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Ron DeSantis- The Florida governor on Thursday unveiled a $99.7 billion proposed spending plan that comes as DeSantis gears up for his 2022 reelection and continues to generate buzz as a top-tier potential 2024 White House hopeful

December 10, 2021

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Former President Donald Trump lashed out with profanity at Benjamin Netanyahu for congratulating President Joe Biden on his victory in last year’s election, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday.

December 10, 2021

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The parents of a student shot in the neck during a mass shooting at her Michigan high school last week are filing two $100 million lawsuits against the district and several administrators and staff, a lawyer for the family said.

December 10, 2021

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Nicaragua has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of China, denting the democratically self-ruled island’s effort to expand its international profile amid opposition from Beijing. “In the world, there is only one China,” Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said in a televised address on Thursday

December 10, 2021

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The New York City council on Thursday approved a measure that will allow immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to vote for mayor and other key municipal positions, a historic move that is igniting threats of legal challenges from Republicans and hopes from Democrats that other cities

December 10, 2021

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Demaryius Thomas, who earned five straight Pro Bowls and a Super Bowl ring during a prolific receiving career spent mostly with the Denver Broncos, has died at the age of 33. Thomas was found dead in his suburban Atlanta home Thursday night, said Officer Tim Lupo, public information officer

December 10, 2021

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Jussie Smollett has been convicted of faking a racist and homophobic hate crime, and faces up to 20 years in jail for staging the attack and concocting a ‘ridiculous story’. The former Empire TV star stood rigid and showed no emotion as the guilty verdicts on five of the six counts

December 10, 2021

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At least 53 migrants died when the container truck they were in crashed in Mexico – with one official blaming the speed of the vehicle and the weight of its human cargo for the tragedy. Dozens of bodies arranged in rows covered in white sheets

December 10, 2021

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A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected former president Donald Trump’s bid to keep his White House documents secret from a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, potentially setting up an emergency review by the Supreme Court.

December 9, 2021

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed a program to let businesses pay state fees in digital currencies, part of a series of crypto-related proposals included in the state’s budget for next year. Speaking Thursday in Tallahassee, DeSantis also said

December 9, 2021

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In what might be the richest talent deal in sports media history,- FanDuel has reportedly signed a deal with “The Pat McAfee Show” worth in the vicinity of $30 million annually. NFL insider Ian Rapoport was first with the news an extension had been reached

December 9, 2021

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s New York sex-trafficking trial was unexpectedly adjourned early Thursday because an “ill” attorney needed medical care. “I’ve been informed there’s an attorney in the case who’s ill, and that attorney has to get care,” the judge, Alison Nathan, told jurors this morning.

December 9, 2021

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The Senate voted 64-36 to clear the biggest hurdle to raising the debt ceiling, with more than a dozen Republicans joining Democrats to take a critical step toward avoiding a government default. .

December 9, 2021

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Starbucks workers in Buffalo won a pathbreaking bid to form a union after votes were counted on Thursday, part of a wave of labor activism sweeping the country in the wake of the pandemic.

December 9, 2021

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is leaving the job he has held for the past 13 years to head the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, , the L.A. school board announced during its meeting Thursday.

December 9, 2021

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Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was convicted Thursday of downloading and possessing child sex abuse images on his work computer. A federal jury in Fayetteville, Arkansas, found the 33-year-old Duggar guilty

December 9, 2021

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Elizabeth Dole laid her head on the flag draped over the casket of her late husband Bob Dole as his remains lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Thursday.

December 9, 2021

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Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, announced on Thursday that she was dropping out of the governor’s race and running instead for re-election. Her decision upends the high-profile race for governor and further – solidifies Gov. Kathy Hochul’s standing

December 9, 2021

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Federal regulators Thursday authorized booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, a step that could bolster protection against delta, the dominant variant in the United States, and the emerging omicron version.

December 9, 2021

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Alberto Carvalho, who has led Miami-Dade County Public Schools since 2008 and is among the nation’s most experienced and admired school district leaders, has emerged as the likely choice to become the next superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District

December 9, 2021

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Florida International football has hired Memphis defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre as its coach, the school announced Thursday. MacIntyre, the former coach at Colorado and San Jose State,

December 9, 2021

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New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a deposition from former president Donald Trump early next year as part of her investigation into potential fraud inside the Trump Organization

December 9, 2021

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Former senator Robert J. Dole, who died Sunday at age 98, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, returning to the heart of the place that shaped nearly three decades of his political career

December 9, 2021

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Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 184,000 in the week ended Dec. 4, the lowest level since September 1969, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was close to a recent record total of 194,000 recorded in late November.

December 9, 2021

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WhatsApp has launched a new pilot that lets a “limited number” of people in the US send and receive money from within a chat using cryptocurrency

December 9, 2021

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Four US Postal Service mail carriers including three from New York City are accused of stealing credit cards from the mail as part of a $750,000 identity theft ring, prosecutors said.

December 9, 2021

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Boris Johnson’s wife, Carrie, has given birth to a baby girl, they have announced, a second child for the couple and at least the seventh for the prime minister.

December 9, 2021

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Around 3,000 graduate workers at Columbia University in New York City, who have been on strike since 3 November, recently received an email from the university human resources department threatening the workers

December 9, 2021

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tightened coronavirus restrictions in England, insisting the move was in no way an attempt to distract from a scandal

December 9, 2021

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David C. Banks, a longtime New York City educator who rose to prominence after creating a network of public all-boys schools, has been chosen by Mayor-elect Eric Adams to be the next chancellor of New York City’s public school system,

December 9, 2021

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Healthcare manufacturer Johnson and Johnson is accused of keeping quiet about it’s $1 billion diabetes drug Invokana after being warned of its potentially deadly side effect. An investigation revealed that as far back as 2010,

December 9, 2021

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Two major Chinese property firms have defaulted on $1.6 billion worth of bonds to overseas creditors, Fitch Ratings agency said Thursday, as contagion spreads within the country’s debt-ridden real estate sector

December 9, 2021

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Elizabeth Holmes’s lawyers rested their case Wednesday in her criminal-fraud trial, after the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos Inc. gave testimony over seven days in which she acknowledged regrets but also placed

December 9, 2021

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Eight days before the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, a little-known Trump donor living thousands of miles away in the Tuscan countryside quietly wired a total of $650,000 to three organizations that helped stage and promote the event.

December 9, 2021

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Miami is set to hire Clemson’s Dan Radakovich as its new athletic director, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. The hire is expected to be made official on Thursday, according to a source, and represents another big step in Miami’s commitment

December 9, 2021

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New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking — a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger. Under a new law the government announced Thursday and plans to pass next year

December 9, 2021

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The House of Representatives has approved legislation imposing economic sanctions on China for goods sold to Americans from the forced labor of Muslim Uyghurs. The Wednesday vote was overwhelming, 428-1. “This is not a partisan issue.

December 9, 2021

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The arsonist who allegedly torched the Fox News Christmas tree was freed after his arraignment Wednesday night because his charges were not eligible for bail under new liberal reform laws.

December 9, 2021

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The U.S. has accused the government of El Salvador president Nayib Bukele of secretly negotiating a truce with leaders of the country’s feared MS-13 and Barrio 18 street gangs.

December 9, 2021

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Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was among three democracy campaigners convicted of taking part in a banned Tiananmen vigil as the prosecution of multiple activists came to a conclusion.

December 9, 2021

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Mark Meadows, facing the looming prospect of criminal contempt of Congress charges, is suing to block a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, arguing that it unconstitutionally intrudes on former President Donald Trump’s powers to invoke

December 9, 2021

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Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, received a cool reception on Wednesday during his first congressional testimony, as lawmakers tore into the company for being too slow to address children’s safety. “We all know that Facebook

December 8, 2021

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Apple says it will produce a movie about former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, with Jennifer Lawrence of Hunger Games fame in the starring role. The movie, to be directed by Succession

December 8, 2021

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Carol Jenkins Barnett , the daughter of the founder of Publix, longtime board member and philanthropist, died at the age of 65 this week. “With a heavy heart, we share the news of the passing of Carol Jenkins Barnett,” the company said in a statement.

December 8, 2021

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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday outlining a sweeping plan for the federal government to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Under the plan, the government would spend billions of dollars to purchase electric vehicles, upgrade

December 8, 2021

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Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and their unborn baby, was resentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for her death in 2002.

December 8, 2021

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Canada is joining the United States and other western countries in declaring a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that Canada will ban government officials

December 8, 2021

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that there would be “effectively a diplomatic boycott” of the 2022 Beijing Olympics by Britain, which has now joined the United States and others in pulling its top officials

December 8, 2021

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Over 40 million people in the United States had their personal health information exposed in data breaches this year, a significant jump from 2020 and a continuation of a trend toward more and more health data hacks and leaks. Health organizations

December 8, 2021

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Former New Orleans Saints defensive end Glenn Foster Jr. has died in custody two days after his arrest in Alabama. Foster, 31, was involved in a high-speed chase

December 8, 2021

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India’s top military official, Bipin Rawat, died in a helicopter crash in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the country’s air force said, along with 12 others, including his wife.

December 8, 2021

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Former President Donald Trump instructed Mark Meadows to “bust some heads and make some arrests” of Black Lives Matter protesters who had gathered outside the White House in the summer of 2020,

December 8, 2021

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Instagram’s top executive is set to appear Wednesday before a Senate panel investigating possible harm to young people using the photo-sharing app and what its parent company knew. Instagram head Adam Mosseri is expected

December 8, 2021

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Skilyr Hicks appeared on America’s Got Talent in 2013 when she was 14 was found dead Monday at a home in Liberty, South Carolina. The cause and circumstances of Hicks’ death is not immediately clear

December 8, 2021

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