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• North Carolina Senate GOP Seeks Even Lower Income Tax Rates

  05-04-2023 23:53
  Top leaders in the North Carolina Senate want to reduce the state’s already falling individual income tax rate even further than what’s already set to happen
  
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• Georgia's Stacey Abrams to Join Faculty at Howard University

  05-04-2023 23:45
  
  Georgia’s Stacey Abrams will join the faculty at Howard University in Washington, D
  
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• Publisher Drops Children's Illustrator for Anti-Trans Notes

  05-04-2023 23:38
  
  An Alaska man known for illustrating widely distributed children’s books with cute mother-baby animal pairs has been dropped by his publisher after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children
  
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• Judge Weighs Request to Toss Chasing Horse's Sex Abuse Case

  05-04-2023 23:35
  
  A “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades is asking a judge in Nevada to dismiss a 19-count indictment against him
  
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• Dealer Pleads Guilty in Death of Actor Michael K. Williams

  05-04-2023 23:35
  
  A New York City drug dealer has pleaded guilty to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K
  
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• Leftists Get Their Claws Out, Tear CNN's Van Jones to Shreds for What He Said About Trump

  05-04-2023 23:33
  
  Far-left CNN contributor Van Jones shared a rare but sympathetic take about former President Donald Trump on the network Tuesday, and he was shredded by his now side of the aisle over it.
  Trump was indicted in New York City following the recommendation of a grand jury in relation to alleged “hush money” payments stemming from old allegations of alleged affairs.
  George Soros-funded Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the country’s 45th president with 34 crimes he all
  
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• New Mexico Governor Signs Bill to Shield Abortion Providers

  05-04-2023 23:32
  
  Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that protects providers of abortions from prosecution or extradition attempts by out-of-state interests
  
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• North Carolina Democrat switches parties, giving Republicans veto-proof supermajority in state House

  05-04-2023 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  North Carolina Republicans gained a veto-proof supermajority in the state House after a Charlotte-area Democrat announced Wednesday she was switching parties.
  
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• Jury in Defamation Suit Against Fox Won't Hear About Jan. 6

  05-04-2023 23:26
  
  A judge says the upcoming trial in a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing false allegations of vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election will not include testimony about the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol
  
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• Pence Will Not Appeal Ruling Ordering His Testimony in Trump Probe

  05-04-2023 23:25
  
  The former vice president has decided not to appeal a ruling last month that compels him to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued as part of an investigation into Trump’s role in the 2021 insurrection.
  
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• Two Charged With Stealing From Commuter Rail Company

  05-04-2023 23:22
  A former assistant chief engineer for the firm that operates Massachusetts' commuter rail service has been charged, along with a second man, in a scheme to defraud the company of more than $8 million
  
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• Maryland AG report into Archdiocese of Baltimore alleges 156 Catholic clergy members and others abused more than 600 children

  05-04-2023 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  A report from Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown released Wednesday alleges 156 Catholic clergy members and others abused at least 600 children over the course of more than six decades.
  
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• Maryland AG alleges 156 Catholic clergy members and others abused more than 600 children

  05-04-2023 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  A report from Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown released Wednesday alleges 156 Catholic clergy members and others abused at least 600 children over the course of more than six decades.
  
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• Dominion can force Murdochs to testify at Fox News defamation trial, judge says

  05-04-2023 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  • Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity among prominent Fox hosts and executives set to take stand at defamation trial
  • Fox News banned Trump legal team from air in December 2020, new text message shows
  
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• Anti-Abortion Group Sues Over Minneapolis Clinic Ordinance

  05-04-2023 23:21
  An anti-abortion group is suing the city of Minneapolis to overturn an ordinance that prohibits the obstruction of entrances and driveways to abortion clinics
  
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• Connecticut Woman Shot by Officer Gets $1.1M Settlement

  05-04-2023 23:17
  A Connecticut woman who was seriously injured when a police officer opened fire on her and her boyfriend as they sat in a car unarmed has settled a lawsuit over the shooting for about $1.1 million
  
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• Cash App Founder Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in San Francisco, Says Father

  05-04-2023 23:15
  (Reuters) - Block Inc-owned Cash App's founder Bob Lee was stabbed to death in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to a Facebook post shared by his...
  
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• LSU's Reese on White House Flap: 'We’ll Go to the Obamas'

  05-04-2023 23:13
  
  First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House doesn't sit well with Angel Reese
  
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• Biden Gets Big-Name Challenger in 2024 Democratic Primary

  05-04-2023 23:12
  
  Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, is running for president.
  Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
  The 69-year-old’s campaign to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination is a long shot. Self-help author Marianne Williamson is also running in the Democratic race.
  Kennedy, a nephew of President John F. Kennedy and the son o
  
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• Anti-Vaccine Activist RFK Jr. Challenging Biden in 2024

  05-04-2023 23:12
  
  Democrat Robert F
  
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• Wisconsin Gov. Evers Signs GOP Cash Bail Bill Into Law

  05-04-2023 23:11
  Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill into law to clarify when a newly passed constitutional amendment will make it harder for people to get out of jail on bail
  
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• Joe Biden Classified Documents Bomb Dropped Live on Jesse Watters' Show

  05-04-2023 23:07
  
  While the establishment media was fixated Tuesday on the legal theater of former President Donald Trump’s indictment in New York City, an entirely different drama was playing out in Washington.
  The classified documents scandal the Biden administration no doubt hoped would have faded by now came back for a second act, thanks to Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer.
  And if the release of the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment showed it wasn’t nearly as bad for T
  
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• Nebraska Agency Director Resigns Amid COVID Grant Questions

  05-04-2023 23:06
  The director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development has resigned a day after a news report saying that a business he owns received $24,000 in pandemic relief grants from the agency he headed
  
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• NPR Protests as Twitter Calls It 'State-Affiliated Media'

  05-04-2023 23:03
  
  Twitter labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” a move that some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization
  
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• Novel Treatment Shows Promise Against Rare Cancer in Kids

  05-04-2023 23:03
  
  A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer
  
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• Mitchell Homers in 9th as Brewers Sweep Mets With 7-6 Win

  05-04-2023 22:55
  
  Garrett Mitchell hit a tiebreaking homer off Adam Ottavino in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the New York Mets 7-6 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory
  
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• Man Charged in Arizona in High-Profile Missing Indigenous Woman Case

  05-04-2023 22:51
  By Andrew Hay(Reuters) - A man has been charged in Arizona with the alleged assault and carjacking of Ella Mae Begay, a Navajo weaver whose 2021...
  
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• Former Arkansas Legislator, Attorney Herb Rule Dies at 87

  05-04-2023 22:51
  Family and friends will gather next week to remember Little Rock attorney Herbert C
  
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• Centralized League Is Solution to Closing Women's Hockey Gap

  05-04-2023 22:51
  
  Czech Republic coach Carla MacLeod says the solution to closing the gap in competition in women's hockey between the rest of the world and the United States and Canada comes with forming a centralized league where the top players can call home
  
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• The Left Is Wrong: Here's Proof the Gender Wage Gap Is a Giant Fraud

  05-04-2023 22:50
  
  As a millennial woman who abandoned the secular progressive worldview I was raised with in early adulthood to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, one of the topics I have been most passionate about for years is homemaking.
  It hit me like a ton of bricks as a young woman learning to take care of my first apartment (and myself) after moving out for the first time that, rather than an outdated tool of patriarchal oppression, homemaking was really important, really valuable and really enjoyable.
  So, I did
  
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• Man Charged in Case of Woman Missing From Navajo Nation

  05-04-2023 22:37
  
  A federal grand jury has indicted a New Mexico man on assault and carjacking charges in connection with the 2021 disappearance of a Navajo woman
  
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• O'Keefe Captures NY DA on Hidden Camera Outside Trump Hearing Complaining About Constitution

  05-04-2023 22:34
  
  James O’Keefe is at it again.
  He wandered among journalists on the scene for Tuesday’s New York City arraignment of Donald Trump and talked with them about how they feel about the former president.
  No surprise — they don’t like him.
  Among people O’Keefe encountered was Sylvia Wertheimer, a lawyer in the office of New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
  O’Keefe discussed with her Bragg’s decision to indict Trump. “I was surprised to hear that
  
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• Op-Ed: Trump's Indictment Is Exactly What the Founders Tried to Prevent

  05-04-2023 22:32
  
  The indictment of former President Donald Trump is evidence of the weaponization of our legal system, which is blatant government tyranny — what our Founders tried to prevent.
  Left unchecked, this will destroy America.
  On March 30, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a lackey of billionaire progressive George Soros, announced the indictment of Trump for allegedly misreporting a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
  Former Vice President Mike Pence said, “The
  
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• Tennessee Advances Bill to Arm Teachers After Deadly Nashville School Shooting

  05-04-2023 22:30
  
  Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in classrooms in the wake of a school shooting that killed three 9-year-olds and three staffers.
  
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• Russian Girl Who Drew Antiwar Sketch Leaves Orphanage

  05-04-2023 22:29
  
  The Kremlin's children's rights commissioner says a Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been picked up by her mother
  
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• Pirates Finish Sweep of Red Sox Behind Keller and Santana

  05-04-2023 22:25
  
  Mitch Keller struck out seven, Carlos Santana homered and Bryan Reynolds knocked in his seventh run of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 4-1 win Wednesday
  
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• Mississippi Reserve Deputy on Leave After Church Shooting

  05-04-2023 22:22
  A reserve deputy with a Mississippi sheriff’s department has been placed on administrative leave after a weekend shooting that left a man dead
  
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• Mississippi Deputy on Leave After Fatal Shooting Near Church

  05-04-2023 22:22
  Authorities say a man was fatally shot outside a Mississippi church during a confrontation with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy
  
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• On DeSantis Turf, Newsom Decries Conservative Education Push

  05-04-2023 22:20
  Appearing on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ turf, California Gov. Gavin Newsom decried what he called a conservative attempt to reshape education in the U.S., most notably at progressive institutions like New College of Florida
  
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• McCarthy Meets with Taiwan’s President Despite Warnings From China

  05-04-2023 22:19
  
  The meeting comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and China, which has pledged consequences.
  
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• As COVID Emergency Ends, a New Era of Health Care Begins

  05-04-2023 22:19
  
  Changes are coming to key areas like Medicaid, telehealth and addiction treatment, even as some innovations tied to the pandemic are sticking around.
  
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• Pence won't appeal ruling, setting the stage for him to testify before grand jury

  05-04-2023 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Mike Pence will not appeal a federal court ruling ordering him to testify in a special counsel probe into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to subvert the 2020 election, a spokesman for the former vice president said Wednesday, teeing up a historic moment in both the special counsel's investigation and for the presidency.
  
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• Here's why beef is still pricey

  05-04-2023 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  A slowing economy may lead to a decline in sales of pricey beef cuts, but don't look for any bargains just yet.
  
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• Elon Musk Applauded After Twitter Makes Big Change to NPR's Profile: 'Been Asking for This for a Long Time'

  05-04-2023 22:10
  
  Conservatives applauded Twitter CEO Elon Musk after his social media platform designated National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on Tuesday.
  NPR’s page was given a banner that designates it as “US state-affiliated media.” The left-wing outlet receives grants from a number of federal agencies.
  The banner has a link that explains the existence and rationale behind the designation, which is shared by outlets such as Russia’s TASS and China’s Xinhu
  
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• Latam, Caribbean Leaders Meet to Draft Roadmap to Tame Inflation

  05-04-2023 22:04
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leaders of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed to work to outline measures seeking to tame inflation in the...
  
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• Delivery Driver Gets Life for Killing Woman, Setting Fire

  05-04-2023 22:03
  
  An appliance delivery man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a 75-year-old woman to death and setting her on fire at her Florida home
  
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• South Carolina House Passes Teacher Parental Leave Bill

  05-04-2023 22:01
  The South Carolina House has unanimously approved a bill allowing teachers or other school district staff up to six weeks of paid leave when they give birth or adopt a child
  
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• Are Robot Waiters the Future? Some Restaurants Think So

  05-04-2023 22:00
  
  Are robot waiters the future
  
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• Sparks Planning Commissioner Joins Washoe County Commission

  05-04-2023 21:58
  Gov. Joe Lombardo has appointed the vice chairwoman of the Sparks Planning Commission to fill a vacant seat on the Washoe County Commission
  
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• Rupert Murdoch Can Be Compelled to Testify in Fox Defamation Trial

  05-04-2023 21:56
  
  By Tom HalsWILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - Fox Corp executives Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch can be called to testify at this month's defamation trial...
  
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