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• 85% of rural land in California is now in 'high' or 'very high' risk for wildfires, new analysis shows

  27-12-2022 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  The climate crisis is among the key factors in a new assessment that shows more than 85% of California's rural and unincorporated land is now in "high" or "very high" severity zones for wildfire danger, the state's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) recently announced.
  
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• Solomon: Why Elon Musk's Margin Call Is Important

  27-12-2022 23:24
  For those of us who are doomscrolling our social media feeds these days, a term that we’re coming across is “margin call.”
  If you follow Elon Musk, it’s something that has been discussed at length over the past couple of weeks in relation to Tesla’s slumping stock price.
  As of Tuesday morning, not long after trading opened, this is what the totality of Tesla’s year looked like:No Tesla stakeholder, from Musk himself down to someone who owns one share of Tesla
  
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• George Santos faces growing condemnation as House GOP leadership remains silent

  27-12-2022 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  GOP Rep.-elect George Santos is facing growing condemnation from House Democrats, some of whom have called on him to step aside, and even from some corners of the GOP, with at least one of his fellow incoming Republicans calling for him to face an ethics investigation. House GOP leadership, however, remains silent over revelations that the New York Republican lied about parts of his biography. 
  
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• Watch: 'Libs of TikTok' Unveils Her Identity, Reveals Secret Offer from DeSantis

  27-12-2022 23:16
  A televised interview last week yielded a surprising anecdote about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  The moment came during Tucker Carlson’s interview with Chaya Raichik, the previously anonymous woman behind the frequently-viral Libs of TikTok Twitter account.
  Although she had previously been interviewed by Carlson, Raichik’s face was shown on air for the first time during the interview on “Tucker Carlson Today.”
  During the interview, Raichik talked about the backlash she has
  
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• Did Fox News Utterly Humiliate MSNBC Hosts at Tree Lighting? Are Lefty News Hacks Greedy Grifters?

  27-12-2022 22:58
  One of the things I decided over this recent Christmas season was that I would ignore the growing specter of the paganization of Christmas, er, “the holidays,” and just focus on Jesus and family.
  And I tried to discard the commercialization, which has long been a problem. “Santa, Baby,” came on my radio and I turned it off  (just hearing the first few notes kept that stupid song in my mind).
  But I decided to just ignore that stuff.
  Problem is, it’s everywhere.
  
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• Man sentenced to 16 years for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

  27-12-2022 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge sentenced a man to 16 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov.
  
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• Families prayed for a miracle as a deadly blizzard trapped their loved ones in cars. None came.

  27-12-2022 22:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  The families prayed for a miracle, knowing their loved ones were trapped in their cars for days as an unprecedented blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, with
  
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• Trump tax returns to be released on Friday

  27-12-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  The House Ways and Means Committee will release former President Donald Trump's tax returns Friday morning, a source familiar confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Trump tax returns to be released to the public Friday, House committee says

  27-12-2022 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House Ways and Means Committee plans to release Donald Trump’s tax returns Friday, a spokesperson for the committee said Tuesday.
  
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• Supreme Court Hands Biden Admin Crushing Defeat, Keeps in Place Trump-Era Policy

  27-12-2022 22:19
  The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely.
  In a Tuesday ruling, the Supreme Court extended a temporary stay that Chief Justice John Roberts issued last week. Under the court’s order, the case will be argued in February and the stay will be maintained until the justices decide the case.
  The limits were put in place under then-President Donald Trump at the beginning of the pandemic. Under the restrictions, officials have turned away most people who
  
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• Go Woke, Go Broke: Disney May Be Forced to Dump 'Cash Cow' Asset - Report

  27-12-2022 22:13
  Things seem to be getting worse and worse for the Walt Disney Company, as a major report has emerged indicating that the company may ditch some of its most profitable assets in the new year.
  On Thursday, Fox Business reported that Wells Fargo analysts predicted that Disney would part ways with ESPN and ABC in late 2023 as part of an effort by returning CEO Bob Iger to focus on content and cost rationalization.
  While ESPN, which is 80 percent owned by Disney, has been described as a “cash c
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals Photo of 'Most Treasured Item' - Liberals Will Hate It

  27-12-2022 22:01
  Native-born Americans could take a lesson from Elon Musk.
  One of the wealthiest men in the world, a billionaire many, many times over, leader of the pioneering aerospace firm SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, Musk has been dominating news cycles for most of 2022 as the purchaser of the social media giant Twitter.
  But the giant of the internet age and naturalized American citizen still looks to the foundation of American democracy for inspiration.
  That was the message of a tweet posted Monday in which Mus
  
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• Congressman-elect George Santos faces increasing calls to resign

  27-12-2022 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep.-elect George Santos is facing increasing calls to resign after he admitted that he fabricated parts of his résumé, including information about his
  
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• Residents of Mississippi capital 'tired of apologies' as water stoppages continue

  27-12-2022 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Residents of Mississippi's largest city are "tired of apologies" but have no choice but to endure ongoing water stoppages in the wake of extreme weather,
  
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• Woman Buys Suitcase at Thrift Store, Reportedly Gets Explosive News at Airport Security

  27-12-2022 21:28
  A traveler may be re-thinking her shopping habits after a suitcase she said she bought at a thrift store attracted unwanted attention from airport security officials.
  The suitcase was believed to have traces of explosives, according to a Nov. 16 post on TikTok that has been viewed more than 650,000 times.
  Zoe Hoyle’s post ran with a label advising, “TAKE NOTE: Don’t buy your case from a charity shop.”
  The attached video clip went on to explain, “My daughter gets sto
  
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• Watch: Elon Musk Reveals Most Shocking Thing About 'Twitter Files,' Makes Major Confession

  27-12-2022 21:10
  Elon Musk was in an interview Saturday on the show “All-In,” a podcast themed on “all things” politics, economics, tech, social and poker.
  During the episode, Musk made a confession that confirmed what many Americans feared: “To be totally frank, almost every conspiracy theory that people had about Twitter turned out to be true,” Musk said.
  “Is there a conspiracy theory about Twitter that didn’t turn out to be true? So far they’ve all turned
  
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• NFL Defensive Legend Announces Retirement After Stellar Game

  27-12-2022 21:02
  Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman J.J. Watt announced Tuesday that he will be retiring from the NFL after the present season.
  Watt’s announcement came two days after the Cardinals played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Christmas Day in a game that the Buccaneers won 16-13 in overtime. Watt recorded a season-high six tackles.
  “Koa’s first ever NFL game. My last ever NFL home game,” Watt wrote in a Tuesday post on Twitter, referring to his son.Koa’s first ever NFL game.
  
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• China Reveals COVID Lockdown Deaths - There's Just One Big Problem

  27-12-2022 20:11
  China has reported only a handful of COVID-19 deaths since the country began lifting its strict lockdown regimen in November, but evidence of mass deaths and funerals belies the official numbers, according to The New York Times.
  Officially, seven people have died since Dec. 7, just after the government reversed the zero-COVID lockdown policy, but evidence from reporters and videos on social media — showing hearses crowding the streets and funeral homes overflowing with body bags — s
  
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• CA University Medical School Apologizes for 'Unethical' Experiments on Inmates

  27-12-2022 20:07
  An internal investigation at the University of California San Francisco found that two medical researchers affiliated with the university had undertaken unethical experiments on inmates of a Bay Area prison in the 1960s and 1970s.
  “UCSF apologizes for its explicit role in the harm caused to the subjects, their families and our community by facilitating this research, and acknowledges the institution’s implicit role in perpetuating unethical treatment of vulnerable and underserved pop
  
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• Russian sausage magnate dies after hotel fall in India

  27-12-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Russian sausage magnate-turned-lawmaker Pavel Antov died in India on Saturday after falling from the third floor of his hotel, according to the Indian police.
  
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• Dick Morris: Trump Has 2 Issues to Ride to the 2024 GOP Nomination

  27-12-2022 19:45
  Out of office, out of power, Donald Trump could be searching for relevance as he starts his 2024 campaign.
  But two serendipitous events have come to his rescue and dumped two potent issues in his lap: The Twitter File exposé and the budget-busting omnibus bill Sen. Mitch McConnell let the Democrats pass, effectively disempowering the new Republican House majority.
  Two great issues to ride: Free speech and fighting McConnell.
  Both issues strike deeply responsive chords with Republican and
  
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• ABC Executive Producer Dies Suddenly at Surprising Age

  27-12-2022 19:34
  A high-level ABC producer known as “an amazing force in the news industry” died suddenly last week at the age of 37.
  Dax Tejera, executive producer of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” suffered a fatal heart attack on Friday, the network announced, according to Deadline.
  ABC News President Kim Godwin announced the death Saturday in a memo to network employees, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
  “It’s with a heavy heart and great sadness that we share t
  
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• Black creators say they ‘have to be perfect’ to get promotional products from brands. They want that to change.

  27-12-2022 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Creators of color have spoken out about inequality in the influencer industry for years. But disparity in PR lists recently sparked debate on TikTok.
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg Steps in It Again: Gets Creamed by Holocaust Survivor

  27-12-2022 18:28
  She got suspended from her job on “The View” and was forced to apologize less than a year ago.
  But her view hasn’t changed at all.
  And now, Whoopi Goldberg is getting a richly deserved shaming from the people who know best.
  The ABC personality, who has been inflicting her arrogance and ignorance on the American public for 15 years from her perch on the cackle-fest “The View,” made headlines in January with the ludicrously ignorant claim that the Holocaust wasn&rsquo
  
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• Man dies in Christmas Day avalanche in Colorado

  27-12-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  A 44-year-old man died in an avalanche in Colorado on Christmas Day, authorities said.
  
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• Roberto Clemente remains Latino legend 50 years after death

  27-12-2022 17:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  When Puerto Ricans belt the name Roberto Clemente in song, they want the world to understand their pride, unity and culture.
  
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• Serbian Army at Highest 'Readiness' - NATO Could Get Huge Test

  27-12-2022 16:53
  Serbia is rattling sabers with one of its neighbors in a geopolitical feud that could involve NATO.
  The country’s leaders say the Serbian army is at its “highest level of combat readiness” in the wake of new tensions between the country and Kosovo.
  Aleksandar Vucic, the Balkan nation’s president, is pledging to “take all measures to protect our people and preserve Serbia” amid the tensions, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
  The Serbian military said it has moved ar
  
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• Man in homophobic, racist In-N-Out TikTok video is arrested on hate crime charges

  27-12-2022 16:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man was arrested on hate crime charges after, police said, a TikTok video showed him hurling homophobic and racist remarks at a Korean American man and woman
  
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• Battleground State's Colleges Could Get Overrun by Illegal Immigrants

  27-12-2022 16:41
  Arizona colleges are preparing to enroll more illegal immigrants this spring after voters approved a ballot measure to allow undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition, Arizona Public Media reported.
  Voters approved Proposition 308 during the midterm elections with 51.7 percent of the vote to allow all students to receive in-state tuition regardless of immigration status so long as they graduated from an Arizona high school which they attended for a minimum of two years.
  Undocumented
  
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• Piers Morgan's Twitter account posts offensive tweets before disappearing

  27-12-2022 16:17 via cnn.com
  
  Controversial British television host Piers Morgan's Twitter account sent out explicit, derogatory tweets to his 8.3 million followers Tuesday about the late Queen Elizabeth, singer Ed Sheeran, boxer Andrew Tate and others, before partially disappearing for some users.
  
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• Representative-Elect Comes Clean on Big Lies After Win, But He Still Plans to Serve the Entire Term

  27-12-2022 13:52
  If one is against politics as usual — “usual” being defined as employing lying, cheating, flattery, toadying and other forms of chicanery to bump one’s way up the rungs of the power structure’s scaffolding — then it has to include holding politicians accountable, even when they’re on the same side.
  That’s why conservatives need to insist that the incoming House GOP leadership take a good look at Rep.-elect George Santos, and ask if Republicans real
  
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• Kim Kardashian breaks down in tears over how hard co-parenting is with Ye

  27-12-2022 13:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kim Kardashian broke down in tears while discussing the difficulty of co-parenting with Ye during an interview with Angie Martinez.
  
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• Air Force quietly speeds up plans to eliminate spy planes on the front line of America's fentanyl war

  27-12-2022 13:01 via cnn.com
  
  The US Air Force is moving up its timeline for scrapping a small fleet of surveillance planes used to help take fentanyl pills off the streets, telling National Guard pilots they must fly their aircraft to the boneyard by the end of the month so they can be stripped for parts, according to documents obtained by CNN.
  
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• Exclusive: $4 gas could return as soon as May, GasBuddy projects

  27-12-2022 13:00 via cnn.com
  
  Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.
  
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• $4 gas could return as soon as May, GasBuddy says

  27-12-2022 13:00 via cnn.com
  
  Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.
  
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• $4 gas could return as soon as May, GasBuddy projects

  27-12-2022 13:00 via cnn.com
  
  Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.
  
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• This little-known firm with a weird website was central to the misappropriation of FTX customers' money, regulators say

  27-12-2022 12:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Regulators say a company called North Dimension, part of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, was central to the misappropriation of FTX customers’ funds.
  
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• What 2022's box-office hits told us about this cultural pastime

  27-12-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hits like Top Gun, Wakanda Forever and Avatar proved that the streaming stopgaps we’d used during the Covid lockdown wouldn't be the end of movie theaters.
  
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• Researcher: As Inflation Rises, World Faces A Recession In 2023

  27-12-2022 09:55
  Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced that it will raise interest rates by a 0.5 percentage point to 4.5. ALEX WONG/BENZINGA
  The global economy breached $100 trillion for the first time in 2022 but will stall in 2023 in the backdrop of policymakers continuing their fight against inflation, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Re
  
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• FEC Paperwork Filed for Mike Pence 2024 Run - Then Pence Camp Issues Message That Changes Everything

  27-12-2022 01:09
  A Federal Elections Committee filing in the name of former Vice President Mike Pence made it appear as if Pence was announcing a 2024 presidential campaign on Monday.
  The document indicated that Pence was running for President in the 2024 election, and identified the mailing address for his campaign committee as a post office box in Anderson, Indiana.
  However, the document, which some members of the media believed was real, is inauthentic.Odd story.
  An FEC filing shows Mike Pence filed to run fo
  
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• Purple Heart Veteran Thinks He's Going to Be Honored at Ceremony, Instead Receives Brand-New House

  27-12-2022 00:50
  Aaron Cabrera knows a lot about suffering and loss. He’s experienced much of both in his life, but continues to push himself to learn, improve himself, and serve others.
  Cabrera was born in Cuba but his family sought political asylum in the United States. The day after 9/11, when he was living in Texas as a young 20-something, Cabrera felt the need to serve this great country and got up and enrolled in the Army.
  Nearly nine years later, and after two tours in Iraq, Cabrera was not the same
  
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