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OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI —then let it wither, source says
OpenAI’s Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer “superintelligent” AI systems was promised 20% of the company’s compute resources, according to a person from that team. But requests for a fraction of that compute were often denied, blocking the team from doing their work.
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AT&T deal will make every phone a satellite phone
AT&T is getting close to offering subscribers the capability to transform their regular phones into legit satellite devices.
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The best portable power station for 2024 to help you prep for storms, blackouts and emergencies
Suitable for homes, apartments, RVs and more, these backup batteries are a modern must-have.
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The 27 best Walmart deals to shop this weekend — save up to 75% on early Memorial Day sales, summer essentials and more
Ready for your pre-summer perusal: A massive patio umbrella for over half off, a 65-inch Hisense smart TV for under $500 and a Keurig hot/iced coffeemaker for nearly $70 off.
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The 40+ best Amazon early Memorial Day deals: Save up to 80% on summer essentials, vacuums, tech and more
A No. 1 bestselling Ninja air fryer for $80 is calling our name, as is a sleek stick vac marked down by over 50%. That's just for starters.
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2024 PGA Championship: How to watch live, tee times, TV channels, schedule and more
The 2024 PGA Championship tees off Thursday. Here's how to tune in.
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What to expect from Microsoft Build 2024: The Surface event, Windows 11 and AI
Microsoft has a Surface showcase and its Build developer conference planned for early next week. Here's what we expect.
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The best exfoliator for face in 2024 will make your skin feel as smooth as a silk slip
Dr. Dennis Gross, Drunk Elephant, SkinMedica and Cerave will exfoliate your face and give you angel-soft skin.
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Microsoft’s custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week
Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at the Microsoft Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned. In an analyst briefing ahead of Build, Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s executive VP of the Microsoft Cloud and AI group, directly compared Cobalt to AWS’s Graviton chips, which have been available to developers for quite a few years now. Guthrie said that Microsoft’s chips will offer 40% better performance over other ARM chips in the market. Adobe, S
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2024 NFL schedule: Everything you need to know about this season's slate of games
Here's what you need to know about the 2024 NFL schedule after Wednesday night's announcement.
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Google I/O 2024: Everything announced so far
It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicks off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it’s been working on. Here's everything announced so far.
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Google gets serious about AI-generated video at Google I/O 2024
Google’s gunning for OpenAI’s Sora with Veo, an AI model that can create 1080p video clips around a minute long given a text prompt. Unveiled on Tuesday at Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference, Veo can capture different visual and cinematic styles, including shots of landscapes and timelapses, and make edits and adjustments to already-generated footage.
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Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video
Gemini, Google’s family of generative AI models, can now analyze longer documents, codebases, videos and audio recordings than before. During a keynote at the Google I/O 2024 developer conference Tuesday, Google announced the private preview of a new version of Gemini 1.5 Pro, the company’s current flagship model, that can take in up to 2 million tokens. That’s double the previous maximum amount.
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Meta is shutting down Workplace, its enterprise communications business
Facebook once had big ambitions to be a major player in enterprise communication and productivity, but today the social network’s parent company Meta will be closing a very significant chapter in that story. TechCrunch has learned that Meta is shuttering Workplace, a version of Facebook that had been built to enable communication among business teams and wider organizations.
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AWS CEO Adam Selipsky steps down
Adam Selipsky is stepping down from his role as CEO of AWS, Amazon has confirmed to TechCrunch. In a memo shared internally by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and published this morning to the company’s blog, Jassy said that AWS sales chief Matt Garman will be promoted to CEO. Garman previously headed AWS’ EC2 cloud computing org.
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Biden Camp Has a Field Day With Wobbly Trump at Podium
XThe Biden campaign gleefully turned one of Donald Trump’s favorite digs against him on Saturday, branding the 78-year-old candidate as woefully geriatric in response to his embarrassing stumble at a Minnesota rally on Friday.Video from the event shared by Biden-Harris HQ on X showed Trump grabbing the lectern during his remarks on stage, after nearly toppling the podium over.A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage after he leans on his podium too hard and then goes on an angry rant calling hi
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Exclusive: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN
A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation that matches allegations in a now-settled federal lawsuit filed by Ventura in November.
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I worked with Michael Cohen and covered Donald Trump. Guess which man I trust
The question is who will a Manhattan jury believe?
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Virginia teacher busted for drugs in 2nd grade classroom, husband arrested in parking lot
A second-grade teacher at a Virginia school was arrested Thursday after she was found to be under the influence and suspected narcotics were allegedly found in her classroom.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs slammed by 50 Cent, Emily Ratajkowski, Aubrey O'Day over video of him allegedly beating ex
Celebrities such as 50 Cent, Emily Ratajkowski and Aubrey O'Day slammed Sean "Diddy" Combs Friday over video allegedly showing him beating his then-girlfriend.
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He’s been accepted to 122 colleges with $5.3 million in scholarships. His choice came down to his love of music
Helms Ategeka, a high school senior in Oakland, California, received admissions to 122 colleges and universities. With almost too many choices, he and his father had to work through their differences about which school he should choose.
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Kanye West's Wife Bianca Censori Rocks Curve-Hugging Bodysuit During Date Night at Denny's
Censori brought her fashion A-game during the casual night out with her husband.
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They’ve been stuck for 7 weeks on the ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge. This is what life is like for the Dali crew
It could be weeks or even months before crew members can leave, due to complications beyond their control. Here’s why they’re still confined – and how they’re coping
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Family of little girl killed by illegal immigrant shares emotional story, aims to take action in Congress
Stewart Jones, a South Carolina Republican and godfather of a little girl killed by an illegal immigrant, is being backed by the child's mother in his run for Congress.
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Charles Barkley reveals why nearly 80% of pro athletes go broke after retirement — how to avoid their mistakes
The Round Mound was able to rebound from his past financial missteps.
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Derek Jeter's Greenwood Lake 'castle' back on the market at drastically reduced price
Known locally as "the castle" on Greenwood Lake, Derek Jeter's long-time house bordering the New York-New Jersey state line is back on the market.
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Man accused of sucker-punching Steve Buscemi on NYC street is arrested
A man has been arrested on suspicion of sucker-punching actor Steve Buscemi in the face earlier this month in Manhattan, police said.
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This Artist Creates Jaw-Dropping Depictions Of Pacific Islander Women, And You've Got To See This For Yourself
"Pasifika peoples come in all sizes, shapes, and colors, and that’s something I love exploring in my work."
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For the first time, I see why reasonable people will vote for Donald Trump
I will never forget the crushing sense of disbelief, horror and dread the night that Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. The bad feelings did not diminish over the course of his term in office, even as many in the same anti-woke, pro-free-speech stable as me began to caveat their objections to the buffoonish talk-show lout who was now the president of the United States.
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Jena Sims compares training for her SI Swim shoot to husband Brooks Koepka prepping for the US Open
"I was like, 'It’s go time,'" the 5-foot-8 stunner told The Post.
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Johnson’s Trump trip unsettles some Republicans: ‘Tell me this isn’t so’
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to appear this week at former President Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan is sparking new blowback from some House Republicans, who are questioning why he would inject himself so prominently in a case involving an alleged affair with a porn star. These Republicans, who requested to speak anonymously to…
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Opinion: What I noticed immediately about King Charles’ portrait
The response to King Charles III’s divisive official portrait focused largely its hellfire red hues, but Holly Thomas writes that what she noticed first wasn’t the color, but what it obscured.
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Hollywood Stars Blast Diddy After Release Of 'Gut-wrenching' Video Of His Assault On Cassie
Emily Ratajkowski and other celebrities have reacted with horror to newly surfaced footage of Diddy assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie.
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“SI Swimsuit ”Model Lauren Chan 1 Year After History-Making Rookie Debut: 'I've Come Into My Own' (Exclusive)
One year after Chan's 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' debut, the model opened up to PEOPLE about the sources of her confidence
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The "Full House" Cast Finally Reunited With Mary-Kate And Ashley Olsen, And The Photo Will Warm Your Heart
My teenage heart is screaming.
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Trump and Melania attend Barron’s graduation after she failed to show at hush money trial
Former president and first lady attended ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida after judge overseeing Trump’s criminal trial granted permission for him to be there
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PGA Championship: Will Zalatoris says group of players considered asking for postponement after death, Scottie Scheffler arrest
It was a surreal day at the PGA Championship.
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'Absolute dinosaur' gator seen on Florida school path
Wildlife trappers were called to a Florida school where an "absolute dinosaur of an alligator" came wandering up a path.
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Jacques Pépin’s Trick for the Best-Ever Chicken Salad
The legendary French chef does it again!
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AOC Reveals Darker Intentions Behind MTG Hearing Chaos
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is exposing the truth of what Republicans were up to in that chaotic House Oversight hearing with Marjorie Taylor-Greene.
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We asked ChatGPT to be a juror in Donald Trump's hush-money trial. It said it would find him guilty.
We asked AI chatbots how they'd decide the Donald Trump trial if they were jurors. ChatGPT and Perplexity both said they'd find him guilty.
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Bill Maher Confirms He Refused To Stop Smoking Pot To Interview Sober Steve-O
The now-sober "Jackass" alum recently asked Maher to refrain from smoking weed while he appeared on Maher's podcast.
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Dear Abby: I’m stuck taking care of my negligent, self-centered mother
Dear Abby weighs in on a woman struggling with taking care of her sick mother and a family grappling with the relationship of their father's lovechild from a one-night stand.
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Johnson slams raucous congressional hearing sparked by Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'fake eyelashes' comment
Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed over Greene's comments that Rep. Jasmine Crockett wore "fake eyelashes." "It was not a good look for Congress," the speaker told ABC News. Tensions flared Thursday night during the committee's markup of a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in
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Man wins nearly $2 million placing $5 side bet at Las Vegas casino
Joseph Nardello made the win through the Millionaire Progressive, which allows customers to place a $5 side bet while playing table games at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas.
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Reporter Puts Trump on the Spot Over His 2020 Vow on Minnesota
KSTPIn an interview with a St. Paul, Minnesota reporter that aired a few days before his scheduled appearance Friday at the state GOP Lincoln Day fundraising dinner, former President Donald Trump denied saying that he wouldn’t return to the Midwest state if he lost it in 2020—but the local ABC affiliate brought the receipts to prove otherwise.KSTP reporter Tom Hauser spoke with Trump over a video call conducted Tuesday before the indicted ex-president went to court to hear testimony from his for
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Boeing whistleblower cause of death revealed
John Barnett, 62, a quality control engineer at Boeing for 32 years, was found dead at a South Carolina hotel in March
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John Krasinski pays tribute to his mom in 'IF' with a 'perfect' Tina Turner dance number
John Krasinski reveals how he landed one of Tina Turner's most beloved songs for his new "IF" movie, which also nods to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
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Prince Harry just doesn’t get America, says Don McLean
The American Pie singer Don McLean said Prince Harry “just doesn’t get America” after Harry reported feeling underwhelmed by a visit to Elvis Presley’s home, Graceland.
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Tell Us The Big Trends Millennials Once Loved That Are No Longer "Cool"
I can't believe ankle socks aren't cool anymore.
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Donald Trump’s lawyer fighting to stop former president from testifying in trial next week
Donald Trump’s defence lawyer won plaudits for his aggressive handling this week of Michael Cohen, one of the key witnesses in the ongoing “hush money” case against the former president.
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Saskatoon mother going to prison for filming sexual assaults on 4-year-old daughter
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details.A Saskatoon mother who filmed her sexual assaults on her four-year-old daughter is going to prison.Justice Natasha Crooks sentenced the woman, who cannot be named because it would identify the victim, to a net sentence of eight years and four months on Friday."What the court noted was there is no greater position of trust and authority than a mother over a child," prosecutor Lana Morelli said outside Court of King's Bench."In this case, the child w
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Cannes Day 4: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ Kind of Confuses
Plus, Judith Godrèche weighs in on Weinstein, Nicolas Cage delights with 'The Surfer,' and Neon bets big on Osgood Perkins The post Cannes Day 4: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ Kind of Confuses appeared first on TheWrap.
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Trump demands Biden take drug test before debate as he attends fundraiser after Barron’s graduation: Live
Donald Trump spoke in St Paul, Minnesota after attending Barron’s graduation in pause from criminal hush money trial
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Three killed in north Columbus mass shooting, one in east side shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two overnight shootings in Columbus resulted in four people being killed, including three in a mass shooting on the north side. Columbus police said they received reports of a shooting at 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of East 5th Avenue and Summit Street, which is located between Weinland Park and Italian […]
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Here's how the Trump family spends their billions, from a $11 million beachfront estate in St. Martin to a $15 million fleet of private aircraft
Former President Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has a net worth of $7.5 billion, according to a May 2024 Forbes estimate.
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Joe Alwyn Says It Was 'Impossible' to Get into the Mind of “Kinds of Kindness ”Director While Filming
The actor is promoting his latest film 'Kinds of Kindness,' directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
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Box Office: ‘IF’ Contributing to Summer Woes With Projected $31.5M Opening
The summer box office season mostly continues to underwhelm as writer-director John Krasinski‘s original family film IF — starring Ryan Reynolds and featuring an A-list voice cast — is opening well behind prerelease tracking even as it heads for a first-place finish. After grossing $10.3 million on Friday, the live-action/CGI hybrid is estimating a $31.5 …
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Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday. “I am, no I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union, he…
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I’m a Car Expert: Here are 3 Reasons I’d Never Buy a Used Car From a Dealership
Shopping for a used car is an important financial decision: If you do your research and find one that will last for a while, you can budget for regular maintenance with relative confidence that you'll...
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Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president's backers say he shares faith, values
As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians. “Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio. Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally i
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This Home Pro Is Sharing The Little Tasks Around The House That Everyone Should Do (But Most Forget About), And They're SO Simple
At best, forgetting this task can negatively impact your electricity bill. At worst, it can send your appliance to an early grave...
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Nicolas Cage’s Sun-Bleached, Rat-Munching Mind-Bender ‘The Surfer’ Makes Waves at Cannes With Six-Minute Standing Ovation
Nicolas Cage soaked up the applause as his new trippy psychological thriller “The Surfer” scored a six-minute standing ovation at a Cannes Film Festival midnight screening on Friday night. Cage appeared to be having a ball, beaming from ear to ear and waving across the room as cheers erupted around the Palais for the film, …
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Why You Should Always Use the “Tip Top” Rule to Pick Out the Sweetest Strawberries
“The sweetness of a berry is basically guaranteed.”
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Stephen King has high praise for new horror movie calling it the darkest movie he has ever seen, and fans agree
The Coffee Table is streaming now on Prime Video
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Plano man attacked tow truck driver with metal bar who was towing his mom’s car: police
A Plano man was arrested after police say he repeatedly hit a tow truck driver over the head with a metal bar after he tried to tow his mother’s car.
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Greene fracas at hearing leaves lawmakers shaking their heads
A Thursday night hearing’s descent into chaos earned rebuke from both sides of the aisle after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) attacked another member’s physical appearance, a barb Democrats said had racial undertones. House Oversight and Accountability Committee lawmakers railed against the episode as “disgusting,” “embarrassing,” and a “middle school fight.” Tempers may have been…
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Grand Rapids family wants daughter home after 1,800-foot fall
A Grand Rapids family is trying to get their daughter back home after she fell 1,800 feet from a mountain in Alaska.
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Opinion: I asked several people well past retirement age why they keep working. Here’s what they told me
Lots of people work past 65. We asked several seniors how they do it, and why.
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Miranda Lambert Stunned in a Jaw-Dropping Dress for the ACM Awards
Miranda Lambert attended the ACM Awards with her husband Brendan and performed a new song.
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'No more games': Biden campaign rejects additional debates against Trump
President Joe Biden's campaign rejected two additional debates on Friday that former President Donald Trump's campaign says it agreed to do.
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Van Jones rails against Greene after spat with Dems: ‘She’s a disgrace to that Congress’
CNN commentator Van Jones slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) following her personal attacks on a fellow member of Congress during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night. The committee hearing, held to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, divulged into chaos after Greene made a comment about the appearance…
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NASCAR Cup, Truck Saturday schedule at North Wilkesboro Speedway
NASCAR Cup teams will set the order for the All-Star Race Saturday at North Wilkesboro.
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LeVar Burton chimes in on House Oversight fight with ‘words of the day’
Former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton chimed in Friday on the recent fight in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. “Words of the day; bleach, blond, bad, built, butch and body,” Burton said in a post on the social platform X. Burton’s post refers to a question posed by Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) amid a…
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Trump attacks Biden and CNN over debates during Minnesota GOP event
During the Friday night speech, Trump also railed against the multiple criminal cases he’s facing.
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28 Major Best Friend Betrayals That Destroyed Friendships Forever
"She invited the guy who cheated on me and the girl he cheated with to have dinner at her house."
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Vanessa Marcil Says Megan Fox Has Apologized to Her: She Is ‘Disgusted by Her Behavior’
Vanessa Marcil says Megan Fox has apologized after previously claiming that she and Brian Austin Green cut son Kassius out of their lives during their marriage. After a social media user claimed that Fox, 38, "never defends" Marcil, 55, and was "clearly a catalyst in your son's broken relationship with his father," the General Hospital
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Israel pushes into new parts of northern Gaza, recovers another slain hostage
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. Israel's forces also took over some ground in Rafah, a southern city next to the Egyptian border that is packed with displaced people and where the launch this month of a long-threatened incursion to crush hold-outs of Palestinian
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