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• Clinton's speech reflects Democratic Party's change

  19-08-2020 08:14 via cnn.com
  
  It can take Bill Clinton five minutes just to say hello.
  
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• Trump vows to build Israel-style 'Great Iron Dome' over US if re-elected: 'Made in America'

  15-06-2024 06:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump promised to build a "great" Iron Dome for the U.S. during his birthday rally in Florida, saying that it would be "made in America.""By next term we will build a great Iron Dome over our country," Trump said at his 78th birthday soirée at Club 47 in West Palm Beach on Friday evening. "We deserve a dome. We deserve it all, made state of the art. "It's a missile defense shield, and it'll all be made in America," he said. "Jobs, jobs, jobs."BIDEN CAMP JABS AT TRUMP
  
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• Mavericks stay alive in NBA Finals with Game 4 blowout win over Celtics

  15-06-2024 05:37 via foxnews.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks are the 157th NBA to be down 3-0 in a series — each of the previous 156 were unable to complete the comeback. But it all starts with one.The Mavs salvaged a sweep in front of their home crowd in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday, taking down the Boston Celtics, 122-84 — it was a third-largest margin of victory in Finals history. Dallas got off to a hot start, outscoring the Celtics, 31-24 in the first quarter, but as the Mavs kept up their scoring, the Celt
  
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• California man drowns in lake while boating with friend

  15-06-2024 04:27 via foxnews.com
  
  A man in his 30s swimming with a friend in Lake Sikiyou near Mount Shasta in Northern California drowned on Wednesday, after their boat drifted out of reach, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The man's body was recovered a day later. The man began to struggle, then disappeared under the water before his friend could help, the department said in a press release. Starting at the North Shore boat launch around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office deploy
  
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• Acclaimed songwriter who co-wrote songs for ‘Footloose’ and ‘Fame' shares stories behind his hits

  15-06-2024 04:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Music is everywhere. It fills up the time on long car rides. We hum along to songs while shopping for groceries. The soundtrack we hear over the course of a movie is vital to the telling of the story. When thinking about the songs you love, you likely associate the hit song with the famous performer who sings it. In many cases, the person who performs the song collaborated with others to create the tune or didn’t write the song at all. Dean Pitchford is a songwriter from Honolulu
  
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• Tennis great Serena Williams offers Caitlin Clark advice, support: 'They can't do what you do'

  15-06-2024 04:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Tennis great Serena Williams is one of the most accomplished athletes of the 21st century. She won 23 grand slam singles titles during her prolific career, which is just one shy of the women's tennis all-time record.She retired after the 2022 US Open, citing her desire to spend more time with family and focus on other ventures. Her docuseries "In the Arena: Serena Williams," premiered at this year's Tribeca Festival in New York City.At one point during the festival, the tennis champion was asked
  
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• 23 sets of twins graduate from one Massachusetts middle school: 'Extraordinarily high number'

  15-06-2024 03:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A Massachusetts middle school recently celebrated its eighth-grade "moving up" ceremony for its outgoing students, including a remarkable 23 sets of twins. Pollard Middle School, in Needham, Massachusetts, has a fairly large student body, Principal Tamantha Bibbo told the Associated Press (AP). But the sheer number of twins in this year's eighth-grade class is "quite unusual," she said. "We typically have anywhere from five to 10 sets at most," Bibbo told the AP. "Given our numbers, we
  
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• JESSE WATTERS: Democrats feel abandoned by a party fixated on Trump, they never hear solutions

  15-06-2024 03:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Jesse Watters shares how the Democratic Party is "pivoting" and kicking off "Seniors for Biden" on "Jesse Watters Primetime."BIDEN DOJ'S 'OVERCHARGING,' PARTISAN TARGETING SHOWS 'WE HAVE JUST LOST OUR DAMN MINDS': CRITICSJESSE WATTERS: Joe's wandering off in Italy, headbutting the Pope, and his wife's hanging out with Jane Fonda. How is this race even close? This comes after Joe showed up to a black family's home with fried chicken. Democrats say they're banking on the baby boomers
  
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• Patriots owner Robert Kraft says America is in 'need' of specific Tom Brady trait

  15-06-2024 03:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Everybody knows Tom Brady is the greatest of all time, but Robert Kraft says it was much more than Brady's skill on the field that won him that title.Kraft inducted Brady into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame this week, officially retiring his No. 12.Brady delivered a speech about hard work.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBrady was the 199th overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft, an afterthought compared to other quarterbacks from that class, many of whom are forgotten by now
  
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• Treasure trove dating back centuries pulled from shipwreck 5,000 feet underwater

  15-06-2024 03:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Nearly 1,000 cultural relics have been recovered from shipwrecks dating back to the Ming Dynasty — from 1368-1644 — including porcelain and pottery, copper coins, and deer antlers, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) said in a release Thursday. The underwater excavation of the shipwrecks began last year and shows that people from the Ming Dynasty used the South China Sea, known as the ancient Maritime Silk Road, as an important trade route, Guan Qiang,
  
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• Loved ones of retired LA County deputy missing in Greece baffled by disappearance: 'We've got to find him'

  15-06-2024 03:45 via foxnews.com
  
  The loved ones of a semi-retired Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who remains missing after disappearing during a vacation in Greece are working tirelessly to find him. Albert Calibet, 59, was last seen setting out on a four-hour hike across the Greek island of Amorgos, where he has been a regular visitor for years, on June 11, and was going to meet a friend later that day, his friends and family told Fox News Digital from the Los Angeles suburb of Hermosa Beach.  "He goes every yea
  
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• Steve Harvey defends giving Kamala Harris easy questions to help admin 'get the word out'

  15-06-2024 03:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Comedian and pop culture personality Steve Harvey defended sticking to easy questions during an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday.Harris spoke to Harvey at the 100 Black Men of America conference in downtown Atlanta. While the appearance was not an official campaign event, it occurred amid the Biden campaign’s push to shore up Black support going into the 2024 presidential election.As Harvey led the conversation about Harris' Economic Opportunity Tour, he explained his
  
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• Kentucky State Police find body of infant ‘consistent’ with baby missing for a month, 5 arrested

  15-06-2024 03:40 via foxnews.com
  
  The Kentucky State Police (KSP) says it has located an infant’s body consistent with 8-month-old Miya Tucker Rudd, who was last seen by family in May.Police said the decomposed body was found inside the family's home hidden in a "concealed manner" around 1:15 p.m. on Friday, June 14.After investigators process the scene, the baby will be taken by the Ohio County Coroner’s Office and transported to the Kentucky Medical Examiners Office in Louisville, authorities said.The investig
  
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• Dozens of Oregon amusement park guests left hanging upside down after ride malfunctions on opening day

  15-06-2024 03:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Oregon amusement park guests were left hanging upside down when a ride malfunctioned Friday.Portland Fire and Rescue announced in a X post that they were called to the scene of Oaks Park after the "AtmosFEAR" ride, a spinning pendulum-style ride, malfunctioned on Friday evening.The ride malfunction came on the park's first day of opening for the summer.Officials said that approximately 30 people were stuck upside-down until help arrived.TEEN GIRL DIES AFTER BEING PULLED FROM DISCOVERY COVE THEME
  
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• Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her family leaving Florida to move back to her home country

  15-06-2024 03:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her family are returning to her home country after living in the United States for six years.The royal, husband Christopher O'Neill and children Princess Leonore, 10, Prince Nicolas, 8, and Princess Adrienne, 6, have lived in Florida since 2018. The family planned to relocate to Sweden last summer, but their move was postponed.In an Instagram post to mark Madeleine's 42nd birthday June 10, the Royal House of Sweden announced their move to the country's capital ci
  
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• Medical breakthroughs discovered on International Space Station

  15-06-2024 03:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Research at the International Space Station (ISS) is helping doctors on Earth find new treatment options for patients."There is a lot of excitement about this and many other kinds of research," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. "It's too bad that it's taken this long. You know, I did this protein crystal growth experiment back in January of 1986, but we didn't have a permanent laboratory in space, and just now, we are beginning to see the payoffs of this drug research."Over the years, pharmac
  
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• Mavericks great Dirk Nowitzki nearly knocked to the ground during fan's failed dunk attempt

  15-06-2024 03:11 via foxnews.com
  
  NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki learned the hard way that giving a fan an opportunity to dunk over you can be a risky proposition.The seven-footer appeared at a promotional event outside the Dallas Mavericks' home arena before Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and a fan at the event was eager to show off his dunking prowess.Nowitzki stood under the basket and held the ball behind his head as the fan got a running start. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut the fan's dunk attempt was uns
  
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• Los Angeles removes traffic signs used to 'target and persecute' gay community

  15-06-2024 03:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Officials this week removed the last traffic signs from a Los Angeles neighborhood to cleanse the area of its anti-gay past.The signs that read "No cruising. No U-turns. Midnight to 6 am" were posted around the Silver Lake neighborhood in 1997, with the intent to curb gay men from roaming the streets to hook up, The Los Angeles Times reported. Just in time for PRIDE month, the signs were retired this week.LOS ANGELES SOCIALITE REBECCA GROSSMAN GETS 15 YEARS TO LIFE FOR CRASH THAT KILLED 2 B
  
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• Jelly Roll celebrates wild week with Sylvester Stallone on 'Tulsa King' set

  15-06-2024 02:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Jelly Roll received big news right before his visit with Sylvester Stallone on the "Tulsa King" set.On Thursday, Stallone shared a video on Instagram of himself, Jelly Roll and members of the television show's crew mingling when the country star revealed his song, "Halfway to Hell," went No. 1 one on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart right before he entered the building."I got my fourth No. 1 today, Sly," Jelly Roll said. "I got my fourth No. 1 on the radio this morning.""Fourth No. 1, unb
  
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• Southwest Airlines flight to Hawaiian island plunges, comes within 400 feet of Pacific Ocean: Report

  15-06-2024 02:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft came within 400 feet of slamming into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai after weather conditions forced pilots to swiftly change course. A Southwest Airlines memo to pilots, obtained by Bloomberg News, detailed Southwest Flight 2786 from the April 11 flight from Honolulu International Airport to Lihue Airport in Kauai.Passengers were left white-knuckled after the aircraft dropped from nearly 16,000 feet to an altit
  
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• Coast Guard offers update on deadly Titan submersible implosion nearly one year later

  15-06-2024 02:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Nearly a year after five people died when the OceanGate Titan submersible imploded on its way down to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard has given an update on its investigation into the tragedy. The Coast Guard said Friday it is still "actively investigating" the factors that led to the deaths of U.K. billionaire Hamish Harding, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, father-son pair Shahzada Dawood and Suleman Dawood, and French mariner Paul-Henry Nargeolet, but it "will take longer than initial
  
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• Francesco Molinari miraculously makes cut at US Open after ace on final hole of second round

  15-06-2024 02:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Majors have not been kind to Francesco Molinari since he won the 2018 Open Championship, but he got the break of a lifetime Friday.Entering this weekend's U.S. Open, Molinari had missed the cut in eight of his last 11 majors, including each of the last five.Molinari was in danger of missing yet another. In fact, it appeared inevitable.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut he produced a miracle.Molinari was teeing off for the final time in his second round Friday on the par-3 nint
  
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• Missing dog in Virginia captured after 6 months on the run: 'Almost lost hope'

  15-06-2024 02:29 via foxnews.com
  
  When Samantha Paulino of Arlington, Virginia, adopted a rescue dog from South Korea, she had no idea that her new pet would survive for six months on the run by herself, eluding attempts to rescue her along the way.Paulino's dog, Autumn, arrived in the United States in Sept. 2023. From the beginning, it was clear to the owner that Autumn had anxiety and "a tendency to let loose and just wanting to be independent." Much of Autumn's history before her rescue is unknown, Paulino told Fox News
  
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• MLB disciplines umpire for allegedly violating league's gambling policy; punishment appealed: report

  15-06-2024 02:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Major League Baseball has reportedly disciplined one of its top umpires for an alleged violation of the league's gambling policy.Multiple reports say Pat Hoberg, 37, was disciplined after an investigation, and he is appealing the punishment, which has not been revealed, denying he had ever bet on baseball.MLB said in a statement it had "commenced an investigation regarding a potential violation of MLB's sports betting policies" by Hoberg during spring training.He has not worked in the regular se
  
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• Democrat rips NY Mag 'anti-Israel hit piece' on him using wrong photo: 'Not all Black people look the same'

  15-06-2024 02:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., took New York Magazine to task for using another Black politician's photo in what he called an "anti-Israel hit piece" targeting him.On Friday, New York Magazine published an article targeting Torres, former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., for their outspoken support for Israel since Oct. 7. They came under criticism for saying they no longer identify with the progressive movement, with Torres recently saying, "I didn’t leave the pr
  
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• Under the dome and on the diamond

  15-06-2024 02:09 via foxnews.com
  
  If life imitates art, then the Congressional Baseball Game imitates Capitol Hill.On the field, as in the Capitol, the sides are divided. In the House and Senate chambers, the Republicans sit on one side, Democrats on the other. At the Congressional Baseball Game, Republicans occupy the first base dugout. Democrats take up residence in the third base dugout.The teams play hard. For keeps even. They challenge their opponent across the aisle — or diamond. They try to score political points. I
  
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• Justice department won’t pursue criminal contempt charge against Merrick Garland – as it happened

  14-06-2024 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. For more on this story, you can read our full report:Justice department declines to pursue Merrick Garland contempt chargesJoe Biden released a statement in light of the supreme court’s latest decision on bump stocks, saying:“Today’s decision strikes down an important gun safety regulation. Americans should not have to live in fear of this mass devastation.”“I have used every tool in my administration to stamp out gun violence. I nomina
  
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• Rishi Sunak pledges to serve as MP for full term if Tory party loses election

  14-06-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister says he intends to continue in parliament for next five years regardless of overall result on 4 JulyRishi Sunak has committed to staying on as an MP for the full five-year term if the Conservative party loses the general election.Speaking to journalists in Puglia, Italy, where he is attending the G7 summit, the prime minister said he intended to serve a full parliamentary term regardless of the overall result on 4 July. Continue reading...
  
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• Sunak praises ‘fantastic’ Meloni as G7 launches bid to halt people-smuggling

  14-06-2024 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  UK prime minister says he sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with his Italian counterpart on the issue of migrationRishi Sunak has praised his “fantastic” Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni as he announced the launch of a G7 coalition to tackle people-smuggling.The prime minister, who is in Puglia in Italy for the G7 summit, said he and Meloni saw “eye to eye” on the issue and had spearheaded efforts to tackle it since they were elected. Continue reading...
  
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• US designates Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three leaders as terrorists

  14-06-2024 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  State department says Nordic Resistance Movement, known by Swedish acronym NMR, is threat to AmericansThe United States on Friday designated a Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three of its leaders as terrorists, saying the Nordic Resistance Movement poses a threat to Americans.NMR, known by its Swedish acronym, is the largest neo-Nazi group in Sweden and has branches in Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, where it has been banned since 2020. Continue reading...
  
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