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• US House to Weigh Bill Allowing Older Pilots, Other Aviation Reforms

  14-07-2023 23:58
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on legislation to raise the mandatory...
  
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• Trump Lawyers Ask Georgia Courts to Block Evidence, Toss Prosecutor from 2020 Election Probe

  14-07-2023 23:58
  
  The former president’s legal team asked Georgia courts this week to block evidence uncovered during a special grand jury and bar the prosecutor from pursuing the probe as charges loom.
  
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• Authorities Say Escaped Homicide Suspect May Be Getting Desperate Living in Wilderness

  14-07-2023 23:54
  
  A homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape from jail last week continues to evade capture
  
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• Oilfield Firm SLB Halts All Shipments to Russia

  14-07-2023 23:50
  
  (Reuters) - Top oilfield services firm SLB on Friday said it is halting shipments of products and technology into Russia from all its operations...
  
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• US Judge Lets Kentucky Enforce Ban on Transgender Youth Care for Now

  14-07-2023 23:47
  
  By Brendan Pierson(Reuters) - A federal judge in Kentucky ruled Friday that the state can enforce its law banning the use of puberty-blocking drugs...
  
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• Tough Bail Conditions Set for Ukraine Orthodox Cleric

  14-07-2023 23:43
  (Reuters) - A Kyiv court on Friday ordered pre-trial detention for a senior cleric of a branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with historic links...
  
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• Defiance Within Russian Military Grows Following Wagner Mutiny

  14-07-2023 23:43
  
  Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, who was dismissed apparently for criticizing Putin’s senior military leaders, represents yet another overt act of defiance against Russia’s autocratic leader.
  
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• 'Can I Just Take a Moment?' Pence Forced to Stall After Tucker Asks the Question on Everyone's Mind

  14-07-2023 23:43
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence stalled on Friday when he was asked if he would classify the events of Jan. 6, 2021, as an “insurrection.”
  The awkward moment came during the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, where Republican presidential candidates were grilled by moderator Tucker Carlson about their positions on the issues that are important to voters.
  The former Fox News host’s command of the room was palpable, and he took no prisoners from those who are seeking
  
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• Colombian Children Who Survived Five Weeks in Jungle Released From Hospital

  14-07-2023 23:42
  
  BOGOTA (Reuters) - Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country's Amazon region and lived for more than five weeks...
  
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• Kentucky's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Takes Effect as Federal Judge Lifts Injunction

  14-07-2023 23:40
  Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people has been restored by a federal judge
  
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• 'I'd Kick His A**': 2024 GOP Candidate Wants to Jump in the UFC Octagon with Trump

  14-07-2023 23:36
  
  Current GOP candidate Chris Christie believes he could take former President Donald Trump in a literal fight.
  The former governor of New Jersey was asked Thursday by host Piers Morgan during the show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” who would be victorious in the hypothetical battle.
  “If you and Trump got in the ring — he loves his UFC and stuff like that, right? — If he got on the Octogon, you and him, who’d win?” Morgan said.
  “Come on,” Christie r
  
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• Police Searching for Woman Who Vanished After Reporting Child on Side of Alabama Interstate

  14-07-2023 23:33
  Police in Alabama are searching for a 25-year-old woman who vanished after telling family members that she was stopping to check on a child she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway
  
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• US Senators Push China Investments Tracker in Defense Bill as White House Finalizes Order

  14-07-2023 23:27
  
  By Karen Freifeld and Andrea Shalal(Reuters) - Two U.S. senators are pursuing a legislative plan to track U.S. investments in China, as the White...
  
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• 'The Biggest Film in History': Jim Caviezel Reveals Major Update to 'Passion of the Christ' Sequel

  14-07-2023 23:26
  
  Christian actor Jim Caviezel has let slip an update on the highly-anticipated sequel to “Passion of the Christ” that, if true, would have massive implications for the box office in the coming years.
  Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in “Passion of the Christ” is set to reprise the role for the sequel flick “Passion of the Christ: Resurrection”, which will deal with the events following Christ’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
  In a recent appearance on “
  
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• Christine King Farris, Late Sibling of MLK, Receives Rare Tribute at Georgia Capitol

  14-07-2023 23:26
  
  Christine King Farris, the late sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., has received a rare tribute at the Georgia State Capitol
  
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• Ionescu Scores Record 37 Points to Win 3-Point Contest and Aces' Team Takes Skills Competition

  14-07-2023 23:23
  New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu electrified the crowd by scoring a record 37 of a possible 40 points to easily win the 3-point shooting contest at the WNBA All-Star Game
  
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• Ionescu Hits 20 Straight Shots for a Record 37 Points to Win the 3-Point Contest; Aces Win Skills

  14-07-2023 23:23
  
  New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu electrified the crowd by scoring a record 37 of a possible 40 points to easily win the 3-point shooting contest at the WNBA All-Star Game
  
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• Tucker's Question Gets Round of Applause as He Grills Hutchinson on Veto of LGBT Bill

  14-07-2023 23:21
  
  It’s been said that elections have consequences. Actions candidates have taken in the past also have consequences.
  That was demonstrated Friday when Tucker Carlson took Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson to task for his 2021 veto of a bill prohibiting transgender procedures on minors.
  The normally affable former governor of Arkansas was uncomfortable and clearly irritated when Carlson — himself demonstrating courtesy and restraint — continually pushed through Hutc
  
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• New Mexico's Top Election Official Met With Federal Prosecutors for 2020 Special Counsel Probe

  14-07-2023 23:19
  
  New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has spoken with federal prosecutors as part of the special counsel’s probe into the 2020 election
  
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• State Court Rules in Favor of Public Disclosure of Autopsy Records in Pittsburgh Case

  14-07-2023 23:05
  Autopsy records should be open to the public, a Pennsylvania court ruled in response to the denial of a journalist’s requests for records pertaining to an inmate’s death
  
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• DeSantis visits Dairy Queen in Iowa after Trump’s ‘Blizzard’ flub

  14-07-2023 23:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  BOONE, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped at a Dairy Queen north of Des Moines on Friday afternoon, flexing his familiarity with the fast food chain’s menu just one week after former President Donald Trump stumbled during a similar stop in the state.
  
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• Former Charlotte Observer Publisher Rolfe Neill Dies at Age 90

  14-07-2023 23:03
  
  The publisher of The Charlotte Observer for over two decades has died
  
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• Mexico Says Texan Buoys in Rio Grande Breach Water Treaty

  14-07-2023 23:01
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A floating barrier of orange buoys put in the Rio Grande by the Texan government to hinder migrants crossing into the U.S....
  
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• Guilty Plea Marks 7th Conviction in Southeast Louisiana Dogfighting Operation

  14-07-2023 23:00
  A Baton Rouge man faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years for his part in a dogfighting operation in southeast Louisiana
  
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• Fire Department Rescues Ducklings From a Storm Drain in South Dakota

  14-07-2023 22:58
  A fire department has rescued three ducklings from inside a storm drain in South Dakota
  
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• UN Security Council Urges Security Help for Haiti to Fight Gangs

  14-07-2023 22:48
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday encouraged countries to provide security support to Haiti,...
  
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• Detroit-Area Human Relations Commissioners Ousted After Flying LGBTQ+ Flag in Violation of New Ban

  14-07-2023 22:48
  Two members of a human relations commission in a small enclave of Detroit have been removed following the raising of a LGBTQ+ flag that city officials say violated a recently passed resolution
  
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• Democratic Rep Savages Whistleblower, Doesn't Realize He's Proving Big Point About Hunter Biden

  14-07-2023 22:43
  
  Do Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman of New York and Jamie Raskin of Maryland know what the “Streisand effect” is?
  As the BBC notes, in 2003, singer Barbra Streisand sued an aerial photographer who had taken pictures of her house in Malibu, California and posted them online. Up to that point, almost no one had viewed the said photos. By the time her lawsuit was dismissed, the site the photos were on was averaging 420,000 views a month — hardly an inconsequential number in the pre-Fa
  
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• Coca Price Crash Contributing to Colombia Food Insecurity-UN

  14-07-2023 22:43
  
  By Oliver GriffinBOGOTA (Reuters) - A crash in the price of coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, is contributing to food insecurity in Colombia...
  
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• Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Released in Florida Keys to Join Tour De Turtles

  14-07-2023 22:38
  
  A juvenile green sea turtle rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital has been fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released to join an online race that follows long-distance migrations of sea turtles
  
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• After Mass Shooting, Baltimore Leaders Slam Police for Inadequate Response

  14-07-2023 22:38
  
  Baltimore leaders are condemning what they called a “catastrophic breakdown” in how city police responded to 911 calls leading up to a mass shooting at a neighborhood block party earlier this month
  
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• NYC Woman Arrested in Death Probe of Robert De Niro's Grandson: Report

  14-07-2023 22:36
  
  A woman has been arrested in New York in connection with the suspected drug overdose death of Hollywood actor Robert De Niro’s grandson.
  Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, 19, was found dead on July 2 in his Manhattan apartment in an upscale apartment on Wall Street.
  At the time, police said the teen’s body was found in a chair near a plate with a white “powdery” substance on it.
  On Thursday night, the NYPD announced it had arrested a woman named Sofia Haley Marks in connection w
  
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• India's Modi and France's Macron Agree on Defense Ties but Stand Apart on Ukraine

  14-07-2023 22:36
  
  India is close to buying new French warplanes and submarines and played a starring role in France’s Bastille Day celebrations Friday
  
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• GOP Attorneys General Shift the Battle Over Affirmative Action to the Workplace

  14-07-2023 22:32
  
  Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices
  
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• GOP Attorneys General Cite Affirmative Action Ruling in Warning to Companies Over 'Discrimination'

  14-07-2023 22:32
  Thirteen state attorneys general – all Republicans – sent a letter Thursday to the CEOs of the U.S.’s 100 biggest companies, warning of legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices
  
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• Senators Move to Require Release of US Government UFO Records

  14-07-2023 22:31
  
  By Josephine WalkerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate in the coming days is expected to consider a bipartisan measure that would compel the U.S....
  
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• Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a 6-week abortion ban at conservative summit

  14-07-2023 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a six-week abortion ban into law at the conservative Family Leadership Summit.
  
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• Factbox-Food and Beverage Products That Mention Aspartame on Their Labels

  14-07-2023 22:09
  
  (Reuters) - Aspartame, one of the world's most popular sweeteners, has been deemed a "possible carcinogen" by two groups linked to the World Health...
  
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• Whoops! "Socially Conscious" ESG Funds Have Just Taken a $15 Billion Blood Bath

  14-07-2023 22:06
  
  The more the public gets a good look at ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, the more those prominent ESG funds suffer.
  ESG funds have lost over $15 billion in the second quarter of 2023.
  Reuters reports that, “Outflows were driven by economic and regulatory worries in Europe, analysts said, and by concerns connected to an anti-ESG backlash in the United States, where funds saw their fifth consecutive quarter of net outflows, according to Refinitiv data on the sustainable
  
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• UN Studying Syria Aid Approval Before Resuming Deliveries

  14-07-2023 22:05
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has not yet resumed using a shuttered border crossing to deliver aid to northwest...
  
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• UN Raises Concerns Over Syria Aid Route From Turkey, Cites 'Unacceptable Issues'

  14-07-2023 22:05
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations raised concerns on Friday with a letter from Syria that allows it to resume using a...
  
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• 'Horseman of the Year' Shoots Grand Prix Jumper Dead

  14-07-2023 22:01
  
  An award-winning horse trainer in North Carolina was arrested last week after an alleged attempt to shoot and kill his own son instead resulted in the death of a horse.
  John Victor “Vick” Russell, 75, was arrested on July 5 following an altercation with his son in which officers say he opened fire at his home in Tryon, North Carolina, just north of the state line.
  Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy John Suave told WYFF-TV in Greenville, South Carolina, that Russell’s son was un
  
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• A Wave of Political Turbulence Is Rolling Through Guatemala and Other Central American Countries

  14-07-2023 21:55
  
  Central America is experiencing a wave of unrest that is remarkable even for a region whose history is riddled with turbulence
  
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• Las Vegas Police Officer Found Guilty in String of Brazen Casino Heists Could Get Life Sentence

  14-07-2023 21:53
  
  A federal jury has found a Las Vegas police officer guilty of stealing nearly $165,000 in three casino heists
  
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• SK Signet Signs Electric Vehicle Charger Deal With Francis Energy

  14-07-2023 21:48
  By Hyunjoo JinSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SK Signet told Reuters on Friday that it has signed a deal to supply 1,000 electric vehicle chargers to...
  
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• Weekend Brings ‘Searing’ Heat Wave to 93 Million Americans

  14-07-2023 21:47
  
  The dangerous heat wave has prompted excessive heat warning and heat advisories from the West Coast to South Florida.
  
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• Influencers Who Refused to Pay Elon Musk $8 a Month for Twitter Realize What They Just Missed Out On

  14-07-2023 21:47
  
  Good things come to those who wait — or are willing to part with $8 a month and create content on Twitter.
  If you spend any time at all on the social media platform, you likely saw some notable influencers — of all political stripes — touting how much money Elon Musk just sent them as part of ad revenue sharing.
  Case in point are two wildly divergent Twitter personalities: pro-Trump Benny Johnson and pro-Democrat Brian Krassenstein.BREAKING: Twitter Monetization For Creators Is
  
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• Long Shot 2024 Candidate Qualifies for GOP Debates, Rebukes 'Dumb' Loyalty Pledge Required

  14-07-2023 21:39
  
  Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie said he has met the minimum requirements to reach the stage in next month’s first 2024 primary debate.
  The former New Jersey governor joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night where he announced he had made the cut.
  Cooper noted qualifying criteria include that a candidate must have one percent support in more than one national poll.
  Additionally, those hoping to see the stage must have a minimum of 40,000 unique donors a
  
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• A Man Died After a St. Louis Police Officer Shocked Him With a Taser

  14-07-2023 21:39
  A man who was shocked at least twice with a Taser by a St. Louis police officer died within hours
  
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• Brittney Griner Surprised Herself With Making the WNBA All-Star Game

  14-07-2023 21:36
  
  Brittney Griner didn’t know what to expect when the WNBA season began and how she would respond after the trauma she experienced of being incarcerated in Russia that also forced her off the court for many months
  
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