Bezos Gives $50M to McRaven for Charity

Published: Sat, 03/16/24

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Bezos Gives $50M to McRaven for Charity

Deadline

This year’s recipients of $50 million each are actor and entrepreneur Eva Longoria, and Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas System.

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Pence Won't Endorse Donald Trump

Indy Star

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who ran alongside Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, said Friday he could not endorse the former president’s 2024 bid to return to the White House.

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Fulton County Case Can Continue

NBC News

A judge ruled that Fulton County DA Fani Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against former President Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition.

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Realtor Group Agrees To Settle Lawsuit

CNN

The National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating rules on commissions.

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Public Officials Can't Block Critics

SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that public officials who post about topics relating to their work on their personal social media accounts are acting on behalf of the government and could be held liable for censorship action.

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VP Harris Should Step Aside

The Washington Post

The Democratic Party’s indulgence of identity politics has proved successful in building a diverse organization, but its strategy of courting (and pandering to) minority voters is the road to ruin.

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Long Live Overpaid Cable Hosts

The Washington Post

Given the erosion of cable households, it would stand to reason that the sector’s revenue will suffer quite a blow. Long live the overpaid cable new hosts if the cable outlets ever reconsider the salaries they currently pay.

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Princess Kate Isn't Kim Kardashian

The Wall Street Journal

The public backlash against an altered photo of the royal family shows that, even in the age of social media, royalty is supposed to mean more than just celebrity. Princess Kate isn't Kim Kardashian.

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Sinema and the Single-Target PAC

Politico

An obscure group hounded Kyrsten Sinema for years, and it worked.The replace Sinema Super Pac had the sole goal of ousting the senator, but this may inspire a new era of endless campaigning.

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Public Can't Tell Facts From Opinion

Study Finds

With many people’s judgments clouded by partisan bias, troubling new research finds many Americans struggle to distinguish facts from opinions in their 24-hour news cycles.

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World's Biggest Blueberry

BBC

An Australian farm has smashed the record for the world's largest blueberry with a fruit the size of a ping-pong ball. The monster was almost 4 cm wide and weighed in at 20.4g - about 10 times the average.

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Gaines Sues NCAA Over Trans Athletes

CBS News

Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights.

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ChatGPT Gives Biden Clean Bill of Health

Yahoo! News

President Joe Biden's cognitive abilities may be better than some say they are — at least according to two AI chatbots. After analyzing Hur's interview transcript, the AI chatbots said the US president sounded fine.

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How Putin Keeps Winning Elections

Reuters

In a Russia at war, there is only one real candidate and only one winner: Vladimir Putin. The 71-year-old former KGB lieutenant colonel's popularity is high amid strong support for the war in Ukraine.

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Your Dog Is Good for Your Brain

Brain Tomorrow

A new study from researchers in South Korea provides compelling evidence that different types of activities with dogs can significantly impact key indicators of relaxation, attention, and positive mood.

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Brosnan Guilty of Yellowstone Mishap

Pioneer Press

Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to Yellowstone National Park.

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Prosecutors Want 50 Yrs. For SBF

Associated Press

Federal prosecutor believe that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s orchestration of one of history’s largest financial frauds in his quest to dominate the cryptocurrency world deserves a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years.

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Imperioli Removes Broadway Protestor

Salon

Members of a climate justice group called Extinction Rebellion created a disturbance mid-way through a Broadway performance of "An Enemy of the People" on Thursday and a star in the play took matters in his own hands.

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Read: Gallup Data on LGBTQ+ ID

Gallup

LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual.

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Miami's Spring Break Measures Working

Tampa Bay Times

Miami Beach spring break measures are keeping crowds away — so far. Officials know it’s too soon to declare their “breakup” with spring break a success. Next weekend will be a bigger test.

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Disinformation Depot: Audio, Yachts, Race, and Votes

Nick Espinosa

Cybersecurity expert Nick Espinosa’s third edition of Disinformation Depot dissects the emergence of deepfake Trump supporters, audacious audio manipulations, Russian campaigns, and the slow justice response.

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Honesty Researcher Committed Research Misconduct

For the Left

A Harvard University probe into prominent researcher Francesca Gino found that her work contained manipulated data and recommended that she be fired. 

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Kentucky House Votes to Defund DEI Offices at Public Universities

For the Right

The Kentucky House voted Friday to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities following an impassioned debate that had a GOP lawmaker dismissing DEI efforts as a failure 

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