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• US VP Harris Blasts Florida 'Extremists' Over Education Guidelines About Slavery

  21-07-2023 23:59
  
  By Jeff Mason and Brad Brooks(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Florida "extremists" on Friday for backing educational...
  
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• Tar Balls Are Being Found 100 Miles Downstream From Yellowstone River Train Derailment

  21-07-2023 23:55
  
  Tar balls have shown up 100 miles downstream of a railroad bridge collapse last month that sent numerous tank cars carrying petroleum products plummeting into Montana’s Yellowstone River,
  
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• Free Credit Monitoring Offered for Louisianans Affected by Data Breach

  21-07-2023 23:55
  Louisianans whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach that affected the state’s Office of Motor Vehicles last month, will receive one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection
  
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• Biden overrules Pentagon, nominates first woman to head Navy

  21-07-2023 23:55 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden has overruled the Pentagon and chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman, if she's confirmed, to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Biden's decision goes against the recommendation of his Pentagon chief, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who recommended the president select Adm. Samuel Paparo, the current commander of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, according to multiple reports. In a statement on Friday, B
  
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• Capitol Riot Defendant Gets Probation After Rare Setback for Prosecutors at Oath Keepers Trial

  21-07-2023 23:52
  
  A security operations leader for the far-right Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to two years of probation
  
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• Colorado Deputy Won't Be Charged for Tasing a Man Who Was Then Hit and Killed on Interstate

  21-07-2023 23:49
  Prosecutors say a Colorado deputy who deployed a Taser on a man on Interstate 25 who was then hit and killed by an SUV won’t face criminal charges
  
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• Samuel L. Jackson says scenes cut from ‘A Time to Kill’ cost him an Oscar: ‘Really, mother------?’

  21-07-2023 23:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Samuel L. Jackson this week claimed that scenes edited out of his 1996 drama "A Time to Kill" kept him from getting an Academy Award.  "In ‘A Time to Kill,’ when I kill those guys, I kill them because my daughter needs to know that those guys are not on the planet anymore, and they will never hurt her again — that I will do anything to protect her," the 74-year-old actor told Vulture in an interview published Thursday about his character, Carl Lee Hailey, who was
  
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• DOD Leak Reveals Shocking Allowances for Trans Soldiers - They Can Literally Skip Deployments: Report

  21-07-2023 23:44
  
  So much for equality.
  On Tuesday, independent journalist Jordan Schachtel, who publishes The Dossier on Substack, reported a newly-available Department of Defense memo that outlines astonishing special treatment for service members who identify as transgender.
  The memo, dated February 1, 2023, originated with the Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
  At 34 pages in length, the memo defies simple summary. It also defies truth and common sense.
  The document’s appalling na
  
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• Amazon Is Asking Some Corporate Workers to Relocate as Part of Its Return-To-Office Policy

  21-07-2023 23:38
  
  Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy, which mandates workers to be in the office three days a week
  
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• Christian Coach Fired for Stating Obvious Truth About Trans Athletes Sues School

  21-07-2023 23:34
  
  A Christian high school coach is suing the Vermont school district that fired him after he spoke to several students about the competitive advantage that male athletes claiming to be female have over female athletes, he alleges in his lawsuit.
  David Bloch, who has been a coach for the snowboarding team and an employee at Woodstock Union High School for more than a decade, filed his lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.
  The coach alleges he was fired after he enga
  
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• Pacific Gas and Electric Says Can Meet California Power Demand This Summer

  21-07-2023 23:32
  
  (Reuters) - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on Friday said it is prepared to meet increased electricity demand in California this...
  
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• Seattle Climate Activists Roost in Old Cedar Tree to Prevent It From Being Cut Down for New Housing

  21-07-2023 23:27
  
  Activists in Seattle climbed up a tree to prevent its removal on a construction site for new homes
  
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• Justice Department threatens to sue Texas over migrant buoys

  21-07-2023 23:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Justice Department says intends to sue Texas over its placement of buoys in the Rio Grande river that aim to deter migrants, unless the state removes them.
  
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• Fire Officials Unable to Find Cause of 2022 Northern Arizona Wildfire That Destroyed 30 Homes

  21-07-2023 23:25
  
  The U.S. Forest Service has announced it was unable to determine the cause of a wildfire in northern Arizona that destroyed 30 homes last year
  
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• Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in the 2021 US Capitol Attack

  21-07-2023 23:21
  A Florida man has pleaded guilty to participating in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
  
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• FBI Searched Foreign Intelligence Database for Information on US Senator

  21-07-2023 23:19
  
  By Raphael SatterWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI improperly conducted warrantless searches for information about a U.S. senator and two state...
  
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• Bryce Young Agrees to 4-Year Fully Guaranteed Deal With Panthers Worth Nearly $38M, AP Source Says

  21-07-2023 23:18
  
  The Carolina Panthers and No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young have agreed to a four-year contract
  
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• A Storm Packing Winds Over 80 Mph Derails a Train in a Small Oklahoma Town

  21-07-2023 23:14
  A storm packing winds over 80 mph have blown through northern Oklahoma, derailing a train, bringing down trees and pushing planes around at an Air Force base
  
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• The Kansas Highway Patrol's 'Two-Step' Tactic Tramples Motorists' Rights, a Judge Rules

  21-07-2023 23:13
  A federal judge has found that a Kansas Highway Patrol practice known as the “Kansas Two-Step” violates motorists' constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and targets motorists traveling from states where marijuana is legal
  
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• Police Investigating Suspected Fraudulent Nomination Signatures in Rhode Island US House Race

  21-07-2023 23:07
  The Rhode Island State Police have joined the investigation into suspect nomination signatures submitted by the campaign of Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, a candidate for the U.S. House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. David Cicilline
  
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• Alabama Passes Controversial New Congressional Map

  21-07-2023 23:06
  
  The GOP-led Alabama legislature approved a new congressional map that Democrats say defies court orders to create a second majority-Black district or ‘something quite close.’
  
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• Ferry Carrying Traffic Across Lake Michigan Suspends Service After Ramping System Failure

  21-07-2023 23:04
  
  A ferry carrying traffic across Lake Michigan has suspended trips indefinitely after a mechanical failure of its ramping system
  
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• Argentina's Cabinet Chief Says Harvest Should Bring Economic Relief

  21-07-2023 23:03
  
  By Nicolás MisculinBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's financial crisis, which has been marked by exchange rate volatility and soaring inflation,...
  
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• Threat or Not? Elon Musk Gets New Hearing on Tweet About Tesla Workers' Stock Amid UAW Union Effort

  21-07-2023 22:57
  
  A federal appeals court will reconsider its March ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened employees with a loss of stock options in a 2018 Twitter post
  
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• Jason Aldean Concertgoers Send Message to 'Try That in a Small Town' Critics: 'Everyone's Sensitive Nowadays'

  21-07-2023 22:56
  
  Country star Jason Aldean’s fans aren’t going anywhere.
  The singer has been immersed in controversy since he released the music video for his song “Try That in a Small Town.”
  The video features news footage of rioters attacking police and burning the American flag.
  Critics accused it of being racist and went so far as to claim it is “pro-lynching.” Country Music Television decided to pull the video from its lineup.
  However, the backlash has not deterred fans o
  
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• Justice Department Tells Texas That Floating Barrier on Rio Grande Raises Humanitarian Concerns

  21-07-2023 22:54
  
  The Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants crossing from Mexico
  
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• Fox News Staffers Reveal Outlet Is Financially Backing Orgs Conservatives Despise - Report

  21-07-2023 22:50
  
  A new report says Fox News is offering to match employee donations to groups and causes that are not aligned with its mostly conservative audience.
  Some of those donations are to groups that fundamentally oppose Christians and conservatives.
  The network that people who are mostly right of center have called home since the 1990s donates to their enemies anyway, Blaze Media reported Friday.
  According to the outlet, which said it spoke to multiple sources who work or have worked for Fox News, there
  
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• DeSantis Downplays Jan. 6, Says It Wasn't an Insurrection but a 'Protest' That 'Ended up Devolving'

  21-07-2023 22:49
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is downplaying the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol
  
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• Sister-in-law of suspect in Gilgo Beach murders 'stunned' and in 'profound' disbelief

  21-07-2023 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The sister-in-law of Rex Heuermann said she was "stunned" and in "profound" disbelief following his arrest in the murders of three women.
  
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• Carlee Russell's case gave hope that missing Black women finally mattered — until doubts set in

  21-07-2023 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Advocates for missing persons say Carlee Russell's story should not diminish the reality that more than 30,000 Black people in the U.S. remained missing at the end of 2022.
  
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• A Former Republican Legislative Candidate Has Been Charged for His Role in the US Capitol Riot

  21-07-2023 22:40
  A former Republican legislative candidate who traveled to Washington for the “Stop the Steal” rally has been charged with federal crimes for his role in the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot
  
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• 'He's A Smart Guy': Trump Reacts to Possible Team-Up With Democrat for 2024 Election Bid

  21-07-2023 22:37
  
  Former President Donald Trump reacted Thursday to suggestions that he should choose long-shot Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate.
  During a phone conversation with Newsmax host Rob Schmitt, Trump was asked about what impact a Kennedy third-party run might have on the election.
  “I don’t know, but he’s got great support in the party. He’s got great support in the Democrat Party,” Trump replied.
  Trump told Schmitt he has see
  
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• Uruguay Suicide Rate Reaches New Record in 2022, Cementing Position as Outlier in Region

  21-07-2023 22:35
  The suicide rate in Uruguay increased once again last year, reaching a new record and cementing the small country’s position as an outlier in the region
  
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• AI Is the Wild Card in Hollywood's Strikes. Here's an Explanation of Its Unsettling Role

  21-07-2023 22:33
  
  Getting control of the use of artificial intelligence is a central issue in the current strikes of Hollywood's actors and writers
  
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• DOJ Threatens Texas With Legal Action Over Buoy Border Barrier: Reports

  21-07-2023 22:25
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded by saying he’d see President Joe Biden ‘in court.’
  
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• Disney's Dumpster Fire Movie Draws Lawsuit After Alleged Dirty Trick Discovered in Commercial

  21-07-2023 22:22
  
  Disney had great hopes that its latest Indiana Jones action flick would be just the ticket for summer moviegoers. Not only has that hope faded as the film fails to draw fans, but the movie is now at the center of a lawsuit.
  Before it even hit theaters, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” faced criticism for seeming to set up a scolding “girl boss” as Jones’ successor for future films.
  The movie hasn’t even come close to making back its massive budget in it
  
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• Biden Names CIA Director William Burns to His Cabinet

  21-07-2023 22:18
  
  President Joe Biden has elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet
  
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• U.S. FDA Denies Petition on Chemicals Used in Food Packaging

  21-07-2023 22:10
  
  (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday denied a petition requesting the agency to reconsider its initial denial on a...
  
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• Russia Comes Under Pressure at UN to Avoid Global Food Crisis and Revive Ukrainian Grain Shipments

  21-07-2023 22:06
  
  Russia came under pressure at the U.N. Security Council from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain shipments
  
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• US Plans Water Heater Standards, Says Will Save Consumers $11 Billion Yearly

  21-07-2023 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday proposed energy efficiency standards on water heaters it said would save consumers...
  
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• US Plans Water Heater Standards, Says They Will Save Consumers $11 Billion

  21-07-2023 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday proposed energy efficiency standards on water heaters it said would save consumers...
  
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• Phillies Star Bryce Harper Makes Catch Tumbling Into Photo Pit in First Career Start at First Base

  21-07-2023 21:59
  
  Bryce Harper has made quite the first impression
  
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• Phillies Slide Star Bryce Harper Over to First Base as Team Evaluates Trade Deadline Options

  21-07-2023 21:59
  
  Bryce Harper will make his first career start at first base Friday night for the Phillies, who want to see if Harper can handle the position before they make any moves ahead of the trading deadline
  
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• Ninth State Suddenly Abandons ERIC Voter Registration System, Becomes Largest to Leave Compact

  21-07-2023 21:59
  
  Good ol’ paper ballots and required official voter identification might be the only way to restore confidence in U.S. elections. Doubt concerning election integrity has spread like a disease from sea to shining sea. The devil thrives on doubt.
  Doubt may be why Texas has decided to opt out of the Electronic Registration Information Center. It made the move to leave the voter information exchange organization Thursday, according to CBS News Texas.
  The Lone Star State isn’t alone.
  
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• Bryce Harper to Start at First Base for Phillies as Team Evaluates Trade Deadline Options

  21-07-2023 21:59
  
  Bryce Harper will make his first career start at first base Friday night for the Phillies, who want to see if Harper can handle the position before they make any moves ahead of the trading deadline
  
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• Prosecutors Say FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Is Harassing a Key Witness at His Upcoming Trial

  21-07-2023 21:55
  Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm
  
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• North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Vetoes Another Charter School Oversight Bill

  21-07-2023 21:55
  
  Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed another bill related to operating North Carolina charter schools
  
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• NFL Coach Comes Out as Gay, a First in Major US Pro Sports

  21-07-2023 21:53
  
  As sports quickly enters a rather dead time in the year (three of the four major North American pro sports have nothing going on, and the third is smack dab in the middle of a 162-game season), it doesn’t take much to capture national sports headlines.
  Despite that, history suggests that this particular story would’ve captured national attention regardless, given how just about every massive LGBT issue, especially in sports, inevitably ends up as part of the zeitgeist.
  The
  
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• Ron DeSantis says the Jan. 6 attack 'was not an insurrection'

  21-07-2023 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said it was a "protest" that "devolved into a riot," but there was no "plan to somehow overthrow the government."
  
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• Judge Sets 2024 Trial Date for Man Charged in Fatal Shooting of Eastern Indiana Police Officer

  21-07-2023 21:42
  A judge has set a February trial for a man charged in the killing of an eastern Indiana police officer who was shot during a traffic stop last year
  
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