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• Neighbors Step Forward to Reveal Eliza Fletcher Kidnapping Suspect's 'Creepy' History: Report

  05-09-2022 23:55
  Shocking new details have been released in the investigation into Eliza Fletcher’s abduction.
  A Memphis school teacher and granddaughter to a prominent businessman, Fletcher was reportedly out for a jog when she was abducted and forced into an SUV.
  On Friday, police arrested the man suspected of abducting Fletcher — Cleotha Abston, 38, who, according to WREG, previously pleaded guilty to an especially aggravated kidnapping charge in 2000.
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• Biden Says MAGA Republicans Are Election Deniers, So RNC Assembles Video of Dems Questioning 2016, 2004, 2000

  05-09-2022 23:43
  Whoever wrote President Joe Biden’s Thursday Independence Hall speech certainly wanted to get at least two points across: MAGA Republicans are election deniers and, therefore, are a threat to democracy.
  During his address, he mentioned MAGA — former President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan Make America Great Again — 13 times and brought up elections and/or election deniers 11 times.
  Some of Biden’s claims were outrageous and insulting. Here are some examples.
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• Mass Shootings Swept These Cities Over Labor Day Weekend - Guess Who Runs Them?

  05-09-2022 23:30
  At least 11 mass shootings have occurred across mostly Democrat-run cities nationwide during Labor Day weekend so far, killing at least 15 people, according to Gun Violence Archive.
  Mass shootings have occurred in cities including Saint Paul, Minnesota; Charleston, South Carolina; Chicago; Philadelphia and Cleveland, killing at least 15 people during Labor Day weekend so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
  All of the listed cities are run by Democratic mayors.
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• Surprise New Poll Shows State That Hasn't Had a Republican Senator in Over 20 Years Could Flip Red

  05-09-2022 23:00
  A Senate race that was expected to be a somewhat easy victory for Democrats is apparently growing closer, a new poll indicated.
  According to the results of a poll conducted by The Trafalgar Group, 49.2 percent of likely general election voters in Washington state said they would vote for Democratic candidate Patty Murray if the election for United States Senate were held today.
  However, 46.3 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Republican candidate Tiffany Smiley, putting her just 2
  
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• 'WJ LIVE': The Student Loan Cancellation Is Contributing to the Inflation, Not Solving the Issue

  05-09-2022 22:46
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• Unions have realized some big wins. But US labor laws are stacked in favor of employers

  05-09-2022 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Union organizing has shifted into high gear. But despite successful organizing drives at such corporate powerhouses as Starbucks, Amazon and Apple, it's still an uphill climb for unions seeking to sign up new members.
  
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• Despite union wins at Starbucks, Amazon and Apple, labor laws keep cards stacked against organizers

  05-09-2022 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Union organizing has shifted into high gear. But despite successful organizing drives at such corporate powerhouses as Starbucks, Amazon and Apple, it's still an uphill climb for unions seeking to sign up new members.
  
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• GOP Rep Lashes Out at Biden's Secret Weapon That's Protecting Hunter

  05-09-2022 22:12
  Is President Joe Biden using the government to shield his son, Hunter, from facing criminal charges?
  A letter from the ranking Republican on the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform suggests as much. In the July 6 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, accused the Biden administration of potentially withholding documents showing Hunter Biden’s suspicious financial activity.
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• Biden tests his political strength in return to the campaign trail

  05-09-2022 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has been celebrating Labor Day in Pittsburgh on-and-off for more than a decade, twice using the city's parade as a testing ground while he contemplated a presidential run.
  
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• Jordan Peterson Turns the Tables on Hollywood Star Olivia Wilde After She Calls Him the Inspiration for Her New Movie's Villain

  05-09-2022 21:58
  Conservative philosopher and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson turned the tables on left-wing Hollywood darling Olivia Wilde after she said he was the inspiration for her latest movie’s “villain.”
  In the upcoming film, “Don’t Worry Darling,” directed by Wilde, actor Chris Pine stars as “Frank,” a shady, extremist who founds a utopian society in the 1950s under the name the “Victory Project.”
  But while the community seems idyllic at
  
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• Amazon Quietly Took All Rooftop Solar Panels Offline After Danger Became Impossible to Ignore

  05-09-2022 21:02
  After multiple rooftop fires between 2020-2021, Amazon temporarily took all solar panels offline to complete inspections of each of its systems. The e-commerce giant did so quietly without mentioning the problems in its sustainability report.
  The first reported solar panel fire at an Amazon warehouse occurred on April 14, 2020, in Fresno, California, CNBC reported. The warehouse was called FAT1, and the three-alarm fire damaged about 220 solar panels along with other equipment.
  In a report, Fres
  
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• Trump Congratulates Gutfeld, Tears Into Competitor: 'Colbert Is a Highly Overrated Loser!'

  05-09-2022 20:37
  Former President Donald Trump mocked liberal talk-show host Stephen Colbert as a “LOSER!” after Fox News star Greg Gutfeld broke his five-year streak as the late-night ratings kingpin.
  “Greg is smarter, sharper and a MUCH better entertainer,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social. “Colbert is a highly overrated LOSER!”
  Gutfeld’s eponymous talk show averaged 2.19 million viewers a night during the month of August, beating CBS’ “The Late Show with
  
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• New California law could raise fast-food minimum wage to $22 an hour

  05-09-2022 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  In a move the restaurant industry warns could raise fast-food prices, California's governor signed into law a bill creating a "Fast Food Council" to determine standards for pay, hours, and working conditions for the state's fast food workers.
  
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• 'Racial Reckoning': US Universities Willfully Sacrifice 'Academic Quality' in the Name of 'Diversity'

  05-09-2022 19:45
  Higher education institutions have implemented diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to vet students and faculty rather than evaluating them on their merits.
  Universities have included different DEI initiatives including axing standardized test requirements, mandating DEI statements in applications and curriculum requirements. The initiatives aim to raise diversity and social justice awareness, considering mainly the promotion of understanding and consciousness of DEI.
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• Eliza Fletcher Kidnapping Suspect Now Has Opportunity to Bond Out of Jail

  05-09-2022 19:36
  Eliza Fletcher, a Memphis teacher, mother of two and granddaughter of a billionaire, was abducted on Friday. Now, Cleotha Abston has been detained and charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.
  However, Abston’s bond was set at $500,000, and he’ll only have to post $50,000 to be released from jail, Fox News reported.
  The 34-year-old Fletcher was last seen on Friday as she jogged near the University of Memphis campus around 4:30 a.m.
  “She was forc
  
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• College Football Player Dies After Sudden Collapse: 'Join Us in Praying for His Family and Friends'

  05-09-2022 19:28
  An Arkansas college football team is mourning the loss of one of their players after he suddenly collapsed and died on Sunday morning.
  Clark Yarbrough, a 21-year-old senior defensive lineman at Ouachita Baptist University (OBU), passed away from still unknown causes, KTHV reported.
  The University tweeted the announcement of Yarbrough’s death on Sunday.
  “Today the Ouachita community mourns the loss of senior Clark Yarbrough, who died this morning following a sudden collapse. Join us i
  
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• Storybook Start: Watch - Epic Moment Uvalde HS Football Team Pulls Off 1st Home Win Since Shooting, Seconds to Spare

  05-09-2022 19:20
  Uvalde High School took the field Friday for its first home football game since the tragic shooting at nearby Robb Elementary School earlier this year.
  As community members of the small Texas town gathered in the stands, the players provided a show to remember.
  Uvalde High held a prayer followed by a 21-second moment of silence in remembrance of the 21 victims of the May shooting, and fans packed the stadium donning “Uvalde strong” t-shirts, KHOU reported.
  Senior linebacker Justyn Re
  
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• Judge Hands Trump a Huge Win Over Biden DOJ: Special Master Request Granted, Investigation Halted

  05-09-2022 19:09
  A federal judge granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to be appointed to review documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago home during an FBI raid last month.
  On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled a special master should be appointed, as Trump and his legal team had requested, CNBC reported.
  Cannon also said the Department of Justice may not review the materials seized by the FBI until the special master has completed a review or a new court order is issued.
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• Dark Side to School-Controlled Locking Phone Case: Kids Can't Document Abuse

  05-09-2022 18:58
  It sounds like such a great idea: If kids are being distracted by cell phones in the classroom, put the phones in an impenetrable pouch.
  It’s called Yondr — and if you’ve heard about it, it’s probably at a concert venue.
  “Yondr creates phone-free spaces for artists, comedians, teachers, organizations and more. The Yondr system is a simple solution to a technological problem that allows you to maintain possession of your phone at all times,” the company states
  
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• Judge grants Trump's request for a special master

  05-09-2022 18:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to oversee all the evidence the FBI seized last month from Trump’
  
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• Floatplane Down in Puget Sound, Coast Guard Desperately Searches for 9 Missing Passengers

  05-09-2022 17:49
  One person is confirmed dead in a floatplane crash that took place Sunday in Puget Sound, Washington.
  The plane went down in Mutiny Bay, west of Whidbey Island, the Coast Guard said, according to KOMO-TV.
  The Coast Guard said the crash happened at about 3:10 p.m. Sunday.
  As of Monday morning, South Whidbey Fire said the nine people missing are presumed to be dead, according to KING-TV.
  The search is now a recovery effort.
  KING-TV reported that searchers recovered “intact items from inside
  
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• Video: Convicted Pedophile Out on Bail Killed by Police When High-Speed Chase Ends in a Gun Battle

  05-09-2022 17:25
  After a Friday night chase and gun battle, Milwaukee police killed a man facing a homicide charge who had been free on bail despite a child sex abuse conviction.
  Ernest Terrell Blakney was the suspect killed, according to the Milwauke Journal-Sentinel.
  Assistant Police Chief Nicole J. Waldner said the chase began at about 10:50 p.m. when officers attempted to arrest Blakney.
  The chase ended in Milwaukee’s bar district when the vehicle being chased became disabled.Multiple shots fired on Wa
  
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• Democrats implore party to prioritize secretary of state races to help avert 2024 debacle

  05-09-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Democrats focused on secretary of state races this year have a warning for their party: If you think the aftermath of the 2020 election was troubling, 2024 could be even worse if we fail to invest in these campaigns.
  
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• Last line connecting Ukrainian nuclear power plant to grid disconnected after 'intensive shelling'

  05-09-2022 17:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The last reserve line connecting the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to the Ukrainian energy system was disconnected after "intensive shelling."
  
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• Biden travels to two swing states for Labor Day in midterms push

  05-09-2022 16:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden is spending Labor Day making appearances in two battleground states — Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — both of which have election contests
  
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• Prominent Investigative Reporter Who Spearheaded Coverage of 2017 Las Vegas Massacre Found Dead Outside His Home

  05-09-2022 16:36
  Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside of his home over the weekend and his killer remains at large.
  Newsroom colleagues mourned his passing.
  “The Review-Journal family is devastated to lose Jeff,” Executive Editor Glenn Cook said, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “He was the gold standard of the news business. It’s hard to imagine what Las Vegas would be like today without his many years of shining a brigh
  
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• Nirvana wins dismissal of lawsuit over naked baby on 'Nevermind' album cover

  05-09-2022 16:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a decision Friday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man who appeared on the cover of the Nirvana album "Nevermind" as a naked four-month-old
  
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• Trump Launches Vicious Attack on 'Unwatchable' Fox News and Makes an Offer to Help CNN

  05-09-2022 15:49
  Former President Donald Trump has accused Fox News of “pushing the Democrats and the Democrat agenda” and offered to help CNN become more conservative to counter Fox.
  “Wow! Fox News is really pushing the Democrats and the Democrat agenda. Gets worse every single day. So many Dems interviewed with only softball questions, then Republican counterparts get creamed. RINO Karl Rove is unwatchable, very negative, and on all the time – Has a big record of losing!” Trump wr
  
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• Four feared dead after private jet mystery sees plane crash into Baltic Sea

  05-09-2022 15:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four people are feared dead after a private jet that reportedly belonged to German businessman Georg Griesemann crashed off the coast of Latvia Sunday night.
  
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• Israeli army says one of its soldiers probably killed Palestinian-American reporter

  05-09-2022 15:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Israeli military said a soldier likely killed veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in errant fire.
  
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• Manhunt Underway After Stabbing Spree in Canada, 25 Casualties with No Sign of Suspects

  05-09-2022 15:12
  A manhunt was underway Monday in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan for two men wanted in connection with a series of stabbings Sunday that left 10 dead and 15 wounded.
  The stabbings took place in the James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon, police said, according to The Associated Press.
  The two men are believed to be in Regina, Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said in a video posted to  Twitter.
  “We still believe these suspects are likely in the city of Regina and as such
  
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• Good Guy with a Gun Shuts Down Attacker Without Even Drawing, But Can't Believe It When Cops Turn on Him

  05-09-2022 14:34
  Lloyd Muldrow, a concealed-carrying Marine Corps veteran, was the right man in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately, he was in the wrong city and the wrong state.
  According to The Washington Times, Muldrow, a security specialist from North Carolina, faces up to a year in prison after stopping a man who allegedly pistol-whipped a bar patron.
  Muldrow’s crime? He brought a gun within 100 feet of a public building in Baltimore — in Maryland, a state with one of the toughest g
  
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• Liz Truss wins race to be next U.K. leader and succeed scandal-hit Boris Johnson

  05-09-2022 13:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister after she was elected leader of the Conservative Party, beating Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson.
  
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• Lawsuit: Black Lives Matter exec accused of 'syphoning' $10M from BLM donors

  05-09-2022 13:29 via cnn.com
  
  An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of "syphoning" more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court filing this week.
  
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• Journalist Maria Hinojosa adapts her memoir for young readers

  05-09-2022 13:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa has released a young-reader version of her memoir, "Once I Was You."
  
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• Suicide attack at Russia embassy in Kabul kills 2 diplomats

  05-09-2022 12:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
  
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• Labor Day means a return to work. And highlights the dangers of sitting all day.

  05-09-2022 11:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Happy Labor Day weekend! Then work from home and the return to office takes over, and worsens America's sitting epidemic.
  
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• Farmers pushing for immigration reform to counter labor shortages and escalating food prices

  05-09-2022 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Farmers across the U.S. are joining a push for national immigration reform that they say could ease labor shortages and lower food prices as surging production
  
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• Prosthetics are built for disabled people. But they still lack inclusivity.  

  05-09-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amputees can't truly be comfortable in wearable technology if simple things, such as having more sizes to choose from, aren't available.
  
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• Suspect charged in abduction of Eliza Fletcher, but Memphis teacher remains missing, police say

  05-09-2022 10:09 via cnn.com
  
  A man has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a Memphis teacher investigators believe was abducted while she was out for a jog Friday morning, police said.
  
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• Police hunt for suspects after 10 killed in Saskatchewan stabbing attacks

  05-09-2022 09:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police are on the hunt for two suspects after ten people were killed and 15 others hospitalized in a series of stabbings in Canada's Saskatchewan province.
  
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• Bed Bath & Beyond CFO falls to death days after company announces massive closures and layoffs

  05-09-2022 06:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Bed Bath & Beyond executive died from an apparent suicide after falling from the downtown Manhattan luxury skyscraper where he lived, according to New York's
  
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• These are the key governor's races to watch this fall

  05-09-2022 05:36 via cnn.com
  
  From the early days of Donald Trump's presidency, through the Covid-19 pandemic and following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the power of governors has been increasingly clear for Americans to see.
  
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• One dead, at least eight others lost at sea after a floatplane crash near Seattle

  05-09-2022 05:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  One person has died and at least eight others missing after a floatbplane went down in waters near Seattle.
  
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• Trump rally highlighting Jan. 6 case of alleged Nazi sympathizer sparks criticism

  05-09-2022 04:50 via cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: Trump's incendiary rally proved President Biden was right
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  • Democrats looking at secretary of state races have a warning for their party
  
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• US internet service company blocks controversial online forum citing 'imminent threats to human life'

  05-09-2022 02:24 via cnn.com
  
  Cloudflare, a major American internet services company, pulled its support for Kiwi Farms, a controversial online message board, Saturday evening citing "imminent threats to human life." The move temporarily forced Kiwi Farms offline.
  
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• DNA on sandals leads Memphis police to an arrest in jogger's apparent kidnapping

  05-09-2022 01:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cleotha Abston has been charged with kidnapping Eliza Fletcher who went missing while jogging near the University of Memphis on Friday, police said.
  
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• E. Coli Outbreak Detected in Six States, Wendy's Restaurants Identified as Likely Source

  05-09-2022 01:21
  Almost 100 people across six states have been confirmed as sickened in a wave of E. coli that has been linked to Wendy’s restaurants.
  At least 97 people have been reported sick, with 43 hospitalizations, according to NPR. No cases have been fatal.
  The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the outbreak, which began in states including Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania has now spread to New York and Kentucky.
  The CDC said the extent of the outbreak could be even
  
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• European Countries Already Bailing Out Energy Companies with Winter Still Months Away

  05-09-2022 01:07
  In September of 2018, then-President Donald Trump was laughed at for warning European nations of their overreliance on Russian for their energy needs.
  “Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation,” he said at the time.
  Well, on Wednesday, Trump was proven right yet again when the Austrian government moved to bail out Wien Energie.
  According to AP News, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has placed a strain on the European electric
  
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