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• Obama Wins an Emmy -- Instantly Exposed as Trump's Name Enters the Conversation

  04-09-2022 23:48
  A better man would be embarrassed — but shame has never been his strong point.
  Former President Barack Obama posted yet another undeserved accolade on Saturday when the Television Academy announced he’d won an Emmy for “Outstanding Narrator” for an episode of a series he and his wife produced for Netflix.
  And, naturally, the establishment media outlets were agog at the man’s ostensible success — while another man was clearly the real topic of conversation.
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• 'The Rings of Power' Sinking in Bad Reviews, Amazon Puts Three-Day Pause on All Reviews

  04-09-2022 23:25
  Amazon has invoked a pause on reviews of Prime Video content at a time when its “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is awash in bad reviews.
  The pause was noted by The Verge, which explained that the policy was originally designed to prevent so-called review bombing in which one movie or show is flooded with terrible reviews.
  The Verge said Amazon explained through a representative that the idea was to be sure bots were not taking over the reviews.
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• Bed Bath & Beyond Releases Statement on 'Shocking' Death of CFO Gustavo Arnal

  04-09-2022 22:56
  Home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond issued a statement about the death of its chief financial officer two days after he leaped to his death from a Manhattan high-rise.
  Gustavo Arnal, 52, died in what police have said appears to have been a suicide, according to The New York Times.
  His body was found Friday near the Jenga building where he lived, and “appeared to suffer from injuries indicative from a fall from an elevated position,” police said in a statement.
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• Heavy rain, flash flooding hits parts of northwest Georgia

  04-09-2022 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding in some areas.
  
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• Twelve-Year-Old Boy Pulls Over for Deputies and Is Ripped from Bike, Then One Raises a Leg and Does the Unthinkable: Attorney

  04-09-2022 22:32
  An attorney for a 12-year-old boy said his client was unnecessarily brutalized by police officers in Louisiana.
  Attorney Ryan K. Thompson of the Thompson Justice Institute told WTVT a video from Feb. 19 showed deputies arresting his client in the Plaquemines Parish of Louisiana.
  Footage captured by the dashboard camera in a Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office vehicle showed the unidentified boy pulling off the road on his dirt bike.
  One officer, Deputy Sheriff Anthony Dugas, could be seen
  
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• Son of the late Taylor Hawkins takes his dad’s place behind the drums in tribute concert

  04-09-2022 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thousands of fans gathered Saturday at London’s Wembley Stadium for the first of two tribute concerts dedicated to the late Taylor Hawkins, according to Today.c
  
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• BLM Leader Says Group's Supporters Acting Like 'White Oppressors' for Accusing Him of Skimming $10 Million in Donations

  04-09-2022 22:12
  The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is caught in yet another financial scandal.
  A lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges that the group’s leader, Shalomyah Bowers, has stolen more than $10 million in donations from the organization.
  According to the Los Angeles Times, the suit, filed by Black Lives Matter Grassroots, claimed, “While BLM leaders and movement workers were on the streets risking their lives, Mr. Bowers remained in his cushy offices devising a scheme of fraud and
  
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• If You Want to Visit This Palestine-Controlled Area, You'll Have to Follow Israel's New Rules

  04-09-2022 22:07
  An Israeli military body on Sunday released a list of rules and restriction for foreigners wanting to enter Palestinian areas of the West Bank, extending its control of daily life and movement in and out of the occupied territory.
  COGAT, the Israeli body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, stepped back from a number of controversial restrictions that had appeared in a draft of the rules published earlier this year, such as a requirement that people who form romantic relationships with loc
  
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• Biden's use of Marines during Philadelphia speech adds to debate over politicization of the military

  04-09-2022 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  As President Joe Biden stood outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall on Thursday night, making the case ahead of the midterm elections that "equality and democracy are under assault," he wasn't standing alone.
  
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• Analysis: Biden's use of Marines during Philadelphia speech adds to debate over politicization of the military

  04-09-2022 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  As President Joe Biden stood outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall on Thursday night, making the case ahead of the midterm elections that "equality and democracy are under assault," he wasn't standing alone.
  
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• A mass shooting in Virginia kills 2 people and wounds 5 more. Some of those shot were Norfolk State University students

  04-09-2022 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  Seven people were struck by gunfire overnight in Norfolk, Virginia, including several university students, officials said Sunday.
  
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• Denver woman falls 900 feet to her death while climbing Capitol Peak

  04-09-2022 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  A Denver woman fell 900 feet to her death Saturday while climbing one of Colorado's most treacherous mountains, according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• After 6 days of misery, FEMA says it's too early to say when Jackson, Mississippi, will have clean running water

  04-09-2022 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  For almost a week, thousands of residents in Mississippi's capital haven't had enough water to flush their toilets. Nor enough water to fight fires. Or even enough clean running water to safely brush their teeth.
  
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• Veteran reporter found dead outside home with stab wounds, newspaper says

  04-09-2022 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal is mourning the loss of one of its own.
  
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• Watch Out for Your Bones, Study Exposes Consequences of Going Vegan

  04-09-2022 20:52
  A study suggests that going vegan could have a negative impact on bone health.
  The study showed vegans are 43 percent more likely to sustain a bone injury than meat-eaters, according to the Washington Examiner.
  The study was published in BMC Medicine using results from an EPIC-Oxford study that was based on the medical record of 55,000 United Kingdom residents. The study also used follow-up records from 2016.
  “Overall, we found that compared with meat eaters, vegans had higher risks of tot
  
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• First Screening of 'My Son Hunter' Reportedly Receives a Standing Ovation

  04-09-2022 20:24
  In left-wing Hollywood, the audience was largely-low key about showing up for a movie about the disturbing and almost certainly criminal life of first son Hunter Biden — being a conservative can be deadly to a career in some circles.
  But by the time the credits rolled, according to Newsweek, there was nothing quiet about their reaction.
  The cinematic take on the sins of the son of the president of the United States got a standing ovation — and it likely won’t be the last one it
  
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• US Beachgoers Feeling Tiny Bites After Wading Into Ocean, Scientists Point to Strange Aggressive Bug

  04-09-2022 19:45
  Beachgoers are reporting small and sometimes painful bites when they enter the ocean in Southern California. Scientists said they have encountered the situation before.
  According to Live Science, experts said the bugs causing inconvenience are called water-line isopods. They are a small species of crustacean, and they typically grow only to about 0.3 inches. They have been dubbed “mini-sharks” by some people who have experienced their bites.
  However, Walla Walla University in Washing
  
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• 21-year-old Canadian TikTok influencer falls to death while skydiving

  04-09-2022 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 21-year-old Canadian college student and TikTok influencer fell to her death while skydiving in Toronto late last month, according to reports.
  
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• Margaret Thatcher-Style Leader Likely to Become New Prime Minister Once Vowed 'I Will Be Very Clear with People Like Nancy Pelosi'

  04-09-2022 19:30
  Liz Truss, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, believes in limited government and low taxes in the vein of former leader Margaret Thatcher — and that’s why she’s set to be the U.K.’s next prime minister, Nile Gardiner, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation and former Thatcher aide, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
  A former Liberal Democrat who at one point called for the abolition of the royal family and opposed Brexit even after establishing herself as
  
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• U.S. ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on

  04-09-2022 18:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Bi
  
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• Fearing a Trump Smack-Down, Nation's Top Networks Totally Snubbed Biden Speech

  04-09-2022 18:53
  President Joe Biden delivered an incredibly hateful speech Thursday demonizing former President Donald Trump and anyone who supported him. It was so vitriolic that even establishment media outlets refused to televise it.
  According to The Washington Post, ABC, NBC and CBS all chose not to air Biden’s primetime speech. Their reasoning for doing so was telling.
  Sources close to the networks who spoke on the condition of anonymity told the Post the networks deemed the speech too “politic
  
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• State Fair Closes Early After Brawl Turns Into Mass Panic: 'There Was a Shift ... It All Happened So Quick'

  04-09-2022 18:22
  A gunshot led to panic and the early closure of the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday night.
  The incident took place near the entrance of the fair’s Midway, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
  A statement from the fair issued Sunday said a victim was located and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  The fair began closing at about 10:20 p.m., the statement said.Our crew saw crime scene tape being put up near the Midway and everyone is being cleared out of the
  
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• US Army Taking First Batch of Microsoft Combat Goggles

  04-09-2022 18:03
  The United States Army is set to receive combat simulation goggles manufactured by Microsoft for training purposes this month.
  Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Douglas Bush cleared the receipt of 5,000 sets of Microsoft’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System last week, according to Bloomberg.
  The “mixed reality headset” is designed for infantry soldiers to train in immersive mock combat missions.
  Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division tested the device in August.
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• Texas Pilot Suspects Something's Not Right with Gulfstream Jet, Takes a Closer Look and Everyone Scatters

  04-09-2022 17:03
  A Texas Department of Public Safety pilot reportedly stopped a sophisticated human smuggling attempt at the South Texas International Airport in Edinburg, Texas, last week. Something didn’t seem right.
  According to MyRGV News, the website of The Brownsville Herald in the Rio Grande Valley, the incident began just after 5 p.m. with a Texas DPS pilot working as part of Operation Lone Star.
  The pilot had become suspicious when he noticed a group of 15 people dropped off at the main gate.
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• Star of 'The Mummy' Franchise Appears in Comeback Role

  04-09-2022 16:57
  Brendan Fraser is having a moment at the Venice International Film Festival.
  The once ubiquitous movie star of “The Mummy” franchise and “George of the Jungle” had, in the last decade, backed away from the spotlight. But Fraser is charting what could be a major comeback starting with his transformative role in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” which has its world premiere Sunday night at the festival.
  Fraser plays Charlie, a reclusive English teacher with
  
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• Huge Break in Eliza Fletcher Case as Police Locate the Vehicle and Make an Arrest

  04-09-2022 16:48
  Memphis police have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping Eliza Fletcher on Friday.
  Fletcher, a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher, was out for a jog when she was approached by an unknown person and then forced into a dark-colored SUV. Later, her phone and a water bottle were found at the site of the abduction.Have you seen this woman or vehicle?
  Eliza Fletcher was abducted this morning in midtown Memphis while running.
  She was forced into a vehicle. There is no known direction of travel.
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• Ancient Artifacts Worth Over $13M Have Been Snatched from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  04-09-2022 16:47
  The Manhattan district attorney’s office, working with federal investigators, has located and seized 27 ancient artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The historic artifacts have a combined value of over $13 million.
  The objects which were acquired by the Met for displays representing the Roman, Greek and Egyptian civilizations were allegedly looted according to the investigators who spoke to The New York Times.Investigators in New York have seized 27 ancient artif
  
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• Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Leaps to Death from NYC Skyscraper, Just Days After Company Releases Horrible News: Report

  04-09-2022 16:24
  As Bed Bath & Beyond continues to face tanking stock prices and company-wide restructuring, one of the company’s executives jumped to his death on Friday, according to a news report.
  Before his identity was revealed, the New York Post reported that a 53-year-old man (he was later found to be 52) had leaped out from the 18th-floor of the famous “Jenga Building” in New York City at about 1 p.m. The building is reportedly a “celebrity-packed” home of the “meg
  
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• Borrowers with Biden-Forgiven Loans Might Soon Get a Gut Punch from the Tax Man

  04-09-2022 15:51
  President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could lift crushing debt burdens from millions of borrowers, but the tax man may demand a cut of the relief in some states.
  That’s because in some states tax forgiven debt is seen as income, which means borrowers who are still paying down student loans could owe taxes on the $10,000 — or even $20,000 — that was taken off their bill. In Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas and North Carolina, forgiven student loans
  
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• A historic Black-owned barbershop with murals inside discovered in Georgia

  04-09-2022 15:31 via cnn.com
  
  A community revitalization group has uncovered forgotten Black barbershop and murals in an alleyway in Sparta, Georgia.
  
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• Photos: 5 Coal Miners Push Tourists' Dead Electric Car to Charge Up at Coal Mine

  04-09-2022 15:18
  An electric vehicle needed some coal miners to get where it needed to go last week.
  The vehicle broke down Friday near  Mettiki Coal access road on US 48, in Tucker County, West Virginia, according to WBOY-TV.
  A Facebook post from Randy Smith described the incident.
  Smith is a Republican state senator who represents the region where the incident took place, according to the West Virginia state Legislature website. He’s also the safety coordinator at Mettiki Coal, his Facebook page sta
  
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• State Judges Need 8-Page Courtroom 'Cheat Sheet' to Navigate Bail Reform Law: Report

  04-09-2022 14:39
  Judges in New York State have found themselves confronted by a 49-page reference manual, a two-part training and an eight-page long “cheat sheet” — just to decide whether they can set bail.
  According to a Friday report from the New York Post, the Empire State’s bail reform law has created a system so convoluted that judges were required to take two training sessions lasting nearly four hours each on the new regulations.
  The adjustments to New York’s 2019 bail reform
  
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• Watch: MAGA Immigrant Has a Message for Biden - 'You've Told Me and My Children That We Don't Matter'

  04-09-2022 13:39
  In the wake of Joe Biden’s speech Thursday demonizing his political opponents, a man who describes himself as a recently naturalized immigrant took to social media to explain just why he and his children are MAGA Republicans and blasted Biden for telling him he doesn’t matter.
  In the speech delivered at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, Biden claimed he was addressing the “soul of the nation.”
  Unfortunately, he turned the speech into a pre-midterm campaign rally aim
  
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• University staffers were searching for missing Native American artifacts. They found dozens of dead bodies.

  04-09-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  University of North Dakota staffers were searching for missing Native American artifacts. They found dozens of dead bodies.
  
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• Pope Whose Death Shocked the World Beatified, Church Points to Miracle That Came Decades Later

  04-09-2022 11:59
  Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for years about his demise.
  The ceremony in St. Peter’s Square constituted the last formal step in the Vatican before possible sainthood for Albino Luciani, an Italian who died 33 days after being elected pontiff.
  “With a smile, Pope John Paul
  
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• Trump's FBI photo temper tantrum is very revealing indeed

  04-09-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump’s Truth Social reaction to the FBI photo of top-secret classified documents collected from Mar-a-Lago was incredible.
  
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• The biggest unexpected effect of calorie labeling regulations

  04-09-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fast food restaurants and supermarkets have to show calorie counts to help customers stay healthy. So they're cutting back.
  
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• She moved to the US with big dreams and met a boyfriend on Craigslist. Then she vanished

  04-09-2022 09:00 via cnn.com
  
  • A suspect has been charged in the abduction of Eliza Fletcher, but the Memphis teacher remains missing, police say
  • Video: Idaho armed locals show up to library board meetings to push books ban
  
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• NASA moon rocket launch off for at least a few weeks

  04-09-2022 03:01
  NASA says the inaugural flight of its new moon rocket is off for at least a few weeks because of a dangerous fuel leak. (Sept. 3)      
  
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• Man Loses Ability to Have Children Thanks to Electric Truck

  04-09-2022 02:26
  A Texas doctor found a novel use for his Rivian R1T electric truck when the power went out at his clinic on Thursday.
  The power outage took place when a man was scheduled to undergo a vasectomy.
  “When talking to the patient, we mentioned that we could just reschedule the procedure itself, or, if he was up for it, we could do the vasectomy using power from the truck. And he had a good laugh as well, and we agreed,” Dr. Christopher Yang of Austin said, according to WGLT.
  The idea came
  
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• Four-Term Dem Lawmaker Unexpectedly Abandons Post, Leaving Voters with Only 1 Option

  04-09-2022 02:07
  A Democratic Arizona legislator is leaving voters with only one option in November’s election.
  Four-term state Rep. Diego Espinoza announced his resignation on Friday, according to Fox News. Espinoza just won the Democratic primary for a state Senate seat last month. Now, he won’t be on the November ballot.
  Without a Republican nominee for state senator in the southwest Phoenix district in question — District 22, which was drawn heavily Democratic by the state’s redistric
  
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• Man stole plane, threatened to crash into Mississippi Walmart before safely landing, governor says

  04-09-2022 01:41
  
  Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced on Twitter that the "situation has been resolved and that no one was injured."      
  
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• Trump-Obsessed Psychiatrist Who 'Diagnosed' 45 Gets Bad News from Court

  04-09-2022 01:31
  A leftist Yale psychiatrist who has fallen from grace will not be receiving her position at the prestigious university back, a judge has ruled.
  Dr. Brandy Lee’s lawsuit against Yale University was dismissed by a federal judge on Tuesday, the Hartford Courant reported.
  The university refused to reappoint Lee after the psychiatrist began an apparent crusade against then-President Donald Trump in 2019. Lee publicly commented on the mental health of Trump and his close associates despite never
  
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• California Mill Fire destroys 100 homes

  04-09-2022 01:01
  About 100 homes and other structures have been destroyed in a Northern California wildfire that put thousands under evacuation orders. At a briefing Saturday, fire officials said improved weather conditions helped slow the Mill Fire. (Sept. 3) (AP Video: Noah Berger)      
  
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• Eerie Note Discovered from Pilot of Stolen Tupelo Plane - Had 2 Words to Say About Rogue Flight

  04-09-2022 00:58
  The quiet of the early morning skies over northern Mississippi on Saturday was broken by the sound of a circling twin-engine aircraft — and police sirens.
  Behind the controls of a stolen aircraft was a man threatening to crash it into a Walmart.
  He had posted an eerie message on Facebook, according to the New York Post. It began, “Sorry everyone.”
  The man was identified as 29-year-old Cory Patterson by local law enforcement.
  Patterson had posted to his now-restricted Faceb
  
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• AP Top Stories Sept. 3 5P

  04-09-2022 00:51
  CAPTION: Here's the latest for Saturday, September 3: Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket; Man who stole and flew plane over Mississippi faces criminal charges; Putin snubs Gorbachev's funeral; Thousands flee as wildfire scorches California.      
  
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• Wildfire burns 100 homes and buildings as California braces for the worst of Labor Day heat wave

  04-09-2022 00:30
  
  A Northern California wildfire destroyed about 100 buildings amid a heat wave that has sparked a state of emergency and worries about the power grid      
  
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• Texas governor says rape victims can take Plan B morning-after pill

  04-09-2022 00:16 via cnn.com
  
  • Terms such as 'birthing parent' are prompting a debate over language
  • In Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer leans on abortion rights to pave path to reelection
  
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• TikTok Star Dead After Apparent Fatal Error on First Solo Skydive

  04-09-2022 00:01
  It was supposed to be a “fun adventure,” but a skydive ended in tragedy last week for a young woman described as a Canadian beauty queen and social media influencer.
  Tanya Pardazi, 21, apparently opened her parachute too late during her descent on Aug. 27, CTV News reported.
  It was the young woman’s first solo dive, according to the report.
  Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario, said in a Monday statement that Pardazi “released a quickly-rotating main parachute at a l
  
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