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How 1 GOP billionaire is upending Georgia politics
HOMER, Georgia — The last few players of the day were finishing their rounds at the Chimney Oaks Golf Club when a steady wind picked up by the practice putting green. Pin flags bent to a near snap. A sleek helicopter slowly descended onto the manicured lawn. Rick Jackson had arrived. The billionaire health care…
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The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought
It usually starts with a photo downloaded from social media. Around the world, teenage boys are saving Instagram and Snapchat images of girls they know from school and using harmful “nudify” apps to create fake nude photos or videos of them. These deepfakes can quickly be shared across whole schools, leaving victims feeling humiliated, violated,…
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The tax code rewards generosity. But probably not yours.
Ah, Tax Day. If you’ve been staring at your tax bill and wondering how to keep more of your money, money, money to yourself next year, you might consider taking a page out of the billionaire’s playbook. You could be like Steve Ballmer and write off the costs of buying a sports team, or make…
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Dangerous water warnings hit trendy vacation spot after powerful storm pounds area
Hawaii health officials have issued multiple brown water advisories across the islands as the state deals with the aftermath of a Kona Low storm. The storm moved through the islands earlier last week, bringing heavy rainfall and runoff that has kept coastal waters contaminated in several areas, the Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water Branch said. Officials…
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Trump just uttered a sentence that could open the doors of hell
Saturday’s back-to-back headlines in The Washington Post were: “‘They Have Chosen Not To Accept Our Terms,’ Vance Says” and “U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking A More Active Role In Iran War.” They echo headlines from a century ago that reported on the early days of what quickly became World War I. In 2021, China and…
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Suspect in string of random attacks in Georgia is naturalized citizen from UK, DHS says
The suspect in a string of attacks in DeKalb County, Georgia, is a repeat offender and a naturalized US citizen from the UK, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was arrested on Monday after he killed two people and wounded another in what police described as a series of random attacks…
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Amanda Peet says parents compared her acting dreams to being a ‘hooker’
Amanda Peet’s parents weren’t impressed when she first told them she wanted to be an actor. “I feel like they saw acting in the beginning similar to just ‘Oh, so you want to start modeling or you want to be a hooker,’” she told Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett on the “Smartless” podcast on…
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The Room Where My Father Died Changed How I See Architecture
The author’s father died in this chair in St. Michael’s Parish, Barbados in 2007. —Michael P. Murphy In 2007, my father was dying in Bridgetown, Barbados from intestinal cancer. Dying in Barbados was long a part of his plan; though he lived in Poughkeepsie, NY, my father wanted to be somewhere beautiful in the company…
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US internet ‘troll’ Johnny Somali sentenced to South Korea labor prison for public nuisance — months after comparing himself to Otto Warmbier
A controversial American YouTuber was sentenced to half a year in a South Korean labor prison for his nuisance behavior, including posting a video of himself crudely dancing on a statue honoring World War II sex slaves. Ramsey Khalid Ismael, a self-proclaimed internet “troll” known as Johnny Somali online, was tossed into the specialized prison…
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Kanye West pulls Marseille concert as France considers banning him
Kanye West has pulled his planned concert in France just as officials weighed whether to block him from entering the country over his past antisemitic remarks. West announced on X Tuesday that he was postponing the Marseille show “until further notice.” The performance had been set for June 11 at Stade Vélodrome as part of…