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Dramatic video captures floodwaters bursting through glass doors of college students’ home
Dramatic video shows several feet of floodwater building up outside the glass doors before one panel suddenly gives way and sends water rushing into the student home.
Republican Ledger staff · 9:44 PM ET
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Stray bullet from nearby lounge fight kills Frito-Lay worker inside Sam's Club
Nashville police say a Frito-Lay worker was killed by a stray bullet inside Sam's Club after an argument spilled outside Lavo Lounge on Antioch Pike.
Republican Ledger staff · 4:55 PM ET
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Amazon cargo plane overruns Miami airport runway and strikes 'multiple' vehicles; 5 dead, 5 injured
All runways and taxiways at Miami International Airport were closed after an Amazon cargo jet, a Boeing 767-300, overran the runway, officials said.
Republican Ledger staff · 3:26 PM ET
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Hikers stranded on Mount Shasta after relying on AI to plan trip, sheriff says
Three Roseville hikers used Google's Gemini AI to plan a Mount Shasta climb but ended up stranded overnight in a steep canyon, authorities said.
Republican Ledger staff · 1:34 PM ET
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Missouri foster mom accused of trading teen for monkey avoids prison
Brenda Deutsch received a suspended sentence after allegedly trading a foster teen for a monkey, as the judge called her actions reprehensible.
Republican Ledger staff · 12:32 PM ET
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Texas deputy screams and runs after 'dead' deer springs to feet in viral encounter
The viral video has racked up over 10 million views as an East Texas sheriff's deputy discovers a motionless doe is very much alive during a night shift, a sheriff said.
Republican Ledger staff · 11:31 AM ET
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Karmelo Anthony seeks $250K for murder appeal as questions persist over family’s previous $634K fundraiser
Karmelo Anthony's family launches a new $250,000 GiveSendGo appeal fund after a previous campaign raised nearly $634,000 and sparked spending questions.
Republican Ledger staff · 6:00 AM ET
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A Bull Moose Amid the Bison
Medora, North Dakota, is positively cuckoo for Theodore Roosevelt. Want to slumber like the 26th president? Stay at the Rough Riders Hotel on Third Avenue. Craving the hearty breakfast of the founder of the Bull Moose Party? Brunch at TR's
Republican Ledger staff · 5:02 AM ET
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Punctuation Matters
An indifferent grade-school student, a bored high-school one, my least favorite subject was English grammar, with punctuation a close second. Best I was able in those papers I wrote for school I steered clear of punctuation; the only punctu
Republican Ledger staff · 5:01 AM ET
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Pros and Cons
Colson Whitehead's latest novel is proof that good things come in threes. The acclaimed writer may not have followed up his two Pulitzer Prize-winning books The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys with another weighty offering of fact-
Republican Ledger staff · 5:00 AM ET
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REVIEW: ‘Pretty in Pink’
Pretty in Pink is a fairy tale set in a suburban Chicago high school in the weeks before senior prom. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) grows up on the wrong side of the tracks and doesn't have a stitch to wear. Her date lets her down at first,
Republican Ledger staff · 4:59 AM ET
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California pizza joint allegedly used as meth distribution hub as illegal immigrant charged
Kawal Preet Singh allegedly used a Round Table Pizza in Dinuba to distribute over 40 pounds of methamphetamine as part of an organized crime network.
Republican Ledger staff · 11:14 PM ET
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Twenty-five years after 9/11: Commission reforms face a new test
Despite the ominous signs, “none of the measures adopted by the U.S. government disturbed or even delayed the progress of the al Qaeda plot” that culminated in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,977 Americans.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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Cost of living drives battleground Senate race in Ohio
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is challenging incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a race the Cook Political Report rates a toss-up.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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Civil War Strategies in the Strait of Hormuz
Wars rarely end the way that anyone imagined at the beginning. As dreams of brilliant lightning strikes fade, most conflicts settle into slow campaigns to grind down the enemy's will to fight. The exhilarating illusion of quick glory passes
Republican Ledger staff · 5:00 AM ET
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Columbia To Host Jew-Bashing Student Protester at Free Speech ‘Symposium’ After Damning New Report Claims He Backs Terror Groups, Said ‘I Like To Kill Jews’
Columbia University's prestigious Knight First Amendment Institute is slated to hold a symposium next week on the eve of 9/11 that will prominently feature "an interview with Mohsen Mahdawi," the Palestinian Columbia protest leader who was
Republican Ledger staff · 8:05 PM ET
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Mother of alleged sexual assault victim pleads for notice, opt-out before girls wrestle males
Supreme Court already requires public schools to honor parental rights before students exposed to LGBTQ "storybooks" or treated as opposite sex, lawyers for Kallie Keeler and mother tell appeals court, seeking emergency block.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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‘So vulnerable:’ Trump administration’s MAHA chiefs declare war on kids’ screen addiction
Parents are being given a toolkit to unplug their kids dubbed the 5 D’s: discuss, do, delay, divert and disconnect.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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Alert: Obama 'Team of Geniuses' Literally Knows Nothing
Back in the day, Barack Obama and his closest aides were often hailed—by fawning journalists and other Democrats—as the pinnacle of human intellect. They were a bona fide "team of geniuses" brimming with "talents" and "education," meritocra
Republican Ledger staff · 4:50 PM ET
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Portland-Area County Scraps Race-Based Homeless Policy Amid Legal Threats
Multnomah County, Ore., said this week that it would no longer use race or sexual orientation to determine who is eligible for housing support, citing pressure from the Trump administration and a class-action lawsuit. The post Portland-Area
Republican Ledger staff · 3:25 PM ET
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Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith says nonprofit probe is producing results with help of Treasury
Smith reports the House committee’s two-year investigation into the abuse of tax-exempt status by foreign-influenced and terrorist-linked organizations is yielding significant progress with Treasury Department cooperation.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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Texas county judge, family under investigation over voter fraud allegations
Unsealed affidavits allege campaign paid staff to assist hundreds of voters.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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Sheriffs say semiautomatic weapon bans endanger law-abiding citizens
Sheriffs' groups argue restrictions on ownership of semiautomatic rifles not only violate the Second Amendment, but also encourage criminal activity.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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Michigan group releases 2020 election report, urges further probes
Report by Michigan Fair Elections Institute examined the election’s administration and the developments over last six years.
Republican Ledger staff · 8:00 PM ET
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