Gun control advocates say Anderson Lee Aldrich’s June 2021 threat is an example of a red flag law ignored, with potentially deadly consequences.
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Kelly Rowland tells booing crowd to ‘chill out’ after Chris Brown wins AMA
After presenting the award for male R&B artist at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the former member of Destiny’s Child accepted the prize on Brown’s behalf.
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Stocks end lower on Wall Street as tech weighs down Nasdaq
The market pullback adds to stock indexes’ losses from last week and followed news overnight from China, which announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year.
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Woman convicted of storming Pelosi’s office in Jan. 6 attack
Riley June Williams was found guilty of 6 federal counts, including civil disorder.
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Blythe Danner reveals she has oral cancer, which claimed life of husband Bruce Paltrow
Danner, mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, told People magazine that she has battled a rare oral cancer – adenoid cystic carcinoma – since March 2018.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter reinstates Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
One account Musk has said he won’t allow back on Twitter is that of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was banned in 2018 for abusive behavior.
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Republican Party’s lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting
In an at-times heated Senate Republican lunch at the Capitol last week, Maine Sen. Susan Collins questioned Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s management of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, to challenge McConnell for his leadership post.
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One person dead, 16 injured when SUV crashes into Apple store in Massachusetts
Police were investigating and didn’t immediately say whether the crash was believed to be accidental.
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Crews search for hiker in northern New Hampshire mountains
Winds at higher elevations on Sunday were at 30-40 mph, making the wind-chill factor in the range of 30 degrees below zero.
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Ukraine urges civilians to leave liberated areas for winter
The liberation of the area marked a major battlefield gain, while the evacuations now highlight the difficulties the country is facing following heavy Russian shelling of its power infrastructure as winter weather sets in.