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• Catholic School Removes Name of Bishop During Priest Abuse

  08-05-2023 23:59
  A Vermont Catholic elementary school is changing its name to remove the name of a Roman Catholic bishop who led the state diocese during a time of “unthinkable abuse of children by priests.”
  
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• Bills' Hamlin Will Put the Millions Raised Into His Charity

  08-05-2023 23:59
  
  Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $10 million given to online fundraising campaigns by well-wishers after his on-field collapse to fund his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation
  
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• Bills' Hamlin Will Put $9.1M in Donations Into His Charity

  08-05-2023 23:59
  
  Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $9.1 million given to a GoFundMe by well-wishers after his on-field collapse to fund his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation
  
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• Biden Looks to Score Points With Consumers

  08-05-2023 23:47
  
  With a GOP-run House reluctant at best to approve any Biden initiatives, the White House has turned to rule-making to achieve changes – especially to benefit consumers.
  
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• Democrats Press Biden Administration on Climate Impact of LNG Buildout

  08-05-2023 23:46
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Monday called on the Biden administration to consider the climate and environmental...
  
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• Recent Shootings Strike at Long-Held Pro-Gun Myths

  08-05-2023 23:42
  
  A series of shootings that saw several young people injured and one killed by gun owners who thought they were acting in self-defense has undercut the narrative that more weapons are the answer.
  
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• Missouri Lawmakers Pass Tax Breaks for Seniors

  08-05-2023 23:41
  Missouri's senior homeowners would be spared from rate hikes on property taxes under a bill headed to Gov. Mike Parson's desk
  
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• Rangers Search for Two Overdue Mountain Climbers in Alaska

  08-05-2023 23:39
  Authorities in Alaska are searching for two overdue climbers in Denali National Park and Preserve, whose last known tracks disappeared at the site of an avalanche
  
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• British Foreign Minister to Meet Blinken in Washington to Discuss Ukraine

  08-05-2023 23:31
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly will travel to Washington on Monday for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony...
  
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• AP Photos From Sri Lanka, Ukraine Were Pulitzer Finalists

  08-05-2023 23:31
  
  The Associated Press was a finalist in two Pulitzer Prize categories — for breaking news photography of Sri Lanka's political crisis, and for feature photography of the elderly in Ukraine.
  
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• As Americans Doubt Joe Biden's Physical Health, Jill Biden Wants Husband to Stop Eating Like a Child: Report

  08-05-2023 23:30
  
  Okay. This might be the one time in history where I can commiserate with President Joe Biden.
  That nagging voice I hear when I’m about to eat a 20-piece chicken McNugget meal or a large chocolate milkshake is apparently one the president is familiar with, too, if a new report from Axios is to be believed.
  The key difference is that I’m not running to be president of the United States, so my health is of little concern to anyone outside of loved ones.
  The same most certainly cannot be
  
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• Mechanic Slams Biden After Learning of Where He Is Pushing to Place Railroad Project

  08-05-2023 23:25
  
  An American railroad worker slammed the Biden administration for throwing millions of our tax dollars at infrastructure projects in foreign countries while U.S. railways and rail employees suffer from neglect and are left behind.
  Alec Lace, a railroad mechanic for 23 years, said Monday on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends First” that President Joe Biden stabbed American railway workers in the back when he refused to support their push for paid sick leave.
  In December, the president
  
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• Arizona Rep. Bravo Chosen to Fill Raquel Terán's Senate Seat

  08-05-2023 23:24
  Arizona House Rep. Flavio Bravo will take over the state Senate seat left vacant by former Democratic Sen. Minority Leader Raquel Terán
  
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• Chaos? Kumbaya? How the Debt Limit Standoff Might End

  08-05-2023 23:21
  
  Just how does this debt limit standoff end
  
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• COVID Tests Declared Unsafe, Mass Recall Issued

  08-05-2023 23:20
  
  One brand of at-home COVID-19 test is being recalled amid a warning from the Food and Drug Administration that the test could lead to a bacterial infection.
  SD Biosensor, Inc. Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Tests, distributed by Roche Diagnostics should be thrown out, according to a new release on the FDA’s website, which lists 44 affected lot numbers.
  The FDA reported that about 500,000 tests were distributed to CVS Health. Another 16,000 tests were distributed to Amazon. The FDA said it is not c
  
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• Tennessee Governor Schedules Special Session to Address Guns

  08-05-2023 23:18
  
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced that he will call lawmakers back on August 21 for a special session after the Republican-led Legislature adjourned earlier this year without taking on gun control
  
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• Youngkin Celebrates Bill That Aims to Fight Antisemitism

  08-05-2023 23:15
  
  Gov. Glenn Youngkin is celebrating the passage of a bill supporters say will help Virginia better track and combat growing instances of antisemitism
  
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• Megyn Kelly Warns Audience to Not Fall for Fox News' Tricks: 'They Are Banking on You Coming Back to Them'

  08-05-2023 23:15
  
  Megyn Kelly challenged current and former Fox News viewers last week to avoid the network in a clip that went viral on Twitter Monday morning.
  Kelly, a former primetime host at the network, said that people should refrain from watching its programming while host Tucker Carlson remains effectively silenced after he was fired two weeks ago and remains under contract.
  The company never said why Carlson was unceremoniously axed, but Kelly theorized he is legally bound to stay on the sidelines until
  
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• Indigenous Missing Person Cases Get Researchers' Attention

  08-05-2023 23:11
  
  A New Mexico task force charged with addressing missing person cases involving Native Americans is teaming up with researchers in Nebraska on a data collection project
  
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• Exclusive-Vanguard Overcomes Republican Challenge to US Utility Stakes

  08-05-2023 23:11
  
  By Ross Kerber(Reuters) - Vanguard Group, the largest provider of mutual funds, has secured regulatory approval to continue to own big stakes in...
  
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• Comedian Hannah Gadsby Returns With a Stand-Up 'Love Letter'

  08-05-2023 23:07
  
  Hannah Gadsby’s new Netflix special illustrates a different side of the comedian that fans may not have expected — a happier one
  
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• Washington Governor Signs Law Allowing Duplexes, Fourplexes

  08-05-2023 23:06
  At a time of soaring home prices, rising homelessness and a housing crisis that will require the state to build 1 million homes over the next two-plus decades to keep up with population growth, Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed a new law legalizing duplexes and fourplexes in most neighborhoods in nearly every city to increase housing supply
  
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• TSA Canine Handler Removed from Duties After Viral Video Showed What He Was Doing to Dog

  08-05-2023 23:06
  
  A video captured at Detroit Metropolitan Airport showing a Transportation Security Administration agent and an explosive detection canine went viral for all of the worst reasons.
  The incident was posted Sunday to the subReddit r/delta with the title “terrible dog handling at DTW.” It garnished more than 34,000 upvotes on the platform before it was locked Monday.
  In the roughly minute-and-a-half video, an agent walked the dog back and forth.
  The issue occurred when the man and animal
  
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• US to Provide Ukraine $1.2 Billion in Long-Term Security Aid

  08-05-2023 23:04
  
  U.S. officials say the United States will provide $1.2 billion more in long-term military aid to Ukraine to further bolster its air defenses as Russia continues to pound Ukraine with drones, rockets and surface-to-air missiles
  
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• N. Carolina State Rep. Elmore to Run for Lieutenant Governor

  08-05-2023 22:58
  North Carolina state Rep. Jeffrey Elmore has added his name to the growing list of candidates for lieutenant governor in 2024
  
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• Police Search for Suspect in School Shooting Near Las Vegas

  08-05-2023 22:56
  
  Police say they're still searching for a suspect who shot and injured an adult at a middle school in suburban Las Vegas
  
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• Mexico's Top Court Strikes Down Part of Overhaul of Electoral Body

  08-05-2023 22:56
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of legislation passed earlier this year at the behest of President Andres...
  
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• Mexico's Top Court Invalidates Part of President's Electoral Reform

  08-05-2023 22:56
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of an electoral overhaul championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez...
  
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• Illinois Moves Toward Gender Inclusivity as Others Move Away

  08-05-2023 22:56
  Illinois lawmakers passed a trio of bills that would update existing laws to be more gender inclusive and add protections for LGBTQ marriages
  
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• 1 Adult Injured in Shooting at Las Vegas Middle School

  08-05-2023 22:56
  Las Vegas police say an adult was shot and injured at a middle school in suburban Las Vegas
  
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• Oath Keepers' Rhodes Seeks Leniency in Jan. 6 Sentence

  08-05-2023 22:52
  
  Lawyers for Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder convicted of seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, say he doesn’t deserve any more time behind bars when he’s sentenced this month
  
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• UN Chief Hopes Syria's Return to Arab League Helps End War

  08-05-2023 22:44
  The United Nations chief is expressing hope that Syria’s return to the Arab League and intensified regional engagement can help “unlock progress” toward ending the 13-year civil war in the country
  
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• Ecuador Deploys Soldiers Against Illegal Mines in Amazonian Areas

  08-05-2023 22:41
  
  QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government is deploying soldiers and police in nine provinces to combat illegal mining, officials said on Monday, in a...
  
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• Michigan Teen's Suicide Takes Shocking Turn: Three Men Arrested

  08-05-2023 22:39
  
  The FBI’s politicization in recent years has given Americans every reason to eye the bureau suspiciously but there are still agents on the ground who are working diligently to bring justice to crime victims.
  One of those victims was a teen boy from Michigan who took his own life last year after he was caught up in an online sexual exploitation ring and he saw no other way out.
  FBI agents were among those who helped bring him family justice, now that three men overseas are behind bars and w
  
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• Oakland 2nd California Diocese to Seek Bankruptcy Over Abuse

  08-05-2023 22:36
  
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so
  
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• Writers' Strike Freezes 'Handmaid's Tale,' 'Game of Thrones' Spinoff

  08-05-2023 22:33
  
  By Lisa Richwine and Dawn ChmielewskiLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Writing for a new season of "The Handmaid's Tale" and a coming "Game of Thrones"...
  
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• Writers Strike Freezes 'Game of Thrones' Spinoff and Other Shows

  08-05-2023 22:33
  
  By Lisa Richwine and Dawn ChmielewskiLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The writing of a coming "Game of Thrones" prequel for Warner Bros. Discovery's Max...
  
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• Bud Light Is Shown How It's Done as Patriotic Beer Company Brings Back Iconic Can

  08-05-2023 22:29
  
  In stark contrast to Bud Light and its fealty to the woke agenda, America’s oldest brewery is once again showing Anheuser-Busch InBev how it’s done.
  Pottsville, Pennsylvania-based Yuengling announced Monday it was bringing back a Lager can design that celebrates the Stars and Stripes and U.S. veterans.
  Unlike the Belgian conglomerate’s decision to embrace left-wing politics by putting transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney on a can of Bud Light, Yuengling is asking customers to &l
  
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• NRC Starts Special Inspection of New Mexico Uranium Facility

  08-05-2023 22:27
  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun a special inspection at the Urenco USA uranium enrichment facility in southeastern New Mexico
  
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• Minnesota Senate Set to Pass Paid Family and Medical Leave

  08-05-2023 22:22
  
  The Minnesota Senate is poised to approve a plan to entitle workers across the state to paid leave when they’re sick or caring for relatives who are ill
  
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• Minnesota Senate Approves Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan

  08-05-2023 22:22
  
  The Minnesota Senate has approved a plan to entitle workers across the state to paid leave when they’re sick or caring for relatives who are ill
  
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• Shell: Fire That Reignited at Texas Plant Is Extinguished

  08-05-2023 22:18
  
  Shell says a fire at its Houston area petrochemical plant is finally extinguished
  
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• Vermont Bans Owning, Running Paramilitary Training Camps

  08-05-2023 22:10
  Vermont has made it a crime to own or operate paramilitary training camps in the state
  
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• Accused 'Ghost Candidate' Faces Campaign Finance Charges

  08-05-2023 22:08
  
  A former city commissioner in central Florida accused of being a “ghost” candidate in a 2022 county commission race has been arrested on several campaign finance charges
  
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• Leaked DeSantis Tape Has a Different Effect Than Mainstream Media Was Probably Hoping For

  08-05-2023 22:03
  
  If leaking Ron DeSantis debate tapes was supposed to be damaging, it isn’t doing much.
  The Florida governor, and the most widely discussed not-yet-candidate for the Republican nomination for president, became the latest apparent target of a smear campaign on Sunday when ABC News started showing excerpts of his practice sessions preparing to debate Democrat Andrew Gillum in the 2018 governor’s race.
  It’s working as well as the same trick when it was tried against Tucker Carlson.
  
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• Arizona Governor Frustrated With Feds as Title 42 End Looms

  08-05-2023 22:01
  
  With pandemic-related asylum restrictions set to end later this week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says the federal government has failed to deliver a satisfactory plan to address an anticipated influx of migrants The Democratic governor said Monday at a news conference in Phoenix that she sent letters to President Joe Biden and Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking for a more adequate response
  
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• U.S. to Add 2 Destroyer Ships in Southern Spain

  08-05-2023 22:00
  MADRID (Reuters) - The United States will increase its destroyers based in southern Spain to six from four under an agreement to strengthen their...
  
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• Analysis-Chile’s Constitution Will Struggle to Escape Pinochet’s Shadow

  08-05-2023 21:57
  
  By Alexander Villegas and Natalia A. Ramos MirandaSANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's new constitution may end up looking a lot like the current text,...
  
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• Colorado Woman Gets Life for Killing 11-Year-Old Stepson

  08-05-2023 21:51
  A woman convicted of killing her 11-year-old stepson in Colorado and dumping his body over a bridge in Florida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
  
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• Colorado Woman Found Guilty of Killing 11-Year-Old Stepson

  08-05-2023 21:51
  A Colorado woman was found guilty of murder in the death of her 11-year-old stepson Monday
  
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