Epstein Doc Dump Validates Longtime ‘Pizzagate’ Theory About Clintons

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Epstein Doc Dump Validates Longtime ‘Pizzagate’ Theory About Clintons

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The Justice Department’s latest release of files related to wealthy pedophile Jeffrey Epstein appeared to validate a longstanding theory that, according to some, may further implicate the inner circle of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Observers noted in Epstein’s correspondence more than 900 references to “pizza” — several of them in unusual contexts that suggested coded language for child sex-trafficking.

The emails elicited comparisons to the Pizzagate conspiracy, which emerged during the 2016 presidential election after Wikileaks published the private correspondence of top Hillary Clinton adviser John Podesta.

The theories suggest that various food items, such as pizza and hot dogs, may correspond to specific details about the young victims being solicited. The word “pizza” relates to girls, for example, while “cheese pizza” may specify prepubescent girls.

Social-media users quickly began efforts to decode other foodstuffs referenced by Epstein, including “Chinese cookie,” “grape soda,” “lamb chop,” “bagel” and “coffee.”

Epstein himself addressed the release of the Podesta emails by Wikileaks editor Julian Assange, suggesting it was possible it could have been a hoax to smear Clinton and build support for her arrest.

“[W]hat a trick could be played,” he wrote in an October 2016 email.

But critics said that Epstein, suspected of working as an intelligence operative for the CIA and Mossad, might simply have been floating the alternative possibility himself as a way to throw people off the trail of Pizzagate.

“This is a classic Mossad/Deep State/Controlled Opposition tactic — distribute fake evidence and/or false information to muddy the waters so the truth is lost and comes off less credible,” wrote investigative journalist Liz Crokin in an X post.

InfoWars host Alex Jones reaffirmed Crokin’s arguments that the Pizzagate scandal was real but that intelligence operatives had succeeded in muddying the waters about it, such as pushing a false narrative about the Washington, D.C. restaurant Comet Ping Pong.

Numerous other salacious storylines surfaced in the aftermath of the DOJ’s legally-mandated document dump.

Most notable among them was that billionaire Bill Gates allegedly contracted a sexually-transmitted disease while visiting Epstein’s private island, and subsequently sought Epstein’s help dosing his then-wife, Melinda, with antibiotics.

Ben Sellers is a freelance writer and former editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.

Initial Suspect in Charlie Kirk Assassination Sentenced to Jail

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Initial Suspect in Charlie Kirk Assassination Sentenced to Jail

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The man who helped alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson flee the scene—seemingly inadvertently—was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison for unrelated crimes.

George Zinn, 71, infamously shouted, “I shot him, now shoot me!” in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Zinn’s antics distracted law enforcement while the real shooter was jumping off a Utah Valley University rooftop and making his getaway.

After being taken to the Utah Valley University police department, he reportedly continued to say that he shot Kirk. After he asked for a lawyer, he then said that he didn’t shoot Kirk—but that he  said he did to draw attention away from the real shooter.

“Zinn was later taken to the hospital because of a medical condition, and Zinn reportedly told an officer that he was glad he said he shot the individual so the real suspect could get away. He also said he ‘wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot,’” ABC4 reported at the time.

Investigators found child pornography on his electronic devices during their investigation, and he was charged with both obstruction and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Last Thursday, Fourth District Court Judge Thomas Low reportedly sentenced Zinn to spend up to 15 years in prison for those crimes—15 years for the child abuse charge and five years for the obstruction, with the sentences running concurrently.

“In Utah, it’s up to the parole board to ultimately decide how much time Zinn will spend behind bars,” noted the Salt Lake Tribune.

Meanwhile, Robinson has a hearing set for Tuesday as his lawyers try to ban the Utah County attorney’s office from prosecuting the case. The defense attorneys are arguing that Utah County has a conflict of interest because one of the prosecutors is related to a witness of Kirk’s death.

Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

News Outlet Identifies ICE Agents Involved in Fatal Shooting. Their Names Might Surprise You

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News Outlet Identifies ICE Agents Involved in Fatal Shooting. Their Names Might Surprise You

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Investigative journalism site ProPublica has identified the two federal agents who fatally shot anti-ICE demonstrator Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. In what many have described as a twist of irony, the immigration agents appear to be of Hispanic decent.

According to ProPublica, the agents who killed Pretti are Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

“Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge, an immigration enforcement dragnet launched in December that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city,” the outlet reported Sunday.

“Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units. Records show both men are from South Texas.”

ProPublica’s report sparked comments about the agents’ names.

“Two Hispanic patriots kill a violent white communist who gave his life to protect Somalians engaged in massive daycare and healthcare fraud,” quipped the Twitter/X account FischerKing.

ICE and other agencies have so far declined to confirm the agents’ identities. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the matter.

The Trump administration has claimed that ICE shot Pretti “defensively” he “approached” them with a gun.

Video footage clearly contradicts that claim.

Pretti was licensed to carry a concealed weapon, but he appears to be seen with only a phone in his hand in the videos. During the scuffle, agents discovered that he was carrying a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun and opened fire with several shots, including into his back—after he had already been disarmed.

It was later revealed that Pretti had a confrontation with ICE a week prior. Footage of that incident, released by The News Movement last Wednesday but recorded on Jan. 13, shows a man, whom the outlet said “appears to be” Pretti, shouting at a federal vehicle, kicking and breaking its taillights and then being taken to the ground by multiple agents. Why he wasn’t arrested is unclear.

CNN also reported that ICE has been collecting the personal information of agitators and protesters who they encounter.

“Pretti’s name was known to federal agents, according to a source—though it’s unclear whether the new intake form was used to share his information,” CNN reported.

“It’s also not clear whether the federal agents who encountered Pretti on Saturday recognized him before they confronted him—eventually wrestling him to the ground, taking a gun from his waistband and then fatally shooting him.”

Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

Trump Bypasses Congress To Advance Major Weapons Package for Israel

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Trump Bypasses Congress To Advance Major Weapons Package for Israel

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration has approved $6.5 billion in new weapons deals for Israel that include Apache attack helicopters and military vehicles, a step Secretary of State Marco Rubio took without waiting for the normal congressional review process.

According to The New York Times, the approval of the arms deals marks the third time that the Trump administration bypassed Congress to send weapons to Israel.

The arms packages had been under review by the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the State Department is supposed to wait until the top two members of each committee approve the deals before advancing them, but Rubio didn’t, drawing a rebuke from Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the ranking member of the House committee.

Israeli AH-64 Apache helicopter (Israeli Air Force photo)

“Just one hour ago, the Trump administration informed me it would disregard congressional oversight and years of standing practice, and immediately notify over $6 billion in arms sales to Israel,” Meeks said, according to Haaretz.

“Shamefully, this is now the second time the Trump administration has blatantly ignored long-standing Congressional prerogatives while also refusing to engage Congress on critical questions about the next steps in Gaza and broader US policy,” Meeks added.

According to the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the State Department approved a total of four potential arms sales for Israel, which will likely be funded by US military aid. The deals include:

  • AH-64E Apache Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $3.8 billion
  • Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.98 billion
  • Namer Armored Personnel Carrier Power Packs Less Transmissions and Integrated Logistics Support, and related equipment for an estimated cost of $740 million
  • AW119Kx Light Utility Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $150 million

The US provides Israel with $3.8 billion in annual military aid under a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding, but since October 7, 2023, and the start of the IDF’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, the US has given Israel significantly more.

According to Brown University’s Costs of War Project, in the two years following the October 7 attack, the US government spent at least $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel and another $9.65 billion to $12.07 billion on wars in Yemen, Iran, and other military operations in the region in support of Israel.

The Biden administration also took steps to avoid congressional oversight to arm Israel as it was massacring Palestinians in Gaza by advancing more than 100 arms transfers that didn’t reach the dollar amount requiring a review from Congress.

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.

 

Comedian Canceled in Minnesota over ICE Shooting Jokes

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Comedian Canceled in Minnesota over ICE Shooting Jokes

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Canadian stand-up comedian Ben Bankas had six shows canceled in Minnesota after going viral in a clip that mocked the death of leftist anti-ICE protester Renee Good.

Bankas, whose act is unapologetically politically incorrect, has taken the comedy world by storm with a series of clips poking fun at current events.

After Good was shot on Jan. 7 while attempting to run over Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross with her SUV, Bankas made reference to it at a show in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

“Her last name was Good. That’s what I said after they shot her,” Bankas joked, going on call Good “retarded” and to refer to her lesbian lover as a “dog.”

The clip, which he posted the clip to his own social-media account, had garnered more than 8 million views, according to People magazine.

In a separate clip, Bankas noted the disparity in reactions between Good’s death and that of conservative leader Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10.

“You know the woman who just got shot in the face … she’s dead and, you know it’s a damn shame,” he said in the clip.

“… We’re not celebrating it, of course,” he added. “There’s no Republicans out there making videos, being like, ‘I’m glad that stupid b**ch is dead.’ Right, we save that for dinner conversation.”

Bill Collins, owner of Laugh Camp Comedy Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, said in a statement that he canceled Bankas’s shows, scheduled for Jan. 30 through Feb. 1, due to safety concerns.

“Honestly, I don’t see any way we can safely present this show in the current climate,” Collins told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “I’m not sure any amount of security or preplanning would mitigate the liability I’d face if something happened.”

He said the decision, which came in response to several locals threatening to protest the event, would cost him about $17,000.

Bankas brushed off the cancelation in another clip posted to social media.

“I just found out that my shows were canceled in Minnesota,” he told an audience. “F-ck ’em.”

However, he said he was working on scheduling new dates to accommodate fans in Minnesota.

Bankas is far from the first comedian to fall victim to a heckler’s veto. Pro-Hamas activists notably protested comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld for speaking out in support of Israel after the October 2023 massacre.

Dave Chappelle also was physically assaulted onstage by an apparent LGBT activist over jokes he had made about the transgender community.

Ben Sellers is a freelance writer and former editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.

Leftist Say ICE Withholding Shooters’ Names is Unprecedented, Ignoring J6 Babbitt Case

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Leftist Say ICE Withholding Shooters’ Names is Unprecedented, Ignoring J6 Babbitt Case

NOTE: ProPublica has identified the two ICE agents who shot Alex Pretti. ICE has not confirmed the report.

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A leftist pundit sparked backlash Friday after suggesting it was unprecedented for authorities to withhold the identity of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. 

The comment surfaced on X, where self-described journalist Aaron Rupar questioned whether there was “any modern precedent” for refusing to publicly identify the federal agents involved in Pretti’s Jan. 24 death. 

In response, conservative commentator Greg Price pointed to the case of Ashli Babbitt, a veteran who was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her shooter, Michael Byrd, identified himself voluntarily on Aug. 26, 2021, when he sat for a primetime interview on NBC Nightly News with then-host Lester Holt. 

Capitol Police had declined to release Byrd’s name, citing purported security concerns following leaks about his identity. 

Asked during the interview why he decided to identify himself, Byrd said he wanted to give his side of the story. 

“There’s a lot of things [sic] that have been reported that are inaccurate and misrepresentations of my actions on January the 6th,” he claimed. 

Byrd has claimed that he acted with “the utmost courage” and “saved countless lives.”

However, earlier records obtained by Judicial Watch found that other officers at the scene did not see a weapon in Babbitt’s hands prior to the shooting and that they did not hear Byrd issue any verbal commands prior to the shooting. Lt. Byrd later confessed that he shot Ashli before seeing her hands or assessing her intentions or even identifying her as female.

Despite the Babbitt precedent, leftist pundits are framing the decision to withhold the names of the federal agents behind Pretti’s death as a deliberate lack of transparency. 

Pretti was fatally shot in Minneapolis, following a confrontation with federal immigration agents during what DHS described as a targeted enforcement operation. The White House has said Pretti was armed at the time and attempted to interfere with agents while recording them. However, video evidence shows that he was disarmed before he was shot.

Pretti has been widely portrayed by left-leaning activists and media figures as a peaceful anti-ICE observer. However, a newly surfaced video from Jan. 13 appears to show Pretti spitting at Border Patrol agents before kicking and damaging the taillight of a federal vehicle. 

The Trump administration has said it is investigating Pretti’s death, and the federal agents involved have been placed on administrative leave. 

Jeffrey’s Son? NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Mother is in the Epstein Files

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Jeffrey’s Son? NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Mother is in the Epstein Files

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Rumors swirled on social media that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani might be the son Jeffrey Epstein after newly released documents showed Mamdani’s mother may have partied with the millionaire pedophile.

Mamdani, 34, is the son of director Mira Nair, whose name appeared at least 12 times in the newly uploaded data sets.

In one October 2009 email, publicist Peggy Siegal wrote to Epstein that she had attended a party at the house of Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell.

The email made reference to actors Hilary Swank and Richard Gere, suggesting it may have been a wrap party for the Nair-directed biopic Amelia, about aviator Amelia Earhart.

The email also indicated that former President Bill Clinton and billionaire Jeff Bezos were in attendance.

Although the evidence was circumstantial, it was enough to prompt USA News to issue a series of posts making the case for Epstein’s paternity.

It pointed to a 1987 documentary Nair made, called Children of a Desired Sex, and points to her eight-year marriage to a man named Mitch Epstein prior to wedding Mahmood Mamdani in 1989.

“Considering Jeffrey Epstein and Mitch Epstein (who they say are unrelated) have very similar backgrounds and also both look similar, it is safe to say she had a type!” it said.

A separate post also features a photo appearing to show Nair and a young Zohran Mamdani with Epstein.

“Somebody has to say it. There is a very real possibility Zohran Mamdani is Jeffrey Epstein’s biological son,” it says.

Another widely circulated photo on social media appeared to show Epstein, Nair and Mamdani posing with Clinton. However, the photo, which would have been taken in the early 1990s, around the time of Clinton’s first presidential run, appeared to show Clinton and Epstein much older than they would have been.

Some online sources suggested it was AI generated.

Mamdani has faced criticism in the past for blatantly anti-Semitic comment, which would make his relationship with Epstein, a Jew and suspected Mossad agent, all the more shocking.

Author Hans Mahncke dismissed the idea that Epstein was Mamdani’s father but said Nair’s appearance in the Epstein files nonetheless underscored a serious concern about the “incestuous nature” of the Left’s cultural elite.

“At a certain level, everyone seems to know everyone, work for everyone, or is connected through some opaque web of professional and personal ties,” Mahncke wrote.

Woke Hollywood Shocked by Melania’s Box Office Success 

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Woke Hollywood Shocked by Melania’s Box Office Success 

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) First Lady Melania Trump’s documentary shattered box office expectations during its debut weekend, stunning Hollywood critics who had dismissed the Amazon-produced film as a flop. 

The film pulled in $7 million domestically over the weekend, making Melania the highest-selling non-music documentary in more than a decade, according to media reports. 

The documentary was filmed during the 20 days leading up to President Donald Trump’s swearing-in as the 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025. Amazon reportedly acquired the project for $40 million. 

Melania is expected to finish third at the box office, trailing Iron Lung and Send Help. 

“No one saw that coming,” The Hollywood Reporter noted, adding that many had prematurely declared the film a “bomb before it even opened based on empty, or nearly empty, seat maps in cinemas across the country.” 

The film’s success was driven largely by audiences in the South and South-Central part of the country. Roughly 72 percent of viewers were women around age 55, while 78 percent of all ticket buyers were 55 and older. 

The last documentary to see similar success was Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004, which debuted with $23.9 million. That film covered then-President George Bush. 

Despite the strong debut, media critics predictably trashed Melania, with Rotten Tomatoes averaging a 10 percent in critic score. Actual viewers, however, gave the film a 99 percent approval rating. 

Lefty Outlet Says Church Invaded in Minnesota Was Full of White Nationalists

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Lefty Outlet Says Church Invaded in Minnesota Was Full of White Nationalists

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Leftist magazine Mother Jones drew mounting ridicule over the weekend after publishing a piece critics say was designed to shield Don Lemon, the YouTuber now federally indicted over his alleged role in the anti-ICE riot inside Cities Church.

The article, written by the outlet’s national correspondent Kiera Butler, attempted to reframe the riot by casting the St. Paul-based church as extremist, claiming it had vague “ties to Christian nationalism.”

Here’s the catch: critics noted that the so-called ties amounted to little more than ideological guilt by association.

The piece pointed to no evidence tying Cities Church’s current leadership to any Christian nationalist groups. When asked for clarification in an email from Headline USA, Butler did not respond.

Instead, her article claimed the church was “founded in part” by pastor Joe Rigney, who is no longer affiliated with the church and whom Mother Jones described as a “close associate” of pastor Doug Wilson.

Despite having no formal ties to the church, Wilson was depicted as a proxy for Christian nationalism.

The article claimed Wilson had made controversial comments about women years ago, though Wilson has previously said Mother Jones mischaracterized the statements.

Those details ignited backlash on X, as critics blasted the outlet for smearing worshippers to deflect blame from Lemon.

Conservative podcast host Erick Erickson blasted the article’s framing, writing: “You see Don Lemon is innocent because they got what they deserved. This is where the Left is now. And it will be reflected in how the msm covers this.”

X user John Roush dismantled the piece in a lengthy critique:

Columnist Bonchie distilled the argument even further. “The ‘ties’ here are that one person she claims helped start the church 10 years ago (who is no longer there) was friends with another pastor, who is liked by some nationalist types,” Bonchie wrote. “Excellent journalism by Kiera. Totally not a three degrees of separation hit piece.”

‘Bomb Cyclone’ Collapses House in North Carolina

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(Headline USA) A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still without power from last weekend’s ice storm in the South.

About 150 million people were under cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings in the eastern portion of the U.S., with wind chills near zero to single digits in the South and the coldest air mass seen in South Florida since December 1989, said Peter Mullinax, a meteorologist with weather prediction center in College Park, Maryland.

The Tampa-St. Petersburg area in Florida saw snow flurries, while temperatures dropped to the 20s in the Panhandle and 30s in South Florida on Sunday morning, Mullinax said. That left cold-stunned iguanas lying prostrate and motionless on the ground. Iguanas in South Florida go dormant in the cold and though they usually wake when temperatures warm, the reptiles can die after more than a day of extreme cold.

The cold also left ice on strawberries and oranges in the state. Farmers in Florida sometimes spray water on fruit trees and berry plants to protect them from the cold.

A bomb cyclone hits

Meanwhile, the bomb cyclone, known to meteorologists as an intense, rapidly strengthening weather system, contributed to nearly a foot of snow in and around Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city. The snowfall represented a top-five snow event all time there, Mullinax said.

In eastern North Carolina, James City recorded 18 inches of snow, while Swansboro recorded 17 inches, the National Weather Service reported.

Flight cancellations exceeded 2,800 in the U.S. on Saturday, with another 1,700 on Sunday, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking and data company. More than 800 of those Sunday cancellations were for flights departing from or arriving at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

The storm caused an hourslong mess on Interstate 85 northeast of the city, after a crash left dozens of semitractors and other vehicles backed up into the evening, according to the State Highway Patrol. More than 1,000 traffic collisions and two road deaths were reported, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Sunday.

“It’s an impressive cold shot, for sure, and there are daily records that are being seen down in the South,” Mullinax said.

One house shook and another collapsed

In Kitty Hawk on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Susan Sawin said her house got a “whopping” amount of snow and strong winds that reminded her of a nor’easter.

“It was blowing around like crazy,” said Sawin, 63. “It was a roaring wind … The house shook.”

She has a snow drift about 2 feet high outside her house, but she did not lose power. Sawin said she was thankful there was sufficient warning from officials ahead of the “bomb cyclone.”

“That is what it felt like, with the wind and driving snow last night,” she said. “That’s an accurate description.”

An owner of three book stores, she closed her businesses over the weekend and plans to remain shut Monday as well.

“We rarely close for a whole day,” she said. “This past August, we had a hurricane brush by, and I think we opened late one day. It’s pretty unusual to close for three days in a row.”

Also in North Carolina, officials said an unoccupied beachfront house in the Buxton community on Cape Hatteras collapsed in heavy surf Sunday.

More than 110 deaths connected to the wintry weather and storms have been reported around the U.S. since late January. In Tennessee and Mississippi, two states struck last weekend by a storm carrying snow and ice, more than 88,000 customers were still without electricity on Sunday, according to the outage tracking website poweroutage.us.

Nashville Electric Service said it expects 90% of its customers to have power restored Tuesday, with 99% getting electricity back by next Sunday, two weeks after the ice and snowstorm hit.

Gov. Bill Lee said he shared “strong concerns” with leadership of the utility, which has defended its response and said the storm was unprecedented.

Mississippi officials said it was the state’s worst winter storm since 1994. About 80 warming centers were opened and National Guard troops delivered supplies by truck and helicopter.

Jamita Washington, a resident of Vicksburg, Mississippi, said she lost power in last weekend’s ice storm and spent a three nights at a hotel with her son before her electricity was restored Thursday.

However, one of her two furnaces froze over and she has taken up sleeping on the living room sofa since returning home to freezing temperatures at night.

“It’s been frustrating, but I look at it like this: There’s people in a worse position than we are,” she said. “I know a few homeless people, so I just look at it like we’re technically blessed.”

Mullinax said parts of the Carolinas are going to be “digging out” for several days as they contend with gusty winds and bitterly cold wind chills. Heading into Tuesday and Wednesday, light snow could fall in the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic, from Washington D.C. and possibly into New York City, he said.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press



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