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• Louisiana College Student, 19, Allegedly Raped and Then Fatally Struck by Car - 4 Suspects Arrested

  24-01-2023 23:46
  
  Four young men have been arrested after a Louisiana State University student was allegedly raped in a car and then left on foot in a housing subdivision, where she was later fatally hit by a car just before 3 a.m. on Jan. 15.
  Madison Brooks, 19, met the four while drinking at a Baton Rouge bar called Reggie’s, which describes itself on Google as “catering to LSU students with regular drinks specials & DJs spinning tunes.”
  Police said two of the young men raped Brooks in the
  
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• Biden's New Chief of Staff Reportedly Had Multiple Meetings with Hunter, Served on Joe's Cancer Charity

  24-01-2023 23:44
  
  This is one of the reasons Washington is called the “swamp.”
  Beneath the surface of any major issue in the nation’s capital, it seems, there’s always a network of connections that aren’t visible to the public eye, but have a way of pulling even the dankest elements together.
  And when it comes to President Joe Biden, that connection always seems to come back to the fetid record of the infamous son Hunter.
  In a development that should surprise exactly no one (dis
  
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• Son of Top Democrat Lawmaker Released from Jail After Paying Tiny Bail Amount

  24-01-2023 23:38
  
  The son of a Democratic lawmaker has been released from jail on a very small bail payment after being charged with assaulting a police officer.
  On Saturday, Boston Police said they found Jared Dowell, the 23-year-old son of Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, defacing the Parkman Bandstand Monument on Boston Common with anti-police graffiti during a protest.
  According to the report, the protesters were spray-painting phrases like “ACAB” which stands for “All Cops
  
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• Sean Hannity Dominates CNN's 'Most-Watched Show,' Quintuples Anderson Cooper in Total Viewers

  24-01-2023 23:35
  
  No matter whether you like Fox News host Sean Hannity, there is no denying that he earns some of the highest ratings on cable news and has for years.
  On Friday, his numbers surged so high that he quintupled those of CNN’s “most-watched show,” according to Mediaite.
  In a wrap-up of last year’s cable news ratings, Adweek said “Anderson Cooper 360 remained the network’s most-watched show, having averaged 868,000 total viewers in 2022.” That was good for 23r
  
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• Jan. 6 Defendant: Having Trial in Dem-Dominated DC Is 'Not a Jury of My Peers'

  24-01-2023 23:11
  
  Richard “Bigo” Barnett — the Arkansas man photographed in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021 — was convicted Monday in Washington, D.C., on eight counts related to the U.S. Capitol incursion.
  A reporter asked Barnett afterward if he felt he received a fair trial.
  “Absolutely not,” the 62-year-old answered.
  “I think the venue should have been changed,” Barnett argued. “This is not a jury of my peers. I don’t a
  
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• Alleged Idaho Killer Met with Police Chief Before Murders, Emails Show

  24-01-2023 23:10
  
  The suspect in an Idaho quadruple homicide may have a history with law enforcement.
  Bryan Kohberger sent an email to Pullman, Washington, Police Chief Gary Jenkins in April 2022 thanking him for a meeting, according to Inside Edition.
  Kohberger — a Washington State University criminology Ph.D. student — sought a research position with Jenkins’ department.
  “It was a great pleasure to meet with you today and share my thoughts and excitement regarding the research assistants
  
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• GOP Senator Announces 'PELOSI' Act and While It Doesn't Mention Nancy, It'll Surely Infuriate Her

  24-01-2023 22:51
  
  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi probably won’t be fond of the legislation that Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is cooking up.
  As Pelosi and other members of Congress are rightfully criticized and questioned about their seemingly flawless ability to execute successful stock trades, Hawley recently revived an effort to enact strict controls over the investments made by members of Congress.
  While he didn’t mention Pelosi specifically, it’s clear by the name of his clever
  
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• Ticketmaster gets grilled: 6 takeaways from hearing over Taylor Swift concert fiasco

  24-01-2023 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  Lawmakers grilled a top executive of Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, on Tuesday after the service's inability to process orders for Taylor Swift's upcoming tour left millions of people unable to buy tickets late last year.
  
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• 18-Year-Old College Student Dies After Becoming 'Unresponsive' While Exercising on Campus

  24-01-2023 22:03
  
  An college freshman collapsed and died yesterday while exercising on campus, according to a statement from his university.
  Eighteen-year-old Steven Spellman “became unresponsive” during his workout on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, according to the statement.
  Attempts to revive him at the scene were unsuccessful. He was transported to a local hospital “where he was pronounced dead.”
  No other information was immediately available.
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• Silk Has Request for Media Emailing About Diamond's Death: Investigate Americans Falling Dead Suddenly

  24-01-2023 21:56
  
  Rochelle Richardson, aka “Silk” from the conservative commentary duo Diamond and Silk, may have lost her sister “Diamond,” but she has not lost the feisty spirit the two embodied together.
  And now she’s challenging the media to do some digging as to why Americans like her sister keep dropping dead.
  Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway died Jan. 8 in her North Carolina home in what Richardson described as shockingly sudden circumstances.
  During a celebration of Har
  
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• Massive American Automaker Reveals $854 Million Investment Into V8 Engines Amid Shift to EVs

  24-01-2023 21:45
  
  Electric vehicles! Electric vehicles! ELECTRIC vehicles!
  That’s where the world is going says — says — well, just about everyone.
  Automakers continue to tout their moves into the brave new world of vehicles powered by rich, clean electricity.
  Government is helping, of course, with California outlawing all new internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2035. After all, those ICE powerplants are destroying the planet, we’re told.
  Except the ICE age is not going away, according to
  
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• Treasury takes more extraordinary measures to avoid debt default

  24-01-2023 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is taking another step to temporarily delay the US defaulting on its debt.
  
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• Solomon: Elon Musk Makes Big Admission About Controversial Tweet in Federal Court

  24-01-2023 20:43
  
  If Elon Musk tweets it, is it true?
  This is more than a rhetorical question this week with Musk on the stand in a federal courtroom in San Francisco to defend against a class-action claim that he deceived shareholders by tweeting that he had funding locked up at $420 per share to take Tesla private.
  As Bloomberg reported on Monday, in his first minutes on the witness stand Friday, the renowned entrepreneur and prolific Twitter user offered a remarkably modest assessment of his influence on the s
  
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• Ford in Talks to Sell Plant to Burgeoning Chinese EV Company: Report

  24-01-2023 20:30
  
  Chinese automaker BYD is reportedly considering the purchase of a Ford Motor Company factory in Europe.
  The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday that Ford is discussing a potential deal with BYD for its plant in Saarlouis, Germany.
  The U.S. automaking giant plans to cease production of its compact, gas-powered Focus model in 2025.Ford is in talks with Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD over the sale of a manufacturing plant in Germany https://t.co/Y8RWEgVBSg
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• 'Decisions are imminent' in Trump election case in Georgia, Fulton County DA says

  24-01-2023 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  • Fact check: Trump's latest baseless claims about the documents investigation• Trump adds stop in New Hampshire ahead of Saturday campaign event in South Carolina
  
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• Mike Huckabee: More Insanity at the FBI - 'There Is No Way This Is Possible'

  24-01-2023 19:58
  
  “If they put this in a movie, you’d turn it off immediately, saying, ‘There is no way this is possible. … This is comedy, not drama.’”
  That was Mike Pompeo, speaking to Jesse Watters on Monday evening about the revelation that Charles McGonigal, the FBI agent alleged to be a Russian asset, was also the one put in charge of the investigation into the DNC “hack.” (We’ll have more on that connection soon.) McGonigal had also been tasked with in
  
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• 'Everything Everywhere,' 'Tár' and 'The Whale' are among the Oscars' queer contenders

  24-01-2023 19:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  After winning the hearts of audiences and critics in 2022, big-hearted sci-fi dramedy “Everything Everywhere All At Once” lived up to expectations on Tuesday by securing 11 Oscar nominations — and beating out international favorite “The Banshees of Inisherin,” sleeper hit “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Baz Luhrmann extravaganza “Elvis.”
  
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• McDonald's Customer Mistakenly Given Bag Containing Thousands of Dollars in Cash, But Look What He Did Next

  24-01-2023 19:13
  
  A craving for some breakfast at the Golden Arches turned out to be the beginning of an unusual day for Josiah Vargas.
  Vargas recently went through a McDonald’s drive-thru in Elkhart, Indiana, and ordered a sausage McMuffin, according to the Indianapolis Star.
  He received his bag, pulled away from the drive-thru window and then realized he was handed a bag full of cash rather than his food, WXIN-TV in Indianapolis reported Sunday.
  The surprised young man decided to pick up his phone and rec
  
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• Biden Set to Reverse Course, Send M1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine Despite Warnings from Russia

  24-01-2023 19:04
  
  In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode.
  The decision could be announced as soon as Wednesday, though it could take months or years for the tanks to be delivered.
  U.S. officials said details are still being worked out. One official said the tanks would be bought under an upcoming Ukraine Security Assi
  
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• Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says

  24-01-2023 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  Daily migrant encounters along the US-Mexico border have dropped by more than half in January compared to last month, a Homeland Security official tells CNN, citing the expansion of a Trump-era Covid restriction and recently launched programs to legally migrate to the US.
  
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• Op-Ed: Why Supporters of the Free Market System Need to Attend Davos, Not Just Attack It

  24-01-2023 18:42
  
  Fans of the musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton probably get chills whenever Aaron Burr’s envious lament near the beginning of Act II is mentioned.
  As his rival emerges from a private dinner to announce a deal has been struck to provide congressional support for the financial system Hamilton wants to create in exchange for placing the new nation’s capital city on the banks of the Potomac, Burr sings:
  No one really knows how the game is playedThe art of the tradeHow the sausa
  
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• Treasury Secretary Announces 'Extraordinary' Step on Debt Ceiling in Bid to Buy Biden Time

  24-01-2023 18:33
  
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter Tuesday to congressional leaders saying she’s suspending the reinvestment of some federal bonds in a government workers’ savings plan — an additional “extraordinary” measure to buy time for President Joe Biden and Congress to raise the nation’s debt limit.
  The government bumped up against its legal borrowing capacity last Thursday, prompting Treasury to take accounting steps regarding federal employees’
  
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• Breaking: 'Small Number' of Classified Docs Found at Mike Pence's Home

  24-01-2023 18:25
  
  Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana Home last week, according to his attorney.
  “The additional records appear to be a small number of documents bearing classified markings that were inadvertently boxed and transported to the personal home of the former Vice President at the end of the last Administration,” Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, told the National Archives in a letter last week.
  He said that “Pence was
  
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• 'God Put Me Here': Officer Stops at McDonald's to Get His K-9 Chicken Nuggets, Saves Baby's Life

  24-01-2023 18:20
  
  Jan. 10 was a busy day for Senior Cpl. Sergio Perez of the Dallas Police Department, and it certainly ended on a high note.
  For starters, it was Perez’s birthday. He had spent the evening working with his K9, Goro, and was particularly impressed with the dog’s training, so he decided to indulge in a very special late-night treat for his furry partner: chicken nuggets.
  As Perez waited in the McDonald’s drive-thru, he heard a woman screaming. She was crying for help.
  “So I
  
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• Tracking mass shootings: How 2023 compares with previous years

  24-01-2023 18:13 via cnn.com
  
  There have been more shootings than days so far this year and more shootings so far this year than at this point in any year since at least 2013.
  
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• San Francisco 49ers Player Arrested Days Before NFC Championship Game

  24-01-2023 18:07
  
  San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Charles Omenihu was arrested after a domestic violence allegation.
  San Jose police said Tuesday that Omenihu was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for misdemeanor domestic violence. Omenihu has posted bail and is no longer in custody. The case will be submitted to the district attorney for possible charges.
  The 49ers said they are aware of the arrest and are “in the process of gathering further information.”
  The police said they were c
  
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• Arizona's New Dem Gov. Katie Hobbs Halts Executions of Over 100 Murderers - Here's Who She's Sparing

  24-01-2023 18:04
  
  Arizona’s first Democratic governor in over a decade spent no time proving she was every bit a Democrat by putting the state’s executions on hold — sparing more than 100 murderers on the state’s death row, including a man who kidnapped and brutally killed his girlfriend’s ex-husband.
  Gov. Katie Hobbs, the victor in a contentious race with Republican challenger Kari Lake, ordered the hold on Friday “due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions,&rd
  
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• There's actually a presale for Oreo's newest flavor

  24-01-2023 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  In the past, Oreo has partnered with Lady Gaga, Pokémon and Ritz on new limited-time flavors. Now, it's working with ... itself. And Martha Stewart.
  
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• Mike Rowe Refutes Amazon's Reason for Abruptly Canceling Its Long-Running 'Smile' Charity Program

  24-01-2023 17:26
  
  The end of Amazon Smile has brought a frown from Mike Rowe.
  In a post on his Facebook page, Rowe said that while he is grateful to Amazon for the support Amazon Smile has given his mikeroweWORKS foundation — support that translated into $530,000 in scholarships – their reasoning for ending the program is suspect.
  Amazon announced the program’s demise in a blog post on Wednesday saying that “after almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had
  
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• Vote-By-Mail Experiment Fails Entirely - Half of the Ballots Are Still Unaccounted For

  24-01-2023 17:14
  
  Delighted by the outcome of the explosion of mail-in voting in the 2020 election, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 37 into law the following year to make it a permanent feature of future elections in the state.
  A so-called “voter integrity” bill, AB 37 allows the state to send a mail-in ballot to every active registered voter. A news release from Newsom’s office said the measure would “increase access to democracy and enfranchise more voters.&rd
  
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• Man accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 intends to plead guilty to federal charges, court docs show

  24-01-2023 17:00 via cnn.com
  
  The man accused of killing 23 people and wounding nearly two dozen others in the 2019 mass shooting at a Texas Walmart in 2019 intends to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court filings.
  
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• Islamic Bandits Raze Church Property, But Steadfast Priest's Final Act Survives the Flames: Report

  24-01-2023 16:37
  
  A Nigerian Roman Catholic priest was killed this month by Islamic terrorists who shot him then burned his rectory.
  According to The Pillar, a Catholic news site based in the U.S., the Rev. Isaac Achi was killed shortly after 3 a.m. on Jan. 15. The website said police reports indicate “armed bandits invaded the parish residence of … Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church,” in Kafin Koro, in central Nigeria.
  Achi’s body was “burnt beyond recognition,” according to
  
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• Bill Gates' Latest Investment: Stop Cows from Burping with $12 Million

  24-01-2023 16:24
  
  Bill Gates is pouring millions of dollars into technology that would improve the table manners of cows.
  A firm controlled by the Microsoft co-founder is investing $12 million into an Australian company developing food supplements to stop cattle from burping, Fox Business reported Monday.
  The company, Rumin8, said in a news release that it intends to use the investment for product trials in four countries. The trials will test cattle feed designed to minimize the methane emitted by cows thro
  
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• Zelenskyy Purges High Ranking Ukrainian Officials Amid Corruption Allegations

  24-01-2023 16:23
  
  Several high-level Ukrainian officials resigned Tuesday amid corruption allegations, including a deputy defense minister accused of overpaying on a contract for military food rations, according to multiple media reports.
  Kyiv said its largest leadership shakeup since Russia’s invasion exactly 11 months ago demonstrated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s desire to root out government corruption, according to Reuters.
  Three top ministers, a deputy prosecutor general, a deputy he
  
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• Journalist Killings Jumped by a Staggering 50% in 2022: Report

  24-01-2023 16:17
  
  Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by attacks in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti.
  According to a report Tuesday by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 67 news media workers were killed worldwide in 2022 — the highest number since 2018. Journalists in the three countries say the increased danger has forced them to work under extreme stress.
  The effect is particularly notable in Haiti, where
  
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• Pay Attention to the One Thing All Alleged Terrorists Captured in Atlanta Have in Common

  24-01-2023 16:16
  
  A curious trend has emerged as the Atlanta Police Department has begun releasing information about some of the arrested protesters at the “Cop City” protests that ravaged the Georgia capital over the weekend.
  Namely, every single detainee from the weekend, with the exception of one, whose information was published on Sunday was from outside the Atlanta city limits — with only one hailing from Georgia. He is from Decatur, a city technically outside Atlanta.
  Yes, the more salacio
  
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• Oreo's newest cookie is an Oreo stuffed with Oreos

  24-01-2023 16:09 via cnn.com
  
  In the past, Oreo has partnered with Lady Gaga, Pokémon and Ritz on new limited-time flavors. Now, it's working with ... itself. And Martha Stewart.
  
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• Actor Proclaims 'God Is Real,' Then Blasts Media for 'Sinister,' 'Demonic' Content That's Infecting Culture

  24-01-2023 15:57
  
  As an actor, you don’t need to be playing Jesus Christ in the most prominent religiously themed TV show in years to realize Hollywood’s taken a dark turn of late.
  But, in the case of Jonathan Roumie, it certainly doesn’t hurt.
  The 48-year-old actor, best known for his portrayal of the Savior in mega-hit streaming series “The Chosen,” used his speech at the 2023 March for Life last Friday to blast the entertainment industry for an “increasingly sinister”
  
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• Amazon launches $5-a-month unlimited prescription plan

  24-01-2023 15:51 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon is expanding its push into healthcare with a $5 monthly unlimited delivery pass on 60 common generic prescription drugs treating allergies, inflammation, high blood pressure and other conditions.
  
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• 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' leads with 11 Oscar nominations

  24-01-2023 15:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its list of nominees for the upcoming 95th Oscars on Tuesday.
  
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• Musk's Father Sounds the Alarm: 'I'm Really Afraid That Something Might Happen to Elon'

  24-01-2023 15:46
  
  Billionaire Elon Musk is sparing no expense to ensure his family’s safety amid escalating worries they could be abducted by opportunistic criminals who want to extort the Twitter owner for loads of cash.
  “If they kidnap one of us, it will be the quickest $20 million anybody’s ever made in their life,” the tech mogul’s father, Errol Musk, told The Sun last week.
  Errol Musk said he thinks his son and other members of their family have become bigger targets for both ab
  
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• America's biggest banks are taking on Apple Pay and PayPal

  24-01-2023 15:36 via cnn.com
  
  America's largest banks announced plans Tuesday for an electronic wallet that will take aim at Apple Pay and PayPal.
  
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• Three Pointed Back

  24-01-2023 15:32
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Three Pointed Back appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• 'He Was Walking Sunshine': Accomplished Model Dies at Age 27

  24-01-2023 15:30
  
  A 27-year-old fashion model has died, with no cause of death revealed.
  “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I let you all know that Jeremy Ruehlemann has passed away,” Jason Kanner with Soul Artist Management wrote Monday on Instagram.
  “Jeremy was authentically himself. Salt of the earth. There was just something about him that made you root for him. His excitement over a big booking his optimism when something didn’t work out. When you spoke to him he listene
  
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• Analysis: The hidden dynamic that could tip control of the House

  24-01-2023 14:56 via cnn.com
  
  The battle for control of the House of Representatives increasingly resembles a sporting event in which the teams are changing the dimensions of the playing field even after the game is underway.
  
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• Diamond's Cause of Death Revealed as Death Certificated Details Are Released

  24-01-2023 14:52
  
  The cause of death of Lynette Hardaway, the “Diamond” of the black conservative duo “Diamond and Silk,” has been revealed.
  Hardaway, 51, died on Jan. 8 in her North Carolina home.
  According to a death certificate obtained by The Associated Press, Hardaway died of “heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure.”
  “COVID-19 was not listed as a cause or contributing factor on her death certificate, which was provided to the AP by the Hoke County Register
  
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• Europe could dodge a recession. But the UK is in a mess

  24-01-2023 14:08 via cnn.com
  
  Business activity across the 20 countries that use the euro expanded in January for the first time in six months, according to data published Tuesday, providing fresh evidence that Europe's economy could confound expectations and dodge a recession this year.
  
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• Doocy Catches Press Sec Off Guard with 'Four-Letter Word' Question About Classified Docs - All She Can Do Is Laugh

  24-01-2023 13:50
  
  Fox News reporter Peter Doocy has got to be White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s worst nightmare.
  Following the stunning news that the FBI had found six additional classified “items” during a 12-hour search of President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, residence on Friday, Jean-Pierre was likely cringing inside as she called on Doocy at Monday’s press briefing.
  He asked, “When you found out that the FBI had located even more classified materials i
  
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• Tech earnings could wreck Wall Street's party

  24-01-2023 13:44 via cnn.com
  
  Big Tech earnings are here, and investors are hoping they don't wreck the good vibes on Wall Street.
  
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• Bill Gates backs start-up tackling cow burps and farts

  24-01-2023 13:08 via cnn.com
  
  It turns out burps can be big business. Billionaire Bill Gates has announced an investment in Australian start-up Rumin8, which is developing a seaweed-based feed to reduce the methane emissions cows produce through their burps and, to a lesser extent, farts.
  
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