1. Dems Walk Out of Testy Senate Hearing for DeSantis’ Mad Doc

HOPELESS

“We don’t feel that we’re getting any answers,” Sen. Lauren Book said.

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2. Dentist Charged in Safari Murder Plot Got COVID, Lawyer Says

ANOTHER TWIST

Prosecutors described a wild life-insurance scheme that netted him roughly $5 million.

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4. Ex-Northwestern Prof Gets 53 Years for Killing Boyfriend

GRISLY

Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau, 26, was stabbed more than 70 times.

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5. Baltimore Police Lieutenant’s Husband Shot Dead Outside Home

TRAGIC

James Blue’s wife works in the internal affairs unit but investigators do not believe his shooting and his wife’s work are linked.

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7. Hundreds of Antisemitic Flyers Appear in Cities Across U.S.

HATE CRIME

“I took my morning walk with my wife on Sunday morning, and they were everywhere,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber told CNN.

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8. Ex-Professor Claims School ‘Canceled’ Him for Being White

‘RUINED LIVES’

In anonymous tweets, the professor complained about reparations for descendants of slavery and racial bias training.

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9. Melania’s Hat Auction Gets Just 5 Bids and Will Lose $80K

ART OF THE DEAL

The former first lady only accepted bids in a cryptocurrency that has seen its trading price tumble.

POLITICS

10. Amazon Drops Employee ‘Influencer’ Scheme After It Backfires

PR STUNT

“The ‘ambassador’ programme was always a laughable attempt to minimize the abuses unfolding inside Amazon warehouses,” said one observer.

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11. U.S. City to Become First to Make Gun Owners Get Insurance

RESPONSIBILITY

The mayor says additional fee would go toward covering the $442 million annual cost of gun violence.

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12. Cops Find 100 Bags of Fentanyl at Dead 13-Year-Old’s Home

HORRIFYING

Investigators looking into how the teen got the drugs say they have a person of interest, but no arrests have been made.

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13. Seb Gorka Steps on a Few Rakes While Suing Jan. 6 Committee

WHOOPSIE

The firebrand former Trump adviser has made a series of oopsies in public court, Politico reported this week.

MEDIA

14. Boris Did Intervene to Save Pets During Kabul Evac: Email

TALL TAIL

The beleaguered British prime minister previously dismissed the claim as “complete nonsense.”

WORLD

15. Teen Charged With Murder After 12-Year-Old Girl Overdoses

FATAL PILL

The girl purchased a “M-30” pill and was filmed crushing and lining it up shortly before she passed out.

U.S. NEWS

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