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I Took the SAT Again in My 50s. Turns Out I Had Learned Nothing

In a day and age when it seems there is little we share, there is one tortuous rite of passage nearly two million teenagers in America a year endure. The SATs. Despite the misery, it’s not uncommon for many to

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Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram – BBC

Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram  BBC Video Donald Trump is allowed back on Facebook and Instagram  ABC News Meta restores Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts  Fox News

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Madonna’s Face and the Myth of Aging Gracefully

Madonna, like her wayback namesake, means a lot of different things to different people. You don’t get to be an icon without being able to contain multitudes. So when she appeared at the Grammys with a face that bore little

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Angry senators grill Pentagon officials over Chinese spy balloon response – CNBC

Angry senators grill Pentagon officials over Chinese spy balloon response  CNBC Pentagon: Past Chinese Balloons Flew Over U.S Sites ‘Of Interest To The Chinese’ | China Spy Balloon  CNN-News18 Initial classified balloon report wasn’t flagged as urgent, drawing criticism  CNN U.S. navy’s Chinese

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Angry senators grill Pentagon officials over Chinese spy balloon response – CNBC

Angry senators grill Pentagon officials over Chinese spy balloon response  CNBC Pentagon: Past Chinese Balloons Flew Over U.S Sites ‘Of Interest To The Chinese’ | China Spy Balloon  CNN-News18 State Department provides new information on China’s balloon surveillance program  CBS News Forget China’s

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‘They don’t just shoot them… they took axes’: Stories of brutality in Bakhmut

Russian forces in Bakhmut have killed Ukrainian soldiers with axes before photographing their dismembered bodies and sharing the images, according to one military volunteer.

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GOP officially requests records from Biden’s family on foreign business deals

House Republicans have made the first official requests for documents from Hunter and James Biden regarding foreign business dealings.

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Facebook investors urge revival of Cambridge Analytica fraud case

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc investors formally asked a U.S. appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users’ personal

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Angie Craig, congresswoman from Minnesota, assaulted in D.C. apartment building – CBS News

Angie Craig, congresswoman from Minnesota, assaulted in D.C. apartment building  CBS News Dem Rep. Angie Craig ‘assaulted’ in DC elevator  Fox News Minnesota congresswoman OK after assault in DC apartment building, office says  CNN Rep. Angie Craig assaulted in DC apartment building  The Hill

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U.S. House votes to condemn China over balloon surveillance program

The U.S. House voted unanimously Thursday to condemn the Beijing government for its balloon surveillance program. The action comes amid new findings as questions mount about China’s aerial spy program.

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