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Apr 13 2024
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Area students are winners at 2024WV State Social Studies Fair
Apr. 13—CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) hosted more than 500 students in Charleston as part of the 2024 West Virginia State Social Studies Fair (WVSSSF). Students worked individually and in teams to enter approximately 320 projects. The event brought students from 40 counties to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center and features the largest competition
Yahoo NewsApr 18 2024
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Jordan Rodell: Proposed social media legislation would undermine First Amendment protections
A new Minnesota proposal stands poised to follow Texas and Florida in violating centuries of First Amendment protections against government compelling or blocking speech. The proposed legislation raises similar concerns to cases the Supreme Court heard last month to block Texas and Florida social media laws on constitutional grounds. These bills (HF 4400/SF 4696) put Minnesotans at risk of
Pioneer PressApr 15 2024
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Retired Americans with student loan debt risk garnishment of Social Security benefits
Millions of older Americans at risk of defaulting on student loan payments may lose some of their Social Security benefits, Democratic lawmakers said in a letter urging President Joe Biden's administration to act. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., were among several lawmakers who wrote to President Joe Biden about the risk student loan borrowers aged 65 or older faced
Fox BusinessApr 05 2024
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How a social media feud led to a couple's murder
When police found Billy Payne and his fiancée Billie Jean Hayworth shot execution-style in a rural Tennessee home with their 7-month-old son Tyler alive in Hayworth's arms in 2012, it sparked an investigation that would lead them to discover a complex murder concocted by a woman who was in the middle of a social media feud. Jenelle Potter has been serving two concurrent life sentences for the
ABC News (Online)Apr 17 2024
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Iowa lawmakers revive effort to advance social studies concepts developed by conservative group
DES MOINES — The Iowa Senate passed a bill requiring Iowa schools to adopt new social studies and civics education standards with a focus on Western civilization; U.S. and Iowa history; the structure, function and role of the state and federal government; and "civic virtues displayed in the lives of exemplary Americans." Lawmakers Tuesday amended a bill that calls for the Iowa Department of
Cedar Rapids GazetteApr 17 2024
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Live selling startup CommentSold uses AI to generate shoppable, social-ready clips
CommentSold, the e-commerce tech startup that provides web and video tools to online retailers, launched a new generative AI-powered tool on Wednesday that can sift through livestreamed footage and generate short product explainer videos for sellers to post to their website, app and social media platforms. The “AI ClipHero” feature creates short clips from livestreamed selling events, which
TechCrunchApr 19 2024
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Ken Griffin’s Citadel rips Truth Social exec Devin Nunes in short-selling feud
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities lambasted Devin Nunes, the CEO of Truth Social’s parent company, as a “proverbial loser” after the former Republican congressman blamed Wall Street market makers for Trump Media and Technology Group’s tanking stock price. The war of words was triggered by a letter Nunes sent to the Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday in which he accused Citadel Securities and
New York Post (News)Apr 04 2024
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Seattle’s social housing developer struggles to take shape
More than a year after voters signed off on its creation, Seattle’s social housing developer still hasn’t hired a CEO. It doesn’t have a chief financial officer, either, nor an office. Its website is sparse and its board members haven’t been paid, as was required by the initiative. One staff member is paying for Google Workspace out of his own pocket. Kaileah Baldwin, board chair, said all of
The Seattle TimesApr 13 2024
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Community celebrates anniversary of Veterans Social Center: Four receive recognitions of honor
A big community-wide party was held April 6 at the West End Plaza to celebrate the second anniversary of the Veterans Social Center. The mission of the center, which is a nonprofit that offers free services to veterans, is to serve as a safe place of respite and relaxation for veterans. It was founded in 2022 by Kenneth Hardin, a United States Air Force veteran, who likewise serves as the
Salisbury PostApr 18 2024
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Beset by short sellers, Truth Social's 'patriots' push for supporters to buy the Trump Media dip
Trump Media stock was all over the place the past week, plunging on Monday and Tuesday to as low as $22.60 a share before recovering on Wednesday and Thursday to around $30. The slight surge in the stock could be attributed to “patriots,” who on social media have been saying they’ve been buying the dip to support former President Donald Trump. The company, whose main business is former
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