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News Wrap: Colorado Gov. Polis commuting sentence of Tina Peters
In our news wrap Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the prison sentence of 2020 election denier Tina Peters, the Justice Department announced the arrest of an Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in retaliation for the war in Iran and Africa's leading public health agency says an Ebola outbreak has killed at least 65 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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According to PBS News’s source item, News Wrap: Colorado Gov. Polis commuting sentence of Tina Peters, In our news wrap Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the prison sentence of 2020 election denier Tina Peters, the Justice Department announced the arrest of an Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in retaliation for the war in Iran and Africa’s leading public health agency says an Ebola outbreak has killed at least 65 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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