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• NTSB investigating dual plane crashes near Oshkosh, Wisconsin; recovery search for 2 people underway

  29-07-2023 22:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  A recovery search is underway near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for two people aboard a small aircraft that crashed Saturday into Lake Winnebago officials said.
  
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• Ye's Twitter account is unsuspended months after it was banned over swastika post

  29-07-2023 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ye's account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, was unsuspended Saturday, more than six months after it was banned over a post showing an image of a swastika inside a Star of David.
  
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• Bronny James plays piano, dines out in video, photos emerging days after he suffers cardiac arrest

  29-07-2023 21:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, four days after the teenager went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California.
  
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• Mosquitoes that carry West Nile are becoming resistant to insecticides, CDC says

  29-07-2023 21:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Scientists at the CDC say the mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus are becoming resistant to chemicals in insecticides used by communities across the country.
  
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• Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach killings asks for 'normalcy' in wake of 'indescribable catastrophe'

  29-07-2023 20:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The family of a Manhattan architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings is "enduring a profound and indescribable catastrophe," an attorney for his estranged wife said as she begged for privacy and "normalcy."
  
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• Niger attempted coup marked by 'confusion, shifting alliances and fluidity,' State Department official says

  29-07-2023 19:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  A State Department official said Saturday that the attempted military coup in Niger has been marked by “confusion" whichis one reason the U.S. government has not declared it a coup.
  
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• Elderly N.C. couple was held hostage in their home and robbed of $156,000 in cryptocurrency

  29-07-2023 18:54 via nbcnews.com
  An elderly North Carolina couple was held hostage in their home by armed men who threatened to "cut off (the) husband’s toes and genitalia, to shoot him, and to rape his wife," before they were robbed of more than $156,000 in cryptocurrency, federal prosecutors said.
  
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• ‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation

  29-07-2023 18:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
  
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• WATCH: Police chase ends with car on top of fire hydrant

  29-07-2023 18:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A police chase involving a stolen vehicle ended in a multi-vehicle crash with one car ending up on top of a fire hydrant, Los Angeles authorities say.
  
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• Montana judge temporarily lifts ban on drag performances ahead of Pride event

  29-07-2023 18:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge in Montana on Friday temporarily blocked a new law that restricts drag performances just days before Montana Pride’s 30th anniversary celebration in Helena.
  
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• Colombian president’s son arrested in money-laundering inquiry

  29-07-2023 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicolás Petro held as part of investigation into funds he allegedly collected from drug traffickers during 2022 election campaignThe son of the Colombian president has been arrested as part of a high-profile money-laundering investigation into funds he allegedly collected from convicted drug traffickers during last year’s presidential campaign.The president, Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rose through Colombia’s political ranks as an anti-corruption crusader, said he would
  
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• Rivals' silence at Iowa dinner shows Trump's dominance in 2024 race

  29-07-2023 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At key Iowa dinner only one Republican opponent challenged Trump head on - and he was roundly booed.
  
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• Parents of Colorado teen allegedly killed by ex-boyfriend say police didn't protect her

  29-07-2023 17:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The parents of Lily Silva-Lopez, a 15-year-old Colorado girl allegedly murdered by her 16-year-old ex-boyfriend, told NBC News that police should have arrested him after their daughter filed a domestic violence complaint six days before she died.
  
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• Firecracker warehouse blast kills nine in southern Thailand

  29-07-2023 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 100 injured and hundreds of homes reportedly damaged near border with MalaysiaAn explosion has ripped through a firework warehouse in Thailand , killing nine people and injuring more than 100, a senior official has said.The blast in the town of Sungai Kolok, in the southern province of Narathiwat, on Saturday is thought to have been caused by welding during construction work on the building. Continue reading...
  
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• Panama 0-1 Jamaica: Allyson Swaby scores the only goal as Jamaica seal their first ever World cup win

  29-07-2023 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jamaica win their first-ever Fifa Women's World Cup match as Allyson Swaby's goal gives them victory over Panama in Perth.
  
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• Human rights lawyer fleeing China is arrested in Laos

  29-07-2023 16:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Activists and family members fear Lu Siwei will be deported back to China, where he could be sent to prisonA Chinese rights lawyer stripped of his licence for taking on sensitive cases has been arrested in Laos, and activists and family members are worried he will be deported back to China, where he could be jailed.Lu Siwei was seized by Laotian police on Friday morning while boarding a train for Thailand. He was on his way to Bangkok to catch a flight to the US to join his wife and daughter. Co
  
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• Why the Federal Reserve has made everything more expensive to make things less expensive

  29-07-2023 15:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  It seems like a contradiction: How would increasing the cost of monthly credit payments help to bring down the price of goods and services in the economy?
  
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• Black bear cools off in California swimming pool

  29-07-2023 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police responded to the unexpected visitor splashing around in the backyard of a home in Burbank.
  
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• AI sports broadcasters are taking over top events, from the US Open to Wimbledon

  29-07-2023 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  AI commentators are edging into roles in sports broadcasting, with events like the Masters and the Wimbledon tennis championships using the tech.
  
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• Biden administration announces estimated $345 million weapons package for Taiwan

  29-07-2023 14:51 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden on Friday authorized a new weapons aid package to Taiwan worth up to $345 million, an action likely to anger China.  Congress approved up to $1 billion worth of Presidential Drawdown Authority weapons aid for Taiwan, which strongly rejects Chinese sovereignty claims, in the 2023 budget. Beijing has repeatedly demanded the United States, Taiwan's most important arms supplier, halt the sale of weapons to the island. The White House did not disclose details of what's in the pac
  
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• Sen. Fetterman reflects on 6-week hospitalization for depression: 'I don’t even like me. That’s the truth'

  29-07-2023 14:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania reflected on his first six months in office in an interview published Friday in The New York Times. The senator gave an overall negative appraisal of the legislature, saying his first half-year in the upper house has left him with the impression that the Senate is more focused on drama than governance. "There’s a fixation on a lot of dumb sh-t. Bad performance art is really what it gets down to. The debt ceiling — there should have been no drama wi
  
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• Children among 9 injured by Russian missile strikes on eastern city, Ukrainian officials say

  29-07-2023 14:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two children were among nine people injured when Russian missiles hit two buildings the central city of Dnpiro late Friday, Ukrainian officials said.
  
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• True crime stories you missed this week: July 24-28, 2023

  29-07-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A retired Georgia pastor has confessed to kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington while she was walking to Bible camp in Pennsylvania one morning in August 1975. David Zandstra, 83, of Marietta, Georgia, was charged with criminal homicide; first, second, and third-degree murder; kidnapping; and possession of an instrument of crime, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's office. "The murder of Gretchen Harrington has haunted members of law enforcement since that terrib
  
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• Republicans floating impeachment risk making unpopular Biden a 'martyr,' critics warn

  29-07-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  As some Republican lawmakers speak cautiously about the prospect of the House launching an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, while bribery and influence peddling allegations mount, other critics warned such a probe could help the struggling president win reelection. In a Tuesday interview with "Hannity," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., predicted that evidence of foreign money flowing to Biden family members "through shell companies" will lead to serious consideration of an imp
  
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• How a reliably red state transformed into a key general election battleground

  29-07-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, celebrating a comfortable re-election victory, joked that "it looks like the reports of my political death have been greatly exaggerated." The conservative governor topped Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams last November in a rematch of their razor-thin 2018 gubernatorial showdown, as Republicans swept all the statewide offices decided on election night and kept their majorities in both houses of the legislature. But a month later, Democratic Sen. Raphael
  
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• Country boys will survive the woke warriors

  29-07-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The "coexist" crowd is at it again, and they’re coming for country music.  Turns out good old-fashioned American values like God, family and country are no bueno for the "tolerant" wokesters. Add in a politically conservative White boy and now you have contrived antics and an epic temper tantrum. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you know the woke warriors’ latest target is country megastar Jason Aldean. With screams of "racism," (their favorite "ism") they le
  
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• Biden admin seeks to jumpstart carbon recycling with $100 million in grants

  29-07-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Carbon recycler Twelve makes a wide range of products using waste materials that would otherwise further warm Earth’s climate: Sunglasses, laundry detergent, car parts and even a sustainable aviation fuel it says reduces jet emissions by 90%.
  
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• ‘We’re angry’: Israel tensions mount as army reservists threaten to refuse duty

  29-07-2023 13:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Conflict over Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience – and potential security risksOver his many years of service, Zur Allon, 46, a reservist lieutenant colonel in Israel’s artillery special forces, never imagined a day when he would refuse to report for duty.“Half of my company was blown up in Lebanon. I have given many years of my life defending this country,” said Allon, one of the leaders of Brothers and Sisters in
  
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• Bangladesh police clash with protesters calling for PM to resign

  29-07-2023 13:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers use rubber bullets and teargas to disperse demonstrators blockading main roads into DhakaBangladesh police have fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading main roads in the capital, Dhaka, in a protest demanding the prime minister’s resignation.The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) and its allies have staged a series of protests since last year demanding that Sheikh Hasina step down and allow a caretaker government to oversee the elec
  
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• Senator calls for probe after one of Hunter Biden’s lawyers allegedly lied about her identity

  29-07-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: A GOP senator is calling for a disciplinary inquiry into Hunter Biden’s legal team after a judge accused one lawyer of lying about her identity to court officials. "I’ve heard from countless Americans who are concerned our justice system is being weaponized against President Biden’s political opponents while his son gets preferential treatment," Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., told Fox News Digital in a statement. "There needs to be accountability for any misconduct o
  
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• Kentucky 'Queen of Chaos' turning life around as mugshot medley lights up internet

  29-07-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A former Kentucky college student dubbed the "Queen of Chaos" for her smiling mugshots is taking steps to turn her life around as her past bad behavior goes viral. 23-year-old Rayanna Brock's extensive mugshot portfolio lit up the internet after the images appeared on a popular Instagram account, but the repeat offender revealed on "Gutfeld!" Thursday she is now sober. "When I was really bad on drugs, I started to look in the mirror and I just didn't look like the same girl. So really what got m
  
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• Dog abandoned at the front door of animal care center is up for adoption: Meet Laa-Laa

  29-07-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A one-year-old dog was left at the doorstep of a local animal care and control center — and is now looking for a forever home.  Laa-Laa is a pit bull mix who was abandoned at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 50-pound dog was brought inside the center as she cowered and trembled, according to the center.  NORTH CAROLINA DOG WITH ASTROLOGY-INSPIRED NAME IS HOPING STARS ALIGN FOR A LOVING FAMILY The center told Fox News Dig
  
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• Sweden 5-0 Italy: Arsenal's Amanda Ilestedt scores two goals in easy win

  29-07-2023 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sweden turn on the style to demolish Group G rivals Italy and secure a place in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup with one game to spare.
  
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• Trump's rivals let GOP voters believe he's a winner — and it's coming back to bite them

  29-07-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump's rivals hoped to appeal to conservatives fed up with losing, but they never called out his 2020 loss. Now GOP voters believe Trump can win again.
  
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• Putin searches for more friends at Africa summit but low turnout dampens bid for influence

  29-07-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russian pomp and circumstance greeted 17 leaders of African countries who arrived in St.
  
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• Criminals taking ‘full advantage’ of lax sentencing as retail, violent crime increases: ‘becoming more brazen’

  29-07-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  As major U.S. cities continue to deal with crime waves, experts are blaming anti-police rhetoric and liberal district attorneys for policies that fail to keep the public safe.  Each era has had its fair share of heinous crimes. Yet, Nancy Grace, who hosts Fox Nation’s "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace," admitted that she’s seen enough to convince her that today’s criminals are more brazen than ever. She chalked it up to lax sentencing and the anti-police movement.  "The
  
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• Artist friends go viral on TikTok for realistic portraits made entirely out of dice

  29-07-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  You may be familiar with art forms such as painting, drawing, sculpting and photography, but have you seen art in the form of dice? This is how two pals have chosen to display their work as seen on their viral TikTok account called Dice Ideas. They've garnered 1.8 million followers and as many as 1.4 billion searches along the way. "Our aim was to create a fun project for ourselves during the 2020 COVID lockdown in the U.K.," Ben Hoblyn, co-creator of Dice Ideas and resident Derby, England, told
  
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• Texas Gov. Abbott defends decision to build floating border wall amid immigration crisis

  29-07-2023 11:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott delivered an address to the state's Republican County chairs on Friday and addressed the recent move to install floating barriers along the Rio Grande as part of an effort to reduce illegal immigration. During his speech in Georgetown, Texas, Abbott spoke about his administration's response to the influx of migrants entering the state illegally through the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Fox 7. "I will do whatever I have to do to defend our state from the invasion of
  
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• Comedian John Crist reveals why 'everyday normal things' are now considered 'across the line'

  29-07-2023 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Political polarization and the COVID-19 pandemic have made comedy easier, not more difficult, because there are more off-limit topics and people are more easily offended, comedian John Crist told Fox News Digital. "Basically all comedy … is just saying things out loud that you're not allowed to say," Crist said. "That's really the whole thing is you just say things that are a little bit across the line." "Any comic will tell you, that makes comedy so much easier because to say something o
  
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• Democrat Rep. Spanberger allegedly planning run for Virginia governor: report

  29-07-2023 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, has told multiple people within her party that she intends to run in the commonwealth's gubernatorial election in 2025. The centrist Democrat has been preparing for a run for the governor's office for months or even years but more recently began making her political ambitions clearer. Spanberger and one of her top political aides told four Democrats that she is planning to make a run for governor in the next election, POLITICO reported, citing people
  
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• Stack Rock Fort: Victorian island reclaimed by nature

  29-07-2023 08:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rare glimpse inside a 19th Century island structure disturbed only by gulls and creeping weeds.
  
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• AWS AI-powered video highlights feature introduces game-changing World Cup viewing experience for fans

  29-07-2023 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Sports fans continue to seek a dynamic viewing experience whenever they decide to tune into a live sporting event. The advancements in technology have only raised expectations. Creative uses of graphics, on-demand game data and video replays and highlights are just some of the ways a broadcast can keep fans engaged.  The World Cup is one of the most anticipated sporting events on earth, and this year's women's edition of the soccer tournament is no exception. Fox Sports, a unit of FOX Corp.
  
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• Arizona man sentenced for extorting Georgia Tech after falsely accusing basketball coach of sexual assault

  29-07-2023 07:44 via foxnews.com
  
  An Arizona man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison after attempting to extort Georgia Tech by falsely accusing its men's basketball coach of sexual assault. Ronald Bell, 57, was sentenced Thursday to two years and nine months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. Bell pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to the extortion scheme with his co-defendant, Jennifer Pendley, and a Georgia Tech security guard. Bell recruited a se
  
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• Florida human trafficker used adult woman as 'bait' on dating app, lured girl into sexual contract: Sheriff

  29-07-2023 06:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida man was arrested on human trafficking charges after tricking a minor with mental handicap into a sexual contract, police said. According to Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Al Nienhuis 56-year-old James Peter Houllis took advantage of one adult woman and one minor with mental handicaps. "This particular individual really had some creative ways to abuse women," Sheriff Nienhuis said in a press conference. On Monday, July 10, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said
  
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• On this day in history, July 29, 1981, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry in lavish ceremony

  29-07-2023 06:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married on this day in history, July 29, 1981.  The first-ever televised royal wedding was watched by an estimated 750 million people in 74 countries, said the BBC's website.  An additional 600,000 people stood on the streets of London, hoping to get a glimpse of the future king, 32, on his wedding day.  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, JULY 28, 1954, OSCAR-WINNING FILM ‘ON THE WATERFRONT’ IS RELEASED The bride, 20, wore a custom-made
  
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• China’s graduates unconvinced by calls to toil in countryside

  29-07-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Amid record youth unemployment, the government wants young people to ‘go to the farmland’ – but the prospect is unappealing for manyWanted: recent graduates keen to gain experience in a teaching environment and an adventure far from home. Perks of the role include hands-on experience, CV fodder and, most importantly, job security. Cons include long hours, low pay, limited social life and poor infrastructure in remote locations (running water not guaranteed).This is the offer fa
  
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• Nearly 100 Michigan cats up for adoption after being rescued from hoarder situation, looking for forever homes

  29-07-2023 05:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Nearly 100 furry friends are looking for their forever homes after Michigan police rescued the cats from a hoarder situation. This week, Brownstown Township Police Department responded to an elderly man's home in Downriver, Michigan after neighbors called police expressing their concerning after noticing a pervasive urine stench. Body camera footage released by police show law enforcement investigate the home and begin realizing how many feline friends were inside the home. "Got three or four mo
  
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• Niger coup: US offers ‘unflagging’ support to ousted leader as sanctions threatened

  29-07-2023 05:39 via theguardian.com
  
  UN, US and France all call for a return to order after Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new head of stateThe United States will work to ensure full restoration of constitutional order in Niger after the military takeover, the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told the ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, in a phone call late on Friday, offering him his “unflagging support”.The US is communicating with “a broad array” military leader in Niger, the state depart
  
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• Tim McGraw reveals the one thing he won’t do at his concerts: ‘I'm scared to death’

  29-07-2023 04:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Tim McGraw revealed the one thing that fans should never expect to see at his concerts. The 56-year-old country singer, who announced his upcoming "Standing Room Only" tour on Friday, told Entertainment Tonight that there will most likely be no pyrotechnics at any of his concerts. "I'm not a big pyro guy. I'm scared to death. I know myself enough that I move around all over the place and sure enough I'll be standing right over one of those things when it goes off," the "1923" star quipped. He ad
  
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• SEAN HANNITY: The writing is on the wall for the Biden family syndicate's disgraceful conduct

  29-07-2023 04:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Sean Hannity gave his take as the intensifying investigation into the Biden family's business dealings and Hunter's failed plea deal. SEAN HANNITY: Tonight, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has been accused by a credible FBI source of taking foreign cash in exchange for policy decisions. In other words, you call that bribery. There is a mountain of evidence now to back up these very serious claims, including circumstantial evidence, hard evidence from Hunter's own lap
  
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