A group of militant right wing extremists who were plotting to harm Governor Gretchen Whitmer have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the federal government announced today.
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Radar mosaic shows Hurricane Irma pummeling Florida
This National Weather Service radar mosaic shows Hurricane Irma’s movement through Florida and into Georgia. Irma first made landfall in the Keys before moving up Florida’s west coast. The storm is now a Category 1 hurricane, but still very dangerous. (NOAA/NWS animation)
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WATCH: Patty Murray joins Bernie Sanders to unveil $15/hour minimum wage legislation
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Highlights from court ruling halting Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0
Courtesy of the New York Times: “Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Derrick K. Watson of United States District Court in Honolulu, who issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s revised travel ban from going into effect nationwide.”
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President Obama delivers a statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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Projection: Ted Cruz wins Iowa Republican caucuses
News networks are projecting that Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses. Cruz is trailed by Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.
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Martin O’Malley will suspend his campaign tonight, news reports suggest
Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley plans to drop out of the Democratic presidential race after faring poorly in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, multiple mass media
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An NDP victory changes everything Canadians think about Alberta
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Large earthquake strikes near Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
A large earthquake has just shaken eastern Papua New Guinea and nearby islands, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. The magnitude 7.5 quake – which
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A man in Strasbourg shows solidarity with the staff of Charlie Hebdo, who were targeted by Islamic terrorists in a brutal attack earlier today. “Je suis” is French for “I am”. (Photo: Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons)
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Demonstrators are pictured in Seattle protesting a Missouri grand jury’s failure to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown (Photo: Tiffany Von Arnim/Reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
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Flight MH370: Chinese and Australian ships draw blank Objects retrieved from the southern Indian Ocean may not be from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, the
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Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response Eighteen firefighters from California left for the Pacific Northwest last night to help respond
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