A year ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TikTok started labeling accounts operated by Russian state propaganda agencies as a way to tell users they were being exposed to Kremlin disinformation.… Read more
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Police: Nashville Shooter Fired Indiscriminately at Victims
The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before carrying out the attack by firing indiscriminately at victims and spraying gunfire through doors and windows, police said Tuesday.… Read more
DeSantis Team Welcomes Contrast with Trump ‘Chaos’ Candidacy
Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city.… Read more
Christie: GOP Needs Someone Who Can Quickly Take Down Trump
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016.… Read more
US to Adopt New Restrictions on Using Commercial Spyware
The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden.… Read more
Biden’s Pick to Lead FAA Withdraws Amid Shaky Senate Support
President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate.… Read more
Trump, Facing Potential Indictment, Holds Defiant Waco Rally
Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.… Read more
Ignoring Experts, China’s Sudden Zero-COVID Exit Cost Lives
When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space.… Read more
A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt is Headed Toward Florida
A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.… Read more
Asian Shares Advance on Back of Wall Street Rally
Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis.… Read more
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TikTok Propoganda Labels Fall Flat in ‘Huge Win’ for Russia
A year ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TikTok started labeling accounts operated by Russian state propaganda agencies as a way to tell users they were being exposed to Kremlin disinformation.… Continue Reading
Police: Nashville Shooter Fired Indiscriminately at Victims
The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before carrying out the attack by firing indiscriminately at victims and spraying gunfire through doors and windows, police said Tuesday.… Continue Reading
DeSantis Team Welcomes Contrast with Trump ‘Chaos’ Candidacy
Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city.… Continue Reading
Christie: GOP Needs Someone Who Can Quickly Take Down Trump
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016.… Continue Reading
US to Adopt New Restrictions on Using Commercial Spyware
The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden.… Continue Reading
Biden’s Pick to Lead FAA Withdraws Amid Shaky Senate Support
President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate.… Continue Reading
Trump, Facing Potential Indictment, Holds Defiant Waco Rally
Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.… Continue Reading
Ignoring Experts, China’s Sudden Zero-COVID Exit Cost Lives
When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space.… Continue Reading
A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt is Headed Toward Florida
A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.… Continue Reading
Asian Shares Advance on Back of Wall Street Rally
Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis.… Continue Reading