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• After Firefighters Pull Teen from Wreckage in Retention Pond, He Says Four More Are Trapped Inside

  12-10-2022 23:54
  An Indianapolis 19-year-old was rescued early Sunday after his car left the road and went down an embankment, flipping and landing upside down in a retention pond.
  Firefighters were on the scene within four minutes of receiving the call, WRTV reported.
  When firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 5 a.m., they waded in, opened one of the car doors and pulled the young man out, WTHR-TV reported.
  The rescue was accomplished within three minutes of the responders arriving on scene, acco
  
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• Treasury Dept. watchdog examining DeSantis' flights carrying migrants to Martha's Vineyard

  12-10-2022 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The Treasury Department's inspector general is examining Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' flights carrying migrants to Martha's Vineyard, including whether the Sunshine State improperly used Covid relief funds to transfer the migrants, according to a letter provided to Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard Sounds Alarm on Clinton, Other Dems: If You Go Against Them, 'You're Dead'

  12-10-2022 23:34
  Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii on Tuesday labeled the Democratic Party as a group dominated by ideologues who stomp out dissent for the sake of their power.
  “I think the Democratic Party leaders, people like Hillary Clinton,  people who’ve been in charge for a very long time, foment this kind of culture of fear and like, hey, if you go against us, like you’re dead, you’re on the s**t list,” she said during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podc
  
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• FL State Fire Marshal Livid After EVs Catch Fire from Saltwater, Demands Answers from NHTSA By Oct. 14

  12-10-2022 23:19
  In a state that’s already been wracked by one natural disaster this fall, Florida Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis wants to avoid a man-made one that might be already in the making.
  Patronis has already gone public with his well-founded worries about the danger posed by electric vehicles on Florida’s Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Ian’s devastation.
  Now, he wants answers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about what the Sunshine State could be facing in the
  
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• SWAT officers 'immediately met by gunfire' while serving a warrant to a homicide suspect in Philadelphia

  12-10-2022 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  Three SWAT officers were shot around 6 a.m. ET Wednesday as they tried to serve a warrant to a homicide suspect who was fatally wounded during a gunfight with cops, Philadelphia Police officials said.
  
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• Hawaii's Democratic governor issues order bolstering abortion protections in state

  12-10-2022 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Hawaii's Democratic governor moved to strengthen abortion protections in the state on Tuesday, issuing an executive order prohibiting officials on the islands from cooperating with states attempting to prosecute people who received the procedure legally in his state.
  
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• Special Guest Explains What You Need to Know For Midterms If You Live in These 5 States

  12-10-2022 23:06
  Special Guest Explains What You Need to Know For Midterms If You Live in These 5 States
  Human Rights activist Seth Gruber reveals the secret history of abortion
   
   
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• Biden kicks off Western swing by designating WWII training ground as national monument

  12-10-2022 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden kicked off a four-day western swing Wednesday by traveling to Camp Hale in Colorado to designate a World War II training ground site as a national monument and move to pause new mineral, oil and gas leasing in the protected area.
  
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• Biden Designates First New National Monument of His Administration

  12-10-2022 22:17
  President Joe Biden designated the first national monument of his administration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in Colorado.
  The location is an alpine training site where U.S. soldiers prepared for battles in the Italian Alps during World War II.
  Many troops who trained at Camp Hale returned to Colorado after the war and helped create the state’s lucrative ski industry.
  While most national monuments protect extraordinary natural landscapes, there are at least 12 other milit
  
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• Why the Democratic Party won't miss Tulsi Gabbard

  12-10-2022 21:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tucker Carlson hosts Tulsi Gabbard on Fox News after she quits the Democratic Party. Good riddance.
  
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• Jurors consider death penalty for Parkland shooter

  12-10-2022 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  A 12-person jury in the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter is expected to begin deliberations Wednesday on whether to recommend the death penalty.
  
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• Op-Ed: It's Time for the GOP to Clean House

  12-10-2022 21:19
  The political landscape for Republicans has never been as favorable leading up to a midterm election as it is in 2022.
  The electorate is clamoring for a change in direction, though there is growing doubt a “red wave” election will actually materialize and deliver that change.
  Recently, Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled his “Commitment to America,” a list of promises fashioned after Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” which delivered Re
  
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• Female Sports Host Has Scathing Message for Those Offended by NFL Commentator's 'Sexist' Remark

  12-10-2022 21:12
  Amid an ocean of commentary condemning NFL commentator Troy Aikman for a remark during Monday night’s game, one female voice wishes the critics would get a life.
  On Monday night, Aikman took a dim view of a roughing the passer call against Kansas City defensive tackle Chris Jones after he sacked Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.
  Monday night’s call came after a debated roughing the passer call favoring Tom Brady on Sunday, which some thought was linked to the concussion
  
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• CNN Forced to Bring In Doctor to Defend Fetterman's Stumbling Speech, But It Doesn't Provide Much Hope

  12-10-2022 20:53
  CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Wednesday that Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is “fairly fluent” while speaking.
  Fetterman, who is running for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, suffered a stroke in May and claimed he had “no limits” in July despite apparent speech issues.
  Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee, has questioned whether Fetterman is able to serve as a senator as Fetterman has declined mult
  
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• Heating costs forecast to soar this winter

  12-10-2022 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  No matter how you heat your home, the cost of that heat is likely to soar, according to a forecast Wednesday from the Energy Information Administration.
  
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• Poll looks at Georgia Senate race after allegations

  12-10-2022 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Raphael Warnock continues to hold an advantage over Herschel Walker in Georgia's US Senate race, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University, with the margin between the two candidates little changed compared with polling conducted before allegations emerged that Walker paid for a woman's abortion and encouraged her to have another one.
  
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• This new Chevy SUV is just $21,500

  12-10-2022 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  General Motors unveiled a new, slightly bigger redesigned version of its cheapest entry-level SUV, the Trax. The new version looks much, much sleeker than the chunky little SUV it replaces and adds new features. But it also drops one major option while retaining what may be the SUV's most important feature, it's cheap price.
  
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• The 2024 Chevy Trax is GM's new take on its cheapest SUV

  12-10-2022 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  General Motors unveiled a new, slightly bigger redesigned version of its cheapest entry-level SUV, the Trax. The new version looks much, much sleeker than the chunky little SUV it replaces and adds new features. But it also drops one major option while retaining what may be the SUV's most important feature, it's cheap price.
  
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• Judge hears case on student loan forgiveness

  12-10-2022 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  A US district judge could decide Wednesday whether to temporarily block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program from taking effect.
  
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• Key GOP Senate Nominee Raises $350K in Just 24 Hours After Weeklong Campaign of Media Attacks - Report

  12-10-2022 19:56
  Former NFL running back and now Republican politician Herschel Walker is running for Senate, representing Georgia, and just broke a fundraising record after raising about $350,000 on Tuesday.
  This fundraising boost came after days of reports and criticism regarding a woman who told the Daily Beast that Walker urged her to have an abortion, which goes against Walker’s stance that abortion should not be legal, Breitbart News reported.
  Walker denied the woman’s claims and told Brian Kil
  
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• Recent 'American Idol' Finalist Dead at Age 23 - He Praised God with Some of His Final Words

  12-10-2022 19:31
  Willie Spence, the 2021 “American Idol” runner-up, died in a car accident in Tennessee on Tuesday.
  The singer was 23 years old, according to a Facebook post from Douglas Now, a local news outlet in Spence’s hometown of Douglas, Georgia.
  “He was an extraordinary talent and a ray of light to millions across the world. He will be missed,” the post said.A relative of Spence confirmed his death to TMZ.
  The family member told the outlet that Spence crashed into a semi on
  
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• Bill to protect judges added to must-pass defense package

  12-10-2022 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  A trio of Democratic senators announced Wednesday that a bill to wall off private information about federal judges that are stored in public data basis -- such as tax records and vehicle information -- has been added to a must-pass legislative package of defense funding that is expected to be approved before the end of the year.
  
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• Watch: Gang of Youths Lay Siege to Texas Restaurant, Reportedly Over Candy Sales

  12-10-2022 19:19
  A group of youths allegedly laid siege to a Plano, Texas, restaurant on Thursday, seriously injuring a manager — and the argument transpired because the eatery wouldn’t let kids sell candy bars on the premises, police say.
  According to WFAA-TV, the incident occurred at a Hooters outlet on Central Expressway in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb.
  The children were reportedly angry because no one was buying the candy and they’d been asked to leave by managers — but they began thr
  
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• Iodine Pills in Short Supply After Finland Updates Guideline

  12-10-2022 19:13
  Many Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets on Wednesday, a day after the Nordic country’s health ministry recommended that households buy a single dose in a case of a radiation emergency amid increasing fears of a nuclear event due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
  “An accident at a nuclear power plant could release radioactive iodine into the environment, which could build up in the thyroid gland,” the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health said Tuesday.
  Pharmaci
  
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• 3 Officers Injured, Suspect Killed in Philadelphia Swat Operation

  12-10-2022 18:55
  Three Philadelphia police officers were shot and wounded and a suspect was killed at a home early Wednesday when a SWAT team tried to arrest a man wanted on a homicide charge, police said.
  The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m., soon after officers tried to serve a warrant in North Philadelphia, said First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford. The 19-year-old suspect fired at officers through a window as they were attempting to knock on the front door, Stanford said.
  Officers entered the house, whe
  
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• Joe Biden Suggests Hunter Biden Committed Crime That Could Land Him 10 Years in Prison

  12-10-2022 18:49
  President Joe Biden appeared to confirm to a CNN anchor Tuesday that his son was guilty of a crime for which the penalty is up to 10 years in prison.
  The president didn’t confirm anything about another crime that Hunter Biden may soon be facing charges for — but I’ll get to that in a minute.
  Jake Tapper, who according to Deadline began a month-long gig anchoring “CNN Tonight” this week until the midterms, obviously wanted to launch his tour of duty with a bang, and
  
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• Judge hears case on whether Biden's student loan forgiveness can move forward

  12-10-2022 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  A US district judge could decide Wednesday whether to temporarily block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program from taking effect.
  
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• 30,000 Non-Citizens 'Incorrectly Sent' Voter Registration Notices in Just 1 State

  12-10-2022 18:38
  The State of Colorado has sent 30,000 voter registration notices to non-citizens in the state.
  A spokesperson of the Colorado Secretary of State’s office confirmed that the mailers had been sent in error in a Friday statement obtained by Colorado Public Radio.
  “The Department has become aware that approximately 30,000 EBU [Eligible But Unregistered] postcard mailers were incorrectly sent to ineligible Coloradans,” the unnamed representative said.
  The ineligible residents posses
  
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• Biden Admin Handing Out Smartphones Like Candy to Illegal Immigrants, Costing Taxpayers Millions

  12-10-2022 18:32
  Illegal aliens are being cut loose from detention with free smartphones, courtesy of the American taxpayer.
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement touts its Alternatives to Detention — Intensive Supervision Appearance Program on its website, breaking down how ICE uses technology to monitor a small percentage of illegal aliens who are released from custody while their cases are adjudicated with immigration courts and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  The technology used to tr
  
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• The Fed only cares about inflation. That's bad news for you

  12-10-2022 18:19 via cnn.com
  
  Jerome Powell and other members of the Federal Reserve are obsessed with choking off inflation once and for all, even if the Fed's series of aggressive rate hikes slow the economy to a crawl. That could be bad news for consumers, investors and Corporate America.
  
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• The Fed cares only about inflation. That's bad news for you

  12-10-2022 18:19 via cnn.com
  
  Jerome Powell and other members of the Federal Reserve are obsessed with choking off inflation once and for all, even if the Fed's series of aggressive rate hikes slow the economy to a crawl. That could be bad news for consumers, investors and Corporate America.
  
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• Biden Now Says Firefighters Almost Died at His House in 2004, But Here's How the AP Described the Fire

  12-10-2022 18:12
  I learned long ago not to believe what Joe Biden says. There are too many kinds of Biden communications that prove he can’t be truthful.
  These days, if Biden makes some sort of presidential policy statement, the odds are whatever position Biden claimed to support will be walked back almost as soon as his staff can get to a microphone.
  The Washington Post criticized Biden’s “ad-libs” in a May article, but tried to spin it as if the aides just had to “clarify” B
  
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• CVS drops tampon prices and will pay the 'pink tax'

  12-10-2022 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  CVS will reduce prices on its store-branded menstrual products nationwide and pay the sales taxes on those products in a dozen states.
  
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• CVS drops prices on its tampons and will pay the 'pink tax'

  12-10-2022 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  CVS will reduce prices on its store-branded menstrual products nationwide and pay the sales taxes on those products in a dozen states.
  
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• Microsoft unveils $4,299 Surface desktop computer

  12-10-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  Microsoft's most expensive Surface device is about to get even pricier.
  
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• Reality TV Star in Shock After 23-Year-Old Son Suffers Stroke and Heart Failure

  12-10-2022 17:52
  The son of reality TV star NeNe Leakes has had a major health scare.
  Leakes, who formerly appeared on “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” explained the situation in a video posted to TMZ
  “This is not the way I wanted it to come out,” she said. “We wanted to be able to talk about it ourselves when Brentt was in a better place. So, here I am because I would rather the correct thing be out there than something that’s not correct.”
  “Two weeks ago today, Bren
  
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• Purported Trump supporter who claimed Antifa burned his camper admits to staged attack, DOJ says

  12-10-2022 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  A Minnesota man who claimed Antifa set fire to his camper during the political unrest of 2020 because he had displayed a Trump campaign flag admitted to staging the event and committing insurance fraud, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
  
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• Revealed: Emails Expose Truth Behind Border Patrol 'Whipping' Story - And Biden's DHS Knew All Along

  12-10-2022 17:38
  The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was informed that the photographer who took pictures of horseback Border Patrol agents said that he and his colleagues didn’t see any migrants being whipped, according to emails obtained by The Heritage Foundation.
  The incident, which occurred on Sept. 19 when thousands of Haitian migrants crossed the border illegally into Del Rio, Texas, overwhelmed Border Patrol agents on the ground.
  The i
  
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• NFL Star Charged with Crime After Postgame Incident That Left Photographer Injured

  12-10-2022 17:36
  Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a photographer to the ground as he left the field following a loss at Kansas City.
  Kansas City, Missouri, police said Adams pushed Ryan Zebley to the ground while running off the field following the Raiders’ 30-29 loss to the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night.
  Police called it an “intentional, overt act” that caused whiplash, a headache and a possible minor concussion.Davant
  
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• Pro-Vax Video Backfired After Clueless Shills Used SHEEP to Make Their Point

  12-10-2022 17:25
  I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, but in retrospect, this probably wasn’t the smartest marketing decision anyone ever made.
  “How do you inspire coronavirus vaccine skeptics to flock to vaccination sites?” The Washington Post asked in January in a piece reporting on a marketing ploy to persuade COVID vaccine skeptics to get the jab. “Some in Germany hope that arranging 700 sheep and goats in the shape of a giant syringe will help.”
  As if vaccine
  
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• Can You Tell What Number Biden Is Trying to Say in This Devastating 22-Second Video?

  12-10-2022 17:20
  Remember the 25th Amendment?
  Back during the Trump administration, every Democrat seemed to be an expert in it. While it’s mostly intended to provide a roadmap to presidential succession, the corner of it that everyone seemed to obsess over involved removing the president without going through the process of impeachment if he is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
  Every time there was a Trump gaffe, it seemed, there was a groundswell of talk about how he
  
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• FBI Now Targeting HS Bullies? Investigating 'Hate Speech' Attack at Gender-Bending School

  12-10-2022 17:08
  The FBI is helping investigate an anti-LGBTQ hate speech attack that occurred on a Vermont school district’s website, according to a Tuesday statement by the superintendent.
  The Orange Southwest Supervisory District’s website is currently disabled following an Oct. 1 attack to its website which included “hate speech, symbols and photographs targeting transgender individuals,” according to the VT Digger. The FBI is working to investigate the attack, according to a statemen
  
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• Analysis: The secret to whether Biden runs again?

  12-10-2022 17:03 via cnn.com
  
  If you listen carefully to what Joe Biden says about 2024, you start to hear the inklings of what might make up his mind.
  
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• Analysis: Is this the secret to whether Joe Biden runs again or not?

  12-10-2022 17:03 via cnn.com
  
  If you listen carefully to what Joe Biden says about 2024, you start to hear the inklings of what might make up his mind.
  
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• Rats' behavior changed after human tissue was inserted into their brains, research finds

  12-10-2022 17:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Scientists hope that these human-rat transplants will help them study how genetic mutations influence brain circuits and affect how people behave.
  
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• NATO Deploys 30 Warships to Baltic Ahead of Nuclear Drills, 'United and Determined Response'

  12-10-2022 16:57
  NATO is talking tough as it prepares for drills that simulate the use of nuclear weapons in Europe.
  The drills, which take place next week, come against a backdrop of escalating Russian rhetoric concerning nuclear weapons — bombast that has increased as Russian battlefield success has decreased in its invasion of Ukraine.
  NATO also announced Tuesday that it has increased its Baltic Sea patrols to 30 warships, to prevent attacks on infrastructure that is critical to NATO nations.
  Although R
  
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• Employee at Stanford University Dragged Into Basement in Broad Daylight and Raped: Report

  12-10-2022 16:46
  An employee of California’s Stanford University was reportedly raped Friday after being dragged into a basement.
  Campus police said the incident was reported by a “mandated reporter” — an individual legally required to contact authorities in cases of suspected violence. The woman herself has not spoken to police, according to an alert from the Stanford Department of Public Safety.
  The alert said the incident took place at about 12:30 p.m. and was reported about two and a
  
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• Navy SEAL candidate died of bacterial pneumonia in hours after Hell Week training

  12-10-2022 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen, 24, died of bacterial pneumonia in the hours after completing what is known as "Hell Week" during the special operations force's demanding basic training program in February, a Navy line of duty investigation released Wednesday found.
  
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• LeBron James' Show Pulls Episode Featuring Kanye West Because of the 'Extremely Dangerous' Words He Used

  12-10-2022 16:31
  An interview with Kanye West will not air on the LeBron James talk show “The Shop” due to “dangerous” statements made by the entertainer, according to a news report.
  Maverick Carter, SpringHill Company CEO and the show’s co-producer with James, revealed the decision Tuesday, according to Andscape.
  “Yesterday we taped an episode of ‘The Shop’ with Kanye West.  Kanye was booked weeks ago and, after talking to Kanye directly the day before we tap
  
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• Police Launch Assault Investigation After NFL Star Sends Photographer to the Hospital in Postgame Clash

  12-10-2022 16:16
  After the Las Vegas Raiders lost to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night, the Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams pushed a photographer to the ground as he left the field.
  The NFL and the Kansas City police are investigating the incident after the photographer filed a police report claiming that he was injured in an assault from Adams.
  The broadcast of the game caught Adams leaving the field, frustrated. When the photographer stepped in front of him, the wide receiver pushed him to the ground.
  
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