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Are States Purging Or Cleaning Voter Registration Rolls?

6:10pm December 20, 2019

by Pam Fessler

Several states are removing voters from their rolls in preparation for the 2020 elections. Critics say voters are being unfairly "purged" but states say they're "cleaning up" the lists.

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New Report Shows That An Alarming Number Of Children Are Being Poisoned By Opioids

4:48pm December 20, 2019

by Rhitu Chatterjee

A new study finds that children are being poisoned by opioids, and a growing number of them in recent years are ending up in pediatric ICUs for lifesaving procedures.

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Bill Ebeltoft's Brother Remembers The Life Of A Hero Whose Life Changed After Vietnam

4:48pm December 20, 2019

Bill Ebeltoft was a decorated hero whose life changed dramatically after the trauma of the Vietnam war. His brother wrote an obit in their small town paper that's gone viral.

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Boeing Starliner Crew Capsule Unable To Reach Its Intended Orbit

4:42pm December 20, 2019

by Brendan Byrne

After a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the Boeing Starliner crew capsule, loaded with 600 pounds of cargo for the station, was unable to reach its intended orbit.

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The Significance Of The Air Jordan Retro 11 'Breds'

4:42pm December 20, 2019

The Air Jordan Retro 11 'Breds' were rereleased for the 5th time last Saturday. Michael Sykes from USA Today illuminates just how significant the shoe's release is and its cultural capital.

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Migrants applying for asylum in the United States go through a processing area at a new tent courtroom at the Migration Protection Protocols Immigration Hearing Facility in Laredo, Texas, in September.

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Few Asylum-Seekers Winning Cases Under 'Remain In Mexico' Program

4:42pm December 20, 2019

by Joel Rose

A little more than 100 migrants out the of tens of thousands who've arrived at the southern border in recent months have been granted protection.

Free-roaming horses were shot and killed in Floyd County, Ky., in what one resident calls "a very large act of evil."

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Reward In Kentucky Horse Killings Reaches $20,000 As Support Pours In, Sheriff Says

4:28pm December 20, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The free-roaming horses are a favorite sighting for locals visiting the woodland southeast of Prestonburg – but someone recently began hunting them.

Navy midshipmen march onto the field ahead of the annual NCAA college football game between the Army and the Navy in Philadelphia on Dec. 14.

Cadets Were Playing Game, Not Flashing 'White Power' Sign, Military Finds

4:24pm December 20, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

At the Army-Navy game this month, cadets flashed the "OK" hand gesture for television cameras — a symbol popular with hate groups. West Point officials say they were playing an "innocent game."

"It became pretty clear pretty quickly, unambiguously that the president had misused his office for personal political gain" from evidence presented in impeachment proceedings against President Trump, says Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli.

Calling Trump 'Morally Lost,' 'Christianity Today' Editor Calls For His Removal

2:32pm December 20, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Mark Galli compares the president to an abusive husband who "needs to be out of the house." Galli says he felt compelled to say "what's going on, what the facts on the ground are."

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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardoning and commuting sentences for more than 400 convicted people in his final days in office.

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Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer

2:31pm December 20, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."