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April 12, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 12, 2022War is hell, dep't: Interesting glimpse of the Ukranian war which claims Russia has lost almost 700 tanks in the two months they've tried to take over the Ukraine because the US has given Ukraine around 4-thousand Javelin anti-tank missiles (which obviously has helped). ...
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April 11, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 11, 2022Two airline passengers accused of "unruly behavior" have been hit with the largest fines ever proposed by the FAA. In one incident, an American Airlines passenger has been asked to pay a $81,950 fine for threatening to hurt a flight attendant who'd offered to help the ...
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April 7, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 7, 2022Latest problem for smartphones --scammers texting you. Doesn't matter what company you use, the texts continue and usually with links to click on that are from scammers who are trying to get you to part with your money... or download some app to your phone to get it. And ...
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April 5, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 5, 2022The Oscars has the worst viewership in years, and the Grammy Awards this past Sunday weren't much better, with 8.9 million viewers, up just a little from last year’s 8.8 million viewers. The show was hosted by Trevor Noah, like last year, but in Las Vegas instead of ...
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April 4, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 4, 2022President Biden and his wife, Jill, spent some quality time Saturday in Wilmington christening the USS Delaware, the Navy’s newest nuclear-powered submarine. "Spider-Man" star Andrew Garfield has split from his model girlfriend, Alyssa Miller, after their work ...
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April 1, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 1, 2022Whoops! The head of the CIA now has Covid. William J. Burns, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday. It's a little odd, because Burns --who's 65 years old-- is fully vaccinated and says he'll be working from home ...
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March 31, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 31, 2022Sad news about Bruce Willis, who just turned 67 this month and has been a great action movie star with "Die Hard." Already dealing with a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to the blanks in his prop gun used in the movies, he's just been diagnosed with aphasia. The disorder ...
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March 30, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 30, 2022The FDA says they're authorizing adults aged 50 and older to get a second Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine booster. The FDA says the second booster should be more protection for both older and immuno-compromised individuals. The CDC is expected to also endorse a second ...
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March 29, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 29, 2022See ya: Walmart has decided to bag sales of cigarettes in stores in California, Florida, Arkansas, New Mexico and others. The company said yesterday the decisions about dropping cigarette sales will be made on a store-by-store basis in each market. It's not the only chain ...
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March 28, 2022
Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 28, 2022Pamela Anderson will debut on Broadway in just two weeks, playing Roxie Hart in “Chicago” starting April 12. And the NY Post reports she's already taking daily jogs in Central Park, incognito, as part of her prep. On Friday, the FCC added Russia’s ...