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• Ghislaine Maxwell says she feels ‘so bad’ for Prince Andrew in first interview since 20-year prison sentence

  17-10-2022 23:58 via foxnews.com
  
  In her first interview since being sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex-trafficking teen girls, Jeffrey Epstein cohort Ghislaine Maxwell said she feels "so bad" for her "dear friend" Prince Andrew.  Speaking from prison in Florida, Maxwell, 60, was interviewed by filmmaker Daphne Barak for an upcoming Paramount Plus documentary.  "I feel so bad for him. I follow what is happening to him," Maxwell said of the Duke of York, who was once an associate of Epstein and Maxwell but has sinc
  
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• Tesla Wants You to Sit in 'a Wet Dumpster' While Waiting for Your Car to Charge

  17-10-2022 23:57
  Let me start by declaring that I do not own a Tesla, nor do I plan to own one in this lifetime.
  However, I’ve always been fascinated by the Tesla culture and how the owners of such vehicles take their Tesla experience so seriously. Charging stations — their version of the gas station — are cropping up everywhere, and some are so insanely bizarre that they warrant media attention.
  In August, Jalopnik writer Steve DaSilva penned a hilarious report on a new “Supercharger&rdq
  
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• Twitter erupts after Biden tells reporter gas in California has 'always' been $7 a gallon

  17-10-2022 23:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Prominent Twitters users attempted to fact-check Joe Biden after the president told a reporter that gas has "always" been $7 a gallon in California. "The inflation report is out. Have you seen gas prices around here in LA? It’s 7 bucks a gallon almost," a reporter asked Biden as he paid for food at a Los Angeles-based taco shop.  "Well, that’s always been the case here," Biden replied. "You know, it’s not — what — nationwide, [gas prices] came down about $1.35,
  
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• Biden announces launch of student loan forgiveness application

  17-10-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  • Live Updates: In addition to forgiving some student loans, these are the other changes the Biden administration is making
  • Opinion: Biden's student loan forgiveness is unfair and unwise
  
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• Pentagon Diversity Chief Pushes Book Calling 9/11 First Responders 'Menaces' on Children

  17-10-2022 23:08
  Cultural Marxists have continued to be appointed to influential positions within our government under the disastrous Biden administration, specifically among our nation’s military.
  Acolytes of neo-Marxist propaganda like “critical race theory” are openly attempting to repackage the classic Marxist “oppressor v. oppressed” class struggle with a racial wrapping paper.
  Biden-appointed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was evasive last year when questioned with evidence re
  
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• 1.3 million Americans with diabetes rationed insulin in the past year, study finds

  17-10-2022 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  In December, Stephanie Arceneaux of Utah will have been living with type 1 diabetes for 30 years. She was diagnosed at age 6.
  
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• Mom Goes Scorched Earth on School Board Over 'Family Friendly' Drag Show

  17-10-2022 22:43
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• Former Prominent GOP Lawmaker Dies During Hike at Age 63 After Medical Emergency

  17-10-2022 22:38
  Ben Stevens, the former Republican president of the Alaska Senate, died last week after collapsing during a hike with his wife.
  The 63-year-old Stevens was hiking on a trail in the Chugach National Forest near Seward, Alaska State Troopers said in a news release Friday.
  They said they were called to “a medical emergency with CPR in progress” at 5:57 p.m. Thursday.
  LifeMed rescuers arrived at the scene about 45 minutes later, but they were unable to revive Stevens. His body was transp
  
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• Fetterman's Wife Demands Apology From NBC News for Casting Doubt on His Mental Fitness

  17-10-2022 22:35
  The wife of Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who is running for the United States Senate, demanded an apology from NBC News over a reporter’s comments in an interview published Monday.
  Gisele Fetterman claimed in an interview with the Independent’s Eric Garcia that reporter Dasha Burns was “ableist” when Burns revealed on Oct. 11 that John Fetterman, who is running for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, had trouble making sma
  
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• George Floyd Attorneys Set Sights on Kanye West - Rapper's Latest Comments Might've Earned Him a Battle

  17-10-2022 22:13
  Kanye West’s recent comments in a podcast interview could land him in legal trouble with the late George Floyd’s family after West spoke about Floyd’s death and claimed Floyd died of a drug overdose, not a police officer’s knee to his neck.
  West, who now goes by his changed name “Ye,” was a guest Sunday on the “Drink Champs” podcast hosted by the rapper known as N.O.R.E.  As the episode description notes, West was given “the opportunity
  
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• Tougher voting rules hit turnout efforts in key battleground states

  17-10-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  In 2020, when Angela Lang and her team at Black Leaders Organizing for Communities encountered Milwaukee residents who were nervous about voting in person during the pandemic, they pointed to a widely available alternative: ballot drop boxes.
  
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• Runner Collapses During Meet and Becomes Unconscious; Teammate Ensures He's Not Left Behind

  17-10-2022 21:58
  Legendary baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. once said, “Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.”
  That’s especially true these days as young athletes vie to make the game-winning play or to be the best in their chosen sport.
  There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, but it’s important to remember that good sportsmanship is what really matters. A prime example of that was on display this month in Anchorage, Alaska,
  
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• Energy-Poor Germany Breathes Sigh of Relief as Chancellor Keeps All Remaining Nuclear Plants Running

  17-10-2022 21:24
  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered ministers Monday to prepare to keep all of the country’s three remaining nuclear plants running until mid-April, putting his foot down on an issue that had threatened to split his three-party government.
  The decision comes as Germany tries to prevent a possible energy crunch due to cuts in fuel supplies from Russia over the war in Ukraine.
  Scholz’s office said he announced the decision in a letter to the Cabinet, an unusual move reflecting the de
  
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• Over 400 Striking Truckers Block Food Plant Exits, Demanding Better Pay and Benefits

  17-10-2022 21:02
  Striking truckers used tractor-trailers to block the exits at New England’s largest wholesale food distributor Monday and prevented some employees from leaving, resulting in as many as 20 arrests, police said.
  More than 400 Teamster union members arrived at the Sysco facility in Plympton, Massachusetts, in the early morning and stopped about 100 employees from leaving, Police Chief Matthew Ahl said in a statement.
  Police spent two hours negotiating with picketers.
  “After the attempte
  
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• With Winter Closing In, China Makes Huge Move to Secure Own Energy Supply - Report

  17-10-2022 20:53
  As much of the world struggles with energy supplies and winter fast approaches, China has ordered its state-owned natural gas importers to stop selling liquefied natural gas to Europe and other parts of Asia so it will have enough fuel for winter, Bloomberg reported Monday.
  With an economic slowdown lowering the demand for gas in China, state importers had been selling gas to European buyers and others, Business Insider reported.
  But now, China’s National Development and Reform Commission
  
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• 'Saturday Night Live' Surprises by Skewering Pelosi and Schumer in Jan. 6 Sketch, and Leftists Can't Handle It

  17-10-2022 20:33
  Many of us are old enough to remember when “Saturday Night Live” was belly-laugh funny. Over the years, as the show drifted further to the left, and as iconic stars who could never be replaced moved on with their careers, the once-popular show was all but forgotten.
  However, this past Saturday night, the show’s producers and writers finally might have realized that the Democratic Party generates copious amounts of usable comedic material.
  For the first time in a long spell, &ld
  
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• What Happens to a Horse if It's Rider Gets a DUI While Evading Police? California Man is Finding Out

  17-10-2022 20:19
  This particular incident might not exactly be all in a day’s work for the Whittier Police Department in the southern California area.
  However, it certainly had to add a bit of spice to an otherwise typical workday.
  A horseback rider in Whittier was riding a horse while allegedly intoxicated on a recent Friday afternoon, according to The Daily Wire.
  The rider was galloping through traffic and led police on a short chase.
  The police said on its social media page that the rider refused &ldquo
  
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• Radioactive material found at Missouri elementary school more than 22 times expected amount

  17-10-2022 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  An elementary school outside St. Louis was found to have "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination stemming from waste dating back to the creation of the first atomic bomb in the 1940s, and residents fear it may be linked to various cases of illness, disease, and deaths in the area.
  
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• What would a Kroger-Albertsons merger mean for grocery prices?

  17-10-2022 19:18 via cnn.com
  
  In a mega-deal that could have a huge impact on shopping in America, Kroger and Albertsons announced Friday plans to merge.
  
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• What this mega supermarket merger could mean for your grocery bills

  17-10-2022 19:18 via cnn.com
  
  In a mega-deal that could have a huge impact on shopping in America, Kroger and Albertsons announced Friday plans to merge.
  
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• Biden's Approval Rating Falls Below 40% and He Suffers a Loss to Trump in New NY Times Poll

  17-10-2022 19:09
  With the midterm elections only three weeks away, and the 2024 presidential race already on the horizon, public disapproval of President Joe Biden is seemingly hurting the Democratic Party and the president has scored in some polls as even more unfavorable than former President Donald Trump.
  A New York Times/Siena College poll found that many voters disapprove of Biden’s presidency and plan to vote Republican in November, the Times reported Monday.
  The polling showed Biden with a 39 percen
  
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• Op-Ed: The Never Trumpers Cover Themselves in Shame

  17-10-2022 18:36
  One could perhaps have excused them their earlier indiscretions of November 2016.
  He was, after all, an unknown quantity, an outsider of questionable conservative pedigree. Indeed, Donald Trump had been a fairly typical New York liberal Democrat for much of his life. And he had led a less-than-stellar moral life.
  So the pile-on at the time by National Review and others could perhaps have been forgiven — although not really, when one considered the alternative.
  As I wrote at the time:
  &ldqu
  
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• Deep Blue New England States at Risk of Blackouts This Winter

  17-10-2022 18:35
  New England, a region that is home to six states that are deeply Democratic, might experience rolling blackouts this winter due to severe natural gas shortages, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  The region relies heavily on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to supply energy during the winter; however, New England might be unable to get enough gas because Europe is importing record amounts of LNG to combat its energy crisis, the Journal reported.
  Should LNG supplies dwindle during a harsh
  
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• Op-Ed: Salvation Army's Iconic Red Buckets Prove Race-Blind Generosity, But Now the Charity Is Embracing Divisive 'Training'

  17-10-2022 18:15
  If there is any organization that should be able to testify to the race-blind generosity of Americans, it is the Salvation Army.
  The Salvation Army has helped lift millions of all races to live prosperous lives in America. The organization is proof positive that the American dream of equal opportunity for all is alive.
  Despite that, the Salvation Army has joined in the herd mentality of corporations and universities by imposing counterproductive diversity, equity, and inclusion training on its e
  
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• Actor in Cult Favorite 'American Movie' Dead at 56

  17-10-2022 18:05
  Musician Mike Schank, best known for his good guy role in the award-winning documentary film “American Movie,” has died at age 56, according to a close friend.
  Jackie Bogenberger told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Schank had been battling cancer in recent months. He died on Wednesday.
  “It spread quickly everywhere throughout his body in a matter of weeks, touching almost everything except his brain,” Bogenberger said. “He did some chemo and radiation. One of t
  
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• Missing Teen Found After High-Speed Crash, with a Gruesome Surprise Waiting in Trunk

  17-10-2022 17:56
  A Texas woman was found dead Friday in Nebraska after a vehicle crashed with her son at the wheel.
  The body of Michelle Roenz, 49, was in the trunk of a car driven by her son, 17-year-old Tyler Roenz, according to KOLN-TV in Lincoln.
  Both had been reported missing Thursday and were last seen in Humble, Texas, where they lived.
  The Nebraska State Patrol said the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas informed it on Friday that a vehicle linked to the two was likely to be in Nebraska,
  
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• NFL Player Gets Booted from Game by His Own Coach Over Sideline Antics

  17-10-2022 17:27
  After Carolina Panthers wide receiver Robbie Anderson was booted from a game Sunday by his own coach, he tried to frame the action as a byproduct of his competitive nature.
  Coach Steve Wilks had a different story.
  “No one is bigger than the team,” Wilks said, according to ESPN.  “I’m not going to focus and put a lot of attention on one individual.”
  Anderson was sent off the field in the third quarter of Carolina’s 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
  Ander
  
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• What's behind the increased violence against police officers

  17-10-2022 17:03 via cnn.com
  
  Over a 24-hour period last Wednesday, several police officers from departments across the country were shot in the line of duty.
  
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• Walker acknowledges sending $700 check to woman who alleges he paid for abortion but denies it was for that purpose

  17-10-2022 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  • Political mood tilts in Republicans' favor with economy and inflation top of mind three weeks from midterms
  
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• Referee Rushes Into Stands, Makes a Line Right for the Marching Band

  17-10-2022 17:02
  Fans watching Saturday night’s college football game between the Air Force Academy and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, saw more than an Air Force blowout of the Rebels at UNLV’s Allegiant Stadium.
  They saw a referee go into the stands to personally confront the home team’s marching band — apparently for playing while the Air Force Falcons were on offense.
  According to Fox News, the incident took during a TV timeout that halted play with less than two minutes left in
  
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• US bank earnings revealed ominous clues about the future of the housing market

  17-10-2022 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  The largest US banks reported relatively solid third-quarter earnings on Friday. But within those reports, investors found ominous clues about the future of the housing market, underscoring fears of an upcoming crisis.
  
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• Officer Begs School Not to Unlock Doors for Armed Men, But Vice Principal Did the Unthinkable

  17-10-2022 16:50
  The nation’s largest police union blasted the “woke” assistant principals of an Ohio high school for allowing four masked gunmen to enter because they were more concerned that the police would apprehend the suspects than they were about the safety of the students hiding inside from the intruders.
  In a scathing tweet Wednesday, the National Fraternal Order of Police savaged school administrators who unlocked the doors and let the gun-toting criminals inside Cleveland’s Gar
  
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• Supreme Court declines to take up effort to secure birthright citizenship for American Samoans

  17-10-2022 16:31 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case asking whether those born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution's 14th Amendment.
  
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• 'Disgusting and Horrendous': NASCAR's Bubba Wallace Violently Attacks Fellow Driver, Then Clashes with Official

  17-10-2022 16:04
  The court of public opinion condemned NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace after a Sunday incident at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway that started with a collision of metal and ended up with pushing and shoving.
  The incident began when defending Cup Series champ Kyle Larson went three wide to pass Wallace, who was leading the South Point 400 after 29 laps. Larson’s Chevrolet poked Wallace’s Toyota, sending Wallace into the wall, The Associated Press reported.
  Wallace then appeared to hook Larson
  
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• Kanye West Reaches Surprise Agreement to Buy Social Media Platform

  17-10-2022 15:47
  On the day he roared back into the spotlight at his Paris fashion show wearing a White Lives Matter shirt earlier this month, Kanye West told those attending, “You can’t manage me.”
  This week, West took another step to underline as news emerged that after being censored on Instagram and Twitter, he would acquire the social media platform Parler.
  “In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely expr
  
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• 'I Had Nothing to Do With It': Fauci Makes Outrageous COVID Claim

  17-10-2022 15:44
  Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a Sunday interview, ahead of retiring from his position as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, that he was not responsible for school closings.
  Fauci admitted that the “deleterious collateral consequences” of school closures should have been realized, according to an ABC News interview. He continued to say that while he is criticized for being responsible for school closings during the COVID-19 pandemic, he “had nothi
  
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• You Can't Be Serious: White House to Consider Bill Gates-Style Sun-Dimming Plan

  17-10-2022 15:27
  The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has announced a five-year research plan to study the possible ways of implementing “solar geoengineering” — reflecting some of the sun’s light in order to cool Earth.
  The White House research plan would study different ways to limit Earth’s exposure to the sun as well as the effects that this could have on the environment and human health.
  “The focus of this plan will be on research associated with climat
  
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• Could a Submarine Sever Global Internet Communications? One Was Just Caught While Surfaced Near Undersea Cable Hub

  17-10-2022 15:24
  In September, the French frigate Normandie, in coordination with naval forces of NATO allies such as Spain and the United Kingdom, escorted a Russian submarine and its accompanying tugboat through the Bay of Biscay.
  The question, of course, is: What was the Russian submarine doing there in the first place?
  We can only speculate, but there are some pretty solid grounds for speculation.
  We know, for example, that Russian submarines have been training to severe underwater cables since at least 1970
  
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• Biden has spent more than a fourth of his presidency working from Delaware, outpacing Trump's trips away

  17-10-2022 15:06 via cnn.com
  
  • Biden goes where he's wanted on Western swing ahead of critical midterms
  
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• City Council Member Abandons Session After Veteran Confronts Her Over Her Service Record

  17-10-2022 14:56
  Portland, Oregon, City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, an embattled far-left police-defunder, tends to mention her service in the U.S. Navy at the top of her personal backstory.
  “[R]ight out of high school, I joined the Navy, and I loved it. I was stationed in the Philippines, working in the personnel office, and then had the opportunity to be on board ship. In fact, I was one of the first women to go on board ships,” her bio on the City of Portland website reads.
  On that profile, it l
  
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• With product innovation lagging, Silicon Valley bets on a fresh coat of paint

  17-10-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  When Google unveiled its new Pixel 7 smartphone lineup earlier this month, the devices looked largely the same as the year prior. But there was at least one subtle change: the colors.
  
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• Why Silicon Valley is moving beyond basic black, white and silver colors

  17-10-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  When Google unveiled its new Pixel 7 smartphone lineup earlier this month, the devices looked largely the same as the year prior. But there was at least one subtle change: the colors.
  
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• Jamaica Drops the Hammer on Music and TV That Normalizes Criminality

  17-10-2022 13:47
  You are what you consume.
  If you eat junk food, you become fat. If you drink liquor, you get drunk. Do it too often, you’ll corrode your innards and shorten your life. Take certain drugs, get addicted. It’s an inexorable process.
  We try to pretend, however, the same thing doesn’t apply to our cultural consumption and our values. Keep up with the Kardashians all you want; it’s harmless escapism. Mindless slasher movies? It’s just fiction. Violent, vulgar music? It&rs
  
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• The housing market is a mess, but this isn't 2008

  17-10-2022 13:22 via cnn.com
  
  The largest US banks reported relatively solid third-quarter earnings on Friday. But within those reports, investors found ominous clues about the future of the housing market, underscoring fears of an upcoming crisis.
  
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• How Democratic ads mislead on four GOP candidates' abortion stances

  17-10-2022 13:07 via cnn.com
  
  Democrats have spent weeks attacking Republican midterm candidates with television ads about abortion. Some of the ads have been misleading.
  
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• How a celebrity hacker upended one of the most influential social networks

  17-10-2022 12:45 via cnn.com
  
  When Peiter Zatko joined Twitter as head of security in late 2020 at the urging of founder and then-CEO Jack Dorsey, he was surprised by what he discovered. Twitter, a social network with hundreds of millions of users, "was over a decade behind industry security standards," he later testified.
  
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• N Korea Propaganda Photo Goes Horribly Wrong After Expert Notices Humiliating Issue KJU Missed

  17-10-2022 12:39
  It was supposed to be a military drill that showed off North Korea’s air power to all the world. And it apparently did, albeit not the way it was intended.
  Just days after Pyongyang ran a massive air drill with 150 planes reportedly sortied to the skies, a top data expert said images of the drills were plainly photoshopped to make the exercise look larger than it was.
  According to U.S.-funded outlet Radio Free Asia, sources said the drills, conducted between Oct. 6-8, “required a mon
  
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• Russia hits Ukraine's capital with with wave of 'kamikaze' drones

  17-10-2022 12:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kyiv was reported to be under attack Monday as the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces were using "kamikaze drones" against Ukraine.
  
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• New UK finance minister races to calm markets with quick reset

  17-10-2022 10:57 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's new finance minister, just days into the job, will rush out details of a revised tax and spending plan on Monday in a frantic effort to control jittery markets.
  
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• Russia hits Ukraine's capital with new 'kamikaze' drone attack

  17-10-2022 10:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kyiv was reported to be under attack Monday as the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces were using "kamikaze drones" against Ukraine.
  
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