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Pregnant Natalie Portman gives rare glimpse at bare baby bump: ‘Counting down the days’
Natalie Portman is can’t wait to meet the newest addition to her family. The Oscar winner, who is pregnant with her third child, shared a rare glimpse at her bare baby bump on Instagram Wednesday. In the photo, Portman cradled and stared at her growing belly in front of an apartment balcony. The 45-year-old actress…
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Anthony Fauci’s Silence
Sitting in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today, Anthony Fauci twirled his pen. He huffed and straightened his shoulders. He glanced down at a set of papers. He muted and unmuted his microphone. But other than a brief initial statement, in which he referred to Chairman Rand Paul’s “unhinged obsession”…
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Waymo’s noisy Santa Monica charging stations ordered to close overnight — for now
Waymo must stop using two Santa Monica charging stations overnight — for now — after a judge found the city might prevail in its contentious legal fight against the self-driving taxi company. This week’s ruling is the latest development in the long-running legal saga, which launched in the wake of resident complaints that the autonomous…
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The Covid debate that never ended
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Surely Anthony Fauci has earned the right to party with Robert De Niro in peace. But instead, America’s embattled former Covid-19 czar was hauled before the Senate today to defend five-year-old diary entries. Senate…
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Stunning new details put ‘laughable’ James Comey case on thin ice: ‘Just ridiculous’
New details about President Donald Trump’s efforts to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey stunned a CNN panel on Wednesday. Katelyn Polantz, CNN’s senior legal correspondent, reported during “The Arena” on Wednesday that Trump prosecutors sought testimony from mobster Sammy “The Bull” Gravano about whether the now-infamous “86 47” picture that Comey posted on his…
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It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA’s Support for ICE
On Tuesday, the day after hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants effectively lost their temporary protected status that allowed them to live and work in the US, Republican pundit Steve Bannon wasted little time in demanding their instant removal. “I was under the assumption that when they pulled TPS and their eligibility for that program…
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Therapist groomed, sexually abused teen boy she met in juvenile detention, prosecutors say
Prosecutors in Contra Costa County have charged a former behavioral health clinician with grooming a teen boy in the juvenile detention facility where she worked, and sexually abusing him after his release. The woman, 26-year-old Sofia Ann-Buitron Drotts of San Francisco, was charged Monday with multiple felony counts, including unlawful sexual intercourse, sending harmful subject…
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Damning report finds ‘no evidence’ Trump’s ICE raids help American workers
President Donald Trump has spent years insisting that immigrant communities are “taking our jobs” and that expelling migrants via the mass deportation campaign he’s imposed on cities and towns across the country would swiftly result in an employment boom—but a new study reveals how aggressive raids by federal agents are resulting in a decline in…
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Diamond giant De Beers in talks for $1B sale to consortium – fraction of previous worth due to plummeting demand: report
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but the business just ain’t what it used to be for De Beers. The onetime diamond monopoly is reportedly looking at a $1 billion offer from a consortium that wants to take it over – a huge reduction from De Beers’ previous valuation in the tens of billions…
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Visa and other California companies announce almost another 3,000 layoffs
Californian firms still are announcing big layoffs, and this time it is not only tech companies. Visa announced in a memo to staff on Tuesday that it would be laying off 2,600 employees, or nearly 7% of its workforce. The San Francisco-based card payment company has not confirmed how many affected employees will be from…