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Illegal immigrant caught with over 700 pounds of fentanyl, meth after being pulled over for speeding
A narcotics-detection dog alerted to the vehicle, and during a search of it, authorities say they found 13 large storage totes with approximately 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine.
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Vatican says Pope Leo has resumed his 'daily activities' just days after surgery
The Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this week and underwent surgery to have the lower lobe of his right lung removed.
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Newsom claims gains in student achievement in California, analyst disagrees
The English and math results remain below pre-pandemic levels recorded during the 2018-19 school year, when 51.7% of students met proficiency standards in English language arts and 39.7% did so in mathematics.
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Tesla to build world’s largest rooftop solar installation
Its factory’s roof will eventually have 70,000 solar panels, Tesla officials told commissioners, calling it a “solar milestone” among many firsts at the factory and for the electric vehicle industry as a whole.
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Arizona sends federal government $512 million bill for picking up border slack
According to sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin, 17,500 migrants were apprehended in the Tucson Sector last week.
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40% of Houston schools are failing, with D or F rankings
Superintendent of Texas' largest school district says data supports “need for full-scale, systemic reform, something different."
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Lawmakers urge Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to address Chinese seabed mining
The representatives say China services most of the world’s processing capabilities to develop the materials into products “crucial to U.S. weapons systems.”
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Democratic lawmakers push back against reported University of Wisconsin DEI deal
There would also be, according to the reports, a three-year freeze on new DEI hires.
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Small business owners suggest Bidenomics is Grinch that stole Christmas bonuses
A poll conducted by RedBalloon shows roughly 42% of U.S. small businesses are forgoing Christmas bonuses.
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Woman arrested for allegedly attempting to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home
The suspect has been charged with criminal attempt arson and criminal attempt interference with government property.
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Texas adds more companies to list of scrutinized business operations in Iran
Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB 253 into law, to amend state law expanding divestment prohibition provisions.
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Uber Eats driver has work car and personal car stolen the same day in DC
As of now, those who have stolen the cars have not been identified and her work car has not been found yet.
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U.S. economy added 199K jobs in November, unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, Labor Department
The jobs increase slightly exceeded economists expectation of 180,000.