An investigative report based on previously unreleased records obtained by The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune, and ProPublica has called the medical response to the Uvalde, Texas school shooting on May 24 at Robb Elementary “flawed.” Two teachers and 19 students died in that shooting, and the investigation alleges that …
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The FIA’s international sporting code has been updated to require that all Formula 1 drivers receive written permission to express explicit political, religious, or personal statements. Beginning in 2023, any non-neutral stances across the three sectors will be considered a violation of the organization’s principle of neutrality without a clear …
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Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll over the weekend asking users if he should step down as the head of Twitter, and promising to “abide by the results.” The people voted — for Musk to get lost. But instead of responding the Twitter public with the same decisiveness he applied …
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Elon Musk is summoning the masses to decide: Should he stay or should he go? On Sunday, the controversial Twitter CEO conducted a poll posing this question: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” By early Monday morning, more than …
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Amber Heard has reached a settlement with Johnny Depp that will keep their contentious defamation case from moving forward on appeal. Heard announced the settlement on Instagram Monday, Dec. 19, writing, “After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought …
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Sam Bankman-Fried — the cryptocurrency entrepreneur who has struggled to control the narrative and dispel suspicions of fraud after his FTX exchange collapsed in early November — has agreed to be extradited to the United States after being arrested and jailed in the Bahamas, The New York Times reports. On …
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Lionel Messi: FIFA World Cup champion. Perhaps the greatest soccer player of his generation, the Argentina star capped his storybook career Sunday with an extra time goal to help his home country secure its first World Cup tournament win in 36 years as Argentina defeated France in a gripping, rollercoaster …
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After Twitter owner Elon Musk spent the last few days suspending — and then unsuspending —journalists tasked with covering him, the social media site on Sunday unveiled a policy banning the free promotion of certain other sites. Not only are free links to Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram, Truth Social, Tribel, Post …
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If you’ve always thought of FIFA, the international body responsible for the integrity of the world’s most popular sport, as a bundle of contradictions and double standards, this is a story for you. Oddly enough, it involves two South American plants, yerba mate and coca, each with a deep history, …
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M ICHAEL AWOKE STARING down the muzzle of a short-barreled, pump-action shotgun.It was well past midnight on a warm, clear October night on the Southern California coast. The 28-year-old medical-marijuana dispensary owner — half asleep on a couch in the Newport Beach bungalow where he rented rooms — reached out …
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