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NASA to launch ‘workplace safety review’ of Elon Musk’s high-flying SpaceX firm

Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube(NEW YORK) — You would think that getting high would be part of NASA’s core mission. Yet the space agency is undertaking a workplace safety review of Elon Musk’s firm SpaceX — reportedly in response to the capricious entrepreneur’s decision last summer to smoke pot and drink whiskey on a podcast that was …

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A hurricane-devastated community is coming together for Thanksgiving

ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A little over a month after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms in U.S. history, members of one of the hardest-hit communities are coming together to create a Thanksgiving feast for all. The storm virtually wiped out the coastal community of Panama …

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NJ family was ‘targeted’ and killed before mansion fire in New Jersey: Prosecutor

WABC(COLTS NECK, N.J.) — A wealthy New Jersey family was killed before their mansion was set on fire in what authorities are investigating as a quadruple homicide. The killer shot Keith Caneiro and stabbed Caneiro’s wife, Jennifer, and their two young children before setting the family’s mansion on fire, an official briefed on the case …

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Thanksgiving surprise: Couple finds $1.8 million jackpot-winning lottery ticket while cleaning up their home

Louisiana Lottery(NEW YORK) — A Lousiana couple preparing to welcome their family for Thanksgiving were cleaning their home this week when they found an unexpected surprise: a winning lottery ticket worth nearly $2 million. Harold and Tina Ehrenberg found the $1.8 million jackpot-winning Louisiana Lottery lotto ticket on their nightstand on Saturday, Nov. 17, two …

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Kansas commissioner resigns after bizarre ‘master race’ remarks

Leavenworth County Board of County Commissioners(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) —  A white Kansas county commissioner has resigned after coming under fire for telling an African-American consultant at a public meeting that he was “part of the master race.” Louis Klemp, 80, resigned Tuesday from the Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners, writing in a letter that “I …

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New Jersey mansion fire being probed as quadruple homicide

WABC(COLTS NECK, N.J.) — A blaze that ripped through a New Jersey mansion and killed four people, including two children, is being investigated as a homicide, according to law enforcement sources. Paul Caneiro, the brother of Keith Caneiro who was found dead along with his family in their Colts Neck mansion, was arrested and taken …

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Rare white lion in South Africa named Mufasa may be saved by ‘mystery donor’

Tjitske Schouwstra(NEW YORK) — A tense legal battle in South African courts over the fate of a rare white lion might be over after a “mystery donor” stepped in to buy the animal. Three-year-old Mufasa was confiscated as a cub from a private owner after law enforcement officials found out that he was kept as …

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New documentary takes a closer look at Meghan Markle’s life as the Duchess of Sussex

Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — Meghan Markle stepped into the spotlight as Prince Harry’s beautiful bride, and since their royal nuptials, the Duchess of Sussex has quickly adjusted into her new life, new role and new royal family. ABC News takes an up-close look at Meghan Markle’s royal beginnings as the Duchess of Sussex in a …

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Coldest Thanksgiving in decades on the way for Northeast, Midwest

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major cold blast is moving into the Northeast just in time for Thanksgiving morning. Several daily record lows and record-low highs are expected to be broken with temperatures 20 to 35 degrees below normal. Wind chills on Thursday morning across the Northeast will be brutal -– in the teens from …

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Heavy rain could trigger mudslides, flash floods in California as rescuers search for wildfire victims

Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images(PARADISE, Calif.) — Heavy rain is forecast in parts of California on Wednesday, potentially triggering flash floods, debris flows or mudslides in areas where wildfires recently killed more than 80 people and destroyed nearly 17,000 structures. At least 870 people still were unaccounted in the wake of …

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