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• San Antonio officer fired after shooting 17-year-old eating McDonald's burger in car; Texas DA rejects charges against teen

  08-10-2022 23:59
  The county DA said he will "reject" the charges against unarmed 17-year-old Erik Cantu, who was shot by a now-fired San Antonio police officer.      
  
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• Migrants from 3 countries driving the spike in encounters at the border

  08-10-2022 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  A 4-year-old girl wipes her mother's tears inside a migrant respite center in El Paso, Texas. An act of love this mom says her daughter has made more times than she can remember since they left their native Nicaragua.
  
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• North Carolina dad dies after Jeep falls from bridge in disrepair: 'A portion of the roadway was missing'

  08-10-2022 23:09
  
  Phillip Paxson died after his Jeep went into a creek, North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers said.      
  
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• Kari Lake was booted from Arizona town hall audience before Hobbs took the stage

  08-10-2022 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democrat Katie Hobbs won’t debate her opponent in Arizona’s race for governor, yet Republican Kari Lake tried to make it happen at a candidate town hall that
  
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• Family dogs kill 2 Tennessee children, injure mom who tried to stop mauling, family says

  08-10-2022 22:28
  
  The attack took place outside of the family's Memphis home. The two children were found dead at the scene.      
  
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• Three Senate races to watch in November

  08-10-2022 22:16
  Senate races in Georgia, Arizona and New Hampshire showcase Trump-backed Republican candidates against established Democrats. (Oct. 7)      
  
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• Biden slams Republicans seeking 'socialist' funds

  08-10-2022 22:15
  
  President Joe Biden slams Republican members of Congress, who voted against his infrastructure bill for being "socialist," as hypocrites for now asking his administration for funding. (Oct. 7)      
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize awarded to political activists

  08-10-2022 22:04
  
  Human rights activists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine has ruptured decades of nearly uninterrupted peace in Europe, and to the Belarusian president, his authoritarian ally.      
  
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• Las Vegas Stabbing Suspect Is in Country Illegally; California Knew His Criminal Past

  08-10-2022 21:51
  A new report says the man who allegedly went on a stabbing spree on the Las Vegas strip Thursday is in the United States illegally.
  Yoni Barrios, 32, is a citizen of Guatemala, and is not legally in America, Fox News reported, citing a source it did not name with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  The report said Barrios, who faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder, has a criminal record in California.
  Barrios is accused of stabbing eight people, leaving two people d
  
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• Warnock says Walker 'has trouble with the truth' but does not comment on abortion allegations

  08-10-2022 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia said Saturday that his Republican rival Herschel Walker "has trouble with the truth" but did not directly address the recent allegation that Walker once paid for a woman to have an abortion.
  
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• Exxon illegally fired two scientists suspected of leaking information to WSJ, Labor Department says

  08-10-2022 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  ExxonMobil has been ordered to reinstate two scientists who were fired after being suspected of leaking information to The Wall Street Journal, the US Labor Department said Friday.
  
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• Victim of Infamous 'Jogger Rapist' Gets Phone Call, Finds Out Shocking Update About Her Attacker's Sentence

  08-10-2022 21:00
  An Oregon serial rapist is set to be released from prison in mid-December after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost all of his maximum sentence.
  Richard Gillmore, arrested in 1986 and called the “jogger rapist” because he staked out victims as he ran by their homes, admitted to raping nine girls in the Portland area in the 1970s and 80s but was only convicted in one case because of the statute of limitations. In 1987, a jury found him guilty of raping 13-year-old Tiffany Eden
  
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• Vermont town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for nearly 4 years

  08-10-2022 20:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly
  
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• Kids Searching for This Classic Cartoon Character Online Will Be Force-Fed a Nasty Bit of Propaganda

  08-10-2022 20:39
  Google quickly jumped into action to add animated gay pride confetti to the screen for searches of newly outed Scooby-Doo character Velma, forcing kids to be confronted with the radical gay agenda without parental consent.
  The search giant’s actions come on the heels of the announcement by producers of Prime Video’s new Halloween cartoon special, “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!,” telling the LGBTQ community that they had officially turned Velma into a lesbian onscreen.
  After
  
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• LGBTQ-owned businesses were less likely to get COVID relief loans, study says. Here's the data.

  08-10-2022 20:31
  
  LGBTQ-owned small businesses received COVID-19 relief funds at a lower rate than their non-LGBTQ counterparts, according to researchers.      
  
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• Convicted 'fake heiress' released, fights deportation

  08-10-2022 20:25
  Anna Sorokin, a phony European socialite who fooled banks, hotels and swank New Yorkers and inspired a Netflix series has been released from immigration custody into home confinement, a spokesperson said Saturday. (Oct. 8)      
  
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• If You Have an Account Here, Close It Immediately: Company to Debit Money from Users Over 'Misinformation'

  08-10-2022 20:18
  PayPal recently notified users they may be sanctioned up to $2,500 for promoting “misinformation” over the internet or if the company determines they “present a risk to user safety or wellbeing.”
  The amendments to their “Acceptable Use Policy” will take effect on Nov. 3. The full list of “Prohibited Activities” can be viewed here.
  The update states that “[v]iolation of this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a violation of the PayPal User
  
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• Urn containing a Georgia woman's ashes washes up in New Jersey. How did it get there?

  08-10-2022 20:09
  The urn, which likely contains the ashes of Paulette Eva Tricoche, washed ashore in New Jersey – more than 800 miles from Tricoche's home in Georgia.      
  
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• Cattle and Horse Ranchers Blamed After Fire Damages Easter Islands Moai Statues

  08-10-2022 20:03
  A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said.
  The high temperature of the forest fire accelerated the process through which the stone carvings will eventually turn into sand, the mayor of the island locally known as Rapa Nui said.
  The damage is “irreparable and immeasurable as well,” Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa said.
  The Chilean island that lies in the middl
  
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• Dem Cori Bush Confirms Issue Conservatives Have Tried to Call Attention To: 'No, I'm Not Ready'

  08-10-2022 19:55
  The eternally angry Democratic congresswoman from Missouri, Rep. Cori Bush, showed her softer side in an interview with PBS’ Margaret Hoover which aired on Tuesday.
  Bush described what happened when, lying on the surgical table moments before her second abortion was to begin, she changed her mind. She was 19 years old at the time.
  Oddly enough, her story supports the argument pro-lifers have been trying to make all along: The abortion industry is not about health care; it is a busines
  
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• NBA Player's 'Sucker Punch' Goes Viral, But Team Officials Have Shocking Reaction When They Learn of Footage

  08-10-2022 19:47
  The Golden State Warriors are hot on the trail of whoever leaked a video showing one member of the NBA champions punching another at a recent practice.
  The video was obtained by TMZ. It showed forward Draymond Green punching guard Jordan Poole.
  The video showed Green walking around as the two appear to have some words. Green eventually walked up to Poole.
  Whatever was said led to Pool showing him away with two hands to Green’s chest. Green then pounded Poole with a vicious right hand, knoc
  
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• North Korea Continues Missile Barrage with Two More Launches, Japanese Coast Guard on Alert

  08-10-2022 19:43
  North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest in its barrage of weapons tests in recent days, after the North warned against the U.S. redeployment of an aircraft carrier for a new round of drills with South Korean warships.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected the two missiles launched between 1:48 a.m. and 1:58 a.m. on Sunday from the North’s eastern coastal city of Munchon.
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• Watch: Schumer, Nadler, Squad Members Squirm as Reporter Demands Answers on Crime

  08-10-2022 19:14
  You don’t find too many Democrats still parroting the mindless “defund the police” mantra that was so popular during the summer of 2020, and there’s a good reason why: In autumn of 2022, America has seen where it’s taken us, and they don’t like it.
  According to an August Pew Research poll, violent crime is the third-most important issue to midterm voters this year, with 60 percent describing it as “very important.” (Only the economy and gun policy
  
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• Michelle Obama-Backed Group Is the One Behind This Disgusting Voting Ad

  08-10-2022 19:05
  Two-thousand, four hundred and thirty-three years ago, Aristophanes’ play “Lysistrata” was first performed in Athens.
  The plot — spoiler alert for those who haven’t managed to catch it in the past two-and-a-half millennia — is that the women of Athens and Sparta join together to withhold sex from men until they stop fighting the Peloponnesian War.
  “Whenas the swallows, fleeing before the hoopoes, shall have all flocked together in one place, and shall re
  
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• Report: Meghan and Harry Totally Snubbed the Queen 2 Times Before She Passed Away

  08-10-2022 18:34
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex declined opportunities to visit the late Elizabeth II in the years preceding her death, according to a new book on the royal family.
  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan turned down two invitations to travel to Balmoral Castle since 2019, including once during the year before they resigned as active, working royals.
  The couple subsequently turned down an invitation for a Balmoral visit after moving to California and becoming full-time U.S. residents, according to Katie
  
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• Russian Bridge Falls to Apparent Vehicle-Borne IED; Duma Warns Attack on Civilian Infrastructure Means a 'War Without Rules'

  08-10-2022 18:16
  A bridge that formed a major supply link between Russia and the Crimean peninsula, which Russia forcibly annexed from Ukraine in 2014, was severely damaged Saturday by an explosion.
  The damage to a road bridge Russia has used to supply its war in Ukraine appeared to be major, according to CNN. Pieces of the 11-mile-long bridge fell into the waters below.
  The extent of damage to a nearby rail link was unclear, although fuel tanks aboard a train were set afire due to the blast. Russia said three p
  
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• NYC Mayor Adams says migrant influx will cost city over $1 billion this fiscal year

  08-10-2022 18:15 via foxnews.com
  
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday said that the migrant "crisis" that the Big Apple is facing will cost the city at least $1 billion by the end of the fiscal year — as he declared a state of emergency and again appealed for federal aid and for other states to help. "My fellow New Yorkers, we are in a crisis situation," the Democratic mayor said on Friday. He said that of the 61,000 people in the NYC shelter system, one in five are migrants as thousands have arrived either on their o
  
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• California man attacked by great white shark recounts terrifying moment: 'My worst fear'

  08-10-2022 18:15 via foxnews.com
  
  As Michael "Jared" Trainor drove to a Ferndale, California, beach last Sunday afternoon to go surfing, he thought about how locals call October "Sharktober." "It's known in that community that you don't want to be surfing that much or alone in October. They call it ‘Sharktober,’" he told Fox News Digital. "So, that's what was going through my mind as I pulled up to the beach." Trainor, a 31-year-old recently married father of one little boy, operates a farm in Humbolt County. He can
  
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• Conservative frustration with fact checkers grows after several dubious PolitiFact articles in one week

  08-10-2022 18:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Conservative frustration with fact-checkers continues to grow after a number of dubious PolitiFact articles, penned in just the last week, sparked outrage from media critics and right-leaning Twitter users.  Since October 1, PolitiFact has released four fact-checks quickly contested by critics, with some doubling-down on claims that fact-checking websites frequently act as shields for the Democratic Party, with partisan intentions.  On Wednesday, PolitiFact’s Warren Fiske rated a
  
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• Biden's marijuana pardon: Who isn't eligible?

  08-10-2022 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he's pardoning individuals charged with simple marijuana possession on a federal level, but his decision does not affect broad groups of Americans and non-citizens charged with the crime.
  
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• Warriors investigating video leak of Draymond Green punch

  08-10-2022 18:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Following the leak of a practice video showing Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole, the Warriors are taking "every legal course of action" to discover how the video was released to the public, according to ESPN. The video, obtained by TMZ Sports, made its rounds on social media Friday morning, shocking fans of the NBA.  The altercation reportedly began with the two players trash-talking before Green got in Poole’s face, resulting in Green punchi
  
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• Ye gets slammed by rapper Meek Mill after Tucker Carlson interview: 'It's like you hate your own people'

  08-10-2022 17:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Rapper Meek Mill is criticizing Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, after his exclusive interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. Mill took to his Instagram story to post a video of Ye and included a lengthy message claiming the "Famous" rapper hates his "own people." "I used to listen to ye every night [in] jail for motivation on god! And came home and watched him sh— on my name and brand like nothing…I ain’t say nothing…but what you be doing for fame dri
  
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• Photos: Why Does Jill Biden Dress in Patterns Similar to That of Home Furniture, Curtains, Wallpaper?

  08-10-2022 17:57
  Not every first lady can be a fashion model like Melania Trump. That said, they also don’t need to dress like a piece of furniture.
  We’re not talking figuratively here. As one Twitter user noticed, Jill Biden’s outfits closely pattern on furniture — and she has the photos to prove it.
  The tweet thread was posted by user @Maga4Justice, who described it as “my new hobby.”
  “Find the sofa the dress wa[s] made from,” the first tweet said. It showed Jill
  
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• Two brothers arrested in connection to kidnapping and killing of a California family

  08-10-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  A community in central California is grappling with the grief of losing an 8-month old baby, her parents and her uncle, who were kidnapped and killed earlier this week allegedly by a former employee of their family-owned business.
  
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• Stacey Abrams says she's 'been in conversations' with White House, wants Biden to join her on campaign trail

  08-10-2022 17:29 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams told Fox News Digital on Friday that she's "been in conversations" with the White House, and that she wants President Biden and other members of the administration to join her on the campaign trail. "Yes. We've reached out to — we've been in conversations with the Biden administration, and we look forward to having folks from the Biden administration, including the president himself if he can make it," Abrams said ahead o
  
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• Ron Johnson pushes Barnes on crime positions as GOP pulls ahead in Wisconsin race

  08-10-2022 17:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican Sen. Ron Johnson went after his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes' positions on crime Friday in the Wisconsin Senate debate, one of the most hotly contested races that could determine party control of the U.S. Senate. Johnson has aimed numerous attacks at Barnes' previous statements on police funding and has accused him of adding to the anti-law enforcement riots of 2020.  In numerous ads, Johnson has painted Barnes as "dangerous" and contributing to a spike in crime,
  
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• Convicted Swindler Released with an Ankle Monitor as Deportation Fight Plays Out

  08-10-2022 17:21
  Phony socialite and convicted swindler Anna Sorokin, whose scheme inspired a Netflix series, has been released from U.S. immigration custody to house arrest, immigration officials and her spokesperson said.
  Sorokin is on home confinement in New York City, said her spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer.
  “Anna now has her opportunity to demonstrate her commitment to growing and giving back and being a positive impact on those she meets,” Engelmayer said in a statement.
  “She has hurdles b
  
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• Man Honks at Iranian Security Forces in Small Bit of Civil Disobedience, They Level Guns and Do the Unthinkable: Report

  08-10-2022 17:16
  Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. At least two people were killed.
  Marchers chanted anti-government slogans and twirled headscarves in repudiation of coercive religious dress codes. In some areas, merchants shuttered shops in response to a call by activists for a commercial strike or to protect their wares from damage.
  The protests erupted Sept.
  
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• Same DOJ That Set 50% of Portland Rioters Free Just Arrested a Dad of 7 Over Abortion Clinic Protest

  08-10-2022 17:13
  Biden’s ironically named Department of Justice has recently made known who they consider to be a danger to the public: pro-life Christians.
  The same “justice” department that released at least half of the violent, destructive and murderous Portland rioters has decided to make a public example of a pro-life Christian man at his Tennessee home in front of his seven children.
  According to the Daily Caller, “Armed FBI agents in unmarked cars arrested a pro-life activist at hi
  
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• Herschel Walker campaign fires political director on suspicion of media leaks: sources

  08-10-2022 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker's campaign fired political director Taylor Crowe on suspicion of leaking to members of the media, two Republican sources with knowledge of the events confirmed to Fox News Digital. The decision comes a month before the 2022 midterm election, with Walker responding to a report that he urged an unnamed former girlfriend to get an abortion, and reimbursed her $700 for the procedure. Walker denies the report. Walker's opponent, incumbent Sen. Rapha
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Might Be Locked Up, But He Just Got Even More Bad News

  08-10-2022 16:54
  Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in the city where he once was a colossus at the Oscars.
  Already serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York, the 70-year-old former movie mogul faces different allegations, including several that prosecutors say occurred during a pivotal Oscar week in Los Angeles. Jury selection for an eight-week trial begins Monday.
  Weinstein has been indicted on four coun
  
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• National Guard troops leaving faster than new enlistments

  08-10-2022 16:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Army National Guard soldiers are reportedly leaving at a faster rate than they are enlisting.  According to officials, there is a total annual loss of about 7,500 service members.  Maj. Gen. Rich Baldwin, chief of staff of the Army National Guard, told The Associated Press that current staffing challenges are the worst he’s seen in the last 20 years. While he said the impact on the branch is "minimal and manageable," Baldwin predicted that "readiness issues related to strength" w
  
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• Houston Cougars complete comeback to stun Memphis Tigers

  08-10-2022 16:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Down 19 points heading in the fourth quarter, the Houston Cougars looked dead in the water and headed to an 0-2 start in the American Athletic Conference.  But Cougars quarterback Clayton Tune had a message for his teammates as they huddled in the fourth.  "Don’t stop believing," Tune said, according to the Houston Chronicle. "That’s what I said the entire fourth quarter."  COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 6 PREVIEW: NICK SABAN, JIMBO FISHER MEET AFTER TESTY OFFSEASON, KEY RIVALR
  
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• Sharon Osbourne Wishes Kanye West Had Done 1 Thing Before She Donated $900K to 'Scam' BLM: 'I'd Like My Money Back'

  08-10-2022 16:20
  TV personality Sharon Osbourne appeared to express regret for donating $900,000 to Black Lives Matter, saying she’d like a refund.
  Osbourne, former co-host of The Talk, on Friday was asked by TMZ about the controversy surrounding Kanye West, who has come under fire since he donned a “White Lives Matter” shirt at a Paris fashion show and later referred to BLM as a “scam.”“Have you seen everything that’s going on with Kanye West?” paparazzi with TMZ
  
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• GOP Senate Candidate Offers Master Class in How to Highlight Dem's Radical Abortion Stance

  08-10-2022 16:07
  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters turned the tables on Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona during a debate in Phoenix Thursday night when the Democrat tried to paint his challenger as a pro-life extremist.
  Democratic lawmakers and candidates nationwide have tried to use the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade to cudgel Republicans over abortion policy.
  As most Americans likely understand, Dobbs did not make abortion ill
  
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• Watch: Man in Flip-Flops Becomes Hero, Slaps Bear Right in the Face to Protect Woman and Pet Dogs

  08-10-2022 15:54
  This man might have saved his dogs’ lives.
  A TikTok video shows a man bravely confronting a bear in an outdoor enclosure, taking on the animal in a situation that could’ve been dangerous for several of his pet dogs and a woman accompanying him.
  The video was uploaded by TikTok user anthonymooren174 last month and has gained over 768,000 likes and 14,000 comments.@anthonymooren174 #bearslap #getback #gangster #loudnoise #neighbor #protecting #puppies #god #nottoday #fyp #viral #viralt
  
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• Grandma helps husband escape Ian: 'If we're going to die, I want to at least have a selfie'

  08-10-2022 15:50
  
  Peggy and Bruce Zachritz, both 66, tied themselves to the front porch during Hurricane Ian as water rushed into their home in Fort Myers, Florida.      
  
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• Rivian recalling 12,000 vehicles for loose bolt

  08-10-2022 15:08 via cnn.com
  
  Rivian, the Irvine, California-based electric vehicle company, is recalling nearly all the vehicles it has produced to tighten a loose fastener in the vehicles' front suspension. The recall involves 12,212 electric pickups, vans and SUVs, according to paperwork the company filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  
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• Christians Will Rejoice Hearing This One Little Detail About the Oldest Public Library in the Americas

  08-10-2022 14:47
  It is, according to UNESCO, the oldest public library in the Americas, tucked away from the street front at a cultural center in the historic heart of Puebla City, Mexico. Those who enter the Palafoxiana Library for the first time — seeing the high, vaulted ceiling and gold-framed painting of the Virgin Mary — might think they’ve arrived at a chapel.
  Indeed, the library owes its existence to one of Puebla’s early Catholic bishops, Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, who in 1646 do
  
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• Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race

  08-10-2022 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jim Marchant, the election-denying Republican nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, has so far been outspent and out campaigned by his Democratic opponent.
  
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