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U.S. Border Patrol is increasingly dropping off migrants in rural areas lacking resources

A surge in crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months has led U.S. Border agents to drop some migrants off at sites in rural American towns, to begin their wait for court hearings. But these towns often lack the

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Tiananmen Square massacre casts a long shadow over modern Chinese politics

Friday marked the 32nd anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, where hundreds and perhaps thousands of people were killed by the Chinese government amid a Democratic protest movement. But many Chinese know nothing of what happened that day. Nick

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Brooks and Capehart on infrastructure talks, VP Harris’s role and Trump’s influence

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including negotiations between President Biden and Republicans over infrastructure, Vice President Kamala Harris’s focus on the border and voting

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Daily Crunch: Facebook extends Trump’s suspension until January 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 4, 2021. What a week, yeah? That was four

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USDA sending $1 billion in funding to country’s food bank networks

The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country’s food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid.

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Fisher-Price Recalls Baby Gliders And Soothers After Four Infant Deaths

Officials recalled the Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soother and the 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Glider, and urged consumers to stop using them immediately. (Image credit: Consumer Product Safety Commission)

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Tinder finally adds a Block Contacts feature

Despite the complications of meeting new people in the midst of a global pandemic, dating apps have shown a recent spike in both downloads and usage. Now, as COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, it’s likely that this trend will

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The FDA Has Approved An Obesity Drug That Helped Some People Drop Weight By 15%

In company-funded studies, participants taking the Novo Nordisk drug Wegovy had average weight loss of about 34 pounds. In a comparison group getting dummy shots, the average loss was under 6 pounds. (Image credit: Cristian Mihaila/AP)

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Cuba’s Baseball Team Fails To Make The Olympics — And It’s Canada’s Fault

“Clearly we have not learned how to beat Canada,” reports Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party. (Image credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP)

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It’s time for security teams to embrace security data lakes

Dan Schoenbaum Contributor Share on Twitter Dan Schoenbaum is a two-time CEO and a two-time COO in cybersecurity. Today, he is a managing partner at High Tide Advisors, a boutique consulting firm helping companies achieve greater success through go-to-market strategies

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