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Snout Of Line: Trackers On Wild Pigs Show That Weather May Help Predict Their Movements
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'They Need to Call You': Fans Say Cyn Santana May Have a Future In Voiceover Acting After She Kills This New TikTok Challenge
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City of Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions and partners work to bring neighbors in from the cold - Dallas Examiner
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Congo-Kinshasa: Designation of Targets Linked to Corruption By Dan Gertler in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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A Known White Supremacist Announces Intent To Run For Local Office In Georgia
Despite claiming to disavow racism, Doles was identified as the leader of the America Patriots USA, a white nationalist group based in Dahlonega, Ga. The Southern Poverty Law Center has recognized the group as one of approximately two dozen hate groups operating within the state.
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Will a $1.67 Billion Federal Perk for Local Media Help the Black Press?
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Virginia Giuffre's lawyers demand proof that Prince Andrew can't sweat
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OPEC and its allies agree to keep pumping more oil | Haiti Gazette
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Ethiopia: report finds authorities 'detain and abuse Tigrayans' | Africanews
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Western Cape cops probe culpable homicide case after deadly New Year's Day taxi crash kills 8 | News24
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Jets Encouraged In Loss to Bills - The New York Beacon
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Tributes to Sir Sidney Poitier | New York Carib News
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Ilhan Omar Is the Bravest Person in Congress
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