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• DeSantis Takes Massive Legal Action Against Venue That Hosted Sick 'All Ages' Drag Show

  03-02-2023 23:42
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is once again taking a stand against the woke indoctrination of children by filing legal action against a venue that hosted a sexually explicit drag show with children in attendance.
  On Friday, Florida’s Voice reported that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation revoked the liquor license of the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation after it admitted children to a Christmas-themed drag show in December.
  The department’s complaint said
  
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• Elon Musk sees end of trial in Tesla tweet suit

  03-02-2023 23:41
  Elon Musk was vilified as a rich narcissist whose reckless behavior risks "anarchy" and hailed as a visionary looking out for the "little guy" during closing arguments in a trial over whether Musk's tweeting in 2018 misled Tesla shareholders. (Feb. 3) (AP video: Terry Chea)      
  
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• Sex Trafficking Scandal Strikes US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Others: Report

  03-02-2023 23:35
  
  Once again, controversy and scandal have stricken the U.S. Olympics.
  And once again, that controversy involves monstrous allegations of sexual assault, exploitation and negligence.
  According to multiple reports, including Reuters and ESPN, several former members of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team have sued their former coach, Peter Foley, as well as U.S. Ski & Snowboard, its former CEO, Gale Shaw, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
  The charges are very serious and include sex
  
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• Couple Hear 'Cats' Screaming in the Woods, Find Abandoned Newborn Baby Girl Instead

  03-02-2023 23:33
  
  Most people are familiar with the saying, “If you see something, say something,” but equally important is the ability to hear when something is wrong and act on that observation.
  A woman in Mulberry, Florida, heard something in the wee hours on Jan. 28 and ended up saving a life because she couldn’t shake the feeling that the sound just wasn’t right.
  At first, the woman thought she heard cats fighting in the woods outside a mobile home park, but after an hour the noise wa
  
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• Wyoming Puts Huge Dent in Biden's EV Charging Plan: 'No Desire to Establish Infrastructure That Will Likely Fail'

  03-02-2023 23:24
  
  The “Cowboy State” of Wyoming continues to throw a monkey wrench into Joe Biden’s electric car plans, this time by delivering a firm “no thank you” to Biden’s proposed nationwide EV charging network.
  Last September, the Biden administration rolled out a plan giving all 50 states the approval to begin building a nationwide network of EV charging stations, with a goal of installing at least one charging station for every 50 miles of interstate highway as part of
  
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• 'Like the Apocalypse': Parents Demand Answers After 130 Elementary Students Simultaneously Vomit Uncontrollably

  03-02-2023 22:57
  
  In a horror movie scene you can almost smell, a gastrointestinal bug has rocked — and confused — a Las Vegas community via copious amounts of bile and vomit.
  According to a report from KLAS-TV,  parents of multiple students who attend Wayne N. Tanaka Elementary in Las Vegas are demanding answers after an inexplicable stomach bug swept through the school Monday.
  An unnamed source told the station that “roughly 130 students were simultaneously vomiting.”
  “Our stu
  
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• New EV tax rules could mean thousands of dollars to some buyers and lots of money to automakers

  03-02-2023 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  Is the Ford Mustang Mach-E an SUV? How about the Tesla Model Y? Depending on which branch of the US government you ask, the answer could be "Yes," "No," or "It depends."
  
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• Iranian director freed on bail Friday after hunger strike

  03-02-2023 22:50
  Iranian director freed on bail Friday after hunger strike      
  
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• In boost for Ford and Tesla, Treasury changes EV tax rules making it easier to qualify as an SUV

  03-02-2023 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  Is the Ford Mustang Mach-E an SUV? How about the Tesla Model Y? Depending on which branch of the US government you ask, the answer could be "Yes," "No," or "It depends."
  
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• What is a ghost gun? A soaring number are being used in crimes, report finds

  03-02-2023 22:49
  
  A soaring number of "ghost guns" are being used in crimes in the U.S., a report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found.      
  
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• US Capitol Police ramp up security ahead of Biden's State of the Union address

  03-02-2023 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  US Capitol Police are ramping up security for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to Congress next week, including adding a non-scalable fence around the Capitol grounds, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
  
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• Maxine Waters Denies She's a Socialist, But Then Chip Roy Quotes Her Own Words Right to Her Face

  03-02-2023 22:31
  
  There are many downsides to being a generally over-chatty person like Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters.
  Your excess words may minimize slavery. Your excess words may incite violence. And your excess words may peddle lies that have long since been debunked.
  But worst of all? Your excess words might very well come back to shoot you in the foot.
  Case in point, Waters recently suffered a metaphorical bullet wound to her foot after a confrontation with GOP Rep. Chip Roy during a discussion about “De
  
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• 2 arrested in central California shooting that left 6 dead, including mother clutching 10-month-old son

  03-02-2023 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  • Alex Murdaugh hid settlement of more than $4 million from family of his late housekeeper, her son testifies
  
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• Veteran Arrested for Holding 'God Bless the Homeless Vets' Sign Fights Back in a Big Way

  03-02-2023 22:27
  
  An Army veteran has filed federal lawsuits against officials in two Georgia cities for allegedly infringing on his First Amendment rights, according to the man’s attorneys.
  Lawyers for Jeff Gray filed lawsuits Tuesday in connection with incidents in Alpharetta and Blackshear, Georgia, in which Gray held cardboard signs that read, “God Bless the Homeless Vets.”
  The intent of the suits is “to protect the First Amendment right to speak outside government buildings,” ac
  
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• AP Top Stories February 3 P

  03-02-2023 22:26
  Here's the latest for Friday, February 3: Blinken cancels Beijing trip as Chinese balloon floats over US; Northeast is next for deep freeze; Unemployment lowest since 1969; Pope Francis visits South Sudan      
  
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• Tennessee suspends 2 EMT licenses in Nichols' death

  03-02-2023 22:00
  A Tennessee board has suspended the emergency management technician licenses of two former Memphis Fire Department employees for failing to render critical care to Tyre Nichols. (Feb. 3)      
  
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• Residential care facility faces $10,000 fine after Iowa funeral director finds woman pronounced dead gasping for air in body bag

  03-02-2023 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  An Iowa Alzheimer's care facility is facing a $10,000 fine after pronouncing a woman dead who was later found alive when a funeral director unzipped her body bag, according to documents from the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.
  
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• AP Explains: Blinken postpones China visit over mystery balloon

  03-02-2023 21:41
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U.S.-Chine tensions after a huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon was discovered floating in U.S. airspace. (Feb. 3)      
  
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• Bodies of missing Michigan rappers found in Detroit apartment complex, police say

  03-02-2023 21:24
  
  Three missing Michigan rappers, Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker, were found dead in a Detroit apartment complex, police confirmed Friday      
  
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• 2 arrested in California shooting that killed 6

  03-02-2023 21:21
  Two gang members were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, in the January massacre of six people including a baby at a central California home associated with a rival gang, the Tulare County sheriff said. (Feb. 3)      
  
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• Amir Locke's family sues Minneapolis 1 year after he was killed in 'no-knock' raid

  03-02-2023 21:16
  
  The family of Amir Locke filed a lawsuit against Minneapolis and the police officer who fatally show Locke during a predawn 'no-knock' raid last year.      
  
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• US has ‘absolute legal right’ to shoot down Chinese spy balloon, say national security experts

  03-02-2023 21:09 via foxnews.com
  
  The Biden administration is well within its authority to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon that floated over Alaska and was spotted over Montana late this week, according to national security and legal experts. "We have the absolute legal right to take it down," said Cully Stimson, a 30-year veteran of the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps and a senior legal fellow and manager of the National Security Law Program at the Heritage Foundation. "From a rules-of-engagement standpoint, we hav
  
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• 'View' co-hosts feud over Ilhan Omar removal: 'Should not be on the committee'

  03-02-2023 21:08 via foxnews.com
  
  "The View" co-hosts on Friday argued over whether Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., should have been voted off the House Foreign Affairs committee for her history of antisemitic comments Co-host Joy Behar sparked a verbal battle during the Friday episode of the daytime talk show by claiming she doesn’t believe Omar’s excuses for some of her antisemitic remarks, suggesting the Democratic congresswoman isn’t as innocent as she claims.  Co-host Sunny Hostin responded by giving Omar t
  
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• Who is Abbe Lowell? Hunter Biden's high-profile attorney in the legal battle over his infamous laptop

  03-02-2023 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  High-profile lawyer Abbe Lowell again entered the national spotlight this week representing Hunter Biden in the legal battle involving his infamous laptop, and Lowell's hiring signals how seriously Biden is taking his situation, an attorney tells Fox News Digital. "Abbe is not cheap, and you don't bring in Abbe unless you want to go to war or prevent one," said the source who's worked with Lowell. "They're going on the offensive. He hasn't been charged with anything, but they're trying to preven
  
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• Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murdering 3

  03-02-2023 20:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. Frederick Leliman and three others were convicted of carrying out the murders in 2016, in one of a series of cases of alleged police brutality and extrajudicial killings in Kenya. Lawyer Willie Kimani was representing a motorcycle taxi operator who was suing Leliman for shooting him at a traffic roadblock. Leliman later started threatening and intimidating the man. Th
  
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• Major Florida hospital hit by possible ransomware attack

  03-02-2023 20:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said the issue began effecting its systems late Thursday night and has forced the hospital to shut down its IT network. It had the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, but the hospital has not yet characterized it as such, instead calling it an "IT security issue." Victims often at least ini
  
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• White House: Biden chose not to shoot down Chinese spy balloon, but keeping 'all options on table'

  03-02-2023 20:56 via foxnews.com
  
  The White House said Friday it is "keeping all options on the table" regarding the Chinese spy balloon, after President Biden followed "strong" recommendations from Defense officials not to shoot down the aircraft due to safety to people on the ground. White House officials said Biden made his decision based on a "strong recommendation" from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and the commander of Northern Command "not to take kinetic action at this time
  
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• Tennessee lawmakers push to replace Columbus Day holiday in favor of 'Super Bowl Monday'

  03-02-2023 20:56 via foxnews.com
  
  The Monday after the Super Bowl has traditionally been one of the least productive work days in the U.S., research over the years has suggested. So, one state is proposing to give most workers the day off. A bill proposed in Tennessee by state Sen. London Lamar and Rep. Joe Towns Jr. suggests the Columbus Day holiday be nixed and replaced with a day off the Monday after the big game. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM If the bill, which is officially known as SB1344/HB1463, were
  
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• Memphis Zoo's giant panda Le Le dies after 20 years

  03-02-2023 20:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Giant panda Le Le has died, the Memphis Zoo announced Friday. The panda, born July 18, 1998, died Wednesday, zoo spokesperson Rebecca Winchester said in an email. His cause of death has yet to be determined as a medical investigation is pending, the zoo said. "Le Le’s name translates to ‘happy happy,’ and his name perfectly reflected his personality," the zoo said in a statement. "Le Le was a happy bear that enjoyed apples, engaging with enrichment and relaxing while covering h
  
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• Skull found in rural Alaska ID'ed as missing New York man

  03-02-2023 20:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A skull found in a remote part of Alaska's Interior in 1997 belongs to a New York man who likely died in a bear mauling, state authorities said. Investigators used genetic genealogy to help identify the remains as those of Gary Frank Sotherden, according to a statement Thursday from Alaska state troopers. MISSING PENNSYLVANIA MAN IDENTIFIED 37 YEARS AFTER HIS SKULL WAS FOUND ALONG RIVERBANK In July 1997, a hunter contacted troopers in Fairbanks and reported finding a human skull along the Porcup
  
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• Kari Lake Meets with GOP Bigwigs to Discuss 2024 Plans

  03-02-2023 20:52
  
  Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake reportedly met with officials from the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday while she was in Washington to attend the National Prayer Breakfast.
  Politico reported that Caroline Wren, a senior adviser to Lake, told the outlet that the meeting lasted about an hour and the topics included a potential 2024 U.S. Senate bid.
  The NRSC is chaired by Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.
  Asked if Lake was any closer to making a decision, Wren res
  
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• Former army sergeant sentenced to life for fatal marijuana-related stabbing

  03-02-2023 20:52 via foxnews.com
  
  A former Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in federal prison for fatally slashing and stabbing a fellow soldier dozens of times in his barracks at a Georgia base. A U.S. District Court judge in Savannah sentenced Byron Booker, 29, on Thursday. Booker pleaded guilty last fall to a federal charge of premeditated murder of a member of the U.S. military in the killing of 21-year-old Army Spc. Austin Hawk at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Booker previously admitted in court to plotting the slaying wit
  
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• World Health Organization employee released in Mali

  03-02-2023 20:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A World Health Organization employee was released in northern Mali after being abducted by unidentified assailants, a spokesperson said Friday. Dr. Mahamadou Diawara was freed Thursday afternoon and is in Gao town, Abdoulaye Cisse, communication officer for the WHO in Mali told The Associated Press. "We are conducting the formalities to bring him back to (the capital)," he said. He did not give any further details about the circumstances of Diawara's release. Diawara was abducted from his car la
  
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• Jailed Massachusetts tribal leader owes $210K in damages, judge rules

  03-02-2023 20:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe sentenced to prison for accepting exercise equipment, a luxury hotel stay and other bribes from an architectural firm working with the tribe on a casino has to pay back nearly $210,000, a judge ordered. CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE SUES BIDEN ADMIN, SAYS CONTRACTORS OWE $340M IN DAMAGES Cedric Cromwell, former chair of the Cape Cod-based Mashpee Wampanoags, was sentenced to three years in prison in Boston in November. David DeQuattro
  
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• Hawley demands Homeland Security investigation into Biden's 'baffling' response to Chinese spy balloon

  03-02-2023 20:41 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is demanding an immediate investigation into President Biden's lack of a response to China's spy balloon that is currently floating over the U.S. "I write to request that you expeditiously convene a hearing on troubling reports that the Chinese government has launched a surveillance balloon over the United States to spy on our nuclear capabilities," Hawley wrote in a letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Gary Peter
  
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• The realities of a balanced budget highlight Congress' dishonesty on the issue

  03-02-2023 20:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Republicans in Congress have a goal when it comes to the national debt. "I think that we’ve finally, maybe, reached that point in time where enough is enough. Eighteen trillion when I got here four years ago. Now $31 trillion," said Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.  The GOP mantra: balance the budget. Republicans are converting the upcoming joust over the debt ceiling into an opportunity to discuss ways to slash federal spending. How about trimming Medicare and Social Security? Those two progr
  
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• House Judiciary subpoenas FBI Director Wray on targeting of parents at school board meetings

  03-02-2023 20:38 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday, compelling him to turn over documents and communications related to the FBI’s "misuse of federal criminal and counterterrorism resources" to target parents at school board meetings. Fox News Digital first reviewed the subpoena, which compels Wray to turn over documents to the committee at 9:00 a.m. on March 1.  The subpoena compels Wray to produce all documents referring to mee
  
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• 7th grader wins $10,000 after drilling half-court shot: 'Through the power of God, it went in'

  03-02-2023 20:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A seventh grader hit the biggest jackpot of his life when he netted $10,000 after a flawless shooting challenge at a high-school basketball game. JJ Frank of Minot, N.D. made a layup, free throw, three-pointer and half-court shot in 25 seconds to win the grand prize at Bishop Ryan Catholic School last week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Frank had to make the shots and grab the ball himself, and he knocked down all four consecutively. After making the first three quite effort
  
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• Interior secretary's daughter member of group that participated in violent protest at Interior headquarters

  03-02-2023 20:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's daughter belongs to a grassroots environmental group that participated in a violent protest at the Department of the Interior (DOI) headquarters in late 2021. The top Biden official's daughter Somah Haaland is a media organizer for the New Mexico-based Pueblo Action Alliance which has repeatedly called on the federal government to take drastic measures halting oil and gas development on public lands. According to government watchdog Protect the Public’s Tru
  
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• Op-Ed: Army Scrambles to Boost Lagging Recruitment, But Won't Make the One Really Necessary Change

  03-02-2023 20:24
  
  It seems like the U.S. Army might have realized what it needs to do to meet its aggressive recruitment goals for this year, and it doesn’t have anything to do with being woke.
  Fiscal year 2023 began on Oct. 1, 2022, and since that time, the Army has already added roughly 18,500 soldiers with another 13,000 in the process, Maj. Gen. Johnny Davis, head of the service’s Recruiting Command, told Military.com. This puts the Army not only on track to meet its goal, but surpass it.
  This is
  
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• Nets’ Kyrie Irving requests trade out of Brooklyn before deadline: reports

  03-02-2023 20:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has informed the organization that he wants to be traded ahead of the NBA’s February 9th trade deadline, according to multiple reports.  Irving told the Nets that he prefers to be moved ahead of the trade deadline, or he will leave when he becomes a free agent this summer, according to a report by The Athletic.  Irving has been with Brooklyn since the 2019 season after leaving the Celtics following two years in Boston.  76ERS’ JAMES HARD
  
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• Wild video shows car racing through Canadian mall during electronics store heist

  03-02-2023 20:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in Ontario, Canada, have released a video showing a car racing through the interior of a mall in the search for two suspects accused of stealing items from an electronics store.  The incident happened around 1:10 a.m. Wednesday at the Vaughan Mills shopping mall in Vaughan, outside Toronto.  "The vehicle was then driven through the mall and into an electronics store where the suspects stole a quantity of items. The vehicle drove out of the mall through a second entrance," York R
  
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• Chinese balloon flying over US 'intentional,' not weather craft that blew off course, US official says

  03-02-2023 20:15 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. officials on Friday disputed claims from the People's Republic of China that a Chinese surveillance balloon detected over the northern United States was a "civilian airship" that had blown off course.  A senior U.S. Defense official told Fox News that the balloon was launched from mainland China. The Pentagon does not believe that this was a weather balloon that flew off course. There was no "force majeure" that caused the Chinese surveillance balloon to enter U.S. airspace, as China's
  
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• Mike Pompeo calls on Biden to shoot down China's balloon, warns his 'weakness is provocative'

  03-02-2023 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday the "Biden administration's weakness is provocative" as it refuses to take down a Chinese spy balloon hovering over the U.S. "When we realized the CCP was spying on Americans from their consulate in Houston, we shut it down," Pomeo tweeted Friday.  "The Biden administration's weakness is provocative. Xi Jinping and the CCP are growing bolder because of it. Shoot down the CCP's balloon safely, and demand answers from Xi." REPUBLICANS PUSH BID
  
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• California man leaves human jawbone at police station

  03-02-2023 20:08 via foxnews.com
  
  A man walked into a Southern California police station, left a human jawbone and other items and then left, authorities said. The incident occurred Thursday in the city of San Bernardino, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. The unidentified man left what appeared to be animal remains and the jawbone, the San Bernardino Police Department said in a social media post. LOS ANGELES CRIME SPIKE: WILL 'PROGRESSIVE' PROSECUTING CAUSE AN INCREASE IN CRIME FOR OTHER U.S. CITIES? The man left and officers
  
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• 17 people killed in head-on collision in northwest Pakistan

  03-02-2023 20:06 via foxnews.com
  
  A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a speeding truck trailer near a tunnel in northwest Pakistan overnight killed at least 17 passengers, including women and children, a rescue official said early Friday. The crash happened in Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the local emergency official and state-run media. "We have transported all the dead and injured to a hospital in Kohat," rescue official Rehmat Ullah said. PAKISTANI TROOPS RAID MILITANT HIDEOUT NEAR A
  
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• FBI Now Involved in Investigation of GOP Lawmaker's Death as It's Revealed She Was Shot 7 Times in Head: Report

  03-02-2023 19:56
  
  The FBI is involved in the investigation of the murder of a New Jersey Republican council member who was killed Wednesday evening, according to WABC-TV.
  Eunice Dwumfour, a member of the Borough Council of Sayreville, near New York City, was shot in her vehicle near her townhouse about 7:30 p.m.
  “We are aware of the investigation into the death of Councilwoman Dwumfour, in Sayreville Wednesday evening,” the FBI said in a statement, WABC reported Friday.
  “We have talked with our
  
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• CBS Responds to Reports It Staged an 'Intervention' for NFL Broadcaster Tony Romo

  03-02-2023 19:49
  
  When Tony Romo burst onto the scene as a sportscaster in 2017, he was a breath of fresh air that football fans never knew they needed.
  Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and a shockingly good golfer, had just walked off into the sunset after current Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had taken his starting role, and was walking into the CBS announcers’ booth with minimal expectations. He exploded past those expectations with unique insights, prescient predictions and his trademark &
  
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• After quickly charging 5 officers, the rest of the investigation into Tyre Nichols' death 'will take much longer,' official says

  03-02-2023 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  After five former Memphis police officers were swiftly charged with second-degree murder in connection with Tyre Nichols' killing less than three weeks after his death last month, the rest of the investigation is expected to take much longer, a spokesperson for the district attorney said Friday.
  
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• A year after Amir Locke was killed during service of a no-knock warrant, his parents are suing Minneapolis

  03-02-2023 19:46 via cnn.com
  
  A year after a 22-year-old Black man was shot dead by police serving a no-knock warrant, Amir Locke's parents on Friday sued the city of Minneapolis and the officer who fired the fatal shot in federal court.
  
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