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• Biden's midterm closing message: Republican economic plans would 'create chaos'​​

  27-10-2022 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden stepped up his effort to paint Republicans as a threat to Americans' pocketbooks in a speech from upstate New York on Thursday, a closing argument that focuses less on his own accomplishments and more on what the GOP might do if they take control of Congress.
  
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• Chinese Defense Contractor Shows Frightening Way They'd Sneak a Shooter Behind Enemy Lines

  27-10-2022 22:41
  If you had “China develops drone delivery-capable armed military robot dog” on your 2022 bingo card, congratulations, this is your year.
  A concept described earlier this year by the New York Post as “dystopian nightmare fodder,” an armed robotic dog, or “Robodog,” is reportedly now able to be transported via drone behind enemy lines, providing a distinct advantage to military units attempting to penetrate tightly defended positions on the battlefield.
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• Former NBA Star's Tragic Story Continues - Takes Off Running After Cops Catch Him Somewhere He Shouldn't Be

  27-10-2022 22:33
  The former NBA player Delonte West was arrested yet again on Oct. 15 in Fairfax County, Virginia, and charged with four criminal charges.
  The 39-year-old West had the cops called on him after some saw him trespassing in a car, TMZ reported.
  But when the police arrived and tried to handcuff the former basketball player, West allegedly became aggressive and then ran from the cops, TMZ added.
  Once the police caught West, he was arrested and charged for “vehicle trespassing, entering a vehicle
  
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• Brutal Beating of Pregnant Woman Ends When Good Guy with Gun Steps In and Raises Firearm: Report

  27-10-2022 22:26
  A legally armed bystander put an end to the alleged beating of a pregnant woman outside a Florida grocery store, once again giving the lie to the left’s claim that there are no good guys with a gun.
  The bystander drew his gun on a man accused of beating his pregnant girlfriend outside a Publix grocery store in Largo, Florida, on Saturday, according to the Miami Herald.
  The woman told the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department that Cole Danisment, 27, punched her in the face multiple ti
  
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• Robert Solis, who killed trailblazing Texas sheriff's deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, is sentenced to death

  27-10-2022 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  The man who gunned down the Houston area's beloved first Sikh sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to death, according to court records.
  
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• LeBron James and the Lakers Are Struggling So Badly That They Just Brought in Will Smith to Talk 'Togetherness'

  27-10-2022 21:45
  When you want to talk about antisemitism, you bring in a Nazi.
  Wait, that’s not right. Let’s try this again. When you want to talk about coherent and complete sentences, you bring in Joe Biden.
  That’s definitely not right. How about, when you want to talk about “togetherness” and unity, you bring in noted man-slapper Will Smith.
  That last one still doesn’t seem right, and yet, as is often the case throughout history, the facts are stranger than fiction.
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• Watch: Woke NBA Coach Continues Downward Spiral, Suffers 1st Career Ejection

  27-10-2022 21:10
  Things are not well in Brooklyn.
  The Brooklyn Nets lost to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday 110-99. The loss dropped the Nets to 1-3 on the season.
  In a vacuum, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with losing to the Bucks. Milwaukee features an annual MVP candidate in Giannis Antetokounmpo and a slew of talented stars surrounding him.
  But NBA seasons don’t happen in a vacuum, and given the way the Nets have been struggling since last season, there are some genuine concerns about the way
  
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• Vegan Left 'Almost in Tears' After Realizing What She Was Biting Into from Burger King

  27-10-2022 21:02
  A woman in Bournemouth, England, became distraught after eating what she thought was a plant-based nugget but turned out to be chicken.
  “When I ate it and [realized], it made me feel sick,” Lianna Hutchins told the Bournemouth Daily Echo. “I was nearly in tears.”
  Hutchins told the news outlet that she has been a lifelong vegetarian, and three years ago she even became a vegan, meaning she avoids eggs and dairy products as well as meat.
  She said she had ordered the vegan n
  
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• Dick Morris: The Tide Is Growing - Did Republicans Just Clinch the Senate?

  27-10-2022 20:59
  The Republicans may have basically clinched a majority in the Senate in the aftermath of Dr. Mehmet Oz’s total wipeout of John Fetterman in this week’s Pennsylvania Senate debate.
  The GOP had to defend its 50 seats this cycle. The only three in doubt were Ohio, North Carolina and, of course, Pennsylvania. But Republican J.D. Vance now sports a 4-point lead in Ohio after leading most of the race. And Ted Budd, the Republican candidate in North Carolina, has led by 4 in each of the las
  
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• As Texas police leader gives an update on Uvalde massacre response, victims' relatives urge his ouster

  27-10-2022 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  The Texas Department of Public Safety's top official is due to deliver Thursday the first formal, public update to his agency's oversight panel on its officers' actions during the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school, with families of the victims, furious over the response, expected to attend the meeting to call on him to resign.
  
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• Barack Obama Reportedly Playing an Intricate Part in the Largest NBA Sale in History

  27-10-2022 20:46
  For months, there has been speculation and rumors flying around about a possible sale of the NBA team the Phoenix Suns. According to the most recent rumors, former President Barack Obama may even be involved.
  Bill Simmons, a sports analyst and podcaster, first mentioned the possibility of Obama’s involvement when talking with Charles Barkley on an episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” on Tuesday.
  “I heard Obama’s involved in one of the groups. That’s the one g
  
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• Analysis: Red wave could hit deep-blue NY

  27-10-2022 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's visit Thursday to Syracuse in deep-blue New York might seem like an unusual one for him to make less than two weeks before the midterm elections.
  
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• White House on Ron Klain violating the Hatch Act: 'We are not perfect'

  27-10-2022 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged Thursday that President Joe Biden's chief of staff Ron Klain violated the Hatch Act, saying that they take the provision seriously but that they "are not perfect."
  
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• Biden's Top Aide Gets Scolding Letter Sent to Him After Violating Federal Law

  27-10-2022 19:58
  President Joe Biden’s chief of staff violated the law by retweeting a political message on his government Twitter account, and a warning letter was sent to him, according to a memo from the Office of Special Counsel. Top aide Ron Klain “got it wrong this time” and will be more careful, the White House said Thursday.
  The memo, dated Wednesday, said Klain ran afoul of the Hatch Act, which prohibits government officials from using their official roles to influence elections, inclu
  
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• Battleground State Election Official Warns There Will Be NO Results on Election Night

  27-10-2022 19:37
  In this modern day and age of rapidly-advancing technology, one would think that states finally have their Election Day processes honed into a smooth and efficient process. For many states, that’s an accurate assessment.
  Not so much, though, in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state that seems to have problems with processing and counting ballots more often than not. According to WITF-FM, Pennsylvania acting Secretary of State Leigh M. Chapman held a virtual news conference Monday and expl
  
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• Longtime Democratic Senator Under Federal Criminal Investigation

  27-10-2022 19:28
  Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey is the subject of a federal criminal investigation in New York, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.
  News of the federal probe was first reported Wednesday morning by the website Semafor. Menendez adviser Michael Soliman later confirmed to other media outlets — including Politico and CBS News — that there is indeed an investigation.
  “Senator Menendez is aware of an investigation that was reported on today,” Soliman said, accor
  
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• New York City's first female fire commissioner: 'It only matters if I am not the last'

  27-10-2022 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Laura Kavanagh, who became the first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York Thursday, hopes her appointment will pave the way for other women to hold the role in the future.
  
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• Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply

  27-10-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Democrat John Fetterman scolded the oil industry on Thursday for reaping massive profits and argued companies are rewarding shareholders instead of aggressively investing in new supply.
  
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• Britain's New Conservative PM Snubs UN Climate Conference, Has More 'Pressing' Issues

  27-10-2022 19:17
  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday.
  Sunak’s office said the decision was made because of “pressing domestic commitments,” including preparations for an emergency budget on Nov. 17, and does not reflect a downgrade in the Conservative government’s commitment to combating climate change.
  Other senior U.K. government ministers are expected to attend.
  Sunak took office on Tuesda
  
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• Apple earnings may offer a hint about the iPhone 14's success

  27-10-2022 19:17 via cnn.com
  
  Apple is about to offer its first hints about iPhone 14 sales after weeks of rumors that demand for its latest smartphone lineup could be weaker than initially expected.
  
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• Season 3 of 'The Chosen' Coming to Theaters Soon

  27-10-2022 18:41
  “The Chosen” — the streaming series about the life of Jesus Christ that has become a worldwide phenomenon — is returning for its third season.
  And it will kick off in movie theaters next month.
  A production of Angel Studios and helmed by filmmaker Dallas Jenkins, “The Chosen” depicts the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of His followers. The first season began with the calling of the first disciples and the start of Jesus’s ministry.
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• Kari Lake Takes Incredible Double-Digit Lead Over Dem Opponent - Poll

  27-10-2022 18:38
  Republican Kari Lake leads Democrat Katie Hobbs by 11 points in the Arizona gubernatorial race with less than two weeks left before the midterm elections, according to a poll released Wednesday.
  Fifty-four percent of respondents said they would vote for Lake as opposed to 43 percent who said they would vote for Hobbs, according to the KSAZ-TV InsiderAdvantage poll. Only 2 percent of respondents were undecided.Arizona Governor:
  Kari Lake (R) 54% (+11)Katie Hobbs (D) 43%
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• Man sentenced to life in prison in 2016 killing of Google employee

  27-10-2022 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  A Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Vanessa Marcotte, a 27-year-old Google employee who was killed after she went for a walk in 2016, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
  
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• Three likely outcomes for Yeezy products: destroy it, rebrand it, export it

  27-10-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  Yeezy merchandise has no place to go.
  
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• Musk says he doesn't want Twitter to become 'free-for-all hellscape'

  27-10-2022 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk attempted to reassure Twitter's advertisers about the future of the platform in an open letter Thursday, a day before his $44 billion takeover of the company is expected to be completed.
  
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• Darling of the Left Jon Stewart Has Seen Enough, Declares Biden Ukraine Situation Is 'Corruption, Straight Up'

  27-10-2022 18:10
  What’s a leftist to do when even a hero like comedian-turned-political-podcast-host Jon Stewart can no longer defend the scandal-ridden Biden family or its allies in the legacy media?
  With just a little under two weeks to go before Election Day, Stewart welcomed Gabriel Gatehouse, a BBC television host and journalist to his podcast, “The Problem with Jon Stewart.”
  Gatehouse, to his credit, admitted that he had “ignored” the Hunter Biden laptop story when it first ca
  
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• 'Our security here is a joke': Election workers lament lack of federal spending ahead of midterms

  27-10-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Millions in federal dollars could have gone to protect election workers and improve the physical security of their offices, but in a classic tale of bureaucratic red tape, most of it remains untapped less than two weeks before the midterm elections.
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals in Public Message to Advertisers Why He Bought Twitter; Says Speculation 'Has Been Wrong'

  27-10-2022 17:55
  Elon Musk will steer Twitter on a course to avoid being either a “free-for-all hellscape” or another social media “echo chamber,” he said in a Thursday post.
  Musk is buying Twitter, with the deal set to close by Friday. On Thursday, he sought to address speculation about what the Musk era might bring with a post headlined “Dear Twitter Advertisers.”
  A report in the Wall Street Journal had framed advertisers, who make up the bulk of Twitter’s revenue, as
  
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• Watch: Idaho Gubernatorial Candidate Has a Plan for Liberals Who Want to Leave State if He's Elected

  27-10-2022 17:45
  “Haven’t we all heard some irritating person saying that if so-and-so is elected, then he/she is absolutely definitely leaving the country?” the late Anglo-American writer Christopher Hitchens noted in 2008. “There must be some reason why it is mainly liberals who tend to say this … but the chief thing to note about the promise is that it is usually an empty one.”
  Hitchens died in 2011, which — little did we know at the time — was a relatively mor
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany Reveals the Only Thing That Can Stop Biden from 2024 Campaign - And It's a Catch-22

  27-10-2022 17:35
  Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany believes President Joe Biden will run for re-election in 2024 because he’s too stubborn to listen to aides who might advise him not to.
  However, the White House press secretary to former President Donald Trump said one thing could stop Biden from running again — the escalation of congressional investigations into his son, Hunter Biden.
  McEnany made the remarks during an interview Tuesday on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
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• ESPN Responds After NFL Fans Claim Video Shows 'SkyCam' Wire Interfering with a Crucial Play

  27-10-2022 17:25
  After the “Monday Night Football”  game between the New England Patriots and the Chicago Bears, there has been controversy over a pass from Patriots quarterback Mac Jones and whether it hit the “Skycam” cable that carries a camera over the field of play.
  But after videos of the pass made the rounds on social media and some fans said that there was interference on the play, ESPN issued a statement on Twitter declaring that Jones’ pass did not hit the wire.
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• Meta Suffers Staggering Overnight Plummet as Zuckerberg Doubles Down on 'Terrifying' Strategy

  27-10-2022 17:10
  Meta stock plunged Thursday in pre-market trading as investors seeking profits are losing patience with the underperforming company.
  As of 9:30 a.m Eastern Time, Meta’s stock was at $98.45 per share, down over 31 percent from Wednesday’s close, according to Yahoo Finance.
  Investors are grumpy over the ever-increasing costs of Meta’s virtual reality projects that are not paying out a significant return on a mammoth investment.
  Reuters quoted analysts it did not name as saying Me
  
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• Liz Cheney Crosses the Rubicon: Endorses and Will Campaign for Democrat

  27-10-2022 17:00
  Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday endorsed and plans to campaign for Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, the first time that the critic of former President Donald Trump who lost her GOP primary has crossed party lines to formally support a Democrat.
  Cheney, of Wyoming, announced her support for the two-term House member from Holly, Michigan, in a statement by the Slotkin campaign that noted she plans to headline a campaign event with Slotkin in the Lansing-area district next Tuesday.
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• International Space Station Fires Up Thrusters to Provide 'Extra Measure of Distance' from Russian Satellite Debris

  27-10-2022 16:51
  The International Space Station has taken action to prevent a dangerous collision in orbit.
  The permanent space facility used thruster engines to avoid a close call with a fragment of debris from a destroyed Russian satellite earlier this week.
  The ISS fired the thruster engines of an attached Progress 81 cargo craft for just over five minutes on Monday, according to NASA.
  The space agency is calling the move a “Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver.”
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• As Texas police leader gives an update today on Uvalde school massacre response, victims' relatives urge his ouster

  27-10-2022 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  The Texas Department of Public Safety's top official is due to deliver Thursday the first formal, public update to his agency's oversight panel on its officers' actions during the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school, with families of the victims, furious over the response, expected to attend the meeting to call on him to resign.
  
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• Biden Thinks Black People Can't Fit in Cheap Airline Seats or Can't Afford Better Ones

  27-10-2022 16:40
  As the Democrats search for an issue that’ll resonate with a midterm electorate that seems to care about things that swing Republican — the economy, crime and education — President Joe Biden has alighted upon a concern that touches us all: racist airline seats.
  What — you haven’t noticed? Every time you wedge your body into the middle seat on a Delta 737 and endeavor to keep it there all the way from LaGuardia to O’Hare, you don’t notice the iniquit
  
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• Dems Forced to Call in Obama to Clean Up Fetterman's Mess, But Ex-Pres Only Spares 15 Seconds

  27-10-2022 16:35
  Former President Barack Obama urged Pennsylvanians to vote for Democratic candidates in the November midterm elections during a campaign ad, just days after Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman struggled during his debate with Republican Mehmet Oz.
  Obama told Pennsylvanians that their midterm vote would shape the future of American democracy and women’s abortion rights, according to the 15-second ad, which was obtained by Axios.
  “So when the fate of our democracy and a woman&rs
  
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• First Swalwell, Now Biden - GOP Sets Sights on Hunter's Former Secretary, an Ex-Chinese Government Employee

  27-10-2022 16:12
  If Republicans take the House this year, the Biden family is going to have a rough time of it.
  I guess I should probably start saying when Republicans take the House this year, since just about everyone to the right of Salvador Allende now acknowledges that as an all-but-forgone conclusion, given rising energy prices, an ongoing invasion at the U.S. border with Mexico and rampant crime.
  Oh, and speaking of crime …
  One of the many investigations President Joe Biden and his son Hunter
  
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• Rivian owners can't help but gush about their trucks, flaws and all 

  27-10-2022 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  Denis Wang says he always hated the car-buying process — until he met Rivian.
  
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• Tucker Carlson Slams Dems Who Covered for Fetterman: 'Should Not Be Allowed to Operate a Microwave Oven'

  27-10-2022 16:05
  For everyone who tuned in to the Pennsylvania Senate debate on Tuesday out of morbid curiosity to see if Democratic nominee John Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, was still capable of holding high office after being kept mostly under wraps by his campaign following a stroke in May, you got your answer pretty quickly.
  The first question of the debate, posed to both Fetterman and Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, involved whether or not they thought they had the qualifications for
  
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• I'm Not with Her

  27-10-2022 16:01
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post I'm Not with Her appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Rifle used in St. Louis shooting was taken from gunman days before attack, police say

  27-10-2022 15:57 via cnn.com
  
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• Popular Bodybuilder Dies Suddenly at Age 43

  27-10-2022 15:42
  Bodybuilder Andreas Frey of Germany died suddenly last week at the age of 43.
  His death Oct. 20 was announced Saturday on the Facebook page of Frey Nutrition, a company he founded that sells protein supplements and other items related to bodybuilding.
  “It is with deep sorrow that we must announce that Andreas Frey, founder of FREY Nutrition, passed away on the night of October 20,” said the post, translated from German. It said he “died suddenly in his sleep.”
  “Our
  
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• White House Shows Total Denial of Reality with Response to Fetterman's Debate Disaster

  27-10-2022 15:12
  When someone completely refuses to acknowledge the reality that’s staring them in the face, it’s generally for one of three reasons: dishonesty, lack of perception or understanding, or something psychologically diagnosable — schizophrenia, for instance.
  Sometimes, it has something to do with a river in Egypt.
  In this particular instance, denial seemed to be in play when White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a reporter that President Joe Biden was looking forward t
  
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• Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blocks Jan. 6 Committee

  27-10-2022 15:07
  Efforts by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion to examine phone records of the Arizona Republican Party chairwoman have been stymied by a member of the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing.
  Justice Elena Kagan on Wednesday temporarily blocked the panel from accessing the phone records of Dr. Kelli Ward and her husband, Mark Ward, according to The Hill.
  Kagan’s order was terse, saying, “Upon consideration of the application of counsel for
  
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• Watch out for 'leakage': These are some clues students can look out for to help prevent school violence

  27-10-2022 14:56 via cnn.com
  
  The clues can range from subtle to overt. And students are often in the best position to notice concerning behavior, a former FBI special agent and profiler says.
  
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• Tulsa police sergeant is placed on restrictive duty after making insulting comments about protesters

  27-10-2022 14:56 via cnn.com
  
  A Tulsa, Oklahoma, police supervisor was placed on administrative duty Thursday after an audio recording revealed the sergeant making inappropriate comments about police brutality protesters during a training session.
  
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• Tree of Life survivors working to root out antisemitism 4 years after deadliest assault on Jewish people in the US

  27-10-2022 14:56 via cnn.com
  
  Four years after a synagogue attack that forever changed her life, Andrea Wedner hopes to inspire the next generation to root out antisemitism amid continued reports of anti-Jewish bigotry.
  
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• The Powerball jackpot climbed to $800 million after no ticket matched all winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing

  27-10-2022 14:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Powerball jackpot soared to a whopping $800 million after Wednesday night's drawing yielded no grand prize winning ticket matching all six numbers, the lottery agency said.
  
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• Texas DPS head to give Uvalde response review update at meeting of agency's oversight board

  27-10-2022 14:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Texas Department of Public Safety's top official is due to deliver Thursday the first formal, public update to his agency's oversight panel on its officers' actions during the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school, with families of the victims, furious over the response, expected to attend the meeting and call on him to resign.
  
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