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Federal officials investigating if White House teleprompt operator made money on prediction markets
Kalshi's surveillance systems detected patterns betting on the markets involving the president that didn't follow typical behavior. The company examined the accounts behind it and discovered that the user was a federal employee.
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Man slips past security onto 'Today' show set, looking for Al Roker, shouts racial slur: report
The man was asking for AL Roker, and when he couldn't find him, the man confronted host Craig Melvin.
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Federal government adds two more Mexican cartels to those designated foreign terrorist organizations
The designation allows U.S. authorities to take more aggressive actions against them or anyone seen as aiding the organization.
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LA DA Gascon criticized after female gang member who only did 4 years time for murder kills again
Former prosecutors and victims’ advocates told the Daily Mail that Streeter’s murder would never have happened if not for the controversial policies of LA DA Gascón.
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Kris Kristofferson, star of movies and country music, dies at age 88
A Rhodes Scholar from Brownsville, Texas, Kristofferson wrote and sang country classics like “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make it Through the Night.”
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Former opponent of FL Rep. Anna Paulina Luna charged with threatening a hit against political rival
Luna recently said she had received a “very serious shooting threat.” Braddock was allegedly caught on an audio recording calling Anna Paulina Luna a “dead squirrel” and “a f—ing speed bump in the road.”
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Texas advocate calls on state to protect unaccompanied minors, Texas children
158 House Democrats voted against deporting sex offenders, including child rapists.
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Asheville, N.C., cut off from world; damage estimated $100B in South
Fatalities from the storm Helene in the South were more than five dozen.
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SpaceX launches a mission to rescue Boeing Starliner crew still in space
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the two astronauts who have been at the station since June.
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Safety fears rise for Chicago residents still plagued by high crime
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a plan earlier this year for improving public safety.
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Joe Rogan says the First Amendment will be under threat if Harris becomes president
Rogan said that Rumble and X are good regarding free speech but that Harris is planning on cracking down on X owner Elon Musk.
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State, local governments continue to spend pandemic aid as deadline looms
Congressional watchdog report found states have obligated 84% and spent 60% of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
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Chicago White Sox lose 121st game of the season, breaking MLB record
The record for most losses in a season after 1900 had previously been held by the 1962 New York Mets.