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Arkansas Governor Wants To Reverse A Law That Forbids Schools To Require Masks

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the bill in April banning state and local mask mandates, but now he says cases are up and children under 12 are vulnerable because they can’t get vaccinated. (Image credit: Andrew DeMillo/AP)

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Passenger Arrives Taped to a Seat and Is Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants

Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.

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May the Family Secrets Always Be at Your Back

In “We Are the Brennans,” Tracey Lange tells a yarn about an Irish American clan with a lot to hide.

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After Uproar, Matt Damon Tries to Clarify Comments on Anti-Gay Slur

The actor was recently quoted as saying that he had decided to “retire” the word his daughter calls the “f-slur” after she objected to a joke he made.

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Obama Significantly Scales Back 60th Birthday Party as Virus Cases Rebound

Hundreds of former Obama administration officials, celebrities and Democratic donors had been planning to attend the huge bash on Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday.

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Florida hospital CEOs tell DeSantis what they are seeing during latest COVID-19 spike – WJXT News4JAX

Florida hospital CEOs tell DeSantis what they are seeing during latest COVID-19 spike  WJXT News4JAX DeSantis to Biden: ‘I don’t want to hear blip about COVID from you’ until you do your job and secure border  Fox News Fried calls for state

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Crew of tanker off UAE coast said to thwart Iran hijacking by sabotaging engines

Five or six gunmen seeking to divert Panama-flagged asphalt tanker to Islamic Republic manage to flee after US and Omani warships arrive at scene; none of crew on board injured

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How Cuomo’s office sought help from prominent liberal advocates as it pushed to discredit an accuser – The Washington Post

How Cuomo’s office sought help from prominent liberal advocates as it pushed to discredit an accuser  The Washington Post Time’s Up co-founders helped Gov. Cuomo in drafting letter attacking accuser Lindsey Boylan: AG report  Fox News Andrew Cuomo accuser speaks out in

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Oh, Facebook changed its privacy settings again

Ever considerate of its users, Facebook has determined that its privacy settings needed a bit of a shuffle to keep things clear and easy to find. To that end they’ve taken the “privacy settings” settings and scattered them mischievously among

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This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places

The founder of a disaster database maintained at a Belgian University says, “It is not only a poor country problem, it’s now very obviously a rich country problem.”

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