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Aug 18 2021
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Twitter asks users to flag COVID-19 and election misinformation
Twitter introduced a new test feature Tuesday that allows users to report misinformation they run into on the platform, flagging it to the company as “misleading.” The test will roll out starting today to most users in the U.S., Australia and South Korea.
In the new test, Twitter users will be able to expand the three dot contextual menu in the upper right corner of a tweet to select “
TechCrunchDec 05 2021
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Robert Dole, Former U.S. Senate Republican Leader, Dies at 98
Bob Dole, the World War II veteran who recovered from near-fatal wounds to become the U.S. Senate Republican leader and a three-time presidential candidate, has died. He was 98.
Dole died Sunday morning in his sleep, according to a Twitter post by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. He disclosed in February that he had stage-four lung cancer.
Dole’s loss to Democrat Bill Clinton in
BloombergOct 28 2020
Analysis
Marijuana ballot measures could tip competitive races toward Democrats
Pro-pot activists are convinced that marijuana ballot measures will help juice voter turnout this year and potentially push Democrats over the top in key states such as Arizona and Montana — a political calculus President Trump has fretted about. Marijuana legalization measures are on the ballot in those two states, home to competitive presidential and/or Senate contests, plus Mississippi, New
Washington TimesOct 18 2021
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Colin Powell dies from Covid complications
Colin Powell, an accomplished and esteemed four-star general who became the first African American secretary of State, died Monday as a result of complications from Covid-19, according to his family. He was 84.
Powell was fully vaccinated against Covid-19, his family said in a statement posted to Facebook. With his death, the former soldier and statesman becomes perhaps the most high-
PoliticoAug 02 2019
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North Korea Conducts Third Missile Test Since Last Week Amid Stalled Talks With U.S.
North Korea has reportedly conducted a third test launch in just over a week, firing what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles, according to South Korean officials.
The presidential office in Seoul said the South Korean and U.S. militaries believe the test to be of short-range ballistic missiles. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff noted that they flew about 137 miles and
NPR (Online News)Sep 18 2021
Analysis
When AI breaks bad
A new report about artificial intelligence and its effects warns AI has reached a turning point and its negative effects can no longer be ignored.
The big picture: For all the sci-fi worries about ultra-intelligent machines or wide-scale job loss from automation — both of which would require artificial intelligence that is far more capable than what has been developed so far — the
AxiosJun 29 2020
News
He Sends Up Balloons, and North Korea Wants Him Dead
SEOUL—A black car rolled into the parking lot in southern Seoul, and three men stepped out into the summer heat. Two of the men were police officers, even though you couldn’t tell from their appearances. The third was the man they were there to protect: Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector now living in South Korea and sometimes referred to as “Enemy Zero” by the North.
“I’ve already
Foreign PolicyAug 13 2021
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MyPillow CEO says he was attacked at symposium
MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was attacked in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Wednesday night.
Lindell told attendees Thursday morning at an election fraud symposium that he’s hosting in the city that he was attacked at his hotel, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported. Lindell said he was in pain and he wants everyone to know about the evil in the world. He didn’t go into
Associated PressSep 17 2021
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Mapped: Afghan refugees headed to 46 states
The Biden administration notified governors and mayors on Wednesday of the number of Afghan evacuees their state is expected to receive in the coming weeks, two senior administration officials told Axios.
Why it matters: Although their exact immigration pathway is still unclear, an initial group of 37,000 Afghans will soon be headed to states across the country after many faced
AxiosJun 06 2021
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'Every weekend, it's the same thing': At least 3 dead, 6 injured in Florida graduation party shooting
A shooting at a graduation party has left at least three people dead and six others injured, the latest in a string of shootings in the Miami area, police said Sunday.
The party had just ended at a strip mall parking lot just south of Miami-Dade College around 2 a.m. Sunday. One or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd," Miami-Dade police Director Alfredo "Freddie"
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