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• Watch: Man Uses Thief As Human Shield to Fend Off Other Thieves, All in His Underwear

  28-12-2022 23:55
  Aussie man Steve Middleton, 50, awoke to a ruckus at his home in Gold Coast, Australia. It was 4:30 a.m. and someone was rummaging through his car.
  Crikey.
  When he discovered he was being burglarized, he wasted no time getting fully dressed.
  “I was naked; I woke up, found a pair of underpants, threw ’em on, ran outside, scared one of them — managed to tackle him,” Middleton told Nine News.
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• Heroic Woman Tricks Alleged Kidnapper Into Car, Takes Her on Nightmare Ride She'll Never Forget

  28-12-2022 23:55
  Two Indianapolis women helped police apprehend a suspect behind the kidnapping of two five-month-old babies from Columbus and even helped locate one of the missing boys in Ohio last week, according to news reports.
  Shyann Belmar told WSYX-TV that she met the suspect, Nalah Jackson, at a gas station Dec. 20. Jackson asked for a ride, and Belmar agreed, WRGT-TV reported.
  At that time, Belmar was unaware Jackson was wanted for the kidnapping of Kyair and Kason Thomas. The two babies had been in the
  
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• Elon Musk Gives 100% Biblical Take on Hell After Making Chilling Announcement

  28-12-2022 23:44
  An Elon Musk tweet from May contains a chilling but Biblical take on death and Hell.
  In May of this year, Musk tweeted a response to a Twitter user who asked if he had figured out that there is “a great creator of this world” and asked him to confess it before his “last heart beat”
  Musk gave a chilling response to the Tweet, saying “Thank you for the blessing, but I’m ok with going to hell, if that is indeed my destination, since the vast majority of all human
  
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• Why that 'free' Starbucks drink will cost you more

  28-12-2022 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Starbucks is making changes to its rewards program, requiring members to spend more to earn some popular freebies.
  
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• Why that 'free' Starbucks drink is about to cost you more

  28-12-2022 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Starbucks is making changes to its rewards program, requiring members to spend more to earn some popular freebies.
  
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• Tesla Owner Goes Viral After Car Fails to Charge During Frigid Temps - That Wasn't Even the Worst Part

  28-12-2022 23:19
  The story of an electric car charging problem in the dead of winter experienced by a Virginia radio show host went viral this week, once again highlighting the major issues with owning an EV.
  Domenick Nati, who hosts a radio show focused on celebrities and movie stars, took to his social media accounts on Christmas Eve to voice his frustration that his Tesla was refusing to take a charge during the frigid winter weather that fell across the country last week, showing more limitations for EVs.
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• Trump aide told Jan. 6 panel Meadows burned documents a dozen times in transition period

  28-12-2022 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  • READ: Former Trump White House aide's testimony to House January 6 committee
  • Video: Gloria Borger reacts to 'stunning' testimony alleging Meadows burned documents
  
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• Biden Nominee's Past Catches Up During Senate Confirmation - 1 Choice Set Up an 11-Year-Old's Murder

  28-12-2022 22:58
  The Senate failed to confirm one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees after learning that he released a criminal on bail who later went on to murder an 11-year-old child.
  According to Fox News, Biden had nominated Judge Todd Edelman to serve on the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the district’s Superior Court.
  During his time on the Superior Court, Edelman presided over the case of Christian Wingfield, who was in prison awaiting trial for illegal
  
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• Gen. Grant Posthumously Promoted to Highest US Military Rank in Existence - Honor Shared with Just 2 Others

  28-12-2022 22:48
  An American president and Civil War hero is being distinguished with a rare honor offered only two times previously in American history.
  President Ulysses S. Grant is being posthumously promoted to General of the Armies of the United States.
  The rank is the highest in the United States military.
  Grant is being posthumously promoted in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, according to the Association of the United States Army.
  President Joe Biden signed the annual military appropriation a
  
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• On Denzel Washington's Birthday, Let's Remember the Epic Prayer He Shared Years Ago

  28-12-2022 22:33
  Denzel Washington has found fame and fortune in Hollywood and on Broadway, achieving some of the highest honors in his profession.
  But the actor, who turns 68 today, is almost as well-known for his Christian faith as he is for his two Oscars, his Tony award and numerous other honors and nominations.
  In a 2014 speech to a group of actors, Washington emphasized the crucial need for prayer, according to The Christian Post.
  “I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that
  
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• Hackers accessed data on 270,000 patients from Louisiana hospital system in attempted ransomware attack

  28-12-2022 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  Hackers accessed the personal data of nearly 270,000 patients in an attempted ransomware attack on a Louisiana health care system in October, a spokesperson for the system told CNN Wednesday.
  
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• Michelle Obama Bomb: 'I Couldn't Stand' Barack for 10 Years, Has Only Been Happy for 2/3 of Marriage

  28-12-2022 22:13
  Marriage can already be a stressful and taxing powder keg for an average American. Adding a public microscope and the prying eyes of the American populace will, by any metric, not help with potential marital woes.
  That being said, it’s still raising a few eyebrows that former first lady Michelle Obama had some … choice words to describe a low point in her marriage to former President Barack Obama.
  In a December interview with Revolt, a music-oriented network founded by Sean “D
  
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• Biden Admin To Mandate COVID Tests For Travelers From China

  28-12-2022 21:59
  The Biden administration announced new restrictions on inbound travelers from China Wednesday.
  Starting Jan. 5, all travelers from China above the age of 2 will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 48 hours of departure, The Associated Press reported.
  U.S. health officials say the move is aimed at stemming a rebound of COVID-19 cases after China eased its lockdown policies over the past weeks have caused a surge in cases across the country.
  “There are mounting concer
  
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• Donald Trump Takes 'Old Crow' McConnell to the Wood Chipper Over Deal with 'The Marxist Democrats'

  28-12-2022 21:31
  When former President Donald Trump uses his incredible and often hilarious ability to nickname you, there’s a good chance you’ve dropped the proverbial ball.
  Just look at Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently felt the full wrath of Trump’s verbal judo.
  In the wake of Congress passing the year-end, $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, which was filled with disgustingly outrageous amounts of government pork, the former president took to his Truth Social
  
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• Hackers access data on 270,000 patients from Louisiana hospital system in attempted ransomware attack

  28-12-2022 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  Hackers accessed the personal data of nearly 270,000 patients in an attempted ransomware attack on a Louisiana health care system in October, a spokesperson for the system told CNN Wednesday.
  
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• Boy, 11, Runs Into Burning Apartment to Save 2-Year-Old Sister: 'I Would Risk My Life for My Sister'

  28-12-2022 20:49
  On Nov. 22, Keishauna Banks went to the store to shop for her family’s Thanksgiving meal. Her two children, La’Prentis Doughty, 11, and Loyalty Doughty, 2, were at home at the family’s Salisbury, Maryland, apartment.
  At around 6:00 p.m., trouble started to brew. An outlet in one of the second-floor bedrooms experienced some sort of electrical malfunction and a fire started, according to WLBT.
  The smoke alarm went off, and La’Prentis quickly realized what was wrong. He ran
  
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• Tent processing center for migrants going up in El Paso, expected to increase capacity by 1,000

  28-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  In response to the increased number of migrants crossing the border in El Paso, US Customs and Border Protection is erecting a soft-sided tent facility to increase migrant processing capacity by about 1,000, according to Landon Hutchens, US Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.
  
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• Tent processing center for migrants going up in El Paso

  28-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  In response to the increased number of migrants crossing the border in El Paso, US Customs and Border Protection is erecting a soft-sided tent facility to increase migrant processing capacity by about 1,000, according to Landon Hutchens, US Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.
  
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• Processing center for migrants going up in El Paso

  28-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  In response to the increased number of migrants crossing the border in El Paso, US Customs and Border Protection is erecting a soft-sided tent facility to increase migrant processing capacity by about 1,000, according to Landon Hutchens, US Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.
  
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• Biden's Own Campaign Implicated in Twitter Records Drop, But It Was Silently Scrubbed from the Internet

  28-12-2022 20:07
  As you probably know by now, Twitter was involved in massive censorship in the 2020 presidential election.
  Tracking the multiple tentacles of that censorship and influence manipulation lead directly to the Biden campaign, according to Rogan O’Handley tweets.
  The tweets, scrubbed from Twitter but compiled in an O’Handley archive known as “Twitter Files Part 9,” show then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla working with National Association of Secretaries of State Director of C
  
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• Woman Goes to Purchase Car, Ends Up with Gun to Her Head and Entire Life Savings Gone: Police

  28-12-2022 19:54
  A dangerous trend has emerged on Facebook’s Marketplace that involves tricking buyers into meeting and then robbing them at gunpoint.
  One Michigan woman who said she fell victim to the scam is lucky to be alive after a potentially deadly encounter.
  WLWT-TV, citing police, said a woman named Nijme Fardous answered an advertisement on the popular Facebook Marketplace for a used 2020 Ford Explorer, listed at $15,000 but four hours away from the vehicle’s location in Cincinnati.
  After co
  
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• Leftists Come Unglued with Kyle Rittenhouse's Special Christmas Message in Latest Legal Battle

  28-12-2022 19:21
  Kyle Rittenhouse is still driving the left crazy.
  Readers will remember that Rittenhouse, now 19, was acquitted last year in the self-defense shooting deaths of two men who attacked him during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the blighted summer of 2020. He was also acquitted of wounding a third man.
  Now, Rittenhouse is defending himself in a civil lawsuit related to the case, and he’s coming under attack all over again.
  The latest front is a fundraising page Rittenhouse established to figh
  
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• Tax credit confusion could create a rush for electric vehicles in early 2023

  28-12-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  As the new year begins, a number of popular electric vehicles, specifically some Tesla and General Motors models, could be eligible for $7,500 worth of tax credits they weren't eligible for in 2022. But that eligibility may last only last a few months.
  
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• Tax credit confusion could create a rush for electric vehicles in 2023

  28-12-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  As the new year begins, a number of popular electric vehicles, specifically some Tesla and General Motors models, could be eligible for $7,500 worth of tax credits they weren't eligible for in 2022. But that eligibility may last only last a few months.
  
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• 'Mike Tyson-Lite': Undefeated Boxing Superstar and Champion Arrested After Latest Run-In with the Law

  28-12-2022 18:41
  Boxing world champion Gervonta Davis, nicknamed “Tank,” was arrested on Tuesday on a domestic violence charge.
  Davis, 28, was jailed in Broward County, Florida, on a charge of battery causing bodily harm, and was still in custody as of Wednesday morning, according to records obtained by multiple outlets, including ESPN and the New York Post.
  Details of the arrest and the alleged domestic violence incident were not available.
  Bond was set at $1,000, according to ESPN.
  Unfortunately fo
  
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• 16-Year-Old Dead from Series of Strokes - Blocked Arteries at Base of Brain

  28-12-2022 18:25
  A 16-year-old high school hockey player in St. Paul, Minnesota, died on Christmas Day after first suffering a stroke on Dec. 6.
  Cormick James Scanlan had moyamoya, a blood-vessel disorder predominantly affecting children, making them more likely to have a stroke, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
  “We went from a Monday practice where he was sitting on the players’ bench,” Scanlan’s coach, Derek Weinke, told KMSP-TV. “I just said, ‘Hey, what’s going o
  
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• Opera Singer Puts Down Microphone to Become Successful Gold Dredge Captain in Alaska

  28-12-2022 18:02
  Emily Riedel is apparently a woman who enjoys a good challenge.
  The former opera singer was already in a competitive industry, just being in the arts.
  In 2012, at the tender age of 21, she decided to take the summer off in an attempt to make some money dredging gold in Alaska. Her original plan was to go to Europe that fall to pursue a master’s degree in opera.
  “It’s crazy to think about. I wanted to fund a master’s degree in opera abroad. A friend of mine invited me
  
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• Suspect in a series of killings in California is charged with additional murder counts

  28-12-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  An additional five charges were filed Tuesday against a Stockton man already charged with murder in a series of killings in Northern California, San Joaquin County prosecutors said Tuesday.
  
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• Watch: Viral Video Exposes Exactly How the McRib is Made, And It's Grossing Some People Out

  28-12-2022 17:26
  A viral video of the McDonald’s McRib sandwich grossed out some people on social media, but others remain loyal fans of the seasonal boneless pork sensation.
  A Twitter post showing how the barbecue pork sandwich is made has garnered more than 8.5 million views and was flooded with replies, with some commenters saying they were turned off after seeing the behind-the-scenes machinations.
  The video was created by YouTuber Stephen Patula, the owner and operator of a McDonald’s franchise
  
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• Biden administration renews commitment to free Paul Whelan on fourth anniversary of his detention in Russia

  28-12-2022 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration on Wednesday renewed its commitment to secure the release of American Paul Whelan on the fourth anniversary of his wrongful detention in Russia, as Whelan's family expressed hope that he would not mark yet another milestone in Russian prison.
  
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• Mega Millions jackpot now up to $640 million

  28-12-2022 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  No winner emerged in the $565 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Tuesday night, and that means some lucky ticket-buyer has a chance of taking home an estimated $640 million ($328 million in cash) in the final Mega Millions drawing of 2022.
  
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• Why Southwest is melting down

  28-12-2022 16:09 via cnn.com
  
  A punishing winter storm that dumped multiple feet of snow across much of America led to widespread flight cancellations over the Christmas holiday. By Monday, air travel was more or less back to normal -- unless you booked your holiday travel with Southwest Airlines.
  
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• 5 Robbery Suspects Thought Throwing Merchandise Out of Car at 133 MPH Would Help Their Cause - It Didn't

  28-12-2022 16:04
  The Ulta Beauty Supply store in Texarkana, Texas, notified the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department that they had been robbed on Dec. 14.
  After information about the robbery was announced by Central Dispatch, officers in the area came across a white Chevrolet Malibu, according to the Texarkana Facebook page.
  Officers had reason to believe this car contained the stolen items because the merchandise was tagged with tracking devices, allowing police to pinpoint its location, according to KTHV.
  When
  
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• As the market for new weight loss drugs soars, people with diabetes pay the price

  28-12-2022 15:59 via cnn.com
  
  The drug that Jeremy Mitchell takes to manage his diabetes, Ozempic, has become a hot new weight loss fad, and now he's having trouble finding it.
  
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• Watch: Tucker Carlson Unveils Four Biggest Liberal Lies of 2022

  28-12-2022 15:04
  It’s not that liberals don’t lie in other calendar years, but 2022 was a special annus indeed.
  Sure, there was no, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky” moment. If something like that was sprang upon President Joe Biden, we also ought to face the facts — he wouldn’t remember anyway.
  But, we did have us quite the bushel of little lies. Jussie Smollett was sentenced. Economic figures were fudged. Recession was redefined. And whatever J
  
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• USMC Vet Marks 4-Year Anniversary of Capture While Biden Admin Flounders on Release

  28-12-2022 15:01
  The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the Russian arrest of former Marine and American businessman Paul Whelan, whose continued imprisonment is one of several major irritants in tattered relations between Washington and Moscow.
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday that securing Whelan’s release remains a top administration priority.
  U.S. officials reportedly attempted to include Whelan in a prisoner swap earlier this month — where
  
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• NBC Up in Arms That Those Fleeing Communist Dictatorships Get 'Arbitrary' Asylum Preference

  28-12-2022 14:42
  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court saved President Joe Biden’s administration from itself: It upheld Title 42 regulations that allow the government to summarily deport most illegal immigrants, regardless of whether they’re claiming to seek political asylum.
  Title 42, for the unfamiliar, refers to a World War II-era public health code invoked in the early days of the COVID pandemic by then-President Donald Trump’s administration to expediently deport almost all who entered the countr
  
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• Afghan interpreter risked his life for US Marines. Now they're fighting for him to stay in the US

  28-12-2022 14:19 via cnn.com
  
  It was November 2010 and a platoon of Marines was patrolling outside of a village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan -- slowly, and carefully, to avoid accidentally stepping on hidden improvised explosive devices. They walked in a single file line meant to reduce the risk of multiple Marines being taken out in one blast.
  
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• Kamala Harris Repeats Highly Dubious Holiday Statement for Yet Another Year, Public Response Is Pure Ridicule

  28-12-2022 13:40
  It’s kujichagulia time again, apparently.
  As you doubtlessly know if you have a child with a woke teacher, Kwanzaa is yet again upon us. On Monday, the non-denominational celebration of African-American heritage began; the seven-day festival runs through Jan. 1, celebrating one principle of the black American experience each night.
  Not that many even celebrate, mind you. In 2019, USA Today found that of those planning to celebrate a winter holiday, only 2.6 percent would be celebratin
  
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• Wall Street's dirty secret: It's terrible at forecasting stocks

  28-12-2022 13:24 via cnn.com
  
  December is a month full of market predictions for the year to come. Everyone, from economists to analysts to grocers, seems to have a strong feeling about how stocks will behave going forward.
  
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• Dog that inspired 'doge' meme is seriously ill

  28-12-2022 09:18 via cnn.com
  
  Kabosu, the internet-famous dog who inspired the "doge" meme and influenced digital culture for a decade, is seriously ill with leukemia and liver disease.
  
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• No Mega Millions jackpot winner; estimated prize now $640 million

  28-12-2022 07:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  No one won Tuesday’s $565 million Mega Millions jackpot, meaning the prize will grow to an estimated $640 million, game officials said.
  
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• 'Never flying Southwest again': Stranded and frustrated customers scramble to find flights and alternative travel

  28-12-2022 06:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Frustrated Southwest passengers shared their frustrations with NBC News amid widespread flight cancellations at the airline.
  
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• Biden and his team feeling vindicated by a 2022 turnaround built on the same decades-old principles

  28-12-2022 06:02 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spent hours during his first foreign trip behind closed doors, attempting to reassure a shaken group of US allies that America was back. It was clear, he later told advisers, just how much work remained to convince them of the durability of that commitment.
  
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• How one local health department is fighting vaccine misinformation — and may be winning

  28-12-2022 03:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Flu and child vaccine rates falter as public health agencies battle health misinformation. The mistrust often reserved for Covid vaccines now threatens other health priorities.
  
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• Judge orders Kari Lake to compensate Katie Hobbs for some fees

  28-12-2022 03:26 via cnn.com
  
  A Maricopa County judge on Tuesday ordered Arizona Republican Kari Lake to compensate Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs for some legal fees related to the election lawsuit Lake had brought challenging her loss, but he stopped short of sanctioning Lake for filing the lawsuit.
  
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• Three dead after falling through ice on Arizona lake

  28-12-2022 03:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three people are dead after they fell through the ice on a lake in central Arizona.   The three were walking on Woods Canyon Lake, about 30 miles from the
  
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• Officials seeking surveillance video after 4 Washington substations were vandalized

  28-12-2022 02:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities in Washington state were asking for surveillance video Tuesday as they investigate what deliberate damage to power substations.
  
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• 'It's a Wonderful Life' Star Quietly Kept Hundreds of Letters Long After WWII Was Over

  28-12-2022 01:33
  Seventeen years after her mother’s death, the daughter of a beloved Hollywood star found a poignant keepsake showcasing the love her mother had for U.S. servicemen.
  Mary Owen, the daughter of Oscar-winning actress Donna Reed, discovered a shoebox filled with over 350 letters from American soldiers, thanking her for performing for them during World War II.
  According to Fox News, the discovery was made in 2003 at Reed’s old Beverly Hills home; the letters had been carefully packed away
  
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• Supreme Court keeps controversial border restriction in effect

  28-12-2022 00:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 will remain in effect while legal challenges play out, a move that ensures that federal officials will be able to continue to swiftly expel migrants at US borders at least for the next several months.
  
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