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• Watch: Host of 'The View' Gets Shut Down on Live TV After Producer Makes Conspicuous Gesture

  16-10-2022 23:34
  Contention stalked the set of “The View” last week as Whoopi Goldberg appeared to be short of patience with the show’s crew members.
  On Thursday, Goldberg and her co-hosts were commenting upon a verdict against Alex Jones. in the course of the conversation, she said there appeared to be no line individuals do not cross.
  Goldberg went from talking about the subject to venting about the show’s producer, according to The Sun, which posted a video of some of the action.
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• Trump attacks American Jews, says they must 'get their act together' on Israel 'before it's too late'

  16-10-2022 23:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump attacked Jews in the U.S. on his Truth Social platform Sunday, writing that they need to “get their act together” and “appreciate”
  
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• Crowd Reacts with Confused Silence as Fetterman's Speech Turns Into Word Salad

  16-10-2022 22:39
  A video of Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggling through a campaign speech is making the rounds on social media.
  Fetterman, currently serving as the state’s lieutenant governor, suffered a stroke on May 13.
  Nevertheless, he has chosen to continue his U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania against his Trump-endorsed opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz.
  Since then, a series of odd verbal blunders and gaffes has raised many questions as to whether Fetterman is fit for office.
  The video, shared by
  
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• Deep-pocketed outside groups are launching an ad onslaught against Democrats in high-stakes Senate races

  16-10-2022 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Seven Democrats in the 10 most competitive Senate races started this month and the home stretch to Election Day with bigger cash stockpiles than their Republican rivals, newly filed campaign finance reports show.
  
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• King Charles Royal Slight? Breaking Long-Standing Tradition in Latest Announcement

  16-10-2022 22:07
  King Charles III will not be moving into Buckingham Palace, according to a new report.
  According to the Royal Collection Trust, every British monarch from Queen Victoria, who ascended to the throne in 1837, has had his or her official residence at Buckingham Palace, although they have often lived at other royal properties.
  The king and Queen Consort Camilla currently live in Clarence House, which is near Buckingham Palace, according to The Sunday Times.
  Buckingham Palace will function as the ner
  
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• 44-Year-Old Teacher Suddenly Collapses, Dies in Front of Students - Friends and Family Totally Shocked

  16-10-2022 21:11
  An Italian woman teaching in Verona, Italy, dropped dead in her classroom on last week — and her family and friends are stunned.
  According to EuroWeekly, an English-language newspaper in Spain, Giovanna Fabrica was 44 when she collapsed Monday.
  Fabrica, who was a native of Sicily, taught at the Ederle State Comprehensive Institute of Villa Bartolomea, the report said, citing the Italian newspaper Fanboy.it.
  The school said she had no known health issues.Giovanna Fabrica collapsed and died
  
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• Evening Drinks Turns Nightmarish - Armed Men Barge into Bar and Ruthlessly Execute 12

  16-10-2022 21:03
  Twelve people were killed in a Mexican bar Saturday evening in a region of the country marred by wars between rival drug gangs.
  The shooting took place in a bar in Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato, the city’s Secretary of Citizen Safety said in a statement, according to CNN.
  Six men and six women were killed, the statement said.BREAKING: #BNNMexico Reports
  Six women and six men were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in #Irapuato, a city in the center of Mexico, on Sat
  
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• Kari Lake refuses to say whether she would accept loss in Arizona election

  16-10-2022 21:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake repeatedly declined to say Sunday whether she would accept the results of the election if she loses.
  
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• Op-Ed: The President of the Southern Baptist Convention Just Had a Telling Encounter with Anderson Cooper

  16-10-2022 20:33
  Why would Bart Barber, the sitting president of the conservative Southern Baptist Convention, sit for an interview with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes,” the long-running CBS news program famous for pitching softballs to liberals and brickbats at conservatives?
  Could it be because both Cooper and Barber understand that political affinities these days sometimes run a bit less along partisan lines and a bit more along that border separating Trumpers from all others?
  Even though Barber s
  
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• ICYMI: Republican Booted from Town Hall Audience Before Opponent Who Refuses to Debate Took the Stage

  16-10-2022 20:07
  With midterm elections only three weeks away, few states are shaping up to be as critically important to both parties as Arizona, where the governor’s race will decide whether Republicans continue to control the executive mansion in a battleground state that helped hand the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
  The race pits Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, against Republican Kari Lake, the fiery former television news anchor endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
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• Winterlike Cold to Blast United States in Days; South Prepares for Record-Breaking Lows

  16-10-2022 19:58
  A massive wave of cold weather will hit the eastern United States in the coming days, with freezing temperatures forecast for the South and a touch of snow for the Northeast and Midwest.
  The extent of the frigid forecast is estimated by Fox Weather to impact 180 million people who will see temperatures of at least 10 degrees below average on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  Temperatures will start dropping Monday, then the hammer falls.
  “By the time we get to Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be rei
  
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• Op-Ed: Leftist Religious Leaders Preach Open Borders, But Here's What Thomas Aquinas Said

  16-10-2022 19:47
  Last year, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington “called on the US Congress to show courage and compassion and to seize the opportunity to improve the rights of undocumented migrants,” Vatican News reported.
  He claimed that the Roman Catholic Church “upholds the teaching that every person has the right to live in his or her own homeland in security and dignity, with opportunities for work.”
  “However,” he said, “when the loss of these rights forces indivi
  
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• TikTok star Emmanuel the emu is sick with avian influenza, caretaker says

  16-10-2022 19:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok star Emmanuel, the emu sick with Avian Influenza, caretaker says
  
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• Brown comedians in the mid-2000s had to mock their cultures for laughs. That’s no longer true.

  16-10-2022 18:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  A generation raised in the comment sections of Lilly Singh's and Jus Reign’s videos are having their turn in the comedic spotlight.
  
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• Jan. 6 committee will figure out what comes next if Trump refuses to testify, members say

  16-10-2022 18:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two House Jan. 6 committee members said Sunday that the panel has not yet determined its next steps if former President Donald Trump refuses to comply with the
  
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• China's having its most important event in the political calendar — and the world is watching closely

  16-10-2022 18:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  China is holding its Communist Party Congress in Beijing, with President Xi Jinping set to be granted a third term in power. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• Alaska Snow Crab Season Closed for First Time Ever, Old-Timer Warns 'The Hammer Is Going to Fall'

  16-10-2022 17:59
  Alaska’s winter snow crab season has been called off for the first time in the state’s history due to concerns for the species’ falling population.
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the decision last week amid worries for the Bering Sea snow crab’s population, which scientists say has fallen 90 percent in the last two years, CBS News reported.
  “The stock is estimated to be below the ADF&G regulatory threshold for opening a fishery. Therefore, Beri
  
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• Carlson Responds to Zelenskyy Demanding More Money from US, Other Countries: 'Up Yours, Buddy!'

  16-10-2022 17:46
  Under former President Donald Trump, American priorities and issues were always at the top of the White House priority list. In stark contrast, under President Joe Biden, it feels like American priorities have taken a back seat, especially regarding the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, an outspoken critic of Biden’s foreign policy decisions, torched Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, making it clear that the United States has its own prob
  
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• Catastrophic Mine Explosion Catches 110 Workers Underground, Scores Dead

  16-10-2022 16:45
  “My one and only, where are you,” a mother cried at a cemetery beside a freshly-laid mound of earth. She couldn’t process the death of her 33-year-old son who was killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey.
  Selcuk Ayvaz was among the first to be buried, following a funeral Saturday where his coffin was wrapped in the red and white Turkish flag. Relatives told his stunned 3-year-old daughter to say farewell to his coffin. His wife, who is expecting their third child &nda
  
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• Insider Attack Leaves 11 Dead, More Wounded at Russian Military Training Grounds: Reports

  16-10-2022 16:42
  Eleven Russian soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in an attack on a military firing range, Russian officials have announced.
  The Russian Defense Ministry said the incident took place Saturday in the Belgorod region of southwestern Russia, which is just across the border from Ukraine, according to The Associated Press.
  The two men who opened fire were killed. Russian officials said the men came from a former Soviet republic that officials did not name.
  “During a firearms training session w
  
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• Biden calls testimony from Jan. 6 committee hearing 'devastating'

  16-10-2022 16:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden said Saturday that he found testimony at the House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing last week to be “devastating” and that he believed the panel
  
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• Swing State Democrats are so Nervous for November That They Have to Bring in Obama to Give Them Hope

  16-10-2022 16:28
  Former President Barack Obama will visit three swing states in the closing days of the mid-term elections.
  Obama will visit Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin according to Fox News, beginning his campaign swing on Oct. 28 in Atlanta, where Democrat Stacey Abrams is taking on Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
  Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is also trying to hold his seat against Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Georgia.
  The next day, Obama will be in Detroit to support Michigan Democrats
  
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• Fire erupts at notorious prison in Iran, killing four, as unrest spreads

  16-10-2022 16:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least four people were killed and 61 others were injured after a large fire broke out at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government
  
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• Search for Missing Bike Riders Comes to Apparent End as 4 Male Bodies Are Pulled from an Oklahoma River

  16-10-2022 15:50
  Days after a search began for four missing Oklahoma men, four bodies were found in the Deep Fork River near the town of Okmulgee and police suspect foul play is involved.
  Authorities had been looking for Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30,  Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, who were reported missing Monday, according to KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City.
  The four were last seen on bicycles leaving Billy Chastain’s home.
  The bodies were found Friday afternoon.
  “A passerby saw
  
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• Ahead of the midterms, Black women voters most concerned about costs of living

  16-10-2022 14:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new national poll of Black women voters reveals a demographic that is highly motivated to vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
  
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• Griner Upset About Jail Conditions But Terrified of Where She's Headed Next, According to Lawyer

  16-10-2022 14:25
  American basketball player Brittney Griner fears for her future.
  Griner is “increasingly anxious” about her prospects of release from a sentence in a Russian prison, according to The New York Times.
  Griner’s Russian lawyer indicated that the WNBA player who is behind bars on drug possession charges is struggling.
  “She has not been in as good condition as I could sometimes find her in,” Alexandr D. Boykov said in an interview published Wednesday.
  Griner was arrested
  
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• Tesla investors try to look past Musk's distractions

  16-10-2022 13:30 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk now wants to buy Twitter after all. While that's good news for Twitter's long-suffering shareholders, Tesla investors hope he still has some time for them. They need a little help, too.
  
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• Tesla investors try to look past Elon Musk's many, many distractions

  16-10-2022 13:30 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk now wants to buy Twitter after all. While that's good news for Twitter's long-suffering shareholders, Tesla investors hope he still has some time for them. They need a little help, too.
  
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• 'True Definition of Dedication, Commitment and Resilience' - Mississippi Town Devastated After 30-Year-Old Police Detective Killed

  16-10-2022 13:28
  She served. She protected. And last week Greenville, Mississippi, police Detective Myiesha Stewart paid the ultimate price of being a law enforcement officer.
  Stewart, 30, was shot to death Tuesday in a gunfight that left her dead and three others wounded.
  Details were sparse about the shooting. WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, reported that a gunman shot and wounded a man and a woman in addition to killing Stewart. The gunman was also shot. He and the man he wounded were airlifted to a Jackson
  
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• The arrest of a suspect in a series of deadly shootings in California 'stopped another killing,' police say

  16-10-2022 13:25 via cnn.com
  
  With the California city of Stockton on edge following a series of late-night shootings by an unknown assailant, police officials believe another killing was prevented with the arrest of a suspect this weekend.
  
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• Not talking about Kanye West would be irresponsible

  16-10-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  It would be irresponsible to not continuously call out how Ye has used his power and influence to spread antisemitism and be an apologist for white supremacy.
  
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• How one Minnesota county has been rapidly housing the homeless since the pandemic

  16-10-2022 12:07 via cnn.com
  
  On a breezy morning in July, Fabian Jones rode his new bike to the homeless shelter where he lived earlier this year.
  
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• Tennis players are miffed that pickleball is taking over, well, everything

  16-10-2022 12:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tennis v. pickleball heats up as Tom Brady, LeBron James buy teams and courts get competitive. Which sport is winning?
  
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• New York's mayor says he never expected to take this step

  16-10-2022 10:06 via cnn.com
  
  The latest signs of the crisis New York is facing are massive white tents the city's mayor says he never imagined he'd have to build.
  
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• Xi Jinping Announces China Is Ready for War

  16-10-2022 04:16
  Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party’s control over society and the economy.
  China’s most influential figure in decades spoke as the party opened a congress that was closely watched by companies, governments and the public for signs of official direction. It comes amid a painful slump in the world’s second-largest econom
  
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• Biden says January 6 committee has made an 'overwhelming' case

  16-10-2022 03:19 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said on Saturday the video and testimony shared at the January 6 hearing this week was "devastating" and said the committee overall has made an "overwhelming" case.
  
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• The Mask Insanity Continues: Single Father Spends 24 Hours in Jail for Refusing to Wear Mask in Courtroom

  16-10-2022 02:30
  A North Carolina man who refused to wear a mask in a courthouse that had signs saying masks were not required spent 24 hours in jail after refusing to wear a mask.
  “I never thought this could happen in this country,” Gregory Hahn said, according to WRAL-TV.
  Hahn, 47, entered the courthouse in Harnett County on Monday to be screened for jury duty. Judge Charles Gilchrist wanted all 98 potential jurors to wear masks. Hahn refused.
  “I just said, ‘I’m not going to wear
  
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• Secret Service documents handed over to January 6 committee show law enforcement discussed Capitol threats

  16-10-2022 02:14 via cnn.com
  
  Documents provided to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection by the US Secret Service show that the agency and its law enforcement partners were aware of social media posts that contained violent language and threats aimed at lawmakers prior to the US Capitol attack.
  
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• Man arrested in series of Stockton, California, killings

  16-10-2022 01:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man has been arrested in a series of killings in Stockton, California, authorities announced Saturday.
  
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• Police Make Big Arrest, Say They Caught US Serial Killer While He Was 'Out Hunting' for Another Victim

  16-10-2022 00:37
  A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California was arrested before dawn Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, armed with a handgun and possibly searching for another victim, police said.
  Investigators began watching the suspect after receiving tips and stopped him in a car at about 2 a.m. in the Central Valley city, where five of the shootings took place, Police Chief Stanley McFadden said at a news conference.
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• Watch: Herschel Walker Gives Devastating Response to Raphael Warnock's Face Over Pro-Abortion Stance

  16-10-2022 00:01
  Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, football great Herschel Walker, faced off in their first and only debate ahead of the midterm elections on Friday night.
  Walker, trying to recover from a series of damaging headlines, needed a solid performance, and he delivered one.
  Two of Walker’s strongest moments came during an exchange about abortion. Warnock, who is a Christian pastor, advocates for no limits on abortion. Walker is pro-life.
  Walker said, “[W
  
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