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Election Meddling
'This is insane': Employees at Trump favorite OAN furious network is still pushing election fraud stories
Raw Story - Tom Boggioni
OAN screenshot According to a report from the New York Times, more than a few employees at One America News Network (OAN) are unhappy with their …
22 hours ago
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Digital Currency
What Could Have Caused Bitcoin to Flash Crash On Sunday?
yahoo.com - Ryan James
Sunday saw bitcoin flash crash, causing large-scale liquidations across the board. With the total market capitalization dropping by almost $4 …
22 hours ago
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Artificial Intelligence
Researchers develop 'explainable' artificial intelligence algorithm
techxplore.com - Matthew Tierney
Researchers from the University of Toronto and LG AI Research have developed an "explainable" artificial intelligence (XAI) algorithm that can help …
Apr 1
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Autonomous Vehicles
Your Guide to Autonomous Vehicles
Morning Brew
The daily email newsletter covering the latest news from Wall St. to Silicon Valley. Informative, witty, and everything you need to start your …
5 days ago
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Cadillac
Super Cruise's Biggest Problem Is Us
Car and Driver - Ezra Dyer
Over 380 miles on I-95, Super Cruise drove for 346. It also canceled 25 times, in the process revealing the biggest hurdle for autonomy: unpredictable humans. Traffic flows smoothly until it doesn’t. you...
1 day ago
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Guns
Police Confiscated Indianapolis Shooter’s Shotgun Months Before He Bought Rifles Used in Attack | National Review
National Review - Zachary Evans
The former FedEx employee who fatally shot eight workers at a company facility in Indianapolis on Thursday legally purchased two semiautomatic rifles …
20 hours ago
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Gretchen Whitmer
Full Whitmer Interview: 'I'm working with a smaller set of tools' to fight Covid
NBC News - NBCNews.com
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) talks about the surge in Covid infections seen in Michigan. Full Whitmer Interview: 'I'm working with a smaller set of tools'...
20 hours ago
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Gun Control
Madonna calls gun control the 'new vaccine,' wants police jailed without trial in bizarre posts
Fox News - Tyler McCarthy
Madonna hit the streets to call for gun control and police accountability in a pair of social media posts Saturday. The signer took to Instagram, aiming to "wake up America" to the need to stem gun violence....
20 hours ago
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Kentucky
'I can't answer that': Kentucky lawmaker responds to CNN on gun policy
CNN
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) discusses gun policy and reform with CNN's Pamela Brown after the US has seen over 45 mass shootings in one month, according to a CNN tally.
1 day ago
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Military
How Could the U.S. Military Already Have a Sixth Generation Fighter?
nationalinterest.org - Kris Osborn
A massive and still largely unknown technology breakthrough may be upon us, by virtue of the apparent Air Force decision to not only fast-track a new …
21 hours ago
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Media Industry
Being skeptical of sources is a journalist's job – but it doesn't always happen when those sources are the police
theconversation.com - Danielle K. Kilgo
The death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo might well have made international headlines on March 29, 2021 – the day he was shot and killed by a police …
21 hours ago
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Iran
Did the Mossad 'shoot' and miss with Natanz sabotage? - analysis
jpost.com - By YONAH JEREMY BOB
After initial denials, Iran has admitted that it lost the use of thousands of centrifuges plus extensive aspects of its electricity from the April 11 …
1 day ago
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Derek Chauvin
'Lackluster performance' by Chauvin defense leaves experts debating trial's outcome
NBC News - By Janelle Griffith
Derek Chauvin's defense team rested its case after seven witnesses testified over two days. Mark Osler watched with astonishment as a medical expert for the defense testified in Derek Chauvin's murder...
23 hours ago
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Celebrity (UK)
Why The Queen is reportedly leaving Buckingham Palace following Prince Philip’s death
Cosmopolitan - By Lucy Morgan
It’s been her permanent residence since she was crowned in 1953 The funeral of Prince Philip took place yesterday (Saturday 17 April) in St George’s Chapel in Windsor, following the death of the Duke Edinburgh...
1 day ago
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Videos
Czechs suspect Russian link to depot blast
Reuters
The Czech Republic has alleged Russia was behind a 2014 ammunition-depot blast and expelled 18 embassy staff, triggering its biggest dispute with Russia since the communist era ended. Lucy Fielder reports.
22 hours ago
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Taiwan
Is Joe Biden set to end the guessing game about what US will do if Taiwan is invaded?
South China Morning Post - Lawrence Chung
The Biden administration’s displays of support for Taiwan have led many to wonder if the decades-old policy of strategic ambiguity is coming to an …
1 day ago
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Investing
Coinbase CEO Sold $291.8M in Shares on Opening Day - CoinDesk
coindesk.com - Kevin Reynolds
Coinbase insiders and investors sold shares worth billions of dollars in total on the leading cryptocurrency exchange’s first day of trading on the …
1 day ago
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Climate
U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
Los Angeles Times - HYUNG-JIN KIM
The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before President Biden hosts a virtual summit of leaders...
1 day ago
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U.S. Politics
WATCH: Marjorie Taylor Greene fact-checked on MSNBC after Twitter meltdown
Raw Story - Bob Brigham
How she would approach the job was tested after The Boston Globe published a bombshell report on former Boston Police Patrolmen's Association …
1 day ago
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Technology
A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack
wgbh.org - Dina Temple-Raston
"This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements." The routine software update may be one of the most familiar and …
2 days ago
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NASA TV
NASA may attempt 1st Mars helicopter flight on Monday
space.com - Tariq Malik
The first helicopter on Mars is once again ready to attempt a historic flight on another world. NASA will attempt the first flight of its Mars …
1 day ago
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Videos
Plane made emergency landing near Cocoa Beach Air Show
FOX 35 Orlando
A pilot had to make an emergency landing in the water near the Cocoa Beach Air Show on Saturday. Fortunately, the pilot was not injured.
1 day ago
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British Royal Family
Princess Anne walks behind casket as the only woman in Philip's funeral procession
CBS News
During Prince Philip's funeral, as a group of senior Royals walked behind his casket during its final journey to St. George's Cathedral, only one …
1 day ago
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National Security
NSA’s Top Lawyer, Appointed by Trump and Then Sidelined, Resigns
The Daily Beast - Blake Montgomery
The top lawyer for the National Security Agency has resigned. Michael Ellis was appointed to the position by Donald Trump in November, but NSA …
1 day ago
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Italy
The Ninth: Mystery of the Lost Legion - History Hit
historyhit.com
It is one of the great mysteries of ancient Mediterranean history. In the 2nd century AD, Rome’s 9th Legion – Legio IX Hispana – vanished from the …
1 day ago
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Israel
One dead, four hospitalized amid violent clash in east Jerusalem
jpost.com - By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police near the Nablus Gate by the Old City used stun grenades. A violent brawl between rival families in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Jouz …
1 day ago
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Matt Gaetz
Ex-girlfriend of Matt Gaetz reportedly panicked over possible taped phone calls
Salon
This article originally appeared on Raw Story According to a report from Politico, a former girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is in a panic that she may be drawn into his legal woes after speaking...
1 day ago
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Videos
Beachgoer captures video of plane making emergency landing
FOX 35 Orlando
Beachgoer Nickolas Hawley got video of a pilot making an emergency landing during the Cocoa Beach Air Show.
1 day ago
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NASA
SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander
NPR - Matthew S. Schwartz
NASA will pay Elon Musk's SpaceX $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX was one of three companies chosen last year to develop technology for...
1 day ago
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Kamala Harris
Florida nurse accused of threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris
NBC News - By Nicole Acevedo
Niviane Petit Phelps made the threats in a series of videos sent to her husband in prison, according to a Secret Service complaint. A Miami-area woman was charged in federal court with making threats kill...
1 day ago