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Racist text messages target young African Americans post-election


Federal, state, and local authorities are investigating the offensive messages that have been sent over the last two days.

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The U.N. Security Council has approved a cease-fire resolution for Gaza


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The Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution demanding a cease-fire through the end of Ramadan in two weeks. The United States abstained from the vote, allowing the measure to pass.

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Federal appeals court rules Trump doesn't have broad immunity from prosecution


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Tuesday's decision comes at a crucial time for both Trump and the federal case against him. He almost certainly will appeal the ruling either to the full D.C. Circuit or to the Supreme Court.

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Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team


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Deep Sea Vision says its sonar image equipment spotted an object in the Pacific Ocean that closely resembles the shape and size of Amelia Earhart's aircraft.

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NPR: Next up, David Folkenflik reports on how more and more people are turning off the news and we don't know why. But first, here's another story about Donald Trump! #npr
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How often do you get to say it? Progress! NPR will not air Trump live if he speaks about his indictment today, a small win for common sense. (Some might say microscopic.)

But if you click and listen to NPR's executive editor, Terry Samuel, this may be the closest we get to NPR conceding that its Trump coverage 2016 to now didn't work because it tried to use normal tools and assumptions. To me that's significant, and it almost never happens.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167856064/a-peek-behind-the-curtain-of-nprs-coverage-of-trumps-indictment

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This 9-foot Atari video game joystick claims the record as the world's largest


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The giant controller, created Mary Flanagan of Dartmouth College, is nearly 14 times the size of an original classic Atari joystick. It made it into the Guinness World Records 2022 as the biggest.

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