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The authentic Ashley McBryde

The Rusty Nail is one of those Nashville bars where songwriters come to celebrate songwriters. Country music is, after all, about stories, and Ashley McBryde had notebooks full of hopefuls. “When you’re playing in places like this, you’re trying to find out where you are in the pack,” she said. She was good! Unafraid to write lyrics that both struck …

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Former Wisconsin Republican Party chair says he was tricked by fake elector plan

Former Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt was nominated to be an elector if former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020, but after Trump lost, Hitt and nine other Republican electors met at the state capitol and signed documents falsely claiming Trump won. Hitt said lawyers told him the documents they were signing were meaningless unless Trump’s legal …

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Full transcript of Face the Nation, Feb. 18, 2024

On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, moderated by Robert Costa: GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South CarolinaGOP Sen. Tim Scott of South CarolinaCBS News legal analyst Rikki KliemanDemocratic Rep. Jim Clyburn of South CarolinaHistorian Douglas Brinkley and reporter and author Amie Parnes Clickhere to browse full transcripts of “Face the Nation.” ROBERT COSTA: I’m Robert Costa in Washington. And this …

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4 men killed in shooting at neighborhood car wash in Birmingham, Alabama

Police are investigating a quadruple homicide in Birmingham, Alabama. On Friday afternoon, officers were dispatched to a report of multiple shots fired and found four victims lying unresponsive on the ground near an open lot, the Birmingham Police Department said in a news release. All four had apparent gunshot wounds. The four men were identified as Terrell Edwards, 38; Kevin …

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Funerals held in Georgia for 2 U.S. soldiers killed in Jordan drone attack

Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack in January while deployed to the Middle East. The soldiers — 24-year-old Sgt. Kennedy Sanders and 23-year-old Sgt. Breonna Moffett — were among three members of their Army …

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American woman goes missing in Spain shortly after man disables cameras

Ana Maria Knezevic traveled from South Florida to Spain in December to get away for a while. Her family and friends say the naturalized American originally from Colombia has been going through a nasty divorce from her Serbian husband, but the trip was also a chance to explore new places. Then, she vanished — two weeks ago, shortly after a …

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Japans flagship H3 rocket successfully reaches orbit after failed debut launch

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket reached orbit and released two small observation satellites in a key second test following a failed debut launch last year, buoying hope for the country in the global space race. The H3 rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on time Saturday morning, two days after its originally scheduled liftoff was delayed by bad weather. …

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How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer

Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a man who lived for his job. And as it turns out, may have died for it. In September 2022, he was stabbed to death by an assailant outside his home. German was a local legend–renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers. “How big a list of people …

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Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at Sneaker Con, a day after a $355 million ruling against him

PHILADELPHIA — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.” Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what …

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Inside the arrest of Nevada public official Robert Telles

After Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home, police quickly zeroed in on Robert Telles – the subject of a series of articles German had written. Take a look at the events leading to Telles’ arrest. Jeff German’s murder On Sept. 3, 2022, Jeff German’s body was found outside his home by …

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