Florida's Turnpike reopens in Martin County following brush fire
Florida's Turnpike has fully reopened in Martin County on Friday afternoon following a brush fire in the area.
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18-year-old man from Ohio with assault rifle and wearing gas mask taken into custody
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A68 iceberg that was once world’s largest melts away
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Biden news: President plays golf for first time in office as woman charged with threatening VP Harris
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Jeffree Star and friend Daniel Lucas involved in ‘severe’ car accident
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John Kerry apologises for Donald Trump’s ‘renegade’ stance on climate crisis
“We are very sorry for the last four years,” US climate envoy John Kerry said
- Business Insider
Biden promised a foreign policy centered on human rights, but is continuing Trump-era policies and practices
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- The Independent
Peloton owners with children and pets told to stop using $4,000 treadmills after child dies
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- The Telegraph
SNP accused of trying to ‘deceive’ Scots into independence with manifesto giveaways
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of trying to con Scots into backing a new independence referendum with a series of unaffordable election giveaways. ” ’ The Scottish Tories claimed that the Scottish budget would need to at least double if all of the policies and aspirations included in the SNP manifesto were to be implemented. The spending splurge promised by Ms Sturgeon includes free bikes for poorer children, an end to NHS dentistry charges, free bus travel for young people and a laptop or tablet for every school pupil. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has raised a series of doubts about the affordability of the party’s manifesto commitments, warning that “tricky trade-offs” would be required. The impartial analysis by the thinktank found that Nicola Sturgeon’s array of spending promises would have a "significant net cost”, and said it was “disappointing” that the manifesto does not provide information about what the “significant pledges” would cost. Separate costings by the Scottish Conservatives found that the SNP’s spending plans totalled £95 billion in a single year, although that figure includes policies that the nationalists have accepted could not be delivered with Holyrood's existing powers.
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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The search for survivors continues.
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Syria to hold presidential election, slammed by opposition, on May 26
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Biden backtracks on keeping Trump cap on refugees
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- Associated Press
Stars use 4-goal second period to dominate Blue Jackets, 5-1
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Judge blocks arrest of journalists covering Minnesota protests amid reports journalists rounded up
Federal judge notes journalists were struck by projectiles, pepper-sprayed, and grabbed
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Marjorie Taylor Greene launches ‘America First’ platform to promote ‘Anglo-Saxon traditions’
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- Associated Press
Panthers beat Lightning 5-3 to move into 2nd in Central
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- The Independent
From Asian hate crime to a minimum wage: 25 things Ted Cruz has voted against this year
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- Lexington Herald-Leader
Why won’t NCAA change the two rules that are making college basketball unwatchable?
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