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Donald Trump sends a very clear message to Ron DeSantis: Stay out of 2024! – CNN

Donald Trump sends a very clear message to Ron DeSantis: Stay out of 2024!  CNN

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Facebook flounders in the court of public opinion

A whistleblower’s leaks could be a turning point for big tech

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The Supreme Court confronts the CIA’s worst-kept secret

The Supreme Court will hear a case about a man who was falsely accused of being a member of al-Qaeda and tortured by the CIA. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Can America’s legacy of torture be a “state secret”

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Tesla Racism Verdict of $137 Million Could Be Halved if the Company Appeals

Tesla Inc. may end up paying only about half of the stunning $137 million verdict a jury awarded a former contractor over racism at one of its auto plants, if it appeals. Billionaire Elon Musk’s electric automaker has been ordered

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Palestinian charged with attempted murder over terror stabbing in Jaffa

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Mohammed Haroub shouted ‘Jew, Jew’ as he tried to kill victim, who was not Jewish

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First malaria vaccine could be rolled out to billions as WHO experts give approval

The first vaccine against malaria could be rolled out to billions of people after key advisers to the World Health Organisation (WHO) gave it the green light.

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First Thing: Facebook ‘harms children, stokes division, weakens democracy’ – The Guardian

First Thing: Facebook ‘harms children, stokes division, weakens democracy’  The Guardian House committee investigating January 6 can’t find Trump aide to serve subpoena  CNN Report: House Jan. 6 select committee can’t track down former Trump aide to serve subpoena  Yahoo News Top Trump

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London’s finance district, steeped in slavery, confronts its past

By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many of those vessels, the people chained below deck sometimes categorized as “perishable goods”,

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Pope expresses ‘shame’ after report finds mass child sex abuse by the church

An estimated 330,000 children in France were abused by clergy and other officials in a ‘systemic manner’ since 1950, commission uncovers

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