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There is a manhunt for parents of the Michigan high school shooting suspect, but two attorneys say they are not fleeing — (CNN)Hours after a prosecutor announced involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the 15-year-old accused of killing four fellow students …
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Mike Martindale / Detroit News:
Oakland County fugitive team searching for parents of Oxford High suspect — Pontiac — The Oakland County Fugitive Apprehension Team is searching Friday for the parents of an Oxford High teenager charged in Tuesday's school shooting after the couple stopped responding to their attorney, according to authorities.
Detroit Free Press:
Parents of Oxford school shooting suspect charged with involuntary manslaughter — Gina Kaufman Elisha Anderson Emma SteinDetroit Free Press — As news broke Tuesday of a mass shooting at Oxford High School, the mother of the teen suspect sent her son a text message. — “Ethan, don't do it,” Jennifer Crumbley wrote.
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Detroit Free Press:
James and Jennifer Crumbley caught, arrested after vehicle is found in Detroit — Darcie Moran Tyler J. Davis Phoebe Wall Howard Elisha AndersonDetroit Free Press — James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the teen charged in the Oxford High School shooting, were located …
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Fox News:
School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley's parents returning after manhunt underway, lawyers say — A statewide ‘Be on the Lookout’ (BOLO) alert was issued for James and Jennifer Crumbley Friday — Manhunt underway for Michigan shooting suspect's parents — Attorneys for the parents …
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Facing Charges, Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Are Now Fugitives
Facing Charges, Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Are Now Fugitives
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Washington Post:
Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175,000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns — As tensions mount between Washington and Moscow over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence has found the Kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive as soon …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The media treats Biden as badly as — or worse than — Trump. Here's proof. — A sampling of headlines atop the influential Politico Playbook newsletter over the past month: — “Let the Democratic freakout begin.” — “Dems start to face the hard questions.” — “Does the WH owe Larry Summers an apology?”
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Governor Larry Hogan / The Office of Governor …:
Governor Hogan Announces First Three Confirmed Cases of Omicron Variant in Maryland — State Health Officials Continue to Urge Boosters, Strongly Recommend Testing If Symptomatic or Recently Returned From International Travel — ANNAPOLIS, MD— Governor Larry Hogan today announced …
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Washington Free Beacon:
The Omicron Factor the Media Won't Tell You About — To hear the media tell it, the emergence of the fast-spreading Omicron variant discovered in South Africa is a sign that “the continent was yet again bearing the brunt of panicked policies from Western countries” (New York Times).
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Time to Pull the Plug on Cable News — How did the cable news networks become our main stage? — Nary a day goes by without somebody saying something stupid somewhere on cable that ignites a national uproar that seizes the news cycle for days. On Wednesday, Tucker Carlson praised …
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Former Fox News Editor Chris Stirewalt Decries Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Series: ‘Beyond Reckless,’ ‘Infowars-ian Garbage’
Former Fox News Editor Chris Stirewalt Decries Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Series: ‘Beyond Reckless,’ ‘Infowars-ian Garbage’
David Gilbert / VICE:
Tucker Carlson Asked Hunter Biden to Help His Son Get Into College
Tucker Carlson Asked Hunter Biden to Help His Son Get Into College
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Washington Post:
A Kamala Harris staff exodus reignites questions about her leadership style — and her future ambitions — The rumors started circulating in July: Vice President Harris's staff was wilting in a dysfunctional and frustrated office, burned out just a few months after her historic swearing-in and pondering exit strategies.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
It's time to say it: The conservatives on the Supreme Court lied to us all — They lied. — Yes, I'm talking about the conservative justices on the Supreme Court, and the abortion rights those justices have now made clear they will eviscerate. — They weren't just evasive, or vague, or deceptive.
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Bill Adair / Air Mail:
Loving Lies — Stephen Glass, the most notorious fraud in journalism, decided he would live by one simple rule: Always tell the truth. Then he broke that rule — PORTRAITS BY SHARON SUH — I've never liked liars. I was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and got so frustrated …
New York Times:
Israeli Company's Spyware Is Used to Target U.S. Embassy Employees in Africa — The hack is the first known case of the spyware, known as Pegasus, being used against American officials. — WASHINGTON — The iPhones of 11 U.S. Embassy employees working in Uganda were hacked using spyware developed …
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New York Times:
Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law — Members of the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot are among those arguing for an overhaul of a more than century-old statute enacted to address disputed elections.
John Nichols / The Nation:
Ted Cruz Is the Disease — The senator is once again attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci and spreading misinformation. There's a serious side to what the Texan is doing. — When Sesame Street's Big Bird announced early in November that he had been vaccinated against Covid-19 …
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Washington Post:
Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says — The Minnesota man who contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus met up with about 35 friends at a New York City anime convention and about half …
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Balloon Juice
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Cuomo spy games: DeRosa used MTA official to secretly record sex harassment accuser — Andrew Cuomo's top aide pulled a downright dirty — and possibly illegal — trick to try and impugn one of the then-governor's sexual harassment accusers, The Post has learned.
CNN:
A blizzard warning is in effect for Hawaii as the lower 48 contends with a snow drought — (CNN)As of Friday morning, only two states in the US have blizzard warnings — and they are Alaska and Hawaii. Yes, you read that correctly. In fact, more snow has fallen in Hawaii this season than in Denver, Colorado.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Koch Industries buys GOP Senate candidate's company — A division of industrial giant Koch Industries has bought Senate hopeful Jim Lamon's company, likely providing a cash infusion for the Arizona Republican as he pours huge sums of his own money into the race.
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Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
Fascists Are Already Weaponizing Twitter's New ‘Private Media’ Rule — A new Twitter rule against sharing “personal media” without consent is predictably being gamed by the far right. — Alerts — Twitter's new rule against posting “private media,” such as photographs and videos …
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Marcus Lamb died of covid-19 after his network discouraged vaccines. But some Christian leaders don't want to talk about it. — When famed televangelist Marcus Lamb died this week at 64 after contracting covid-19, a who's who of conservative Christian leaders sent out regrets.
CNBC:
Influential Koch network rocked by an alleged affair scandal, donor departures and a discrimination lawsuit — The influential, libertarian-leaning Koch network has been rocked by an alleged affair scandal, departures of key donors and a workplace discrimination lawsuit.