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Mockery abounds after senator mixes up colleagues during live interview: ‘Huge if true’
A Republican senator was roundly mocked on Sunday after he mixed up two of his colleagues during a live interview. Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) joined Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, where he was asked whether Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) should stay in his re-election bid despite the horrific allegations…
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Talarico previously fought against legislation banning predators from getting cashless bail
WASHINGTON — Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico once opposed multiple major legislative efforts to crack down on sex predators getting cashless bail in the early 2020s, though he eventually did back some tighter rules on bail last year. Back in 2021, the GOP-led Texas state legislature pursued multiple pieces of legislation aimed at cracking down…
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‘The Odyssey’ Passes ‘Avatar’ as Imax’s Highest Grossing Film of All Time
Universal’s “The Odyssey” has become the highest grossing movie in Imax history, passing the lifetime $256 million gross of James Cameron’s “Avatar” with releases in China and Japan still to come. In its fourth weekend, “The Odyssey” added an impressive $52 million from Imax screenings as the premium format accounted for nearly half of the…
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Don Nelson, second on NBA coaching win list and winner of five Celtics titles, dies
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86. Nelson’s death was announced by the Golden State Warriors, one of the teams he coached. Nelson is one of two coaches in NBA history to have at least 250 wins with…
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Trump repeats chilling phrase as admin loses control of Iran war: report
President Donald Trump gave Axios an update Sunday on his deeply unpopular war against Iran, during which he repeated a near-identical phrase to one he uttered to former ally Tucker Carlson just before launching the conflict. It’s a comment that led the conservative commentator to suspect at the time that the president was acting “against…
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AOC Defends Hasan Piker Appearances: Democrats ‘Have a Responsibility to Attend to’ Young Voters
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) asserted that her appearances on left-wing commentator Hasan Piker’s livestreams are part of an effort to engage with young voters and “build a winning coalition.” In an appearance on Sunday’s episode of ABC’s “This Week,” Ocasio-Cortez was asked by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl about her appearances on Piker’s livestreams, citing the popular…
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Dope fresh NY weed data show fans were flying during Knicks championship run, World Cup games
Dope new data from state cannabis regulators show New Yorkers were sky-high during the Knicks championship runand also got lit watching FIFA’s World Cup games. Sales of weed and other types of cannabis products jumped during 15 of the 19 total sports’ playoff games compared to other average daily sales this year, according to the…
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Scammers Tremble as AI Comes for Their Jobs
Turns out there’s one thing AI chatbots are definitively better at than humans: scamming innocent people. A new piece of research flagged by Wired found that large language models are significantly better than humans at pulling off “pig butchering” scams, a form of online investment fraud where criminals pursue fake, long-term relationships with targets in…
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Robert Carradine’s family sues UCLA for wrongful death after failing to remove actor’s belt in psychiatric unit
Robert Carradine’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles after employees allegedly failed to remove his belt while he was receiving care in a psychiatric unit. “Robert walked into UCLA’s locked psychiatric unit‘feeling relieved to be hospitalized’ and hoped that ‘additional inpatient treatment would’ reduce his anxiety,” the filing…
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Trump’s bruises seen spreading up his arm in alarming new photo
President Donald Trump, 80, revealed an arm covered in bruises while he was out on the golf course Sunday. Trump’s bruised arm stunned viewers who note the elderly president can frequently be seen with a bruise on his hand, but not often above the wrist. “Trump is known for suspicious bruising, usually it’s the president’s…