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Santa Anita racetrack loses two horses in three days, marking 25 fatalities in six months

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) -- Two horses died at Southern California's prominent Santa Anita racetrack over the weekend, marking 25 thoroughbred fatalities there in the last six months.A pair of 3-year-old geldings sustained fatal injuries in separate incidents on Friday and Sunday as the embattled racetrack works and employ reforms to stem a rash of unprecedented horse deaths.One of the horses, a male called Spectacular Music, sustained a rare injury to the pelvis while racing near the half-mile pole on Sunday, according to the track."The horse did ...

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Trump holds rally in Pennsylvania on heels of Biden's official campaign launch

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally in Pennsylvania of 2019 just days after former Vice President Joe Biden officially kicked off his presidential over the weekend, as both party's continue to make plays for the critical state.For Trump, Pennsylvania holds weight: The state was crucial to the president's 2016 victory, and it again will be for his reelection hopes. The president pulled off a narrow victory in Pennsylvania in 2016, becoming the first Republican to ...

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Judge rules in favor of House Democrats' efforts to obtain Trump's financial records from former accounting firm

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of House Democrats in their efforts to obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records, marking the first legal victory for Democrats as the Trump administration stonewalls their attempts at congressional oversight.“It is not for the court to question whether the Committee’s actions are truly motivated by political considerations.” Judge Amit Mehta wrote in a ruling Monday. “Accordingly, the court will enter judgment in favor of the Oversight Committee.”President Trump and ...

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McConnell, a tobacco-state Republican, unveils bill to raise age to buy tobacco

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, from the tobacco state of Kentucky, on Monday unveiled federal legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase e-cigarettes and all other tobacco products in the U.S. from 18 to 21.The Tobacco-Free Youth Act is a measure that McConnell and his Democratic co-sponsor of the bill, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, say is aimed at reducing teen use of e-cigarettes, which the duo call a “public health crisis.”“It’s our responsibility as parents and public servants to ...

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Pro-Brexit politician Nigel Farage hit by protest milkshake

Ian Forsyth/Getty Images(LONDON) -- You might have had a bad Monday, but it probably wasn't as bad as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage's.The former UK Independence Party leader was hit with a milkshake thrown by a protester ahead of a pro-Brexit event in Newcastle, England.In video that captured the moment, security can be seen rushing around Farage. "Complete failure," Farage is heard to say.Farage emerged as an international lightning rod following his prominent role in the Brexit movement, in which he helped shepherd an ultimately-successful ...

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Great white shark spotted in Long Island Sound for first time ever: Researchers

Whitepointer/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A great white shark measuring nearly 10 feet long has been spotted in Long Island Sound off the Connecticut shore for the first time ever, researchers said on Monday.The great white was being tracked Monday by the ocean research group Ocearch, the organization said on Twitter."Be advised! For the first time ever, we are tracking a white shark in the Long Island Sound," Ocearch researchers tweeted.The group said the shark measures 9-feet-8-inches and was spotted off the shore of Greenwich, Connecticut.This is ...

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Trump blocks former White House counsel McGahn from testifying to Congress

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump has ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn not to testify before Congress about events relating to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, the White House said on Monday.In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., White House counsel Pat Cipollone writes "that McGahn is absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony with respect to matters occurring during his service as a senior adviser to the President" citing previous Department of Justice Office ...

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