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• EPA Orders 'Pause' of Derailment Contaminated Waste Removal

  25-02-2023 23:53
  
  Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio involving hazardous materials
  
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• After McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson access to Jan. 6 footage, media organizations are asking Congress for it

  25-02-2023 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  CNN, along with a group of other media organizations, has signed on to a letter calling for congressional leaders to grant access to security footage from inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News' Tucker Carlson access to the material earlier this month.
  
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• Pitch Clock Violation Costs the Braves a Walk-Off Walk

  25-02-2023 23:44
  
  Baseball's new rules designed to improve pace of play are coming fast at everyone, particularly the players
  
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• Conley's Pitch Clock Violation Leaves Braves-Red Sox Tied

  25-02-2023 23:44
  
  Baseball's new rules designed to improve pace of play are coming fast at everyone, particularly the players
  
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• Unsettling Item Seen on East Palestine High School Water Fountains, Superintendent Claims Everything Is Fine: Report

  25-02-2023 23:43
  
  As the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, grapple with the health effects of a toxic cloud that hovered over the town after a chemical burn-off that followed a train derailment, concerns are being raised about water fountains at East Palestine High School.
  The fountains have locks on them, which led to some consternation when the school was the site of a community meeting.The drinking fountain here at East Palestine High School literally has a LOCK on the nozzle that says “DANGER: DO NOT O
  
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• Farewell, Fontana: NASCAR's Last Weekend at a Racing Gem

  25-02-2023 23:39
  Most of NASCAR’s Cup Series drivers feel like they’re saying their final goodbye to a dear old friend this weekend
  
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• Lawmakers Pass Energy Bill, ‘Skinny’ Budget as Session Ends

  25-02-2023 23:37
  
  The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has passed major energy legislation and a stop-gap budget bill as it reached the end of the regular session
  
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• Pennsylvania woman killed by police in Pittsburgh was having 'mental breakdown': Cousin

  25-02-2023 23:36 via foxnews.com
  
  A woman had "a mental breakdown" and "didn't mean to harm anyone" when she was fatally shot by police in Pittsburgh, her cousin told Fox News Digital.  Adrienne Arrington, 39, was in an abandoned home in the St. Clair section of the city Friday afternoon when someone called police to report a "suspicious person," according to Allegheny County police. Police swarmed the area, and SWAT trucks rolled through the neighborhood. "The woman began shooting at officers," Allegheny County police said
  
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• Jessa Duggar reveals she had miscarriage over the holidays in emotional video: 'Heartbreak'

  25-02-2023 23:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Jessa Duggar revealed this week she had a miscarriage near the end of her first trimester over the holidays.  The "19 Kids and Counting" star said Friday in an emotional 18-minute YouTube video titled "Heartbreak over the Holidays" that she was 11 weeks along and experienced a brief period of spotting. So, she and husband Ben Seewald braved wintry weather to go see a doctor.  She said as soon as a technician started looking at the baby on an ultrasound, "I could tell there was some con
  
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• MLBPA's Tony Clark Says Rising Payrolls Good for Game

  25-02-2023 23:31
  
  A handful of free-spending owners in Major League Baseball have made some of the game’s other owners a little nervous
  
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• President of El Salvador Showcases Brutal Solution to MS-13 Gangs: 'This Will Be Their New House'

  25-02-2023 23:26
  
  President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador isn’t playing around when it comes to gang violence.
  On Friday, Bukele showcased a new prison intended for hardened gang members in a video shared on his official Twitter account.
  The video detailed a law enforcement operation in which 2,000 detainees were transferred from other jails and prisons to El Salvador’s Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, a new facility intended to house gang members.
  The prisoners — many of them tattooed wit
  
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• Athletics-Sweden's Duplantis Breaks Own Pole Vault World Record With 6.22m

  25-02-2023 23:23
  
  (Reuters) - Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record on Saturday, clearing 6.22 metres to add one centimetre to his previous...
  
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• US Marshals team up with Native American tribe to address cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people

  25-02-2023 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  The US Marshals Service is teaming up with a Native American tribe based in Northern California for a new push aimed at addressing cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people, a growing crisis that tribes say has not received enough attention.
  
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• Student attacks school employee after Nintendo Switch taken away

  25-02-2023 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  A Florida high school student has been arrested after a video showed him attacking a school employee after she took away his Nintendo Switch device, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• No. 2 Alabama Wins, Led by Miller After Week of Questions

  25-02-2023 22:47
  
  Brandon Miller scored 24 points and Mark Sears made 7 of 8 free throws over the final 1:04 to help No. 2 Alabama secure an 86-83 victory over Arkansas
  
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• Miller Leads No. 2 Alabama Following Pregame Pat-Down Intro

  25-02-2023 22:47
  
  Brandon Miller scored 24 points and Mark Sears made 7 of 8 free throws over the final 1:04 to help No. 2 Alabama secure an 86-83 victory over Arkansas
  
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• Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes New Britain, Papua New Guinea - USGS

  25-02-2023 22:46
  (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck New Britain region in Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS)...
  
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• DoD Committee Recommends 'High Priority' Firearms Ban on Nearly 50% of Active Service Members

  25-02-2023 22:46
  
  As if it is not enough for them to come after the Second Amendment rights of ordinary Americans, the woke mob is now attempting to impose gun control on active-duty military members.
  On Saturday, Fox News reported that the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, which was founded by the Department of Defense in 2020 to help deal with the rising rate of military suicides, issued a report on recommended action that the DoD can take to curb suicides.
  The report recommended tha
  
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• Homicide Suspect Who Skipped End of Trial Found Dead

  25-02-2023 22:42
  A homicide suspect has been found dead in Minneapolis after he skipped out on the end of his murder trial, sparking a manhunt
  
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• Arizona State Stuns No. 7 Arizona 89-88 on Cambridge's Heave

  25-02-2023 22:40
  
  Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer and Arizona State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat No. 7 Arizona 89-88
  
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• Arizona State Beats No. 7 Arizona 89-88 on Cambridge's Heave

  25-02-2023 22:40
  
  Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer and Arizona State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat No. 7 Arizona 89-88
  
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• Thousands Protest in Portugal Over Cost-Of-Living Crisis

  25-02-2023 22:39
  
  By Catarina Demony and Pedro NunesLISBON (Reuters) - Thousands took to Lisbon's streets on Saturday to demand better living conditions at a time...
  
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• Thousands Without Power as California Storms Bring Rain, Snow and Cold

  25-02-2023 22:37
  
  By Sharon Bernstein(Reuters) - Nearly 85,000 households and businesses were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, as storms continued...
  
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• Official: Heavy Ice a Possible Factor in Alaska Gym Collapse

  25-02-2023 22:34
  An Anchorage official says thick, heavy ice had accumulated on the roof of a gym that collapsed earlier this month, killing one person and trapping two others
  
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• No. 8 Utah Beats No. 3 Stanford to Share 1st Pac-12 Title

  25-02-2023 22:27
  
  Gianna Kneepkens scored 28 points to lead No. 8 Utah to an 84-78 victory over No. 3 Stanford that gave the Utes a share of their first regular-season Pac-12 Conference title
  
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• No. 3 Utah Beats No. 8 Stanford to Share 1st Pac-12 Title

  25-02-2023 22:27
  
  Gianna Kneepkens scored 28 points to lead No. 8 Utah to an 84-78 victory over No. 3 Stanford that gave the Utes a share of their first regular-season Pac-12 Conference title
  
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• 'There's a Tree on My Baby!': Family Calls Toddler's Survival a 'Miracle' After Huge Tree Crushes Home

  25-02-2023 22:18
  
  California has been hit with extreme weather this week, but few experienced it quite the way one family in the town of Boulder Creek did.
  This week, the community in the Santa Cruz Mountains saw winds of 40 miles per hour. Tuesday night, those winds toppled a huge tree on Bobcat Lane and it crashed through the Smith family home.
  Mom Catherine Smith soon realized something was wrong.
  “Even when I went into the bedroom I didn’t realize that the ceiling had collapsed,” Catherine s
  
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• Judge Orders Ex-Jail Union Boss to Be Freed in Bribery Case

  25-02-2023 22:10
  
  A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case
  
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• Rights to 'Crying Indian' Ad to Go to Native American Group

  25-02-2023 22:03
  
  Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an indelible piece of TV pop culture
  
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• Two Laughingstock NBA Franchises Just Put On a Historic Show - MJ's Bulls and Bird's Celtics Never Did This

  25-02-2023 21:52
  
  If you care at all about defense being played at an adequate level in the NBA, you may want to avert your eyes.
  A pair of perennially moribund franchises, the Sacramento Kings (who haven’t made the playoffs since the 2005-2006 season and last won a championship as the Rochester Royals in 1951) and the Los Angeles Clippers (who have only one conference finals appearance in team history and zero finals appearances), put on a historic show at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Friday.
  Now, to
  
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• The family of a woman who vanished a year ago in Wyoming turns to the governor for help

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  The family of Irene Gakwa, last seen a year ago, is imploring the Wyoming governor to help them find answers after months without apparent new leads in the case.
  
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• Over 1 million Halloween-themed candles sold at Walmart recalled

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for more than a million candles sold at Walmart after the agency received reports of the candles' glass cracking, causing burns and cuts.
  
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• Florida bill would ban dogs from sticking heads out car window

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  A new bill in Florida might mean no more joyrides for Fido.
  
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• February 24, 2023 Alex Murdaugh testifies in murder trial

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is on trial for murder in the deaths of his wife and son, completed six hours of testimony on Friday, mostly under cross-examination.
  
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• Dozens of gang members arrested amid investigation into 'cartel-style' mass shooting in California

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of gang members were arrested and illegal guns and drugs seized during a four-day operation in Central California, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.
  
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• DC's iconic cherry trees could hit a record-early peak bloom as temperatures soar

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Cherry blossoms usually peak around April 4, but records show peak bloom in DC has been coming earlier than usual in recent decades.
  
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• Alex Murdaugh completes testimony in trial over 2021 killings of his wife and son; court to resume Monday

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  After two days on the stand, Alex Murdaugh completed testimony Friday in the murder trial over the killings of his wife and son.
  
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• A first report on the Ohio toxic train wreck was released. Here's what it found — and what investigators are still looking into

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  After federal officials released an initial report concluding that this month's toxic train wreck in Ohio was completely preventable, investigators will begin examining procedures, practices and design prior to the derailment that has sparked long-term concerns among hundreds of frustrated residents.
  
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• 81-year-old man dies after dog attack in San Antonio; suspect arrested, police say

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  An 81-year-old man died after being attacked by two dogs in San Antonio, Texas, and a suspect has been arrested in the incident, police say.
  
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• 8 people injured in stabbing incident at an Oklahoma City nightclub

  25-02-2023 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Eight people were injured, including two critically, after a stabbing incident in Oklahoma City, according to the Oklahoma City Police Department.
  
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• Capitals Beat Rangers to End Skid, Hand NY 4th Straight Loss

  25-02-2023 21:47
  
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• Ketchup may have saved this man's life. Now Heinz wants to give him a boat

  25-02-2023 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  The sailor who spent weeks lost at sea in January, surviving largely off of ketchup, could have a new, state-of-the-art boat coming to him.
  
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• Diverse Designers Headline Milan Fashion Week Day 5

  25-02-2023 21:31
  
  Designers with diverse backgrounds figured prominently in shows on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week during a season when diversity in Italian fashion has become an every more pressing topic
  
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• Media Drop Dilbert After Creator's Black `Hate Group' Remark

  25-02-2023 21:24
  Some prominent media publishers are dropping the comic strip Dilbert after its creator referred to people who are Black as members of “a hate group.”
  
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• Hundreds of Protesters Denounce Racism in Tunisia

  25-02-2023 21:23
  
  Hundreds of protesters in Tunisia's capital have taken to the streets to denounce racism and express solidarity towards migrants
  
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• Strange Dust Coats Cars Across Several States as Odd Smell Permeates the Air

  25-02-2023 21:13
  
  Residents of multiple states were baffled Thursday as dust coated vehicles and, in Connecticut, an unusual smell was noticeable.
  With nerves on edge due to the train derailment and subsequent chemical burn-off in East Palestine, Ohio, that led to multiple claims of illnesses from whatever was in the air, the question was no laughing matter.
  “WHAT IS FALLING FROM THE CLEAR SKY? I’ve just been informed from West Virginia to Carroll County MD there seems to be White ASH falling,”
  
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• Blackstone's Schwarzman Received Over $1 Billion in Pay, Dividends in 2022

  25-02-2023 21:09
  
  By Rhea Binoy and Jose Joseph(Reuters) - Blackstone Inc Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman took home about $1.26 billion in pay and dividends...
  
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• Biden Gets More Terrible News Just Days After Top Economic Adviser Quits

  25-02-2023 21:06
  
  Things just seem to be going from bad to worse for the Biden White House these days. The beginning of 2023 has been particularly bad for the administration.
  According to the Brookings Institution, over the last 30 days, two senior advisors have quit the administration. Chief of Staff Ron Klain resigned on Feb. 8 and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese resigned Tuesday.
  But things are about to get a whole lot worse for the administration as two more senior advisors have also ann
  
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• New Mexico Indian Affairs Appointee Accused of Rape in 2007

  25-02-2023 20:56
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a former governor of a New Mexico Pueblo appointed to oversee the state’s Indian Affairs was accused of rape in 2007
  
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• UN Food Agency Chief Tells of 'Apocalyptic' Scenes in Quake-Hit Turkey

  25-02-2023 20:50
  
  ROME (Reuters) - The head of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Saturday he was confronted with "apocalyptic" scenes as he...
  
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