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A long strange trip from early Christianity to the Grateful Dead’s Haight-Ashbury days
Religion News Service
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July 17, 2025
(RNS) — The moment I saw the title of Thomas Coogan’s new book, “Deadheads and Christians: You Will Know Them by Their Love,” I knew exactly what he was up to. Maybe it’s because I spent my career covering religion for daily newspapers in San...
J6 Political Prisoner Troy Smocks Asks AI to Analyze His Civil Lawsuit Against the United States – Finds He May Have Grounds for Relief
The Gateway Pundit
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July 17, 2025
Troy Smocks In 2022, The Gateway Pundit shared the story of J6 political prisoner Troy Smocks, a black man from Texas, while he was being held in the DC “Gitmo” with other defendants for the events that unfolded at the Capitol on January 6. He was...
TOM UTLEY: The old lie that private schools are stuffed with posh, rich kids may turn into reality when Labour's VAT raid drives away strivers like the Utleys
Daily Mail
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July 18, 2025
On the day 19 years ago when I accepted a job offer from the Daily Mail – which meant a hefty increase in my salary – I took the youngest of our four sons aside and told him that I could at last afford to remove him from our local state school and...
This viral Taiwanese tea shop opens one of their first U.S. locations in Beaverton
OregonLive.com
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July 17, 2025
Boba’s global popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. The milk tea beverage became popular in Taiwan in the 1980’s and has since made its way overseas. Taiwan-based chain HeChaLou is one of the Portland metro areas’ newest boba offerings....
Navy responds to congressional inquiry into sailor’s death
Military Times
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July 17, 2025
The U.S. Navy responded to a letter from congressional leaders that voiced serious concerns about the service’s handling of an investigation into a Naval Station Norfolk sailor’s disappearance and death. Members of Congress sent a letter July 10...
Steelers make star linebacker T.J. Watt the NFL's highest-paid non-QB
The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania
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PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers made star outside linebacker T.J. Watt the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player on Thursday, signing him to a pact that will keep the perennial All-Pro in black-and-gold well into his 30s. Watt, who was entering...
Facing threats, leading human rights group exits El Salvador
Lakeshore PBS - Indiana
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July 18, 2025
PANAMA CITY, Panama —El Salvador has lost one more human rights group. The country's most prominent human rights group, Cristosal, announced on Thursday that it's being forced to shut down its operations in the Central American country. The group...
SBA's Loeffler tours Sterling Heights machine shop, touts budget law
The Detroit News - Michigan
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Sterling Heights — The top official of the U.S. Small Business Administration touted tax cuts and investment incentives included in a new budget law during a visit to a Sterling Heights manufacturer Thursday, saying the measures will promote small...
22nd Century Group Stock Soars as FDA’s Nicotine Crackdown Sparks Opportunity
Raging Bull - New Hampshire
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July 17, 2025
Alright, folks, let’s talk about a stock that’s lighting up the market like a Fourth of July firework! As of this writing, 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XXII) is making waves, with its stock price surging a jaw-dropping 75.76% in after-hours...
Pillen Celebrates Nebraska’s Ban On Lab-Grown Meat At O’Neill Shop
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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O’NEILL, Neb. — Gov. Jim Pillen celebrated his victory over cultivated meat Thursday at a butcher shop in rural Nebraska. The governor ceremonially signed Legislative Bill 246 at Shamrock Locker in O’Neill for the city’s annual Summerfest...
Eleventh Circuit Upholds For-Cause Removal for Administrative Law Judges
Reason Magazine
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July 17, 2025
Yesterday, in Walmart v. Chief Administrative Law Judge, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected Walmart's challenge to constitutionality protecting Administrative Law Judges in executive branch agencies from removal without cause....
Capital punishments in U.S. hit 10-year high
MSNBC
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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. White House Press Secretary addresses bruising on Trump’s hand, swelling of legs 02:42 Pelosi reacts to Alcatraz reopening: 'The stupidest initiative put forth'...
Senator offers simple solution to U.S. citizens caught up in immigration raids
WorldNetDaily
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July 17, 2025
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. President Donald Trump’s agenda to secure America’s borders and deport illegal aliens, especially criminal illegal aliens, is off to a roaring start during his first few months in office. Officials report about...
County Democrats promote 'No Kings' and 'Good Trouble' outside S&T Bank HQ
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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As part of a busier-than-usual Thursday afternoon in downtown Indiana, the Indiana County Democratic Committee was continuing its “No Kings” effort while also taking part in one of more than 1,600 events across the country marking the fifth...
Third suspect in Winston-Salem New Year’s Day shooting found
WXII 12 - North Carolina
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July 18, 2025
BOND. WINSTON-SALEM POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A THIRD SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH A MURDER CASE FROM JANUARY. U-S MARSHALS PICKED UP CLARENCE GRAHAM THE THIRD THIS MORNING IN MCLEANSVILLE. POLICE SAY HE’S ONE OF THE THREE MEN WHO SHOT AND KILLED 54 YEAR...
LSU students detained by ICE released after judge’s order
Louisiana Illuminator
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July 17, 2025
A judge has ordered the release of two Iranian-born LSU students from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, where they have been detained since late June. Pouria Pourhosseinhendabad and Parisa Firouzabadi, a married couple...
Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Could Introduce Crypto Challenges
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) In a notable development for the cryptocurrency sector, President Donald Trump 's nominee for a significant judicial position, Eric Tung, has come under the spotlight due to his purported crypto investments. This...
Compton’s Cafeteria site to remain transitional housing
Tracy Press - California
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Tenderloin community members and LGBTQ activists were dealt a blow Wednesday when the San Francisco Board of Appeals upheld the designation of 111 Taylor St. — the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria riot in 1966 — allowing it to continue being used...
Idaho Murders: Judge lifts gag order following Kohberger’s confession
One America News Network
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July 17, 2025
Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, appears for a hearing at the Ada County Courthouse on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death...
What Became Of Heene Family From Netflix's ‘Trainwreck: Balloon Boy’ Doc?
Forbes
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Falcon Heene in "Trainwreck: Balloon Boy."Courtesy of Netflix Trainwreck: Balloon Boy — the latest in Netflix’s Trainwreck documentary series — is already one of the most popular films on the streamer in the U.S. What is the Heene family featured...