Encounters with illegal migrants declined again in October, but border officials are still reporting more than 150,000 encounters a month, according to Customs and Border Protection data. Border officials encountered …
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Walmart Sales Surge, Inventory Remains Stocked Heading Into Holiday Season
Walmart reported higher sales in the third quarter of 2021 after the company raised prices and consumers continued to shop entering the holiday season. Comparable sales, a measure which includes …
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Connecticut parents claimed a school district is indoctrinating elementary school students about transgenderism, including a book for kindergarteners. Officials of the West Hartford Public Schools told parents that they could …
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Man Who Crammed Nearly 60 Migrants Into A Tanker Truck Sentenced To Over 2 Years In Prison
A man accused of cramming dozens of migrants into a tanker truck was sentenced to about two and a half years in prison, the Laredo Morning Times reported on Sunday. …
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Biden’s Pick For FTC Commissioner Called ICE ‘Out-Of-Control Domestic Surveillance’
President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the empty seat on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a history of opposing immigration authorities’ use of data to enforce the law. Alvaro …
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Yale Law Students Who Refused To Smear Their Professor Sue Administrators For ‘Attempting To Blackball Two Students Of Color’
Two students of color are suing Yale Law School administrators for retaliation resulting from the students’ refusal to tell lies to advance the administrators’ investigation of Professor Amy Chua. Yale …
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Twin Explosions Kill Civilians In Ugandan Capital, Police Blame Islamic State Affiliate
Two explosions set off in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Tuesday have killed at least three people and injured dozens of others, the Associated Press reported. “The bomb threats are …
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Missouri Students Sue School District For Civil Rights Violations After Being Punished For ‘Petition’ To Bring Back Slavery
Four ninth-grade students in Kansas City are suing the school district, the principal and other individuals involved in disciplining them over a “petition to bring back slavery,” multiple sources reported. …
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Independents, Swing Voters Sour On Build Back Better, Poll Shows
Independents and undecided voters are souring on President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion spending plan, a new poll shows. The survey, released Tuesday by the National Republican Congressional Committee, shows that …
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Investment bank JP Morgan filed a complaint against Tesla late Monday alleging the electric car company owes the firm over $162 million. The complaint centers on stock warrants, financial instruments allowing …
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Retail Sales Grew In October As Shoppers Faced Higher Prices Entering The Holiday Season
U.S. retail sales increased in October as shoppers faced the largest price increase in 30 years entering the holiday season. Retail sales, a measure of how much consumers spent on …
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Amazon was ordered to pay $500,000 by California authorities Monday as part of a settlement judgment over claims the company hid COVID-19 case numbers from its workers and health agencies. …
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NIH Justifies Giving Green Light To Researchers To Boost Viruses Before Flagging Experiments For Gain-Of-Function Review
The National Institutes of Health justified allowing EcoHealth Alliance to create boosted lab-made viruses with the Wuhan Institute of Virology with up to one log — or 10 times — …
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Loudoun Schools Agree Not To Punish Teacher For Refusing To Use Transgender Pronouns Following Court Order
The Loudoun County school board agreed to a settlement in a Virginia Circuit Court Monday with a teacher who was suspended from his job for expressing disagreement with the district’s …
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A Loudoun County student pleaded “no contest” to abduction and sexual battery Monday. A juvenile court judge found the same male student guilty of sexually assaulting a different female student …
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Texas Man Who Allegedly Murdered 18 Elderly Women Over Two-Year Period Begins Trial
A man who allegedly murdered and burglarized 18 elderly women over a two-year period in the Dallas, Texas, area began trial on Monday, the Associated Press reported. Billy Chemirmir, 48, …
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Ohio AG Sues Facebook For Securities Fraud, Alleges It Hid Harms To Children
Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a complaint against Facebook on Monday, alleging the company misled its investors. The complaint alleges that Facebook executives violated federal securities laws by making …
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South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a bill Monday that would decriminalize marijuana nationwide. The bill, titled the States Reform Act, would strike marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act …
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Biden Blocks Oil, Gas Leases In Large New Mexico Region At Request Of Native American Tribes
The Biden administration banned new oil and gas leases on a large swath of federal lands in New Mexico after a group of Native American tribes requested the action. President …
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The New York Times published an article Sunday on the Loudoun County Public Schools controversy after a month of near silence on the sexual assault scandal that made national headlines. …
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Left-Leaning Commission Calls On The Biden Administration To Develop A Strategy To Counter ‘Disinformation’
A commission made up of mostly left-leaning figures recommended Monday that the White House to counter the spread of disinformation and “dangerous conspiracy theories online.” The Aspen Institute Commission on …
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Red flag gun laws were adopted in 19 states and Washington, D.C., however, several jurisdictions rarely use the provisions to seize firearms from people threatening violence, The Wall Street Journal …
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Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed a count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday. Rittenhouse was 17 years old when he …
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U.S. states may have to provide funding for Apple’s plan to store government-issued identification credentials in its devices. The company first announced partnerships with several states in September to develop a …
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Granholm Says Biden Is ‘All Over’ Gas Prices, Can’t List Any Policies To Lower Prices
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said President Joe Biden is “all over” rising gasoline prices but failed to name a single administration policy aimed at lowering energy costs. “The president …