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FBI director says the threat from China is 'more brazen' than ever before

Monday, January 31, 2022

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau is opening new cases to counter Chinese intelligence operations every 12 hours or so.

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California universal health care bill dies without a vote

Monday, January 31, 2022

The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year but its Democratic author didn't put it up for a vote when he realized it wouldn't pass.

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New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations

Monday, January 31, 2022

Waivers for those opposed to vaccination are easy to obtain under state regulations, and schools will work with students who aren't inoculated, the district's superintendent said.

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U.N. says over 100 ex-Afghan officials have been slain since the Taliban's takeover

Monday, January 31, 2022

A new U.N. report finds that "more than two-thirds" of those who died were victims of extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates.

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North Korea has confirmed that it tested a missile capable of striking Guam

Monday, January 31, 2022

The test-launch was confirmed Monday and is North Korea's most significant weapon launch in years. South Korean and Japanese officials condemned the launch.

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Joe Rogan has responded to the protests against Spotify over his podcast

Monday, January 31, 2022

Rogan responded Sunday, saying in a video on Instagram that he was only seeking to have conversations on his podcast with people who have "differing opinions."

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Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, has died at age 30

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Police said Kryst jumped from a Manhattan building and was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday morning. Kryst was the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the TV program Extra.

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U.S. officials say Russia will face pressure at the U.N. over Ukraine

Sunday, January 30, 2022

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the U.N. Security Council will press Russia hard in a Monday session to discuss its massing of troops near Ukraine ahead of a possible invasion.

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A Kansas woman has been arrested for allegedly leading an all-female ISIS battalion

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Federal prosecutors say that Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, wanted to recruit operatives to attack a college campus in the U.S. and discussed a terrorist attack on a shopping mall.

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North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017

Saturday, January 29, 2022

North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea, in an apparent attempt to pressure the Biden administration over long-stalled nuclear negotiations.

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'Tiger King' Joe Exotic gets one year knocked off his 22-year prison sentence

Friday, January 28, 2022

Carole Baskin, the target of the murder-for-hire plot Joe Exotic was convicted of, said he poses a bigger threat to her now that he has a larger group of supporters because of the Netflix series.

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Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show

Friday, January 28, 2022

What Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards knew, when he knew it and what he did are questions in a civil rights investigation into a deadly arrest and whether police brass obstructed justice.

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Kyle Rittenhouse is going to court to get his gun back

Friday, January 28, 2022

Rittenhouse's spokesman said he wants to destroy the rifle and throw the rest of the items away so nothing can be used as a political symbol celebrating the shootings.

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Iraqi Kurds are learning Mandarin to take advantage of jobs from Chinese companies

Friday, January 28, 2022

Dozens of contracts signed in recent years ensure China's growing footprint, even as major Western companies, including the U.S., plot their exit.

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China is using the Beijing Olympics to push a winter sports boom

Friday, January 28, 2022

The ruling Communist Party is using the Games to promote winter sports, many of which are new to most Chinese, for fitness and business opportunities.

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Alabama executed man after divided Supreme Court sided with the state

Thursday, January 27, 2022

A poor reader, Matthew Reeves is intellectually disabled and wasn't capable of making a decision on the method of execution without assistance, his lawyers argued.

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Russia sees 'little ground for optimism' in the U.S.'s response on Ukraine crisis

Thursday, January 27, 2022

All eyes are now on Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war.

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School offers full tuition to 58 students after a scholarship award message error

Thursday, January 27, 2022

A test of Central Michigan University's new messaging system "inadvertently" told 58 students they won an award that provides full tuition, room and board, money toward books and supplies and $5,000.

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The teen charged in a Michigan school shooting will pursue an insanity defense

Thursday, January 27, 2022

A 15-year-old charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials face a new lawsuit over the November attack.

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Coast Guard finds 4 more bodies off Florida coast but will call off search

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Authorities have found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing. The Coast Guard says it will call off its active search for survivors at sunset Thursday if it doesn't receive any new information.

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