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Capsized Boat Found Near Florida; 39 People Missing

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en ro...

US Warns That Chip Shortage Could Shut Down Factories

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. supply of computer chips has fallen to alarmingly low levels, raising the prospect of factory shutdowns, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Com...

Buffett’s Berkshire Plans In-Person Shareholders Meeting

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's company plans to hold its annual shareholders meeting that used to routinely attract more than 40,000 people in person this spring for the first...

DeSantis Blasts FDA For Halting Drugs Ineffective On Omicron

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Tuesday to fight a decision from federal health regulators to block two coronavirus antibody treatments after the drugs wer...

Judge Leaves New York Indoor Mask Mandate In Place, For Now

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A New York appeals judge left the state’s indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration appeals a lower court’s decision to overturn it. Judge Ro...

Walmart Invests In Indoor Vertical Farming Startup Plenty

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NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming a...

RFK Jr. Apologizes After Condemnation For Anne Frank Comment

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Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., apologized Tuesday for suggesting things are worse for people today than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who died in a Nazi con...

NY Schools Told To Keep Masks After Judge Overturns Mandate

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New York state education officials told school administrators to continue enforcing the state's mask mandate for students and teachers Tuesday despite a judge's ruling overturning ...

Second NYPD Police Officer Ambushed in Harlem Dies From Injuries

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that killed his partner has also died of his injuries, police said Tuesday. Officer...

Ex-NSO Chairman Says Departure Unrelated To Company Turmoil

JERUSALEM (AP) — The former chairman of the NSO Group on Tuesday confirmed that he has left the Israeli spyware company but said his departure was planned months ago and was unconn...

US Combat Jet Crashes In South China Sea Exercise, 7 Hurt

BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea crashed while trying to land on the deck of an American aircraft carrier, injuri...

Pfizer Opens Study Of COVID Shots Updated To Match Omicron

Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech ann...

Ukraine Urges Calm, Saying Russian Invasion Not Imminent

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's leaders sought to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighboring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real a...

Twitter Deletes List of Iranian Terror Groups Posted By Jewish Activist

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GENEVA (VINnews) — Twitter has deleted a tweet by a well-known pro-Israel Jewish activist, listing the names of terrorist organization which are sponsored by Iran. The reason gi...

Probe Reveals Over 500K Registered Voters In Wisconsin 2020 Election Had Application Date of 1/1/1918

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — New data revealed by the Wisconsin Assembly revealed shocking evidence of voter fraud and irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, according to a repo...

Chief: 3 Baltimore Firefighters Killed In Vacant Home Blaze

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Three Baltimore firefighters were killed and a fourth was injured when part of a vacant home collapsed while they were battling a blaze early Monday, the city's fi...

Biden Answers Inflation Query By Calling Fox Reporter SOB

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden responded to a question about inflation on Monday by calling a Fox News reporter a vulgarity. The president was in the East Room of the Whi...

Feds Launch Website For Claiming Part 2 Of Child Tax Credit

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government launched a revamped website Monday — the first day of tax filing season — to help people who were eligible for the expanded tax credit unde...

New NYC Mayor, An Ex-Cop, Unveils Plan To Stem Gun Violence

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NEW YORK (AP) — After an unnerving rash of violence in his first three weeks in office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city would step up efforts to seize illegal gun...

Holocaust Museum Criticizes RFK Jr. For Anne Frank Comment

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Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was “reckless” and “outrageous” when he suggested things are worse for people today than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who die...