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Biden approves release of 50 million barrels of oil amid rising gas prices

President Biden announced Tuesday that his administration was releasing  50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help combat rising gas prices — hours before millions of Americans are expected to hit the road for Thanksgiving. “American consumers are feeling the impact of elevated gas prices at the pump and in their home heating bills, …

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Attorneys Make Final Case To Jurors In Ahmaud Arbery’s Death

The attorneys made a final push Monday to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely “because he was a Black man running down the street” and defense attorneys repeatedly blaming Arbery for his own death. In their closing arguments, a defense attorney …

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Bezos Makes $100 Million Gift To Obama Foundation And NYU Medical Center

Former President Barack Obama’s foundation announced Monday that it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date. Separately on Monday, NYU Langone Health, a medical center affiliated with New York University, said it has received a $166 million gift …

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Michael Cohen Ends Prison Term After Trump-related Crimes

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, who was former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer until his 2018 arrest, said Monday that his three-year prison sentence — mostly spent in home confinement — was over as he took another swipe at his former boss and vowed to continue cooperating with law enforcement probes. A smiling …

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VIDEO: Rittenhouse Tells Fox News ‘Not A Racist Person,’ Backs BLM

“I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement, I support peacefully demonstrating,” Rittenhouse tells Carlson in excerpts of the interview released by Fox News ahead of its airing. NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted on charges stemming from killing two men and wounding another during the unrest that followed the …

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