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Month: December 2021

Fact check: Deceptive attack ad against GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory edits his quotes about Trump and rioters

By Daniel Dale A television attack ad from conservative Super PAC Club for Growth Action uses egregiously deceptive editing to build its case that Pat McCrory, a Republican candidate for a US Senate seat in North Carolina, is a “Trump-hater” and “liberal faker.” Facts First: The attack ad dishonestly sliced and diced remarks McCrory made

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The work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from candle factory in Kentucky that collapsed in a tornado has turned himself in, officials say

By Andy Rose, CNN A work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from a Kentucky candle factory that collapsed during deadly tornadoes Friday night has turned himself in to the Calloway County Jail, Kentucky State Police said on Facebook. The jail is about 25 miles from Mayfield, where Francisco Starks, 44, was treated

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The work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from candle factory in Kentucky that collapsed in a tornado has turned himself in, officials say

By Andy Rose, CNN A work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from a Kentucky candle factory that collapsed during deadly tornadoes Friday night has turned himself in to the Calloway County Jail, Kentucky State Police said on Facebook. The jail is about 25 miles from Mayfield, where Francisco Starks, 44, was treated

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G7 warns Russia of ‘massive’ consequences if Ukraine invaded

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The Group of Seven economic powers have told Russia  to “de-escalate” its military buildup near the Ukrainian border, warning that an invasion would have “massive consequences” and inflict severe economic pain on Moscow. Russia’s military escalation has dominated talks among Group of Seven foreign ministers in

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Scholz, Polish prime minister discuss migration, energy, EU

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stressed that Europe won’t tolerate attempts at undermining the territorial integrity of its nations and said that diplomatic tools like the Normandy Format should be used to de-escalate tensions after Russia massed troops near Ukraine’s border. Scholz was speaking Sunday alongside

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A family photo from a Kentucky home was found more than 150 miles away in Indiana after deadly tornadoes whipped up debris in the region

By Laura Studley, CNN A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently being whipped up into the debris of deadly tornadoes that tore through the region. “Walked out to my car in New Albany, Indiana and found this picture stuck to

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The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over

By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand for support, he carefully tucks his legs under piles of donated blankets. Metal rods tower above the people to prop up a giant zinc roof. Azhi, who has splints on his legs, is smiling and

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Bosnian ski resorts benefit from lax anti-virus measures

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — As most European nations impose new restrictions to curb the omicron variant, Bosnia is taking a relatively laissez-faire approach to soaring COVID-19 infections in the region. And that tactic is delighting the Balkan nation’s winter tourism industry. Last week, thousands of skiers happily slalomed their way

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Kate McKinnon returns to ‘SNL’ as Dr. Anthony Fauci with a holiday pandemic message

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Kate McKinnon returned to “Saturday Night Live” this week and opened the show portraying Dr. Anthony Fauci. The doctor gave the audience scenarios for how to handle the holidays and the pandemic. “I’m back!” McKinnon’s Fauci said during McKinnon’s first appearance of the season. “Do people still think I’m sexy

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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro refuses to provide documents subpoenaed in House Covid-19 probe

By Sonnet Swire, CNN Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena for documents related to the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus, saying the former president ordered him not to, according to a letter Navarro wrote to the subcommittee investigating. Navarro served as one of former President

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