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• Judge Orders Major Reversal of City's Progressive Action Against 'Racist' Statue

  09-12-2022 23:54
  Philadelphia must remove the plywood box it placed over a statue of Christopher Columbus after 2020 protests over racial injustice, a judge ruled Friday.
  In her ruling, Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt said that if the city disagrees with the “message” the statue sends, it can add its own plaque with what it wants to convey.
  “More to the point, the City accepted the donation of the Columbus statue in 1876. It has a fiduciary duty to preserve that statue, which it designated an histori
  
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• Prosecutors lay out motive for why lawyer Alex Murdaugh allegedly killed his wife and son

  09-12-2022 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alex Murdaugh was so desperate to "escape the accountability" for a string of financial crimes that he fatally shot his wife and son last year, state prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Gay man blasts his GOP lawmaker aunt who cried during gay marriage 'no' vote

  09-12-2022 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A GOP congresswoman went viral Thursday for tearfully begging her colleagues to vote against a bill that would protect same-sex marriage nationwide.
  
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• Roma Protest Over Police Shooting of Teen

  09-12-2022 23:41
  A Greek police officer accused of shooting and seriously wounding a Roma teenager during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid petrol station bill will remain under house arrest. (Dec. 9)      
  
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• With a Single Word, Elon Musk Confirms What We All Feared

  09-12-2022 23:35
  As Elon Musk continues to reveal the inside discussions and practices of Twitter before he became its chief, we are seeing more evidence that the leftists running the social media giant worked to shore up Democrats and suppress Republicans.
  We aren’t just seeing how pre-Musk Twitter quashed center-right users and their ideas and opinions, though. Through the release of the Twitter Files, we are also seeing how Twitter undermined actual Republican candidates.
  These files are being released
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals Who Twitter's 'Real CEO' Was Before He Took Over - It Wasn't Jack Dorsey

  09-12-2022 23:27
  Elon Musk revealed on Friday that the head of Twitter’s “trust and safety” team was the company’s de facto CEO before Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform in October.
  Musk was referring to former Twitter employee Yoel Roth.
  He confirmed that Roth was Twitter’s “real CEO” in response to a post from Twitter user Mike Solana, who wrote, “it’s pretty clear at this point the ‘trust and safety’ team was effectively runn
  
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• Massive Inferno Tears Through Mall Near Moscow Days After Explosions Rock Military Bases Within Russia

  09-12-2022 23:22
  A massive mall near Moscow was destroyed by fire early Friday. One person was killed in the blaze.
  Four days earlier, explosions took place at two military installations in Russia in what was suspected to be an attack by Ukraine, according to The Washington Post.
  Russia’s Investigative Committee, which investigates large-scale crimes, has been called in to investigate the origins of the mall fire, according to the New York Post.
  Moscow region’s emergency services agency laid the
  
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• Griner's coach thrilled about WNBA Star's release

  09-12-2022 23:16
  Brittney Griner's coach is thrilled the basketball star has returned to the U.S. after nearly 10 months of detention in Russia. Griner arrived Friday in San Antonio, ending an ordeal that set off a political firestorm. (AP video by Eugene Garcia) (Dec. 9)      
  
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• Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent

  09-12-2022 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN's Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview.
  
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• Walmart CEO Warns What Woke Prosecutors Will Soon Force His Stores to Do

  09-12-2022 22:32
  Thefts from Walmart stores have been increasing and loose prosecution practices in some places may be to blame.
  “If that’s not corrected over time, prices will be higher and/or stores will close,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told CNBC.
  Walmart, which has a reputation for strict in-store security, has increased those efforts in certain stores.
  “Theft is an issue,” McMillon said. “It’s higher than what it has historically been and we’ve got safety meas
  
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• Closed-door contempt hearing related to Trump ends with no outcome publicly announced

  09-12-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Donald Trump arrived Friday at a courthouse in Washington, DC, for a closed-door hearing on a Justice Department request to hold the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena issued this summer ordering him to turn over classified records.
  
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• Sinema's Party Switch Is Already Making Libs Fume as 1 Releases Statement - Is This Her First Challenger?

  09-12-2022 22:20
  Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Thursday evening that she was leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent.
  In an interview with Politico, however, she said that she had no plans to caucus with the Republican Party, meaning that not much was expected to be different in the Senate over the next two years from what it’s been like over the past two.
  “I don’t anticipate that anything will change about the Senate structure,” Sinema said. “I intend
  
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• Here's a List of the 39 Republicans Who Voted with Democrats on Gay Marriage Bill

  09-12-2022 22:12
  The Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would codify gay marriage into federal law, successfully passed the House of Representatives on Thursday with bipartisan support.
  Thirty-nine Republicans voted for the bill’s passage, while Democrats were unanimous in their support.
  The final count was 258-169. The record of votes can be viewed here.
  Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina issued a statement giving her reasons for voting yes.
  “Today’s vote to protect marriage and p
  
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• Dozens of people said they would go to her book signing — they didn't. Thousands of strangers made sure that wasn't the end of the story.

  09-12-2022 22:11
  
  Ohio writer Chelsea Banning's first book signing was mostly empty, despite dozens of RSVPs. An outpouring of support from the internet followed.      
  
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• White House 'confident' despite Sinema party switch

  09-12-2022 21:51
  The White House is "confident" it can collaborate with Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, despite her switch of party affiliation. "We have every reason to expect that we will continue to work with her successfully," Karine Jean-Pierre said. (Dec. 9)      
  
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• Socialist President Deposed and Arrested After People Realize What He's Trying to Do

  09-12-2022 21:33
  The nation of Peru has been plunged into political crisis after socialist president Pedro Castillo was removed from office by the Peruvian Congress.
  The Congress removed Castillo after he attempted to dissolve the legislative body and institute an emergency government; actions that have been labeled an attempted coup.
  According to CNN, Wednesday was quite the momentous day in Peruvian politics, with Castillo being arrested and impeached by the Congress, and his successor, Dina Boularte installed
  
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• New Drug 'Tranq' Explodes in US Cities - Telltale Wounds Can Be Seen Sprouting on Users

  09-12-2022 21:21
  Just when we thought America’s opioid crisis couldn’t get much worse, we learn that the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, known on the streets as “tranq,” has made its way into the drug supplies of U.S. cities in recent years.
  Drug dealers have begun cutting fentanyl and heroin with xylazine, and one of the most visible results has been the sprouting of lesions all over the bodies of those who’ve ingested the drug.
  STAT’s Andrew Joseph published a story on the
  
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• NASA's Orion capsule heads home from the moon

  09-12-2022 21:16
  NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight. The spacecraft will aim for a Pacific Ocean splashdown on Sunday.(Dec. 9)      
  
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• Americans' wealth slips further after massive loss in the spring

  09-12-2022 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Americans' wealth continued to slide in the third quarter as stock prices plunged over the summer — but many Americans still have a healthy financial cushion, compared to pre-pandemic times.
  
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• Former Minneapolis police officer who helped restrain George Floyd sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison

  09-12-2022 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  A former Minneapolis police officer who assisted in the fatal restraint of George Floyd was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison Friday for his role in the killing.
  
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• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's decision to quit the Democratic Party jolts Arizona 2024 Senate race

  09-12-2022 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party could make it tougher for Democrats to hold onto her Senate seat in 2024.
  
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• Simple Display Illustrates Concept That Devastates the Transgender Movement

  09-12-2022 21:03
  A 20-second video clip destroys the harebrained, left-wing narrative being rabidly pushed by transgender activists that gender is a social construct and not a biological reality.
  Twitter user Zelda Webb posted a video with the sarcastic caption, “Nature being transphobic.”
  The clip succinctly illustrates one of the many, irrefutable biological differences between men and women.
  In this case, the video spotlights that female pelvises are generally wider and larger than male pelvises b
  
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• Vocal rat opponent NYC Mayor Adams gets rat infestation ticket dismissed

  09-12-2022 20:52 via cnn.com
  
  New York Mayor Eric Adams, a vocal rat opponent who made fighting rodents in the city a priority, got his fine dismissed after he was issued a health code violation for an infestation at his Brooklyn property, his spokesman told CNN Friday.
  
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• Footage Shows Brittney Griner Walk Past 'Merchant of Death' Before Later Setting Foot on American Soil

  09-12-2022 20:49
  WNBA star Brittney Griner crossed paths with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death,” during their prisoner swap at an airport in the United Arab Emirates Thursday.
  In February, Griner was detained at a Moscow airport after Russian customs officials said they found cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage, NPR reported. She pleaded guilty in July and received a nine-year prison sentence the following month.
  Bout was convicted in 2011 on charges of c
  
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• Jailed Missionary Pilot's Pleas Falling on Deaf Ears as Biden Finalizes Brittney Griner Transfer

  09-12-2022 20:32
  Apparently, if you’re an American and you get caught with vape pens full of hash oil at a Russian airport at a time of heightened tensions with the Kremlin, President Joe Biden’s administration will jump-to in order to ensure you’re released. You may even be traded for a murderous arms dealer who earned the moniker “Merchant of Death.”
  If you’re an American missionary pilot working with a Christian organization and your aid missions fall afoul of the ruling go
  
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• Outrage at Starbucks' tipping prompt shows people don't get how the tip con works

  09-12-2022 20:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  It’s Monday morning. Groggy from a lack of caffeine, you pull into the Starbucks drive-thru to buy a cup of coffee.
  
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• You Can Read All the 'Twitter Files' Right Here

  09-12-2022 20:19
  Shortly after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the billionaire entrepreneur pledged to release internal documents that would reveal how Twitter engaged in free speech suppression under previous ownership. The files were released to two independent journalists for review, Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss.On Dec. 2, Taibbi published the first installment of the “Twitter Files” on Twitter. The following is, word-for-word, Taibbi’s reporting on and release of the files. Some links
  
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• South Carolina prosecutors reveal alleged motive in Murdaugh murder case

  09-12-2022 20:17 via cnn.com
  
  South Carolina prosecutors have put forth what they believe was Alex Murdaugh's motive for killing his wife and son.
  
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• Shark attack? Hawaii officials search for woman missing after shark sighting

  09-12-2022 20:15
  
  A man told Maui police that he and a woman were snorkeling about 50 yards from shore when he spotted the shark.      
  
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• Buffalo grocery store mass shooter willing to plead guilty to federal charges if death penalty off the table, attorneys say

  09-12-2022 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded three in a racist attack at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, would be willing to plead guilty to federal charges -- including hate crimes -- if prosecutors agree to take the death penalty off the table, his attorneys said Friday.
  
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• Video: Gun Range Employees Saw Punk Stab Policewoman, Responded with Firepower

  09-12-2022 19:49
  Everyone has heard the adage about the guy who brought a knife to a gunfight.
  But recently, the BlazeTV show “Rick and Bubba” mined the archives for the cautionary tale of a man who allegedly tried to pilfer a gun at concealed carry class and then stabbed a police officer with a screwdriver.
  “If you’re someone who likes to take other people’s things, don’t do it at a concealed carry class where everybody’s got a gun,” host Rick Burgess said.
  But th
  
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• Tucker Carlson: Swap for Brittney Griner Reveals Sick Priorities of Biden Admin

  09-12-2022 19:41
  WNBA star Brittney Griner committed a crime — and what’s more, she did it in a hostile nation where the justice system, such as it is, does not deal with individuals dispassionately or fairly.
  We know she committed a crime because she’s said as much. Unless we discover the statements were made under duress, Griner confessed she had vape pens filled with cannabis oil, an illegal drug in Russia, where she was playing basketball. According to Fox News, when Griner arrived at Mosco
  
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• Elon Musk says Twitter is rolling out a new feature that will flag 'shadowbanning.' It's complicated

  09-12-2022 19:23 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Thursday said he plans to introduce an option to make it possible for users to determine if the company has limited how many other users can view their posts. In doing so, Musk is effectively seizing on an issue that has been a rallying cry among some conservatives who claim the social network has suppressed or "shadowbanned" their content.
  
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• Elton John Takes Swipe at Twitter in Departure Announcement, Elon Musk Responds

  09-12-2022 19:18
  And another one bites the dust.
  Sir Elton John has joined the ranks of the thin-skinned celebrities who cannot bear to remain on a social media platform that doesn’t censor users with whose worldviews they disagree.
  The Grammy winner made the announcement Friday in the same ironically unaware fashion in which so many of them have: on Twitter.
  “All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide ou
  
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• Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein's 2nd sexual assault trial enter 6th day in Los Angeles

  09-12-2022 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  The second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the former movie producer accused of using his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them, entered its sixth day Friday in the hands of a Los Angeles jury.
  
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• Watch: This Press Briefing Didn't End Well - Karine Jean-Pierre Storms Out After Tense Confrontation With Reporter

  09-12-2022 19:12
  It took barely one minute Thursday to bring White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to a boil after one reporter refused to stop asking a question.
  The reporter, who was identified by Mediaite as Simon Ateba, the chief White House correspondent for Today News Africa, took advantage of a momentary pause after Jean-Pierre had pointed at the next reporter who she would recognize.
  “Can you take a question on the U.S.-Africa Summit?” the reporter asked repeatedly.  The summit,
  
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• DOJ prosecutors and Trump attorneys arrive for closed-door hearing on request to hold ex-president in contempt over classified documents

  09-12-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Donald Trump arrived Friday at a courthouse in Washington, DC, for a closed-door hearing on a Justice Department request to hold the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena issued this summer ordering him to turn over classified records.
  
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• Kari Lake Says What She Would've Done in Griner's Place: Refused Release and Made Biden Keep Negotiating

  09-12-2022 18:51
  Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate and former news anchor Kari Lake said she would be inclined to refuse release from a Russian prison if the U.S. were trading someone like the “Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout to get her free.
  There seems to be a pretty wide consensus that the Biden administration got the short end of the negotiating stick in swapping WNBA star Brittney Griner for Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. on weapons charges.
  Griner was convicted in
  
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• Americans' wealth slips further after massive loss

  09-12-2022 18:23 via cnn.com
  Americans' wealth continued to slide in the third quarter as stock prices plunged over the summer.
  
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• Neighbor of Slain Idaho Students Comes Forward, Provides Cops with Shocking Detail They Had No Idea About

  09-12-2022 18:20
  A new round of confusion is emerging in the quadruple murder case in Idaho, concerning a report that one door to the house where four college students were murdered was open hours after the killing.
  Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho, and Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho;  junior Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; and freshman Ethan Chapin, 20, of Mount Vernon, Washington, were killed on Nov. 13. No suspects have been named.
  Fox News reported this week that it wa
  
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• Elon Musk Posts Scathing Six-Word Shot at Biden's Brittney Griner Fiasco

  09-12-2022 18:19
  President Joe Biden’s prisoner exchange of a basketball player for an internationally infamous Russian arms dealer isn’t sitting well with many Americans, including Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
  The White House yesterday announced the deal, in which the U.S. will receive WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was jailed on drug charges, in exchange for the release of Viktor Bout, “The Merchant of Death.”
  Biden alerted the nation on Twitter Thursday that his administration had procured
  
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• Apple made China the backbone of its iPhone assembly. Shifting away could take years

  09-12-2022 18:11 via cnn.com
  In early November, weeks before the peak holiday shopping season was about to kick off, Apple issued an unusual warning: customers would have to wait longer for the new iPhone 14 Pro models. That's because one of its key assembly facilities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou was "operating at significantly reduced capacity" due to Covid curbs.
  
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• Watch: Biden Won't Even Look at Reporters While They Try to Ask Him Questions

  09-12-2022 18:05
  President Joe Biden may not have mastered much as president, but he has perfected his signature move that involves slinking (well, shuffling) away from reporters without answering a single question.
  He appeared to do it once again at the White House Thursday after announcing he would pump some $36 billion dollars into union pensions to keep them afloat, Fox News reported.The administration claimed that this sizable chunk of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan will be funneled to the unions to
  
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• Top Sen. Warns of What's Coming Now That Biden Freed 'Merchant of Death' - This Doesn't Look Good

  09-12-2022 17:51
  Tom Cotton, the Republican senator from Arkansas, has been talking tough lately.
  On Thursday, Cotton aimed his latest burst of strong rhetoric at the Biden administration’s disastrous deal to free WNBA player Brittney Griner. Russia released Griner in exchange for a Russian arms dealer named Viktor Bout.
  Cotton criticized Biden’s deal on a call to Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow during a broadcast of the SiriusXM Patriot program “Breitbart News Daily.”
  Cotton called
  
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• Biden Admin Brags About Freeing Brittney Griner, But There Is One Major Problem: Report

  09-12-2022 17:43
  Lost in the hullaballoo regarding WNBA star Brittney Griner’s release from Russian prison is a little report that should be raising eyebrows: Saudi Arabia may have played a role in her release.
  According to Arab News, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed “led mediation efforts” to secure Griner’s release in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
  The two nations made the claim in a joint st
  
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• UAW wins key vote to represent Ohio electric car battery factory

  09-12-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  Workers at the Ultium Cells plant, co-owned by General Motors and Korean giant LG, voted overwhelmingly this week to join the United Auto Workers union. It's a huge win for the UAW that has major significance for the auto industry.
  
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• Candace Owens Reportedly Scores Legal Victory - Failed Candidate Ordered to Pay $115,000

  09-12-2022 17:21
  A new report says conservative commentator Candace Owens has come out on top after a nearly 18-month court battle with a former Republican candidate for Congress.
  Owens will receive $115,000 in legal fees after former candidate Kimberly Klacik’s defamation suit against her was dismissed, the Daily Wire reported Wednesday.
  The outlet said it had seen copies of the legal documents to verify the outcome of the lawsuit.
  Klacik shot to prominence during the 2020 elections when she was running f
  
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• Malicious use of Apple AirTags could prompt changes

  09-12-2022 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sam Kelly talks to Nightcap's John Sarlin about the lawsuit filed against Apple by two women alleging their exes used AirTags to stalk them. For more, watch the full Nightcap episode here.
  
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• 31-Year-Old NFL Veteran Suffers Stroke While at Home with His Wife

  09-12-2022 17:06
  Carolina Panthers defensive end Henry Anderson is not going to let a stroke stop him from doing what he loves.
  The 31-year-old revealed Wednesday that on Oct. 22, while home with his wife, he could feel his legs and arms going numb. His speech became slurred.
  “It was a stroke, so it’s basically like a blood clot in your brain,” Anderson said, according to ESPN.
  The team put Anderson, who is 6-foot-6 and weighs 301 pounds, on the non-football illness list, from which he was remo
  
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• He Did It Again: Felony Warrant Issued for 'Gender Fluid' Biden Official - Accused of Stealing More Luggage

  09-12-2022 16:46
  A “genderfluid” Biden administration official is facing yet another round of felony theft charges.
  Department of Energy official Sam Brinton is wanted on a charge of grand larceny.
  The charge stems from an alleged luggage theft at Harry Reid International Airport, according to KLAS-TV.
  This is the second criminal case involving Brinton allegedly stealing baggage from an airport.
  Brinton is already facing a felony charge stemming from the alleged theft of a female traveler’s per
  
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