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    News Fox News aside, blanket TV coverage set for Jan. 6 hearing

    Television viewers will find nearly blanket prime-time coverage of a Congressional hearing Thursday on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, with the exception of Fox News Channel. Fox News will cover the first in a series of House Select Committee public hearings as “news warrants,” it said in a release...
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    News Immersive dining experience hopes to inspire and educate visitors about protecting the ocean

    Every second breath we take comes from the ocean. On this World Ocean’s Day, people from all over the world are observing this special day of conservation and reverence. Here in South Florida, many have been flocking to a special, fully immersive entertainment experience open right now on...
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    News School shooter’s death penalty trial: Jury pool narrows for more individual interviews

    With the Parkland school shooter seating just a few feet away from him in a courtroom in Fort Lauderdale, a man told attorneys Wednesday that he doesn’t think he could be a fair juror. The man said he had worked as a carpenter at Broward County Public Schools. The job helped to increase...
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    News Dems confront criticism on crime after San Francisco defeat

    Democrats on Wednesday braced for renewed Republican attacks on their management of crime across the U.S. after residents in San Francisco voted overwhelmingly to recall the city's progressive district attorney, suggesting that even the party's most loyal supporters are frustrated with the way...
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    News Mass shooting survivors speak out at Capitol Hill

    Mass shooting survivors testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers heard chilling testimony from 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo, who played dead to stay alive during the mass shooting at her school in Uvalde, Texas. “He...
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    News Biden sidelines Venezuela's pro-democracy leader from summit

    A little more than two years ago, Juan Guaidó was showered with bipartisan applause when President Donald Trump during his state of the union speech praised the Venezuelan opposition leader as a “very brave man" who carries on his shoulders the democratic hopes of an entire nation. But in a...
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    News Reports: Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data

    Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaire’s agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, according to multiple news reports. Lawyers involved in the deal...
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    News House poised to pass gun bill after Buffalo, Uvalde attacks

    The House is moving quickly Wednesday to pass legislation in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds. The...
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    News Senate panel backs Michael Barr, Biden pick as Fed regulator

    The nomination of Michael Barr, President Joe Biden's choice to be the top regulator on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, was approved Wednesday by a congressional committee and sent to the full Senate. Barr, who served as a top Treasury Department official in the Obama administration...
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    News Trump set to undergo questioning in July in NY civil probe

    Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month in the New York attorney general's civil investigation into his business practices, unless their lawyers persuade the state's highest court to step in. A Manhattan judge...
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    News Brookings places retired general on leave amid FBI probe

    The prestigious Brookings Institution placed its president, retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen, on administrative leave Wednesday amid a federal investigation into Allen's foreign lobbying. Brookings’ announcement came a day after The Associated Press reported on new court filings that...
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    News Kroger grocery chain coming to South Florida

    South Floridians will soon have another grocery store to choose from when doing their weekly groceries. Kroger has announced delivery options for grocery and essential items in South Florida. Customers will have items delivered to their homes using refrigerated vans. The facility will open its...
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    News ‘Great resignation’ reaches White House with staff turnover

    New White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre was delivering her third on-camera goodbye to a departing staffer in less than 24 hours when she quipped to reporters, “I promise we will have a press shop.” She added: “Not everyone is leaving.” It’s a dynamic playing out across the White...
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    News Venezuelans big presence in caravan after visa requirement

    After walking for two days along rural highways in southern Mexico along with several thousand other migrants, Venezuelan Wilber Pires spent what was supposed to be a day of rest for the caravan asking for help to buy medicine for his daughter. Two-year-old Valesca Pires was hospitalized in...
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    News Cosby accuser challenged over timing of trauma, depression

    An attorney for Bill Cosby challenged an accuser of the actor and comedian Wednesday over her struggles with depression, suggesting they were clearly not spurred by Cosby sexually abusing her when she was 16 in 1975, as her lawsuit alleges. Judy Huth filed the lawsuit in 2014, saying that her...
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    News New York woman finds lost dachshund -- in Hilary Swank's lap

    Chelsea Blackwell's dachshund, Blue, disappeared Monday, and the distraught owner went in search. She drove for an hour before coming upon a line of squad cars and people with cameras near the Greyhound bus station in Albany, New York, and set aside her search to investigate. “I pulled over...
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    News 6 Haitian men in Florida for Special Olympics go missing

    Six men who came to central Florida as part of the Haitian delegation for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games have gone missing. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office posted Tuesday that no foul play is suspected and detectives are investigating it as an isolated event. The men, ranging in age...
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    News Masseuse accused of sexual battery at Miami home

    Officers arrested a man on Wednesday who was allegedly working as a masseuse through an app when a man accused him of sexual abuse last year. The 30-year-old victim told police he was a regular user of the Soothe app, which allows users to request the services of a massage therapist...
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    News Hawaii photographer finds fine art in massive Pacific waves

    Hawaii photographer Clark Little is known for his stunning images from inside the barrels of some of the most powerful and dangerous waves on Earth. The native of Oahu's North Shore has spent the last 15 years documenting shorebreak waves, the monster swells that roll in from the Pacific and...
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    News High court limits suing officials over rights violations

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited when people can sue federal officials for a violation of their rights, siding with the government in a case involving the owner of a notorious inn on the U.S.-Canada border. The justices said that the owner of the Smuggler's Inn, Robert Boule, can't sue a...
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