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Jury finds all 3 men guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death — BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jurors have found all three men guilty of murder in the killing Ahmaud Arbery. — The decision was read to the court shortly after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. — Earlier Wednesday, Jurors asked to review video …
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Three Men Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery: Live Updates — The three men were found guilty of murder and other charges on Wednesday for the pursuit and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Follow live here. — Three men found guilty of murder in Arbery shooting.
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Fabiola Cineas / Vox:
The significance of the guilty verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery's murder — The three white men who shot the 25-year-old Black man dead won't walk free. — After deliberating for roughly 11 hours, a jury in Georgia has found three men — Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” …
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USA Today:
Jury finds 3 white men guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
Jury finds 3 white men guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
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Stephen Gutowski / The Dispatch:
The Similarity, and Stark Difference, Between the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery Shootings
The Similarity, and Stark Difference, Between the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery Shootings
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Weekly jobless claims post stunning decline to 199,000, the lowest level since 1969 — The ranks of those submitting jobless claims tumbled to their lowest level in more than 52 years last week, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. — New filings totaled 199,000, a number not seen since Nov. 15 …
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Weekly jobless claims plunge to 199,000, the lowest level in more than 50 years — Claims fell more than 71,000 from last week, marking the eighth straight week of declines — The number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims fell to 199,000 — the lowest level since November 1969 — the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jobless Claims Drop Sharply
U.S. Jobless Claims Drop Sharply
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Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Recovery Accelerates on Spending, Labor Market Growth
U.S. Recovery Accelerates on Spending, Labor Market Growth
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
On ‘Hannity,’ Trump reveals the truth about right-wing lionization of Rittenhouse — Donald Trump ventured into the safe confines of Sean Hannity's show on Tuesday night, where he disclosed that Kyle Rittenhouse had visited him at Mar-a-Lago. “Really a nice young man,” the former president declared.
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Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Kyle Rittenhouse met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago after acquittal
Kyle Rittenhouse met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago after acquittal
Brian Rokus / CNN:
Trump says Rittenhouse visited him at Mar-a-Lago
Trump says Rittenhouse visited him at Mar-a-Lago
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Organizers Used Anonymous ‘Burner Phones’ to Communicate with White House and Trump Family, Sources Say — A key planner of the Jan. 6 rally near the White House insisted the burner phones be purchased with cash, a source says — Some of the organizers who planned the rally …
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Choire Sicha / New York Magazine:
Here's the Best Strike for Most People — In October 2016, Wirecutter, a scrappy website that uses journalism to help people make purchases, was five years old. On a Sunday that month, Brian Lam, the site's founder, told everyone to clear their Monday for an all-hands meeting.
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
‘Nothing about this is normal’: RNC payments to Trump attorneys irk GOP officials — (CNN)A pair of payments the Republican National Committee made to a law firm representing former President Donald Trump is raising questions among former and current GOP officials about the party's priorities …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Biden hits a new low in the NPR/Marist poll as inflation concerns rise — Americans' most pressing economic concern is inflation, and it's contributing to a decline in how they view President Biden, according to a new NPR/Marist poll. — Biden's approval is down to 42%, the lowest recorded in the survey since Biden took office.
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Darrell Brooks shared pro-Hitler memes, called for violence against white people — The ex-con charged over the deaths of six people at a Wisconsin Christmas parade shared social media posts calling for violence against white people — and suggesting “Hitler was right” for killing Jews.
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Aaron Maté / RealClearInvestigations:
Five Trump-Russia ‘Collusion’ Corrections We Need From the Media Now — Just for Starters — Five years after the Hillary Clinton campaign-funded collection of Trump-Russia conspiracy theories known as the Steele dossier was published by BuzzFeed, news outlets that amplified its false allegations …
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Rittenhouse Photo Reveals Where Trump Keeps Bizarre Rushmore Sculpture — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gave the strange homage to the then-president in 2020. — SIOUX FALLS—The “Mount Trumpmore” statue that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gave to then-President Donald Trump—grafting him onto the iconic monument—was not mothballed.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans Hit Biden on Coronavirus — Republicans have fought mask requirements and vaccine mandates for months, but as coronavirus infections again rise, they are blaming the president for failing to end the health crisis. — WASHINGTON — Over eight hours last Thursday night and into Friday morning …
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Aaron Rodgers Doesn't Just Have Any Toe Injury. He Has Covid Toe. — The Packers star quarterback is dealing with a painful toe injury that stems from the body's immune response to his recent case of Covid-19. — Since Aaron Rodgers returned to the field after testing positive for Covid-19 …
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Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Sweden's first female prime minister quits hours later — COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Hours after being tapped as Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned Wednesday after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government.
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
Deprogram your relatives this Thanksgiving — Some people (like my friend Tom Nichols) think that you should spend your Thanksgiving playing nice, pretending that your cousin doesn't follow QAnon and that your uncle doesn't believe the election was stolen and also that the Cyber Ninjas …
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David Charns / KLAS:
Woman yelling 'Let's go Brandon' wheeled off Las Vegas jet bridge, arrested over mask disturbance — LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas Metro police arrested a woman at McCarran International Airport over the weekend after a disturbance on a plane. — Katrina Alspaugh, of Las Vegas …
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The White House:
Update on Implementation of COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Federal Employees … In order to ensure the health and safety of the Federal workforce and the efficiency of the civil service, President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021, requiring COVID-19 vaccination for Federal employees.
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Wall Street Journal:
OPEC Weighs Shift in Oil Policy After Crude Release — Saudis, Russia consider pausing planned production increases after U.S., others release crude to push prices lower — Top oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia are considering a move to pause their recent efforts to provide the world with more crude …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC ignore NYT bombshell report on Hunter Biden's business deal with Chinese company — Hunter Biden struck the deal while his father was vice president — Hunter Biden will be a top priority for Republicans: Comer — It wasn't long ago that a New York Times bombshell …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court will hear dispute over GOP legislators' defense of North Carolina voter ID law — Justice Breyer: 'It's important not to have transparency' — (CNN)The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear a case brought by Republican legislators in North Carolina who are seeking …
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Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed News:
Why Cori Bush Won't Be Silent On Democrats' Failures: “You Should've Fixed It Before I Got There” … Reporting From — St. Louis, Missouri — Copy — ST. LOUIS, Missouri — Before she was in Congress, Cori Bush was a registered nurse. And because she was a nurse, in uniform …
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Trump's influence looms over McCarthy's race to be next House speaker — ‘Can almost see Bannon as ventriloquist’: Haberman on Meadows' comment — (CNN)Donald Trump and his allies are starting to dangle the threat of the speakership over House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's head …
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Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
Are the Courts Getting Ready to Crack Down on Reporters? — A ruling blocking The New York Times from covering a far-right activist group has ominous implications for the First Amendment. — In 1994, the CBS program 48 Hours prepared to air explosive video about unsanitary conditions …
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The Daily Beast:
Trumpist Election-Deniers Descend Into High School Drama — Lin Wood, Sebastian Gorka, Sidney Powell, and Michael Flynn are hurling accusations of money woes, betrayals, “fraud,” and ghosting. — In the aftermath of the contested 2020 vote, Trump's biggest election-fraud cheerleaders …
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Bloomberg:
Dimon Regrets Quip JPMorgan to Outlast China Communist Party — Says he was trying to emphasize strength, longevity of bank — JPMorgan has almost $20 billion of exposure in Chinese economy — JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said he regrets making a quip …
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YouTube:
President Biden Announces OMB Director and Deputy Director Nominees — to lead the Office of Management and Budget — Shalanda Young as Director and Nani Coloretti as Deputy Director.
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