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• Former Foster Children Win $7M Settlement After Alleging State Turned Blind Eye to Abuse

  11-08-2023 23:59
  Four former foster children who were allegedly abused by a Massachusetts couple will be paid $7 million under a settlement with the state
  
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• Seven Worshippers Killed in Northern Nigeria Mosque Collapse

  11-08-2023 23:57
  By Ardo and HazzadBAUCHI (Reuters) - Seven people died after a mosque filled with worshippers caved in on Friday in Nigeria's northern city of...
  
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• GQG Partners Adds Nvidia, Amazon, Apple in Q2

  11-08-2023 23:56
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australia-listed investment firm GQG Partners added more shares of Nvidia Corp in the second quarter, ending June with $5.9...
  
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• Man turns himself in, becomes 5th person charged in Montgomery riverfront brawl

  11-08-2023 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man linked to the large brawl that broke out on an Alabama riverfront this past weekend turned himself in to authorities on Friday, police said, making him the fifth person charged in the violent melee that went viral.
  
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• Gun Laws or Second Amendment Is a 'False Choice,' Harris Says in Chicago

  11-08-2023 23:55
  
  By Bianca FlowersCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris jumped into another divisive American issue ahead of the 2024 re-election...
  
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• James Comer Reveals Dark Truth Behind Hunter's Special Prosecutor - Is a Cover-up Underway?

  11-08-2023 23:52
  
  On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation.
  One prominent Republican greeted the announcement with appropriate skepticism and assurances of continued resolve.
  Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released a statement condemning Garland’s move as part of an ongoing effort by the Department of Justice to shield the Biden family fr
  
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• Russian Ministry Bans Employees From Using IPhones for Work - Ifax

  11-08-2023 23:50
  
  (Reuters) - Russia's ministry of digital development has banned employees from using Apple iPhones and iPads for work purposes, Interfax news...
  
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• NBC News and the Des Moines Register partner for Iowa polling

  11-08-2023 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  NBC News will partner with the Des Moines Register and Mediacom for "The Iowa Poll" in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential caucuses in the state.
  
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• Family of Man Killed by FBI After Allegedly Threatening Biden Speaks Out: He 'Loved This Country with All His Heart'

  11-08-2023 23:28
  
  Family members of an elderly Provo, Utah, man killed outside his house Wednesday by FBI agents investigating threatening posts on his Facebook account have released a statement questioning the agents’ actions.
  In a statement to KUTV-TV in Salt Lake City on Thursday afternoon, the family denied claims that he was a credible threat to President Joe Biden, who was visiting Utah that day.
  Relatives of Craig Celeeuw Robertson, 75, described him as being of  “advanced age, with limite
  
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• Biden Headed to Milwaukee a Week Before Republican Presidential Debate

  11-08-2023 23:28
  President Joe Biden plans to make a visit to Milwaukee on Tuesday, just a week before Republican presidential hopefuls will be in the city for the first debate of the 2024 cycle
  
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• $1.1 Billion Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility Planned for Louisiana's Iberia Parish

  11-08-2023 23:28
  Gov. John Bel Edwards says the largest solar energy manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere is planning to build a $1.1 billion facility in southwest Louisiana
  
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• Lansing, Mich. police say they mistakenly detained young person who was taking out the trash

  11-08-2023 23:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  A viral video posted to TikTok shows officers mistakenly detaining a young Black man they believed to be a suspect in a string of car thefts in Michigan.
  
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• Iowa Coach Ferentz Says the Integrity of the Game Cannot Be Compromised as Betting Probe Unfolds

  11-08-2023 23:18
  
  Kirk Ferentz says it's a deal-breaker if it's proven some of his Iowa football players made wagers on their own games
  
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• Wife of Suspect in Long Island Serial Killings Living 'Nightmare,' Battling Cancer, Her Lawyer Says

  11-08-2023 23:09
  
  The wife of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York's Long Island is living a “surreal nightmare.”
  
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• Wife of Accused Long Island Serial Killer Battling Cancer; Could Sue Investigators Who Searched Home

  11-08-2023 23:09
  The wife and children of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York's Long Island will file a notice of claim which will allow them to sue authorities who allegedly trashed their house while seeking evidence
  
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• Neighbors Furious at FBI Shooting of 'Teddy Bear' Utah Man, Displaying of Body Afterward

  11-08-2023 23:05
  
  Neighbors of the 75-year-old man killed in Utah after allegedly making threats to President Joe Biden and others are speaking out regarding the man they knew.
  The FBI went to Craig Robertson’s home in Provo Wednesday to serve search warrants and to arrest Robertson for his previous online threats for a few individuals in the Democratic Party, according to CNBC.
  One neighbor, Connor Bunch, described Robertson as a “teddy bear” who took care of his blind son, the New York Post re
  
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• Ohio's Senate race is high on Trump's radar after a tough week for Republicans

  11-08-2023 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  A source close to Trump said he had seen Frank LaRose’s kind remarks about Mike Pence and downplayed any expectations of neutrality in the primary.
  
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• France Condemns Russian Strike That Killed Child in Ukraine

  11-08-2023 23:03
  
  By America HernandezPARIS (Reuters) -Russia's latest missile strikes killing one child in western Ukraine constitute "war crimes and must not go...
  
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• Reluctant, but Resolute Popovich Leads International-Rich 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame Class

  11-08-2023 23:01
  
  Gregg Popovich didn't want to be inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame until the players that helped his teams win NBA championships had already gone in
  
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• Former Tennessee State Senator Gets 21-Month Prison Sentence for Campaign Finance Cash Scheme

  11-08-2023 22:58
  
  A former Tennessee state senator has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after he unsuccessfully tried to take back his guilty plea on federal campaign finance charges
  
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• Chinese Data Center Operator Chindata to Go Private in $3.16 Billion Deal

  11-08-2023 22:56
  (Reuters) - Chindata Group said on Friday it has agreed to go private with BCPE Chivalry Bidco and its subsidiary in a deal that values the Chinese...
  
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• IMF Reaches Staff-Level Deal of Around $830 Million to Support Honduras

  11-08-2023 22:54
  
  (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Honduras for a 36-month arrangement for...
  
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• IMF Reaches $830 Million Staff-Level Deal to Support Honduras Economy

  11-08-2023 22:54
  
  (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Honduras for a 36-month credit facility for...
  
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• Video Shows Deadly End to Connecticut Police Chase as Officer Shoots Man in Vehicle

  11-08-2023 22:50
  Body-camera video released by authorities shows a Connecticut police officer fatally shooting a car theft suspect inside a moving vehicle while a police dog is attacking the suspect, who screams for help
  
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• Body of Man Found Floating in Colorado River in Western Arizona City

  11-08-2023 22:49
  Authorities in western Arizona near the Nevada state line say a body has been found in the Colorado River
  
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• Record-Setting Canadian Wildfires Could Persist for Rest of 'Marathon' Summer

  11-08-2023 22:48
  
  By Ismail ShakilOTTAWA (Reuters) - Record-setting wildfires in Canada could potentially continue burning at an abnormally high rate for several...
  
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• Virginia Senate Democrats Make Another Counteroffer in Long-Running Budget Talks

  11-08-2023 22:47
  
  Virginia Senate Democrats have proposed their latest counteroffer in this year’s drawn-out negotiations over the state budget
  
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• Top Democrat Mega Donor Jailed, No Chance At Bail Before Trial

  11-08-2023 22:38
  
  Disgraced former crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail after a judge revoked his bail on Friday, according to Reuters.
  The judge found probable cause that Bankman-Fried tampered with witnesses two or more times, and the Democratic megadonor will be in jail until his October trial, according to Reuters. Bankman-Fried’s mother, Barbara Fried, cried and his father, Joseph Bankman, held his hand over his chest as the alleged fraudster was guided away.
  Prosecutors requested Bankman-F
  
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• Orioles Broadcaster Kevin Brown: 'All Good Here in Birdland'

  11-08-2023 22:36
  
  Baltimore Orioles broadcaster Kevin Brown says all is well between him and team management
  
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• Indiana Man Indicted in Threats Made to Michigan Municipal Clerk Following 2020 Election

  11-08-2023 22:33
  A 37-year-old central Indiana man has been indicted in connection with a telephone threat made to a municipal clerk in Michigan following the 2020 presidential election
  
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• Obama Biographer: Barack Wants These Letters Kept Secret, It Would Be a 'Signal Event' if They Ever Went Public

  11-08-2023 22:23
  
  According to one biographer, former President Barack Obama has concealed many things behind his carefully cultivated public image.
  David Garrow, author of “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama,” believes that the ex-president’s long-ago letters to his former girlfriend, Sheila Miyoshi Jager, contain much that readers would find revealing.
  “Barack made it clear to me that he hoped I would never read them — I can put it that way. I think if the letters to Sheila ev
  
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• US Appeals Court Dismisses Motion Challenging Permits for Natural Gas Pipeline

  11-08-2023 22:19
  
  A federal appeals court has granted a motion to dismiss a challenge to construction permits for a controversial natural gas pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia after Congress mandated that the project move forward
  
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• 17-Year-Old Charged with Anti-Black, Anti-LGBT Hate-Crime Murder Despite Footage That Appears to Tell a Different Story

  11-08-2023 22:13
  
  A New York teen has been charged with hate-crime murder in Brooklyn stemming from an altercation last month, but the prosecutor’s comments about the case don’t appear to match video evidence of the deadly encounter.
  From multiple viewings, it appears as though the teen had actually made an effort to walk away from a fight before he allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old man who later died.
  On July 29, a man named O’Shae Sibley was reportedly dancing to music at a gas pump at a conveni
  
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• US, China Agree to Double Weekly Flights Between Countries

  11-08-2023 22:07
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers...
  
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• Exclusive-US, China Agree to Double Weekly Flights Between Countries -Sources

  11-08-2023 22:07
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers...
  
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• Exclusive-United States, China Agree to Double Weekly Flights Between Countries -- Sources

  11-08-2023 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers to fly...
  
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• Judge warns Trump about intimidating witnesses and disclosing secrets in 2020 election case

  11-08-2023 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a protective order in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
  
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• White House: There Will Be Restrictions on Any Unfrozen Iranian Funds

  11-08-2023 21:52
  
  By Andrea Shalal and Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House stressed on Friday that there would be restrictions on what Iran could...
  
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• Mexico Investigates 4th Killing at Tijuana Hotel Frequented by American Accused of Killing 3 Women

  11-08-2023 21:52
  Mexican officials say they're investigating the death of a fourth woman at a Tijuana hotel frequented by a California man who is the subject of extradition proceedings to face charges in connection with the killings of at least three women in the border city across from San Diego
  
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• Who Is David Weiss, US Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden Case?

  11-08-2023 21:48
  
  By Andrew GoudswardWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutor David Weiss has spent years probing allegations involving President Joe Biden's son, Hunter...
  
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• Biden's 'Ticking Time Bomb' Remark Referred to China's Internal Tensions -White House

  11-08-2023 21:43
  
  By Andrea Shalal and Michael MartinaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's comment about China being a "ticking time bomb" referred to...
  
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• Woman Fatally Shot at Home Depot Store in Florida, Suspect Is in Custody

  11-08-2023 21:38
  A man opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle, killing a woman
  
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• Home Depot Employee Fatally Shot in Florida Store, Suspect Is in Custody

  11-08-2023 21:38
  A man opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle, killing an employee
  
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• Merrick Garland Announces Special Counsel Has Been Appointed in Hunter Biden Probe

  11-08-2023 21:32
  
  Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss has been tapped as a special counsel in his ongoing investigation into President Joe Biden’s son.
  Weiss’ appointment appears to have been his own idea.
  “On Tuesday of this week, Mr. Weiss advised me that, in his judgment, his investigation had reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a special counsel, and he asked to be so appointed,” Garland said.
  “Upon cons
  
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• Slugger Bryce Harper Out of Lineup With Back Spasms; Day to Day for NL Wild Card-Leading Phillies

  11-08-2023 21:31
  
  Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper was out of the starting lineup against Minnesota, a day after he was sidelined by mid-back spasms
  
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• Denver House Explodes and Partially Collapses, Hospitalizing 1

  11-08-2023 21:24
  
  An explosion caused a four-unit apartment building in Denver to partially collapse, sending one person to the hospital with minor injuries
  
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• Texas Questions Rights of a Fetus After a Prison Guard Who Had a Stillborn Baby Sues

  11-08-2023 21:22
  The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a lawsuit brought by a state prison guard who says she had a stillborn baby because of working conditions
  
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• Breaking: Musk-Zuckerberg Fight Details Nearly Set - Italian 'Epic Location' Worthy of Gladiators

  11-08-2023 21:20
  
  Tech titans Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will fight in an “epic location” in Italy in the coming months after Musk worked out a deal with the Italian government, he said Friday on his X social media platform, formerly Twitter.
  A bout between Musk and the Meta CEO has been teased all summer, but no concrete details had been offered.
  That all changed Friday morning when Musk said he had engaged in talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as well as the country’s minister
  
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• Hawaii Wildfires to Cause Second-Largest Total Insured Loss in State's History - KCC

  11-08-2023 21:18
  
  (Reuters) - The total insured loss from the ongoing wildfires on Maui island is expected to be the second largest in Hawaii's history, according to...
  
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• DNA Analysis Helps Identify Remains of WWII Veteran Shot Down During Bombing Mission

  11-08-2023 21:17
  The remains of a World War II veteran killed when his bomber was shot down on a mission targeting oil fields near Romania have been identified
  
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