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Month: November 2023

Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans’ yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease. Fauci will sit for transcribed interviews in early January and a public

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Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1B class-action lawsuit for promoting for Binance NFTs

NEW YORK (AP) — Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with a billion dollar class-action lawsuit over his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related “non-fungible tokens,” or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida Monday, accuses Ronaldo’s promotions of Binance of being

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OPSO deputy recruit fired in connection with assault against detainee and smuggling contraband

By Metia Carroll Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Department terminated and arrested a deputy recruit for smuggling contraband into the Orleans Justice Center and his role in the assault of an OJC detainee. Robert Simon, 55, was arrested after OPSO’s Internal Affairs Criminal Division conducted

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Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine rip through buildings, kill 2 and bury families in rubble

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region during the night. The strikes killed at least two people and buried families under rubble. The officials say the Kremlin’s forces continue to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons. Ukraine’s

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The Iowa Lottery posted the wrong Powerball numbers this week – and players who cashed in got to keep their winnings

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — This week, the Iowa Lottery made payouts to its lucky Powerball winners – along with some lucky losers – thanks to a reporting error that led to incorrect winning numbers being posted on the state’s website. The lottery mistakenly posted incorrect winning numbers for Monday’s Powerball game online. During

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Scott Perry’s texts reveal details about efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — As Rep. Scott Perry was making clear he wanted to contest Donald Trump’s loss of the presidency in the 2020 election, his conversations with a Justice Department official took him inside the then-president’s management of the agency. Perry’s text messages, revealed for the first time in court filings on Wednesday, included several

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Police identify 5-year-old boy; KCPD continues suspicious death investigation

By Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Kansas City Police have identified the 5-year-old boy whose death is being investigated as suspicious. Police said 5-year-old Grayson O’Connor died Monday. After going through security cameras in the area around 1000 Grand Boulevard and the Grand Boulevard Lofts, investigators

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