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• Ron DeSantis Attacks Liberals in California Speech as He Mulls White House Run

  05-03-2023 23:55
  
  By Tim ReidSIMI VALLEY, CA (Reuters) - Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took his fight against liberalism deep into the Democratic...
  
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• Tunisian President Rejects Racism Accusation After Migrant Crackdown

  05-03-2023 23:39
  
  TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's president denounced racism on Sunday and pointed to possible legal consequences for perpetrators 10 days after...
  
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• Tar Heels Slide From Preseason No. 1 to NCAA Tourney Bubble

  05-03-2023 23:39
  
  North Carolina has gone from preseason No. 1 to on the NCAA Tournament bubble
  
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• MLB Says Clevinger Won't Face Discipline in Investigation

  05-03-2023 23:34
  
  Major League Baseball says it won't impose any discipline against Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger after completing an investigation of domestic abuse allegations
  
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• Man Charged With Blowing up PG&E Transformers in California

  05-03-2023 23:28
  A 36-year-old man has been charged with blowing up two Pacific Gas & Electric transformers, causing blasts that knocked out power to thousands of utility customers in the San Francisco Bay Area
  
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• Real-Life Rambo: Medal of Honor Winner Fought Off Countless Enemies Using His Pinkie Finger During 20-Hour Fight

  05-03-2023 23:23
  
  The time: June 20, 1965. The place: Bình Định province in the meatgrinder known as South Vietnam. The stakes: Life or death.
  For what took place that day, retired Army Col. Paris Davis, 83, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on Friday during a White House ceremony.
  “Just to be able to be considered for the Medal of Honor is one thing,” Davis said, according to CNN. “To receive it is all the things I’ve never dreamed.”
  The Army’s web
  
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• Gang of Eight has been 'given a flavor' of what's in the Trump, Pence and Biden docs, Himes says

  05-03-2023 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The congressional leaders known as the "Gang of Eight" were "given a flavor” of what's in the classified documents found on the properties of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday.
  
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• No hazardous material on board 28 cars of Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio

  05-03-2023 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twenty cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield on Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said.
  
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• No. 1 Gamecocks, Cooke Top Lady Vols 74-58 for SEC Title

  05-03-2023 23:00
  
  Zia Cooke scored 24 points and Aliyah Boston added 18 as No. 1 South Carolina pulled away in the final two quarters to beat Tennessee 74-58 for the SEC championship
  
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• Woman Killed, 3 Men Injured in UTV Crash in Apache Junction

  05-03-2023 22:54
  Authorities say a 26-year-old woman is dead after a utility terrain vehicle crash in Apache Junction
  
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• Valentino Holds Black Tie Paris Show, Lanvin Goes Simple

  05-03-2023 22:52
  
  Stars such as Avril Lavigne sat beneath the gothic style arches of Lanvin’s ornate Paris venue to view the old couture house’s latest designs, which riffed subtly on history
  
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• Prince Harry contacted about coronation; his attendance is unclear

  05-03-2023 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  King Charles III’s office has been in touch with Prince Harry about the new monarch’s coronation, raising the possibility the prince will attend the historic ceremony .
  
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• College Basketball Coach Suspended: 'Referenced Bible Verses' About 'Slaves Serving Their Masters'

  05-03-2023 22:38
  
  Controversy is swiftly emerging in Lubbock, Texas, after the Texas Tech Red Raiders have suspended head basketball coach Mark Adams.
  The school made the announcement Sunday via a news release.
  “Texas Tech University has suspended men’s basketball head coach Mark Adams in relation to the use of an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment last week,” the statement began.
  “On Friday, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt was made aware of an incident regard
  
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• More rate hikes are needed, says Fed's Mary Daly

  05-03-2023 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  Federal Reserve policymakers will need to raise interest rates higher and keep them there longer to tackle the higher prices caused by sticky inflation, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said Saturday.
  
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• Phil Batt, Onion Farmer Who Rose to Idaho Governor, Dies

  05-03-2023 22:27
  
  Former Idaho Governor Phil Batt died at home on Saturday
  
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• Estonia's Ruling Reform Party in the Lead as 92% of Parliament Votes Counted

  05-03-2023 22:27
  
  TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's ruling liberal Reform party is leading Sunday's vote for parliament with 32.0% support as 92.4% of ballots have been...
  
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• Climate Activists Attack Monument, But This Isn't a Normal Work of Art

  05-03-2023 22:26
  
  Climate activists on Saturday staged an attack on a Berlin artwork proclaiming basic human rights that were adopted as Germany emerged from the shadow of Nazism.
  Protesters threw a dark-colored liquid on a work by Israeli artist Dani Karavan, titled “Grundgesetz 49.” The title of the work refers to the nation’s constitution drafted after World War II, as well as the year it was created.
  The artwork, which consists of text on glass, emphasizes rights that include freedom of expr
  
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• Small Plane Crashes in Suburban Long Island; 1 Dead, 2 Hurt

  05-03-2023 22:24
  Officials say a single-engine plane has crashed in suburban Long Island as it approached a regional airport, killing one of three people aboard and seriously injuring the two others
  
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• Police: Small Plane Crash on Long Island; 1 Dead, 2 Critical

  05-03-2023 22:24
  Authorities say a small plane trying to return to a Long Island airport after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit crashed, leaving one person dead and the two others aboard with critical injuries
  
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• FAA: Small Plane Crashes Near Suburban Long Island Airport

  05-03-2023 22:24
  Officials say a single-engine plane has crashed in suburban Long Island as it approached a regional airport
  
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• 'Creature From the Black Lagoon' Actor Ricou Browning Dies

  05-03-2023 22:12
  Ricou Browning, best known for playing the Gill Man in the 1954 monster movie “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” has died
  
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• Durant Tiebreaker Lifts Suns Over Mavs in Showcase of Stars

  05-03-2023 22:05
  
  Kevin Durant scored 37 points and hit the tiebreaking jumper with 11 seconds to go to lift the Phoenix Suns to a 130-126 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in a thrilling showcase of stars for both teams
  
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• Chris Rock Returns to Stand-Up, Eviscerates Meghan, Duchess of Sussex: 'They're the Original Racists'

  05-03-2023 22:05
  
  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, appears unable to catch a break, as a blistering new comedy special took a particularly vitriolic stab at her.
  Legendary comedian Chris Rock’s return to stand-up included a scathing takedown of the Duchess of Sussex — as well as a long-awaited response to the infamous Will Smith slap from 2022.
  Rock, whose last Netflix comedy special, “Tamborine,” came in February 2018, returned to Netflix with a live special, “Selective Outrage,” wh
  
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• Warriors' Curry Shakes off Rust During 4th Quarter in Return

  05-03-2023 21:50
  
  For three quarters, Stephen Curry looked like a player who had not been on the court in over a month
  
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• Warriors' Curry Returns to Lineup Vs. Lakers

  05-03-2023 21:50
  
  Stephen Curry returned to the Golden State Warriors lineup Sunday as they faced the Los Angeles Lakers in a nationally televised game
  
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• Biden's Ex-Censorship Czar Announces Lawsuit Plan Against Fox News, It Instantly Backfires with Hilarious Results

  05-03-2023 21:44
  
  She should be laughed out of court — if it gets that far.
  But first she’s getting ridiculed on social media.
  And in Nina Jankowicz latest turn in the public spotlight, both are richly deserved.
  Most Americans got their first introduction to Jankowicz when she was announced as the head of the new, Orwellian “Disinformation Governance Board,” the Biden administration’s stab at putting an official agency in place to handle all the censorship those patriotic souls at th
  
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• Greek Station Master Detained Pending Trial Over Train Crash -Lawyer

  05-03-2023 21:43
  
  ATHENS (Reuters) - The station master at Greece's Larissa railway station was detained pending trial on Sunday, his lawyer said, on charges related...
  
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• Bryce Harper to Report to Phillies Camp on Wednesday

  05-03-2023 21:39
  
  Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper says he will report to spring training on Wednesday as he continues recovering from elbow surgery and then determine when he can return full time
  
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• Prince Harry Contacted About Coronation; Attendance Unclear

  05-03-2023 21:31
  
  King Charles III’s office has been in touch with Prince Harry about the new monarch’s coronation
  
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• Alpine Skiing-Odermatt Takes First Super-G Season Title With Record Win

  05-03-2023 21:30
  
  (Reuters) - Marco Odermatt put down a blistering run to win the super-G in Aspen on Sunday and capture his first season title in the discipline,...
  
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• University of Massachusetts Warns of TikTok Drinking Trend

  05-03-2023 21:29
  The University of Massachusetts is warning about a TikTok trend after 28 ambulances were summoned to off-campus parties
  
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• Disgraced Ex-Chief of Uvalde PD Wins Appeal, Enables Disgusting Possibility

  05-03-2023 21:25
  
  Ex-Uvalde, Texas, Police Chief Pete Arredondo was fired for cause after his department’s failed response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, but now he has been handed a victory in court and will have the blot on his record expunged.
  The ruling does not entitle Arredondo to get his job back, but it does allow him to claim that he has a clean record should he try to seek another job in law enforcement or a related field, according to ABC News reporter Patrick Linehan.
  Arredondo,
  
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• Marcus Ericsson Wins Rough IndyCar Season-Opening Race

  05-03-2023 21:18
  Marcus Ericsson outlasted the carnage on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg for a surprise victory for Chip Ganassi Racing
  
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• E-bike lithium battery investigated as cause of 5-alarm Bronx blaze, fire department says

  05-03-2023 21:17 via cnn.com
  
  A raging five-alarm fire at a grocery store in the Bronx is being investigated as having been started by a lithium battery in an e-bike, the New York City Fire Department said Sunday.
  
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• Britain's Prince Harry Invited to King Charles's Coronation -Spokesperson

  05-03-2023 21:13
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have received an invitation to his father King Charles's coronation but will not yet...
  
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• 1 Dead After Plane Crashes Into a Tree in North Georgia

  05-03-2023 21:13
  One person aboard a small plane was killed after the aircraft crashed into a tree near an airport in north Georiga
  
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• No. 8 Virginia Tech Beats Louisville for 1st ACC Crown

  05-03-2023 21:09
  
  Georgia Amoore scored 25 points to help No. 8 Virginia Tech beat Louisville 75-67 on Sunday to win its first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title
  
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• Woman, 2 Children Killed in Apartment Fire Near Los Angeles

  05-03-2023 21:03
  Authorities say an elderly woman and two young children were killed when flames ripped through their apartment near Los Angeles
  
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• Tense Standoff in Holy Land as Foreign Trooper Levels RPG at Israeli Tank

  05-03-2023 21:03
  
  The world was given a peek at the simmering tensions that underlie the Middle East Sunday after an Israel patrol was accused of illegally entering Lebanon by one meter.
  Images from a confrontation between Lebanese forces and an Israeli patrol show a Lebanese soldier with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher pointed at an Israel tank. Other images show efforts to calm tensions taking place.A minor confrontation at the Israel-Lebanon border today. A LAF soldier aims an RPG at an Israeli tank. Membe
  
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• FBI not ‘forthcoming’ with Trump, Biden classified docs after House intel briefing, committee chairs say

  05-03-2023 20:54 via foxnews.com
  
  The FBI was not forthcoming with the Trump, Biden and Pence classified documents during a House Intelligence Committee briefing last week, and lawmakers still don't know exactly what the documents contained, the committee’s leaders, Reps. Mike Turner and Jim Himes, said Sunday. Turner, R-Ohio, and Himes, D-Conn., appeared together on NBC’s "Meet the Press," where they said there were still unanswered questions regarding the classified documents discovered at the residences of Preside
  
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• $30M of Funko Pop! toys will be thrown in the trash

  05-03-2023 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Thirty million dollars worth of Funko Pop! figures -- those big-headed, vinyl pop-culture dolls -- will soon make their way into the hands of a new collector: The garbage collector.
  
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• $30 million of Funko Pop! toys will be thrown in the trash

  05-03-2023 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Thirty million dollars worth of Funko Pop! figures -- those big-headed, vinyl pop-culture dolls -- will soon make their way into the hands of a new collector: The garbage collector.
  
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• Walz to Transfer Power During Anesthesia for Colonoscopy

  05-03-2023 20:39
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will temporarily transfer power to Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan on Monday while he’s under general anesthesia for a colonoscopy
  
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• Shead Scores in Last Second, No. 1 Houston Tops Memphis

  05-03-2023 20:37
  
  Jamal Shead scored 16 points, including the winning basket as time ran out, and top-ranked Houston escaped a second-half rally by Memphis for a 67-65 win in the regular-season finale
  
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• Two suspects shoot robbery victim and flee on foot as getaway car stalls: police

  05-03-2023 20:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Local authorities are on the lookout for two suspects after a man was shot during a robbery Saturday night in southeast Houston, Texas. An unidentified man confronted one of the suspects concerning the alleged theft of an item at a convenience store at the 15100 block of Old Galveston Road, according to KRIV.  The incident occurred when a man confronted the male suspect. The suspect entered through the passenger side of a car with a female driver, Lt. Izaguirre of the Houston Police Departm
  
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• Former DNC chair slams Biden over support for overriding DC crime bill: 'Huge mistake'

  05-03-2023 20:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Former DNC chair Donna Brazile criticized President Biden on Sunday for saying he won't veto plans to block the Washington, D.C. Council's move to soften crime laws, saying it was a "huge mistake." "Huge mistake by the president," Brazile said. "The D.C. code is old. It was written in 1901. In some areas, there are no penalties for sexual assault. There’s only three months when you beat up a police officer. So while I understand that some Republicans want to show they’re tough on cri
  
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• Californians Literally Breathing in Mexican Sewage - And Study Claims That Isn't All

  05-03-2023 20:29
  
  Ahh the California beach. Roaring surf. Golden sunsets. And the sweet smell of Mexican sewage.
  That’s the reality taking place along south Imperial Beach, according to a study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego.
  Raw sewage that meanders its way along the Tijuana River in Mexico flows into the Pacific Ocean and has for years. There’s a lot of it.
  According to the website InterestingEngineering,13 billion gallons of sewage-polluted w
  
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• 5 injured in 'tragically ironic' L.A. shooting a few miles away from gun buyback event, officials say

  05-03-2023 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Five people were injured in a "tragically ironic" shooting a few miles from where a gun buyback event was happening in Los Angeles on Saturday, officials said.
  
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• 'Shark Tank' Star Gives Elizabeth Warren the Bad News: 'Look, Senator... You Are Not Investable Anymore'

  05-03-2023 20:16
  
  “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary on Friday slammed top Democratic politicians who have made some blue states places he said savvy investors should avoid.
  During an appearance on “CNN This Morning” on Friday, he called the economy a “competition of states,” according to Fox News.
  “I don’t put companies here in New York anymore or in Massachusetts or New Jersey or California. Those states are uninvestable. The policy here is insane. The taxes ar
  
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• Noted Architect Rafael Viñoly Dies at 78 in New York

  05-03-2023 20:16
  
  Uruguayan-born architect Rafael Viñoly has died at age 78 after a career of designing distinctive buildings around the globe
  
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