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Boy Scouts Official Apologizes for 'Political Rhetoric' of Trump Speech

An official with the Boy Scouts of America apologized to the Scouting community on Thursday for the political content of President Donald Trump's speech at the National Scout Jamboree.

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DOJ Announces Takedown of Dark Web Market AlphaBay

The Department of Justice and its international partners announced Thursday a takedown of a massive Dark Web marketplace that was allegedly one of the world's biggest sources for the sale of drugs and illicit materials, striking a blow to the cybercriminal underground.

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Flint Mayor: City Needs 2 Years Before It Can Treat Its Own Water

Flint has been mired in a devastating water crisis for nearly three years, and it may be another two before it's resolved.

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Source: CDC director concerned Atlas is sharing misleading information with Trump

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield is concerned that White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Scott Atlas is providing President Trump with misleading information about Covid-19, a federal official told CNN.

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Want better business? Invest in public transit

Earlier this year, an Amazon executive called officials in Detroit to explain why the city had fallen out of contention for the retail giant's new headquarters.

Georgia runoff timing means Perdue won't be in Congress for joint session on Electoral College

The tight January political calendar means Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue won't be in office when Congress meets for a joint session on the Electoral College on January 6, regardless of the results of the Senate runoff the day before.

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Shooting at a Texas elementary school leaves 14 students and a teacher dead, governor says

Two days before the start of summer break, an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing 14 students and one teacher, Gov. Greg Abbott said.

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Five children among 12 killed as Russia hits Odesa apartment block

The death toll from a Russian drone attack on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Odesa has risen to 12, with the bodies of five children removed from the rubble, officials said Sunday, the latest civilian victims of a relentless Russian bombing campaign.

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White House formally blames drone strike in Jordan that that killed 3 American service members

The US believes an umbrella group of militants called Islamic Resistance in Iraq was behind the drone attack in Jordan that killed three American service members, the White House said Wednesday, its first formal attribution for the incident.

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Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now the state’s attorney general wants to help other states interested in using the new form of capital punishment.

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Federal judge won't shut down case seeking to remove New Mexico county official from office over January 6 conviction

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by a New Mexico county commissioner to shut down state proceedings against him that seek to remove him from office because of his conviction for trespassing on US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021.

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Biden administration notified Congress of $735 million weapons sale to Israel earlier this month, before violence began

The Biden administration notified Congress of a proposed US weapons sale to Israel worth $735 million earlier this month, according to two sources familiar with the notification.

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Zelensky says Trump doesn’t understand Putin because he never fought him

Former US President Donald Trump will be “against Americans” if he chooses to support Russia over Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Sunday, in a stark warning as his country enters a third year of full-scale war.

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Italy Is Pouring Billions More Into Its Troubled Banks

Italy is putting up €17 billion ($19 billion) to avert a fresh crisis in its beleaguered banking system. The move over the weekend came after a warning from European authorities that two struggling Italian regional banks -- Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca -- were facing collapse.

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Uber's lost and found report includes tater tots, teeth and slime

Uber has released a list of items that passengers left behind in cars and it includes some truly bizarre things, like tater tots and grandma's teeth.

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Johnson: 'Overwhelmingly likely' Putin ordered nerve agent attack

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Friday it was "overwhelmingly likely" that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally gave the order to use a nerve agent to attack a former spy, in what represents the most direct accusation yet against Russia's leader.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Commends the World-Doping Agency for its Ban of Russia from the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, a member of the Helsinki Commission and the sponsor of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, issued this statement following the issuance of a ban on Russia from the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics:

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5 Natural Ways to Repel Bugs and Soothe Bites During The Summer

Although summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st, it’s already sizzling in a lot of parts of the country. This special time of year brings out many things, like tiny denim shorts, ice cream, moisturized afros, and oh yeah, annoying little bugs. Mosquitoes and ants specifically are living with the belief that it is their time to shine. I live in northern Louisiana, the temperature has reached 90 degrees, and I’ve already been bitten multiple times. I’m over it.

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Utah mayor killed while deployed in Afghanistan

The mayor of a small Utah city was killed Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan in small arms fire while serving in the Army National Guard.

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Norwegian Cruise Line can require proof of Covid-19 vaccination in Florida, federal judge rules

Norwegian Cruise Line can require proof of Covid-19 vaccination for passengers and crew members, a federal judge ruled Sunday, after the cruise line operator had challenged Florida's ban on vaccine passports.