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BIDEN, COVID, 19, ORIGINS
President Joe Biden shut down a State Department probe this spring into the origins of COVID-19 in China that was launched by the Trump administration under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last fall, according to a CNN report Tuesday.
Last year, concerns voiced
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TRUMP, JURY, GRAND, NEW
(CNN) Manhattan prosecutors pursuing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump, his company and its executives have told at least one witness to prepare for grand jury testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter -- a signal that the
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SAN, JOSE, SHOOTING, YARD
An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard serving Silicon Valley, killing eight people before ending his own life, authorities said.
The suspect was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other
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ATF, BIDEN, NOMINEE, GUN
Live Live Updates: Biden’s A.T.F. Nominee Faces Senate Panel and Questions on Gun Control David Chipman, a two-decade veteran of the A.T.F. who serves as an adviser to a major gun control group, is set to appear in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
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AMAZON, MGM, BILLION, 45
FILE PHOTO: A film trailer for the 25th instalment in the James Bond series entitled "No Time to Die" is displayed at Piccadilly Circus in London, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner FILE PHOTO: A film trailer for the 25th instalment in the James Bond
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LAB, THEORY, LEAK, WUHAN
Former President Donald Trump claimed in an interview Tuesday that “it was obvious to smart people” that the coronavirus emerged from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
“I had no doubt about it,” Trump told Newsmax host and former adviser Steve Cortes. “I
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94, WARNER, JOHN, DIES
Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a former Navy secretary who was once married to Elizabeth Taylor, has died at 94, his longtime chief of staff said Wednesday.
Warner died Tuesday of heart failure at home in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and daughter
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BLACK, LIVES, MATTER, YEAR
A Moment Or A Movement? Black Bookstore Owners On Business One Year Later
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On the day George Floyd was murdered — Monday, May 25, 2020 — there weren't any books exclusively
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MURDER, CHARGES, CHILDREN, IDAHO
The mother of two missing children in Idaho who were found dead last year and her husband appeared briefly in court Wednesday via Zoom after they were charged with murder in their deaths.
Prosecutors announced Tuesday the new charges against Lori Vallow Daybell
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THEORY, CRITICAL, RACE, GAINES
Lookout, Critical Race Theory — there’s a new PAC in town.
On Monday, a new political action committee was launched in order to fight a left-wing agenda in America’s public schools.
The group will raise money in order to back conservative school board candidates.
The
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BLOOD, MOON, SUPER, LUNAR
If You Didn't Look Up This Morning, Here's What You Missed
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Maybe the sky was cloudy; maybe waking up in the middle of the night to look at the moon just sounds like lunacy. Whatever the
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FLORIDA, HELICOPTER, CRASHES, FIREFIGHTING
There were four people aboard the helicopter, authorities said.
One person is confirmed dead and no survivors have been found after a firefighting helicopter crashed into a Florida marsh on Tuesday, authorities said.
The crash occurred around 4 p.m. near
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COVID, JOHNSON, AIDE, EX
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief aide said Wednesday that the government “failed” the British people and “fell disastrously short” in handling the coronavirus pandemic.
Dominic Cummings made a blistering attack on the government
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TAYLOR, MARJORIE, GREENE, HOLOCAUST
(CNN) Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who is under fire for likening vaccine requirements to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany, once harshly condemned comparisons of migrant detention camps to the Holocaust as an "embarrassment to our
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HUNTER, BIDEN, JOE, BUSINESS
The Ukrainian energy company that was paying President Biden’s son Hunter $1 million a year cut his monthly compensation in half two months after his father ceased to be vice president.
From May 2014, Burisma Holdings Ltd. was paying Hunter $83,333 a month
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HARRY, PRINCE, OPRAH, WINFREY
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry are continuing their mental health series with a virtual town hall featuring Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and others.
Apple TV+ announced Wednesday that it will release on Friday “The Me You Can’t See: A Path Forward.”
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NEW, YORK, ANDREW, YANG
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that he’s nominated Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas to fill one of two vacancies on the state’s Court of Appeals.
Singas’ selection was one of two the governor made Tuesday to the state’s top court.
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PITT, BRAD, JOLIE, ANGELINA
The actress also said the judge “has failed to adequately consider” a section of the California courts code, which says it is detrimental to the best interest of the child if custody is awarded to a person with a history of domestic violence. Her filing did
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POLL, INFLUENCED, FAUCI, PLAY
On Tuesday, Gallup released a survey showing that most Americans — 62 percent — believe athletes should participate in sports based on their biological sex, not their “gender identity.”
Only 34 percent of poll respondents believe that athletes should play
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EMISSIONS, SHELL, CUT, DUTCH
NurPhoto via Getty Images British-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell PLC sign is seen against rain clouds on October 7, 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ordered
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WHITE, PRESS, HOUSE, PIERRE
The White House on Wednesday avoided a question about possible punishments China would face if the country lies or refuses to cooperate with President Joe Biden’s recently announced investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Associated Press reporter Zeke
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