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Sadly, the reasons for this disparity go far back, and a key impetus happened just as the nation attempted to fix our public education system. – Dawn Williams	Found on CNN 1 year ago
About 70,000 students responded to this survey. Five percent of them had attempted suicide in the last year, that’s 3,500 kids. – John Rovers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These pre-compact rights are part of the whole knot that needs to be untangled here, (Congressional) legislation probably can’t do much about that, and I’m sure there would be litigation if it attempted to. – Sarah Porter	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The president’s personal attorneys have attempted to balance the importance of public transparency where appropriate with the established norms and limitations necessary to protect the investigation’s integrity, these considerations require avoiding the public release of detail relevant to the investigation while it is ongoing. – Bob Bauer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The President’s personal attorneys have attempted to balance the importance of public transparency where appropriate with the established norms and limitations necessary to protect the investigation’s integrity, these considerations require avoiding the public release of detail relevant to the investigation while it is ongoing. – Bob Bauer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Human Life Protection Act targets abortion providers, exempting women ‘upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed’ from liability under the law. – Steve Marshall	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With the significantly increased reward, we urge those who may have previously hesitated to contact us – or who may not have realized they had important information – to review the information on our website and come forward with anything relevant, despite the unprecedented volume of data review involved in this case, the FBI and our partners continue to work relentlessly to bring the perpetrator of these dangerous attempted attacks to justice. – David Sundberg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don't think we're going to have a coup in the classic sense with the military on the street, like what happened in 1964, what I think is more likely to happen is an attempted coup, some kind of subversion of democracy... or any attempt to delay the electoral process by introducing doubts about the legitimacy of the process. – Paulo Roseno	Found on CNN 1 year ago
And only a few days before, when the case agents attempted to interview him and serve him with a subpoena at his residence, the Defendant at first refused to open the door and then, when he did, told the agents to' get the f * out of here,'. – Justice Department**	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The officers attempted to remove Mr. Vagnone through the front driver side window of the vehicle, but due to intense physical heat and flames beginning to enter the cabin of the vehicle, they were unable to safely remove Mr. Vagnone, the officers attempted to douse the flames with fire extinguishers which enabled them enough time to grab hold of Mr. Vagnone from the passenger side of the vehicle. – Ridgefield Park Police Department	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
She has a very creative imagination. And I think she dreams up all these things that she says she's done, she has attempted to paint me as somebody( who), when I hear her characterization, I sometimes have to wonder who she's talking about. – Congressman Davis for many years	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In a less broken society, we would be able to require background checks every single time someone wants to buy a gun, and we would ban assault rifles outright, but if even one life is saved or one attempted mass shooting is prevented because of these regulations, we believe that it is worth fighting for. – David Hogg	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Contrary to what some have claimed, it is not ‘attempted murder’ under [California] law, to charge that offense, our office would have to be able to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, the minor specifically intended to kill the victims. There was no evidence of that. – George Gascon	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
My expectation is it will not happen, it will not be attempted. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
And then as the gunman was still shooting, he attempted to actually shoot through the coolers, but the bullets never penetrated, we could see the milk he shot through... leaking out. – Londin Thomas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As words were being exchanged, Allen stabbed the victim one time and attempted to flee the area before being apprehended by patrol officers. – Las Vegas	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For years, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts attempted to shield themselves from culpability by directing others to do their dirty work for them. – Alina Habba	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The lawsuit filed today outlines the defendants’ nefarious plot to vilify Donald J. Trump by spreading lies to weave a false narrative that he was colluding with Russia, for years, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts attempted to shield themselves from culpability by directing others to do their dirty work for them. – Alina Habba	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, an individual entered the museum, attempted to gain entrance presenting his membership card and was denied entrance because his membership had expired. His membership had expired as a result of two incidents involving disorderly conduct here at the museum on two separate dates in recent days, he became upset about not being allowed entrance and then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times. – Counterterrorism John Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Smugglers will try every possible way to try and get their product, or in this case live reptiles, across the border, in this occasion, the smuggler attempted to deceive CBP officers in order to bring these animals into Chad Plantz, without taking care for the health and safety of the animals. The unidentified driver was arrested for attempting to smuggle the live reptiles. He was turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE), Homeland Security investigators( HSI), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service( FWS) for further processing. The vehicle and the live reptiles were seized. The horned lizards found during the smuggling attempt at the San Ysidro border crossing last month( CBP) ARIZONA BORDER PATROL AGENT SHOOTS AND KILLS MEXICAN MIGRANT ON Chad Plantz SIDE OF THE BORDER The horned lizards and snakes were placed in a secure and safe area, and they will remain in quarantine because some species were endangered, according to the release. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP. – Sidney Aki	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As officers attempted to take the subject into custody, he shot two officers and fled the scene in a stolen patrol car. – Assistant Chief Brian Lewis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
After two decades without trial in U.S. custody, Mohammed will now receive the psychiatric care he has long needed in Saudi Arabia, with the support of his family, keeping him at Guantanamo, where he was tortured, and then repeatedly attempted suicide, would have been a likely death sentence. – Ramzi Kassem	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For nearly two years, corporate media and partisan opponents have targeted Ron DeSantis with relentless criticism for taking a strong stand against lockdowns, in Spring 2020, they attacked Ron DeSantis for refusing to close Florida’s beaches. In Summer 2020, they attacked Ron DeSantis for opening schools. In Spring 2021, they attacked Ron DeSantis for ending local emergency orders in the few counties that still attempted to impose restrictions. In Fall 2021, they attacked Ron DeSantis for appointing State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, an eminently qualified physician who immediately ended the forced quarantine of healthy schoolchildren. – Christina Pushaw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder. – Police Superintendent David Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago

Sadly, the reasons for this disparity go far back, and a key impetus happened just as the nation attempted to fix our public education system.

– Dawn Williams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

About 70,000 students responded to this survey. Five percent of them had attempted suicide in the last year, that’s 3,500 kids.

– John Rovers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These pre-compact rights are part of the whole knot that needs to be untangled here, (Congressional) legislation probably can’t do much about that, and I’m sure there would be litigation if it attempted to.

– Sarah Porter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The president’s personal attorneys have attempted to balance the importance of public transparency where appropriate with the established norms and limitations necessary to protect the investigation’s integrity, these considerations require avoiding the public release of detail relevant to the investigation while it is ongoing.

– Bob Bauer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The President’s personal attorneys have attempted to balance the importance of public transparency where appropriate with the established norms and limitations necessary to protect the investigation’s integrity, these considerations require avoiding the public release of detail relevant to the investigation while it is ongoing.

– Bob Bauer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Human Life Protection Act targets abortion providers, exempting women ‘upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed’ from liability under the law.

– Steve Marshall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With the significantly increased reward, we urge those who may have previously hesitated to contact us – or who may not have realized they had important information – to review the information on our website and come forward with anything relevant, despite the unprecedented volume of data review involved in this case, the FBI and our partners continue to work relentlessly to bring the perpetrator of these dangerous attempted attacks to justice.

– David Sundberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don't think we're going to have a coup in the classic sense with the military on the street, like what happened in 1964, what I think is more likely to happen is an attempted coup, some kind of subversion of democracy... or any attempt to delay the electoral process by introducing doubts about the legitimacy of the process.

– Paulo Roseno

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And only a few days before, when the case agents attempted to interview him and serve him with a subpoena at his residence, the Defendant at first refused to open the door and then, when he did, told the agents to' get the f *** out of here,'.

– Justice Department

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The officers attempted to remove Mr. Vagnone through the front driver side window of the vehicle, but due to intense physical heat and flames beginning to enter the cabin of the vehicle, they were unable to safely remove Mr. Vagnone, the officers attempted to douse the flames with fire extinguishers which enabled them enough time to grab hold of Mr. Vagnone from the passenger side of the vehicle.

– Ridgefield Park Police Department

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

She has a very creative imagination. And I think she dreams up all these things that she says she's done, she has attempted to paint me as somebody( who), when I hear her characterization, I sometimes have to wonder who she's talking about.

– Congressman Davis for many years

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In a less broken society, we would be able to require background checks every single time someone wants to buy a gun, and we would ban assault rifles outright, but if even one life is saved or one attempted mass shooting is prevented because of these regulations, we believe that it is worth fighting for.

– David Hogg

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Contrary to what some have claimed, it is not ‘attempted murder’ under [California] law, to charge that offense, our office would have to be able to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, the minor specifically intended to kill the victims. There was no evidence of that.

– George Gascon

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My expectation is it will not happen, it will not be attempted.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And then as the gunman was still shooting, he attempted to actually shoot through the coolers, but the bullets never penetrated, we could see the milk he shot through... leaking out.

– Londin Thomas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As words were being exchanged, Allen stabbed the victim one time and attempted to flee the area before being apprehended by patrol officers.

– Las Vegas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For years, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts attempted to shield themselves from culpability by directing others to do their dirty work for them.

– Alina Habba

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The lawsuit filed today outlines the defendants’ nefarious plot to vilify Donald J. Trump by spreading lies to weave a false narrative that he was colluding with Russia, for years, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts attempted to shield themselves from culpability by directing others to do their dirty work for them.

– Alina Habba

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, an individual entered the museum, attempted to gain entrance presenting his membership card and was denied entrance because his membership had expired. His membership had expired as a result of two incidents involving disorderly conduct here at the museum on two separate dates in recent days, he became upset about not being allowed entrance and then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times.

– Counterterrorism John Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Smugglers will try every possible way to try and get their product, or in this case live reptiles, across the border, in this occasion, the smuggler attempted to deceive CBP officers in order to bring these animals into Chad Plantz, without taking care for the health and safety of the animals. The unidentified driver was arrested for attempting to smuggle the live reptiles. He was turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE), Homeland Security investigators( HSI), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service( FWS) for further processing. The vehicle and the live reptiles were seized. The horned lizards found during the smuggling attempt at the San Ysidro border crossing last month( CBP) ARIZONA BORDER PATROL AGENT SHOOTS AND KILLS MEXICAN MIGRANT ON Chad Plantz SIDE OF THE BORDER The horned lizards and snakes were placed in a secure and safe area, and they will remain in quarantine because some species were endangered, according to the release. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

– Sidney Aki

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As officers attempted to take the subject into custody, he shot two officers and fled the scene in a stolen patrol car.

– Assistant Chief Brian Lewis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

After two decades without trial in U.S. custody, Mohammed will now receive the psychiatric care he has long needed in Saudi Arabia, with the support of his family, keeping him at Guantanamo, where he was tortured, and then repeatedly attempted suicide, would have been a likely death sentence.

– Ramzi Kassem

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For nearly two years, corporate media and partisan opponents have targeted Ron DeSantis with relentless criticism for taking a strong stand against lockdowns, in Spring 2020, they attacked Ron DeSantis for refusing to close Florida’s beaches. In Summer 2020, they attacked Ron DeSantis for opening schools. In Spring 2021, they attacked Ron DeSantis for ending local emergency orders in the few counties that still attempted to impose restrictions. In Fall 2021, they attacked Ron DeSantis for appointing State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, an eminently qualified physician who immediately ended the forced quarantine of healthy schoolchildren.

– Christina Pushaw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder.

– Police Superintendent David Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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