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BIDEN, BORDER, VISIT, EL
Biden makes his first visit to the southern border as president
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President Biden is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time as president on Sunday,
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MCCARTHY, HOUSE, SPEAKER, REP
It took FIFTEEN BALLOTS to get Kevin McCarthy elected as Speaker of the House, the most for almost 170 years. Chip Roy (he has my vote for President any time he wants to run), Matt Gaetz, et al, fought tooth and nail to get some concessions, and apparently,
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HAMLIN, DAMAR, BILLS, NFL
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin’s old high school teammate clutched the ball he had just intercepted, jogged to the 30-yard line, gingerly placed the pigskin at the top of the red-outlined “3,” raised his hands over his head and formed them in the shape
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BRAZIL, BOLSONARO, STORM, CONGRESS
Supporters of Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the Supreme Court, the Congress building and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasilia, according to television images.
In an echo of the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the U.S.
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CALIFORNIA, STORMS, BRACES, FLOODS
The wave of damaging storms that have blasted California for a week could culminate with the most brutal tempest yet when the latest "firehose of moisture" sweeps across the state Monday.
The National Weather Service said "atmospheric river events" will continue
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LOS ANGELES — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” has died. He was 54.
Rich died Saturday in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Lt. Aimee Earl
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HARRY, PRINCE, INTERVIEWS, PATTI
This undated screengrab issued by ITV on Friday Jan. 6, 2023 shows Britain's Prince Harry, left, speaking during an interview with ITV's Tom Bradby for the programme Harry: The Interview. (Harry: The Interview on ITV1/AP)
Prince Harry is expected to lob more
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CHINA, COVID, BORDERS, ZERO
Travelers began streaming across land and sea crossings from Hong Kong to mainland China on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After three years, the
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, KILLED, CLAIMS
Officials say at least two people were killed by fighting in eastern Ukraine as Russia has claimed it carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks used by Ukrainian troops
KYIV, Ukraine -- Officials said at least two people were killed during fighting in
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IRANIAN, ATTACK, GERMANY, SUSPECTED
BERLIN (AP) – A 32-year-old Iranian man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack with deadly chemicals, officials said Sunday.
Police and prosecutors said the man and another person were detained overnight in the town of Castrop-Rauxel,
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SEATTLE, TECH, SCHOOLS, SUE
The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.
Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit
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JORDAN, JIM, MILITARY, SPENDING
Now that the 118th Congress has been sworn in and Kevin McCarthy is the new speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, looked ahead to what the House must do now.
In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Jordan responded to a question from host Shannon Bream about pressure
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TOMB, BENEDICT, PUBLIC, ST
The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica.
The pontiff was buried on Jan. 5 immediately following a funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Benedict’s tomb lies in the grottoes under the basilica’s main floor.
The
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WOMAN, SCAM, YEARS, GOFUNDME
CNN —
A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to three years in state prison for her role in scamming more than $400,000 from GoFundMe donors, by claiming to be collecting money for a homeless man.
Katelyn McClure, 32, is currently serving a 12-month and one
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CUBA, MONTES, SPYING, ANA
A former U.S. defense intelligence agency analyst convicted of spying for Cuba was released from federal prison on Friday, prison officials confirmed with ABC News.
Ana Montes, 65, was arrested in 2001 for receiving encoded messages from the Cuban government
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POLICE, SHOT, BREAKING, CARS
Police in Washington, D.C. are investigating after reports a 13-year-old boy was shot dead by a homeowner for allegedly breaking into cars in the Fifth District.
Metropolitan police said officers responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of Quincy Street in
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BUS, DOZENS, SENEGAL, CRASH
At least 40 people were killed, and dozens of others were injured, in a bus crash on Sunday in central Senegal, according to reports.
The country’s president, Macky Sall, tweeted about the collision between two buses in Gniby, which is located about 47 miles
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BURIED, COLORADO, AVALANCHE, DEAD
The two victims have not been identified.
Two snowmobile riders were buried and killed in an avalanche in Colorado on Saturday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
The incident occurred around 2 p.m. on Mount Epworth, located about
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A former Virginia Tech women's soccer player who accused her coach of benching her because of her political opinions will reportedly receive at least $100,000 as part of an agreement to dismiss a federal lawsuit.
Kiersten Hening will receive the award as part
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MOVE, ISRAEL, PALESTINIAN, FM
The Palestinian foreign minister says Israel has revoked his travel permit, part of a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians that Israel’s new hard-line government announced days ago
JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian foreign minister said Sunday that
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BERNARD, 100, KALB, LONGTIME
New York CNN —
Bernard Kalb, the long-time journalist and founding anchor of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program, died on Sunday at his home in North Bethesda, Maryland., his family said. He was 100.
Kalb’s death was caused by complications from a recent fall,
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MIGRANTS, CHICAGO, NEW, MAYORS
The wave of migrants who began arriving in New York from the southern border last year was unusual in many respects. Unlike most immigrants who make their way to the city, people were arriving in buses en masse, many with few local ties and little more than
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EAGLES, GIANTS, FIRST, PLAY
A.J. Brown needed just nine yards to break the Philadelphia Eagles’ single-season receiving yards record, and quarterback Jalen Hurts wasted no time to get his favorite target the ball on Sunday.
Facing the New York Giants in the final regular-season game
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