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‘I have receipts’: Washington woman upgrades iPhone for ‘free’ at T-Mobile. Then she loses thousands of dollars

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Trump fans blame ‘stoned commie hippies’ for Nikki Haley’s Super Tuesday win in Vermont

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‘Oh wait’: Nikki Haley’s son blasts Vivek Ramaswamy’s zero primary wins after he tried to trash Haley’s D.C. victory

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‘Tell me youre in maga country without telling me’: USPS worker refuses service to woman submitting absentee ballot

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‘She was seriously unhinged’: TikToker says she camped with a stranger for 5 days who was later arrested for kidnapping and attempted murder

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A firsthand look at the terror of being in a tornado’s path

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