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50 Cent goes to Capitol Hill and meets Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert
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50 Cent goes to Capitol Hill and meets Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Silt, was among the lawmakers to visit with rap artist 50 Cent on Wednesday during a visit to Capitol Hill. The artist was visiting lawmakers to advocate for Black entrepreneurs to lawmakers, The Hill reports. Boebert was shown in a photo with 50 Cent, a stage name for Curtis Jackson III, on Instagram, where he wrote "Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican making the White House look good." 50 Cent is best known for his hit song "In Da Club". “My experience here has been great,” 50 Cent told The Hill. “I went to talk to them about economic opportunities for everybody, and it’s really exciting. The response I got makes me feel like that there’s bright days ahead of us.” On Wednesday, Boebert also wrote on Twitter/X ...
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Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons
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denvergazette.com, National

Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons

By JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET and DANICA KIRKA | The Denver Gazette As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to battle the Nazis. On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans in a parade of wheelchairs joined a new generation of leaders to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same beaches where they landed exactly 80 years ago on D-Day. The war in Ukraine shadowed the ceremonies, a grim modern-day example of lives and cities that are again suffering through war in Europe. The break of dawn eight decades after Allied troops landed on five code-named beaches — Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword — started the day of remembrance by Allied nations now stand...
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D-Day anniversary shines spotlight on ‘Rosies’ who built WWII weapons
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Air Force Times, National

D-Day anniversary shines spotlight on ‘Rosies’ who built WWII weapons

By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester, The Associated Press (via The Air Force Times) When the 5,000th B-17 bomber built after Pearl Harbor rolled out of its Boeing factory, teenage riveter Anna Mae Krier made sure it would carry a message from the women of World War II: She signed her name on it. Now 98, and in Normandy, France, for this week’s 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Krier is still proudly promoting the vital roles played by women in the June 6, 1944, invasion and throughout the war — including by making weaponry that enabled men to fight. Krier was among millions of women who rolled up their sleeves in defense-industry factories, replacing men who volunteered and were called up for combat in the Pacific, Africa and Europe. The women had thei...
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Last WWII veterans converge on Omaha Beach for D-Day and fallen friends
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Air Force Times, National

Last WWII veterans converge on Omaha Beach for D-Day and fallen friends

By John Leicester, Sylvie Corbet, and Danica Kirka, The Associated Press | Air Force Times Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day. Veterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last time, pilgrimaged Tuesday to what was the bloodiest of five Allied landing beaches on June 6, 1944. They remembered fallen friends. They relived horrors they experienced in combat. They blessed their good fortune for surviving. And they mourned those who paid the ultimate price. They also bore a message for generations behind them, who owe them so much: Don’t forget what...
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Ex-girlfriend testifies Hunter Biden smoked crack ‘every 20 minutes’
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National, The Washington Times

Ex-girlfriend testifies Hunter Biden smoked crack ‘every 20 minutes’

By Jeff Mordock | The Washington Times A former girlfriend of Hunter Biden who met him while working as a stripper testified Wednesday that the president’s son smoked crack cocaine “every 20 minutes” and gave drug dealers the access code to his bank account to supply his addiction.  Zoe Kestan told the court that she met Hunter Biden while she was working part-time at a gentleman’s club in New York in December 2017. She detailed their drug-fueled relationship for a federal jury, saying Hunter Biden failed at several attempts to get sober, including an experiment with frog venom. She testified that Hunter Biden “would want to smoke crack as soon as he woke up.” Ms. Kestan was a key witness for the prosecution on the second day of testimony in the federal criminal gun trial ...
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Voices of D-Day: Veterans describe the heroism and horror
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National, Stars & Stripes

Voices of D-Day: Veterans describe the heroism and horror

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-05-06/dday-veterans-memories-13767185.htmlSource - Stars and Stripes By Stars and Stripes June 6 is the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings, when Allied forces launched a naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France.  To commemorate the occasion, Stars and Stripes is sharing a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. The footage was part of the 2014 documentary “Day of Days: June 6, 1944.” SEE THE INTERVIEWS AT STARS AND STRIPES
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Dr Pepper ends Pepsi’s reign as second-most popular soda, making soda industry a three-brand race
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National, The Street

Dr Pepper ends Pepsi’s reign as second-most popular soda, making soda industry a three-brand race

By Rebecca Mezistrano, Ross Kohan AND Daniel Kuhn | The Street While Coca-Cola still holds the top spot when it comes to America’s biggest soda brand, there is officially a battle for the number two spot. After decades of it being just a two-brand race, Dr Pepper has emerged as a contender as is now tied with Pepsi as America’s No.2 soda. Coke is in no danger of losing its top spot with a commanding 19.2 percent share of the soda market, according to Beverage Digest. Pepsi and Dr Pepper both own an 8.3 percent share,. Sprite and Diet Coke rounded out the top five - both brands fall under the Coca-Cola umbrella. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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‘Laptop from hell’ among evidence facing Hunter Biden in gun trial
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Fox News, National

‘Laptop from hell’ among evidence facing Hunter Biden in gun trial

By Anders Hagstrom, Kyle Morris, Brianna Herlihy, Michael Lee and Emma Colton | Fox News Prosecutors presented evidence that Hunter Biden attempted to buy and smoked crack in the days after he purchased the gun. Prosecutors shared a text message exchange from October 13, 2018 that featured Biden sending a message to Hallie Biden indicating that he was "waiting for a dealer named Mookie." The next day, two days after the gun purchase, prosecutors presented evidence that Biden sent another text message to Hallie Biden that said he was recently sleeping on a car while smoking crack. READ MORE UPDATES AT FOXNEWS.COM
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Biden’s edict on Southern Border is an Election Year stunt, Republicans say
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National, The Daily Signal

Biden’s edict on Southern Border is an Election Year stunt, Republicans say

By Virginia Allen  | The Daily Signal President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday giving himself the authority to close the border when the seven-day average of daily border crossings between ports of entry exceeds 2,500.  The order is set to take effect immediately, since the daily threshold has already been met. The border will only reopen if crossings between ports fall to a seven-day daily average of 1,500 or less.  Biden is drawing on the authority in Title 8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to temporarily close the border.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL
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Another airline is getting sued for a political reason
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National, The Street

Another airline is getting sued for a political reason

By Veronika Bondarenko | The Street When it comes to letting their flight attendants and other workers express their political views, airlines are often in a tough spot between encouraging personal expression and avoiding the kind of arguments that broke out last month when a JetBlue Airways  (JBLU)  passenger was accused of “causing a disturbance” and had his return ticket canceled after bringing up an attendant’s “Free Palestine” pin. As the story started picking up steam, JetBlue quickly changed its policy to ban all political displays on the uniform worn by its staff. While it previously allowed flight attendants to put on one pin of their choosing, the airline felt that this was necessary in an election year and a time when tensions run high around ...
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