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Republicans are brazenly flaunting a criminal plot
“A free election is one where those in power have enough doubt about the outcome to make it worth rigging.” — Sen. Eugene McCarthy. There was a time, not long ago, when most politicians did all they could to ensure the public was kept blind to immoral, illegal, or questionable behavior. They closed their deals…
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Video shows dumpster company unload mounds of trash on Bay Area resident’s driveway for failing to pay
A Bay Area dumpster company upset with a customer it accused of failing to pay for a bin rental unloaded on the client by dumping a mountain of trash on the person’s property. Martin Perez, owner of Express Rental Dumpster, said the customer in San Pablo rented one of his dumpster bins to get rid…
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Anna Kendrick makes shock claim about ‘aggressive’ Katy Perry touching her cleavage in resurfaced interview
Anna Kendrick previously claimed that an “aggressive” Katy Perry inappropriately touched her cleavage. During a 2014 appearance on Conan O’Brien’s eponymous talk show, the “A Simple Favor” actress recalled a “weird” encounter with the “Fireworks” singer at the Grammys. “Katy Perry finger-banged my cleavage. It was a weird night,” Kendrick said during the interview as the…
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A New AI Tool Could Transform How We Diagnose Genetic Diseases
—Getty Images Researchers at the Mayo Clinic and Goodfire, a San Francisco research startup, say they have used an AI model to predict which genetic mutations cause disease—and, crucially, to explain why—offering a new approach to diagnosing and studying genetic disorders at scale. The research uses techniques from AI interpretability—the new science dedicated to understanding…
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Justice Department fires four prosecutors accused of bias against anti-abortion activists
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration fired four Justice Department prosecutors involved in cases against anti-abortion activists, accusing the Biden administration on Tuesday of abusing a law designed to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats. The firings are the latest wave of terminations of employees involved in cases criticized by conservatives or because they were perceived as…
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White House spirals as allies ignore Trump’s threats: report
President Donald Trump’s Iran struggle revealed that the world no longer fears American threats, with traditional allies actively forming new partnerships and sidelining the U.S. as a diplomatic partner. Politico’s Nahal Toosi argues Trump and his aides operate as if others are “non-player characters in a video game,” believing America can use threats and military…
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The Guitar Sounds New Again
Every now and then, music gets a guitar hero—a player who makes the instrument sound like something other than itself. Jeff Beck transformed it into something like the human voice singing; Jimi Hendrix, a psychedelic swirl. Fans are always looking for the next player who will make the same six-string instrument sound new again. And…
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Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market
For three and a half years, the messaging platform Telegram has served as the home of a sprawling black market known as Xinbi Guarantee, an anarchic, Chinese-language bazaar offering money laundering services to crypto scammers, products like electrified batons and tasers for those same scammers’ human trafficking operations, and even at times other assorted criminal…
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Redistricting battle narrows for U.S. House as states seek partisan edge in November elections
The battlefield is narrowing and the timeline is tightening in a congressional redistricting contest among states seeking a partisan advantage ahead of the November midterm elections. The end of Maryland’s legislative session this week marked the demise of Democratic efforts to reshape the state’s U.S. House districts. But Florida lawmakers are to begin a special…
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Trump’s new purge could devastate nursing homes — and put his own state in crisis: analyst
President Donald Trump’s attack on Haitians living in the U.S. could devastate the elder care system — and his adopted home state of Florida could be especially vulnerable, a legal expert warned. Per Christopher Rowland of The Washington Post, the Supreme Court is considering “a fight over the Trump administration’s effort to strip 353,000 Haitian…