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Jessika Harkay / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Residents evacuated as SWAT surrounds Colleyville TX synagogue — Authorities northeast of Fort Worth are negotiating with a man who has apparently taken people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue during services. It is unclear if anyone is injured and how the man may be armed.
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ABC News:
Armed man takes hostages at Texas synagogue, source says — Police evacuated the immediate area. — A hostage situation is underway at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area Saturday, a source on the scene told ABC News. — An armed suspect claiming to have bombs in unknown locations took …
Washington Post:
Hostages freed from Texas synagogue, governor says — BREAKING: “All hostages are out alive and safe,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tweeted about 9:30 p.m. local time, after a loud boom and what sounded like gunshots erupted from the area near the synagogue where police had been in a standoff with a hostage-taker for much of Saturday.
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NBC News:
Police negotiate with hostage taker at synagogue in Dallas-Fort Worth, 1 hostage released — Man holds rabbi, potentially others hostage in synagogue, wants release of Aafia Siddiqui — Authorities in Texas were negotiating with a man holding hostages, including a rabbi and possibly other people …
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Telegraph:
Texas synagogue: Man with English accent holding congregation hostage — A man with an English accent claiming to be the brother of a known terrorist was on Saturday night holding a rabbi and his congregation hostage at an American synagogue. — Police in Colleyville, Texas …
CNN:
FBI assisting in hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas
FBI assisting in hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Breaking: All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff, suspect reportedly dead
Breaking: All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff, suspect reportedly dead
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Live Updates: Man Takes Rabbi, Others Hostage at Dallas-Fort Worth Area Synagogue
Live Updates: Man Takes Rabbi, Others Hostage at Dallas-Fort Worth Area Synagogue
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Texas officials react to news of hostage situation in Colleyville synagogue
Texas officials react to news of hostage situation in Colleyville synagogue
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
More Mojo, Joe! — WASHINGTON — Poor Joe. — Oh, the tribulations of Job Biden! Kyrsten Sinema humiliated him. Mitch McConnell disrespected him. The Supreme Court blocked him. Vladimir Putin scorned him. Inflation defied him. Covid stalked him. Even Stacey Abrams stiffed him.
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Manchin, Sinema turn on Biden, join others holding him responsible for COVID test shortages
Manchin, Sinema turn on Biden, join others holding him responsible for COVID test shortages
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Daily Mail, New York Post and Associated Press
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Biden backers ‘not seeing the results’ a year into his term
Biden backers ‘not seeing the results’ a year into his term
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Census Memo Cites ‘Unprecedented’ Meddling by Trump Administration — Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count. — WASHINGTON — A newly disclosed memorandum citing …
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HillReporter.com, Raw Story and Brennan Center for Justice
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Trump officials interfered with the 2020 census beyond cutting it short, email shows — Former President Donald Trump's administration alarmed career civil servants at the Census Bureau by not only ending the 2020 national head count early, but also pressuring them to alter plans …
David Jesse / Detroit Free Press:
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel fired by board after investigation — The University of Michigan Board of Regents has unanimously fired school President Mark Schlissel for cause following an investigation into a relationship with a subordinate, the board announced Saturday evening.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump Rally Underscores G.O.P. Tension Over How to Win in 2022 — Donald Trump's rally in Arizona on Saturday will feature a host of election deniers. His involvement in state races and his inability to let go of his 2020 loss worries many Republicans. — PHOENIX — Former President …
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Youngkin pick for medical adviser bucks trends on covid — Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has named a respected physician who opposes blanket vaccine mandates and downplayed the threat of the coronavirus to children as his lead adviser on pandemic response. — The choice of Marty Makary …
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Washington Post:
The Justice Dept. alleged Jan. 6 was a seditious conspiracy. Now will it investigate Trump? — The Justice Department's decision to charge Oath Keepers with seditious conspiracy last week makes clear that prosecutors consider the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol part of an organized assault …
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Laurence H. Tribe / NBC News:
Stewart Rhodes' Oath Keepers indictment puts January 6 plotters on notice
Stewart Rhodes' Oath Keepers indictment puts January 6 plotters on notice
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Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Miyares fires 30 in AG's office, including lawyer investigating dangerous conditions at Richmond apartments — Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares notified about 30 staff members in the office — 17 of them attorneys — that they won't have jobs in his administration, including the lawyer …
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13newsnow.com, Los Angeles Blade, The Daily Caller, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Kate Dwyer / New York Times:
A Library the Internet Can't Get Enough Of — Why does this image keep resurfacing on social media? — On the first Tuesday of the year, the author and political activist Don Winslow tweeted a photograph of an avid reader's dream library. Bathed in the buttery glow of three table lamps …
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Tesla Asked Law Firm to Fire Associate Hired From SEC — The Tesla boss has taken aim at individuals personally that he has clashed with — A partner at law firm Cooley LLP got an unexpected call late last year from a lawyer for one of the firm's most famous clients, Elon Musk's Tesla Inc., with an ultimatum.
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Chelsea Gohd / Space.com:
Explosive underwater volcano eruption in Tonga spotted from space in satellite images — The ongoing eruption is about seven times more powerful than this volcano's last outburst. — Satellites orbiting Earth captured a powerful undersea volcanic eruption from space on Thursday (Jan. 13).
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Toronto Star:
The Saturday Debate: Will sanctions against Vladimir Putin work? — Marcus Kolga, Bill Browder and Julian Spencer-Churchill discuss in this week's Saturday Debate. — Bill Browder — Julian Spencer-Churchill … YES — Macdonald-Laurier Institute and Hermitage Capital Management
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
An Aging Vladimir Putin Hopes War Can Make a Sagging Empire Rise Again
An Aging Vladimir Putin Hopes War Can Make a Sagging Empire Rise Again
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John Shiffman / Reuters:
DirecTV loss could cripple rightwing One America News — The largest satellite provider in the United States said late Friday it will drop One America News, a move that could financially cripple the rightwing TV network known for fueling conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
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Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
The Selfishness of Novak Djokovic — After a dramatic weeklong fight with the world's top men's tennis player, Australia's immigration authorities wisely decided to revoke Novak Djokovic's visa a second time because he flouted the country's COVID-19 policies.
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Conor Skelding / New York Post:
Dr. Anthony Fauci's financial disclosure shows $10.4M in investments — If this medicine thing doesn't work out, Dr. Anthony Fauci can always get a job on Wall Street. — The president's chief medical advisor and his wife had $10.4 million in investments at the end of 2020, newly-released records show.
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