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• Israel: self-proclaimed ‘racist’ politician nominated as New York consul general

  20-04-2023 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  May Golan has insulted Africans in Israel and disparaged the Reform movement, the largest Jewish denomination in the USIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has nominated a far-right politician who once boasted that she is “proud to be a racist” as his country’s top diplomat in New York.The appointment of May Golan was swiftly denounced by Israeli and American former diplomats, and the head of the largest Jewish denomination in the US, as an affront to the US and d
  
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• Indian court acquits 69 people of murder of 11 Muslims during 2002 Gujarat riots

  20-04-2023 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Former minister from ruling BJP party among Hindus acquitted of killings in city of AhmedabadAn Indian court has acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.The case related to the deaths of 11 Muslims who were killed after their homes in the city of Ahmedabad were set alight by Hindu mobs who rampaged through the streets during communal riots that took pla
  
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• Protester of ‘Cop City’ near Atlanta was shot by police at least 57 times, autopsy says  

  20-04-2023 20:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  A slain protester who opposed construction of a vast law enforcement training center near Atlanta was shot at least 57 times during a police confrontation, an autopsy revealed on Thursday.
  
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• Son of wrestling legend 'The Million Dollar Man' charged in welfare scandal involving Brett Favre

  20-04-2023 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Theodore "Ted" DiBiase Jr., the son of the WWE legend known as “The Million Dollar Man,” has been charged with fraud and theft of federal funds in connection with the Mississippi welfare scandal that has embroiled NFL great Brett Favre.
  
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• Man gets 10 months in federal prison for leaving nooses and harassing Starbucks workers

  20-04-2023 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  A judge sentenced a Michigan man to 10 months in federal prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to two hate crime charges for intimidating and attempting to intimidate people protesting in support of Black Lives Matter.
  
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• 4th suspect arrested in connection with the shooting at Sweet 16 birthday party in Alabama

  20-04-2023 19:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  DADEVILLE, Ala. — A fourth man was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday party in Alabama that left four people dead and dozens more injured, authorities said.
  
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• How the SpaceX launch went in 59 seconds

  20-04-2023 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There were cheers, but there was also an explosion. The BBC's Jonathan Amos breaks down what happened.
  
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• U.S. is deploying extra troops to a base in East Africa in case of a Sudan evacuation

  20-04-2023 19:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. is deploying extra troops to East African base in case they're needed to evacuate U.S. diplomatic officials or civilians from Sudan, said the Pentagon.
  
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• Bill to resolve Puerto Rico’s territorial status reintroduced in the House

  20-04-2023 19:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Puerto Rico Status Act, which seeks to resolve the U.S. territory's status, was reintroduced in the House on Thursday.
  
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• Grandson of man who shot Ralph Yarl says 'fear' and conspiracies consume him

  20-04-2023 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  One of the grandchildren of Andrew Lester, the Kansas City homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl after the Black teenager had mistakenly gone to the wrong home, is defending the boy's actions and believes police should have acted sooner to arrest his grandfather.
  
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• Durbin asks Chief Justice John Roberts to testify about Supreme Court ethics rules

  20-04-2023 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee Dick Durbin asked Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday to testify before Congress in early May about ethics rules for Supreme Court justices and potential reforms.
  
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• North Carolina man and 6-year-old shot after basketball rolls into suspect's yard, neighbors say

  20-04-2023 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  A manhunt is underway for a North Carolina man who neighbors say shot another man and his 6-year-old daughter after a basketball rolled into his yard.
  
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• NATO chief visits Kyiv for first time since Russian invasion

  20-04-2023 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has defiantly declared that Ukraine deserves to join the military alliance and pledged continuing support for the country on his first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s invasion just over a year ago.
  
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• House Republicans pass transgender sports ban for schools

  20-04-2023 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republican-backed bill is the latest GOP salvo in the intensifying culture wars over transgender rights in America.
  
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• At least 3 dead in possible tornado in Oklahoma as storms hit the state

  20-04-2023 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three people are dead in Oklahoma after a possible tornado struck Wednesday night, authorities said.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for YouTuber for illegally fishing in Canada national park

  20-04-2023 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Greg Ovens’s popular outdoor survival videos used as evidence against him in case centred on Alberta’s Banff national parkAn arrest warrant has been issued for a US YouTuber for illegally fishing in a Canadian national park, and his partner has been fined $6,000, after a judge condemned their “reckless” outdoor survival videos.The popularity of the videos highlights an increasingly lucrative online niche, with millions tuning in to watch avid outdoors people test their sk
  
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• Quiz of the week: What's the name of the fake Drake track?

  20-04-2023 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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• Falklands war art installation given ‘fitting place’ in Portsmouth

  20-04-2023 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Standing With Giants, created for 40th anniversary, commemorates troops and islanders who diedLifesize silhouetted figures representing the 255 British military personnel and three civilians who lost their lives in the Falklands war have been installed on the parade ground and ramparts at Fort Nelson in Portsmouth.The art installation, Standing With Giants, was created to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict and its arrival in the Hampshire port is regarded as particularly poignant as so ma
  
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• BuzzFeed News is shutting down

  20-04-2023 17:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  BuzzFeed News is shutting down.
  
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• Pakistan’s Punjab elections to go ahead as court confirms ruling

  20-04-2023 17:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Supreme court stands by decision to order elections next month in move that seemingly pits judiciary against governmentThe chief justice of Pakistan’s supreme court has stood by its decision to order elections next month in its most populous province, a move that seemingly pits the judiciary against the country’s government and the military establishment.The court has announced elections in Punjab for 14 May after declaring a delay to the vote unconstitutional and rejecting a petitio
  
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• SpaceX's giant rocket blasts off on first test flight — and explodes minutes later

  20-04-2023 16:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  SpaceX on Thursday tested its next-generation rocket designed for missions to the moon and Mars, ending in an explosion.
  
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• Republicans help advance 7 Biden judicial nominees amid Dianne Feinstein's absence

  20-04-2023 16:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Senate Democrats advanced seven of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees through committee Thursday with Republican votes as Sen. Dianne Feinstein remains absent.
  
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• Sudan conflict: 'I'm drinking water from the River Nile'

  20-04-2023 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With fierce fighting in Sudan cutting off supplies, people are travelling to the famous river in order to survive.
  
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• Guantanamo's detainee population is down to 30, and the Biden admin wants to cut it even more

  20-04-2023 16:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. transfer of a Guantanamo detainee to Algeria Thursday brought the facility's population down to 30. The Biden admin is weighing options to cut it more.
  
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• WATCH: SpaceX Starship rocket launches into space

  20-04-2023 16:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The first launch attempt was scrubbed Monday due to a frozen valve.
  
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• Yemen crowd crush: at least 85 dead after Houthi gunfire sparks panic

  20-04-2023 15:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Money was being handed out to mark end of Ramadan when rebels tried to control crowd, witnesses sayAt least 85 people, many of them children, have died in a crush in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, during a charity handout marking the end of Ramadan.Three businessmen have been arrested over the incident, in which 322 people were injured, 50 of them seriously. Continue reading...
  
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• Appeals court temporarily blocks former prosecutor's testimony before House panel

  20-04-2023 15:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  The ruling comes after a district judge ordered Pomerantz, who worked for the Manhattan DA, to testify before the Judiciary Committee probing Trump's prosecution.
  
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• Support for Biden's labor secretary nominee in doubt heading into confirmation hearing

  20-04-2023 15:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s nomination of Julie Su for labor secretary appears to be in jeopardy as she prepares to testify before at her Senate confirmation hearing.
  
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• Seattle slammed for plan to give gift cards to drug addicts who accept treatment: 'Gamifying addiction'

  20-04-2023 15:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's new plan to combat his city's drug crisis is under fire from critics who claim bribing addicts with incentives to get treatment could make the problem worse. The "contingency management" program, according to Harrell's webpage, aims to "encourage individuals with substance use disorder to accept treatment services by providing incentives" for partaking in a 12-week program administered at home instead of at a medical clinic. Incentives include low-dollar gift cards
  
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• Moon Bin, K-Pop star, found dead inside home at 25

  20-04-2023 15:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Singer Moon Bin of the K-Pop group Astro has died at 25. The musician was found dead in his Seoul, South Korea, home on Wednesday evening.  When efforts to communicate with the star were not returned, his manager reportedly found him at home. In a statement released by his management agency, Fantagio, Bin was said to have "suddenly left us and became a star in the sky."  Although police are investigating the death, they have not discovered any signs of foul play, per South Korea's Yonh
  
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• Biden pledges $1B more in US funding for UN's Green Climate Fund

  20-04-2023 15:09 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden is giving $1 billion to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund. The president confirmed the financial commitment in a message from the White House announcing a Thursday meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF). "At today’s meeting, the President will highlight new steps the United States is taking to meet its ambitious 1.5°C-aligned goal of reducing emissions 50-52 percent in 2030," the White House wrote in a press statement. MASSIVE OIL PROJECT
  
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• California city audits police after racist, hostile text messages circulates department

  20-04-2023 15:08 via foxnews.com
  
  A San Francisco Bay Area city council is undertaking an audit of its troubled police department, the latest development in a year-long federal investigation of the Antioch Police Department that blew up this month with the disclosure of racist and hostile text messages sent by officers. Angry residents crowded City Hall on Tuesday evening as the Antioch City Council unanimously approved audits of the department’s internal affairs unit, its hiring and promotional practices and of department
  
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• Iowa farms using low-tech systems to filter fertilizer-borne nitrates from water

  20-04-2023 15:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Nick Helland’s central Iowa farm looks much like every other nearby farm on this chilly March day, with corn stubble stretching from a gravel road up over a low hill to the northern horizon. But look closely, and you can see patches of muddy ground where a few months ago crews buried low-tech systems called bioreactors and streamside buffers that filter fertilizer-borne nitrates from water as it drains from Helland’s field into nearby Big Creek and eventually the Des Moines River. Th
  
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• California Home Depot worker fatally shot while trying to stop shoplifter was engaged: ‘Incredible person’

  20-04-2023 15:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A Home Depot employee shot and killed inside a California store during a confrontation with a shoplifting suspect on Tuesday has been identified as a loss prevention worker who was getting married this summer, authorities said. Blake Mohs, 26, intervened to stop 32-year-old Benicia Knapps from stealing at the store on Johnson Drive in Pleasanton when he was shot during the struggle, the Pleasanton Police Department said in a news release. Mohs, a Tri-Valley resident, later died of his
  
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• 9 men who entered the United States illegally through Canada rescued, treated for exposure to cold

  20-04-2023 14:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Nine men who entered the United States illegally from Canada were rescued from a sub-freezing bog and given medical treatment for exposure to the cold, authorities said Wednesday. The nine, ranging in age from 19 to 46, were found Tuesday near Warroad, a small lakeside Minnesota community about 7.5 miles south of the Canadian border. The area is southwest of an official port of entry. U.S. Border Patrol agents and rescuers from other agencies were sent to the area at around 5 a.m. after the Roya
  
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• Chicago's mayor-elect Brandon Johnson promises to be 'smart' in fight against crime in the city

  20-04-2023 14:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Chicago's mayor-elect on Wednesday attempted to dispel the often-contentious relationship between the nation's third-largest city and the rest of the state, telling a joint session of the General Assembly, "There’s more than enough for everybody in the state of Illinois." Brandon Johnson, whose victory in the mayor's race this month provided a welcome boost for progressives, played to his fellow Democrats, who hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate. He extolled the "Blue Wall" t
  
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• The seat-belt sign is on: Viral videos and climate change boost concerns about turbulence

  20-04-2023 14:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Climate change could be making turbulence worse.
  
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• WATCH: Rare hybrid solar eclipse seen in Australia

  20-04-2023 14:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A rare hybrid solar eclipse was seen on Thursday over the Australian town of Exmouth in Australia, one of the few places in the world to witness the cosmic event.
  
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• US seeing more and more UFO sightings, but no definitive aliens yet, Pentagon says

  20-04-2023 14:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The Pentagon is tracking more and more UFO incidents but has yet to come across any evidence of alien activity, a Defense Department official told Congress on Wednesday. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, testified that the Pentgaon is currently tracking some 650 instances of UFO sightings. Kirkpatrick made the statement during a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Kirkpatrick testified that many of the cases that reach his office ar
  
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• Hawaii authorities cite 2 women accused of harming endangered native geese by feeding feral cats

  20-04-2023 14:17 via foxnews.com
  
  State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming nene — an endangered species of geese native to Hawaii — by feeding feral cats in a Big Island shopping center parking lot. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it issued the citations on Tuesday while about 50 people were protesting a decision by the shopping center's owner to remove three cat-feeding stations. Some protesters were carrying large bags of cat food, the department said in a news release. T
  
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• Oilers beat Kings 4-2 in Game 2 to tie first-round series

  20-04-2023 14:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Klim Kostin broke a tie at 2:20 of the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 2 to tie the first-round Western Conference playoff series. Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists to help Edmonton rebound from a 4-3 overtime loss in the opener. Derek Ryan and Evander Kane — into an empty net — also scored for the Oilers. "Both games, I thought we controlled the bulk of the play," said Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft "In both games, w
  
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• Aliens? Falling satellite? Unexplained flash puzzles Kyiv accustomed to Russian missiles

  20-04-2023 14:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  A flash of light that lit up the night sky above wartime Kyiv has led to widespread confusion, public speculation about what caused it, and lighthearted jokes about space aliens in a city more accustomed to Russian missile attacks.
  
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• Hungarians voted to 'ban transgenderism and LGBTQ propaganda for minors': Balazs Orban

  20-04-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  More than a dozen European Union countries have joined a legal case against Hungary to protest the passage of its 2021 "Child Protection Law," which would prevent children from being sexualized.  Specifically, the law would ban content that "promotes or portrays" what it refers to as "divergence from self-identity corresponding to sex at birth, sex change or homosexuality" to minors, according to a press release from the European Commission, the governing body that brought forth the legal p
  
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• Congress went to New York to talk about crime. Here's how legacy media made story disappear

  20-04-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Manhattan on April 17, a brief walk from the offices of the local District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who's prosecuting former President Donald Trump. Chairman Jim Jordan and the Republicans said it was important to hear from violent crime victims in America's largest city. The Democrats ardently proclaimed it was a pro-Trump stunt.  ABC, CBS and NBC also showed an opinion. They ignored it, treated it like it didn't exist. It wasn't "news" at
  
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• Pro-life groups praise Mississippi for 8 new 'culture of life' laws

  20-04-2023 13:43 via foxnews.com
  
  After successfully defending the right of states to regulate abortion at the Supreme Court, Mississippi enacted eight new laws Wednesday that Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says will make adoption easier, strengthen the foster care system and increase support for pro-life pregnancy centers as alternatives to abortion clinics.  "Mississippi has moved to the next phase in our pursuit to build a culture of life," Reeves said during a signing ceremony. "That phase is the new pro-life agenda. ... T
  
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• Love that ‘new car smell’? Study says there are cancer-causing chemicals to consider

  20-04-2023 13:43 via foxnews.com
  
  There's just nothing like that "new car smell," many people believe. There is a health angle to consider, though. A recent study by the Beijing Institute of Technology and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, found that the cabin of a new vehicle contained 20 common "volatile organic compounds" (VOCs), which could potentially contain cancer-causing agents. The Environmental Protection Agency defines VOCs as "compounds that have a
  
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• Michelle Obama says she was 'never invited back' to White House for her portrait unveiling in swipe at Trump

  20-04-2023 13:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that she was not invited to the White House for the hanging of her official portrait, in a veiled swipe at former President Donald Trump. When asked whether she had returned to the White House, Michelle Obama said that "wasn’t invited" during an interview with late night show host Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday.  "Who’s she?" she added, riffing on the experience.  MICHELLE OBAMA RECOUNTS 'UNCONTROLLABLE SOBBING' AFTER LEAVING WHITE HOUSE
  
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• Small New Mexico city challenges new state law that guarantees abortion access

  20-04-2023 13:37 via foxnews.com
  
  A city of about 3,000 residents in southeastern New Mexico has filed a legal challenge against a new state law that guarantees access to abortion. The lawsuit by the city of Eunice was filed Monday in state District Court and adds to a thicket of legislation and litigation in New Mexico in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year to rescind the constitutional right to abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched unt
  
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• Members of Congress grade their understanding of AI from one to 10

  20-04-2023 13:37 via foxnews.com
  
  As the ramifications of AI's growing ability become increasingly apparent, lawmakers on Capitol Hill graded their understanding of the new technology from one to 10.  "I put my knowledge on a scale of one to 10 at about a 1.5," Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis said, giving herself the lowest rating among the politicians who spoke with Fox News. Another Republican, Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, had the most confident response. "I'd say it's eight or nine," she said. "It's pretty high up t
  
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• Stars even series with Wild in Game 2 victory behind Roope Hintz hat trick

  20-04-2023 13:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Roope Hintz had a goal in each period, getting his first career hat trick by scoring three different ways, as the Dallas Stars stepped up without Joe Pavelski to get even in their first-round series against the Minnesota Wild. Hintz scored short-handed on Dallas' first shot in Game 2, added a even-strength goal in the second period and then finished with a power-play goal in the third period of the Stars' 7-3 win over the Wild on Wednesday night. "He's elite and he’s capable of taking over
  
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