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• Biden Posts Gloating Video Signing 65 Bills - There's One Glaring Problem

  29-12-2022 23:55
  Garçon, I would like a fact-check with this slice of propaganda please.
  And not even a big, juicy fat check. Even a “missing context” ruling would do this cringe-worthy Twitter video some justice.
  First, the video, wherein President Joe Biden gloats about how fast he can work and how much he’s working for the American people:At the end of a historic, productive session of Congress full of bipartisan results, I still have a few bills left to sign.
  Take a guess how long it
  
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• Key findings from the latest Jan. 6 panel transcripts, including from Donald Trump Jr. and others

  29-12-2022 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  The House January 6 committee on Thursday released another wave of witness interview transcripts.
  
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• Major Dem Congressman, Trump Impeachment Manager Announces Cancer Diagnosis

  29-12-2022 23:44
  A top House Democrat who was pivotal to the second Trump impeachment effort and the Jan. 6 committee has received a serious medical diagnosis.
  Jamie Raskin of Maryland announced in a Wednesday news release that he has cancer.
  “After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, which is a serious but curable form of cancer,” Raskin said.
  “I am about to embark on a course of chemo-immunotherapy on an outpatient basis at Med Star Georgetown Univ
  
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• George Santos' claim about his mother and 9/11 faces scrutiny amid his other lies

  29-12-2022 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  As Rep.-elect George Santos continues to face scrutiny for false claims the New York Republican has made about his biography, another story is being questioned: that his mother was at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and that the incident played a role in her death.
  
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• Coast Guard Rescues Man and Two Dogs from Sinking Ship, One Dog Reportedly Still Missing

  29-12-2022 23:21
  Many people like going on adventures with their pets, whether traveling by land, air, or sea. Plenty of pets, especially dogs, adapt well to this lifestyle — but when accidents happen to owners, it adds an extra element to their rescue to save the animals as well.
  One man set out on a sailboat with his dogs before experiencing problems off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Early Wednesday morning, the boat lost power and ran aground about three miles from the Jordan River.
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• Public School Teachers Prepare to Strike Over Violent Students

  29-12-2022 23:02
  Akron Public School teachers announced they would go on strike days after students are scheduled to return from winter break and cited safety as one of their top concerns after multiple reports of campus violence, according to a Thursday news release.
  The strike is scheduled to begin on Jan. 9 while students return to classrooms on Jan. 6, according to WJW.
  Akron Educational Association (AEA) union members claimed that school safety was a top concern for its members after students exhibited viol
  
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• Warren Buffett Breaks His Own Policy, Jumps Headfirst Into Politics

  29-12-2022 22:55
  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett broke with his practice of staying out of local politics to urge his hometown of Omaha to abandon its planned streetcar project because he says it’s too expensive and not as flexible as buses.
  Buffett wrote a letter to the editor of the Omaha World-Herald and met with the mayor this week to lobby against the $306 million project and urge the city to let residents vote on it.
  But city officials are moving forward with the streetcar because they believe it
  
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• Professor in 'Abject Terror' When He Realizes How Student Is Using New Tech

  29-12-2022 22:23
  It would be nice if scientists and engineers took a couple hours out of their day to watch a “Terminator” movie.
  Because the only explanation for their insistence on developing artificial intelligence is that they haven’t seen any of those movies.
  Take, for example, the recent popularization of the ChatGPT AI chatbot.
  For those unfamiliar with ChatGPT, you can visit the site here, though fair warning, the site is frequently inaccessible due to the high volume of users. ChatGPT
  
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• FBI offers $10,000 reward for information on vandalism at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta

  29-12-2022 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI Atlanta field office is offering a $10,000 reward for information regarding a vandalism incident that took place at Georgia's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary this summer, the agency said in a news release Thursday.
  
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• Time Magazine Scorched for Declaring Exercise to Be a Tool for 'Reinforcing White Supremacy'

  29-12-2022 21:54
  The left’s ongoing campaign against excellence may be running out of gas. In an effort to remain relevant in the culture wars, Time magazine has crossed the line into absurdity. Either that or they’ve decided to compete with The Babylon Bee.
  The Time article “The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise, and 6 Other Surprising Facts about the History of U.S. Physical Fitness” asked, “How did U.S. exercise trends go from reinforcing white supremacy to celebrating Richar
  
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• Drollinger: How to Choose a Good Pastor

  29-12-2022 21:36
  Today, many thoughts abound as to what a pastor is or should be like.
  Some view him as a nice teddy bear who hugs and walks beside you. Others see him as the Sunday morning event leader, the good-looking CEO of a slick, market-driven outreach. Others view the pastor as someone who can heal the congregants’ physical ailments by touching the flat screen. Others can’t wait to get pumped up by this week’s prosperity message. And then some view pastors as impersonal and removed blac
  
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• Disney Issues Rare Warning, Tells Parkgoers Exactly What It Expects from Them

  29-12-2022 21:33
  As excited families descend on Disneyland in California and Florida-based Walt Disney World during the theme parks’ busiest season, the entertainment conglomerate is warning guests not to behave like jerks and ruin other people’s vacations.
  Both resorts added courtesy sections to their websites, reminding visitors that Disney expects them to behave like well-mannered human beings.
  They added that guests will be kicked out of the amusement park if they abuse employees or other patrons
  
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• Biden Faces Civil War as Organization Dedicated to Stopping Him Opens Fire from the Left

  29-12-2022 21:16
  It’s the leftist version of “Let’s Go Brandon” — and it’s likely to mean a real headache for President Joe Biden.
  A progressive group — that came out the day after the midterm elections with an advertisement in New Hampshire asking Democrats to turn down another Biden bid for the presidency — has expanded the campaign to three more states that are crucial to the early stages of the presidential race in 2024.
  So bad news for Biden is getting worse.
  
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• Texas School District Pulls LGBT Books from Library Shelves, Gets a Shock Notice from Biden Administration

  29-12-2022 20:46
  Confuse and conquer. That’s the strategy employed by progressives to entangle the most vulnerable and valuable — our schoolchildren — in the web of their radical agenda. The strategy is designed to cause either division or, preferably, conformity.
  A North Texas school district whose superintendent was secretly recorded ordering librarians to remove LGBT-themed library books has been targeted by the U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm, according to NBC
  
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• The $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill Is Being Flown to Biden's Caribbean Retreat for Signing: Report

  29-12-2022 20:30
  The polarizing and controversial $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill is getting the VIP treatment, apparently.
  Fox Business White House correspondent Edward Lawrence reported that the bill is on its way to the St. Croix, which is where Biden is vacationing for New Year’s.A White House Official tells me the Omnibus Bill is in possession of the White House. It has to be signed by Dec 30th. The Official says at some point it will be transported to St Croix for POTUS to sign to make the Dec 30
  
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• Soccer Legend, 3x World Cup Champ Pelé Has Died at 82

  29-12-2022 19:53
  Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
  The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. He had been hospitalized for the last month with multiple ailments.
  His agent Joe Fraga confirmed his death.
  Widely regarded as one of soccer’s greatest players, Pelé spent nearly two decades enchanting
  
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• Army Private Tries Flying Home for Christmas, Ends Up Stuck in Nightmare as Parents Frantically Try to Fix It

  29-12-2022 19:51
  Amiah Manlove used most of her savings to buy a $711 airline ticket to go home for the holidays. Then the Army private got stuck midway through the over 4,000-mile journey from Hawaii to Indianapolis and had to sleep on an airport floor.
  Manlove, 20, an active-duty soldier stationed in Oahu, was among the many travelers whose holiday plans were upended when Southwest Airlines canceled wave after wave of flights across the country. Her father then spent his rent money to buy her a new flight afte
  
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• Tesla shares are down 70% for the year

  29-12-2022 19:46 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla's stock is finishing out its tumultuous year with yet more turbulence: It's up almost 6% Thursday, but still down more than 10% since last week. And a new cut to its price target from Morgan Stanley isn't helping.
  
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• Warning: Your Child's Favorite Video Game Could Be Hiding a 'Criminal Underworld' Right Under Your Nose

  29-12-2022 19:41
  There are two video game franchises that have become so ubiquitous with today’s youth that you’d be remiss not to know about them.
  The first, Fortnite, is a fairly well-known commodity at this point. It’s a battle royale shooter game that tones down the typical violence found in shooters with its cartoonish aesthetics.
  The other? Well, if you’re not already familiar with the world of “Roblox,” you had better brush up on it because there’s greater-than-ze
  
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• Why Southwest is still melting down

  29-12-2022 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  It's Thursday. The Christmas storm that dumped many feet of snow across most of America was mostly over by Monday. Still, Southwest Airlines canceled another 2,300 flights today, long after its rivals had resumed normal service.
  
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• Green Energy Just Got a Big Test and It Didn't Do Great

  29-12-2022 19:35
  Renewable energy was unable to generate sufficient power to meet elevated energy demand during Christmas Eve snowstorms that pummeled the northeastern U.S. and Texas.
  Although wind turbines, solar panels and other forms of green energy have been consistently touted by the Biden administration as reliable alternatives to fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, renewables accounted for a small percentage of grids’ power output after snowstorms and a “bomb cyclone” nearly caused p
  
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• Analysis: Why Southwest is still melting down

  29-12-2022 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  It's Thursday. The Christmas storm that dumped many feet of snow across most of America was mostly over by Monday. Still, Southwest Airlines canceled another 2,300 flights today, long after its rivals had resumed normal service.
  
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• Move Over Tom Brady: Retired NFL Headcase May Snatch His 'Oldest Player in League History' Title

  29-12-2022 18:53
  NFL fans may want to get their popcorn ready.
  One of the most talented, troubled and polarizing NFL stars of all time could be making a comeback at the ripe age of 49-years old.
  Nominally retired NFL receiver and former All-Pro, Terrell Owens, “has been in contact” with one of his former teams about a potential return, according to what his agent told Sports Illustrated.
  Owens, a former standout with the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals,
  
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• 'Atmospheric River' Pummels West Coast, Over 100,000 Without Power - Wind Gusts Over 100 MPH Recorded

  29-12-2022 18:33
  An unusual weather phenomenon took out the power of more than 100,000 residents of the West Coast on Tuesday.
  A torrent of rainfall impacted California, Oregon and Washington, according to Fox News.
  The inclement weather was caused by a low-pressure air system in the Pacific Northwest. Meteorologists call this weather tendency an “atmospheric river.”
  Approximately 16,000 customers of one Oregon electrical utility company lost power as a result of the storm.Widespread outages. Tillamo
  
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• Christmas Miracle for Neglected Momma Dog About to Deliver Pups in Freezing Cold

  29-12-2022 18:25
  Many good Samaritans see and report sad cases of animal neglect and abuse, and as the colder months approach, many of those calls are regarding animals that have been given inadequate shelter from the elements.
  The Richmond Animal Care and Control in Richmond, Virginia, was made aware of a case involving a very pregnant pit bull mix that had been left outdoors in freezing temperatures, with no shelter except a wooden doghouse full of water, according to what one RACC worker said in a video poste
  
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• Actor with Roles in 'Forrest Gump,' 'Sweet Home Alabama' Dead at 87

  29-12-2022 18:03
  Bob Penny, an Alabama college professor and actor who had small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died at age 87.
  Penny died on Christmas Day, according to an obituary from Laughlin Service Funeral Home in Huntsville. No cause of death was given.
  Born in Anniston in 1935, Penny was a poet who spent three decades as an English professor, mostly teaching poetry and prose at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL.com reported.
  During
  
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• Potential Food Shortages in US? Here's What May Be Scarce in 2023

  29-12-2022 17:32
  There could be trouble on the near horizon for the United States food supply as multiple factors could lead to scarcity at the grocery store.
  Agricultural experts are sounding the alarm for 2023 as inflation, uncooperative weather, and federal regulations are set to strain American farmers and other producers.
  Stephanie Nash, an activist with the conservative group Turning Point USA and fourth-generation member of a dairy farming family in California and Tennessee, told Fox News in an interview
  
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• Former Minneapolis police officer charged with assaulting a man during 2020 protests after death of George Floyd

  29-12-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  A former Minneapolis police officer is charged with assaulting a man during nighttime civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, according to a complaint filed Wednesday.
  
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• How Southwest failed the holidays, in four charts

  29-12-2022 17:16 via cnn.com
  
  A blast of severe winter weather last week caused thousands of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations and spiraled into a complete meltdown of its flight system. In the days since, the carrier's scramble to recover has been slow and, some passengers argue, largely unsuccessful. But experts say Southwest's mess is actually the culmination of issues that have been building over several years.
  
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• Dan Bongino Stuns Fighter Pilot Veteran on Live TV with Surprise He'll Never Forget

  29-12-2022 17:03
  This heavy hitter in the conservative movement announced his Christmas gift to America’s veterans — live on-air in a “Fox & Friends” segment earlier this month.
  Dan Bongino caught the CEO of Folds of Honor off-guard with a $100,000 donation to his charity.
  Folds of Honor is a group that supports the families of disabled veterans — as well as Gold Star families — with scholarships to further their education.Bongino displayed a supersized check to Lt. Col. D
  
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• An Alaska man says he was finally going to get a heart transplant. A winter storm meant the heart had to go to someone else

  29-12-2022 16:43 via cnn.com
  
  Patrick Holland had only been on the heart transplant list for a few weeks when he said he got a call last Thursday from the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle that a donor match had been found.
  
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• Here We Go Again: Major City Considering Reviving Mask Mandates for Children

  29-12-2022 16:23
  Boston Public Schools is considering reinstating a mask mandate after the holiday break to minimize absenteeism from COVID-19, the mayor stated in a Wednesday announcement.
  The decision is currently under consideration by city officials who fear a rise in COVID-19 cases once students return to the classroom in the new year, NBC Boston reported. Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu stated that a decision would be finalized by the end of the week.
  “We have not finalized that decision and communicate
  
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• Buttigieg Wags Finger at Southwest for Flight Cancellations - But Twitter User Documents How He's Part of the Problem

  29-12-2022 16:21
  The holiday canon is filled with people experiencing lousy Christmases. Ebenezer Scrooge. George Bailey. Clark Griswold. And now, Bob Jordan.
  Unlike the others, Jordan is 1) a real person and 2) unlikely to have a happy ending to his story. He’s the CEO of Southwest Airlines, a carrier currently in the midst of a holiday meltdown.
  While other carriers were hit with cancellations and delays thanks to a Christmas storm that blanketed the nation, Southwest recovered slower than most — a
  
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• Jan. 6 Committee Raises 'White Flag,' Withdraws Major Action Against Trump

  29-12-2022 16:16
  The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former President Donald Trump as it wraps up work and prepares to dissolve next week.
  Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee’s Democratic chairman, wrote in a letter to Trump lawyer David Warrington on Wednesday that he is formally withdrawing the subpoena.
  “As you may know, the Select Committee has concluded its hearings, released its final report and will very soon reach its end,” Thompson wrote. “In l
  
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• Almost 1,000 Places in US Reclassified as 'Rural' - Is Your Hometown on the List?

  29-12-2022 16:09
  More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.
  Around 4.2 million residents living in 1,140 small cities, hamlets, towns and villages that lost their urban designation were bumped into the rural category. The new criteria raised the population threshold from 2,500 to 5,000 people and housing units were added to the definition.
  The change matters
  
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• Biden Admin May Be Culpable for 2022's Holiday Travel Nightmare - Here's How the Blame Stacks Up

  29-12-2022 15:42
  Holiday travelers left stranded at airports across the country may want to consider assigning a share of the blame to the federal government.
  Cancellations of flights have left thousands of travelers stranded at airports.
  On Monday, over 3,800 flights in the U.S., including flights into or out of the country, were canceled and more than 7,400 delayed, according to The New York Times.
  One airline, Southwest, canceled more than 2,800 — or 70 percent — of its flights, the Times reported
  
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• During Winter Storm That's Killed Dozens of Americans, Biden Makes Same Move Libs Savaged Top Republican For

  29-12-2022 15:32
  Do you remember when Texas Sen. Ted Cruz went on vacation to Cancun, Mexico, in February 2021, while a winter storm ravaged his home state?
  Even though senators, being part of the federal legislature and all, are in no way involved with the on-scene emergency response to natural disasters, that didn’t stop the left from savaging Cruz.
  “One night in Cancun: Ted Cruz’s disastrous decision to go on vacation during Texas storm crisis,” The Washington Post declared. Perpetual
  
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• How Southwest failed the holidays: Four charts explaining the cancellations

  29-12-2022 15:23 via cnn.com
  
  A blast of severe winter weather last week caused thousands of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations and spiraled into a complete meltdown of its flight system. In the days since, the carrier's scramble to recover has been slow and, some passengers argue, largely unsuccessful. But experts say Southwest's mess is actually the culmination of issues that have been building over several years.
  
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• GOP Plan for Early January Has the Left Losing Their Minds

  29-12-2022 14:58
  While it would have been nice for Republicans to secure the presidency in 2020 and both chambers of Congress in 2022, they at least took majority control of the House of Representatives, which means that the next two years will be a nightmare for President Joe Biden and his administration.
  However, one particular vow from California Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy shouldn’t be controversial at all, as he promised on Wednesday to reopen the U.S. Capitol to the American public after i
  
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• Gas prices had a wild ride this year, making 2023 tough to predict

  29-12-2022 14:57 via cnn.com
  
  US drivers have never seen a year quite like 2022.
  
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• Gas prices had a wild ride this year. Here's what's ahead in 2023

  29-12-2022 14:57 via cnn.com
  
  US drivers have never seen a year quite like 2022.
  
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• Vatican Releases Breaking Update: History-Making Pope in 'Grave' Condition

  29-12-2022 14:38
  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated recently.
  A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis asked for continued prayers “to accompany him in these difficult hours.”
  On Wednesday, Francis revealed that Benedict was “very ill” and went to see Benedict at his home in the Vatican where he has lived sin
  
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• Search Continues as 40 Dead from American Tragedy Already Found

  29-12-2022 14:14
  Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo, New York, as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard.
  The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced.
  At least 40 deaths in western New York, most of them in Buffalo, have been reported from the blizzard that raged across much of the country, with Buffalo in its crosshairs on Friday
  
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• Watch: Tulsi Gabbard, on Live TV, Torches Rep-Elect Who 'Lied' About His Resume

  29-12-2022 13:52
  “Do you have no shame?”
  Whoa! That’s how Tulsi Gabbard settled in to her substitute hosting for Tucker Carlson as she confronted a Republican recently elected to Congress.
  Questioning U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos Tuesday on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Gabbard focused on Santos misrepresenting his background.
  Santos, who was elected in November to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District on Long Island, was responding to questions that had
  
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• Virgin Islands attorney general sues JPMorgan Chase over banking services for Jeffrey Epstein

  29-12-2022 13:18 via cnn.com
  
  The U.S. Virgin Islands government filed a lawsuit Tuesday against JPMorgan Chase, alleging that the Wall Street bank benefited financially from Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation and failed in its duty to report suspicious financial activity.
  
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• Here's what saved the economy in 2022

  29-12-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  In 2022, jobs and housing saved the economy. What about in 2023? Inflation, recession and other ills that hurt but could have been worse.
  
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• This is CNN? Beleaguered network has tumultuous year, marked by high-profile firings, continued ratings woes

  29-12-2022 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Things have not been easy for CNN in recent years. The beleaguered liberal network hoped 2022 would be the year new ownership could help it bounce back after a historically terrible year in 2021. Last year, aside from its sharp decline in ratings, CNN was mired in constant controversy, from scandals plaguing its star anchor Chris Cuomo resulting in his firing, to the two producers who were ousted as criminal investigations into their alleged sexual predatory behavior were underway. But rather th
  
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• Taylor Swift vs. Ticketmaster, Brittany Aldean vs. Maren Morris: Hollywood wreaks havoc on social media

  29-12-2022 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Celebrity feuds were on-trend and online in 2022. From James Corden's bad manners revealed at a top New York eatery to Matthew Perry's obsession with Keanu Reeves – Hollywood stars suffered the consequences of public backlash. Taylor Swift fans waited for hours in front of their computers to grab a seat at one of the shows on her upcoming "The Eras Tour," only to miss out on a concert and then be told general sales were completely canceled due to overwhelming demand. One of Ticketmaster's
  
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• PayPal's bans are a form of censorship, put some businesses at risk, digital privacy advocate says

  29-12-2022 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  PayPal's purported content-based bans raise additional concerns about Big Tech's control over free speech, a digital privacy advocate told Fox News. "For a decade I've been watching content moderation at the platform level go terribly awry," Corynne McSherry, the legal director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, told Fox News. "Now, more and more we're watching the same problems … in other parts of the internet stack."  "It's not just PayPal," McSherry con
  
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• Parkinson's disease afflicts thousands more Americans than previous estimates: new study

  29-12-2022 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Some 90,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the United States each year — which is roughly a 50% increase from previous estimated incidence rates, according to a recent 2022 Parkinson’s Foundation-backed study.  "The soaring numbers of Parkinson’s disease cases will lead to more falls, more hip fractures and more people requiring assisted living," Dr. Michael S. Okun, director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health
  
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