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Governments pay hefty settlements for threatening, jailing people who share political memes
Hawaii Legislature must approve $118,000 payment to Babylon Bee, activist who blocked ban on "materially deceptive" election content. Tennessee county pays $835,000 to ex-cop jailed for meme response to Charlie Kirk's assassination.
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Tennessee delays prisoner's execution for one year after staff can't find his vein
The man expected to be executed is Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of three 1994 murders and sentenced to death in 1996.
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Judge sentences 'mastermind' of Feed Our Future to 41-plus years in $250M, pandemic-era fraud scheme
Prosecutors say Feeding Our Future was the hub of a fraud network that included fake food distribution sites, fake lists of children who were being fed, and kickbacks.
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U.S. suicides hit all-time high in 2022, CDC says
Suicide deaths declined in 2019 and 2020 before increasing in 2021.
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Another attempt to thwart Texas border security efforts: mussels
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing two species of freshwater mussels as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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Pope Francis warns about the 'disruptive possibilities' of artificial intelligence
Francis will also discuss concerns artificial intelligence could "fuel conflicts" and how there is an "urgent need" to use it responsibly.
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Inflation ticks up for first time in a year after president’s Bidenomics victory tour
Some of the biggest increases in prices were seen in the categories of food away from home, shelter and transportation, the latest report showed.
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At least 53 dead in Hawaii wildfires
The historic Lahaina Town, a one-time capital of the former kingdom that has less than 13,000 residents, was hit particularly hard.
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'The Band' guitarist Robbie Robertson dies at 80
Robertson was perhaps best known as the guitarist for "The Band," and the composer of some of its greatest hits.
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Truth Social, Digital World extend merger deadline amid SEC delays
DWAC is a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) with which TMTG, the firm that operates Truth Social, seeks to merge so as to list the platform on the stock exchange and finance its expansion.
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S&P says California outmigration could result in state credit downgrade
State Farm and Allstate recently announced they would stop accepting new homeowner insurance customers in California.
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Pricey Digs: HUD program averages $232,000 cost for each affordable housing unit it creates
GAO audit urges stronger oversight of federal program designed to ease housing shortages.
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Tennessee groups file suit challenging congressional, state senate maps
The complaint states the maps are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders that violate the 14th and 15th Amendments.