucker Carlson: Europe's Energy Woes Highlight What Green New Deal Will Do to America and the World

  30-08-2022 20:38
  Once upon a more innocent time, the phrase “brace yourself — winter is coming” was merely a meme-able quote from Ned Stark in “Game of Thrones,” warning of dire times ahead. Now, it could easily be used as an all-too-real portent for the harsh months ahead in Europe, thanks to the shortage of natural gas there.
  The easy thing to do is blame the Russians — and, indeed, there’s a lot of blame to be placed at Vladimir Putin’s doorstep. Then again, Eur
  
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• This Emotional Support Animal Would Have Most People Running Scared, But Owner Says 'He Loves People'

  30-08-2022 20:24
  On a hot Friday afternoon, an unlikely animal decided to dip its toes and splash around in the cool, refreshing water.
  Wally Gator, an emotional support alligator, caught visitors off-guard with its surprise appearance at John F. Kennedy Plaza — more commonly known as LOVE Park — a public area located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to Philly Voice.
  Britt Miller took a stroll through the park with her three-month-old daughter, when she spotted Wally.
  “We were just walk
  
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• Biden to Appoint MSNBC Analyst Who Promoted Hunter Biden Laptop Disinformation to Key Position

  30-08-2022 20:19
  President Joe Biden on Friday announced he plans to appoint MSNBC analyst Jeremy Bash to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
  Bash was previously the chief of staff at the CIA and U.S. Department of Defense during former President Barack Obama’s administration, but has been more recently notable for his claims in 2020 that Hunter Biden’s shocking laptop was Russian disinformation, the New York Post reported.
  Though the authenticity of the laptop has since been veri
  
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• Op-Ed: Why China's Wining and Dining of Elon Musk Could Be a Big Problem

  30-08-2022 20:02
  It takes a lot to try to wine and dine the world’s richest man, but the Chinese are making the most of it with their courtship of Elon Musk.
  They’ve lavished at least $1.6 billion in government-backed loans on his various enterprises. They’ve feted him at dinners. In two days after Musk arrived in China to break ground on a Tesla plant, he went from meeting with local dignitaries to visiting with a vice premier in a private compound used only for meetings with the highest-level
  
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• We Now Know Who Ghislaine Maxwell Has Become Best Friends with in Prison and It's Absolutely Chilling: Report

  30-08-2022 20:01
  Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted child sex trafficker and co-conspirator with Jeffrey Epstein, is reportedly enjoying a budding friendship with an infamous convict, Narcy Novack, who is serving a life sentence for orchestrating a brutal double murder.
  Maxwell and Novack are both housed at the low-security complex FCI Tallahassee in Florida, where the two spend time conversing, sharing jokes and laughter, according to a source who spoke with The Mirror.
  Novack, 65, was convicted for the 2009 murder o
  
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• Twitter Was Getting Into the Porn Business, Changed Course for 1 Reason

  30-08-2022 19:57
  Twitter was forced to cancel plans to enter the pornography industry after an internal report cautioned that child pornography and sexual exploitation would explode if Twitter monetized pornographic content, The Verge reported Tuesday.
  Twitter was hoping to take advantage of its position as the primary marketing platform for pornographic material on the adult website OnlyFans, with content creators often advertising their OnlyFans content on Twitter, The Verge reported.
  The report by Twitter&rsq
  
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• Facebook to shutter its standalone Gaming App

  30-08-2022 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its standalone Gaming App this fall.
  
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• 'Law Is for Thee and Not for Me': Bernie Sanders Campaign Hit With Massive Fines - Again

  30-08-2022 19:36
  Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns are being fined thousands after unlawfully hiring illegal aliens for top staffer roles, according to a Federal Election Commission ruling obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
  The Aug 11. ruling, which is not yet public, concluded both Sanders’ campaigns broke federal law after “knowingly” employing three “foreign national” staffers from Mexico and Argentina who participated in the Deferred Acti
  
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• Watch: KJP Proves Just How Clueless WH Is on Border Crisis, Doocy Sets Her Straight

  30-08-2022 19:31
  If Novak Djokovic wants to play in the U.S. Open, why doesn’t he just cross at the southern border?
  Sure, tennis officials will likely notice that he’s showed up at the venue in Flushing Meadow, Queens. But maybe he can put on a fake mustache and play under a pseudonym. Say, Shnovak Bjokovick. Nobody’ll notice.
  Alas, Djokovic didn’t think about this one. The Serbian tennis superstar will be absent from the final grand slam of 2022 because he isn’t vaccinated against
  
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• So much for turnaround Tuesday? Stocks tumble again

  30-08-2022 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  Tuesday's market rally was brief. Stocks opened higher but quickly gave up their gains. A more than 5% drop in oil prices, while welcome news to consumers, led to a big sell-off in energy stocks.
  
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• Op-Ed: This Is How Christians Can Have Confidence That the Bible Is Indeed the Word of God

  30-08-2022 19:22
  As believers, we are to use the Bible as the ultimate authority for everything in life, and so it is imperative that we are certain that this book is truly the Word of God.
  To help you understand how the Bible came into being, I am offering the four-part series “How We Got the Bible.”
  This Bible study provides believers with the fully footnoted evidence that proves the authenticity of God’s book. Click here to read Parts 1, 2 and 3.
  This series was authored by the late Dr. Robe
  
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• Report: 71 Members of Congress Found to Be in Violation of Federal Law

  30-08-2022 19:21
  A bipartisan group of legislators violated a federal law aimed at preventing Congressional representatives from using inside information to enrich themselves.
  Under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, members of Congress are required to report financial trades worth more than $1,000 that they, their spouses or their dependent children made within 30 to 45 days of the transactions.
  However, 71 members of Congress failed to properly report their trades, in violation of
  
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• Watch: Biden-Appointed Border Patrol Chief Admits Under Oath There's A 'Crisis' At The Southern Border

  30-08-2022 19:15
  Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz admitted under oath that there’s a crisis at the southern border, attributing the illegal migrant surge to President Joe Biden’s policies, according to a deposition.
  Ortiz made the remarks during a July 28 deposition in Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, according to Moody’s office.
  Moody’s lawsuit alleges that DHS and other federal agencies violated federal l
  
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• Man's Fateful Decision to Eat Hot Dog Ends with Being Convicted of Murder

  30-08-2022 19:00
  A 1993 cold case came to an apparent conclusion last week as a Minnesota jury convicted 56-year-old Jerry Westrom of the murder of Jeanne Childs in Minneapolis.
  “My condolences go out to the victim and her family. They have had to live without justice for her brutal murder for nearly three decades,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a statement, according to Fox News.
  “I hope this brings some closure to them. Today’s guilty verdicts show that we will pursue co
  
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• 'Please keep praying for me as I continue to get better': Injured Little Leaguer speaks after transfer home

  30-08-2022 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  The Instagram account set up to provide updates on injured Little Leaguer Easton Oliverson posted a video of the 12-year-old on Tuesday speaking after being transferred to his home state of Utah.
  
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• Video: Commercial Fire Burns Poultry Factory, Adds to List of Food Processing Fires This Year

  30-08-2022 18:45
  A commercial fire burned a poultry processing plant in Montebello, California, which is just east of Los Angeles, on Sunday afternoon.
  The blaze at QC Poultry damaged the building and possibly several commercial vehicles, KTLA-TV reported.
  Video footage from the scene of the fire shows that there was damage near the building’s windows and doors.
  While the fire did not threaten any residential properties, since QC Poultry is located in a heavily industrial area, the fire did break out near
  
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• A 22-year-old went missing in California 3 weeks ago. Police are now treating it as a criminal matter

  30-08-2022 18:16 via cnn.com
  
  Police in central California say they are treating the early August disappearance of 22-year-old Jolissa Fuentes, last seen leaving a convenience store, as a criminal matter.
  
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• Days After Biden's Mass Student Debt Cancellation, Borrowers in 13 States Learn They Could Face Big Tax Bill

  30-08-2022 17:50
  Though President Joe Biden just announced student debt forgiveness, some states may have to consider student loan debt forgiveness a taxable event, which would then detract from the promised $10,000 in debt cancelation.
  When the Biden administration announced the debt forgiveness plan, it was confirmed that it would not be a taxable at the federal level for borrowers, Forbes reported.
  But taxes at the state level are different and could offer a setback for borrowers in at least 13 different stat
  
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• Poll: Black Americans see racism as a persistent challenge, and few say the country's racial reckoning has brought change

  30-08-2022 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  Two-thirds of Black Americans say that recent increased focus on race and racial inequality in the US has not led to changes that are improving the lives of Black people, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
  
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• Zoo Worker Gored to Death by Massive African Animal; Facility Closed Until Further Notice

  30-08-2022 17:34
  A zoo worker was gored to death Sunday by a massive eland — the largest form of antelope in the world.
  Details of the incident remained sketchy on Monday, but according to UPI, the incident happened after the zoo was closed for the day.
  The website of Sweden’s Oland Zoo and Entertainment Park says it has been closed for the season.
  The worker, whose name was not released, was said to be experienced in handling elands, a breed of antelope native to Africa.
  The nationality of the worke
  
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• Two-Thirds of Americans Say Biden Admin Lying About New IRS Agents: Poll

  30-08-2022 17:12
  Most Americans don’t believe the Biden administration’s claims that the 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service workers its hiring will target the wealthy, a Convention of States Action / Trafalgar poll found.
  The IRS plans to hire 87,000 new employees through a $78 billion cash influx from Congress that was passed through the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, but Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promised the IRS wouldn’t use its newfound resources to target low- to middle-income h
  
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• US economy had more job openings than expected in July

  30-08-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  US employers aren't ditching their "help wanted" signs just yet, according to new data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  
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• Not Done Yet: Biden 'Discharges' Billions More in Student Loans

  30-08-2022 17:00
  The Department of Education is relieving $1.5 billion in student loans for students previously enrolled in any Westwood College location, according to an Aug. 30 news release.
  The DOE found that Westwood College lied about the value of its credentials, misleading students searching for a job after graduation, according to the release.
  A total of 79,000 borrowers will be forgiven who enrolled in the college until 2016, when the school closed.
  “Westwood operated on a culture of false promise
  
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• Musk cites Twitter whistleblower claims for terminating deal

  30-08-2022 16:46 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is formally citing allegations leveled by Twitter's whistleblower, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, as justifications for terminating a $44 billion acquisition deal for the social media company.
  
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• Musk cites Twitter whistleblower claims as reason for backing out

  30-08-2022 16:46 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is formally citing allegations leveled by Twitter's whistleblower, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, as justifications for terminating a $44 billion acquisition deal for the social media company.
  
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• Cloudy With a Chance of Fraud: Despite IG Warning, Biden Admin Triples Budget for Problematic "Weatherization" Program

  30-08-2022 16:29
  Alarm bells are sounding at the Department of Energy as the Biden administration has moved to triple the budget for the Weatherization Assistance Program, which provides low-income applicants with free home and apartment renovations, such as insulation, duct-sealing, new heating systems and kitchen appliances.
  The last time the program was lavished with such a surge in funds, through President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill, audits and investigations uncovered a pattern of fraud, embezz
  
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• Pandemic-era splurging on pets could be over

  30-08-2022 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  Worries about the economy have suddenly put shares of pet supply retailers in Wall Street's doghouse.
  
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• July Job Vacancy Report Hands Biden's Fed Chair Another Embarrassing Disappointment

  30-08-2022 16:15
  The number of open jobs in the United States rose in July after three months of declines, a sign that employers are still urgently seeking workers despite a weakening economy and high inflation.
  The increase that the government reported Tuesday will be a disappointment for Federal Reserve officials, who are seeking to cool hiring and the economy by raising short-term interest rates to try to slow borrowing and spending, which tend to fuel inflation.
  There were 11.2 million open jobs available on
  
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• Opinion: Relief at the gas pump may not last long

  30-08-2022 16:14 via cnn.com
  
  Americans have never seen a wilder year when it comes to gas prices, thanks to the confluence of a surge in demand as the pandemic eased, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which created myriad challenges among oil producers, from supply constraints to volatile markets to unpredictable demand.
  
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• Opinion: Relief at the gas pump may not last

  30-08-2022 16:14 via cnn.com
  
  Americans have never seen a wilder year when it comes to gas prices, thanks to the confluence of a surge in demand as the pandemic eased, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which created myriad challenges among oil producers, from supply constraints to volatile markets to unpredictable demand.
  
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• Man Learns He Needs New EV Battery, Hit with $30,000 Price Tag - More Than Car Itself

  30-08-2022 15:53
  In a case of highly charged sticker shock, a Florida Chevrolet dealer admits that it offered to replace the battery in a hybrid car for more than the vehicle is worth.
  As reported by the website AutoEvolution, the case of the almost-$30,000 battery was being bandied about on social media for days, with some folks believing the tale and other relegating it to the pile of urban myths.
  The story was based on a copy of an estimate for the battery of a 2012 Chevrolet Volt that was making the rounds.
  
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• Day Care Owner Gets 40-Year Sentence for Horrifying 'Operation' He Ran from Same Home

  30-08-2022 15:16
  A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison after being convicted of multiple drug trafficking and firearms charges.
  Reshod Jamar Everett, 36, had been accused of running a drug trafficking operation out of an in-home day care as well as other locations in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
  “For years, Reshod Everett used the compassion of our community to deflect from his criminal activity …,” Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins said, according to a ne
  
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• Monkeypox infections are slowing in the US. Will it last?

  30-08-2022 15:04 via cnn.com
  
  The pace of new monkeypox cases reported in some major cities -- and in the US overall -- has started to slow recently, but experts say it's too early to know if the trend will last.
  
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• Uber now lets users text a safety agent to monitor rides

  30-08-2022 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  Uber is giving riders the ability to connect with a safety agent while taking a nerve-wracking trip, making it the latest feature the company has added in recent years to address safety concerns.
  
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• People are buying from each other to beat inflation

  30-08-2022 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  Savvy consumers have found a way around sky-high inflation to keep buying more than just necessities.
  
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