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Facebook's decision on readmitting Trump is going to enrage people. But there's more to the story

Four months ago, Facebook announced former President Donald Trump had been suspended indefinitely from its platform. On Wednesday morning, Facebook's oversight board -- a first-of-its-kind group of legal experts and human rights leaders -- will announce its decision about whether Trump will be permanently banned.

Kevin McCarthy's dishonest explanation for getting rid of Liz Cheney

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made clear Tuesday morning that a formal effort to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the third ranking leader is likely as soon as next week.

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Knicks “Bully Ball” Too Much For The Rockets

One day later it was the leading candidate for the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award, Julius Randle’s turn to feast on a Rockets team who only suited up nine players. He scored 31 points in just three quarters of action as the Knicks defeated the Rockets 122-97

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Cops accuse man of swinging colostomy bag at officers

Metro Police arrested a man on multiple charges including assaulting two police officers after he took off his colostomy bag and swung it to strike the officers, according to court documents.

The GOP of Cheney, Bush and Romney feels like ancient history

The GOP's identity crisis is entering a pernicious new phase for Republicans who won't live in former President Donald Trump's alternate reality, push his big lie and rewrite history.

Keegan-Michael Key among final 'SNL' hosts of the season

"Saturday Night Live" has set the stage for its final hosts of the season. Keegan-Michael Key and "The Queen's Gambit" star Anya Taylor-Joy will host the long-running sketch show on May 15 and May 22, respectively.

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Top US general drops opposition to major policy changes on sexual assault in the military

The top US general has dropped his opposition to major policy changes on how the military handles sexual assault, acknowledging the Department of Defense has not "moved the needle" with its previous efforts.

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Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage

Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts.

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Landmark trial with drug distributors over the opioid crisis begins in West Virginia federal court

A trial involving three major prescription opioid distributors began Monday in federal court in West Virginia, the outcome of which could set the tone for future litigation related to the nationwide opioid crisis.

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Cheney: What Trump did 'is a line that cannot be crossed'

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said on Monday her party cannot accept the "poison" of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen and should not "whitewash" the January 6 Capitol riot -- and Donald Trump's role in fomenting it.

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Biden raises refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback

The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after receiving swift criticism last month when President Joe Biden kept the lower Trump-era cap in place.

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Biden team may partner with private firms to monitor extremist chatter online

The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the government's ability to gather intelligence but could draw criticism over surveillance of US citizens.

Covid-19 caused one in three deaths in Brazil so far this year

Since this year began, one third of all people who've died in Brazil were victims of Covid-19.

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You can now buy a seat on a Blue Origin rocket

Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-backed space tourism venture, will soon begin selling tickets for its rocket. The company made the announcement in a nearly minute-long video featuring Bezos himself. It points people to Blue Origin's website, which features a sign-up page for more information scheduled to be released May 5. Neither price nor dates were released Thursday.

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China orders Tencent and other big tech firms to curb their finance businesses

Chinese regulators have ordered more than a dozen tech companies to fix the most "prominent problems" of their financial units, escalating a historic crackdown on the sector that has already engulfed some of the country's top players.

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Amazon profit soars more than 200% in the first quarter

Amazon's profits more than tripled in the first quarter of 2021, as the pandemic continued to boost its online retail, cloud and advertising businesses.

Social media is a lifeline for desperate Indians. And a threat for Narendra Modi

On most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information on job vacancies, higher education, and careers.

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Why banning political discussions at work is flawed

Late last month, Basecamp, a project management software company, banned "societal and political discussions" at work. Given the company's relatively small size, the decision might have gone by with little notice, but its founders have made a name for themselves over the years as progressive thought leaders.

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TikTok has a new CEO

TikTok has finally appointed a new permanent chief executive, eight months after its former leader called it quits as the United States was threatening to ban the app.

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Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday

The Facebook Oversight Board will announce its long-anticipated decision on the fate of former President Trump's Facebook account at 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, it announced Monday morning.