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• Watch: Conservative Personality Travels to Ohio, Provides Aid to Toxic Explosion Victims in Way They'll Never Forget

  20-02-2023 23:38
  
  As I began writing about the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, my computer screen got blurry.
  Yours might, too, if you take eight minutes and do what I did — watch the following video.Frustrated by government and corporate inaction following the toxic hazardous materials train wreck of Feb. 3, conservative Benny Johnson took $20,000 his YouTube channel earned last month and gave envelopes filled with $1,000 in cash to 20 residents living by the railroad tracks.
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• Police Praise Man They Say Used His Gun to Shoot Man He Witnessed Stabbing Woman

  20-02-2023 23:38
  
  Police in Georgia are praising an ordinary citizen who shot and killed a man they say stabbed three women at an apartment complex over the weekend.
  After a suspect went on a violent spree on Saturday while armed with a knife, a good Samaritan named Josh Dobbs shot the man with a lawfully-owned handgun.
  WAGA-TV spoke to police and Dobbs after a man who has not yet been named went on a stabbing spree at the Hidden Lake Apartments in Union City near Atlanta.
  Dobbs heard a commotion, saw a man stabb
  
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• Multiple dead and injured after a new earthquake hits the Syria-Turkey border

  20-02-2023 23:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Syria-Turkey border Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, two weeks after the region was devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 46,000 people.
  
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• How Biden's wartime visit to Kyiv came together

  20-02-2023 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s decision to make a risky wartime visit to Kyiv took root after a similarly clandestine mission just two months ago — when
  
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• 2 Detroit police officers found fatally shot inside a home with a baby inside the residence

  20-02-2023 22:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two Detroit police officers were found dead inside a home on Sunday in what is believed to be a murder-suicide, the city's police chief said.
  
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• As reports of health problems near a toxic train wreck pile up, Ohio sets up a clinic while federal help gets into gear

  20-02-2023 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  More than two weeks after a toxic train wreck unleashed plumes of black smoke, contaminated the soil and fueled anxiety in East Palestine, Ohio, residents have reported a growing number of ailments -- from rashes to nausea to trouble breathing.
  
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• Rights groups threaten to sue Biden administration over plan to block migrants with what groups call a Trump-era tactic

  20-02-2023 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration is finalizing a new rule to block migrants that many rights groups compare to a Trump-era restriction, and some groups are preparing to sue to stop it.
  
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• Girl, 1, and 2 teens are dead in a Chicago highway shooting that injured 3 others

  20-02-2023 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  A 1-year-old girl and two teenagers were killed Sunday night in a Chicago highway shooting that injured three others, authorities said.
  
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• State Second Amendment Group Has Bad News for Any Lawmaker Planning to Vote for Gun Control Measures

  20-02-2023 22:35
  
  A Michigan-based Second Amendment advocacy group promised to recall any lawmaker that votes in favor of gun control bills after multiple Democrats introduced legislation in the wake of the Michigan State University (MSU) shooting, according to a Monday press release.
  Great Lakes Gun Rights (GLGR) will begin collaborating with grassroots political activists to recall anti-gun politicians who push restrictive gun control bills through the Michigan legislature, after Democratic Michigan Gov. G
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg Goes Full Don Lemon with Attack on Nikki Haley, Then Sunny Hostin Says Something Worse

  20-02-2023 22:33
  
  It’s time for a new generation of far-left talking heads over at ABC and perhaps elsewhere on daytime TV.
  On Monday’s edition of “The View,” co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin each attacked GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley for calling for younger leadership in D.C.
  Haley, who is 51 and previously served as the governor of South Carolina, has had liberal TV show hosts twisting themselves in knots since last week — when she portrayed the country’s r
  
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• Panelist on Don Lemon's Own Network Roasts Him for His Nikki Haley Past Her Prime Attack

  20-02-2023 22:20
  
  Don Lemon was roasted on his own network Friday night by a panelist on Bill Maher’s “Overtime” segment over sexist comments he made last week.
  Lemon has had a rough few days and has been absent from his low-rated morning show since he labeled all women 50 and over past their “prime.”
  The fallen network primetime star attacked GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley last Thursday and cited Google as a source.
  “Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry. When a
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of ‘peacemaker’ Catholic bishop in Los Angeles

  20-02-2023 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Catholic bishop in Los Angeles was identified Monday as the husband of the clergy member's housekeeper, authorities said.
  
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• James O'Keefe Out at Project Veritas - Claims Board Stripped Him of All Authority

  20-02-2023 22:01
  
  Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe said in a speech posted online Monday that he has been removed as the right-wing group’s leader.
  In remarks that appeared to have been made at a Project Veritas’ office, O’Keefe said the board had stripped him of all decision-making. The move comes after the board reportedly put him on leave from his role as chairman amid complaints about his treatment of staff at the organization.
  “So currently, I have no job at Project Veritas
  
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• Chris Cuomo Tries to Clarify What He Meant by 'I Was Going to Kill Everybody' and It Goes Terribly Wrong

  20-02-2023 22:01
  
  Last week, former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo casually mentioned that he was “going to kill everybody” after he was fired by the cable outlet, and this week he is digging his hole even deeper by accusing everyone of taking him out of context.
  Cuomo, who was a principal anchor for CNN from 2013 to 2021 and now works for NewsNation, recently told the equally disgraced former Donald Trump pressman, Anthony Scaramucci, that he worked through some violent impulses after he was fired from CNN i
  
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• Bernie Sanders Scrambles After Being Confronted on Hypocritical Detail in 'Angry About Capitalism' Event

  20-02-2023 21:51
  
  It wasn’t the question Bernie Sanders wanted to face.
  The self-proclaimed socialist of the Green Mountain State is clearly much more comfortable hectoring the American public about the vices of the kind of capitalism that made the United States the wealthiest nation in the history of the world.
  So when he was asked about one particular money-making venture of his own, he really didn’t have an answer.
  The moment came Sunday while Sanders was doing a book-tour appearance on CBS’
  
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• Alec Baldwin Scores Big Legal Win, Potential Prison Time Dramatically Reduced

  20-02-2023 21:36
  
  Actor Alec Baldwin faces potentially less prison time if he is convicted of manslaughter after prosecutors dropped a firearm enhancement charge related to his 2021 shooting of a woman in New Mexico.
  Baldwin was holding a gun that discharged in October 2021 on the set of his Western film, “Rust.”
  A live round killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and also wounded director Joel Souza. Baldwin has claimed the gun went off on its own.
  His legal team has fought to have the enhanceme
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Nation to Split Away from 'Traitorous' Democrats

  20-02-2023 21:15
  
  Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia ignited a social media furor Monday by calling for the United States to divide along partisan lines.
  “We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done,” she posted on Twitter.We need a national divorce
  
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• Three of the 5 MSU students injured in last week’s mass shooting are no longer critical

  20-02-2023 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three of the five Michigan State University students injured in last week’s on-campus mass shooting are no longer in critical condition, hospital officials confirmed on Monday.
  
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• Taking an antibiotic after sex helps gay men curb STDs — but could fuel drug resistance

  20-02-2023 20:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  A growing body of research shows taking doxycycline after sex helps prevent STDs, but some experts fear this intervention could fuel drug-resistant pathogens.
  
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• A Dozen Conservative Archbishops Turn on Head of Church After Woke Decision, No Longer Recognize His Authority

  20-02-2023 19:38
  
  A dozen conservative Anglican archbishops from various global churches announced that they no longer recognized the Archbishop of Canterbury as the leader of the Anglican Communion Monday, weeks after the Church of England approved the blessing of same-sex unions.
  The decision to bless such unions, made earlier in February, meant that the Church of England “had chosen to break communion” with foreign churches that “remain faithful to the historic biblical faith,” a group
  
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• Arrest Made in Shooting Death of California Bishop

  20-02-2023 19:29
  
  A suspect has been arrested in the killing of a Catholic bishop who was fatally shot over the weekend in Southern California, authorities said Monday.
  The person was arrested in the killing of Bishop David O’Connell, who was found in his home with a gunshot wound and declared dead at the scene, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Lizette Falcon said.
  Falcon said details would be provided at a news conference at noon Pacific time.
  O’Connell, 69, was killed just blocks from the St. John
  
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• Police Arrive at Burning Home, See Movement at Window and Save Elderly Woman Trapped Inside

  20-02-2023 19:22
  
  When the Conyers Police Department in Georgia got the news that there was an active fire on the night of Feb. 12, some of their best and bravest rushed to the scene.
  It wasn’t clear at first whether or not anyone was still inside the home, but thankfully the sole inhabitant made her presence known by approaching a window and banging on it from the inside.
  The heavy smoke obscured the first responders’ view, but Senior Police Officer Samuels wasted no time bashing through the window a
  
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• Pentagon Declares Diversity a 'Strategic Imperative' on Twitter, Then Gets Put in Its Place by Elon Musk

  20-02-2023 19:01
  
  Now, it’s Elon Musk versus the Pentagon.
  The mega-billionaire has taken on the challenges of privatizing space travel and revolutionizing electric vehicle production upped the ante over the weekend with a Twitter post aimed directly at the United States Defense Department.
  And it was a direct hit.
  Musk was responding to an @DeptofDefense tweet Saturday morning, where the department extolled its own commitment to woke priorities and promoting its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.Di
  
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• Ohio to open a clinic amid growing health concerns over train derailment

  20-02-2023 18:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Ohio Department of Health is launching a clinic in East Palestine on Tuesday to address mounting health concerns among residents after a train derailment prompted Norfolk Southern officials to release and burn a toxic chemical in the area to avoid an explosion.
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for a 'national divorce' between liberal and conservative states 

  20-02-2023 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for the U.S. to be separated by red and blue states and for a shrinking of the federal government.
  
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• Kellie Pickler's Husband Seemed Happy and Celebratory in Instagram Post One Day Before Suicide

  20-02-2023 18:47
  
  Songwriter Kyle Jacobs, the late husband of country singer Kellie Pickler, appeared happy a day before he died of a suspected suicide last week.
  Jacobs, 49, took his own life in the couple’s Tennessee home on Friday, police have said.
  In a statement obtained by NBC News, the Metro Nashville Police Department said Jacobs died from “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
  First responders found him in an upstairs room in the couple’s home in Nashville.
  The news shocked t
  
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• As Americans Struggle to Afford the Basics, Biden Takes Aim at 'Hotels That Aren't Even Resorts ... It Just Isn't Right'

  20-02-2023 18:37
  
  A tweet from President Biden is showing just how out of touch he and his administration are with the needs of the American people.
  Many families across the country are struggling to afford basic living necessities, such as food and gasoline. But Biden seems more concerned with surprise fees at hotels.
  On Sunday, the president took to Twitter to announce that his administration would work to ban “surprise ‘resort fees'” at hotels, writing, “We’re working to ban surpr
  
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• Study Reveals the 5 Dirtiest Cities in America, And They All Have One Thing in Common

  20-02-2023 18:30
  
  A new study has measured America’s “dirtiest” cities by using a series of common metrics to compare and contrast them.
  The top five on the list are each heavily populated, each struggle with “pollution” and, according to LawnStarter, struggle in regard to overall “living conditions” compared to other cities.
  The five “dirtiest” cities in the U.S. are spread out across this vast country.
  But each also shares a common factor that was not counte
  
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• 'Never Happened': Family of 'Gender Fluid' Ex-Biden Official Speaks Out and Blasts Abuse Claims

  20-02-2023 18:17
  
  Former Biden administration official Sam Brinton’s claims of abuse at the hands of his family are false, according to his sister.
  Brinton, who was deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition in the Energy Department’s Office of Nuclear Energy, was charged with two crimes late last year after being accused of stealing luggage in Minneapolis and Las Vegas, according to KMSP-TV.
  He then lost his job.
  Before his Biden administration gig, Brinton — who describes
  
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• Watch a Complete Fraud Reveal Herself: MSNBC Host Creates Fake DeSantis Slavery Comment Out of Thin Air

  20-02-2023 18:09
  
  MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell exposed herself once again as a shameless left-wing propagandist when she twisted Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ words to falsely claim he opposes the teaching of slavery in schools.
  The 76-year-old Democrat made the gaslighting remarks while interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday on her low-rated daytime show “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”
  “Let me ask you, what does Gov. Ron DeSantis not know of black history and the black exper
  
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• Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine nearly one year after Russia's invasion

  20-02-2023 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden made a surprise and historic visit to war-torn Ukraine on Monday nearly a year into Russia's war.
  
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• Michigan election denier who has yet to concede her 2022 loss will chair state GOP

  20-02-2023 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  Michigan Republicans have chosen Kristina Karamo, who has yet to concede last year's secretary of state race, as their next chair, putting an election denier at the head of the party in a crucial battleground state.
  
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• 2013 Video of Don Lemon Goes Viral, This Is What He Sounded Like Before He Went Fully Woke

  20-02-2023 17:51
  
  Given how far left the media has shifted today, it is hard to believe that there is any way that a mainstream network, such as CNN, could ever be redeemed from its bias.
  It turns out, however, that there was a time not so long ago when CNN, despite still having a liberal bias, did, in fact, do some honest journalism and reporting.
  A video of Don Lemon from 2013 has recently emerged that shows that the network was not always as insufferably woke as it is now. In fact, in this video, Lemon sounds
  
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• Remains of Auburn University student identified nearly 5 decades after his disappearance

  20-02-2023 17:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The remains of an Auburn University student who disappeared in 1976 have been identified, ending a mystery that has baffled investigators for nearly five decades, authorities said.
  
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• Healthy Boy, 11, Dies from Flesh-Eating Infection After Twisting His Ankle on Treadmill

  20-02-2023 17:23
  
  It began with what seemed to be nothing more than a twisted ankle suffered while on a treadmill. But the complications from that injury led to the death of Jesse Brown, 11, of Winter Park, Florida.
  The boy died of a massive strep-A infection late last month, according to WOFL-TV.
  “In my mind, I was in complete disbelief. I was like, he’ll be fine. This could never happen to our family,” said Megan Brown, Jesse Brown’s cousin.
  The sprain was likely accompanied by a cut, ac
  
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• Hundreds of Rescuers Mobilized After Sudden Weekend Floods Sweep Dozens Away

  20-02-2023 17:22
  
  Hundreds of rescuers searched Monday for survivors of landslides and flooding that killed at least 36 people along the coast of Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo following a huge weekend downpour.
  Worst hit was the city of Sao Sebastiao, where at least 35 were dead.
  In neighboring Ubatuba, a 7-year-old girl was killed.
  The disaster, in an area famous for beaches flanked by mountains, prompted cancellations in many cities of the Carnival festivities just getting underway.
  Gov. Tarcisio d
  
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• Gen. Flynn's Chilling Florida Address: We're Facing the Final Power Grab

  20-02-2023 16:51
  
  This article is taken from a keynote speech to the St. Thomas More Society during an award banquet Wednesday in Palm Beach, Florida, honoring former President Donald Trump for his contributions to protecting the lives of unborn children.
  Good evening to the St. Thomas More Society, your guests and other dignitaries who are present. I want to thank you for the honor of having me address you tonight.
  St. Thomas More walked a narrow road that led to a fulfilled life. He described this and other pri
  
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• Days Before Ohio Train Disaster, Locals Were Pushed to Get Creepy 'MyID' Biometric Trackers - Report

  20-02-2023 16:46
  
  As a cloud of mistrust grows that is as thick as the one of toxic gas that hovered over East Palestine, Ohio, after a train derailment early this month, one local resident is wondering at a strange coincidence that borders upon a potential conspiracy.
  Farmer Bob Moore told the Gateway Pundit that he has trouble reconciling the toxic disaster with what had at first seemed like a push for residents to have medical data available online for first responders.
  In October, the East Palestine Fire Depa
  
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• London is handing out free meals for all primary school children

  20-02-2023 16:37 via cnn.com
  
  London's mayor has announced an emergency program to provide free meals for all children attending state primary schools in the capital, adding to a string of fresh evidence that Brits are struggling to afford necessities.
  
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• Surprise and joy in Kyiv after Biden the mystery guest shuts down Ukraine’s capital

  20-02-2023 16:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Officials and residents in Ukraine hailed President Joe Biden's Kyiv visit as a historic moment that carried huge symbolism ahead of the anniversary of Russia's war.
  
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• Terrifying Discovery Made Near Pennsylvania Train Tracks

  20-02-2023 15:54
  
  A pipe bomb was discovered Sunday in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia.
  The device was found behind St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, on the 8500 block of Frankford Avenue, according to WTXF-TV.
  A set of train tracks also runs behind the church, according to Newsweek.
  The pipe bomb was about 18 inches long, according to WTXF.#UPDATE: this is on Frankford Ave near Conrail railroad tracks in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section for those who are wondering
  — R A W S A L E R T S (@r
  
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• The oldest Black church in California's East Bay burns in three-alarm fire

  20-02-2023 15:35 via cnn.com
  
  The oldest Black church in California's East Bay was devastated by a massive fire Sunday night that the church's pastor said gutted its interior structure.
  
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• Biden Delegation Gets Bad News About Spy Balloon After Meeting with Chinese Officials

  20-02-2023 15:30
  
  China isn’t apologizing for sending a surveillance balloon across the United States.
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted during an appearance with Chuck Todd on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that his Chinese counterpart declined to apologize for the balloon in a meeting this week.
  “No, there was no apology,” Blinken said of his meeting with Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.
  Blinken emphasized his objections to the balloon i
  
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• Prices for single-family homes are falling in these cities

  20-02-2023 15:17 via cnn.com
  
  Home prices are going up across the country — in aggregate. Looking at individual markets, however, some are showing prices have fallen from a year ago.
  
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• There is no direct evidence tying Alex Murdaugh to two murders. The prosecution aims to overcome that fact

  20-02-2023 15:15 via cnn.com
  
  In opening statements of Alex Murdaugh's murder trial, the prosecution went into a lengthy defense of the value and importance of circumstantial evidence.
  
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• Meta is launching a pay-for-verification subscription service for Facebook and Instagram

  20-02-2023 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Meta is testing a subscription service which will allow Instagram and Facebook users to pay to get verified, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram Sunday.
  
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• Mayorkas Refuses to Resign, Declares US a 'Place of Refuge' for World's Immigrants

  20-02-2023 14:39
  
  The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security is defending his job performance amid an illegal immigration crisis unprecedented in American history.
  In an interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace on Friday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rejected demands by congressional Republicans for his resignation, according to Homeland Security Today, a nonprofit that covers security issues.
  “Number one, I’m not going to resign,” Mayorkas told Wallace on CNN’s “Who&rs
  
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• Suspect arrested after shooting along Mardi Gras parade route leaves 1 dead, 4 others injured

  20-02-2023 14:18 via cnn.com
  
  A suspect has been arrested in a shooting along a Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans that left five people, including a juvenile girl, injured Sunday night, police say.
  
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• Here's why Elon Musk might soon get a new 'absolute monster' pay package

  20-02-2023 14:16 via cnn.com
  
  For the moment at least, Elon Musk is working at Tesla for free. Depending on how you look at it.
  
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• Elon Musk is currently working for Tesla for free. That could change

  20-02-2023 14:16 via cnn.com
  
  For the moment at least, Elon Musk is working at Tesla for free. Depending on how you look at it.
  
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