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• Man Escapes Mental Hospital in Oregon While Fully Shackled and Drives Away

  31-08-2023 23:59
  
  Oregon police say a dangerous man has escaped from the state's psychiatric hospital despite being fully shackled
  
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• Delta Air Lines Says It Has Protected Its Planes Against Interference From 5G Wireless Signals

  31-08-2023 23:59
  
  Delta Air Lines says it has upgraded its entire fleet to protect the planes against radio interference from wireless signals
  
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• Yellen to Attend India G20 Summit, Focus on Economy, Climate, Ukraine -US Treasury

  31-08-2023 23:56
  
  By David LawderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to New Delhi to participate in the G20 leaders summit from...
  
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• Titans' Derrick Henry Ready to Remind Everyone What Running Backs Mean to NFL

  31-08-2023 23:55
  
  Derrick Henry has run for more yards than anyone else since the start of the 2016 NFL season and seems like a man on a mission going into the final year of his deal with the Tennessee Titans
  
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• Brazil Forecasts Revenue Boost to Wipe Deficit in 2024

  31-08-2023 23:54
  
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government outlined an ambitious plan to rescue its public accounts from deficit which hinges on securing 168.5...
  
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• Judge Hands Proud Boys Stiff Sentences as Prosecutions Escalate Toward Jan. 6 Plotters

  31-08-2023 23:51
  
  A federal judge handed two militia leaders key to plotting the Jan. 6 insurrection some of the most severe sentences issued in the 1,100 or so criminal cases stemming from the attack.
  
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• Hurricane Idalia left communities digging out after causing widespread flooding and destruction

  31-08-2023 23:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  CEDAR KEY, Fla. — It was the hottest rental cottage at the Faraway Inn because it was right on the Gulf of Mexico and the sunsets were spectacular.
  
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• Report: Disney Is Fudging the Numbers, Losing So Much More Money Than Anyone Could Have Imagined

  31-08-2023 23:47
  
  By investing several hundred million dollars into big-budget releases with little return, Disney continues to lose boatloads of money, perhaps more than previously reported.
  In the past few years, it appears the studio has been fudging the numbers on the production budgets of its theatrical and streaming releases.
  It’s been suspected for quite some time that Disney has been vastly underreporting its budgets, but reports have only recently confirmed that suspicion.
  In July, Disney revealed
  
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• Mexico's Broad Opposition Coalition Announces Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez Will Run for Presidency in 2024

  31-08-2023 23:41
  
  Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024 presidential elections
  
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• Caught on Camera: Men in Drag Spotted Greeting Kids at Disney's Princess Boutiques

  31-08-2023 23:39
  
  Entertainment giant Disney is still going forward with its policy of pushing the radical transgender and gay agendas on kids, especially at its theme parks, as recent images show male park employees dressed as women greeting small girls at its princess makeover attraction.
  The indispensable Libs of TikTok account posted several photos of male Disneyland employees, one rotund and bearded, greeting little girls at its Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, where small girls get treated to the fantasy of being
  
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• Woman Accused of Trying to Aid Suicide Says Man Wanted to Explore the Afterlife, Police Say

  31-08-2023 23:26
  A newly released arrest warrant says a Connecticut woman has been charged with trying to help a relative die by suicide
  
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• US Hits North Korean and Russian Accused of Supporting North Korea's Ballistics Missile Program

  31-08-2023 23:22
  
  In response to North Korea’s failed launch of a spy satellite last week, the U.S. has imposed sanctions on two men and a Moscow-registered firm accused of supporting North Korea’s ballistic missile program
  
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• With ACC Leaders Set to Take up Stanford, Cal, SMU Expansion, 2 UNC Trustees Announce Opposition

  31-08-2023 23:18
  
  With Atlantic Coast Conference university leaders seemingly on the verge of deciding whether to expand with Stanford, California and SMU, two members of North Carolina’s board of trustees announced their opposition to the move
  
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• Kansas Officials Are No Longer Required to Change Trans People’s Birth Certificates, Judge Says

  31-08-2023 23:17
  
  A federal judge says Kansas officials are no longer required to change transgender people’s birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities
  
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• Judge Says Kansas Shouldn't Keep Changing Trans People’s Birth Certificates Due to New State Law

  31-08-2023 23:17
  
  A federal judge says Kansas shouldn’t keep changing transgender people’s birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities
  
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• Trump Gets His Own Op-Ed Published in WSJ in Response to Its Hit Piece on Him

  31-08-2023 23:16
  
  “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”
  That statement alone is the reason former President Donald J. Trump is submerged in indictments. The words of the establishment media haven’t been able to crush Trump, try as they might.
  In fact, they are falling down on the job due to President Joe Biden’s own failed policies speaking louder, only magnifying the truth about the former administration and president.
  Everyone looking on knows it, except ma
  
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• Guatemala’s Congress refuses to recognize president-elect’s party

  31-08-2023 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Guatemala’s Congress refused to recognize lawmakers from the Seed Movement party of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo following the suspension of his party earlier this week.
  
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• Texas Top Court Lets Ban on Gender Treatments for Minors Take Effect

  31-08-2023 23:12
  
  By Brendan Pierson(Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, such as...
  
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• FBI Updates Photo of University of Wisconsin Bomber Wanted for 53 Years

  31-08-2023 23:12
  
  More than 50 years after a Vietnam War-era bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus that killed a researcher, the FBI has released age-processed photographs of a suspect who has evaded law enforcement for more than half a century and been referred to as “Wisconsin’s state ghost.”
  
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• Mississippi Authorities to Investigate Fatal Shooting by Sheriff's Deputies While Attempting Arrest

  31-08-2023 23:09
  Deputies within the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office are under investigation after a man was shot to death while its SWAT team was executing an arrest warrant early Wednesday
  
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• One Dead, at Least Two Injured in Stabbings at Jail in Atlanta That Is Under Federal Investigation

  31-08-2023 23:02
  Authorities said one person died and at least two others were injured when they were stabbed Thursday at a violent and problem-plagued jail in Atlanta that is already under federal investigation
  
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• Texas Ban on Public Drag Performances Blocked by Judge

  31-08-2023 23:00
  
  By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday temporarily blocked the state's law limiting public drag performances, in...
  
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• Abortion is now decriminalized in 12 Mexican states

  31-08-2023 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mexico’s Supreme Court said this week that it had decriminalized abortion in the central state of Aguascalientes, making it the twelfth Mexican state to revoke criminal penalties for the procedure.
  
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• US Charges Man With Helping Smuggle Microelectronics With Military Uses to Russia

  31-08-2023 22:54
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Russian-German national has been criminally charged in Manhattan with violating U.S. export controls over an alleged scheme...
  
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• Students With Disabilities in Pennsylvania Will Get More Time in School Under Settlement

  31-08-2023 22:53
  Students with disabilities in Pennsylvania will now receive free support through the public education system for an additional year than current policy dictates
  
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• White Sox Owner Jerry Reinsdorf Says He Doesn't See How Shooting Could Have Occurred in Ballpark

  31-08-2023 22:49
  White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf is pushing back on the possibility that a shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field came from a gun inside the ballpark
  
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• White man who shot Black teenager who came to wrong house will stand trial, judge orders

  31-08-2023 22:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A judge on Thursday ordered a white man to stand trial and face charges that he shot a Black teenager who rang his doorbell after coming to the wrong address.
  
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• Owners of Scranton Times-Tribune, 3 Other Pennsylvania Dailies Sell to Publishing Giant

  31-08-2023 22:49
  A Pennsylvania media conglomerate has sold its four daily newspapers, including The Times-Tribune of Scranton, to publishing powerhouse MediaNews Group, ending nearly 130 years of local ownership
  
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• Biden Ducks Critics, Commits Shameful Omission on Anniversary of Bungled Afghan Withdrawal

  31-08-2023 22:48
  
  President Joe Biden used the second anniversary of his administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan to tout its success, but he failed to specifically mention or even reference the 13 service members killed by a suicide bomber during the chaotic operation.
  The bombing at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport on Aug. 26, 2021 killed 11 U.S. Marines, one Navy corpsman and an Army soldier, as well as 170 Afghans.
  The Biden administration received criticism for conducting the withdrawal du
  
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• Mexican Opposition Alliance Confirms Xochitl Galvez to Be Named Presidential Candidate

  31-08-2023 22:47
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican senator Xochitl Galvez will on Sunday officially become the 2024 presidential candidate of an alliance of...
  
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• Orsted Delays 1st New Jersey Wind Farm Until 2026; Not Ready to 'Walk Away' From Project

  31-08-2023 22:46
  
  Orsted, the global wind energy developer, says its first offshore wind farm in New Jersey will be delayed until 2026
  
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• New York Police Will Use Drones to Monitor Backyard Parties This Weekend, Spurring Privacy Concerns

  31-08-2023 22:43
  Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may find an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police drone
  
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• 'A Sci-Fi Inspired Scenario': Police to Deploy Drones to Spy on Backyard Labor Day Parties

  31-08-2023 22:43
  
  Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may notice an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police surveillance drone.
  The New York City police department plans to pilot the unmanned aircraft in response to complaints about large gatherings, including private events, over Labor Day weekend, officials announced Thursday.
  “If a caller states there’s a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, we’re going to be utilizing our assets to
  
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• 'Barbenheimer' Makes Waves for July's Movie Spending, but Box Office Recovery Still Lags

  31-08-2023 22:33
  
  By Amina NiasseNEW YORK (Reuters) - "Barbenheimer" - the twin-bill summer box office phenom - sure helped to drive U.S. consumers back to cinemas...
  
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• Alabama Lawmaker Resigns and Agrees to Plead Guilty to Voter Fraud

  31-08-2023 22:29
  An Alabama legislator has resigned and is agreeing to plead guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that alleges he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live
  
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• Alabama Lawmaker Agrees to Plead Guilty to Voter Fraud

  31-08-2023 22:29
  An Alabama legislator has agreed to plead guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live
  
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• Proud Boy Joe Biggs receives 17 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case

  31-08-2023 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Joseph Biggs, a Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, will be sentenced Thursday.
  
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• Chicago boy, 5, killed from accidental gunshot after finding the weapon in a relative's Indiana home

  31-08-2023 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  GARY, Ind. — A 5-year-old Chicago boy died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he found a gun inside his relative’s Gary home, police said.
  
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• Over 40 Killed in East Congo After Crackdown on Anti-UN Protest

  31-08-2023 22:19
  GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Over 40 people were killed and 56 wounded in an army crackdown on violent anti-United Nations...
  
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• Over 40 Feared Dead in East Congo After Crackdown on Anti-UN Protest

  31-08-2023 22:19
  GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The death toll from an army crackdown on anti-United Nations demonstrations in east Congo on...
  
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• Food Ads Are in the Crosshairs as Burger King, Others Face Lawsuits for False Advertising

  31-08-2023 22:16
  Food ads have long made their subjects look bigger, juicier and crispier than they are in real life
  
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• Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Burger King Whopper-Size Lawsuit - Other Food Companies Also in Crosshairs

  31-08-2023 22:16
  
  Food ads long have made their subjects look bigger, juicier and crispier than they are in real life. But some consumers say those mouth-watering ads can cross the line into deception, and that’s leading to a growing number of lawsuits.
  Burger King is the latest company in the crosshairs.
  This month, a federal judge in Florida refused to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that claims Burger King’s ads overstate the amount of meat in its Whopper burger and other sandwiches. But Burger King
  
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• Alabama's Attorney General Says the State Can Prosecute Those Who Help Women Travel for Abortions

  31-08-2023 22:15
  Alabama’s attorney general argued in a court filing that the state has the authority to bring conspiracy charges against groups who help women travel out of the state for an abortion
  
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• Former State Senator Accused of Spending COVID-19 Relief Loan on Luxury Cars

  31-08-2023 22:14
  
  A former state senator in New Hampshire is accused of lying in order to get a COVID-19 relief loan for his casino and using the money to buy luxury cars for himself and his wife, a leader in the New Hampshire House
  
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• Delta Says Its Entire In-Service Fleet Now 5G Compliant

  31-08-2023 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said on Thursday that its fleet of in-service airplanes have had radio altimeters updated to address...
  
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• Delta Air Says Its Entire In-Service Fleet Now 5G-Compliant

  31-08-2023 22:12
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines said on Thursday that it has updated the radio altimeters in its in-service airplane fleet...
  
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• Utah Mom Who Gave YouTube Parenting Advice Arrested on Suspicion of Child Abuse, Police Say

  31-08-2023 22:10
  Authorities say a Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a YouTube channel has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after two of her children were found to be malnourished
  
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• Mom Who Gave Parenting Advice on '8 Passengers' YouTube Channel Arrested on Suspicion of Child Abuse

  31-08-2023 22:10
  Authorities say a Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a YouTube channel has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after two of her children were found to be malnourished
  
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• Chinese Officials, U.S. Commander Meet at Fiji Conference

  31-08-2023 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese delegation met with a senior U.S. military official during a conference earlier this month, the Pentagon said on...
  
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• Climate Alarmists Go After Martha Stewart for What She Put in Her Drink

  31-08-2023 21:57
  
  A luxury cruise line that prides itself on being environmentally friendly has reportedly halted its practice of serving cocktails chilled with iceberg chips after a social media post by Martha Stewart generated a tidal wave of controversy.
  Stewart, 82, a publisher and TV personality, mentioned in a recent Instagram post that she was in a fjord off the coast of Greenland aboard a Swan Hellenic cruise liner, where they had “captured a small iceberg for our cocktails tonight.”
   
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