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Washington — After receiving a rare formal rebuke from the House because of an anime video depicting violence against Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Biden, Congressman Paul Gosar re-shared to his social media account the offending cartoon that sparked his punishment. The Arizona Republican retweeted a post from a conservative …

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Manchin notes inflation is “getting worse,” as House is poised to vote on social spending package

Senator Joe Manchin has reservations about the $1.75 trillion social spending plan that the House is expected to vote on next week and that still needs Senate approval. Now, another obstacle has landed in the measure’s path to passage: government data released Thursday said that inflation is growing at an …

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Sports NFTs are popular, but are they a winning investment?

Gone are the days when a sports buff walks into a store, buys a pack of Topps trading cards and stumbles upon a one-of-a-kind baseball collectible. Today’s card collectors have shifted their attention — and dollars — to sports non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, that offer proof of unique ownership of …

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Ahmaud Arbery was “trapped like a rat” before he was shot dead, defendant told officer

One of the three White men standing trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery said they had the 25-year-old Black man “trapped like a rat” before he was fatally shot, a police investigator testified Wednesday. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and chased Arbery in a pickup …

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Metaverse: Wall Street not sold on Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the future

Wall Street isn’t exactly hopping aboard Facebook’s plan to explore the metaverse. Shares in the social networking company fell to a five-month low on Thursday — the same day CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined its new direction at the company’s annual developer conference.  Although Facebook’s strategic shift could eventually pay dividends, …

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Transcript: Rep. John Curtis on “Face the Nation,” October 31, 2021

The following is a transcript of an interview with Congressman John Curtis that aired Sunday, October 31 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Congressman John Curtis of Utah, a Republican who is scheduled to travel this week to Glasgow to attend that climate summit. Congressman, …

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Two law enforcement officers indicted in death of Jamarion Robinson, who was shot 76 times during 2016 Atlanta

East Point, Georgia — A grand jury on Tuesday returned an eight-count indictment against two law enforcement officers in connection with the 2016 killing of a man shot 76 times during an attempted fugitive arrest in the Atlanta area. Eric Heinze, an assistant chief inspector with the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast …

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2020 saw highest number of reported hate crimes in two decades, updated FBI data shows

The number of hate crimes reported in 2020 was the highest recorded in two decades, according to updated FBI data released Monday. The FBI revealed its amended hate crime statistics for fiscal year 2020 following a technical submission error that had excluded some data from Ohio in the agency’s original release …

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Chief electrician recalls details in Alec Baldwin shooting: “I was holding her in my arms while she was dying”

The chief electrician on the set of “Rust” wrote an emotional Facebook post post on Sunday in which he blamed producers after Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Serge Svetnoy said that he was standing next to Hutchins on the set when the gun was fired. “I …

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Buttigieg’s paternity leave: America’s troubled relationship with paid time off for dads

As U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s paternity leave comes under fire — with some going so far as to question his work ethic — experts say paid leave for fathers is more necessary than ever. Yet while polls show that most Americans support paid parental leave for men, cultural biases continue to …

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