🚨 A convicted murderer in Mississippi, who managed to escape from jail this weekend, was captured on Tuesday after a car that he had stolen ran out of gas.

Authorities say the 51-year old, Michael Floyd Wilson, was trying to speed up to evade police, but to no avail.

This was the third time Wilson had escaped custody.

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📹: White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki is holding a press briefing in Washington, DC.

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⚡️ US has range of options at disposal if Lugansk recognized as independent republic - White House

⚡️"Hold The Line": Canada Truckers Refuse to End Protest Despite Emergency

Trucker-led protesters occupying the Canadian capital showed no sign of backing down Tuesday, despite a newly invoked state of emergency granting wide new powers to end their weeks-long protest over Covid rules.

"Truckers are not going anywhere," said one protester who gave his name only as Tyler, sitting at the wheel of his truck parked outside parliament.

Authorities have until now proven unable to end the trucker movement, which has paralyzed the Canadian capital Ottawa for more than two weeks, snarling border trade with the United States and spawning copycat protests abroad.

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⚡️Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration over airport, airline mask mandate

JUST IN: Virginia Gov. Youngkin signs bill banning school mask mandates

"Today we are reestablishing and restoring power back to parents," the governor said.

🥑 Avocados will likely be in short supply and more expensive in the coming weeks if the U.S. suspension of Mexican avocado imports persists.

On Saturday, the Mexican government confirmed that the U.S. government had suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector received a threat.

The pause was a surprise, giving grocers, restaurants and consumers no time to prepare before Mexican avocado imports ground to a halt. And while the suspension is temporary, it’s unclear how long it will last.

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😷 With the end of many statewide mask mandates, it’s up to local districts as to whether they will keep the requirement. Communities expect political and emotional fights ahead.

Some see masking as a potent health tool and a symbol of progressive values. Others have come to see face coverings as an unfortunate social barrier between their children and the world. Many people are somewhere in between.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics continue to call for school masking, and some polls show that the public is broadly supportive of the practice.


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🚀 Former President Donald Trump may be back on social media soon and using a platform that looks very similar to Twitter.

“TRUTH Social (beta) has dropped and President Trump is active on his own account!” tweeted Liz Willis, VP of operations at Right Side Broadcasting Network. “The world is healing.”

Trump is planning to launch the Truth Social platform on February 21 - Presidents' Day - according to its Apple App Store listing. The platform appears to be an almost exact replica of Twitter.


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‼️ A Florida mom helped her 14-year-old son take meth and had the kid hallucinating from the drug, a report said.

Cheryl Ann Asiq, 38, allegedly held foil with heated methamphetamine while the teenager used a straw to take a hit of the vapors in Pasco County.

Asiq gave the teen meth three separate times between Thursday and Saturday when a family member called the house and spoke with the boy who was “hallucinating” from the drugs, the WFLA-TV reported.

⚡️ NATO will continue to provide political and practical assistance to Ukraine and Georgia, Stoltenberg said at a meeting with the defence ministers of these countries

⚡️ Russian foreign minister says Moscow will today send its response to US on security guarantees

📹: A great white shark has killed a swimmer in Sydney, Australia – for the first time since 1963.

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US media are setting a new date for a “Russian invasion of Ukraine”. Politico says that the “actual key date” to keep an eye on is February 20 and that the earlier February 16 prediction was “overhyped.”

📹: US Ambassador John Sullivan arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow

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❗️ UPDATE: US Ambassador Sullivan spent only 15 minutes in the ministry and refused to provide any details about the purpose of his visit, according to a Sputnik correspondent

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⚡️ US relocating some troops from Germany to Bulgaria for joint training opportunities, better interoperability – Austin