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• Native American Leader and Advocate for Tribal Sovereignty Joe A. Garcia Dies at 70

  13-05-2023 23:58
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• Elon Musk Shares 'Meme' Guide to Constitution, Expresses Importance of 2nd Amendment

  13-05-2023 22:51
  
  Twitter owner Elon Musk has taken to his platform to talk about the importance of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in a most unusual way.
  On Saturday, Musk posted a picture captioned “Explaining Constitutional Amendments,” which highlighted the First and Second Amendments by depicting them as memes.
  The memes featured the iconic Pepe the Frog, which became a favorite of right-wing influencers on the internet, as well as a symbol of Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016
  
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• Missouri Student Suspended After Reporting Teacher Used Racial Slur

  13-05-2023 22:41
  A Springfield high school student who reported a teacher using a racial slur in class is serving a three day out-of-school suspension
  
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• Stephen Curry, Warriors Believe They Will Stay Together to Chase More Championships

  13-05-2023 22:38
  
  Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson hardly consider themselves done chasing championships together
  
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• Michigan Boy Uses a Slingshot to Save His Sister From Being Abducted From Backyard, Police Say

  13-05-2023 22:33
  Authorities in Michigan say a girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker this week
  
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• Lions Rookies Gibbs, Campbell Part of Team's Plan to Meet Higher Expectations

  13-05-2023 22:33
  
  The Detroit Lions have generated enough excitement that the NFL chose them to kick off the season against the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs
  
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• Judge Homers Twice, Yankees Overcome 6-Run Deficit, Beat Rays 9-8

  13-05-2023 22:33
  
  Aaron Judge hit a pair of two-run homers, Anthony Volpe broke Joe DiMaggio’s team record for consecutive stolen bases at the start of a career and New York overcame a six-run deficit for a 9-8 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays
  
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• Op-Ed: Gun-Grabbers Break Out These 4 Common Myths Every Time There's a Shooting

  13-05-2023 22:13
  
  The deadly shooting that took place last Saturday at a mall in Allen, Texas, was just one of a recent string of mass shootings in the United States. Eight victims lost their lives.
  With this type of violence, debates about the Constitution are always brought forward. The Second Amendment is under attack probably more than any other amendment in our Bill of Rights.
  The Second Amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the peopl
  
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• Thailand's Opposition Opens up Big Election Lead as Army Parties Slide

  13-05-2023 22:06
  
  By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-umBANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's progressive opposition made early headway in a preliminary election vote...
  
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• Thailand Opposition on Course to Crush Military Parties in Election Rout

  13-05-2023 22:06
  
  By Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot GhoshalBANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's political opposition looked on course for a huge win in Sunday's election, as...
  
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• Thailand Braces for Election Results in Battle of Fierce Foes

  13-05-2023 22:06
  
  By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-umBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand was forecast to have voted in record numbers on Sunday in an election...
  
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• Record Turnout Projected as Thais Vote in Battle of Old Rivals

  13-05-2023 22:06
  
  By Chayut Setboonsarng and Kwang Jiraporn KuhakanBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thais were forecast to have voted in record numbers on Sunday in an election...
  
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• Record Turnout Projected as Thais Vote in Battle of Old Rivalries

  13-05-2023 22:06
  
  By Chayut SetboonsarngBANGKOK (Reuters) -Thais were forecast to vote in record numbers on Sunday in an election expected to deliver big gains for...
  
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• Old Rivalries, New Battle as Thailand Goes to the Polls

  13-05-2023 22:06
  
  By Chayut SetboonsarngBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand votes on Sunday in an election expected to deliver big gains for opposition forces, testing the...
  
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• Biden's Reelection Pitch That He Can Govern Well Faces Daunting Challenges With Debt, Border, More

  13-05-2023 21:57
  
  Three weeks since launching his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is confronting a sweeping set of problems in his day job that defy easy solutions and are not entirely within his control
  
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• Homeless Veterans Get Crushing News as Waves of Migrants Begin to Arrive: Report

  13-05-2023 21:56
  
  Homeless veterans are being booted from New York hotels to make room for asylum-seekers who just arrived in the country.
  A nonprofit group that works with veterans was notified that a hotel housing 15 of its clients had to make room for migrants this week, according to the New York Post.
  Two other hotels housing five veterans in Orange County notified the former service members that they were to vacate.
  Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, revealed that the veterans
  
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• Greece Protests Arrest of Mayoral Candidate in Albania

  13-05-2023 21:47
  The detention of a mayoral candidate belonging to the Greek minority in Albania has raised tensions between the two neighboring countries
  
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• Brittney Griner Changes Tune on National Anthem in First Game Back Since Russian Imprisonment

  13-05-2023 21:42
  
  Here are two seemingly competing statements of fact that are both 100 percent true:America is not a perfect country.
  America is the best country.Indeed, America, particularly with its current brand of awful leadership, is far from perfect. Crime is raging in virtually every major city, the media is bought and paid for, government overreach is rampant, and the everyday cost of living is soaring.
  Despite all of those calamities, there’s a reason that people, by hook or crook, want to enter t
  
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• Biden to Graduates of Historically Black Howard University: US History Hasn't Been a 'Fairy Tale'

  13-05-2023 21:12
  
  President Joe Biden has told graduates of Howard University that American history hasn't always been a “fairy tale” and that “racism has torn us apart.”
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Responds to Report Accusing Her Daytime Talk Show of Being a Toxic Workplace

  13-05-2023 21:09
  
  Kelly Clarkson has responded to a Rolling Stone report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplace
  
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• Panthers Relishing 1st Trip to NHL's Conference Finals in 27 Years

  13-05-2023 20:48
  
  There was a wide range of emotions that the Florida Panthers all enjoyed in the immediate aftermath of securing their first conference finals trip in 27 years
  
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• Russell Brand Absolutely Torches Hillary Clinton, Dems for Hypocrisy on Election Fraud

  13-05-2023 20:27
  
  When is it OK to talk about election integrity and security? When a Republican wins the White House, of course.
  When is it not OK to talk about election integrity and security? In the wake of the chaotic, free-for-all vote-by-mail extravaganza that was the 2020 election, which was nothing less than the safest and securest and fairest election in history you hideous denier where’s the “report to Facebook” button?
  Yes, apparently, the Democrats have forgotten all about their elec
  
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• Vatican Investigating Possible Miracle at US Church

  13-05-2023 20:17
  
  With the first stage complete in an investigation into a possible eucharistic miracle at a Roman Catholic church in Connecticut, the Vatican is now reviewing the initial report.
  The Rev. Joseph Crowley, the priest at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston, said that during communion on March 5, the number of hosts being handed out miraculously increased.
  “What happened is our Lord multiplied himself,” Crowley said.
  The Archdiocese of Hartford reviewed the incident and forwarded its report to
  
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• Kenya Cult Death Toll Hits 200, With More Than 600 Reported Missing

  13-05-2023 19:59
  
  The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya has hit 201 after police exhumed 22 more bodies on Saturday
  
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• Death Toll From Doomsday Cult's Demented Order Passes 200, 600 More People Still Missing

  13-05-2023 19:59
  
  The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most of them bearing signs of starvation, according to the coast regional commissioner.
  The bodies are believed to be those of followers of a pastor based in coastal Kenya, Paul Mackenzie.
  He’s alleged to have ordered congregants to starve to death in order to meet Jesus.
  More than 600 people are still missing.
  Mackenzie, who was arrested last month, remains in custody.
  Police plan to ch
  
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• Israel, Palestinians Agree to Gaza Truce, Palestinian Officials Say

  13-05-2023 19:58
  
  GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel and Gaza militant groups have agreed to an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire that will start at 2200 local (1900 GMT), two...
  
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• Vandersloot Hesitated to Join WNBA Super Team in New York Due to Mom's Cancer Diagnosis

  13-05-2023 19:52
  
  WNBA All-Star guard Courtney Vandersloot sought her mom's blessing before signing with the New York Liberty as a free agency
  
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• Syria Extends Opening of 2 Border Crossings With Turkey for Quake Aid

  13-05-2023 19:52
  The Syrian government has agreed to extend by another three months the use of two border crossings with Turkey into the rebel-held northwest that were opened for aid delivery after a deadly earthquake in February
  
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• Incredible Video Shows Helicopter Rescue Teen Missing for Days in Glacier National Park

  13-05-2023 19:41
  
  A video shows incredible footage of a missing hiker being rescued in Glacier National Park, Montana, on Monday night.
  Park rangers were alerted Sunday of Matthew Read’s absence, when the 19-year-old’s parents reported him “overdue,” according to the Two Bear Air Rescue Facebook page.
  An aerial search began the same day, but partly because of low visibility, rescuers were unable to find the hiker.
  Despite the conditions carrying over to the next day; however, the helicopte
  
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• Analysis: Playoff Outcomes Suggest the NBA Could See a Summer of Big Moves

  13-05-2023 19:39
  
  It’s the best time of year in the NBA, with the playoff field getting down to its final four on Sunday
  
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• Fired-Up Ted Cruz Asks AOC the Perfect 'White Pantsuit' Question While Standing at the Border

  13-05-2023 19:34
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz has a question for his lower chamber nemesis, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Where’s the white pantsuit now?
  Yes, it seems that as the border crisis turns into a deluge, particularly in Cruz’s home state of Texas, there are no photo shoots of AOC in a lachrymose state.
  Instead, hours before Title 42 expired, neither she nor any major Democrat wanted to draw too much attention to it — something Cruz addressed in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday.
  “We are witnes
  
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• Twitter Begins Censoring Content Ahead of National Elections

  13-05-2023 19:24
  
  Twitter announced that it will limit what can be said in Turkey in the days leading up to Sunday’s elections.
  “In response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available to the people of Turkey, we have taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey today. We have informed the account holders of this action in line with our policy. This content will remain available in the rest of the world,” Twitter’s office of global government affairs posted.We hav
  
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• German Rail Union Cancels Planned Two-Day Strike After Employers Meet Minimum Wage Demand

  13-05-2023 19:22
  
  A labor union representing more than 200,000 railway workers in Germany says it is cancelling plans for a two-day strike after employers met one of its key demands
  
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• Biden Says US Debt Ceiling Talks Are Moving Along

  13-05-2023 19:19
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Saturday that talks with Congress on raising the U.S. government's debt limit were moving along...
  
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• Ukraine Says Its Troops Are Advancing in Two Directions in Bakhmut Suburbs

  13-05-2023 19:17
  (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops are advancing in two directions in the eastern city of Bakhmut but the situation in the city centre is more...
  
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• Priest Convicted of Sex Trafficking for Abusing 3 Victims as Minors, Later Adults

  13-05-2023 19:15
  A federal jury has convicted a Roman Catholic priest of five sex-trafficking counts in the alleged molestation of three boys he met at a Toledo preschool
  
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• Syria Extends Permission on Post-Quake Aid Border Crossings for 3 Months

  13-05-2023 19:02
  
  (Reuters) -Syria has extended permission for the United Nations to use two additional border crossings for post-earthquake aid for three more...
  
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• Reporter Can Be Heard Asking About Dead Migrant Child as Media Is Herded from Room - Biden Just Smiles

  13-05-2023 18:49
  
  Silence, and what appeared to be a smirk, greeted a reporter who sought to use a White House photo op to hurl a question at President Joe Biden.
  On Friday, Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sat for the usual photo op of two world leaders. During the start of a video of the photo op posted to Twitter by Town Hall, one journalist can be heard asking about a dead, illegal immigrant minor.
  “President Biden doesn’t take questions from reporters after a bilateral meeting with
  
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• Tennessee Police Shootout Leaves 1 Dead, Police Dog Wounded

  13-05-2023 18:42
  Authorities in Tennessee say a gunfight between police and a man inside a home left him dead
  
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• East Tennessee Police Shootout Leaves 1 Dead, Police Dog Wounded

  13-05-2023 18:42
  Authorities in Tennessee say a gunfight between police and a person inside a home left one person dead and wounded a K-9 police dog named Hank, who is recovering from surgery
  
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• Civil Rights Attorney Sends Alvin Bragg a Message About Using 'The Race Card' in Jordan Neely Case

  13-05-2023 18:38
  
  A Los Angeles civil rights attorney has condemned Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for playing the “race card” in announcing charges against the Marine who put an allegedly violent homeless man in a chokehold.
  Daniel Penny, 24, was charged with second-degree manslaughter on Thursday in connection with the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely. He is facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted.Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, walked out of an NYPD precinct in Manhattan
  
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• Truckers Get the Best News in Years as Alaskan Fleet Makes Huge Announcement

  13-05-2023 18:30
  
  This may be a tad bit melodramatic, but there are few professions left in America that embody the old Wild-West pioneering spirit of yore quite like trucking does.
  Keep the elements the same, but replace the horse and buggy with an 18-wheeler, and dirt roads with paved highways, and you’ve basically got the same gig.
  In fitting with that general spirit, it appears truckers in Alaska could have their own version of a gold rush, provided they’re willing to brave some of the elements.
  A
  
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• Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty in Organic Crops Fraud Scheme That Netted Millions

  13-05-2023 18:25
  A 65-year-old Minnesota man accused of selling crops fraudulently labeled as organic has pleaded guilty to wire fraud
  
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• End of Title 42 Hasn't Stopped Migrants' Push North to US From Central America and Mexico

  13-05-2023 18:23
  
  Confusion has rippled from the U.S.-Mexico border to migrant routes across the Americas, as migrants scramble to understand complex and ever-changing laws
  
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• End of Title 42 Hasn't Stopped Migrants' Push North to US From Across the Americas

  13-05-2023 18:23
  
  Confusion has rippled from the U.S.-Mexico border to migrant routes across the Americas, as migrants scramble to understand complex and ever-changing laws
  
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• 'All We Want Is to Be Safe': Migrants Push North After End of Title 42

  13-05-2023 18:23
  
  Confusion has rippled from the U.S.-Mexico border to migrant routes across the Americas, as migrants scramble to understand complex and ever-changing laws
  
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• Asylum-Seekers From Mexico Hope for U.S. Entry After Title 42 End

  13-05-2023 18:18
  
  By Daniel TrottaTIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Lupita, a 36-year-old Mexican woman from the state of Michoacan, has spent three months in a shelter,...
  
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• Baseball Player Ejected Over Home-Run Antic - Then the Coach Comes Out and Makes Things Worse

  13-05-2023 18:14
  
  A dramatic bat flip after a home run ended with the ejection of one Minnesota college baseball player — as well as his manager.
  Drake Siens of Gustavus Adolphus College colorfully tossed his own bat after hitting a drive that cleared the left-field wall in a Monday contest against St. Olaf College, according to Fox News.
  Footage from the contest — in which Adolphus still trailed after Siens’ blast — shows a bat flip guaranteed to outrage many baseball traditionalists.Hitt
  
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• Thailand's Opposition Takes Early Lead in Vote Count in General Election

  13-05-2023 18:09
  
  Thailand’s main opposition party has taken an early lead in a vote count from Sunday’s general election
  
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• Thailand Counts Votes in Key Election With Opposition Favored to Win

  13-05-2023 18:09
  
  Vote counting is underway in Thailand’s general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup
  
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