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• Man throws Molotov cocktail at New Jersey synagogue in arson attempt, police say

  29-01-2023 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  A man threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue in an arson attempt on Sunday morning, police and the synagogue said.
  
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• Does This Explain NYC's Migrant Crisis? Officials Report Record-Crushing Stats at Canada's Border

  29-01-2023 23:01
  
  Although not at the same scale as the tide of illegal immigrants that has swamped America’s Southern Border, the number of illegal immigrants entering along the border with Canada is skyrocketing.
  During the first three months of the federal fiscal year that began Oct. 1, Border Patrol agents in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire have collared more illegal immigrants coming down from Canada than in the previous fiscal years combined, according to Customs and border Protection data cited b
  
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• Get Ready for 2024: DeSantis Advisers Giving Off Key Sign of What's Coming - Report

  29-01-2023 22:55
  
  A new report said the advisers to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are laying the foundation for a potential 2024 presidential run.
  DeSantis, who in November was elected to a second term as Florida’s governor, has not yet said he is running for the White House.
  To date, former President Donald Trump is the only major Republican figure who has publicly announced his plan to run.
  But DeSantis, who won a smashing victory in Florida in November, comes in either second or first in most opin
  
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• Grieving Mother Shocks Everyone by Showing Up to Migrant's Hearing Wearing an Unforgettable Picture

  29-01-2023 22:01
  
  A woman faced with the death of her daughter from a savage attack five years ago wants to make sure her daughter’s killer faces the greatest possible punishment for his crimes.
  The Nigerian drug dealer convicted by an Italian court of killing the 18-year-old in 2018 is aiming for a reduction in the life sentence received for rape and murder.
  His victim’s mother is furious — and used a desperate, gruesome tactic during a court hearing last week to make sure authorities got the m
  
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• Kanye West Named Suspect in Battery Investigation

  29-01-2023 21:47
  
  Rap superstar and ostensible 2024 presidential candidate Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been named as a suspect in a battery investigation after an apparent altercation.
  West was recorded hurling a woman’s phone after the latter refused to stop filming him.
  You can check out the incident yourself and determine if she was in the wrong here:pic.twitter.com/Lquz7RejsT
  — Média French Rap(@Media_FrenchRap) January 28, 2023According to TMZ, it’s not yet clear if th
  
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• Paul Pelosi attacker shows no remorse in bizarre call to TV station

  29-01-2023 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  The man who attacked the husband of Nancy Pelosi in their home last year showed no remorse and continued his dangerous fixation on the former House speaker in a bizarre phone call to a San Francisco reporter on Friday, according to the Bay Area station's reporting.
  
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• Horror: Bus Plows Straight Into Ravine, Catches Fire Killing 40 - Bodies Aren't Even Recognizable

  29-01-2023 21:34
  
  More than 40 people were killed Sunday when a bus plunged off of a bridge in Pakistan and then caught fire.
  The bus had 44 passengers aboard as it went from Quetta in Balochistan province toward Karachi before crashing in a remote location, according to the Associated Press.
  “Forty-one burned to death,” Qamar Aziz, an official with the police in Lasbela, told the Washington Post.Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41 https://t.co/qgPAthyM5G pic.twitter.com/yflJ9ZestH
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• LeBron James Falls to the Floor After Ref Doesn't Rule His Way, Has Midcourt Meltdown in Front of Thousands

  29-01-2023 21:18
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics on Saturday night in overtime, but the real story to emerge from that classic rivalry game involves the referees — and the childlike histrionics of a certain NBA superstar.
  The Celtics were able to hold on for a 125-121 overtime victory against the Lakers at Boston’s TD Garden, but overtime didn’t come without controversy.
  No, overtime came after a (to be completely fair) blatantly missed call, a total and utter meltdown by Lake
  
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• Massive Fire Sweeps Egg Farm, 16 Fire Departments Needed to Contain It

  29-01-2023 21:03
  
  A three-alarm fire at a Bozrah, Connecticut-based egg farm required more than 100 firefighters from at least 16 nearby firehouses to extinguish.
  According to WTIC-TV, authorities said the fire, which plagued a 50′ x 600′ chicken coop at Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road, took 4.5 hours to extinguish and resulted in the death of an estimated 100,000 chickens.
  Fortunately, there were no injuries sustained by firefighters or farm workers.
  Images of the massive egg farm blaze emerged acr
  
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• Watch: EV Spontaneously Erupts on California Freeway - It Took 6,000 Gallons of Water to Put It Out

  29-01-2023 20:50
  
  An electric vehicle fire on Saturday on Highway 50 near Sacramento, California, showed the difficulties of battling electric vehicle fires.
  The battery compartment of the Tesla S caught fire, according to KTVU-TV.
  According to KRON-TV, the fire broke out at about 3:41 p.m.
  At 4:19 p.m., the California Highway Patrol incident log showed that officials were taking their fight against the blaze to the next level, according to the Sacramento Bee.
  “Fire is not going out/going to try to flood (v
  
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• Major DC Superhero Actor Makes Shocking Statement About Pfizer ... Is Cancellation Next?

  29-01-2023 19:35
  
  When it comes to Hollywood actors in 2023, there is a certain level of career self-preservation (read: silence) that appears to take place when it comes to anything remotely controversial.
  For every actor like Neal McDonough, whose deep Catholic beliefs prevent him from even filming a kissing scene, you’ll have five actors, like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who avoid controversy like the plague.
  Interestingly, another major player for DC (Johnson has previously played the role of
  
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• Trader Joe's asked customers to rank their nine top products. Here they are

  29-01-2023 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  Trader Joe's asked its customers a simple question: If you were to spend the rest of your life on a deserted island, which nine Trader Joe's products would you take with you?
  
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• National Championship-Winning Quarterback Arrested in Dallas

  29-01-2023 19:14
  
  University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight national championship, was arrested early Sunday after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors.
  Bennett, 25, was charged with public intoxication and taken to the city detention center, Dallas police said.
  Police said that at about 6:10 a.m., officers responded to reports of a man banging on doors. The location given by police was a community of townhomes near downtown Dallas.
  He was late
  
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• New Hampshire GOP governor says he's considering 2024 White House bid

  29-01-2023 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  GOP Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire said Sunday he is considering a White House bid in 2024, citing the Granite State's "live free or die" spirit as a model for the Republican Party.
  
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• School Official Solicits Donations to Pay Human Trafficker

  29-01-2023 19:07
  
  Your teen comes home from a day at high school. You ask how the day went.
  “It was okay,” the teen said. “We held a fundraiser.”
  “Really?” you ask. “That’s nice. For who?”
  “A human trafficker.”
  That might sound like it’s out of a bad comedy sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” but it’s not.
  On Thursday, Stefani Harvey, an assistant principal at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence, Rhode Island, sent an emai
  
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• Progressive Official Realizes Too Late What She's Done After Putting Transgender Rapist in Women's Prison

  29-01-2023 18:42
  
  Confusion unchecked by reason paves the way to insanity. Encouraged and prolonged, it spells the demise of Western civilization that has championed reason since Socrates said, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.”
  First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon is either confused, unwise or both.
  Sturgeon, according to Sky News, has accused gender reform opponents of using women’s rights as a “cloak of acceptability” for
  
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• Biden and McCarthy to meet Wednesday amid debt ceiling showdown

  29-01-2023 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet Wednesday, a White House official confirmed, the first such gathering since the California Republican captured the speakership earlier this month.
  
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• Microsoft Update Will Make Xbox 'Carbon Aware' - Consoles Will Automatically Shut Down Based on 'Regional Carbon Intensity'

  29-01-2023 18:23
  
  Xbox has announced new changes to its system that will allow users to turn their console into a “carbon-aware” device by reducing their electricity consumption.
  The Microsoft-owned company announced the update in a Jan. 11 press release.
  In summary, the update will allow users to possibly save electricity in exchange for allowing the console to shut down completely instead of going into “sleep” mode.
  Xbox will also schedule console updates for specific times during the ni
  
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• Prayer Breaks Out After Trump Makes Unexpected Stop at South Carolina Burger Shop

  29-01-2023 18:09
  
  Whatever it is that you may think of former President Donald Trump, you can’t argue that the man didn’t put faith and prayer at the forefront.
  In fact, despite their currently frayed relationship, former Vice President Mike Pence and Trump actually helped spearhead something of a spiritual renaissance during the heyday of the Trump administration.
  And when Trump visited a burger and ice cream spot called Zesto in West Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday, America was reminded of thi
  
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• Utah governor signs bill banning gender-affirming hormone treatment and surgery for minors

  29-01-2023 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill on Saturday that banned hormone treatment and surgical procedures for minors seeking gender-affirming care, the latest in a series of anti-trans bills involving minors that have been passed across the country.
  
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• Man Dies After Being Crushed by Machine Designed to Prevent Public Urination

  29-01-2023 17:53
  
  A London utility worker died Friday after getting crushed while working underneath a “pop-up” public urinal.
  To maximize efficiency, the toilets are hidden underground during the day and are raised hydraulically at night, the BBC reported.
  While some of the urinals were designed only for men, there are many with sliding doors for privacy so that women can use them, too.
  The man had gotten trapped while performing maintenance work underneath the device.
  According to the U.K. Daily Mai
  
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• House Democrats targeted by McCarthy defend their committee assignments

  29-01-2023 17:42 via cnn.com
  
  The trio of Democrats whom House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has targeted for removal from committee assignments offered a unified rebuke in a joint interview on CNN that aired Sunday.
  
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• Ukraine Conflict Entering Critical New Phase, Expert Predicts 'Bloody Spring and Summer'

  29-01-2023 17:30
  
  The United States is pressuring Ukraine to loosen its hold on terrain around Bakhmut as both Russia and Ukraine are gearing up for spring offensives, according to experts and media reports.
  Russian forces are making incremental gains around the eastern city of Bakhmut, and while analysts don’t see the territory as strategically important, it has achieved symbolic significance for both sides, CNN reported. The U.S. wants Ukraine to focus on the southern battlefront — where it can effe
  
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• Lawsuit Claims Google Ignored Sexual Harassment by Female Executive, Then Fired Victim

  29-01-2023 17:30
  
  The media-giant Google is under scrutiny once again in regard to a sexual harassment case.
  This instance, however, does not fit the “Me Too” narrative of there being a “systemic” scenario of male superiors abusing their female subordinates.
  This time, Google is being sued for dismissing a white male victim of alleged sexual harassment from an Asian female superior.
  According to the New York Post, Ryan Olohan — who was a 16-year veteran of Google — claimed to h
  
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• State Farm, Progressive Will No Longer Insure Certain Models After Theft Spikes

  29-01-2023 17:16
  
  Thanks to information spreading on social media and inner-city crime, some auto insurers are refusing to insure certain car models that are too easy to steal.
  Progressive and State Farm have confirmed that they are not writing policies for certain Hyundai and Kia models made between 2015 and 2019 because they lack the anti-theft devices common in the auto industry during those model years, according to CNN Business.
  According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, an insurance industry research gro
  
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• Union members are poised to reject Disney World contract offer

  29-01-2023 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Jonathan Pulliam has been working at Disney World since 2018, dressing up as everything from beloved Disney cartoon characters to Star Wars villains. And while he loves his job, he says he can't afford it any longer.
  
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• Army Unit Turned Strategy for Adversaries Against Own Citizens: Report

  29-01-2023 16:57
  
  A British army unit was used to perform surveillance upon politicians and journalists who criticized the nation’s response to COVID.
  According to a report in the U.K. Daily Mail, the 77th Brigade, which the Mail said had a mission of using “non-lethal engagement and legitimate non-military levers as a means to adapt behaviors of adversaries,” was among the groups deployed to monitor the public.
  The military unit was joined by the Counter Disinformation Unit, based in the Depart
  
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• 14-Year-Old Soccer Player Dies Suddenly at Home Day After Training with Teammates

  29-01-2023 16:37
  
  A 14-year-old Spanish soccer player has died, with no word revealed about the cause of her death.
  Estrella Martín Rasco was a member of the Andalusian under-15 team, according to a Google Translate version of a report on the Spanish-language site canalsur.es. She was a part of the soccer team Sporting Club de Huelva.Luto en el futbol español. Estrella Martín, jugadora del Sporting Club de Huelva falleció esta mañana a los 15 años de edad de manera repent
  
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• Pfizer Responds to Undercover Video, Makes a Huge Admission About What It Does with Viruses

  29-01-2023 16:17
  
  Last week, Project Veritas released a stunning video of an undercover reporter’s bar conversation with Jordon Trishton Walker, a 27-year-old man who claimed to be the Director of Research and Development at Pfizer. Walker told the reporter the company was exploring ways to “mutate” COVID viruses through “directed evolution” in order to develop future vaccines.
  The loose-lipped Walker told the reporter, “Don’t tell anyone this though. Promise you won&rsqu
  
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• Iran Under Attack: Islamic Republic Rocked by Explosive Strikes

  29-01-2023 16:12
  
  Sites across the Islamic Republic of Iran have been targeted in a series of strikes from the air, according to news reports, but Iranian authorities are disputing at least some of the accounts.
  A drone attack damaged an ammunition plant in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Sunday, with the strike resulting in a visible blast, according to The Guardian.
  An already-smoking building described as an Iranian military facility exploded in one video — in what could have been the detonation o
  
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• Biden's New Border Policy Has Loophole So Big 'You Can Drive a Truck Through'

  29-01-2023 15:54
  
  The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) program to allow migrants into the country that would otherwise be expelled if they crossed illegally isn’t the success the Biden administration claims it to be, according to former senior officials who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
  President Joe Biden announced Jan. 5 the expansion of Title 42, a Trump-era order used to expel certain illegal migrants to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, to include Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicarag
  
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• US-Born Olympian Suffers 'Heavy Crash,' Misses Games Due to Debilitating Injuries

  29-01-2023 15:49
  
  Olympic freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu crashed during practice for the Winter X Games and said she suffered a bad ligament strain in her knee that forced her to miss the contest.
  Gu, who took two gold medals and one silver at the Beijing Games last year, posted on social media that she “had a heavy crash” during a practice Friday and that results of an MRI showed “a bad MCL sprain, ACL strain and bone bruise.”
  Gu, who won twice in Canada last week and has not lost a
  
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• China Now Threatens to Overtake Top Spot in World

  29-01-2023 15:34
  
  China is roaring up to give Japan a run for its money as the top vehicle exporter in the world, having left Germany in its dust.
  The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that in 2022, China shipped 3.11 million vehicles abroad, roughly half a million vehicles more than Germany, which shipped out 2.61 million vehicles to other nations, according to CarScoops.
  Japan’s full-year data was not available, but it was at 3.2 million vehicles through November.
  China’s figure rep
  
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• Shooting in Baltimore kills 1 and wounds 2 others

  29-01-2023 15:30 via cnn.com
  
  At least one person was killed and two wounded in a shooting in Baltimore on Saturday, police said.
  
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• Op-Ed: Do Illegal Aliens Have a Constitutional Right to 'Family Integrity'? Judges to Decide Soon

  29-01-2023 15:28
  
  Activist lawyers are mounting a major assault on American sovereignty in a surprisingly underreported court case due to be decided soon.
  M.S.E. et al. v. United States involves four pairs of illegal alien parents and their children, all apparently still in the country, who are seeking money damages from the U.S. government for having their supposed constitutional right to “family integrity” violated when they were caught sneaking across the border and separated from each other in 201
  
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• Tragedy Strikes as Young Daughter of Actor Dies at 25

  29-01-2023 15:13
  
  A daughter of actor John Ventimiglia, who starred in “The Sopranos,” has died at the age of 25.
  No cause of death was revealed, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  Odele Cape Ventimiglia died on Jan. 12, according to Fox News.
  Her mother, Belinda Cape, posted a notice of her daughter’s death on Facebook.Sopranos Alum John Ventimiglia’s Daughter Odele Cape Dead at 25: ‘Leaves a Huge Hole in Our Lives’ https://t.co/wnBAUxiF0C
  — People (@people) January 26,
  
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• Shock Twist in Deaths of Daughter and Parents in Pennsylvania as Coroner Releases Findings

  29-01-2023 14:21
  
  Three people who were found shot to death in the backyard of a Pennsylvania home on Wednesday were victims of a murder-suicide, officials have ruled.
  The dead were James Daub, 62, Deborah Daub, 59, and Morgan Daub, 26, according to WHTM-TV. Morgan Daub was the daughter of the couple.
  York County Coroner Pamela Gay’s report said that the older couple’s deaths were homicides. Morgan Daub’s was a suicide.
  Gay said she and investigators have become aware of videos posted to YouTube
  
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• Biden's approval drops as he takes the spotlight from Trump

  29-01-2023 14:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's political standing has benefited greatly over the past couple of years from his predecessor Donald Trump's inability to cede the limelight. It's part of the reason that Biden's Democratic Party had one of the best midterms last fall for a party that controlled the White House, despite the president's low approval rating.
  
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• Analysis: Biden's approval drops as he takes the spotlight from Trump

  29-01-2023 14:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's political standing has benefited greatly over the past couple of years from his predecessor Donald Trump's inability to cede the limelight. It's part of the reason that Biden's Democratic Party had one of the best midterms last fall for a party that controlled the White House, despite the president's low approval rating.
  
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• 6 dead, 3 injured in crash between bus and box truck in upstate New York

  29-01-2023 13:47 via cnn.com
  
  Six people died and three others were injured in a crash involving an express bus and a freight truck in Upstate New York Saturday morning, according to authorities.
  
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• 'You're Welcome': Pelosi's Alleged Attacker Makes Chilling Confession in TV Interview

  29-01-2023 13:35
  
  The man facing attempted murder charges for an October assault against the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended his conduct in a jail phone call on Friday.
  David DePape contacted San Francisco’s KTVU-TV  in the call.
  “I have an important message for everyone in America: You’re welcome,” DePape said of the attack on Paul Pelosi at the Pelosis’ San Francisco home.Paul Pelosi’s Attacker, David DePape, calls into news outlet with his ‘i
  
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• Jobs report to give further clues about where economy is headed

  29-01-2023 13:17 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates again on Wednesday. But will it be another half-point hike or just a quarter-point increase? And what about the rest of the year?
  
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• The site of the Monterey Park massacre is at the epicenter of the city's robust business district

  29-01-2023 12:49 via cnn.com
  
  For years, dancers in high heels and glitzy dresses have hurried into Phillip Sam's beauty supply store in Monterey Park ahead of big events, searching the maze of products for a finishing touch -- strong hold hairspray, a swipe of glittery eyeshadow, a bejeweled claw clip. 
  
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• Beloved 'Weinerman' statue returned to West Virginia restaurant

  29-01-2023 12:07 via cnn.com
  
  A West Virginia restaurant is celebrating after its beloved "Weinerman" statue was returned.
  
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• A Texas National Guard member shot and injured a migrant at the border

  29-01-2023 03:40 via cnn.com
  
  A Texas National Guard member shot a migrant in the shoulder during an encounter in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas last week, according to a recent joint Army Times and Texas Tribune report. A federal law enforcement source confirmed to CNN a migrant was shot and injured in the incident.
  
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• First responder on scene testifies he did not see 'visible tears' from Alex Murdaugh after his wife and son were found dead

  29-01-2023 03:26 via cnn.com
  
  The first law enforcement official to respond to the scene where Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were found killed testified Thursday that one of the first things Murdaugh mentioned after the sergeant from the Colleton County Sheriff's Office arrived was a boating accident involving his son years ago.
  
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• Damar Hamlin Speaks Publicly for First Time, Addresses Reaction: 'Not Surprised by It'

  29-01-2023 02:05
  
  Damar Hamlin released a video Saturday in which he said he’s thankful for the outpouring of support and vows to pay it back, marking the first time the Buffalo Bills safety has spoken publicly since he went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field in Cincinnati on Jan. 2.
  Noting he continues to make “much progress” in his recovery, Hamlin said now was “the right time” to speak since the Bills’ season ended and because he needed time to re
  
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• Op-Ed: Is History Repeating Itself with Biden's Classified Documents Scandal? The Deep State Only Has 3 Options

  29-01-2023 00:53
  
  Let’s assume that Democratic Party operatives are working to use President Joe Biden’s unlawful possession of classified documents as an excuse to remove him from office prior to 2024 — a theory around which a consensus seems to be forming.
  Do you think this will require them to first remove Vice President Kamala Harris?
  It should.
  Why? To replace her with someone more suitable to America’s political palate. For those old enough to remember, that is exactly how it was don
  
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• Man who attacked Paul Pelosi shows no remorse in bizarre call to TV station

  29-01-2023 00:39 via cnn.com
  
  The man who attacked the husband of Nancy Pelosi in their home last year showed no remorse and continued his dangerous fixation on the former House speaker in a bizarre phone call to a San Francisco reporter on Friday, according to the Bay Area station's reporting.
  
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