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• Candace Bure Dumps Woke Hallmark to Join New Network: 'Keep Traditional Marriage at the Core'

  16-11-2022 23:59
  Unable to endorse changes at the Hallmark Channel, where she was a star, Candace Cameron Bure has joined a new network that for now will promote family values and Christian content.
  The new network, Great American Family, will go after traditional Hallmark audiences, especially those unhappy with Hallmark’s move toward LGBTQ themes, The Blaze reported.
  The change at Hallmark prompted Bure, 46, to leave that network after 30 movies. Hallmark, she said, had become “completely different
  
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• Should GOP Chair McDaniel Seeks Fourth Term, Could She Be Dethroned by Rising Star?

  16-11-2022 23:47
  The chair of the Republican National Committee is seeking a fourth term, but there is talk that she may be challenged by one of the party’s rising stars.
  On Monday, RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced that she would be seeking a fourth term. The election will be held in January when the RNC members meet in Washington, D.C., for their annual winter meeting, according to Fox News.
  McDaniel was chosen by former President Donald Trump after his election in 2016. She won re-election as chai
  
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• DeSantis: Florida Is a 'Blueprint' for the GOP's Future, And Midterms Just Proved It

  16-11-2022 23:33
  After a rather disappointing result in this year’s midterm elections, many conservatives are looking to Florida and its governor as the template to success.
  Gov. Ron DeSantis hailed the crushing GOP victories in Florida, claiming that his approach in the Sunshine State should be the “blueprint” of the party going forward.
  According to Just the News, DeSantis addressed the Party’s future during a news conference where he lauded Republican performances in Florida but pointe
  
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• McConnell defeats Rick Scott to continue leading Senate Republicans

  16-11-2022 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell won a secret-ballot leadership election after days of finger-pointing over the Republican midterm losses, putting him on pace to become the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history.
  
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• Democrat Thinks She Won Her Race, Turns Out It Was a Reporting Error and the Republican Actually Won

  16-11-2022 23:18
  It ain’t over ’til it’s over.
  An Idaho Democrat who carried an endorsement from Planned Parenthood learned that the hard way last week after initial reports from election night showed she had won a state House seat that covers parts of three counties, only for one of the counties to learn that those initial reports were incorrect.
  And the GOP came out on top after all.
  According to the Idaho Capital Sun, a nonprofit outlet, Democrat Karma Metzler Fitzgerald at first appeared to
  
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• Homeless Man Randomly Stabs 2 People in Downtown Los Angeles Target, Security Guard Ends Bloody Rampage

  16-11-2022 22:53
  Two people have been hospitalized after a homeless man carried out a stabbing spree in a Los Angeles Target store.
  Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore described the attack, which occurred Tuesday evening, as unprovoked, according to KTLA-TV.
  A suspect “dressed in homeless attire” confronted a 9-year-old boy in the Target after entering the business.
  “[He] confronted him and told the young boy he was going to stab him and kill him,” Moore said of the suspect’s acti
  
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• House Democrats Panic, Move to Stop Trump from Ever Holding Office Again - Report

  16-11-2022 22:52
  Whatever happens in the coming 2024 election for president, House Democrats seem very fearful of having to face former President Donald Trump — so much so that they reportedly are trying to pass a law barring him from ever running for office again.
  Trump announced Tuesday night that he had filed his Federal Election Commission paperwork to run for president, saying in an address from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, that “America’s comeback starts right now.”
  
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• Dem's Mega-Donor Empire Continues to Crumble: Dark Money Group Following Crypto King's Demise, Report

  16-11-2022 22:38
  Following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX amid allegations that co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried loaned billion of clients’ funds to a trading house he founded, his mother, Stanford law professor Barbara Fried, has stepped down from her role at the Democrat-aligned dark money group Mind the Gap, according to a report by investigative journalist Theodore Schleifer published by Puck News Tuesday.
  Both Fried, who founded Mind the Gap and served as the chair of board of directors, and Bankman-
  
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• Elon Musk's $50 billion payday trial: Tesla CEO testifies in his own defense

  16-11-2022 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk testified this morning in a shareholder lawsuit examining the massive compensation package that helped make him the world's richest person.
  
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• Elon Musk Publicly Hangs Jimmy Fallon Out to Dry After Viral Hashtag Sends the Internet Ablaze

  16-11-2022 21:54
  This might be the best thing Elon Musk has done since taking over Twitter — ignoring Jimmy Fallon.
  Yesterday, the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon went viral. The only problem with that, of course, was the Fallon was still alive. (He still is today, so far as I know.)
  Fallon, either annoyed by the hashtag or perhaps just playing along, tweeted at Musk, asking for help.
  Musk was not quite as helpful as Fallon might have hoped.Fix what?
  — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2022About three hours
  
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• A recession could hit white-collar workers the hardest. Here's why

  16-11-2022 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  White collar workers would be hit harder than blue collar workers if the United States enters a recession soon, according to one economist, who said businesses have undergone a dramatic restructuring after the pandemic.
  
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• Op-Ed: What's Worse Than Dead People Voting?

  16-11-2022 21:43
  While I am sure that it is difficult to keep up with all the deaths in the populace and the names on voter rolls, it seems that since both of these are registered with the government, in this day and age of computers these systems could be coupled together and communicated to remove deceased voters from voter rolls. However, that is not the case.
  North Carolina had nearly 8,000 deceased voters on the rolls in 2020, with some having been dead for nearly 25 years. A woman who died in 2003 remained
  
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• Here's the Web of Culpable Celebrities Named in FTX Lawsuit

  16-11-2022 21:31
  A host of Hollywood and sports celebrities including Larry David and Tom Brady were named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arguing that their celebrity status made them culpable for promoting the firm’s failed business model.
  FTX has been in the public eye for more than a week, after the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange ended up with billions of dollars worth of losses and had to seek bankruptcy protection on Friday. The Bahamas-based compan
  
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• 'She's a Miracle': Baby Gets In-Utero Treatment for Deadly Disorder That Took Both of Her Sisters

  16-11-2022 21:27
  Childhood diseases are a special sort of terrible, preying upon the youngest and most innocent. Parents who have walked that difficult road alongside their children have been through their own trials by fire.
  But when all of a couple’s children suffer from the same rare, deadly genetic condition, it can be difficult to find hope.
  Sobia Qureshi and Zahid Bashir of Ottawa, Ontario, had experienced the devastating loss of daughters Zara and Sara at 2 years old and 8 months old, respectively,
  
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• Uvalde families call for tainted police lieutenant to leave elected position

  16-11-2022 20:51 via cnn.com
  Angry relatives of some of the children killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre are demanding that the acting police chief from that day, Lt. Mariano Pargas, quit his role as a Uvalde county commissioner.
  
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• Red Alert: GOP Senator Might Step Down After Polling Shows Another Possibility

  16-11-2022 20:49
  Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana caused a stir this week when he said he might run for governor of the Pelican State.
  Kennedy made it clear Monday that he’s at least considering the idea of throwing his hat in the ring in the 2023 gubernatorial election, citing a growing call from his constituents to come home and give it a shot.
  “I’ve spent my life and career serving the people of Louisiana,” the senator said in a statement, according to WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge.
  
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• Op-Ed: Maricopa County Elections Department - 'Not Doing Anything Wrong'?

  16-11-2022 20:49
  It’s pretty rich. The Maricopa County Elections Department screws up big-time, and Bill Gates, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, states, “We’re not doing anything wrong at all.”
  He then goes on TV to reprimand us for spreading misinformation, blah, blah, blah. Not only that, he pretends we’re attacking his hard-working staff of public servants who are, you know, working 12- to 18-hour days.
  No, Bill, we aren’t criticizing your staff: We are criticizing you
  
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• Why irate Taylor Swift fans are stuck with Ticketmaster

  16-11-2022 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift fans' outrage over Ticketmaster's service meltdown Tuesday has shined a spotlight on a common and recurring criticism about the ticketing company: There's practically no avoiding Ticketmaster if you want to attend an event.
  
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• Mexico Uses Scenes of Democrat-Run US City in PSA to Scare Kids Away from Making Bad Choices

  16-11-2022 20:28
  This is a lot more than an image problem.
  The city of Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress declared independence from Britain, where the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and Rocky Balboa inspired a nation, has descended to the point where the Mexican government is now using images of its streets to warn its own children about the dangers of drugs.
  So, Mexicans want to warn their kids against making bad choices while Americans keep making their own.
  According to an Associated Press
  
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• Tom Ford is a newly minted billionaire, thanks to the $2.8B Estée Lauder deal

  16-11-2022 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  A blockbuster deal to sell his eponymous fashion brand has catapulted fashion designer Tom Ford into the global billionaires club.
  
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• Lake Campaign Calls for Redo of Maricopa County Due to Widespread Vote Machine Malfunctioning on Election Day

  16-11-2022 19:55
  The Kari Lake campaign for Arizona governor called for a redo of Maricopa County’s election in light of the vote tabulation machines malfunctioning in over 30 percent of polling locations on Election Day last week.
  The campaign posted on its official Twitter account Wednesday, “This election was irreparably compromised by voter disenfranchisement.”
  “The appropriate thing to do would be to let Maricopa County cast their votes again,” the Republican candidate’s
  
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• Drollinger: How the Scriptures Can Help After the Rigors of Election Season

  16-11-2022 19:47
  Coming off a major election cycle is a time of special concern for public servants and citizens. While a win can lead to an adrenaline rush, a loss can lead to months, sometimes years, of debilitating depression.
  While health and wellness are important to all of us, many “ministries” would have you seek health, wealth and prosperity as if they were primary objectives of the Bible. These ministries represent an aberrant man-centered, not God-centered, theology.
  The Christian life is n
  
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• Minutes Before Trump's 2024 Announcement, DeSantis Had a Big Moment of His Own: Report

  16-11-2022 19:45
  Most of the media turned its focus to former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night as he announced his intention to make a third run for the White House in 2024.
  But minutes before Trump formally announced his decision from his Palm Beach-based Mar-a-Lago estate, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was receiving a standing ovation from a room full of top Republicans, according to sources for Fox News.
  The Florida governor, who recently won a second term by nearly a 20-point margin against his
  
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• Maryland condo explosion leaves 12 injured

  16-11-2022 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  A condo explosion in Montgomery County, Maryland, left a dozen people injured, two of them critically, kicking off a massive search-and-rescue operation Wednesday, the county fire chief said.
  
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• Griner's 'Penal Colony' Is Basically a Gulag, with 'Pre-Stalin-Era' Conditions - Report

  16-11-2022 19:44
  After being transported to a Russian penal colony last week, WNBA star Brittney Griner is reportedly facing harsh conditions under her imprisonment.
  Griner was arrested in February in Russia and charged with smuggling drugs into the country, CNN reported.
  In August, she was convicted and then lost the appeal in October.
  CNN then reported on Nov. 9 that Griner was being transported to a penal colony somewhere in Russia, but her location was not clear.
  Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison.
  
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• Watch: DeSantis Masterfully Responds to Reporter's Question About 'GOP Civil War'

  16-11-2022 19:40
  There are those in the mainstream media — and in the Republican Party itself — who seem to think that the GOP is headed for a “civil war,” with supporters of former President Donald Trump on one side versus other party leaders.
  That may be so, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t want to hear about it — at least not yet.
  During a Wednesday news conference on hurricane relief, the governor was asked about Trump’s announcement the previous evening of his
  
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• Why white-collar workers will probably be hit the hardest by a recession

  16-11-2022 19:30 via cnn.com
  
  White collar workers would be hit harder than blue collar workers if the United States enters a recession soon, according to one economist, who said businesses have undergone a dramatic restructuring after the pandemic.
  
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• Jordan Peterson Gives Piers Morgan His Assessment of Trump, Reveals If He's a Psychopath

  16-11-2022 19:30
  After announcing his 2024 presidential run on Tuesday evening, former President Donald Trump is once again in the spotlight.
  In advance of that much-anticipated announcement, popular clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson weighed in on Trump’s personality and the issue of a third presidential campaign on Thursday while talking to Piers Morgan on “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”
  In the midst of a broader discussion about the use of social media and its effect on the current society
  
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• Matt Gaetz Takes Republican Leadership to the Wood Chipper After Red Wave Disappointment

  16-11-2022 19:27
  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling out Republican congressional leadership after the party failed to deliver a red wave on midterm election night.
  Gaetz confirmed that he won’t be voting for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House when the new, slim Republican majority takes office in January. Republicans appear likely to govern with a majority of less than 225 seats in the House.
  Gaetz made his intentions clear in an interview with Charlie Kirk on Monday, calling the
  
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• Veterans sue VA demanding land be used for homes and not rented out to a college and private school

  16-11-2022 19:14 via cnn.com
  
  A group of veterans has filed a lawsuit to force homes to be built for them on land now used for elite sports facilities in Los Angeles.
  
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• Judge Snaps at Attorney for George Floyd Rioter Who Attacked Police, Then Hands Out a Tough Sentence

  16-11-2022 19:12
  A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman who tried to firebomb a New York Police Department van to six years in prison, according to the New York Post.
  U.S. District Judge Dora Irizarry also had harsh words for the attorney of Samantha Shader, who tried to soft-soap Shader’s actions.
  Shader had pleaded guilty to tossing a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD van during a May 29, 2020, protest in Brooklyn over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
  Amanda David, representing Sh
  
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• DeSantis declines to address 2024 chatter: 'People just need to chill out a little bit'

  16-11-2022 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday declined to weigh in on the brewing divide among Republicans over who represents the future of the party, him or Donald Trump, saying instead, "People just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff."
  
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• Virginia McLaurin, who became famous after dancing with Obamas, dies at 113

  16-11-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  Virginia McLaurin, who garnered national fame for her dance with then-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in 2016, has died. She was 113.
  
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• Musk Takes Stand in Court, Reveals That He's Going to Find Someone Else to Run Twitter

  16-11-2022 18:52
  Billionaire Elon Musk, who just took over as the chief executive at Twitter after buying the company, said he does not want to be the CEO of any company.
  Musk took the witness stand Wednesday in a Delaware court to defend himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a compensation package he was awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion.
  While testifying, Musk said, “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitte
  
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• Democrats rip Trump and appeal for campaign cash as former president enters 2024 race

  16-11-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  No one in American politics brings Democrats -- and fed-up conservatives -- together quite like former President Donald Trump.
  
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• OSHA Punishes Caterpillar After Worker Is 'Immediately Incinerated' on His 9th Day on the Job

  16-11-2022 18:46
  In a tragic accident on June 2, an employee at a foundry that is operated by the industrial manufacturer Caterpillar fell into a pot of molten iron and immediately died. Now, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a fine for Caterpillar for not adhering to the administration’s safety standards.
  Caterpillar produces heavy machinery and industrial equipment, such as mining equipment, industrial turbines and engines.
  The company is based in Irving, Texas, but operates
  
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• Texas veteran who entered Senate chamber in military gear on January 6 found guilty

  16-11-2022 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  A Texas man who served in the US Air Force was convicted on Wednesday of six charges in the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, when prosecutors say he entered the Senate chamber dressed in military gear.
  
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• Mega-Donor Abandons Trump Ahead of Potential GOP Primary: Will He Regret This Decision?

  16-11-2022 18:35
  A major Republican donor announced Wednesday that he will not support former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
  Stephen Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of private equity firm Blackstone, told Axios that he is “defecting” from Trump.
  Alongside Schwarzman, Ken Griffin, founder of the Citadel hedge fund and previous supporter of Trump policies, opted to endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  “America does better when its leaders are rooted in today
  
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• Do You Miss Trump Yet? Get Ready to Pay 20 Percent More for Thanksgiving Dinner

  16-11-2022 18:29
  The cost of a typical Thanksgiving dinner this year will increase by roughly 20 percent compared with last year due to a combination of inflationary and supply chain pressures sending the price of food soaring, according to a Wednesday estimate by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
  The price of a “Classic Thanksgiving Dinner,” comprised of a 16-pound turkey, milk, vegetables and pie mix among other ingredients, rose to $64.05 in 2022, up from $53.31 in 2021, and far above the 10-ye
  
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• Barron Trump Stole the Show During Dad's 2024 Announcement - Just Watch the Video

  16-11-2022 17:50
  Former President Donald Trump made his big announcement of a 2024 White House run on Tuesday night at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Still, it was another member of the Trump family who, in some ways, stole the show — or towered over it.
  In a rare public appearance, Barron Trump, the former president’s 16-year-old son, was spotted at his dad’s event Tuesday evening.
  The teenager sparked a wave of comments on social media by reminding everybody how insanely tall h
  
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• Solomon: Is Elon Musk Sabotaging Twitter?

  16-11-2022 17:46
  In this week’s episode of the Elon Musk Twitter drama, the audience wonders whether he is intentionally trying to sabotage the company.
  Just looking at the contours of the math, assume that Musk’s annual debt payment is close to the $1 billion it has been widely reported to be. If he can drive the company into bankruptcy, that’s one way to lower his payment.
  Indeed, the biggest and arguably least reported Musk news from the past week is that the banks that loaned Musk the money
  
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• Fit and Healthy Girl, 10, Dies Suddenly After Collapsing at School

  16-11-2022 17:32
  An otherwise “fit and healthy girl” died at the tender age of 10 Monday after collapsing suddenly at school last week.
  A family spokesman said that doctors believed Rai-Lèyah Parveen Jayne Saddique suffered a brain hemorrhage on Nov. 9. She was rushed to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England.
  She was later transferred to Leeds General Infirmary, but died early Monday morning.
  In accordance with her family’s Muslim beliefs, Saddique was buried the
  
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• 15-Year-Old Tells His Mom About Being Bullied, 2 Days Later He Commits Suicide

  16-11-2022 17:28
  A 15-year-old student at Heard County High School in Georgia took his own life after experiencing bullying at school.
  On Nov. 4, Austin McEntyre told his mom, Lisa McEntyre, that he felt sick and didn’t believe he should attend school.
  Lisa was going to have him do a nasal swab to see if he was experiencing COVID, but he then told her he wasn’t actually sick, according to WMAZ-TV.
  “I specifically said, ‘Will you please be honest with me?'” Lisa said.
  That’s wh
  
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• Abbott calls the decision blocking Title 42 'disastrous.' The ACLU says it's 'finally ending the charade'

  16-11-2022 17:26 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge's order blocking Title 42 raises many questions. But there's no doubt the ruling has major implications for the Biden administration's border strategy.
  
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• Flu, RSV, Covid: 6 ways employers can deal with a potential wave of absences

  16-11-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  Employers may be pushing for more workers to return to the office. But that's proving to be an uphill battle, especially as the cold and flu season gets underway.
  
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• After an unrelated threat pauses victims' statements, judge is set to sentence Waukesha Christmas parade attacker to life in prison

  16-11-2022 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  The sentencing hearing for the man convicted of intentionally killing six people when he drove an SUV into the 2021 Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, will continue Wednesday after a threat phoned into the court paused proceedings a day earlier.
  
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• Coffee prices are crashing. What it means for your cup of joe

  16-11-2022 17:14 via cnn.com
  
  Coffee futures are crashing. But that might not mean too much for the price of your cup of coffee.
  
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• Runoff Decided by 3 Words in a Bowl, 'The People Have Spoken, and They Said, "Eh, Either One"'

  16-11-2022 17:09
  The election to fill a City Council seat in a Michigan town was settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl, days after a 616-616 tie.
  The new council member in Rogers City: Timeen Adair, whose paper said “elected.”
  Brittany VanderWall’s paper said “not elected.”
  There were hugs by the pair Monday — and no hard feelings, The Alpena News reported.Adair wins Rogers City council seat by luck of the draw https://t.co/izsKa17Zwi pic.twitter.com/dP5mWIpzFm
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• Taylor Swift tickets listed for thousands on StubHub after millions flood Ticketmaster

  16-11-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift fans were seeing red on Tuesday when Ticketmaster was overwhelmed by demand as pre-sales for the singer's new tour went online. The delays had many fans believing they would never, ever, get tickets (...like ever). But tickets to the pop star's "The Eras Tour" were available Wednesday via the resale market — with some priced at tens of thousands of dollars.
  
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• Taylor Swift tickets listed for thousands after fans flood Ticketmaster

  16-11-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift fans were seeing red on Tuesday when Ticketmaster was overwhelmed by demand as pre-sales for the singer's new tour went online. The delays had many fans believing they would never, ever, get tickets (...like ever). But tickets to the pop star's "The Eras Tour" were available Wednesday via the resale market — with some priced at tens of thousands of dollars.
  
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