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A federal appeals court late Wednesday ruled the Trump Administration can use nearly $4 billion in military funds for construction of the president�s long-promised border wall.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed an earlier decision by El Paso-based U.S. District Judge David Briones that blocked the spending. The latest decision allows the funds to be spent while the case plays out in its appeal.

The $3.6 billion had been earmarked by the Trump administration for construction of 11 barriers on the southern border, CNN reported Wednesday. The original lawsuit was filed by El Paso County and the Border Network for Human Rights, an El Paso-based advocacy group. The Trump administration asked the appeals court to consider the matter on Dec. 16.

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Forty mourners have been killed and more than 200 injured after a stampede broke out on the final day of Qassem Soleimani’s funeral in Iran today.

Iran’s farewell to the general descended into chaos after thousands of people thronged to his home town of Kerman, where he was due to be buried later on the third day of his funeral.

With a sea of mourners rushing to see Soleimani’s coffin, state media said the overcrowding had caused a stampede which left 40 people dead and 213 injured.

Footage which circulated online appeared to show emergency workers desperately trying to rescue mourners who had been thrown to the ground and badly hurt during the crush.

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Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot plans to run for governor in 2022, he told supporters at an event in Silver Spring Tuesday.

Franchot made the announcement at Denizens Brewing Co., according to political blog A Miner Detail. Bethesda Magazine confirmed the run with a spokesperson for Franchot.

Franchot is a Democrat, though he�s worked closely with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan during Hogan�s tenure. Hogan will be term-limited and thus not able to run for the office again.

The comptroller is the first Maryland politician to confirm he will run for governor in 2022.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is �cancer free� after successfully undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in the summer.

The 86-year-old justice, whose health has long been the subject of speculation due to its potential impact on the court�s makeup, has now beaten cancer for the fourth time.

�I�m cancer free. That�s good,� the liberal justice told CNN on Wednesday.

The network said Ginsburg was �sounding energized and speaking animatedly� when she gave the interview.

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MONTPELIER, Vt. �A bill seeking to ban the use of cellphones for anyone under the age of 21 was introduced by a Democratic state senator in Vermont this week.

The bill, introduced to the Judiciary Committee by Sen. John Rodgers, would make the possession of a cellphone punishable by up to one year in prison, a $1,000 fine, or both.

Rodgers writes within the proposal that cellphones are a large factor in teenage driving deaths and can lead to bullying and radicalization.

“In light of the dangerous and life-threatening consequences of cellphone use by young people, it is clear that persons under 21 years of age are not developmentally mature enough to safely possess them,” the bill reads. “just as the General Assembly has concluded that persons under 21 years of age are not mature enough to possess firearms, smoke cigarettes or consume alcohol.”

In an interview with the Times Argus Wednesday, Rodgers said the bill was introduced to raise conversation, and he does not expect it to pass.

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In 1978 and 1979, Hillary Rodham Clinton conducted a series of trades in cattle futures. She turned her $1,000 investment into nearly $100,000 (equivalent to $352,269 in 2019) in just 10 months.

Like mother, like daughter.

Chelsea Clinton has hauled in $9 million in compensation since 2011 as a board member of an internet investment company, according to Barron�s, the financial publication.

Clinton, the only child of former President Bill Clinton and the former Secretary, has served on IAC/InterActiveCorp, a media and internet investment company owns a stake in 150 major brands, such as Vimeo, Tinder, Angie�s List and Home Advisor.

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At least five rockets have reportedly hit a bases that houses US and British troops in Baghdad, an interior Ministry official suggested Tuesday.

The rockets are said to have struck the al-Taji military base, situated 30km north of Baghdad, on Tuesday evening though there is no word of how many casualties were inflicted or how severely the base was damaged.

Sirens were also heard ringing out at the US consulate in Erbil, in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, according to Al Ghad TV, however some reports suggest it may have just been a siren test.

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Jake Day makes a post on his FB page last Monday about the Salisbury Wicomico County Airport making it sound like it’s his Airport. No Jake Day that Airport is Wicomico County’s Airport and not yours or the City of Salisbury’s. It’s no where even close to the City limits. His blind followers think it’s his and even asks him questions. The funny thing is he didn’t know the answers and ignored his followers.