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• Suicides and Homicides Among Young Americans Jumped Early in Pandemic, Study Says

  14-06-2023 23:56
  
  The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
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• Robert Gottlieb, Celebrated Literary Editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, Dies at 92

  14-06-2023 23:50
  One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died
  
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• Ahead of Modi Visit, Journalists' Group Urges US to Press India on Media Crackdown

  14-06-2023 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and...
  
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• Review of Georgia Tax Breaks Starts With Support and Skepticism of Current Incentives

  14-06-2023 23:46
  
  Georgia lawmakers are beginning a review of state tax breaks
  
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• Joe Biden Approves Chinese EV Battery Factory In Michigan – Taxpayers on Hook for a National Security Risk

  14-06-2023 23:46
  
  A federal panel will not stop a Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer from setting up shop in Michigan, where $175 million in state taxpayer dollars is being lavished on the project.
  The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is an interagency task force convened by the Treasury Department, said Tuesday that the project was not in its purview under the Defense Production Act, according to Fox News.
  “We voluntarily submitted all the needed documents to the U.S.
  
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• Automotive Digital Marketplace TrueCar Slashes 24% of Headcount

  14-06-2023 23:46
  (Reuters) - TrueCar said on Wednesday it was laying off 24% of its workforce as part of restructuring that would result in $20 million of...
  
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• House Bats Down Effort to Censure Adam Schiff for Investigations into Trump

  14-06-2023 23:44
  
  Twenty Republicans joined Democrats to table a resolution to censure the California Democrat for his role in congressional investigations into Donald Trump.
  
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• Mets' Drew Smith Suspended 10 Games for Banned Sticky Stuff at Subway Series

  14-06-2023 23:43
  
  New York Mets pitcher Drew Smith was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, the fifth pitcher and second on his team penalized for using banned sticky stuff
  
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• Drollinger: There's Only 1 Way to Combat America's 'Establishment Revolution' - We Have to Go to the Top

  14-06-2023 23:43
  
  American historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson has appropriately coined the term “Establishment Revolution” to describe the cultural wars we are now fighting on all fronts in America.
  He notes that today’s insurrection is not like the ’60s hippie revolution of sorts, which was a bottom-up kind of revolt. Instead, this is a top-down revolution, an assault on our historical, biblical values propelled by a zealous mission to replace them with a woke ideolog
  
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• 2 Arrested in Firebombing of California Planned Parenthood Clinic Last Year

  14-06-2023 23:41
  A U.S. Marine and a second man have been arrested on federal charges of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California last year
  
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• Vermont Legalizes Online Sports Betting, Joining Nearly Three Dozen Other States

  14-06-2023 23:33
  Republican Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill into law legalizing online sports betting in Vermont
  
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• Senate Confirms ACLU Lawyer to NY Federal Court After GOP Backlash

  14-06-2023 23:32
  
  By Andrew Goudsward(Reuters) - A voting rights lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday overcame fierce Republican opposition to...
  
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• Elections Board, Absentee, Early Vote Changes Heard by North Carolina Senate Panel

  14-06-2023 23:32
  
  North Carolina Republican senators have started trying to advance voting measures addressing early and absentee balloting and control over the state election board
  
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• Alex Jones Could Face Two More Defamation Trials Over School Shooting Lies

  14-06-2023 23:29
  
  By Dietrich Knauth(Reuters) - Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could face two more defamation trials in 2023, under an agreement meant to...
  
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• 5 Dogs Die in RV Fire Before Florida Dog Show, Official Say

  14-06-2023 23:29
  Officials say five dogs have been killed in an RV fire the day before a dog show was set to begin in Florida
  
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• Man Gets 18 Years in Federal Prison for Shooting, Plan to Rid Montana Town of LGBTQ Residents

  14-06-2023 23:20
  A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges for threatening a woman with violent, homophobic slurs and shooting at her house with an assault rifle as part of a self-described “mission” to rid a small town of its LGBTQ community
  
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• 'Mental Rape': Preacher Torches School Board After Reading from Disturbing Book Allowed in District

  14-06-2023 23:19
  
  Oh, look, Jonathan Evison’s book “Lawn Boy,” blurbed on Amazon as “a vibrant coming-of-age novel and a sharp social commentary on class,” has been assigned in the Roxbury, New Jersey, school district.
  So, calling the book “trash” and “mental rape,” Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr. read a portion of it to the school board Monday.
  It’s not appropriate for high school students, much less anyone younger.
  On Tuesday, Amanchukwu tweeted a video
  
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• Australia's AGL Partners With BP to Offer Discounted Charging to NSW Customers

  14-06-2023 23:17
  
  (Reuters) - Australia's AGL Energy said on Thursday it has partnered with energy giant BP for a three-year agreement to offer discounted charging...
  
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• Australia's AGL Inks Deal With BP to Offer Discounted EV Charging in NSW

  14-06-2023 23:17
  
  By Archishma Iyer(Reuters) -Australia's AGL Energy said on Thursday it had signed a three-year deal with energy giant BP to provide easier access...
  
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• Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Enters Crowded GOP Presidential Race Days After Trump's Indictment

  14-06-2023 23:13
  
  Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is running for president
  
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• Remains Found Stuffed in Garment Bag 45 Years Ago in Rural Nevada ID'd as Ohio Woman

  14-06-2023 23:11
  
  Nevada State Police say recent DNA testing has enabled the identification of human remains found 45 years ago inside a garment bag in a small town two hours northeast of Reno
  
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• Miami Mayor Suarez Launches Long-Shot Bid for 2024 Republican Nomination

  14-06-2023 23:07
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Francis X. Suarez, the mayor of Miami who has overseen a tech-driven economic boom in the city, became the latest Republican...
  
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• Demi Lovato Hit with Reality Check After Using 'They/Them' Pronouns: 'It Was Absolutely Exhausting'

  14-06-2023 23:04
  
  American singer Demi Lovato is no longer demanding to be addressed using “they/them” pronouns.
  Why? In a recent interview with GQ Spain reported by Page Six, Lovato complained that she “got tired” of the pronoun problem.
  “I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting,” she said.
  Fear not, uneducated readers, for Lovato plans to rally her strength and relieve you of your ignorance.
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• Oregon's 6-Week GOP Walkout Over Bills on Abortion and Guns Could End Soon

  14-06-2023 23:02
  
  There is an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican senators, underway for six weeks, could end soon as GOP and Democratic leaders meet to negotiate compromises over bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety
  
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• House Rejects Effort to Censure and Fine Democrat Adam Schiff Over Trump-Russia Investigations

  14-06-2023 22:58
  
  The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, voting to turn aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia
  
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• A Look at Migration Trends Behind the Latest Shipwreck off Greece

  14-06-2023 22:55
  
  The shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing offers of help, is just the latest case of smugglers packing vessels full of desperate people willing to risk their lives to reach continental Europe
  
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• Man Convicted in Shootout at Minnesota Bar That Killed 1, Injured 15

  14-06-2023 22:51
  A man involved in a shootout at a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, bar that left one person dead and more than a dozen people wounded has been convicted of second-degree murder and four counts of attempted second-degree murder
  
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• Billionaire GOP Donor Says the 'Ideal Candidate' for 2024 Isn't in Race Yet

  14-06-2023 22:50
  
  A Republican Party mega-donor and one of the world’s wealthiest men says the “ideal candidate” has not yet entered the 2024 presidential race.
  Hungarian-born billionaire Thomas Peterffy told Fox Business on Tuesday that his man is Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
  In an interview with network host Neil Cavuto, Peterffy said Youngkin is an attractive potential candidate because he offers the GOP a chance to reach voters in the middle.
  “I would like to vote for a per
  
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• US Army Soldier Pleads Guilty to Trying to Contact Terrorists to Ambush Army Soldiers in Middle East

  14-06-2023 22:49
  A U.S. Army soldier from Stow, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to trying to aid terrorists in a plot to ambush Army soldiers in the Middle East
  
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• Phone a Foe: Crawford, Spence Keep Fight From Slipping Away, Set up Boxing Blockbuster

  14-06-2023 22:48
  
  Terence Crawford has been asked for years when he would fight Errol Spence Jr. A match between the undefeated fighters would make the winner the undisputed welterweight champion and give him a claim as the best in the sport, so it was one of the biggest bouts that could be made
  
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• Canada Freezes Deportation of Indian Students Who Used Fraudulent University Letters

  14-06-2023 22:48
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will freeze the planned deportation of dozens of students who entered the country using fraudulent university letters of...
  
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• 'Beach Report Card' Finds California's Wet Winter Means Dirtier Water at the Coast

  14-06-2023 22:47
  
  An annual “Beach Report Card” concludes historic winter precipitation in California is resulting in high rates of runoff and dirtier water along the coast
  
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• U.S. House Votes Down Republican Motion to Censure Democrat Adam Schiff

  14-06-2023 22:46
  
  By Moira WarburtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a Republican effort to censure Representative Adam...
  
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• New York Grand Jury Indicts Former Marine in Killing of Jordan Neely

  14-06-2023 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York grand jury on Wednesday voted to indict Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine sergeant, in last month's killing of...
  
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• Two Men Arrested in 2022 Bombing of California Abortion Clinic

  14-06-2023 22:39
  By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine and a second man were arrested on charges they threw a burning Molotov cocktail at a Planned...
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Travels to Europe for 1st Overseas Trade Mission as Arkansas Governor

  14-06-2023 22:34
  Sarah Huckabee Sanders is heading to Europe for her first trade mission as Arkansas governor
  
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• No Bail for Exiled Chinese Businessman Guo Wengui

  14-06-2023 22:33
  
  By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in Manhattan on Wednesday said the exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui should remain...
  
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• Court Hears Arguments Over Records Related to Biden Gift of Senate Papers to University of Delaware

  14-06-2023 22:30
  
  The state Supreme Court is mulling whether the University of Delaware was justified in denying FOIA requests for records related to President Joe Biden’s senatorial papers
  
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• Oregon Jury: PacifiCorp Must Pay Punitive Damages for Fires, Plus Award That Could Reach Billions

  14-06-2023 22:25
  
  A jury in Oregon says the electric utility PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in 2020
  
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• Protests by Mexican Farmers Over Grains Prices Shut Down Sinaloa Airport

  14-06-2023 22:20
  
  By Cassandra GarrisonMEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Dozens of flights at an international airport in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa were suspended...
  
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• Merrick Garland Backs Up Smith in Documents Case as Trump Triples Down on Insults

  14-06-2023 22:20
  
  The attorney general voiced broad support for special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday but declined to address any specifics of the case against former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Post-Indictment Poll Offers Incredible News for Trump - He Beats Biden But DeSantis Doesn't

  14-06-2023 22:16
  
  A new poll on the 2024 presidential election suggests that Americans know a banana-republic-style indictment when they see one.
  According to the Premise survey, conducted in the days after former President Donald Trump announced his impending arrest on federal criminal charges, Trump would beat President Joe Biden in the general election, while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, widely perceived as Trump’s main primary challenger, would not.
  Premise published the results of polling d
  
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• Punishing Winds, Possible Tornadoes Inflict Damage as Storms Cross US South

  14-06-2023 22:12
  Officials from Texas to Georgia are reporting damaging winds and possible tornadoes as a powerful storm system crosses the South
  
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• Top Wisconsin Election Official Facing Replacement Calls for Stability, Defends Record

  14-06-2023 22:00
  
  Wisconsin’s top elections official who has faced GOP criticism for how she ran the battleground state’s last presidential election is pushing for officials to vote on her future as she nears the end of her term
  
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• Son of Oklahoma City Bombing Co-Conspirator Sentenced to Nevada Prison for Vegas-Area Robbery

  14-06-2023 21:48
  
  The troubled son of Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols has been sentenced to prison in Nevada for kidnapping and armed robbery in a February 2020 attack on a man in the Las Vegas area
  
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• Commuter Train Collides With Truck in Connecticut, Pickup Driver Hospitalized in Serious Condition

  14-06-2023 21:44
  A commuter train has collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle
  
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• Commuter Train Collides With Truck in Connecticut, Pickup Driver Hospitalized

  14-06-2023 21:44
  A commuter train has collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle
  
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• Second Hero K-9 Dog Dies in Hot Patrol Cars – Known Police Tech Glitch Fix Could Have Prevented It All

  14-06-2023 21:33
  
  A police K-9 dog has died in a hot car for the second time this month after a car system designed to alert officers of an air conditioning failure did not work as intended.
  Police in Houston informed the public on Monday that one of its service dogs had died after it was left in a department cruiser.
  The Houston Police Department described the loss of a 4-year-old K-9 officer as a “tragic accident” that was the result of multiple factors.
  “On June 12, 2023, we lost a member of
  
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• Parents of Girl Who Drowned at Kansas City Water Park File Lawsuit

  14-06-2023 21:32
  The parents of a 6-year-old girl who drowned at a Kansas City water park allege in a lawsuit that the park hires young, inexperienced life guards and fails to adequately train them
  
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• Michigan Priest Accused of Assault Gets a Year in Prison

  14-06-2023 21:30
  
  An 84-year-old Catholic priest has been sentenced to a year in a Michigan jail after a sexual assault investigation
  
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