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• Hollywood Went All-Out Promoting Gay Film 'Bros' But Gets an Ugly Surprise Opening Weekend

  02-10-2022 23:53
  The gay romantic comedy “Bros” debuted in movie theaters this weekend with most movie-goers preferring to watch something else.
  In its first two nights, beginning Thursday, the movie took in $1.84 million, according to Showbiz411.
  With an estimated $2.5 million from Saturday and Sunday, the movie would make less than $5 million for its opening weekend.
  The Wrap said that “Smile” had the top debut with $22 million.
  The Wrap also noted that many of those seeing the mov
  
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• Bombshell: Feds Paid Companies to Silence Trump, His Family, and Supporters on Social Media Around 2020 Election

  02-10-2022 23:49
  The federal government has been working with a group of four private companies to flag supposed election “misinformation” for censorship by social media platforms.
  Two recent reports, published on Friday and Saturday by Just the News, reveal the group was responsible for the censorship of 20 news outlets during the 2020 election.
  After Biden was in the White House, Just the News reported, the group was “rewarded” with millions of taxpayer dollars and its work continues to
  
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• Russia's retreat from Lyman draws angry criticism in Moscow; Russian drone attack targets Zelenskyy's hometown: Ukraine live updates

  02-10-2022 23:40
  
  The retreat drew criticism in Moscow because Lyman is in Donetsk Oblast, aregion Russia is attempting to "liberate" in Ukraine, officials say.      
  
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• Get Ready for 2024 - Former Clinton Adviser Noticed Suspicious Patterns in Hillary's Latest Comments

  02-10-2022 23:13
  A former political adviser to former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that Hillary Clinton is positioning herself to run for president in 2024.
  Consultant, columnist and author Dick Morris made the prediction during an appearance on billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis’ “Cat’s Roundtable” show on WABC-AM in New York.
  “I see more and more signs that Hillary’s going to run,” Morris said.
  He said comments from the Clintons show they are trying t
  
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• Ian death toll climbs to 54; almost 1 million still without power in Florida: Live updates

  02-10-2022 22:51
  
  Florida crews continue search and rescue efforts as Hurricane Ian made landfall in South Carolina. Latest updates.      
  
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• Cybercriminals behind Los Angeles Unified School District ransomware attack release hacked data, superintendent says

  02-10-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Cybercriminals who targeted the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, with a ransomware attack have released some of the hacked data online, according to a tweet from LAUSD Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho.
  
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• Hurricane Orlene weakens to Category 3, still aiming to strike Mexico's Pacific coast

  02-10-2022 22:17
  Forecasted impacts of the storm in Mexico include severe rain, storm surge and flash flooding to the region going into Monday.      
  
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• When will student loans be forgiven? What to know about debt relief applications.

  02-10-2022 22:00
  
  Student loan debt cancellation application forms are slated to arrive this month. Here's what you need to know now so your debt relief isn't delayed.      
  
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• AP Top Stories October 2 P

  02-10-2022 21:46
  Here's the latest for Sunday, October 2nd: Hurricane Ian's death toll climbs; Brazilians vote for a new president; Violence at an Indonesian soccer match leaves at least 125 dead; Lift off, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kicks off.      
  
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• With grit and determination, wiener dogs race for glory and treats at Florida festival

  02-10-2022 21:09
  
  See the wiener dogs with grit and determination that competed in the third annual wiener dog race in Port St. Lucie, Florida, during Oktoberfest.      
  
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• Number of Pediatric 'Gender Clinics' Exploding Across the Country

  02-10-2022 20:56
  As many as 300 new pediatric “gender clinics” have opened in the U.S. over the past few decades amid soaring rates of transgender identity among adolescents, according to the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine.
  As transgender identity has become more common, pediatric “gender clinics” have popped up all over the country, offering various transitional medical services to minors. Individuals seeking to medically transition to the opposite sex can undergo a host of p
  
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• Four Days After Hurricane Ian Tore Through Florida, People Shocked When They See What Floodwater Is Doing

  02-10-2022 20:48
  Residents in central Florida donned fishing waders, boots and bug spray and canoed or kayaked to their homes on streets where floodwaters continued rising Sunday — despite it being four days since Hurricane Ian tore through the state.
  The waters flooded homes and streets that had been passable just a day or two earlier.
  Ben Bertat found 4 inches of water in his house by Lake Harney in a rural part of Seminole County, north of Orlando, after kayaking to it Sunday morning. Only a day earlier
  
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• Teen Guardsman Who Escorted Queen's Coffin Found Dead in Barracks, Officials Say Nothing Suspicious Suspected

  02-10-2022 20:31
  A guardsman who walked with Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at her funeral has been found dead at his barracks in London.
  The guardsman, 18-year-old Jack Burnell-Williams, was serving in the Household Cavalry when he was found dead on Wednesday at Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge, according to The Guardian.
  An army representative confirmed Burnell-Williams death: “It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams on 28 September 2022 at Hyde Park Barrac
  
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• Trump Reminds Nation What Biden Said Before Suspicious Nord Stream Explosion: 'World War III Anyone?'

  02-10-2022 20:22
  Fear of American leadership abroad appears to have ended with Donald Trump.
  Barely two years into the Biden presidency the American people have seen a Russian invasion of Ukraine, an increased Chinese incursion into Taiwanese airspace and a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, where the Taliban is now stronger than ever.
  In a poll conducted by the YouGovAmerica in 2019, “a majority (59 percent) [of Americans] believe another world war is likely to take place in the next 40 years.”
  
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• Man Transports 9 Bodies in U-Haul from Seattle to Arizona and Dumps Them in the Wilderness

  02-10-2022 20:11
  A Washington state “body broker” has been found guilty of dumping the bodies of donated cadavers in the Arizona wilderness.
  In a news release, the Yavapai County, Arizona, county attorney’s office announced that 61-year-old Walter Harold Mitchell had been convicted Thursday on 29 counts of abandonment or concealment of a dead body.
  On Dec. 26, 2020, woodcutters found human limbs near the Arizona town of Prescott, according to the news release.
  The next day, two hunters found tw
  
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• Kate's Body Language 'Screams' Near Meghan, 'Terrified' Around the Duchess of Sussex: Expert

  02-10-2022 19:25
  The interactions between Kate, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, revealed the princess’s distrust for her sister-in-law, according to one royal watcher.
  Royal commentator Neil Sean gave his summary of the royal family’s dysfunction on his YouTube channel, answering the question, “What was going on behind the scenes?”
  In assessing the events surrounding the funeral ceremonies for Queen Elizabeth II, he said it was clear to him that Kate made a conscious eff
  
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• Catholic Friar Hit with Federal Charges Issues Defiant Statement to Judge: 'Woe to Those Who Call Abortion a Right'

  02-10-2022 19:14
  A Franciscan friar was hit with federal charges Thursday for a July protest at a Planned Parenthood building on Long Island.
  Christopher Moscinski, also known as Father Fidelis, had been sentenced to 90 days in jail in August on state charges that he interfered with women entering a Westchester County clinic.
  Moscinski is a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, according to the New York Post.
  He was charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, according to a Ju
  
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• Poor Florida neighborhood battered by Ian

  02-10-2022 19:12
  The wind, rain and storm surge from hurricanes affect everyone in their path. But those combined effects are often more of a disaster for poor people living day to day, like many in Harlem Heights, Florida (Oct. 2)(AP Video by Rebecca Santana)      
  
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• Bolsonaro and Lula vote in presidential election

  02-10-2022 18:41
  The two main rivals for the Brazilian presidential election voted from different cities on Sunday, and both expecting to take over a new administration period. (Oct. 2) (AP Video by Mario Lobao, Tatiana Pollastri and Victor Caivano)      
  
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• California police seek person responsible for five people dead in 'a series of killings'

  02-10-2022 18:17
  
  Police said they believe a person of interest is connected to five similar homicides that took place in north Stockton over the past two months.      
  
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• Biden Used Coast Guard Hero as PR Prop, Now He's Going to Fire Hero for Not Playing Ball with WH

  02-10-2022 17:51
  President Joe Biden called Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch on Friday to personally thank him for his heroic efforts in rescuing Floridians trapped in their homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. During their conversation, the president also commended Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hooper and their fellow “Coasties.”
  Naturally, the White House issued a news release about the call to show that Biden was personally engaged in the massive search and
  
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• After Hurricane Ian came the floods. These people rallied to rescue residents, horses, cows

  02-10-2022 17:47
  
  Rescuers plucked stranded residents from their homes and herded cattle to higher ground as the Myakka River overflowed its banks.      
  
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• Iran Gets Ugly Wakeup Call from Oil Workers Fed Up with 'Poverty and Hell'

  02-10-2022 17:45
  The radical Islamic government of Iran is being buffeted by some of its most serious protests yet, with momentum so far-reaching that businesses — and the all-important oil sector — are threatening to go on strike. It is the clearest sign in decades that the Iranian people are ready to cut the mullahs and their murderous cohorts down to size.
  Past protests in Iran have been met with swift and brutal opposition with the mullahs sending out the vicious Revolutionary Guard security forc
  
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• At Least 125 Dead After Disaster at Crowded Stadium

  02-10-2022 17:32
  Deadly chaos erupted early Sunday after soccer fans rioted and police used tear gas in an attempt to restore order.
  At least 125 people were killed during the incident. A report from Reuters said more than 320 people were injured.
  The Saturday night match in East Java was held between rivals Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya. When Arema lost on its home field, fans stormed the field, according to Bloomberg.
  At that point, police fired tear gas into the crowd, regional Police Chief Nico Afinta said
  
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• Pine Island residents recount horror during Ian

  02-10-2022 17:23
  Paramedics and volunteers went door to door Saturday on Florida's devastated Pine Island, offering to evacuate residents who recounted the terror of riding out Hurricane Ian (Oct. 2) (AP video: Gerald Herbert)      
  
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• Ian, Fiona shattered hopes for a quiet hurricane season. What's next?

  02-10-2022 16:41
  
  Ian became one of the worst storms to hit the U.S. after what had been one of the most quiet hurricane seasons since 1941, researchers say.      
  
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• Families Could Be in for More Pain After Judge's Surprise Ruling on Waukesha Christmas Parade Suspect

  02-10-2022 16:12
  Darrell Brooks’ trial was never going to be easy for the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. Now, it could hurt even more.
  Brooks plowed through the city’s Christmas parade in his Ford Escape last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more, prosecutors allege. His trial opens Monday with jury selection and is expected to last at least a month.
  Prosecutors have lined up hundreds of videos of the incident and dozens of eyewitnesses to testify, promising a case that legal experts have
  
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• Man accused of killing 22 older women goes on trial again

  02-10-2022 16:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  After Mary Brooks was found dead on the floor of her Dallas-area condo, grocery bags from a shopping trip still on her countertop, authorities decided the 87-ye
  
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• Man Struggles 1/2 Mile Through Storm Surge to Save Mom, Collects Gear He Needs on the Way

  02-10-2022 15:49
  Amid the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian is a reminder that the human spirit can withstand whatever nature throws at it.
  The storm smashed into Florida on Wednesday, leaving at least 67 dead, according to CNN.
  Karen Lauder of East Naples in Collier County could have been one of them. She’s 64 and handicapped, but did not evacuate. She made it out alive thanks to her son, Johnny, a former police and rescue diver, according to WBBH-TV in Fort Myers.
  “I could have gone to a she
  
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• Official Slits Open Tournament Walleye, Discovery Inside Rocks Fishing World

  02-10-2022 15:38
  One man from Ohio and another from Pennsylvania have been denounced as cheaters after a scandal erupted at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail’s capstone event in Cleveland on Friday.
  Jacob Runyan of Cleveland, and Chase Cominsky of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were sent packing at the tournament weigh-in after Tournament Director Jacob Fischer cut into the fish caught by the two men and found lead weights.
  A brief video posted on YouTube shows the moment the fish was cut into and the weights were dis
  
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• Nation Rocked by Second Military Coup This Year, Situation Now Described as 'Very Volatile'

  02-10-2022 15:28
  Burkina Faso’s ousted coup leader has offered his resignation as long as his security and other conditions were met, and the new junta leader who overthrew him has accepted the deal, religious leaders mediating the West African nation’s latest political crisis said Sunday.
  A junta representative later announced on state television that their leader, Capt. Ibrahim Traore, officially has been named head of state following the Friday coup that ousted Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
  
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• Pine Island residents recount horror, fear as Ian bore down

  02-10-2022 15:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Paramedics and volunteers with a group that rescues people after natural disasters went door to door Saturday on Florida's devastated Pine Island, offering to evacuate residents who spoke of the terror of riding out Hurricane Ian in flooded homes and howling winds. The largest barrier island off Florida’s Gulf Coast, Pine Island has been largely cut off from the outside world. Ian heavily damaged the only bridge to the island, leaving it only reachable by boat or air. For many, the volunte
  
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• Colorado teen arrested in connection with 14-year-old's death

  02-10-2022 15:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Denver police made an arrest Friday night in connection with the death of a 14-year-old boy who was found in the city's Marston neighborhood in August. Authorities revealed that the suspect in custody is a 17-year-old Colorado boy during a press conference Saturday night.  The suspect's identity will not be released, because he is a minor, according to KDVR.  Officers with the Denver Police Department say the victim in the case, 14-year-old Josiaz "JoJo" Aragon, attended school with th
  
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• Massive stampede triggered by tear gas leaves 125 dead after Indonesia soccer match

  02-10-2022 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least 125 people have died in a stampede after tear gas fired by police sparked panic among fans rioting after a soccer match in Indonesia, in one of the
  
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• GOP cuts into Democrats’ lead among Latino voters, new poll shows

  02-10-2022 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Less than six weeks before November’s midterm elections, Democrats lead Republicans by more than 20 points among Latino voters, but that advantage has declined.
  
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• Climate Crowd Coming to Brutal Realization About King Charles as He Fails to Appear for Major Summit

  02-10-2022 14:37
  King Charles III has decided not to attend the international climate change summit in Egypt next month, fueling speculation that the new monarch will have to rein in his environmental activism now that he has ascended the throne.
  The Sunday Times newspaper reported that the decision came after Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss objected to Charles attending the conference, known as COP27, when she met with the king last month at Buckingham Palace.
  But a member of Truss’ Cabinet said the
  
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• Family Notices Something Odd About 'Natural' Death of 87-Year-Old, Now She's Thought to Be One of Alleged Killer's 22 Victims

  02-10-2022 14:33
  After Mary Brooks was found dead on the floor of her Dallas-area condo, grocery bags from a shopping trip still on her countertop, authorities decided the 87-year-old had died of natural causes.
  Even after her family discovered jewelry was missing — including a coral necklace she loved and diamond rings — it took an attack on another woman weeks later for police to reconsider.
  The next capital murder trial for Billy Chemirmir, 49, begins Monday in Dallas in the death of Brooks, one o
  
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• Republicans, pro-lifers victimized by political violence since Biden called Trump supporters ‘threat’ to U.S.

  02-10-2022 14:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Several instances of political violence, many with victims supporting conservative causes, have occurred since President Biden warned of the threat supporters of former President Trump pose to the country including attacks on anti-abortion activists, political canvassers, and the murder of an 18-year-old in North Dakota. "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic," President Biden said during a September 1 speech in Philadelp
  
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• Brazil votes in tense, historic election with Lula against Bolsonaro

  02-10-2022 14:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election between incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  
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• The 'scary stuff' Biden's White House and DOJ might have done to attack parents: Jim Jordan

  02-10-2022 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, revealed the "scary stuff" that President Biden's White House and Justice Department might have engaged in to target schoolchildren's parents on "Life, Liberty & Levin." In September 2021, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to Biden comparing alleged threats of parents concerned about critical race theory to domestic terrorism. It read, in part, that "the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism
  
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• Strategists and political experts weigh effect of GOP's focus on crime ahead of midterms

  02-10-2022 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Crime is on the rise in major cities across the country and many Republicans seeking election to the Senate have put the issue at the forefront of their campaigns. Recent poll indicates that voters believe Republicans are more equipped to handle the issue that is now of more importance to them than abortion, just weeks away from the November midterm elections. According to the survey produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates in New York City, the economy (89%), education (77%) and infl
  
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• Nevada Democrats see signs of nightmare scenario: Latino voters staying home

  02-10-2022 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nevada Democrats have held up their state as a national testing ground for how to win Latino voters in 2024.
  
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• If Jesus gave a TED talk, what do you think He would say?

  02-10-2022 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  If Jesus came back today to give an 18-minute TED Talk, what do you think he would say? Do you think he might mention the nation's current financial struggles and worries about things like inflation? Would he address hot-button topics such as the current political state of our country and who we, as his disciples, are voting for? Is it possible Jesus would address our feelings toward these topics and how it impacts our relationship with him? Well, he already has in his Sermon on the Mount. 
  
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• Republicans abandon Obamacare repeal

  02-10-2022 13:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republicans are abandoning their long crusade to repeal the Affordable Care Act, making the 2022 election the first in more than a decade that won’t be fought over the health care law.
  
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• High School Girls Volleyball Team Banned from Their Own Locker Room After 'Conflict' with Transgender Teammate

  02-10-2022 13:23
  At Vermont’s Randolph High School, the girls’ locker room is reportedly now off-limits to the girls on its volleyball team.
  The reason?
  A “conflict” took place between a transgender player and girls on the team, according to WCAX-TV in Burlington. And that means the girls are shunted into one small bathroom to change their clothes.
  “It’s a huge thing. Everyone’s asking, ‘So, why aren’t you allowed in the locker room?’” volleyball
  
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• Why Joe O'Dea will surprise Democrats and defeat Michael Bennet in Colorado on November 8

  02-10-2022 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  There is a real possibility Joe O’Dea will be the big surprise winner in Colorado on Nov. 8.  The Colorado race’s parallel may be the 2021 New Jersey State Senate race, in which truck driver Ed Durr Jr. spent $2,300 to defeat former State Senate President Stephen Sweeney.  Sweeney, a Democrat, had won re-election four years earlier with 59 percent of the vote after an exhausting campaign in which the two sides spent $19 million combined. COLORADO GOP SENATE NOMINEE O'DEA AI
  
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• What the MAGA rebirth of Michael Flynn says about Christian nationalism in America

  02-10-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Donald Trump rallies Republican voters for 2024, loyalists like retired general Michael Flynn are leading America's Christian nationalism MAGA crusade.
  
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• The alarming Christian nationalism of modern MAGA crusaders like Michael Flynn

  02-10-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Donald Trump rallies Republican voters for 2024, loyalists like retired general Michael Flynn are leading America's Christian nationalism MAGA crusade.
  
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• School officials urge revival of universal free meal program: 'Let's just feed our kids'

  02-10-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The end of universal school meals has left a growing number unable to keep up with school lunch payments, yet unable to qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
  
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• Tragedy Kills 26 Riding Aboard Tractor-Towed Wagon

  02-10-2022 12:44
  A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in northern India, killing 26 people, most of them women and children, officials said Sunday.
  The wagon was carrying around 40 people returning from a ceremony at a nearby local Hindu temple Saturday night, said police Superintendent Tej Swaroop Singh.
  He said most of the deaths were due to drowning.India farm vehicle accident kills 26 after wagon overturns https://t.co/7R78sEhLyu
  — ABC News (@abcnews) Octobe
  
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