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• US Infrastructure Splurge Extends to Remote New Mexico Farms

  03-04-2023 23:59
  U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in grants to extend high-speed internet to extremely remote farms, homes and businesses in New Mexico
  
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• Georgia Crash on I-16 Injures 14 People, Including Children

  03-04-2023 23:58
  Authorities say a crash involving three vehicles on Interstate 16 in coastal Georgia sent 14 people to the hospital with injuries
  
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• Bird Flu Makes First Appearance of the Year in Minnesota

  03-04-2023 23:57
  Bird flu has returned to Minnesota less than four months after the deadly poultry disease was last detected in the state
  
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• LIV's Cam Smith Happy to Get Hugs and Handshakes at Augusta

  03-04-2023 23:53
  
  British Open champion Cameron Smith refers to Augusta National as his happy place
  
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• The 2024 Ford Mustang's 'drift brake' is ready to rock

  03-04-2023 23:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The 2024 Ford Mustang is coming at you fast. And sideways. The new pony car goes on sale this summer and Ford is showing off one of its signature features. It's an electronic drift brake that can lock up the rear wheels to make it easier to initiate a drift, like those seen in the Formula Drift racing series. SMOKING: NEW TECH LETS FORD'S CLEAN ELECTRIC CARS BURN RUBBER The feature works like an emergency brake, but has been programmed to provide three times as much braking force, which can be a
  
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• Gold coins from 15th century found near Richard III battlefield are going up for auction

  03-04-2023 23:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Gold coins thought to be from the 15th century have been found scattered across farmland in Leicestershire, England.  The location of the coins was just 10 miles from the battlefield where Richard III was killed — Bosworth Field.  Coins were found in the fall of 2021 and were reported to the British Museum and Portable Antiquities Scheme as possible treasure, according to SWNS.  SUNKEN JEWELS, BURIED TREASURE UNCOVERED IN THE BAHAMAS FROM ICONIC 17TH CENTURY SPANISH SHIPWREC
  
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• Officials: Epic California Snowpack Among Biggest on Record

  03-04-2023 23:43
  
  California water officials say this year’s epic snowpack in the Sierra Nevada could top records
  
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• Mainers cut out 1,776-foot ice disk in frozen lake, set new world record

  03-04-2023 23:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Volunteers cut a big ol' circle in a frozen lake and set it in motion, claiming a world record in a category that few people know exists: The biggest ice carousel. With a diameter of 1,776 feet, the giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons moved slowly like a Lazy Susan to hoots, hollers and high fives on Saturday. Northern Maine Ice Busters had to cut through ice nearly 30 inches thick on a path painstakingly measured by survey crews to create a perfect circle measuring nearly six football
  
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• Dubai Upholds Extradition of Financier Accused of Fraud

  03-04-2023 23:42
  
  A court in Dubai has rejected the appeal of a British financier fighting extradition to Denmark, where he is accused of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud
  
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• Man Convicted of Aggravated Murder in Death of Officer

  03-04-2023 23:41
  A man accused of killing a police officer in Washington state last year has been convicted of aggravated first-degree murder
  
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• Hot cross bun cinnamon rolls for Easter 2023: Try the recipe

  03-04-2023 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  With Easter approaching, you may be turning your wheels over what to serve for dessert. In honor of the celebration, why not try hot cross buns? With this dish from Elisabeth Mincin, recipe developer and food photographer for the blog Waiting for Blancmange, you can create a hybrid of hot cross buns with fan-favorite cinnamon rolls. "These soft and fluffy hot cross bun cinnamon rolls are a twist on the British classic Easter treat. As an American with a British husband, I like to embrace both of
  
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• Russia Rejects US Claims Its UN Council Presidency Is a Joke

  03-04-2023 23:38
  
  Russia’s U.N. ambassador is dismissing U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke
  
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• White House Calls DeSantis Concealed Carry Law ‘Shameful’

  03-04-2023 23:37
  
  The White House criticized the Florida governor for signing the rule a week after a school shooting gripped the nation.
  
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• Texas police searching for robbery suspects who shot at store safe in Austin convenience store

  03-04-2023 23:37 via foxnews.com
  
  A violent convenience store robbery in Texas was caught on video last week, showing three underage suspects ransacking the establishment who were tied to other robberies.  The incident occurred at a 7-Eleven store in Austin, the Austin Police Department said.  In surveillance video of the attack, a suspect is seen standing over a clerk on the floor as he tried opening a safe, police said. The suspect fired at the safe several times.  None of the bullets ricocheted or hit anyone.&n
  
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• Spieth Returns to Augusta in Search of Another Green Jacket

  03-04-2023 23:37
  
  Jordan Spieth is back at Augusta National, eight years after he first slipped on the green jacket as a 21-year-old champion with boundless potential
  
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• Second Autopsy Done in Unsolved South Carolina Death Probe

  03-04-2023 23:36
  A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago says a second autopsy of the exhumed body is complete
  
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• Jill Biden Wants Champions LSU — and Iowa — at White House

  03-04-2023 23:35
  
  First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she wants to see the defeated Iowa women’s basketball team invited to the White House as well as the national title winner Louisiana State University
  
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• Alabama Man Who Took 2 People Hostage Killed by Police

  03-04-2023 23:32
  Police say an Alabama man who held two people hostage and fled across state lines was shot and killed by police in Hardin County, Tennessee
  
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• Infant girl found dead in Houston gas station restroom

  03-04-2023 23:31 via foxnews.com
  
  An infant girl was found dead Sunday in a Houston gas station restroom, police said.  The child was discovered around 4:25 a.m., the Houston Police Department said. A Hispanic female went inside the restroom and left around 15 minutes, authorities said, Fox Houston reported. No description was provided.  A customer found the child hours later and called 911. Paramedics with the Houston Fire Department responded and provide medical assistance.  However, the police said the child ha
  
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• Brewers' blunder has fans miss flyover during national anthem at home opener

  03-04-2023 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Home openers in baseball usually mean sold-out crowds, tons of hot dogs on the grill and maybe even a flyover during the national anthem.  The Milwaukee Brewers set up that flyover for their home opener against the New York Mets on Monday afternoon, but there was just one problem. No one inside the ballpark could see it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM With rain in the forecast, the retractable roof at American Family Field was shut so the game could go on as scheduled. H
  
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• What's Happening With Twitter Blue Check Marks?

  03-04-2023 23:25
  
  Elon Musk had promised to take away all of Twitter’s blue check marks doled out to Hollywood stars, professional athletes, business leaders, authors and journalists unless they start buying a monthly subscription to the social media service
  
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• Eastern Congo landslide kills at least 20 people

  03-04-2023 23:25 via foxnews.com
  
  At least 20 people were killed in a landslide in eastern Congo, the government said on Monday. The landslide occurred in Bolowa village in Masisi territory on Sunday, Lt. Col. Guillaume Ndjike Kaiko announced in a statement. "As a result of this unfortunate incident, twenty people among our compatriots lost their lives and others are still missing and being searched for," he said. POPE FRANCIS CALLS OUT COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES EXPLOITING CONGO FOR MINERALS: 'STOP CHOKING AFRICA' About 25 mothers
  
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• Los Angeles authorities pursue, capture female suspect in 'Security' shirt who stole armed police cruiser

  03-04-2023 23:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Los Angeles authorities on Monday were in pursuit of a female suspect who stole a police cruiser with weapons in the back.  The police chase reportedly began around 1:30 p.m. in the area of West Rancho Dominguez, a community south of Los Angeles.  Officials say the suspect took the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department cruiser when it was parked and a chase ensued.  LA COUNTY'S PROPOSAL TO ‘DECARCERATE’ JAIL POPULATION WITHDRAWN AFTER PUSHBACK FROM PUBLIC, LAW
  
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• UN-backed panel charges South Sudan officials with 'serious' human rights violations

  03-04-2023 23:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges in a new report that several officials in South Sudan have perpetrated serious human rights violations and should be held accountable for their crimes. The governor of South Sudan's Unity State, Joseph Monytuil, is cited for being responsible for gross violations of human rights as well as other senior government and military officials, in the report released Monday by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. POPE FRANCIS HEADS TO SOUT
  
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• Ugandan troops seize eastern Congo town, rebel forces to vacate

  03-04-2023 23:20 via foxnews.com
  
  East African regional forces have regained control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern Congo that had been held by M23 rebels for more than nine months, a spokesman for the regional force said Monday. Ugandan forces officially deployed to Bunagana and will establish a foothold in the area and give the M23 forces time to vacate, said Capt. Kato Ahmad Hassan, spokesman for the Ugandan contingent of the regional force. "We appreciate the command of the M23 for being cooperative to the continge
  
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• Navy Sailor Charged in Capitol Riot Was Stationed on Carrier

  03-04-2023 23:20
  The FBI says a man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol was stationed on a Navy aircraft carrier when he joined a mob’s attack on the building
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio testifies in federal case against rapper accused of funneling millions

  03-04-2023 23:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Leonardo DiCaprio testified in federal court Monday in a case involving international money laundering and bribery. DiCaprio, 48, took the witness stand to talk about his connection to Jho Low – one of the primary financiers of his film "Wolf of Wall Street." Jho Low, also known as Low Taek Jho, has been accused of stealing billions of dollars from a Malaysian state investment fund. Prakazrel "Pras" Michel is accused of funneling money for Jho Low into Barack Obama's 2012 election campaign
  
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• Connecticut businessman gets 8 years for role in lawmaker's COVID relief fraud scheme

  03-04-2023 23:19 via foxnews.com
  
  A Connecticut businessman who conspired with a now-former state lawmaker to steal federal coronavirus relief funds from the city of West Haven was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for his role in the scheme. A federal investigation found John Trasacco, 50, had conspired with former state Rep. Michael DiMassa to submit fraudulent invoices from two companies Trasacco controlled for goods and services never provided. The list included thousands of items of personal protection equipment, bi
  
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• North Dakota House fails to override Gov. Burgum's veto of transgender pronoun ban

  03-04-2023 23:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers on Monday failed to override the governor’s veto of a controversial bill to place restrictions on educators. House lawmakers fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to block the veto. This happened days after Republican Gov. Doug Burgum’s office announced the veto and the Senate overrode it. The bill would have prohibited public school teachers and employees from a
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court race spending tops $42M, Protasiewicz holds $6M advantage

  03-04-2023 23:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Spending on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race has topped $42 million, nearly triple the previous national record for a court race, with the Democratic-backed candidate having a roughly $6 million advantage, according to a report released on Monday just before polls opened. The winner in Tuesday's election between Democratic-backed Janet Protasiewicz and Republican-backed Dan Kelly will determine majority control of the court, with issues like abortion access, redistricting and more th
  
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• Health officials report Nevada as state with most superbug fungus infections

  03-04-2023 23:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Federal public health officials have identified southern Nevada as the place in the U.S. with the highest number of cases of a potentially lethal fungus that is resistant to common antibiotics, and can be a major risk for hospital and nursing home patients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked and found that in 2022, Nevada had 16%, or 384 of the country’s 2,377 clinical cases of the superbug called Candida auris — followed by California with 359 cases, Florida with
  
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• Justine Bateman feels 'sad' for younger women who feel they need plastic surgery

  03-04-2023 23:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Justine Bateman is getting candid about younger women feeling the need to get plastic surgery to alter their appearance. During her appearance on "Today" on Monday, Bateman, 57, said that the desire for plastic surgery in younger generations boils down to one thing: fear. "I think that everybody has a completion to this sentence: 'I'm afraid if people think I look old then therefore …,' and for different people, it's different things," she told co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb. "So
  
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• Russian Charged With War Crimes May Brief U.N. Security Council

  03-04-2023 23:11
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war...
  
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• Prosecutors Urge No Bail for Chinese Man in $1B Fraud Case

  03-04-2023 23:11
  
  Prosecutors are asking a judge to reject bail for a wealthy self-exiled Chinese businessman charged in a $1 billion fraud, saying he's already breaking jail rules, and can flee or do harm even if freed on the most stringent bail conditions
  
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• Truly Evil: Camera Catches What Protesters Did with Their Hands After Christian School Shooting

  03-04-2023 23:10
  
  I’ve been praying about this in recent days.
  Not about the families of the children murdered in Nashville, Tennessee, last week, although I’ve prayed for them.
  Not about school shootings in general, although I’ve got some thoughts on those.
  Rather, I’ve been praying about my personal attitude toward people trying to make Audrey Hale the “seventh victim” after police shot and killed her following her slaughter of three adults and three children at The Covenant
  
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• Sex Abuse Trial Delayed for 'Dances With Wolves' Actor

  03-04-2023 23:09
  
  A Nevada judge has postponed the trial for a former “Dances With Wolves” actor indicted on charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls for a decade in the Las Vegas area
  
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• Minnesota Court of Appeals Rejects Abortion Challenge Bid

  03-04-2023 23:09
  The Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by the Traverse County prosecutor to appeal a judge’s decision last year that threw out most of the state’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional
  
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• Predators’ Matt Duchene loses tip of finger after taking slapshot to the hand: report

  03-04-2023 23:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Nashville Predators forward Matt Duchene suffered a painful hand injury during last week’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs that resulted in him losing a portion of his finger, according to one report.  Duchene, who has missed three games since leaving in the second period of Nashville’s game against the Maple Leafs on March 26, reportedly lost the tip of one of his fingers, NHL analyst Darren Pang said on "NHL on TNT" Sunday.  EX-NHL STAR PK SUBBAN CAUTIONS AGAINST PUS
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene's '60 Minutes' appearance sets off media debate: 'If they interview Charles Manson...'

  03-04-2023 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Lesley Stahl's interview of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA., on "60 Minutes" touched off a fierce media debate Monday, as some figures called the interview "garbage" while others defended it and pointed out more controversial figures it had interviewed in the past. During MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the panel defended Stahl and her interview with the Republican lawmaker that aired Sunday on CBS. Co-host Joe Scarborough said "60 Minutes" interviewed Charles Manson and that if it interviewed him, a
  
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• Newsom travels to banned red states with new PAC as presidential rumors swirl

  03-04-2023 22:55 via foxnews.com
  
  California Governor Gavin Newsom is traveling to Republican states he banned official travel to with a new political action committee (PAC) as rumors of a presidential run swirl. Newsom and his family are traveling to Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi this week to boost Democrat gubernatorial candidates in the deep-red states with his new PAC, the Campaign for Democracy. The California Democratic governor’s travels come as his name is thrown around blue circles as a potential front-runner
  
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• Oklahoma Police: Arrest Made in Fatal Biker Gang Shootout

  03-04-2023 22:53
  Oklahoma City police say a man has been arrested on in connection with a weekend shooting involving rival biker gangs at a bar that left three people dead
  
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• Police: Florida toddler found in alligator's mouth was put in lake by his father

  03-04-2023 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  The missing Florida toddler who was found dead in the mouth of an alligator last week was put in the lake by his father, who is also accused of killing the child's mother, according to St. Petersburg police affidavits.
  
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• Finland to join NATO, irking Moscow as the military alliance expands its border along Russia

  03-04-2023 22:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Finland is set to become NATO’s 31st member, doubling the military alliance’s border along Russia in a strategic and political blow to President Vladimir Putin.  As will all NATO members, Finland will benefit from the collective security guarantee of Article 5: "an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all."  The Finnish flag will rise between the French and the Estonian flags in a ceremony afternoon c
  
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• Dogecoin jumps after Elon Musk replaces Twitter bird with Shiba Inu

  03-04-2023 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter's traditional bird icon was booted and replaced with an image of a Shiba Inu, an apparent nod to dogecoin, the joke cryptocurrency that CEO Elon Musk is being sued over.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeal from Louisiana death row inmate seeking new hearing

  03-04-2023 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over a dissent from the three liberal justices. The court turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt from the state prison in Angola. Brown argues he is entitled to a reconsideration of his death sentence because prosecutors failed to provide his lawyers with evidence that might have led a jury to sp
  
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• Florida migrant worker bus, tanker truck collide, killing 1, injuring 10 others

  03-04-2023 22:44 via foxnews.com
  
  One person died Monday and 10 others were injured when a semi-tanker truck and a bus carrying migrants to work collided with each other in Florida.  A migrant labor bus carrying 38 people to strawberry fields in Plant City crossed a center line and collided head-on with a tanker truck hauling 8,400 pounds of fuel on U.S. Router 98 around 6 a.m., Polk County authorities said. MEXICO MEDICAL TOURISM BOOMS AS AMERICANS RISK LIVES FOR SURGERIES Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said one person on
  
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• Indiana Senate Backs GOP Bill Tightening Mail Voter Rules

  03-04-2023 22:41
  
  A Republican-backed proposal that would require Indiana voters to submit more identification information to obtain mail-in ballots has been endorsed by the state Senate
  
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• Moore Names Paul Monteiro as New Public Service Secretary

  03-04-2023 22:40
  
  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has named Paul Monteiro to lead the state’s new service year program for high school graduates
  
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• Irvo Otieno autopsy shows cause of death as asphyxia

  03-04-2023 22:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has led to second-degree murder charges against 10 deputies and hospital employees, died of "positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints," a medical examiner's office said Monday. Arkuie Williams, the administrative deputy in the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed the findings to The Associated Press after attorneys for Otieno's family first shared them in a statement. The manner o
  
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• Machine Gun Switches Will Become Illegal Under Indiana Bill

  03-04-2023 22:37
  Indiana lawmakers have given final approval to a proposal that would it illegal for anyone to possess devices for adapting a firearm into a machine gun
  
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