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TikTok CEO testifies before Congress for the first time
TikTok CEO Shou Chew made his first appearance before Congress on Thursday and was immediately hit by intense criticism from lawmakers, including calls for the app to be banned.
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MacArthur ‘Genius’ Kiese Laymon to serve as Jackson State University’s 2023
Spring undergraduate commencement speaker
Jackson State University is pleased to announce award-winning novelist and MacArthur Fellow Kiese Laymon as its 2023 undergraduate commencement speaker on Saturday, April 29, at 9 a.m. CST at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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Houston Grand Opera Announces its 2023-24 Season
HGO’s New Season to Feature Six Operas, Including a Highly Anticipated World Premiere, Wagner’s Final Masterpiece, a New Staging of a Family-Friendly Classic, and Beloved Audience Favorites
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26-year-old Jose Ramirez was once homeless and living on the streets of Los Angeles. But, thanks to the non-profit organization, Holliday's Helping Hands, he says …
Published on March 21, 2023
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Keanu Reeves honors Lance Reddick at 'John Wick: Chapter 4' premiere
Keanu Reeves had his late co-star Lance Reddick on his mind and on his jacket lapel at Monday night's premiere of "John Wick: Chapter 4."
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Actor Lance Reddick, seen here in 2010, died on March 17 at age 60. Mandatory Credit: Danny Moloshok/Reuters
Published on March 21, 2023
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Save the Date: Mayor Turner's 15th Annual Family Day in the Park
Mayor Sylvester Turner invites everyone to join him for fun, food, and festivities at the 15th annual Family Day in the Park on Saturday, April 8, starting at 2 p.m.
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Every Texas Traffic Death Robs A Family and A Community
Family of 14-year-old killed joins TxDOT to urge everyone to follow traffic safety laws _____________________________
At just 14 years old, Alexei Bauereis was struck and killed while walking his bike across a crosswalk in Austin, cutting short his young life and promising ballet career.
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Cuban catcher defects after World Baseball Classic, report says
After being eliminated from the World Baseball Classic by the US team in Miami on Sunday, the Cuban team landed in Havana on Monday without one of its players.
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Cuba's Ivan Prieto Gonzalez has defected from his home nation, MLB officials confirmed to USA Today's Bob Nightengale. Mandatory Credit: Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/AP
Published on March 21, 2023
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Japan Prime Minister Kishida makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet Zelensky
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a surprise trip to Ukraine to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email
On the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an unusual error message when they tried to log in to their work system.
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Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death
Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor by multiple security officers at a Virginia state mental health facility in the moments leading up to his death earlier this month.
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Surveillance video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor by multiple security officers at a Virginia state mental health facility in the moments leading …
Published on March 21, 2023
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Dominion wants Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify at trial, court filing shows
Dominion wants to put Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch on the witness stand at next month's expected defamation trial against Fox News, according to court filings.
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Dominion wants to put Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, both pictured here in 2017, on the witness stand at next month's expected defamation …
Published on March 21, 2023
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Teacher allegedly shot by 6-year-old can't forget the look on student's face, she tells NBC in first interview since the shooting
The first-grade teacher allegedly shot by a 6-year-old student in her Virginia classroom can't forget the look on the student's face as he aimed the gun at her and moments later "thought I had died," she told NBC in her first interview since the January incident.
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Google begins rolling out its ChatGPT rival
Google is opening up access to Bard, its new AI chatbot tool that directly competes with ChatGPT.
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Steps have dropped since Covid-19 and the trend is worrisome, study says
Americans took fewer steps during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and they still haven't gotten their mojo back, a new study found.
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Men with advanced prostate cancer 'missing months of therapy' amid medication shortage
Doctors across the United States who treat people with advanced prostate cancer can't find supplies of a medicine that may help them live longer.
