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https://ift.tt/Zbqp57BkN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will meet with the Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday to discuss recent new allegations in the Ronald Greene case. https://ift.tt/DoGlcFVK4

https://ift.tt/Zbqp57BkN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday lashed out at those who called on him to condemn Nazi demonstrations that had taken place over the weekend near Orlando, accusing his political opponents of trying to "smear me as if I had something to do with it." https://ift.tt/DoGlcFVK4

https://ift.tt/Zbqp57BkN Every once in a while, it's good to be reminded of just how unfamiliar many Americans are with major Washington power players. https://ift.tt/DoGlcFVK4

https://ift.tt/Zbqp57BkN The Los Angeles Rams or Cincinnati Bengals? No one knows what the outcome of the Super Bowl will be. But one thing seems certain. No matter who wins, sports betting companies could score financial touchdowns. https://ift.tt/DoGlcFVK4

https://ift.tt/Zbqp57BkN Grocery costs keep climbing. Prices of meat, seafood, produce, cereal and other kitchen staples shot up 9% in 2021. https://ift.tt/DoGlcFVK4

https://ift.tt/Zbqp57BkN It's been a tough start to the year for investors in big tech companies. Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation fund, a big owner of Tesla, Zoom and Roku, has plunged nearly 30%. And speculative meme stocks like GameStop and AMC have been crushed. https://ift.tt/DoGlcFVK4

https://ift.tt/HTZ9Vyf16 In October 2020, the moment Trish Priest had been dreading arrived: Tab, the decades-old diet drink, was being killed off by parent company Coca-Cola. https://ift.tt/eVtECObph

https://ift.tt/HTZ9Vyf16 The Northeast continues to face dangerous cold Monday as it digs out of record snow from a bomb cyclone storm that sapped power to more 100,000 customers in Massachusetts alone and canceled some 5,000 US flights. https://ift.tt/eVtECObph

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https://ift.tt/HTZ9Vyf16 There is a Covid economy contradiction. Pandemic exhaustion and higher prices are overshadowing a roaring economy. https://ift.tt/eVtECObph

https://bit.ly/340pxnO National Transportation Safety Board investigators descended into a wooded ravine in Pittsburgh Saturday where a snow-covered bridge collapsed one day earlier. https://bit.ly/3rbRods

https://bit.ly/340pxnO An American woman from Kansas who allegedly joined ISIS and led an all-woman battalion in Syria has been arrested and charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. https://bit.ly/3rbRods

https://bit.ly/340pxnO A California sheriff's deputy is in the hospital after he was shot multiple times by a suspect during a traffic stop on Friday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. https://bit.ly/3rbRods

https://bit.ly/340pxnO • How a Russian invasion of Ukraine would reverberate around the world • Ukraine-Russia crisis: How soon might a war be and what would it look like? • Opinion: First rule of autocracy bros -- Don't start a war during the Olympics https://bit.ly/3rbRods

https://bit.ly/340pxnO Since losing one-third of its workforce at the outset of the pandemic, the child care industry has seen a jobs recovery that's been slow and incomplete. https://bit.ly/3rbRods

https://bit.ly/340pxnO Buzzy beauty startup Glossier has laid off a third of its corporate staff, founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in an email to employees. https://bit.ly/3rbRods

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that he believes the company's goal of a humanoid robot is the most important thing it's working on. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young's music from its service, Apple Music trolled its streaming rival by giving the musician some rock star treatment. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Commission-free brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc on Thursday posted a $423 million net loss in the latest quarter, and its shares tumbled as much as 15% in after-hours trade even as revenue edged past analysts' estimates. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 When President Joe Biden visits Pittsburgh on Friday, it will amount to the unofficial launch of a new strategy the President devised to shore up his political fortunes by changing how he spends his time. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

http://test-0-0-0-1.blogspot.com/ Andy Parker, whose daughter Alison, a TV reporter, was fatally shot during a live broadcast in 2015, announced Thursday that he's running for Congress. https://for-hashtagsusa.blogspot.com/

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The Covid era of free money is coming to an end. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Higher prices and chicken sandwiches are helping boost McDonald's sales. But earnings disappointed Wall Street Thursday morning. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The stock market has been jolted by indications the Federal Reserve will move to aggressively raise interest rates to rein in inflation. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by WinRed that had attempted to block attorneys general in four states from investigating its fundraising practices. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Nearly three weeks after the body of a teenage girl was found dumped on a busy freeway off-ramp in Los Angeles, local leaders are pleading for tips from the public and offering a large reward as an incentive to solve her killing. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder for selling a fentanyl-laced pill to a child who died of a drug overdose, California prosecutors said. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A teenager and an adult have been charged in connection with the killing of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, who was struck by a stray bullet over the weekend in Chicago, police said. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Florida radio host Joseph "Big Joe" Ellicott is cooperating with the US Justice Department's investigation into Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida after pleading guilty in a separate bribery scheme, Ellicott's attorney tells CNN. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Twitter has suspended an annoying bot that automatically responded with the next day's solution when people posted their Wordle scores on the platform. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 It's been a rough start to 2022 for the world's richest person. He's not too worried, though. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A cruise ship heading to Miami changed course to the Bahamas Saturday after a US judge issued an arrest warrant for the ship due to unpaid fuel bills. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The White House plans to release an ambitious strategy Wednesday to make federal agencies tighten their cybersecurity controls after a series of high-profile hacks against government and private infrastructure in the last two years, according to a copy shared with CNN. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 • CNN Exclusive: Federal prosecutors looking at fake elector certifications • Watch: Reporter calls Trump WH draft executive order 'fictional thriller' • Texas went from having 12 competitive US House districts to just one, thanks to gerrymandering https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A federal court blocked Alabama's newly drawn congressional map on Monday, ruling that it likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it only includes one district where Black voters have the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Over the weekend, the Arizona Democratic Party voted to formally censure one of its own -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema -- after she opposed changing the filibuster rules to allow major voting rights legislation to pass the Senate with just 50 votes. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Asian stocks tumbled Tuesday, after a dramatically volatile day on Wall Street fueled by concerns over the US Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates and tensions in Ukraine. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Late last week, the FBI conducted a "court-authorized" search of Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar's home and campaign office. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 This week, another winter storm is streaking across the northern Plains and the Midwest, dropping a few inches of snow. And it's so cold outside, iguanas are falling out of trees. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Three firefighters died and one was in serious condition after responding to a two-alarm fire at a vacant row home in Baltimore on Monday, Fire Chief Niles Ford said at a news conference. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 For a brief moment in early 2021, not everyone hated Congress, with more than 1 in 3 Americans in Gallup polling saying they actually approved of the job the House and Senate were doing. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 • Jan. 6 panel in talks with Barr, chairman says • Video: Rudy Giuliani's former speechwriter criticizes 'absolutely loathsome' 9/11 T-shirts https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday it was appropriate for the Arizona Democratic Party to censure moderate Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for her vote against a filibuster carve-out for voting rights, a key priority for Democrats. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said it is investigating after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man near the deputy's Atlanta house. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Faced with a dire staffing shortage in schools, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has taken drastic measures. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed by a stray bullet over the weekend in Chicago. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Bitcoin has lost almost half its value since its November high, with cryptocurrency prices continuing to plunge as major economies look to curb their growing popularity. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 "Woke" probably isn't the first adjective that comes to mind when describing Corporate America. But some CEOs are wearing their non-wokeness as a badge of honor. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Potentially abysmal air travel interruptions were narrowly avoided this week when wireless carriers made a last-minute change to their planned 5G rollout in response to fears that new cell service towers could interfere with a key component on passenger jets that allows them to safely land in low visibility conditions. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 As the Roe v. Wade ruling celebrates its 49th anniversary on Saturday, the vast majority of abortions have been outlawed for nearly five months in the second most populous state in the country. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 • Opinion: The elephant in the room Biden can't ignore https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Janice Winfrey doesn't like how the gun feels in her hand. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A new study published Thursday by a leading non-profit organization that focuses on gun violence prevention found that there is a direct correlation in states with weaker gun laws and higher rates of gun deaths, including homicides, suicides and accidental killings. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 It's been a year since President Joe Biden took the reins at the White House. How's the stock market doing? https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Netflix reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and all eyes will be on the streamer's subscriber growth. This time there's something new for investors and industry observers to wonder about: Netflix raising its prices. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Starbucks is no longer requiring employees to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing, following the US Supreme Court's rejection last week of President Joe Biden's vaccine and testing requirement for large businesses. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The CIA has assessed in an interim finding that the spate of mysterious incidents sickening US officials around the globe -- known colloquially as Havana syndrome -- is unlikely to represent "a sustained worldwide campaign" by Russia or any other foreign actor intended to harm US personnel, CIA officials said. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 When protests swept Kazakhstan earlier this month, they were fueled by frustration with the ruling elite and entrenched inequality. But the unrest was sparked by a specific catalyst: an end to a government subsidy. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Former Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city's government and four city officials accusing them of firing him for being a whistleblower and exposing wrongdoing by city officials. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Michelle Alyssa Go, who was pushed to the her death in front of a Times Square subway train, is remembered as a compassionate woman who volunteered her time to help those less fortunate than her. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A group of parents of public school students in Chesapeake, Virginia, filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking Virginia's Supreme Court to block a new executive order issued by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that makes masks voluntary for children in the state's public schools. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's voice quavered Monday night as he described his emotions since he and three others escaped a hostage situation at his synagogue Saturday. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Residents near Ottawa used a kayak to save a woman whose car plunged into icy water after she drove on a frozen river, police said in a statement. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Starbucks is joining forces with Chinese tech giant Meituan to expand delivery options in its second biggest market. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A woman is dead after she was attacked while waiting for a bus in downtown last week, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 If the scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had their way, to curb the spread of Covid-19 right now, nearly every US school would cancel football, wrestling, band and loads of other mainstay school activities. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A group of seven US senators met on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital of Kyiv amid the looming threat of a potential Russian invasion of the country. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Unilever is willing to pay big money for the company that makes products like Advil, Tums and Aquafresh toothpaste as it tries to revive its sluggish stock and ramp up its focus on health products. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 "Change is going to come. No question." https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The chairman of Credit Suisse has resigned following an investigation commissioned by the Swiss bank's board that reportedly looked at claims that he broke Covid-19 rules. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Administrators at a school district in upstate New York issued an apology after parents expressed outrage on social media about an offensive homework assignment. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Dr. Mehmet Oz has gone from one of the country's most recognizable TV personalities to a polarizing Republican Senate candidate — and his primary campaign is exclusively targeted to Fox viewers. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Minutes after Joe Biden placed his hand on a five-inch thick family Bible and took the oath of office last January, the new President told the nation that overcoming America's challenges required one thing: https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Newly released documents appear to show top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a memo of concerns during the Trump administration's attempts to exert political pressure on the bureau during the 2020 population count. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Billionaires added $5 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic, according to Oxfam, exacerbating economic inequality as the pandemic pushed millions of people around the world into poverty. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 When the 19-story Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx turned into a deathtrap one week ago, nearly all of the 17 people who perished -- including eight children -- were immigrants from Gambia and other West African countries. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Birthdays are usually joyous occasions for Bonnie Wiener-Bambara, with daylong parties that involve pampering, dinner and friends. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby once said city prosecutors had "the toughest job in America," a job made increasingly difficult when delivering justice means overhauling a system many feel is broken. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was exonerated this week. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The Mayfield, Kentucky, candle factory leveled by a tornado last month is shutting down and 251 employees are being laid off, a company official said. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 • Third House Republican who voted to impeach Trump calls it quits • Takeaways from the landmark sedition indictment against the Oath Keepers https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 JPMorgan Chase posted strong results for the fourth quarter Friday, including a $10.4 billion profit that topped forecasts. Still, its earnings were down 14% from the same quarter the previous year as trading revenue fell. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Grocery stores had already been struggling to keep their shelves stocked because of supply chain delays and Omicron sickening workers. Now, markets across America are bracing for a major winter storm that could keep store shelves empty even longer. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Jasmine Moorman is having a difficult week. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 North Korean hackers stole nearly $400 million worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, making it one of the most lucrative years to date for cybercriminals in the severely isolated country, according to a new report. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Firefighters battled a massive fire Friday night at a chlorine manufacturing plant in New Jersey that could be seen from miles away and led to warnings about air quality in the region. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 City officials in Fayetteville, North Carolina, released three videos from body cameras of police officers who arrived at the scene where an off-duty sheriff's deputy shot a man Saturday. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 One America News, the right-wing conspiracy channel favored by former President Donald Trump, will be dropped later this year by DirecTV, a spokesperson for the television carrier said Friday evening. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 As the Justice Department's January 6 investigation takes a new turn with the use -- for the first time in the Capitol attack prosecutions -- of the seditious conspiracy charge, the founder of the Oath Keepers and another individual facing the charge will make their first appearance in court Friday. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 JPMorgan Chase posted strong results for the fourth quarter Friday, including a $10.4 billion profit that topped forecasts. Still, its earnings were down 14% from the same quarter the previous year as trading revenue fell. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications for the purchase of two vacation homes in Florida, according to court documents filed Thursday. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A North Carolina judge has ruled that police body camera video from the aftermath of a fatal shooting by an off-duty sheriff's deputy on Saturday in Fayetteville can be released to the public. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 The Senate on Thursday voted down legislation from GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to sanction entities associated with Russia's controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he's in talks with teachers union leadership and will consider a temporary remote learning option, less than a week after saying virtual lessons had not been effective earlier in the pandemic. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 There's no denying it: Inflation is here. Consumer prices surged 7% over the past year. Housing prices have continued to soar, too. But the question on the minds of many economists and Wall Street strategists is whether something even worse could be in the cards: prices rising as the economy slows. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Biden administration officials will meet with key software developers and major tech firms like Apple and Google on Thursday to discuss ways of making open-source computer code more secure after a critical vulnerability emerged last month that US officials said could have affected hundreds of millions of devices worldwide. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Former President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to "do the right thing" and pass voting rights legislation, backing President Joe Biden's push to change Senate filibuster rules to do so. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 Oreo is trying something totally new for its 110th birthday. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

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https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 A ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ

https://ift.tt/34hJwt6 As Covid-19 cases skyrocketed across Britain in late December, Stuart Guest spent his vacation poring over scientific reports about air cleaning and filtration systems. https://ift.tt/2rrOMLZ