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• Surfs up Takes on New Meaning as California Waves Get Bigger as Earth Warms, Research Finds

  02-08-2023 23:57
  
  New research shows winter waves off California’s Pacific coast are swelling in size as the planet warms
  
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• Post Malone writes his best lyrics on the toilet: ‘Sometimes I’ll bring a guitar in there’

  02-08-2023 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Post Malone is getting candid about his bathroom habits, revealing he writes his best songs lyrics while he’s on the toilet.  "Sometimes I’ll bring a guitar in there," the rapper-songwriter told Alex Cooper on her "Call her Daddy" podcast on Wednesday. "All the best lyrics are written on the s------, 100%."  While he explained that sending "emails" is his "code" for going to the bathroom, he admitted that he sometimes does correspond in there and also does his online shoppi
  
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• Ohio amusement park's once 'fastest,' 'steepest' roller coaster that held Guinness World Record freezes midair

  02-08-2023 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Amusement park guests in Ohio were forced to walk down a 200-plus-foot roller coaster by stairs after a mechanical issue. The incident happened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on Monday, when guests at the amusement park had to evacuate the Magnum XL-200 roller coaster due to a mechanical issue. Tony Clark, director of communications for Cedar Point, told Fox News Digital that the incident was the result of a "standard ride stoppage" which triggered the guest evacuation. He added that this was
  
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• Houston's Pitchers Rave About Maldonado After the Veteran Catches Third No-Hitter

  02-08-2023 23:57
  
  When Martín Maldonado caught Framber Valdez’s no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Cleveland Guardians Tuesday night, it gave him three in his career, tying him for third-most in MLB history
  
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• FSU Will Consider Leaving the ACC Without 'Radical Change' to Revenue Model, School's President Says

  02-08-2023 23:57
  
  Florida State President Rick McCullough believes the Seminoles will have to consider leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference unless there is a "radical change to the revenue distribution.”
  
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• Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Dangles the Possibility of Increased State Spending After Years of Surpluses

  02-08-2023 23:53
  
  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears ready to loosen the purse strings a little after having built a budget surplus that could top $10 billion
  
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• DXC Technology Cuts Annual Revenue Forecast, Shares Tumble

  02-08-2023 23:52
  (Reuters) - DXC Technology on Wednesday posted weaker-than-expected quarterly sales and lowered its annual revenue forecast, as the IT services...
  
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• Haiti Hospital Cares for Kids Amid Gang Violence, Hunger and Scarce Aid

  02-08-2023 23:51
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Marie Michelle Joseph's 9-month-old daughter is weak and has a persistent fever.After being turned away from Haiti's...
  
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• Maryland employee arrested for stealing 'destructive devices' from his job

  02-08-2023 23:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A Maryland man was recently arrested after investigators found that he stole "destructive devices" from his employer, officials said. Stephen K. Thompson, 48, was charged with eight counts of manufacturing and possessing an explosive device on Monday. He was also charged with one count of possessing explosives without a license and theft between $1,500 and $2,000. Authorities were tipped off by Thompson's estranged wife, who told them that she found suspicious items in their basement. Maryland b
  
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• Trump Lawyer Hints at a First Amendment Defense in the Jan. 6 Case. Some Legal Experts Are Dubious

  02-08-2023 23:47
  
  Donald Trump’s legal team is characterizing his indictment in the special counsel’s 2020 election interference investigation as an attack on the former president’s right to free speech
  
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• Former Franciscan friar's 1990s sexual abuse conviction upheld by Mississippi appeals court

  02-08-2023 23:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The Mississippi Court of Appeals has affirmed the 2022 conviction of a former Franciscan friar in the 1990s sexual abuse of a student at a Catholic school. In a split decision Tuesday, a majority of the court found "no reversible error" in the conviction of Paul West, 63, who is Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. Leflore County jurors in April 2022 found West guilty of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust. A judge sentenced him to 30 years on the first count
  
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• Team USA 12U baseball goes viral after receiving high-fives from New Zealand players during 43-1 win

  02-08-2023 23:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Team USA’s 12U baseball team made waves last weekend after breaking records and dominating its competition at the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-12 Baseball World Cup.  The scoreboard got so lopsided that New Zealand, Team USA's opponent to kick off the tournament, gave Team USA’s players high-fives as they rounded the bases after hitting home runs.  A viral clip surfaced from the game that ended with a score of 43-1, which breaks the single-game record for any 12U
  
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• Biden Allies Caught Photoshopping Photos of Joe to Make Him Appear Younger

  02-08-2023 23:44
  
  Let’s see what a president should look like.
  Check out this tweet by former Democratic Chair Chris D. Jackson. Ignore the message — just look at the picture.On days like today, I am reminded how lucky we are to have @JoeBiden as our @POTUS.
  The truth is, Joe didn’t have to run in 2020, but he did to help save our democracy. And since taking office, he has had one of the most successful presidencies in modern American history, even… pic.twitter.com/2NRoTjGGLQ
  — Chri
  
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• Man Linked to 1984 Kidnapping and Rape by DNA Testing Sentenced to 25 Years

  02-08-2023 23:41
  A man who has been linked to a 1984 kidnapping and rape case in Connecticut by DNA evidence decades later has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
  
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• Dershowitz Told Obama to Pound Sand After Then-POTUS Asked Him to Disinvite Geraldo from 75th Birthday

  02-08-2023 23:40
  
  Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has come out and said that former President Barack Obama would only attend his 75th birthday in 2013 if former Fox News contributor Geraldo Rivera was disinvited.
  Notably, Dershowitz represented former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment.He appeared on “The Charlie Kirk Show” Monday where he spoke about his alienation from the Democratic Party.
  He said that for his 75th birthday, which took place in 2013, “President Obama was invited and h
  
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• Grand Canyon West in Northern Arizona Reopens Attractions a Day After Fatal Tour Bus Rollover

  02-08-2023 23:37
  Grand Canyon West and its Skywalk attraction are back in business, a day after a person was killed and eight others were hospitalized from a tour bus rollover in Arizona
  
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• Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Against Disputed Mine, Says State Pollution Officials Hid EPA Warnings

  02-08-2023 23:36
  
  The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the state's Pollution Control Agency was wrong to issue permits for a long-contested copper-nickel mine
  
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• Florida dad arrested for dirt bike crash that killed his two young children

  02-08-2023 23:36 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida father was recently arrested in connection to a dirt bike crash in Sanford that killed his two young children earlier this year, police said. Randy Jerome Cambridge, 35, was charged with two counts of aggravated manslaughter of a child on Tuesday. Police said Cambridge was arrested in Volusia County without incident. Sanford Police Department officers responded to the dirt bike crash on February 24 at around 7:30 p.m. Cambridge and his two children – aged two and five – all
  
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• US Supreme Court Justice Jackson to Speak at Church Bombing Anniversary in Birmingham

  02-08-2023 23:35
  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, will speak in Alabama next month at an event marking the 60th anniversary of a church bombing that killed four girls in 1963
  
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• Should Trump Go to Jail? the 2024 Election Could Become a Referendum on That Question

  02-08-2023 23:35
  
  The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House
  
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• C.H. Robinson Sales and Profit Miss Estimates on Muted Freight Demand

  02-08-2023 23:35
  (Reuters) - C.H. Robinson Worldwide missed quarterly estimates for sales and profit on Wednesday as the logistics company struggled with waning...
  
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• Competing endorsements emerge in North Carolina GOP labor commissioner primary

  02-08-2023 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The current and previous Republican labor commissioners in North Carolina are backing competing candidates in next year's GOP primary for the job. Cherie Berry, who was commissioner for 20 years through early 2021, endorsed Raleigh attorney Luke Farley this week for the Republican nomination. The announcement came less than a week after current Commissioner Josh Dobson's support of state Rep. Jon Hardister of Guilford County to be the next commissioner was made public. DEMOCRATIC NC GOV. ROY COO
  
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• Vietnam will export 2M doses of swine fever vaccine to Philippines by October

  02-08-2023 23:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Vietnam will export two million vaccine doses against African swine fever to the Philippines by October, the government said on Wednesday, one week after it approved domestic use of the world's first commercial vaccines against the disease. African swine fever has for years disrupted the $250 billion global pork market. In the worst outbreak in 2018-19, about half the domestic pig population died in China, the world's biggest producer, causing losses estimated at over $100 billion. The vaccine t
  
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• Trump's New Indictment Exposes Mike Pence's Secret Notes of Conversations

  02-08-2023 23:23
  
  Special counsel Jack Smith cited “contemporaneous notes” taken by former Vice President Mike Pence during the contentious 2020 election in the Tuesday indictment of former Donald Trump.
  The Department of Justice charged Trump with conspiracy to defraud the United States, witness tampering, conspiracy against the rights of citizens, and obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.
  The department released a 45-page indictment that alleges Trump and other “conspi
  
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• Trump Indictment Could Come Back to Bite Jack Smith, Harvard Law Professor Says

  02-08-2023 23:23
  
  Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said that, by his own standard, special counsel Jack Smith could himself be indicted if the indictment of former President Donald Trump is thrown out.
  Smith brought a four-count indictment against Trump this week related to his efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election. Smith secured a 37-count indictment against Trump in June regarding his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
  Trump faces arraignment on the charges in the new indictment on
  
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• Identifying Trump’s Co-Conspirators

  02-08-2023 23:22
  
  Among the individuals who aided Trump were four attorneys, a DOJ official and a political consultant, prosecutors say. They aren’t named, but in some cases their identities aren’t exactly secret.
  
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• Qorvo Forecasts Second-Quarter Revenue Above Estimates on Strength From Apple

  02-08-2023 23:16
  (Reuters) - Wireless connectivity chip maker Qorvo projected second-quarter revenue above market estimates on Wednesday, as it expects more...
  
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• Labor, Industry Gear up for Dueling Massachusetts Gig Worker Ballot Measures

  02-08-2023 23:12
  
  By Nate RaymondBOSTON (Reuters) - The fight over the status of Uber Technologies and Lyft ride-share drivers entered a new phase on Wednesday, as...
  
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• The Rangers Expected More Wins This Year. After a Deadline Push, They're Thinking About October

  02-08-2023 23:04
  
  The Texas Rangers certainly expected to win a lot of games this season after bolstering their rotation and hiring three-time championship manager Bruce Bochy last winter
  
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• Capitol Police Issue Shelter-in-Place Order for Senate Office Buildings After 'Concerning' 911 Call

  02-08-2023 23:04
  
  The U.S. Capitol Police issued a shelter-in-place order for Senate office buildings on Wednesday afternoon as officers responded to a possible active shooting.
  The order came in response to a “concerning 911 call,” according to the Capitol Police’s Twitter account.
  “If you are inside the Senate Buildings, everyone inside should be sheltering in place as the report was for a possible active shooter. It should be noted that we do not have any confirmed reports of gunshots,&
  
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• The US Government's Debt Has Been Downgraded. Here's What to Know

  02-08-2023 23:01
  
  Late Tuesday, Fitch Ratings became the second of the three major credit-rating firms to remove its coveted triple-A assessment of the United States government’s credit worthiness
  
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• Ex-NFL Cornerback Damon Arnette Must Appear in Court for Plea Deal in Felony Gun Case, Judge Says

  02-08-2023 23:00
  A Nevada judge is requiring former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette to appear in person to resolve a felony gun case by pleading guilty to misdemeanors stemming from an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022
  
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• Willy the Texas Rodeo Goat, on the Lam for Weeks, Has Been Found Safe

  02-08-2023 22:59
  
  Willy the rodeo goat has lassoed the hearts of residents in a rural South Texas county ever since she escaped from an animal enclosure July 15
  
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• Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Giving Indiana Transgender Students Key Bathroom Access

  02-08-2023 22:57
  A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities
  
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• Flashback: Celebrities Filmed Ad Advocating to Overthrow the Results of Presidential Election

  02-08-2023 22:54
  
  A corrupt regime’s latest attempt to imprison its leading rival has an old video making the rounds on social media.
  For those who have stopped keeping track of the U.S. government’s banana-republic-style tactics, special counsel Jack Smith announced Tuesday that a grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump on four charges related to Trump’s efforts to contest the 2020 presidential election.
  Meanwhile, social media users have begun circulating a 2016 video that showca
  
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• Kentucky Governor Says Backlash Against Departing Education Chief Makes It Harder to Find Successor

  02-08-2023 22:53
  Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky's search for a top-tier education chief will be more challenging after the political backlash experienced by the departing education commissioner
  
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• Museum in New York State Returns Remains of 19 Native Americans to Oneida Indian Nation

  02-08-2023 22:44
  
  The Rochester Museum and Science Center in New York state has returned the ancestral remains of 19 Native Americans to the Oneida Indian Nation
  
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• CFPB Sues Auto Dealer for Illegally Locking Cars, Re-Possessing Vehicles, Other Shady Activities

  02-08-2023 22:43
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued USASF Servicing on Wednesday, the financial arm of a chain of auto dealerships found mostly in the South, alleging the company committed a laundry list of shade of illegal practices, like disabling borrowers’ cars, double billing customers, and illegally repossessing cars
  
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• Trump Supporters Unfazed by New Indictment: 'This Is All Political'

  02-08-2023 22:42
  
  By Jasper Ward and Gram SlatteryWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The indictment of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his loss in the...
  
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• Justin and Sophie Trudeau: Love and Separation

  02-08-2023 22:36
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau unexpectedly announced their separation on Instagram...
  
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• Factbox-Justin and Sophie Trudeau: Love and Separation

  02-08-2023 22:36
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau unexpectedly announced their separation on Instagram...
  
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• Biden Delays Plans to Restock Nation’s Emergency Oil Reserve

  02-08-2023 22:35
  
  The Biden administration is delaying plans to restock the nation’s emergency oil reserve amid a price hike that has pushed oil above $80 a barrel
  
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• US Labor Board Says Work Rules Cannot Hamper Unionizing

  02-08-2023 22:32
  
  By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - The agency that enforces U.S. labor laws on Wednesday made it more difficult for businesses to defend workplace rules...
  
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• NTSB: Pilot's Medical Clearance Had Been Renewed a Month Before Crash Landing

  02-08-2023 22:30
  Investigators say a 79-year-old pilot who became incapacitated before his wife took the controls and crash-landed his airplane on Martha’s Vineyard previously had to provide extensive medical documentation to continue flying
  
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• Big Ten Having Preliminary Conversations About More Expansion if Pac-12 Crumbles, AP Sources Say

  02-08-2023 22:24
  
  A group of Big Ten presidents has begun discussing the possibility of adding more West Coast schools to the conference if the Pac-12 continues to crumble, according to two people familiar with the conversations
  
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• Police Officer in South Carolina Killed by Amtrak Train While Rescuing Someone Who Called 911

  02-08-2023 22:23
  Authorities say a police officer in South Carolina has been struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he was saving a person who was having a mental health crisis
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Accuses Liberals of 'Raw Exercise of Overreaching Power'

  02-08-2023 22:21
  
  The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is accusing her liberal colleagues of a “raw exercise of overreaching power” after they flexed their new majority and fired the director of the state’s court system
  
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• DoorDash Hits Record for Orders, Revenue in Second Quarter

  02-08-2023 22:20
  
  DoorDash set records for total orders and revenue in the second quarter as its grocery and convenience deliveries accelerated and it improved driver efficiency
  
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• DoorDash Hits New Record for Orders, Revenue in Second Quarter

  02-08-2023 22:20
  
  DoorDash set new records for total orders and revenue in the second quarter as its grocery and convenience deliveries accelerated and it improved driver efficiency
  
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• Jimmie Johnson, Crew Chief Chad Knaus Join Donnie Allison as NASCAR Hall of Fame Selections

  02-08-2023 22:12
  
  Jimmie Johnson and former crew chief Chad Knaus, who combined to win a record-tying seven Cup Series championships, have been selected for the NASCAR Hall of Fame
  
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