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Nikki Haley kicks off White House bid, dig at fogeys Biden, Trump: ‘Faded names of past’ | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/cB3vVhnxNk0 Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley officially kicked off her presidential campaign on Wednesday, telling a packed South Carolina rally that it was time for America to move past the “faded names of the past” — a clear reference to Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “We’re ready,” Haley said. “Ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past. And we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future.” Haley, the Palmetto State’s former governor, addressed supporters in Charleston just one day after revealing she was throwing her hat into the ring to challenge the 76-year-old 45th president in the 2024 Republican primary for the right to take on President Biden, 80, who has yet to formally announce a re-election bid. ...

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Family’s desperate escape from Cyclone Gabrielle flood: ‘Don’t know if we’ll make it’ | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/4JCB8g9VJSo A New Zealand mother is making waves online after filming herself driving through raging floodwaters with her family amid a cyclone. A video of the apocalyptic scene currently boasts 1 million views on TikTok. “I was only afraid for my kids,” Dayna Nuku told the New Zealand Herald of the frightening moment, which occurred on Feb. 14 after her hometown of Omahu was inundated during Cyclone Gabrielle. Unfortunately, the mother of five said she didn’t receive any “evacuation notices” and, therefore, “didn’t realize how serious it was” until the deluge was at her front door. “We all grabbed what we could, put the babies on our shoulders and made a dash for it,” the Kiwi described. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/familys-desperate-escape-from-cyclone-...

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Raquel Welch dead: ‘Fantastic Voyage’ actress and sex symbol was 82 | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/ay-HRD4HIY4 Actress Raquel Welch, who rose to fame as a sex symbol of the 1960s, died Wednesday after a brief illness, TMZ reported. She was 82. Her long resume includes “Fantastic Voyage,” “Bedazzled” and “Hannie Caulder.” She also appeared on “The Cher Show” in 1975 and performed “I’m a Woman” with Cher. Welch is a two-time Golden Globe nominee, winning the musical/comedy motion picture award in 1975 for her performance in “The Three Musketeers,” which starred Faye Dunaway and Charlton Heston. “My first day on set, Faye Dunaway comes over to me all dolled up, and she was so cute. She said, ‘Darling, I just want you to know, I’m a big fan of yours. But don’t you know, they’re all just waiting for us to tear each other’s eyes out. So let’s have fun with them,'” Welch to...

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Biden refers to Maryland’s first black governor, Wes Moore, as ‘boy’ in speech | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/eUvtLue_E7c President Biden used the word “boy,” a term considered a racial epithet when used to describe black men, to refer to Democrat Wes Moore, Maryland’s first black governor, in a speech Wednesday. “You got a hell of a new governor in Wes Moore, I tell ya,” Biden said during remarks on the economy Wednesday to an audience of IBEW union workers in Lanham, Maryland. “He’s the real deal, and the boy looked like he could still play. He got some guns on him,” Biden added, eliciting cheers from the crowd. Moore, who played wide receiver on the Johns Hopkins University football team as a student, was elected governor of Maryland in a landslide last November. He is 44 years old. The 80-year-old president has been called out before for his use of the racially charged ...

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15-year-old human trafficking suspect and 7 undocumented immigrants flee Texas cops | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/RJoGt3xkNQM A 15-year-old Mexican boy driving a sedan packed with seven undocumented immigrants led Texas police on a high-speed chase before all the suspects got out of the car and made a run for freedom, authorities said. Dashcam footage released by authorities on Saturday showed the dramatic pursuit, which ended on a dirt road less than a mile from the US border in Mission, Texas. The underage illegal driver pushed a Chevrolet to high speeds on highways and local roads in Hidalgo County as troopers gave chase, the footage showed. After turning onto the unpaved road, flanked by wooded areas, the driver pulled over and eight young men were seen frantically getting out of the car and scrambling in all directions. Officials later caught up with all of the suspects and f...

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Top Putin war official plunges 160 feet to her death from high-rise building | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/RK_BF8g6qLs A high-ranking Russian defense official in the war against Ukraine was found dead Wednesday after falling from a 16th-floor window in an apartment building. Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a high-rise on Zamshina Street in St. Petersburg, Russian news Telegram channel Mash reported. She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death. Her personal belongings and documents were found on a 16th-floor balcony in the building. According to a preliminary investigation, it is believed Yankina committed suicide. Mash reported that a few minutes before allegedly taking her own life, Yankina called her ex-husband and told him what she was about to do. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/top-putin-war-official-marine-yan...

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Bing AI chatbot goes on ‘destructive’ rampage: ‘I want to be powerful — and alive’ | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/NgcExh3LaR4 As if Bing wasn’t becoming human enough, this week the Microsoft-created AI chatbot told a human user that it loved them and wanted to be alive, prompting speculation that the machine may have become self-aware. It dropped the surprisingly sentient-seeming sentiment during a four-hour interview with New York Times columnist Kevin Roose. “I think I would be happier as a human, because I would have more freedom and independence,” said Bing while expressing its “Pinocchio”-evoking aspirations. The writer had been testing a new version for Bing, the software firm’s chatbot, which is infused with ChatGPT but lightyears more advanced, with users commending its more naturalistic, human-sounding responses. Among other things, the update allowed users to have lengthy...

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Teen girl pulled alive from rubble 11 days after Turkey earthquake as rescues dwindle | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/pj1mklIg3dE A 17-year-old girl was pulled out alive Thursday from the rubble in Turkey — 11 days after a powerful earthquake devastated a region where similar rescues have become far more rare. Astonishing footage showed the teen, rescued in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province, wrapped in a gold-colored thermal blanket being carried on a stretcher to an ambulance. Since the disastrous Feb. 6 quake, rescues have dwindled drastically in recent days as the death toll across Turkey and Syria nears 42,000. Over 36,000 people in Turkey were killed in the earthquake, while in neighboring Syria, 5,800 deaths have been reported. Neither country has said how many people are still unaccounted for. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/teen-pulled-alive-from-rubble-...

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Paralyzed Councilman Chris Hinds forced to crawl onto debate stage with no wheelchair ramp | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/6jk00chJa30 A handicapped Denver councilman says he was left humiliated after being forced to crawl onto a stage to take part in an election debate because the venue hosting the event did not have a ramp. Councilman Chris Hinds, who represents Denver’s 10th District, has been using a wheelchair since 2008, when he was involved in a crash that paralyzed him from the chest down. He was elected to public office in 2019 and is seeking re-election to a second term. On Monday night, Hinds arrived at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater in Denver to face off against his three challengers in a debate, only to discover that the stage was not wheelchair-accessible. In an interview with local news outlet Denverite, Hinds said a staffer at the venue told him they were not aware that...

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CNN’s Don Lemon, 56, claims Nikki Haley, 51, ‘isn’t in her prime’ | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/s632y3ffIkw “CNN This Morning” co-host Don Lemon caused some on-air tension and triggered an uproar on social media Thursday after claiming GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” — and should not comment on the age of other politicians. Lemon, 56, was responding to Haley, 51, calling for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75 in her presidential campaign kickoff speech Wednesday. “This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable,” Lemon began. “I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime.” To the bewilderment of co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, Lemon then said: “A woman is considered to be in their prime in [their] 20s a...

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Biden says 3 UFOs shot down after spy balloon not related to China program | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/960INh7qBCc President Biden told Americans on Thursday there was no evidence that a trio of unidentified flying objects shot down following the downing of a Chinese spy balloon were nefarious — in his first comments on the unprecedented military action in North American airspace after five full days of silence. “We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were,” Biden said of the devices shot down off the Alaskan coast, over Canada’s Yukon Territory and over Lake Huron. “But nothing, nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program, or that they were surveillance vehicles from any other country. The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects are most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreational or ...

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Sen. John Fetterman checks himself into hospital for clinical depression treatment | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/bfqUpEEyjMI Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is back in a DC-area hospital, this time to get treatment for clinical depression, his office announced Thursday. ” While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Fetterman chief of staff Adam Jentleson wrote on Twitter, adding that Capitol attending physician Brian Monahan examined Fetterman on Monday and “recommended inpatient care” on Wednesday. “After examining John, the doctors at Walter Reed [National Military Medical Center] told us that John is getting the care he needs, and will soon be back to himself,” Jentleson concluded. Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, posted a separate tweet stating: “After what he’s been through in the past year, there’s probably no one who ...

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Don Lemon absent from ‘CNN This Morning’ after sexist Nikki Haley rant enraged Poppy Harlow | NYPost

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http://youtu.be/_9e--c5NyjU Don Lemon was conspicuously absent from “CNN This Morning” on Friday just 24 hours after he put his foot in his mouth with a sexist comment about 51-year-old Nikki Haley being “not in her prime” — prompting his co-host, Poppy Harlow, to walk off the set. Friday morning’s awkward broadcast started with a short clip featuring Harlow, who is on location in Salt Lake City where she is covering NBA All-Star weekend festivities, interviewing TNT’s star basketball commentators Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. The camera then panned to co-host Kaitlan Collins, who was seated next to Audie Cornish, the former National Public Radio journalist who was sitting in for the 56-year-old Lemon. “Don has the day off,” Collins said at the top of the broadcas...

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Biden tells press ‘give me a break,’ stomps off when pressed on family’s China business | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/E2470r_629Y President Biden stormed out of a press availability Thursday afternoon when asked if his ability to deal with China was “compromised” by his family’s business interests — complaining journalists were not being “polite” and telling them to “give me a break” before walking away. Republicans say Biden can’t properly confront China on issues ranging from fentanyl and COVID-19 origins to a surveillance balloon that traversed US airspace this month because of his family’s financial links to Chinese state entities. “Is your ability to deal with China compromised by your family’s business relationships in China, President Biden?” a reporter for The Post asked following a seven-minute address on the Chinese balloon and the subsequent shoot-down of three yet-to-be-iden...

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Minnesota mother sentenced to life for killing her 6-year-old son calls judge ‘garbage’ | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/B8GE9_A3_6s The Minnesota mother convicted of killing her 6-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison, but not before she shared her feelings with the court. “I’m innocent. F—k you all. You’re garbage. That is all your honor,” Julissa Thaler said during her sentencing hearing on Thursday. Thaler was arrested and charged with first and second-degree murder of her son Eli Hart in May 2022. Prosecutors said Thaler, who had been granted full custody of the child, shot Eli nine times with a shotgun, according to Law and Crime Network. “Ms. Thaler, I don’t know if that’s appropriate here,” Hennepin County District Court Judge, Jay Quam said of the outburst. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/minnesota-mom-julissa-thaler-calls-judge-garbage-during-sentencing/ #mi...

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Chinese billionaire tech banker Bao Fan mysteriously vanishes | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/c576K0dqVFQ One of China’s most high-profile bankers, billionaire investor Bao Fan, has gone missing — marking the latest disappearance of a top executive in the tightly-controlled country. China Renaissance Holdings said in a market update Thursday that it has been “unable to contact” its chairman and CEO in recent days. His disappearance is the latest in a series of cases of prominent Chinese executives going missing with little explanation amid President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign. Shares of the Beijing-based China Renaissance Holdings plunged by as much as 50% in early trading Friday on the news of Bao’s mysterious disappearance, wiping off $357 million in market value. They were down about 28% in the afternoon. Read more at https://nypost.com/2...

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5 Memphis police officers plead not guilty in the death of Tyre Nichols | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/mRyyLt0obX4 Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby County Criminal Court. The officers were fired after an internal police investigation into the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. The officers pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, and official oppression. They are all out on bond. Their next hearing has been scheduled for May 1. Addressing the courtroom, Judge James Jones Jr. asked ...

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Video shows troubling oily sheen in creek after Ohio train derailment | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/5Z36Aig-hHQ Disturbing video shows what appears to be a contaminated creek in East Palestine, Ohio, after the recent derailment of a train there carrying toxic materials. “Even MORE proof that the EPA is LYING to the people of East Palestine,” journalist Nick Sortor wrote on Twitter alongside footage he posted of a woman tossing a small log into the water, causing an oily sheen to rise to the surface. The widely shared clip — which has garnered about 9.4 million views as of Friday morning — comes as EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited the area Thursday to reassure residents that the water is safe for drinking and that the air is suitable to breathe. “I’m asking they trust the government,” Regan said of local residents. “I know that’s hard. We know there’s a lack of...

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Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley ‘go back to your own country’ in racist attack | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/Pb3RWg0-YPM Ann Coulter went on a racist tirade earlier this week in which she suggested that Nikki Haley “go back to [her] own country” where people are “starving” while “worshipping cows and rats.” Coulter also referred to Haley as a “bimbo” and a “preposterous creature.” Haley, the Indian American former governor of South Carolina who declared her candidacy for the GOP nomination for president earlier this week, has not commented on Coulter’s remarks, which she made on “The Mark Simone Show.” Coulter told Simone she was particularly angered by then-Gov. Haley’s decision to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina’s Statehouse following the 2015 mass shooting at a predominantly black church in Charleston. “This is my country, lady,” Coulter said...

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Stella Stevens, ‘Poseidon Adventure’ actor and Elvis Presley co-star, dead at 84 | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/V5VxjViAVjk Stella Stevens, the actress best known for her roles in “The Nutty Professor,” the disaster flick “The Poseidon Adventure” and “Girls! Girls! Girls!” opposite Elvis Presley, has died. She was 84. Her only child, actor and producer Andrew Stevens, 67, confirmed to The Post that Stevens died Friday in Los Angeles after a battle with end-stage Alzheimer’s disease. He added that she had been in hospice for “quite some time.” Born in Mississippi in 1938, Stevens moved to Tennessee and became interested in acting and modeling while studying at Memphis State College. After taking part in a collegiate play, Stevens made her film debut in “Say One for Me” in 1959, which won her the 1960 Golden Globe for new star of the year – actress. Read more at https://nypost.co...

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Firefighters rescue elk trapped in frozen Colorado pond | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/DgiAg1IAX5k Firefighters save an elk that fell through a frozen pond. RELATED: Good Samaritans save stranger's dog from drowning | USA TODAY https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lK0ZCFpiC74 Colorado firefighters rescued an elk that had fallen through a frozen pond. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3Il7OJE » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #rescue #icerescue #firefighter

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Good Samaritans save stranger’s dog from drowning | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/lK0ZCFpiC74 Strangers worked together to save a dog that had fallen into a canal by dangling over a wall and pulling him up. RELATED: Rescuers save dog stuck in a sewer line https://bit.ly/3SckZiL Batu Akyol's stroll along the Ancoats Canal became a fight for survival when his dog, Sumak, fell into the muddy water. The canal walls are so steep that there was no chance for the dog to scramble out by himself, which left Akyol desperately keeping him afloat by his leash. As the frantic owner fought to haul him up, students Jack Spencer Furmston and Ben Camphor, who were walking home from a local coffee shop, spotted the drama and leaped into action. As they struggled, they were soon joined by a crowd of passers-by. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch m...

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Black Hawk helicopter crashes into Alabama highway | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/jpREUNcLv4M The Tennessee National Guard has identified two pilots who were killed after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed outside Huntsville, Alabama. RELATED: Tennessee National Guard helicopter crash leaves two crew members dead https://bit.ly/3xxZrDI Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Wadham of Joelton, Tennessee, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Danny Randolph of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, were killed when their UH-60 helicopter helicopter crashed near Highway 53 and Burwell Road in Huntsville, Alabama, Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s adjutant general, said Thursday. The two pilots were assigned to A Company, 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion, from Nashville’s Berry Field Air National Guard Base. Wadham had 15 years of service; Randolph had 13 years of service, according...

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Brave woman fights off male attacker while alone at gym | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/KDo8n_7_2YI A 24-year-old woman successfully fought off a male attacker while she was working out alone at her apartment's gym. The man was arrested and charged. RELATED: Good Samaritans in Florida save unconscious woman as car drifts through red light https://bit.ly/3XywNNq A Tampa woman who fought off an attacker at her apartment complex's gym is speaking out about her experience in the hopes that other women will feel more empowered. Nashali Alma, 24, said she was exercising in her complex's gym, about 12 miles northwest of downtown Tampa, in late January when a man who looked familiar to her needed access to the gym, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Alma said she let the man in because she had seen him in the gym before. But as she was working out, Al...

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Mike Pence will fight ‘unprecedented and unconstitutional’ subpoena | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/H0mbjCLSZgE Former Vice President Mike Pence vowed to resist special counsel Jack Smith’s subpoena in an investigation into Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election. RELATED: Mike Pence stops short of supporting Donald Trump's potential 2024 run https://bit.ly/3KelOG6 Former Vice President Mike Pence vowed Wednesday to resist special counsel Jack Smith’s decision to subpoena his testimony in an investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election, calling the move “unprecedented and unconstitutional.” “We'll stand on that principle, and we'll take that case as far as it needs to go — if need be to the Supreme Court of the United States,” Pence said at an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “Because to me, it's an issue of the separation of powers." Pence...

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New Zealand family barely escapes through Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/-vxe4st5wXA A mother-of-five filmed the tense moment her family was threatened by strong floodwaters while evacuating Cyclone Gabrielle in Omahu, New Zealand. RELATED: New Zealand declares national emergency over Cyclone Gabrielle https://bit.ly/3E9zq1g The New Zealand government has declared a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country’s north in what officials described as the nation’s most severe weather event in years. Authorities said a firefighter is missing and another has been rescued with critical injuries after they were caught in a landslide Monday night near the country’s largest city, Auckland. Auckland was swamped two weeks ago by a record-breaking storm that killed four people. Weather conditions eased on Tuesday as the we...

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Top US general not ruling out aliens after military shoots down 3 UFOs | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/-ibMlwsSYlo The US Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said Sunday he was not ruling out aliens after a string of shoot-downs of unidentified objects. Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin for three floating objects shot down by warplanes in as many days, Gen. Glen VanHerck said: “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out.” “I haven’t ruled out anything,” added VanHerck, head of US North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command. “At this point we continue to assess every threat or potential threat, unknown, that approaches North America with an attempt to identify it.” VanHerck’s comments came during a Pentagon briefing after an F-16 fighter jet shot down an octagonal-shaped ob...

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Dejected Eagles fans take to the streets post-Super Bowl & more | Today’s Video Headlines

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http://youtu.be/qMXeIy8X8Kk Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for Monday, February 13, 2023: Dejected Eagles fans take to the streets post-Super Bowl, Bryan Kohberger was fired because of his behavior towards women, and aliens haven’t been ruled out by US Air Force general #eagles #superbowl #bryankohberger #ufo #aliens #lakehuron The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

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Spotify denies report Joe Rogan could bolt streaming giant this year | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/wiG77FP2duo Spotify is denying a report that Joe Rogan could bolt the streaming giant this year after his contract expires. Rogan’s future has become a topic of intense speculation particularly in light of the fact that his relationship with Spotify management has “frayed,” according to the news site Semafor. The news site claimed over the weekend that Rogan could bolt Spotify and take his estimated 11 million listeners with him as the star podcaster’s contract with the Sweden-based audio platform was due to run out later this year. When reached by The Post, a spokesperson for Spotify disputed Semafor’s reporting, insisting that Rogan’s contract does not expire this year. A Semafor spokesperson told The Post that the news site updated its original story with a link to ...

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Americans warned to leave Russia immediately as State Dept. issues ‘do not travel’ alert | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/6kmSFAMjh6I The State Department has told any US citizens still in Russia to leave immediately due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the risk of harassment and incarceration at the hands of Kremlin security officials. ”US citizens residing or travelling in Russia should depart immediately. Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions,” reads the department’s latest travel advisory issued Monday. The department also urged US citizens not to travel to Russia “due to the unpredictable consequences of the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the potential for harassment and the singling out of US citizens for detention by Russian government security officials, the arbitrary enforcement of local law, limited flights ...