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Mamdani uses 200 social media influencers to promote city policies: Report
The mayor's office reportedly uses the influencers by hosting influencer-only press briefings and a Signal group just for influencers, which was formed out of the Creators4Zohran group that supported Mamdani's election campaign.
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NBA suspends Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and fines team $30 million for salary cap violation
Two other high-ranking Clipper officials have also been suspended, though President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank has only been suspended for six months.
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Kennedy Center to remove outdoor 'Blue' sculpture as part of Trump's renovations
Josef Palermo, who was laid off in March as the curator of visual arts and special programming at the Kennedy Center, said he objected to the lack of notice of the removal and said there should be more transparency when pieces the center holds in trust are removed.
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Majority of Americans opposed to biological men competing in women's sports: poll
Slate of new state laws on issue has led to national conversation on whether transgender athletes should be able to compete with their non-biological sex
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Disney's 'Toy Story' spinoff banned in 14 countries over same-sex kiss: report
The film is banned in many Muslim-majority nations where homosexuality is illegal or greatly frowned upon
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Son of former LA Dodger one of five killed in Marine helicopter crash
"There was never any doubt from a young age that Johnny would be a pilot and his passion was to fly!" the former LA Dodger wrote about his son
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PGA Tour suspends 17 golfers who opted to play in Saudi-funded LIV Golf Tournament
The PGA commissioner made the announcement Thursday just minutes after the players had teed off at the first LIV event in London
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Pro wrestling star John Cena fulfills dream of disable teen who fled Ukraine with Netherlands meetup
The WWE star is also a record-holding Make-a-Wish granter
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Idaho Satanic Temple promotes 'family friendly' drag dance party with 'unbaptisms'
The Satanic Temple Idaho is promoting a "family friendly" Pride celebration featuring a "drag dance party" with "unbaptisms"
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Pizza Hut faces backlash, possible boycott, for promoting drag queen kids book
"Big Wig" was listed as part of Pride Month lineup for pizza chain's "Book It!" reading incentive program.
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Several Tampa Bay Rays decline to wear LGBTQ logos for religious reasons
Manager Kevin Cash says he doesn’t expect team to be divided over episode.
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Crowd-funded and -curated, family-friendly Angel Studios announces $100M in original content
"The creators come with their vision and their ideas," says studio CEO Neal Harmon. "And we help them connect to the audience."
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Kid Rock joins Truth Social with first post congratulating Johnny Depp
Kid Rock has been a close ally to former President Donald Trump