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KAVANAUGH, ARRESTED, ARMED, HOME
(CNN) A bipartisan Senate-passed bill that would expand security protection to the immediate family members of Supreme Court justices has stalled in the House, raising questions from senators on why it hasn't passed in the wake of an arrest outside the home
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BOUDIN, SAN, FRANCISCO, CHESA
L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami ripped liberal California district attorneys for soft-on-crime policies following the recall of far-left San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
"Today is a great day for San Francisco, and it's also
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BIDEN, TRUMP, JAN, DONALD
Fox News said it won’t air the Jan. 6 hearings live on Thursday evening, but one conservative group is urging all Americans to watch the event just the same.
The Republican Accountability Project, an organization of conservatives opposed to former President
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FBI, NASSAR, BILES, SIMONE
Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor Larry Nassar, lawyers said Wednesday.
There's no dispute that FBI agents
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, UPDATES, LIVE
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Just to enter Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian soldiers run a gantlet of Russian artillery shells zeroed in on the only access route: a bridge littered with the burned husks of cars and trucks that didn’t make it.
And once inside the city in
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GENERAL, LOBBYING, FBI, RETIRED
A retired four-star general at the center of an investigation into an illegal lobbying campaign for Qatar has had his electronic data seized by the FBI after authorities claimed he made false statements and withheld “incriminating” documents.
According to
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UVALDE, SCHOOL, SHOOTING, TEXAS
Robb Elementary in Uvalde was integral to Mexican-American equality in the city NPR's Adrian Florido reports on Robb Elementary, an overwhelmingly Mexican-American school in Uvalde, Texas where 19 children and two teachers were gunned down.
Race Robb Elementary
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BIDEN, POLL, HELL, PROBLEM
Younger Democrats are more likely than their older counterparts to disagree with feminist and transgender ideologies, a recent survey from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) found.
When asked if feminism has “done more harm than good,” 46 percent of young
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OMICRON, MODERNA, COVID, NEW
Moderna said Wednesday that a COVID-19 booster candidate designed to target omicron sparked a “superior” antibody response to the pesky variant than its original vaccine, as U.S. officials decide whether better-tailored shots will be needed by fall.
The Massachusetts-based
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SHOOTING, UVALDE, CONGRESS, TELLS
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Parents, law enforcement and one fourth-grade student are describing to U.S. lawmakers mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York,
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GUN, HOUSE, PASSES, BILL
The "Protect Our Kids Act" moved forward on Wednesday with some GOP support.
While some of their friends and loved ones are still being buried at home, both survivors and families of victims in recent mass shootings challenged lawmakers on Capitol Hill this
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TRUMP, NY, ATTORNEY, GENERAL
Trump is set to undergo questioning in July in N.Y. civil probe
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Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath
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DEPP, JOHNNY, HEARD, AMBER
Longtime “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie disclosed that her husband, Michael Feldman, had provided consulting services to actor Johnny Depp and his legal team shortly before launching into an interview with two of Depp’s most high-profile attorneys: Benjamin
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GUN, CONTROL, HOUSE, RED
Do you have a sweet, innocent gun? Well, don’t take it across a magical barrier that somehow perfectly mimics the state lines between Indiana and Illinois, because according to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the moment you do your gun will become wicked and murderous
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GUN, CONGRESS, SHOOTING, MASS
Lawmakers on Wednesday heard heart-wrenching and gripping testimony from parents, a child and a pediatrician who were all personally touched by recent mass shootings — an effort by Democrats to highlight in dramatic terms the physical and emotional toll of
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ARIZONA, GIRL, EXECUTES, 1984
Arizona executed a man for the second time in less than a month Wednesday after going eight years between executions.
Frank Atwood, 66, was killed by lethal injection at Florence state prison and pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. He maintained his innocence throughout
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BRONCOS, DENVER, WALMART, RECORD
Last updated on .From the section American Football
Pat Bowlen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2019, shortly before his death, with the Broncos having won three Super Bowls during his ownership
Walmart heir Rob Walton and his family have
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GAS, PRICES, HIGH, BIDEN
Gas prices on Wednesday reached an eleventh consecutive record-day high of $4.95, AAA data shows.
Increasing another four cents overnight, prices have risen 28 cents in one week and 64 cents in one month. Prices have doubled since Donald Trump left office.
According
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BERLIN, CROWD, DEAD, CAR
Rescue workers work at the site where one person was killed and eight injured when a car drove into a group of people in central Berlin on June 8, 2022. - A police spokeswoman said the driver was detained at the scene after the car ploughed into a shop front
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