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Apr 19 2024
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Taylor Swift’s New Album, The Tortured Poets Department, Is Here, and It Is Bleak
After months of speculation and anticipation, Taylor Swift has finally released her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday, April 19. Swift made good on her self-ordained Mastermind title, serving fans up a surprise at 2 a.m. EST: Instead of the expected 16 tracks and four bonus songs, Swift announced a “secret DOUBLE album,” bringing the total number of songs to 31 on
Vanity FairApr 24 2024
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Department of Bad Ideas: Flamethrowing Robot Dog Can Torch Anything in Its Path
In a bizarre twist that seems straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, U.S. residents can now legally purchase a flame-throwing robot dog named Thermonator for just under $10,000. AutoEvolution reports that Ohio-based Throwflame, the oldest flamethrower manufacturer in the United States, has introduced Thermonator, a robot dog equipped with a flamethrower capable of shooting flames up to 30
Breitbart NewsApr 19 2024
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Shaky defense the latest problem to afflict struggling Dodgers in loss to Mets
Dodgers catcher Will Smith throws the ball over the head of first baseman Freddie Freeman (not pictured) for an error during the second inning of a 9-4 loss to the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. In series losses to the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals at the start of this week’s nine-game homestand, the Dodgers’ struggles had followed a few recurring themes. Their
Los Angeles TimesApr 19 2024
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‘Squad’ members come to defense of Omar’s daughter after school suspension
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) took to X to show their solidarity with Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter, Isra Hirsi, following her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest at Barnard College. Hirsi announced on X that she was one of three students suspended “for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide.” “From UM to Vanderbilt to USC to
Washington ExaminerApr 24 2024
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Timberwolves' shut-down defense frustrates Suns, generates 2-0 playoff series lead
In early November, the Timberwolves had a homestand in which they welcomed the Nuggets and Celtics. They beat both the defending champions and the team that would go on to have the best record in the regular season, and those two games were the Wolves announcing to the league that their defense was a force. The Wolves won both games on the strength of that defense, which vaulted to No. 1 in
Star TribuneApr 18 2024
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Illinois Department of Public Health reports 64 measles cases this year
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 64 measles cases in the state this year. Last year, the state saw five cases of measles, and the last case before 2023 was in 2019. The first case this year was reported in early March. Many of the initial cases were linked to a Chicago migrant shelter, and two cases were in suburban Cook County. The most recent case was reported in Cicero
Daily NorthwesternApr 22 2024
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U.S. raises alarms that China is helping Russia reconstitute its defense industry
NPR Fact CheckApr 19 2024
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2024 NFL Draft: Odds, prediction for first defensive player selected
By all accounts, offensive talent will dominate the first round of this year’s NFL Draft. Current odds at BetMGM have the over/under at 21.5 offensive players and 10.5 defensive players in the first round. The 2024 draft could mirror the 2021 class, where seven offensive players came off the board before the first defender had his name called. Unlike in previous drafts, there isn’t a runaway
New York Post (News)Apr 11 2024
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Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding the State Department’s DEI pseudoscience
The federal government increasingly looks like an Ivy League classroom, combining therapy for fragile souls with indoctrination into specious ideology. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the State Department, in which employees are encouraged to take courses in the name of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, or DEIA, that stress their differences, trauma, and status on the
Washington ExaminerApr 13 2020
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD,[5] USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DoD is the largest employer in the world,[6] with nearly 1.3 million active-duty service members (soldiers,
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