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• Bankman-Fried's Trial Exposed Crypto Fraud but Congress Has Not Been Eager to Regulate the Industry

  03-11-2023 23:56
  
  The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the crypto industry
  
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• Speaker Johnson Looks to Keep Momentum Going as He Pushes Border Security Bill

  03-11-2023 23:52
  
  House Speaker Mike Johnson has hit the ground running after being selected to take the gavel from Kevin McCarthy.
  Last week, in his first act as speaker, he brought a resolution to the floor condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks and reaffirming U.S. support for Israel.
  This week, Johnson vowed to get to work with his House colleagues to finally shore up the country’s wide-open southern border.
  Johnson appeared on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” on Thursday and expres
  
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• Oregon Must Get Criminal Defendants Attorneys Within 7 Days or Release Them From Jail, Judge Says

  03-11-2023 23:50
  A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an attorney within a week of their first court appearance
  
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• Former Detroit-Area Officer Indicted on Civil Rights Crime for Punching Black Man

  03-11-2023 23:37
  A grand jury has returned an indictment against a former suburban Detroit police officer who is accused of a federal civil rights crime
  
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• New Video Shows Las Vegas Officer Running Over Homicide Suspect With Patrol Vehicle, Killing Him

  03-11-2023 23:30
  Body camera footage released Friday showed the moment a Las Vegas police officer behind the wheel of a patrol vehicle ran over a homicide suspect, killing him
  
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• Gary Colson, Who Lobbied to Add the 3-Point Shot During a Basketball Coaching Career, Dies at 89

  03-11-2023 23:30
  
  Gary Colson has died
  
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• Arkansas Sheriff Arrested on Charge of Obstruction of Justice

  03-11-2023 23:30
  A southwest Arkansas sheriff has been arrested on a single count of obstruction of justice
  
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• Maine Mass Shooter Was Alive for Most of Massive 2-Day Search, Autopsy Suggests

  03-11-2023 23:18
  
  An autopsy suggests that the mass shooter in Lewiston, Maine, was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge search
  
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• Killer on the Loose: Maine Mass Shooter Was Alive for Most of Massive Search, Autopsy Suggests

  03-11-2023 23:18
  
  An autopsy suggests that the mass shooter in Lewiston, Maine, was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge search
  
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• Autopsy Reveals What 'Likely' Happened Before Maine Mass Shooter's Death

  03-11-2023 23:18
  
  The Army reservist who opened fire inside a bowling alley and at a bar in Lewiston, Maine, before disappearing was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the massive search that followed, according to a conclusion from the state medical examiner’s office released Friday.
  Robert Card died from a self-inflicted gunshot that “likely” happened eight to 12 hours before the discovery of his body, based on a time-of-death analysis, officials said. The conclusion was an
  
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• Brazil's Workers Party Slams Israel for Holding Brazilians in Gaza

  03-11-2023 23:16
  
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's ruling Workers Party criticized the Israeli government on Friday for not allowing 34 Brazilians to leave Gaza, saying...
  
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• 2 Teens Plead Not Guilty in Fatal Shooting of Montana College Football Player

  03-11-2023 23:04
  Two teens have been charged as adults after investigators say they followed a Rocky Mountain College football player in his car and shot him through his driver's side window
  
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• How Hamas Aims to Trap Israel in Gaza Quagmire

  03-11-2023 23:03
  
  By Samia Nakhoul, Laila Bassam and Matt Spetalnick(Reuters) - Hamas has prepared for a long, drawn-out war in the Gaza Strip and believes it can...
  
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• Partner in Proposed Casino Apologizes for Radio Host's Antisemitic Remarks Against Project Opponent

  03-11-2023 22:52
  
  The CEO of the media company with a development interest in a proposed casino in Virginia’s capital city has apologized to a leading opponent of the project for antisemitic remarks made about him on one of the company’s radio stations
  
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• Partner in Proposed Casino Apologizes for Antisemitic Slurs by Radio Host Against Project Opponent

  03-11-2023 22:52
  
  The CEO of the media company with a development interest in a proposed casino in Virginia’s capital city has apologized to a leading opponent of the project for antisemitic remarks made about him on one of the company’s radio stations
  
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• 68+ best sales we plan to shop this week: Ilia, J. Crew and more

  03-11-2023 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  I rounded up the best deals this week from Ulta, J. Crew, Home Depot and more on sunscreen, summer clothes, outdoor furniture and more.
  
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• Tupac Shakur Has an Oakland Street Named for Him 27 Years After His Death

  03-11-2023 22:50
  A stretch of street in Oakland, California, has been renamed for Tupac Shakur
  
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• Illinois City Tickets Reporter for Asking Too Many Questions, in Latest First Amendment Dustup

  03-11-2023 22:50
  
  Officials in a suburban Chicago community have issued municipal citations to a local news reporter for what they say were persistent contacts with city officials seeking comment on treacherous fall flooding
  
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• Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Says Fellow Officer Fired 'Haphazardly' Into Apartment During Raid

  03-11-2023 22:49
  
  The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during the botched 2020 police raid took the witness stand in a federal trial Friday
  
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• The WTA Finals Semis Are Coco Gauff Vs. Jessica Pegula, and Aryna Sabalenka Vs. Iga Swiatek

  03-11-2023 22:46
  
  Coco Gauff has overcome 17 double-faults and come back after being a game away from elimination at the WTA Finals to pull out a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in a round-robin match
  
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• Coco Gauff Overcomes 17 Double-Faults and a Deficit at the WTA Finals to Beat Marketa Vondrousova

  03-11-2023 22:46
  
  Coco Gauff overcame 17 double-faults and came back after being a game away from elimination at the WTA Finals, eventually pulling out a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in a round-robin match to stay in contention for a semifinal berth
  
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• Camilo Villegas Finishes Strong to Take 36-Hole Lead in Mexico

  03-11-2023 22:46
  Camilo Villegas has his best 36-hole start on the PGA Tour and a two-shot lead in the World Wide Technology Championship
  
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• Aryna Sabalenka Finishes a Rain-Delayed Win Over Elena Rybakina to Reach the Semis at the WTA Finals

  03-11-2023 22:46
  
  Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka has reached the semifinals for the second consecutive year at the WTA Finals by holding on to defeat Elena Rybakina 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in a round-robin match that was repeatedly interrupted by rain the night before
  
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• Judge, Citing Trump's 'Repeated Public Statements,' Orders Anonymous Jury in Defamation Suit Trial

  03-11-2023 22:44
  
  A New York judge has cited former President Donald Trump's “repeated public statements” among reasons why a jury will be anonymous when it considers damages stemming from a defamation lawsuit by a writer who says Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s
  
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• Liberal Mag Roasted for Sickening Claim 'MAGA, Christian Nationalism Bigger Threat to America Than Hamas'

  03-11-2023 22:40
  
  The extreme left-wing website Salon quickly jumped into gear to discount the Hamas terror attack on Israel last month and instead outrageously claimed that MAGA voters, Christians and the mythical “white nationalism” are a bigger threat to the U.S. than Islamic terror.
  In two pieces, one published only days after the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, screedist Brian Karem wrote that the GOP is a terrorist group and that “far-right MAGA theocrats” are far more of a threat to
  
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• Lawmakers Demand Costco Answer for What Is Being Found on Store Shelves

  03-11-2023 22:38
  
  Lawmakers are wondering why retail giant Costco continues to sell products that have been banned by the U.S. over concerns that they allow the Chinese government to spy on Americans.
  Costco is currently selling home security devices made by Lorex, which is linked to the Chinese company Dahua. The Federal Communications Commission blacklisted Dahua surveillance products in 2022 due to the “unacceptable risk” posed to national security.
  Dahua has also been accused of using slave labor,
  
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• Appeals Courts Temporarily Lifts Trump's Gag Order as He Fights the Restrictions on His Speech

  03-11-2023 22:38
  
  A federal appeals court is temporarily lifting a gag order on Donald Trump in his federal election interference case in Washington
  
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• Hawaiian Electric Discussing New Policy to Mitigate Wildfire Risks

  03-11-2023 22:34
  
  (Reuters) - Utility firm Hawaiian Electric Industries said on Friday it was in discussions with the government and other parties to implement a new...
  
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• Desperate Bud Light Parent Company Offers Disgruntled Shareholders $1 Billion Apology for Dylan Mulvaney Disaster

  03-11-2023 22:28
  
  The parent company of Bud Light is making a $1 billion buyback of shares as a way to rebound from the disaster caused by the company’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
  The buyback will take place over the next year and kick in “almost immediately,” Anheuser-Busch InBev Chief Financial Officer Fernando Tennenbaum said on a call with investors, according to Yahoo Finance.
  It was announced Tuesday in AB InBev’s third-quarter report.
  Bank of America ana
  
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• Toyota Is Not Advising People to Park Recalled RAV4 SUVs Outdoors Despite Reports of Engine Fires

  03-11-2023 22:23
  
  Toyota is not advising owners of 1.9 million recalled RAV4 SUVs to park them outdoors, even though U.S. safety investigators have four complaints about engine fires that can start with the vehicles’ ignitions turned off
  
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• Speaker Johnson Led House Passage of Israel Aid. but the Hard Part Comes Next in Confronting Biden

  03-11-2023 22:21
  
  New House Speaker Mike Johnson is showing what hardball partisan tactics might come next
  
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• Donald Trump to Face Anonymous Jury in Writer E. Jean Carroll's Second Trial

  03-11-2023 22:13
  
  By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge said Donald Trump will face an anonymous jury as it decides how much he should pay E. Jean...
  
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• Israel Deports Thousands of Palestinian Workers Back to Gaza's War Zone

  03-11-2023 22:10
  
  Israel has deported thousands of workers to the besieged Gaza Strip, capping what many described as harrowing weeks trapped in legal limbo since their detention when the Israel-Hamas war erupted
  
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• Republicans Stiffen Qualifying Requirements for Fourth Debate in December

  03-11-2023 22:05
  
  By Gram Slattery(Reuters) - Republican presidential primary candidates will need to meet relatively stringent polling requirements to participate...
  
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• Biden Secretly Brought in Obama for Key Role After Harris Failed Miserably

  03-11-2023 22:04
  
  As usual, the world’s biggest liars and would-be tyrants want to root out “misinformation” and protect “democracy.”
  In this case, however, the liars and would-be tyrants in President Joe Biden’s administration, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, lack the competence to carry out an assigned task.
  Thus, according to NBC News, Biden has turned to one of his predecessors, former President Barack Obama.
  On Monday, Biden announced an executive order designed to im
  
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• Titans' Treylon Burks in Concussion Protocol After Being Knocked Unconscious, Carted off Field

  03-11-2023 22:03
  
  Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel says wide receiver Treylon Burks briefly lost consciousness and is in the concussion protocol after being carted off the field Thursday night in the final minutes of a loss to Pittsburgh
  
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• US Airs Concerns to China About 'Dangerous and Unlawful' South China Sea Actions

  03-11-2023 21:56
  
  By David BrunnstromWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and China held "candid" talks on maritime issues on Friday, including on the contested...
  
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• Trump Testifying Is a Test All Its Own

  03-11-2023 21:50
  
  Beyond having a former president testify under oath, Trump taking the stand in his civil trial creates an unusual situation – one in which his bombastic nature and tendency to misrepresent will be constrained.
  
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• Ivy League Schools Allowing Students to Rally Against Israel Get Brutal Notice - Top Law Firms Are About to Take Action

  03-11-2023 21:43
  
  To get this out of the way: There is nothing good, or anything close to approximating “good,” to be gleaned or had from the atrocities committed in Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
  War is hell, and Israel’s declaration of it signals that things will get much bloodier before anything gets better.
  But if there was something “useful” to be gained from these atrocities and coming horrors, it’s that the entire saga has unmasked a shocking number of anti-Semite
  
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• Colombia, Neighbors to Jointly Push Six Key Points in COP28 -Minister

  03-11-2023 21:27
  
  By Oliver GriffinBOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia and its neighbors will together push six key themes at this year's UN climate conference, including...
  
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• US Agency Proposes Allowing Carbon Capture Projects in National Forests

  03-11-2023 21:24
  By Leah Douglas(Reuters) - The U.S. Forest Service wants to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on national forest land, according to a...
  
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• El Salvador Electoral Tribunal Green Lights Bukele's Re-Election Bid

  03-11-2023 21:24
  
  SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador's electoral tribunal on Friday approved President Nayib Bukele's candidacy in next year's presidential election...
  
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• Qualification Markers Grow Even Tougher for Next Month's 4th GOP Presidential Debate, in Alabama

  03-11-2023 21:22
  A fourth Republican presidential debate has been set for next month, with heightened polling requirements that could make the stage less crowded than before
  
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• Honduras Recalls Ambassador to Israel for Consultations

  03-11-2023 21:22
  
  TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' government is recalling its ambassador to Israel for consultations due to the humanitarian situation affecting...
  
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• Puerto Rican Ex-Boxer Félix Verdejo Sentenced to Life in Prison in the Killing of His Pregnant Lover

  03-11-2023 21:20
  
  Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo has received two life sentences after being found guilty in the grisly killing of his 27-year-old pregnant lover
  
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• Puerto Rican Ex-Boxer Félix Verdejo Sentenced to Life in Prison in Killing of Pregnant Lover

  03-11-2023 21:20
  Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo has received two life sentences after being found guilty in the grisly killing of his 27-year-old pregnant lover
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Scenes of Pain and Destruction Endure in Week 4 of the Latest Israel-Gaza Conflict

  03-11-2023 21:16
  
  A toddler with a bandaged head, limp and dusty, is carried into a Gaza hospital for treatment after an Israeli airstrike. Mourners bid farewell to a woman who was killed in southern Israel in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on a kibbutz.
  
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• Ted Cruz Puts Coca-Cola on Blast After Company Attempts to Hide Massive BLM Donation

  03-11-2023 21:08
  
  Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has sent a letter to Coca-Cola’s CEO demanding answers to his company’s past support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
  More specifically, Cruz wants CEO James Quincey to explain why the company recently scrubbed its website of any mention of a $500,000 Sprite donation to Black Lives Matter in 2020 after social media pages affiliated with the group recently expressed support for Hamas following the barbaric Oct. 7 terror attacks against Israel.
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• NYC Mayor Adams Under Federal Investigation After Top Fundraiser's House Raided by FBI

  03-11-2023 21:08
  
  The FBI is investigating whether New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign conspired with the government of Turkey in order to receive illegal donations prior to his successful 2021 mayoral bid, according to a report.
  The New York Times reported Thursday that a campaign consultant for Adams had been raided by the bureau.
  The consultant was identified by the paper as Adams’ chief fundraiser Brianna Suggs, who helped him haul in millions of dollars before his election.
  FBI agents descen
  
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• Trump Trial Devolves Into Total Chaos Right Before Eric Trump Takes the Stand

  03-11-2023 21:06
  
  The New York civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization was contentious from the start of Friday’s session as Trump’s defense lawyer focused on potential bias from the bench.
  On Thursday, Breitbart detailed political activity on the part of law clerk Allison Greenfield in support of Democrats.
  Noting that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron has been passing notes back and forth with Greenfield during the trial, Trump attorney Christo
  
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