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• Jane Fonda Announces Cancer Diagnosis, Says She's Begun Chemotherapy

  02-09-2022 23:42
  Jane Fonda announced on social media Friday that she has cancer.
  “So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” the 84-year-old actress wrote in an Instagram post.
  “This is a very treatable cancer,” she added, “so I feel very lucky.”
  Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the white blood cells and affects parts of the body’s
  
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• Georgia investigators seek testimony from a leader of 'Black Voices for Trump' before special grand jury

  02-09-2022 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Investigators probing efforts to meddle with the 2020 election results in Georgia are seeking testimony from Harrison Floyd, a leader with the organization Black Voices for Trump, about his alleged role in a plot to pressure a Georgia election worker to falsely admit election fraud.
  
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• Jane Fonda announces she's been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

  02-09-2022 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Oscar-winning actor Jane Fonda announced Friday that she's been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma — but vowed that chemotherapy will not slow her political
  
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• Patricia Highsmith's enigmatic love life and persona take center stage in new film

  02-09-2022 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Documentary filmmaker Eva Vitija remembers being struck by the idea of Patricia Highsmith when Vitija’s parents described the famous writer who lived alone
  
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• CNN Host Enrages Leftists by Slamming Biden's 'Wrong' Use of Marines During Prime Time Address

  02-09-2022 23:13
  On the day after President Joe Biden’s speech to solidify opposition to former President Donald Trump, Biden’s use of Marines as a backdrop for his denunciation of Trump and his followers was dividing the left.
  The fuse was lit when CNN’s Brianna Keilar tweeted her disapproval.
  “Whatever you think of this speech the military is supposed to be apolitical. Positioning Marines in uniform behind President Biden for a political speech flies in the face of that. It’s wron
  
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• Jackson mayor: Pressure could break pipes

  02-09-2022 23:11
  Water pressure continued to improve in Mississippi's capital city Friday as repairs continued at a long-troubled water plant, but some in the city of 150,000 still had little or no water flowing from taps. (Sept. 2)      
  
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• Jackson businesses take hit from water crisis

  02-09-2022 23:06
  Officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say restoration of water pressure continues at a long-troubled water plant. But some in the city are still seeing little or no water flow from their taps. (Sept. 2) (AP Video by Stephen Smith)      
  
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• New Mexico governor directs $10 million for new abortion clinic near Texas border

  02-09-2022 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  New Mexico plans to build a new abortion clinic near the Texas border, anticipating that more abortion seekers from surrounding states where the procedure is banned will travel there for care.
  
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• 'She saved the home and the puppies': Amazon driver helps rescue dogs from burning home

  02-09-2022 22:55
  
  When the blaze broke out Tuesday at a house in Lake City, Florida, an Amazon driver was quick to alert authorities.      
  
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• Biden Losing Yet Another Key Member, Top Advisor Announces Resignation Today

  02-09-2022 22:37
  Gina McCarthy, President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser will be stepping down from her position on Sept. 16. Biden has tapped John Podesta, a Democrat and former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton in 2016, to serve as the senior adviser to the president on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation.
  McCarthy’s resignation comes as no surprise since she was appointed at the beginning of the Biden administration and originally expected to only stay a year, CNN reported.
  She remained
  
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• Trump FBI search inventory reveals new details

  02-09-2022 22:31
  FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found top secret records in an office and storage room, along with folders with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday. (Sept 2)      
  
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• How White House documents should be archived

  02-09-2022 22:30
  
  The National Archives' vast holdings include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and manifests from slave ships.      
  
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• Parler will rejoin the Google Play Store following changes to its content moderation

  02-09-2022 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Parler, the social media platform frequented by many conservatives, is being restored to Google's app store following what Google said were substantial changes to the app's content moderation practices.
  
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• Biden Gives Clinton and Obama Insider John Podesta Control Over Nearly $370 Billion in 'Inflation Reduction Act' Funds

  02-09-2022 22:15
  President Joe Biden has appointed former Clinton advisor and Democratic operative John Podesta to manage nearly $370 billion in green energy funding authorized by the recently passed climate bill, the White House announced Friday.
  Podesta will supervise the Inflation Reduction Act’s climate and clean energy initiatives as chair of the President’s National Climate Task Force, the White House said.
  The new law contributes $60 billion toward maintaining clean energy manufacturing, $1 bi
  
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• A notorious fringe message board is facing calls for its shutdown after life-threatening harassment

  02-09-2022 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Clara Sorrenti and those supporting her are hoping to open up Kiwi Farms to debilitating virtual attacks by demanding Cloudflare, one of its internet security service vendors, drop the site.
  
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• Watch: Kari Lake Epically Shuts Down Journalist in 90 Seconds - 'Maybe Someday You'll Thank Us'

  02-09-2022 22:07
  During her response to President Joe Biden’s national address Thursday, Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for Arizona governor, was asked by a reporter about the results of the 2020 election.
  Lake was quick to answer and served up a scathing public repudiation of Biden and the establishment media, all in less than 90 seconds.
  The unnamed reporter asked Lake, “You said you feel like Joe Biden is dividing the country, but do you feel like Donald Trump is doing the same by falsely telli
  
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• Barbara Ehrenreich, 'Nickel and Dimed' author and activist, dies at 81

  02-09-2022 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Barbara Ehrenreich, the muckraking author, activist and journalist who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed.”
  
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• Feds Investigating Whether Chinese Company's Big US Project Poses National Security Danger

  02-09-2022 21:53
  Federal authorities reviewing a Chinese company’s purchase of land in North Dakota for a wet corn milling plant say more information is needed before they can decide whether the project might be detrimental to national security.
  Fufeng Group’s planned $700 million project in Grand Forks is near a U.S. Air Force base, prompting opponents to raise concerns about the potential for espionage.
  The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States told Fufeng in a letter this week that
  
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• Over half of LGBTQ Southerners say their parents tried to change or repress their identity, report finds

  02-09-2022 21:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Though public support for pro-LGBTQ policies is at an all-time high, many queer people living in the South report that a caregiver tried to change their LGBTQ
  
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• Ailing mom of teacher who had been jailed in Cuba pleads for her return

  02-09-2022 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The ailing mother of Cuban American former teacher Alina López Miyares, released from prison in Cuba but not allowed to return to the U.S., asks for her return.
  
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• Trump Goes Scorched Earth on Biden Following Divisive Speech: 'Look at the Words and Meaning'

  02-09-2022 21:38
  Do you enjoy living under a strong economy, with secure borders, laws that are enforced, the free exercise of religion and a collective understanding that it’s wildly inappropriate to teach young children about sexuality using your tax dollars?
  Congratulations, you’ve just been deemed a threat to democracy by a sitting president of the United States!
  I think we’re just one more insane volley of inflammatory anti-everyone-who-is-not-radically-progressive rhetoric away from reall
  
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• Woman kidnapped while jogging near University of Memphis, police said

  02-09-2022 21:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman jogging early Friday was kidnapped near the University of Memphis, police said.
  
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• Death of Russian oil exec highlights suspicious ends met by those who crossed the Kremlin

  02-09-2022 21:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The mysterious death of major Russian oil executive Ravil Maganov, an ally of President Vladimir, has left as many questions as it has brought answers.
  
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• Biggest Pay Increase in 20 Years Coming for Federal Employees, Unions Complain It's Not Enough

  02-09-2022 21:08
  Amid the historic inflation emblematic of Joe Biden’s failed presidency, federal employees will receive a pay raise, courtesy of the countless American taxpayers who are struggling to buy groceries.
  In a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday, President Joe Biden authorized an average 4.6 percent pay hike for civilian federal employees that will take effect at the start of 2023.
  It’s the biggest salary increase for civilian federal employees in 20 years, according to Government
  
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• 82-Year-Old Grandma Hand-Filed Taxes for Years - 1 Small Mistake Has the IRS Demanding $2.1M

  02-09-2022 20:57
  The Internal Revenue Service is going after an 82-year-old woman for an outrageous $2.1 million in “penalties” because she didn’t use the right form to file her taxes.
  The grandmother from the Boston area had spent decades going to her local library and diligently filling out her IRS forms by hand and sending them in. But eventually she made a serious error, though it was one she had no way of knowing that she was making, according to Reason Magazine.
  After Monica Toth’s
  
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• What we know about the drinking water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

  02-09-2022 20:52 via cnn.com
  
  Mississippi's capital city has been without reliable tap water service since Monday, when rainwater flooding helped push an already-hobbled treatment plant to begin failing.
  
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• Revealed: Detailed Property List from Mar-a-Lago Raid - FBI Took Almost 100 Empty Folders

  02-09-2022 20:41
  The Justice Department has filed a more detailed list of what was taken in the FBI’s raid at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and many of the folders turned out to be empty.
  The list of materials was released on Friday after an order from Florida federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, Fox News reported.
  This marks one more step in the process as Cannon decides whether to appoint a “special master” to review the documents for potential executive privilege, as Trump
  
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• Happy Feet: Watch as Disabled and Isolated Penguin Gets New Lease on Life

  02-09-2022 20:23
  Lucas had been having some trouble at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California.
  Despite being the second egg hatched, he became a “loner” due to a foot condition, according to KFMB-TV.
  The four-year-old African penguin was diagnosed with a rare spinal condition a few years ago, which resulted in Lucas being left “with weak muscles in his legs and the inability to properly stand upright on his toes.”
  It caused him to walk “in an area where he shouldn’t be bea
  
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• Feist quits Arcade Fire tour after band's frontman is accused of sexual misconduct

  02-09-2022 20:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Singer Feist announced Thursday she is leaving Arcade Fire’s tour following a bombshell report accusing Win Butler of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Sharp-Eyed CNN Viewers Spot Telling Change Occurring Behind Biden During His Prime Time Address

  02-09-2022 20:07
  President Joe Biden’s use of dark red imagery in his Thursday Independence Hall speech may have been subtly altered in CNN’s broadcast.
  The establishment media cable news channel appeared to adjust the dark-red lighting to a more pleasant tone.
  At one moment in CNN’s broadcast of the speech, the tone of the lighting changed within seconds.Watch the moment CNN slowly adjusts the camera settings when the blood-red lighting behind Dark Brandon is looking a little too authoritarian
  
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• Ehrlich: The New Left Hates the Working-Class American, And Donald Trump Is the Reason Why

  02-09-2022 20:03
  That the last 20 months have inflicted great damage on middle America is without doubt.
  But the most interesting aspect of all the Biden-era hurt is the lack of interest manifested by the powers that be. The question arises, “Why?”
  The answer begins with a familiar chapter of American labor history.
  It was FDR’s New Deal that cemented working class support for Democrats almost a century ago. Indeed, generations of blue-collar families — both black and white — were i
  
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• Beat Big-Tech Suppression: App Lets Readers Bypass Woke Corporate Bias, Get News on Their Own Terms

  02-09-2022 19:55
  This article was sponsored by The Western Journal
  If there is one thing the last few years have taught us, it’s how vulnerable conservative or non-government-sanctioned views are to Big Tech censorship or suppression.
  The Western Journal app allows users to bypass all that by going directly to the publisher.
  In other words, Big Tech doesn’t get to filter your news with their preferred liberal spin.
  Further, users can also choose to receive notifications from the app regarding top-bre
  
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• Biden administration asks Congress for funding for 'critical needs': Ukraine, Covid-19, monkeypox and natural disasters

  02-09-2022 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration is outlining its request to Congress for the next government funding bill that includes additional money for what it is describing as "four critical needs," including "support for Ukraine, Covid-19, monkeypox and natural disaster recovery."
  
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• Department of Veterans Affairs to offer abortion counseling and certain abortions to veterans

  02-09-2022 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Veterans Affairs will soon offer abortions in certain cases and abortion counseling to veterans, regardless of state laws.
  
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• Israeli General: Obama Is the Only Explanation for Biden's New Iran Deal

  02-09-2022 19:14
  An Israeli general, who is among those who wrote an open letter to President Joe Biden calling upon him to abandon a renewed nuclear deal with Iran, has offered an explanation for the Biden administration’s fixation on resuscitating the failed pact: It’s all about Obama.
  The open letter, signed in name by 34 retired generals, a Lieutenant Colonel and a Colonel, representing the 5,000 members of the Israel’s Defense and Security Forum contains a stark warning for Biden.
  “D
  
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• Trump Predicted the Future of Media, And The Washington Post Proved Him Right

  02-09-2022 19:00
  Five years ago, then-President Donald Trump said the media would miss him when he was gone, which was why he’d be spending two consecutive terms in the White House.
  “Another reason that we’re going to win another four years is because newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I’m not there because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes,” Trump said, according to The New York Times.
  “Without me, The New York Times will indeed be, not t
  
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• Climate Crisis Chronicles, Vol. 5: Shining a spotlight on the blight of Chinese power plants

  02-09-2022 18:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  A photojournalist documents the eye-opening scale of pollution in Asia.
  
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• Pace of hiring slowed in August but the job market is still strong

  02-09-2022 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  The August jobs report from the Labor Department is due out Friday morning, and economists estimate that about 300,000 jobs will be added in August, a considerable drop from July and the lowest monthly gain since April 2021.
  
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• Danielle becomes the first hurricane of an unusually quiet season in the Atlantic

  02-09-2022 18:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical Storm Danielle strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning — the first of an unusually quiet storm season.
  
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• Prosecutors Would Wait Until a Strategic Time to Indict Trump: Report

  02-09-2022 18:03
  A new report said that if the Department of Justice moves forward to indict former President Donald Trump, the political calendar may decide the timing.
  According to Bloomberg, citing sources it called “people familiar,” no indictment — if one is decided upon — would come prior to the November elections.
  The report suggests two possible avenues in which the Justice Department could move against Trump — issues related to documents found during the raid on Trump&rsquo
  
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• Here's how the Fed is reading today's jobs report

  02-09-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  The US has a jobs problem: There are too many of them.
  
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• Armed Bystander Stops 4th Death After Drawing Gun, Firing: 'Scattered Like a Jack Rabbit'

  02-09-2022 17:44
  A gun barked death on a Detroit street, and only one thing stopped the hail of bullets — another guy with a gun returning fire.
  Dontae Ramon Smith, 19, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder as well as assault and firearms charges associated with the deaths of three Detroit residents Sunday in a shooting spree that left the final victim wounded, according to the Detroit News.
  The shootings, apparently random, took place over a two-hour period on Sunday, according to The
  
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• Biden Finally Unites GOP and Dem Reps - Against His Iran Nuclear Deal

  02-09-2022 17:39
  A group of 50 Democratic and Republican House members sent a letter to President Joe Biden Thursday urging the president to reconsider his ongoing pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran after reports of concessions included in the current draft.
  Thirty-four Democrats and 16 Republicans urged Biden to be more transparent with the agreement and any parallel negotiations, and to consult with Congress before committing to any nuclear deal with the state sponsor of terrorism.
  They raised concerns about
  
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• 'Coven of Sexual Predators' May Have Abused More Than 100 Competitive Cheerleaders: Lawsuit

  02-09-2022 17:32
  Multiple cheerleading coaches in South Carolina — including a coach who recently killed himself — sexually abused at least six boys and girls and provided them with drugs and alcohol, a federal lawsuit alleges.
  A “coven of sexual predators” surrounded Rockstar Cheer of Greenville for more than a decade, according to one of the lawyers for the alleged victims.
  Attorney Bakari Sellers contends that what happened is a result of the same kind of institutional failure seen in
  
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• Failed Assassination Attempt on Argentine Vice President Caught on Camera

  02-09-2022 17:26
  Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner barely avoided being assassinated when the would-be killer’s weapon jammed just as he aimed it at her.
  The vice president was greeted by crowds of people just outside her home in Recoleta, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, on Thursday night, Business Insider reported.
  From those crowds, one person emerged and pointed a handgun at her face.
  But the gun did not go off.
  Footage of the moment was tweeted by the journalist Lau
  
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• Dem Staffer Got Away with Defacing MTG's Office, Now He's Out of His Last Job

  02-09-2022 17:19
  The congressional staff member from Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss’ office who defaced posters outside of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional office in Washington, D.C., will be stepping down from his position on Friday.
  Auchincloss’ chief of staff was Tim Hysom, and he will be stepping down from his job to work for a different congressional office, WPRI-TV reported.
  “I appreciate Tim’s service in my office and wish him all the best in his
  
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• 'The future is here.' Migrants step off buses from Texas into New York homeless shelters

  02-09-2022 17:08 via cnn.com
  
  Jessica Flores stepped out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal with her husband and their 6-year-old daughter into the unfamiliar heart of Manhattan, where giant billboards sparkled under a sweltering late summer sun.
  
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• Cops Report Strange Deer Staring Off in the Distance; 1 Week Later, Another Officer Makes Horrifying Discovery in Yard

  02-09-2022 17:08
  Residents across southern Ohio have had unsettling encounters lately with what they’ve dubbed “zombie deer.” The sightings of infected deer have prompted many police calls and news reports in the region.
  On Aug. 23, Cincinnati’s WKRC-TV reported, “Colerain Township officers were called for a report of a deer on Blue Rock Road that had been struck by a vehicle. Officers found a deer standing and staring off into the distance. It was not startled by noise or even sire
  
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• Tea leaves unread: Jackson's water crisis follows years of economic decline

  02-09-2022 17:00 via cnn.com
  
  What residents of Jackson, Mississippi long viewed as a looming crisis came to a head this week when torrential rains battered the city, causing the Pearl River to flood and its main water supply treatment facility to fail.
  
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• Hollywood Star Facing Disgusting Allegations Involving Children Will Keep His Role in Latest Movie

  02-09-2022 17:00
  What does Ezra Miller need to do to get fired?
  Miller is the latest example of Hollywood privilege. If you had multiple arrests in Hawaii over the course of 2022 — including for harassment and assault — you’d likely lose your job. Same if there were reports of a child walking around your Vermont compound (that word alone so seldom augurs well for things to come) with a bullet in his mouth. Or if there were a video of you allegedly choking a woman in an Icelandic bar.
  What&rsquo
  
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