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The Biden administration has released a tranche of secret documents that some historians -- and conspiracy theorists -- hope might shed light on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Longtime JFK researchers say the release likely does not include a smoking gun that would substantively change the public understanding of the circumstances surrounding Kennedy's death -- nor, historians argue, does one likely exist elsewhere.

cnn.com/2021/12/15/politics/bi

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Mitch McConnell is facing a frontal assault from emboldened pro-Trump Republicans eager to unseat him as the Senate’s GOP leader.

Why it matters: The Kentuckian has long been viewed as the most powerful Republican in Congress, a figure many in the party have feared turning into an enemy. His endurance has allowed him to reshape the Supreme Court and dictate much of the national political agenda for over a decade.

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Companies are rushing to build for a metaverse — even as consumers are still trying to understand the concept.

Driving the news: Nike just acquired RTFKT, a developer of digital goods, including virtual sneakers and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Meanwhile, Applebee’s is launching a new NFT every Monday this month, following White Castle’s move into crypto.
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Mark Meadows indicated in a Jan. 5 email that the National Guard was on standby to “protect pro Trump people,” according to documents obtained by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot, which the panel described in a public filing Sunday night.

The context for the message is unclear, but it comes amid intense scrutiny of the Guard’s slow response to violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6

politico.com/news/2021/12/12/m

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cnn.com/2021/12/08/weather/ear

(CNN)One of North America's most active fault lines sprung to life on Tuesday after a swarm of more than 40 earthquakes -- ranging from a magnitude 3.5 to 5.8 -- rattled off the coast of Oregon, catching the attention and concern of millions in the region.

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Steve Bannon's criminal trial on contempt of Congress charges for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will begin on July 18, a federal judge ordered on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said during a pretrial hearing that while he was not convinced by federal prosecutors' efforts to accelerate the schedule, he did not believe that a trial should wait for nearly a year, as Bannon's defense team had argued.
thehill.com/regulation/court-b

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in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

PARIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - One of the suspected killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested at the Roissy airport near Paris on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Riyadh, French RTL radio reported.

RTL said the person arrested was a former Royal Guard of Saudi Arabia who is believed to have been involved in the killing of Kashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

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CNN)A 65-year-old man has publicly identified himself as the person law enforcement says helped the fugitive parents of the alleged Michigan school shooter into the building where they were later arrested.

cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/michigan

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Houston police say cash and checks found by plumber in wall of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church ARE connected to 2014 heist when $600,000 went missing

The Houston PD posted a statement regarding the investigation, launched after a plumber who worked at the church called into a Houston radio show Thursday
The revelation comes seven years after about $600,000 in donations was stolen and hasn't been recovered

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White Supremacists Stage Bizarro Rally in Downtown D.C., Find Themselves Stranded

Members of the group had waited in a one-way roundabout to depart in one of the U-Hauls they had used to transport themselves for the rally. But the large rented moving van could not fit them all, so many of them were forced to wait in 45-degree darkness as the bulky orange vehicle made multiple trips over the course of nearly three hours.

thedailybeast.com/patriot-fron

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CNN fires Chris Cuomo effective immediately after AG's documents revealed he wrote brother Andrew's sex pest rebuttals: Network says more information has come to light during its own review

thats more info on what he did.

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Honolulu's water utility said Friday it shut down one of its wells amid concerns over fuel contamination in the Navy's tap water supply, according to the Board of Water Supply.

Why it matters: The fuel contamination concerns threaten one of Honolulu’s most important water sources and a key military base, where submarines, ships and the commander of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region are located, AP reports.

axios.com/honolulu-water-utili

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he parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect have been charged with four counts of homicide involuntary manslaughter. The Oakland County prosecutor is speaking now about the case.
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Baldwin

"Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but it's not me," Baldwin said in an ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired Thursday night, the first time the actor has spoken in depth on screen about the Oct. 21 shooting on the set of the Western Rust.
cbc.ca/news/entertainment/alec shooting-1.6269837

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Farm Animals Died by the Hundreds of Thousands in Canada Floods
Hundreds of thousands of livestock have perished in floodwaters in Canada’s westernmost province, the British Columbia government said Thursday.
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Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former 2018 candidate for Georgia governor, is running for the position again in 2022. Abrams would be the first Black female governor in the country.

Why it matters: Abrams caught national attention in 2018 by narrowly losing an election to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a state held firmly by the GOP for nearly two decades.
axios.com/stacey-abrams-georgi

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The two largest countries in the world seem intent on effectively banning their citizens from participating in crypto, which poses a serious threat to the crypto agenda.

axios.com/cryptocurrency-china

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Why Does Coffee Make Me Poop?

It’s not clear why coffee can stimulate a bowel movement, but the speed of this effect suggests it’s mediated by the brain.to poop.

nytimes.com/2021/11/30/well/ea

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A breakthrough genetic discovery from researchers at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario is unlocking new clues about why some individuals experience early onset of neurodegenerative diseases.

neurosciencenews.com/genetics-

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Electric cars could help to power millions of households in the coming years, simply by harnessing their battery power. The electricity in the vehicle’s battery could be plugged back into the grid, instead of being stored.

The technique was pioneered in Japan and our research will help us understand how best to use it in the UK.

inverse.com/innovation/electri

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