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From CNN Health: CDC monitors 6 people in US for possible rare monkeypox, says public ‘should not be concerned’
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Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are closely tracking recent clusters of monkeypox infections around the world -- and possible cases in the United States.

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After Two Years Of Controversy, Record Breaking Georgia Voter Turnout
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Georgia voting turnout is surging to record breaking numbers in the 2022 midterm election, as voters go to the polls after two years of legislative and legal wrangling over voting reforms.

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Shooting in Buffalo Leaves 10 Dead, 13 Wounded
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Shooting in Buffalo Leaves 10 Dead, 13 Wounded
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[caption id="attachment_361266" align="alignnone" width="640"]Buffalo Screengrab from WIVB Buffalo Channel 4 News[/caption]

Still a developing story, but what we know so far points to an utterly depraved act of violence at a Buffalo supermarket.

WIVB TV 4, Buffalo:

Ten people were killed and three others suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to local hospitals after a mass shooting at a supermarket on Buffalo’s East Side Saturday afternoon.

The shooter was an 18-year-old white male who was heavily armed with tactical gear and was live-streaming during the mass shooting, officials said. City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said the shooter is not from Buffalo and traveled “hours” from outside the area.

“This was pure evil,” Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said. “A straight-up racially motivated hate crime.”

The shooter was identified in court Saturday evening as Payton S. Gendron of Conklin, New York, about 200 miles southeast of Buffalo.

Gendron was arraigned on one count of first-degree murder without bail.

The 18-year-old will be back in court on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. for a felony hearing.

When Gendron exited his vehicle at the supermarket, authorities said, he shot four people in the parking lot. Three of them died and one is in the hospital. The shooter entered the store and opened fire on customers.

Twitch deletes shooter’s live-stream video of Buffalo mass shooting
A retired Buffalo Police officer, Aaron Salter, who was working as a security guard, shot Gendron but he was unharmed because he was wearing armor, Gramaglia said. The retired officer was shot and killed.

A law enforcement source told CBS News that the gunman had a racial slur written on his weapon. The attack is being treated as a hate crime.

Erie County District Attorney John Flynn will not confirm the existence of the shooter’s manifesto. He said they believe there was a “racial component” to the attack but won’t say more.

This attack is being investigated by the FBI as a hate crime and as violent extremism.

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From CNN White House Correspondent MJ Lee: Kamala Harris tests Positive for Covid
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Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, White House says.

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From CNN: CNN+ will shut down at the end of April
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CNN+ will shut down on April 30.

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Elon Musk makes offer to purchase Twitter outright
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From Dylan Matthews at Vox: How I (and US policymakers) got inflation wrong
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Dylan Matthews explains how he (and a lot of other people) got inflation wrong.

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From Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic: Why The Past 10 Years of American Life have been Uniquely Stupid
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From Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic: Why The Past 10 Years of American Life have been Uniquely Stupid
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It's not just a phase.

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Bill Maher Explains Jokes to Idiots: The Oscars Edition
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Uncensored Footage Reveals Exchange Between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars
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Subject of Viral “Woman On A Stretcher” Ukraine Photo Dies
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SNL: Covid Dinner Conversation
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Broaching the subject.

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Ukranian Military Recruitment Ad (2014)
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Zelensky’s Speech to the Russians
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