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<p>A transgender protester was arrested for washing her hands in a woman's bathroom in the Florida Capitol building</p>

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<p>Ashley St. Clair has been spotted selling her Tesla in wake of dire financial situation, so she claims. However, Elon Musk insists he’s handed her millions of dollars</p>

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<p>Former Biden Covid Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha says that America is on track to have the ‘worst measles outbreak of this century.’ Cases are continuing to spread in West Texas and nearly two dozen other communities</p>

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<p>Officials in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania, have painted wavy road lines in an effort to slow speeding drivers </p>

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<p>Footage of suspects in Sauce Walka shooting fleeing the scene </p>

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<p>Alice Bunch Idlett, 75, was charged with the murder of her son 55 years after she claimed he died falling out of a crib</p>

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Mom who claimed for 55 years that her son died falling out of a crib is now charged with his murder

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Sean Lennon becomes latest to hit out at Snow White star Rachel Zegler

<p>John OIiver is being sued by a health insurance exec who believes he was misquoted on TV</p>

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<p>Michael Bublé declared that Canada is 'not for sale' amid Donald Trump's threats to annex it as the 51st state </p>

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Paris Metro bans exhibition poster of David Hockney holding cigarette

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