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Illegal Alien charged with Mollie Tibbetts’ murder

Click here: An “illegal alien” is in custody for the murder of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, according to Iowa police officials. Cristhian Rivera, 24, was charged Tuesday in Poweshiek County after being brought in without incident by local cops.
Click here for more on the murder: “He went to get her out of the trunk and noticed blood on the side of her head… he then dragged Tibbetts on foot to a secluded location in a cornfield, put her over his shoulder and took her 20 meters into the field where he left her, covered up in some leaves”
Illegal Alien Cristhian Bahena Rivera; University of Iowa Student, Mollie Tibbetts
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The Last Straw

The claim that Americans use 500 million plastic straws daily is based on a nine-year-old’s school project. We explain in this short 4-minute video.

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Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy Linked To Autism In Children

Click here: Pregnant women with higher levels of a banned pesticide that’s still found in many foods today are more likely to have children diagnosed with autism, a new study finds.
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A Nation of Immigrants

The media narrative today is that America has become “xenophobic” and is turning its back on new immigrants. But that narrative is sharply contradicted by the fact that the United States maintains the most generous immigration policies in the world. In this week’s new 5-minute video, CRTV host and best-selling author Michelle Malkin explains how ill-conceived immigration policies threaten to destroy the American Dream for everyone.

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West Burlington / Notre Dame Football 2018

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Front row (l-r): Manager Alycia Jackson, Tyler Graham, Tanner Snodgrass, Reece Richards, Cole Williams, Austin Mixer, Ty Russell, Rylie Koenig.
Second row: Bryce Sankus, Dreyton LaVeine, Quintin Williams, Jeron Conner, Drew Chiprez, Kameron Waterhouse, Isaiah Richardson, Eli Collier.
Third row: Manager Kallee Orth, Manager Caitlyn Conlee, Christian Orth, Tyas Kreiss, Anthony Hoffman, Austin Cox, Manager Natalie Vandenberg.
Fourth row: Cael McHune, Caden Sawyers, Dawson Gach, Matt Johnson, Ethan Eilers, Brady Oleson, Caden Murphy, Paeton Diaz.
Fifth row: Damion Snyder, Jack Spencer, Caleb Wilkerson, Jackson Hamelton, Kaysean Rice, Carson Chiprez, Tyler Burch.
Back row: Asst. Coaches Chris Conlee, & Daren Orth, Head Coach Jay Eilers, Asst. Coaches Micah Oleson, Jordan Webb, & Eric Walechka.
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West Burlington / Notre Dame Varsity Cheerleaders 2018

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Abi Schonrock, Grace Kolhof, Sara Rouse, Haley Avery, Lili Zang
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West Burlington / Notre Dame JV Cheerleaders 2018

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Shelby Ryan, Ella Humphries, Celeste Cobb, Tru Hanson, Paige Carson.
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Notre Dame / West Burlington Cross Country 2018

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Front (l-r): Kaleb Allen, Colton Sherwood, Kyle Etka.
Middle: Jonah Fritz, Jonah Marlow, Harrison Arnold, Austin Applegate.
Back: Asst. Coach Ben Merrick, Catherine Graber, Cole Carper, Elijah Vance, Head Coach Mike Moffitt
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Like Socialism? Look at the stacks of cash Venezuelans must use to buy basics

Click here: Shocking images show the amount of cash required to buy some basic supplies as socialist Venezuela’s hyperinflation spirals out of control.
In socialist Venezuela it takes a stack of bank notes worth 2,600,000 bolivars to purchase a single roll of toilet paper.
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Archaeologists find ancient city in a rural field in Kansas

Click here: According to Spanish records from 1601, they ran into a tribe called the Escanxaques, who told of a large city nearby where a Spaniard was allegedly imprisoned. The locals called it Etzanoa, home to perhaps 20,000 people between 1450 and 1700.