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• Damar Hamlin Breaks Silence After Sparking Backlash Over Bizarre Jesus-Themed Jacket

  15-02-2023 23:50
  
  Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin, who came to the national consciousness after collapsing on the field from cardiac arrest, is apologizing for wearing a jacket to the Super Bowl last week that some felt was “blasphemous.”
  Hamlin collapsed on Jan. 2 during a game between his Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, in a shocking medical scare that brought millions of Americans in prayer for his recovery. He was given CPR twice before getting to a Cincinnati hospital and spent several days i
  
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• Chris Cuomo: 'I Was Going to Kill Everybody, Including Myself' After CNN Firing

  15-02-2023 23:25
  
  Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said during a recent interview that he considered “killing everyone” and then himself after he was fired in 2021.
  Cuomo lost his top cable news perch in December of that year amid an investigation into his use of his position as a reporter to help his brother navigate a series of sexual harassment scandals.
  Former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced numerous accusations, which his younger brother assisted in attempting to fix for him. The former
  
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• Ted Cruz Exposes Biden FCC Nominee Cutting Checks to 12 Senators Voting on Her Nomination

  15-02-2023 23:07
  
  President Biden’s pick to sit on the Federal Communications Committee is facing heavy pushback to her nomination due to questions about her ethics.
  Senator Ted Cruz of Texas grilled Biden’s pick, Gigi Sohn, about giving donations to Democrat senators while her nomination was pending, as well as sweetheart agreements she allegedly took part in
  During the third round of hearings regarding Sohn’s nomination, Cruz ask the potential FCC commissioner if she thought it was proper and
  
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• Ford Stops Building, Delivering Its Electric Truck for Potential Battery Issue - But It Won't Disclose the Issue

  15-02-2023 22:53
  
  Want to buy Motor Trend’s 2023 Truck of the Year?
  You’ll have to wait. That’s because its production has been suspended.
  Ford says it has stopped building and shipping its electric F-150 Lightening because of a battery issue.
  Ford isn’t saying what specifically is wrong, but company spokeswoman Emma Bergg told Motor Authority that the battery problem was discovered during pre-delivery inspections.
  As a result, the company issued stop-build and stop-ship orders. It has not
  
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• Airbnb shares soar as first annual profit is another sign of travel rebound

  15-02-2023 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Airbnb shares posted their biggest one-day gain in trading Wednesday after the home rental service posted its first annual profit and forecast a sunny travel outlook in 2023 and an uptick in listings.
  
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• Arizona Senate Committee Approves Resolution Reclaiming Legislature's Authority to Set Election Rules

  15-02-2023 22:41
  
  The Arizona Senate Committee on Elections passed a resolution Monday reclaiming its authority to oversee federal elections in the state.
  The resolution — offered by Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli, a Republican — also requires voting machines to be made entirely of components made in the U.S.
  Further, the source code of any machines used in federal elections must be made available to the public along with the ballot images and system log files of each tabulator used during an e
  
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• Super Bowl Viewers Convinced Rihanna Flashed Illuminati Symbol During Performance

  15-02-2023 22:33
  
  A strange gesture made by singer Rihanna during the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday night has many on social media claiming that she was signaling support for the Illuminati.
  At one point during the performance, Rihanna held up her hands and made a triangular symbol with them, which has led people on TikTok and Twitter to speculate that she was making the Illuminati symbol.
  One user on TikTok posted a video with the caption, “Why is no one talking about this. The sign that she’s d
  
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• New Election Held in Germany After Previous 'Chaotic' One Declared Void - Parallels to Maricopa County Seen by Lake Campaign

  15-02-2023 22:29
  
  A new election was held in Berlin on Sunday after one conducted in 2021 was declared void due to Election Day irregularities.
  Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign believes the same should happen in Maricopa County.
  Sunday’s election in Germany resulted in the center-right Christian Democrats coming out on top of the left-of-center Green Party and Social Democrats, according to The Associated Press.
  Berlin’s highest court ordered a new election in November after
  
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• Wild celebrations greet Kansas City Chiefs as they take to the streets for Super Bowl parade

  15-02-2023 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  It was party time in Missouri on Wednesday as the Chiefs continued their celebrations after Sunday's Super Bowl win with a parade through the streets of Kansas City and a rally where two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes told the crowd he was planning to see them in the same place next year.
  
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• Judge bars testimony on Alex Murdaugh's roadside shooting in September 2021

  15-02-2023 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  The jury in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial saw footage Wednesday from a crucial interview he had with state investigators, in which they confronted him for the first time with evidence that contradicted his earlier statements to law enforcement.
  
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• 'Does that mean that I am a suspect?' Footage shows investigator asking Alex Murdaugh if he killed his wife and son

  15-02-2023 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  The jury in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial saw footage Wednesday from a crucial interview he had with state investigators, in which they confronted him for the first time with evidence that contradicted his earlier statements to law enforcement.
  
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• Biden ramps up the pressure on GOP's economic agenda during Maryland speech

  15-02-2023 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden heads to Maryland on Wednesday trying to keep the focus on Republicans' legislative agenda after capitalizing on a viral moment over the future of Social Security and Medicare at last week's State of the Union.
  
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• Former NFL Player Dies at 40 After Collapsing During Intake at Mental Hospital

  15-02-2023 22:05
  
  Former NFL player Stanley Wilson Jr. died this month at the age of 40 after he collapsed during intake at a Los Angeles County mental hospital, it was reported Tuesday.
  TMZ Sports broke the news that Wilson, a former Detroit Lions cornerback, died at the hospital after he was placed there following a vandalism charge from last August.
  He was checked into the facility for treatment on Feb. 1 after a court found him incompetent to stand trial. He died the same day, according to 247 Sports.
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• You've been laid off. Here's what to post on social media, and what to leave out

  15-02-2023 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  If ever you've been swept up in a mass layoff, among the many unwelcome tasks on your new to-do list is how and when to tell people you lost your job.
  
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• Shelter-in-place order for Tucson hazardous spill remains as cleanup efforts continue

  15-02-2023 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said.
  
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• Senators Respond After Whoopi Goldberg Calls One 'Black Tim Scott' and Confuses Him with Rick Scott

  15-02-2023 22:00
  
  Following former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s announcement of a 2024 presidential bid on Tuesday, the ladies of ABC’s “The View” speculated on which other candidates might jump into the GOP primary race.
  The show’s moderator, Whoopi Goldberg, suggested South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott could be the next to join the fray.
  Acknowledging that another GOP senator — Florida’s Rick Scott — has the same last name, she attempted to clear up any confusion
  
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• Girl Steals Hearts After Asking Grandpa to Daddy-Daughter Dance Because Her Dad 'Is Not Going to Go'

  15-02-2023 21:46
  
  This year, 5-year-old Austyn Woolverton of Papillion, Nebraska, was very much looking forward to a special Valentine’s dance. The annual daddy-daughter dance, hosted by the Papillion Landing community recreation center, would be held Feb. 8.
  The only problem was that little Austyn wouldn’t be able to go with her father, Michael “Mike” Woolverton, who died of a drug overdose four years prior when she was just 18 months old, according to Fox News.
  But she had someone else i
  
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• Hollywood Icon Raquel Welch Dies at Age 82

  15-02-2023 21:41
  
  Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, has died. She was 82.
  Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her agent, Stephen LaManna of the talent agency Innovative Artists.
  Welch’s breakthrough came in 1966’s campy prehistoric flick “One Million Years B.C.,” despite having a grand total o
  
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• Mike Pence says his fight against subpoena in Trump probe is about 'separation of powers'

  15-02-2023 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke publicly for the first time about his plans to fight a subpoena issued in the Justice Department's 2020 election subversion investigation, saying Wednesday that his fight was about " separation of powers" and "defending the prerogatives that I had as president of the Senate."
  
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• People Aren't Buying Jill Biden's Valentine's Day Photo of Joe Biden's 'Surprise' for Her

  15-02-2023 21:33
  
  First lady Jill Biden’s photo of a Valentine’s Day “surprise” that President Joe Biden supposedly did for her is raising a lot of questions on social media.
  On Tuesday, the first lady tweeted a photo of a table in the White House nicely laid out and ready for a Valentine’s Day dinner for her and the president, with the window behind it full of Valentine’s Day decorations celebrating the couple.
  The caption read, “A Valentine’s Day tradition continu
  
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• Man Who Had Oval Office Affair with Intern Roasted After Posting Picture with His 'Forever Valentine'

  15-02-2023 21:17
  
  Former President Bill Clinton was predictably roasted on Twitter on Tuesday after he posted an image of him with his wife, Hillary Clinton, and referred to her as his “forever Valentine.”
  Clinton, of course, shamed the Oval Office when he began an 18-month sexual relationship with a then-22-year-old White House intern named Monica Lewinsky beginning in 1995.
  His falsehoods about the relationship led to his impeachment in 1998 on charges of lying under oath and attempting to obstruct
  
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• 17-Year-Old Soccer Player Who Was Famously Rescued from Thai Cave Dies in UK

  15-02-2023 20:34
  
  One of 12 boys who gained worldwide fame in a dramatic rescue from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 died unexpectedly in the U.K. this week, according to news reports.
  Duangpetch Promthep, 17, was found unresponsive Sunday, according to the BBC.
  He was hospitalized until Tuesday, when he reportedly passed away.
  Promthep had been attending a soccer academy in Leicestershire.Great to meet Duangphet “Dom” Promphet, who was captain of the football team famously rescued from Tham Luang
  
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• Obama's Longtime Former Personal Doctor Speaks Out, And It's Not Good for Biden's 2024 Run

  15-02-2023 20:27
  
  One of the taboo topics of Washington is about to be on the table.
  With President Joe Biden apparently ready to announce a run for re-election next year, the health of the obviously aging president that’s been avoided by progressive politicians since his disastrous presidency got started is going to become unavoidable in the American political conversation.
  And on the eve of Biden’s annual physical examination, scheduled for Thursday, a man who once served as the personal physician t
  
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• GOP Senator Says to 'Lock Your Doors Tonight' After Classified Briefing on Unidentified Objects

  15-02-2023 20:21
  
  A GOP Senator has given a chilling four-word warning to the American people following a classified briefing about the unidentified objects being spotted over our country.
  Yesterday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana spoke to reporters following a classified briefing on the numerous unidentified flying objects that have been spotted flying over American airspace in the last few weeks.
  In his brief interview, he said that this has been happening far longer than we had realized and called o
  
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• Biden's Top China Adviser Out After Spy Balloon Debacle: Report

  15-02-2023 20:03
  
  Laura Rosenberger, President Joe Biden’s top adviser on matters related to China and Taiwan, will step down in March, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing White House officials.
  Rosenberger serves as a special assistant to the president and senior director on the National Security Council and has guided the president amid Washington’s increasing tensions with Beijing.
  She will see out her term as the administration grapples with the fallout from the shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon
  
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• You've been laid off: 8 tips for announcing it on social media

  15-02-2023 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  If ever you've been swept up in a mass layoff, among the many unwelcome tasks on your new to-do list is how and when to tell people you lost your job.
  
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• US could default on debt between July and September if Congress doesn't act, CBO projects

  15-02-2023 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  The federal government will be unable to fully pay its obligations sometime between July and September if Congress doesn't address the debt limit before then, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
  
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• Congress needs to act soon to avoid catastrophic US debt default, CBO report warns

  15-02-2023 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  The federal government will be unable to fully pay its obligations sometime between July and September if Congress doesn't address the debt limit before then, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
  
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• DOJ officially decides not to charge Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe

  15-02-2023 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department has informed lawyers for at least one witness that it will not bring charges against Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long federal sex-trafficking investigation, according to a source familiar with the matter.
  
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• Matt Gaetz Cleared: DOJ Officially Decides to Not Charge Congressman After Investigation

  15-02-2023 19:50
  
  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida will not be charged with a crime after a years-long probe into sex trafficking allegations against him.
  CNN was first to report Wednesday that the Justice Department had contacted attorneys for one witness in the case to inform them that Gaetz would not be indicted.The Justice Department has decided against charging Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long federal sex-trafficking investigation. https://t.co/XwabJTsYeV
  — CNN (@CNN) February 15, 2
  
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• Historian Who Predicted Fall of Soviet Union Makes Startling 'World War III' Remarks - It's Already Begun

  15-02-2023 19:48
  
  French historian, political scientist and sociologist Emmanuel Todd believes a third world war began last year when Russia invaded Ukraine and the conflict is already on its way to escalating.
  At age 25, Todd predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union based on data points such as infant mortality rates.
  The 1976 prognostication came to fruition 15 years later when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Todd has been taken seriously globally since.
  His latest comments about a global conflict of
  
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• Dem Turns on Policies Pushed by Her Own Party After She Becomes Victim Herself

  15-02-2023 19:28
  
  Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota is calling for a crackdown on crime after she was violently assaulted in her Washington, D.C., apartment building last week.
  Craig has been connected to the “defund the police” movement through one of her staffers, who, during the violent riots of 2020 sparked by the death of George Floyd, wrote online, “Burn. It. All. Down,” according to Fox News.
  Young also once said cities should “fund counselors, not cops.”
  Obviousl
  
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• Op-Ed: Government and Business Must Work Together to Win Against China

  15-02-2023 19:15
  
  The domestic impacts of China’s rise as a global economic power are some of the most complex foreign policy issues of our time.
  As one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economies, increased trade and investment with China has surely spurred economic growth and job creation here in the United States.
  But at the same time, the Chinese Communist Party consistently flaunts or outright ignores globally accepted norms and brazenly engages in malicious actions to gain a competitive
  
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• Couple Takes EV on 1,500-Mile Trip, Stopping 12 Times to Charge and Not Using Cabin Heat in Freezing Weather

  15-02-2023 19:10
  
  A couple drove across the country in an electric vehicle and have now spoken about the challenges that they faced when on the road, in an EV, in the freezing cold.
  On Tuesday, Axios published an article by reporter Joann Muller, describing the experience that she and her husband had as they drove their Kia EV6 1,500 miles from Michigan to Florida.
  While Muller says that the trip overall was “leisurely,” she has also pointed out that there were several drawbacks to taking a long road
  
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• Tucker Carlson Sounds the Alarm: 'Many People Are Going to Die Because of This'

  15-02-2023 19:03
  
  On Tuesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson drew attention to the dark side of the left’s prioritization of equity over merit in corporate hiring decisions. And nowhere is this growing trend more frightening — and potentially deadly — than in the airline industry.
  In the video below, he pointed out that airlines are “dramatically lowering hiring standards for pilots and for air traffic controllers” and warned that “at some point, many people are going to di
  
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• DeSantis Gives 5-Word Answer When Asked Point-Blank If He's Running for President

  15-02-2023 18:50
  
  Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis laughed off a question Tuesday about his potential presidential ambitions and offered a cryptic response.
  DeSantis is widely believed to be the lone candidate capable of defeating former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP primary. Trump has pre-emptively attacked his potential rival several times in recent months.
  The governor cruised to re-election in November against Democrat Charlie Crist. He was asked about running for president during the pair’
  
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• Ever Dreamed of Owning a 'Minimum Security Prison'? It's Yours for $1.55M

  15-02-2023 18:30
  
  Sometimes, the things that cost the most money make no sense. (See what I did there?)
  For example, paying $3,000 to live in a 500-square-foot apartment in Queens (not even in Manhattan), or buying overpriced coffee everyday when you can just buy quality pods for home at one-third of the cost, or Trevor Noah.
  Well, on the subject of oddly expensive things, there is a house for sale in Ellijay, Georgia. The $1.55 million home is 5,000-square-feet and has three bedrooms and three baths. It’s
  
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• Biden's IRS nominee grilled on $80 billion modernization

  15-02-2023 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service is expected to be grilled by lawmakers Wednesday over how he intends to oversee the use of $80 billion in new funding coming to the agency over the next decade.
  
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• Top Republicans plot Santos' ouster as embattled freshman weighs reelection

  15-02-2023 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Embattled Rep. George Santos is contemplating a nightmare scenario for House Republicans: Trying to stick it out in Congress, even if he is indicted on criminal charges.
  
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• Dad Who Lost Child in Shooting Unleashes on Biden After Seeing Video: 'Don't Use My Daughter's Death to Advance Your Political Agenda'

  15-02-2023 18:12
  
  When the White House decided to mark the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting with a video of President Joe Biden making yet another demand for more gun control, it was aiming to capitalize on the pain of families for its own ends.
  But the father of one of the girls who died in the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School wasn’t going to let the political opportunism pass.
  And in a scathing Twitter post responding to Biden’s statemen
  
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• CNN Staffers Shocked as Sex Scandal Hits Network, Leads to Top Producer's Departure: Report

  15-02-2023 17:53
  
  A top CNN producer was terminated last week after it was discovered he was dating a subordinate, according to a new report.
  The firing comes one year after former network CEO Jeff Zucker, who steered the network to the far left during his nine-year tenure, resigned after his relationship with a colleague became public.
  Page Six reported it had spoken to sources at CNN who reported Federico Quadrani, the executive producer for “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” had been dating a lower-
  
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• FAA chief gets grilled by Congress for recent airline groundings and safety concerns

  15-02-2023 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  After a wave of recent aviation safety incidents, including a couple near collisions and a nationwide groundstop, Congress will grill the head of the Federal Aviation Administration to determine how the US government plans to keep passengers and crews safe.
  
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• Train Wreck

  15-02-2023 17:37
  
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  The post Train Wreck appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Biden Completely Botches Name of River, It's So Bad WH Doctors Transcript and Acts Like Nothing Happened

  15-02-2023 17:37
  
  On Tuesday, President Joe Biden faced another bout with that longtime challenger — the teleprompter — and was woefully defeated yet again.
  This time around, the teleprompter dealt him a hefty blow in the form of the words “Gila” and “Washoe,” the names of a river in Arizona and a county in Nevada, respectively.
  The president was delivering remarks at the National Association of Counties legislative conference in Washington when he pointed to infrastructure dev
  
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• Police Respond After Concerned Citizen Notices Something Isn't Right with Pig, Then He Ends Up in Cop Car

  15-02-2023 17:20
  
  I don’t typically write what The Western Journal categorizes as “lifestyle” stories, but when I saw this one come up, I knew I was going to have to hog it all for myself.
  I hope you won’t consider me boarish.
  You see, yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and the Anchorage Police Department was presented with an opportunity to demonstrate a little of the caring and selflessness that should attend that day — but to an unusual recipient.
  “Just shy of a year ago w
  
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• Biden heads to Maryland to ramp up the pressure on GOP's economic agenda

  15-02-2023 17:13 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden heads to Maryland on Wednesday trying to keep the focus on Republicans' legislative agenda after capitalizing on a viral moment over the future of Social Security and Medicare at last week's State of the Union.
  
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• Did Elon Musk Turn Off Ukraine Military's Internet? CEO Says He Made Major Move to Prevent 'WW3'

  15-02-2023 17:11
  
  Elon Musk is involved in many events of global significance. On Sunday, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO used his Twitter platform to discuss a potentially significant development in the grueling war in Ukraine.
  A year ago, Musk announced that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service was active in Ukraine, where the Russian invasion was vastly disrupting internet access. Starlink became the go-to internet provider for the country as the war dragged on.
  Last week, however, SpaceX announced it
  
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• Buffalo Mass Shooter Evacuated from Courtroom After Victim's Family Member Charges at Him

  15-02-2023 17:02
  
  A victim’s family member ran at the perpetrator of the May 14 Buffalo, New York, supermarket mass shooting during his Wednesday sentencing hearing, with police quickly removing the convicted shooter from the courtroom.BREAKING: Someone in the courtroom lunged at #Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron during sentencing. He’s been rushed out of the courtroom. Stay with @SPECNews1BUF for the latest. pic.twitter.com/937wKcUuYF
  — Stephen Marth (@StephenMarth) February 15, 2023Payton G
  
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• New Mexico State fires men's basketball coach following allegations of hazing within the team

  15-02-2023 16:52 via cnn.com
  
  New Mexico State University has fired men's basketball head coach Greg Heiar amid allegations of hazing within the team, the university's chancellor announced Tuesday -- days after the school ended the team's season over the accusations.
  
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• Shelter-in-place order reinstated following hazardous spill on I-10 in Tucson

  15-02-2023 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said.
  
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