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• Islamic State Leader Killed in Syria by Turkish Intelligence Services - Erdogan

  30-04-2023 23:58
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish intelligence forces killed Islamic State leader Abu Hussein...
  
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• 4 Words on Megyn Kelly's Vacation Hat Have Fans Cheering Her: 'Best Hat Ever'

  30-04-2023 23:50
  
  Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly jumped to Twitter on Saturday displaying a red ballcap that garnered a ton of compliments, but it might not be the red hat you are thinking about.
  Kelly, who hosts the podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show,” posted a message about being in Miami for a friend’s 50th birthday, but the birthday message was not what raised such a clatter. It was her hat that did the trick.
  On her head, the talk show host, who recently pulled her kids out of a New York schoo
  
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• Tim Scott Sets May 22 Announcement for 2024 Presidential Bid

  30-04-2023 23:13
  
  Sen. Tim Scott says he’s nearly ready to reveal his decision on entering the 2024 presidential race
  
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• Joe Biden Perfectly Sums Up His First Two Years in Office, And It Doesn't Look Good for Him

  30-04-2023 23:05
  
  The worst of it was that it was barely a joke.
  When President Joe Biden took the stage Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, it was a glad-handing moment of a meeting among friends — the president who doesn’t belong in the White House yukking it up with the press corps that helped put him there.
  And when he compared the gathering to his time in the White House, with a line about how he ignores the establishment media with impunity, it was one of
  
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• Tucker Carlson's Maine Neighbors Rally Around Him After Fox Ousting as They Share What He's Really Like

  30-04-2023 22:56
  
  When Tucker Carlson’s Maine neighbors talk about him, it has nothing to do with the show that rocked the media and political worlds during Carlson’s stint with Fox News.
  “He is one of the most down-to-earth people I’ve ever met who was so-called famous,” Neil Olsen, 75, said, according to the Daily Mail.
  “I’m a layman, let’s just say. I’m a nobody, and I’m out there doing some fishing and trapping, and Tucker’s spending time with
  
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• Landmark Goals for Haaland, Kane; Man City Top of EPL

  30-04-2023 22:38
  
  Erling Haaland’s goals are propelling Manchester City toward a treble of trophies
  
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• Deion Sanders 'Ashamed' of Every NFL Team Except for Patriots After Taking Look at Draft Results

  30-04-2023 22:38
  
  One of the most prolific defensive backs in NFL history is none too pleased with the vast majority of the league after the 2023 NFL Draft concluded.
  Deion Sanders, the former NFL All-Pro and current University of Colorado Boulder head football coach, blasted 31 NFL teams on Saturday evening for failing to draft a player from a historically black college or university.
  HBCUs are near and dear to Sanders’ heart, as while he never played for one, his last coaching gig before Colorado was at J
  
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• Two Students Dead and Four Others Wounded, Adult Male Has Been Charged

  30-04-2023 22:36
  
  Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
  Cameron Everest Brand of Pass Christian is charged with murder and aggravated assault, jail records show. Bay St. Louis Police Chief Toby Schwartz said in a news release that police identified Brand as the sole shooter through witness and victim statements.
  An 18-year-old and a 16-year-old died in a New Orleans hospital, Schwartz sa
  
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• Police Still Searching for Texas Man Accused of Killing Five Neighbors

  30-04-2023 22:28
  
  (Reuters) - Over 200 law enforcement officers in Texas searched on Sunday for a man accused of shooting to death five neighbors after being asked...
  
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• Mississippi River Waters Keep Rising in Iowa and Illinois

  30-04-2023 22:22
  
  People along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois are warily watching rising water levels from the spring snow melt
  
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• Fashion Designer for Russian First Ladies Dies

  30-04-2023 22:19
  Russia’s most famous fashion designer, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who dressed the country’s first ladies, has died at the age of 85
  
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• Arkansas Landfill Can Keep Expanding During Appeals Process

  30-04-2023 22:01
  A northwest Arkansas landfill can keep expanding space for construction and demolition waste while state authorities consider an appeal to block the facility's growth
  
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• Nationwide Flour Recall Issued - Check Your Pantry Now

  30-04-2023 21:58
  
  General Mills is recalling bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour due to the potential presence of Salmonella Infantisis.
  The bacteria was found during an inspection of 5-pound bags of the flour, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
  According to USA Today, neither the FDA nor the company would disclose if the recall is linked to a Salmonella Infantisis outbreak across 11 states.General Mills recalls select Gold Medal flour for possible salmonella contamin
  
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• Man Arrested After $3M Worth of Drugs Shipped to Restaurant

  30-04-2023 21:58
  
  Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs they had recently ordered
  
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• Butler, Heat Start 2nd Round With 108-101 Win Over Knicks

  30-04-2023 21:49
  
  Jimmy Butler had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the No. 8-seeded Miami Heat kept rolling after barely reaching the postseason, beating the New York Knicks 108-101 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals
  
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• Texas Sheriff Shares Chilling Info About Mexican Man Wanted for Murder of Five

  30-04-2023 21:48
  
  With a manhunt under way for the man police want to arrest in connection with the deaths of five Hondurans Friday night, it was revealed that the suspect had been deported multiple times.
  Police are seeking Francisco Oropeza, 38, a Mexican national, in connection with the slayings of five people in Cleveland, Texas, which is northeast of Houston.
  San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said Sunday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had deported Oropeza three times, the last b
  
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• Search Zone Widens, Door-to-Door Operations Begin as Gunman Eludes Police

  30-04-2023 21:46
  
  Law enforcement officers said Sunday they’ve been unable to find a gunman who fled after killing five people in a rural Texas town, offering $80,000 in total reward money in hopes of motivating someone to come forward with information about the suspect’s whereabouts.
  “We do not know where he is,” said James Smith, the FBI’s special agent in charge. Police were going door to door looking for the suspect.
  The suspect, Francisco Oropesa, 38, was considered armed and da
  
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• Ukraine Says It Still Holds Parts of Bakhmut, Russia Reports Progress

  30-04-2023 21:44
  
  By Nick StarkovLVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Sunday its troops were holding onto parts of the eastern city of Bakhmut, focus of a...
  
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• Brazil to Step up Removal of Indigenous Land Invaders After Yanomami Killing

  30-04-2023 21:31
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by...
  
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• Brazil Steps up Gold Miner Removal on Yanomami Land After Shooting

  30-04-2023 21:31
  
  BRASILIA (Reuters) -The Brazilian government assured the Yanomami people on Sunday that it will redouble efforts to remove the remainder of the...
  
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• Masked Gunmen Open Fire on Crowded Teen Party, Police Now Hunting the Suspects

  30-04-2023 21:21
  
  Masked gunmen fired without warning into a crowd at a late-night teen party at a South Carolina park over the weekend, wounding nine people, a sheriff said.
  All nine hit by gunfire are expected to live, as well as a woman who was injured when she was run over by a fleeing car and another person who was cut on the hand, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said in a Sunday update on the Saturday shooting.
  “So fortunate and so glad and so thankful that right now we believe that everybody is goi
  
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• 9 Injured by Gunfire at South Carolina Party Now Recovering

  30-04-2023 21:21
  Authorities say masked gunmen fired without warning into a crowd at a late night teen party at a South Carolina park over the weekend and wounded nine people
  
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• Widening Manhunt for Texas Gunman Slowed by 'Zero Leads'

  30-04-2023 21:19
  
  Law enforcement officers say they have no idea where a Texas man is who police say shot his neighbors on Friday after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard
  
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• Police Manhunt Continues for Suspect in Texas Mass Shooting

  30-04-2023 21:19
  
  A police manhunt is continuing for a Texas man, considered armed and dangerous, who allegedly shot his neighbors on Friday after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard
  
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• Manhunt Continues for Texas Shooting Suspect, Reward Offered

  30-04-2023 21:19
  
  A police manhunt is continuing for a Texas man, considered armed and dangerous, who allegedly shot his neighbors on Friday after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard
  
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• Nuggets Try to Make Star-Studded Suns Look Average Again

  30-04-2023 21:17
  
  The Phoenix Suns’ star quartet of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton looked mighty average in their Game 1 loss to the Denver Nuggets
  
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• Network Wants to Give Tucker Carlson a Job, And It Won't Just Be Hosting His Own Show: Report

  30-04-2023 21:16
  
  Take my network, please.
  Well, those are not exactly the words TMZ used as it discusses the courtship of Tucker Carlson by the conservative media outlet Newsmax, but it is reporting that Newsmax wants to give Carlson more than just a show as a way to attract him.
  The TMZ report is based on what it called “sources with direct knowledge” and said Newsmax is “floating the idea of letting him program the whole channel, not just his own show.”
  From a ratings perspective, as TM
  
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• Quiet and Parents' Touch Help Opioid Users' Newborns: Study

  30-04-2023 21:15
  
  New research shows that babies born to opioid users have shorter hospital stays when care includes more parent involvement and a quieter environment
  
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• County Councilman Gets Libs to Protest Their Own Ideology by Proclaiming He Is Now a Black Woman

  30-04-2023 20:57
  
  Left-wingers were furious last week when an Indiana Republican politician reintroduced himself as a “woman of color” and a “lesbian” because he is still attracted to women.
  Last Tuesday, ahead of a Delaware County council meeting — a county just northeast of Indianapolis — Republican council member Ryan Webb posted a photo to his Facebook account showing him with a semi-automatic pistol stuck in his waistband and featuring the caption, “Ready for an awes
  
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• Pope Voices Willingness to Return Indigenous Loot, Artifacts

  30-04-2023 20:56
  
  Pope Francis says talks are underway to return artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and has voiced a willingness to return other colonial-era objects in the Vatican’s collection on a case-by-case basis
  
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• 1 dead and 5 injured in shooting at Massachusetts house party

  30-04-2023 20:53 via nbcnews.com
  One person is dead and five were injured after shots were fired at a Massachusetts house party early Sunday morning, according to the Essex County District Attorney's office.
  
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• Immunity Rejected for Officer After Overturned Conviction

  30-04-2023 20:52
  An Alabama judge has rejected a former police officer’s claim that he should be immune under self-defense laws from a new trial on murder charges
  
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• Texas Rangers Ace Jacob DeGrom 'Frustrated' on Injured List

  30-04-2023 20:44
  
  Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom is “definitely frustrated” that he’s landed on the injured list with right forearm tightness
  
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• Texas Rangers Ace Jacob DeGrom Frustrated by Injury

  30-04-2023 20:44
  
  Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom is frustrated he’s landed on the injured list with right forearm tightness
  
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• 4 Shot During Fight at Illegal Street Race Near Seattle

  30-04-2023 20:40
  Authorities say a fight erupted at an illegal street racing event in a Seattle suburb over the weekend
  
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• Pope Says Vatican Involved in Ukraine Peace Mission

  30-04-2023 20:34
  
  By Philip PullellaABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) -The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and...
  
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• Pope Says Vatican Involved in Secret Ukraine Peace Mission

  30-04-2023 20:34
  
  By Philip PullellaABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) -The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and...
  
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• Official: 148 Somalis Evacuated From Sudan Via Ethiopia

  30-04-2023 20:33
  
  Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said
  
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• Pope Speaks of Secret Peace 'Mission,' Help for Ukraine Kids

  30-04-2023 20:31
  
  Pope Francis says a secret peace “mission” in Russia’s war in Ukraine is under way, though he gave no details, and that the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war
  
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• Pope Open to Helping Return Ukrainian Children in Russia

  30-04-2023 20:31
  
  Pope Francis says the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war
  
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• Armed U.S. drones, U.S. Navy ships assist in evacuation of American citizens in war-torn Sudan

  30-04-2023 20:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Armed drones flew above a convoy of buses evacuating several hundred American citizens through war torn Sudan, a U.S. official familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News.
  
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• Cardinals Broadcaster, World Series Champ Mike Shannon Dies

  30-04-2023 20:29
  
  Two-time World Series winner and longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon has died
  
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• Watch: Best Moment of the NFL Draft Reminds the World Why Young Men Need Fathers

  30-04-2023 20:22
  
  The 2023 NFL Draft is officially in the books, and if you’re like most football fans, you probably watched most of the first day — and very little of the last day.
  And that would be a shame because in a draft that had its fair share of incredible moments, you may have missed the best of them.
  That genuinely touching and emotional moment came in the 6th round of the annual player selection meeting on Saturday.
  With the 212th pick of the NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Kansas St
  
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• Prominent Names Found Meeting with Epstein After He Became Convicted Sex Offender

  30-04-2023 20:21
  
  It’s never been a secret that the deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein moved in the rarefied circles of wealth and power in the U.S. — even after his 2008 conviction in a child prostitution case.
  But in a report on Sunday, The Wall Street Journal revealed names that appeared on Epstein’s busy meetings schedule between that conviction and his death behind bars in 2019 — and they include some major names in Democratic politics even besides Epstein’s well-kn
  
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• Yankees to Evaluate Aaron Judge’s Mild Hip Strain on Monday

  30-04-2023 20:09
  
  New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge remains sidelined with a mild hip strain
  
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• Yankees Still Unsure Whether Judge Will Go on Injured List

  30-04-2023 20:09
  
  -Yankees captain Aaron Judge missed his third straight game with a mild hip strain, and New York won’t decide until Monday at the earliest whether he will go on the injured list
  
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• Texas A&M baseball player shot by stray bullet during game, police say

  30-04-2023 20:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  A college baseball player for Texas A&M-Texarkana was struck by a stray bullet in the middle of a game on Saturday, according to local police and the university.
  
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• 1 Killed, 5 Hurt by Gunfire at Massachusetts House Party

  30-04-2023 20:07
  Authorities say one person was fatally shot and five others injured by gunfire at a house party in Massachusetts
  
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• Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks Fined $25K for Not Talking to Media

  30-04-2023 19:58
  
  Grizzlies sparkplug Dillon Brooks is being fined $25,000 for not talking to the media after some of Memphis' losses in its first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers
  
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• White Sands Missile Range Employee Accused of Killing Woman

  30-04-2023 19:38
  Authorities say a White Sands Missile Range employee has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a transgender woman at her Albuquerque home in 2021
  
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