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Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist, passes away at age 91
Over the course of her acting career, she appeared in dozens of films that contributed to making her one of France’s most recognizable cultural exports.
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2025 illegal entries in Texas: Nearly half the gotaways reported in previous years
In fiscal 2025, 259,878 illegal border crossers were apprehended in Texas, excluding gotaways, by Border Patrol and CBP officers, according to year-end CBP data
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Massachusetts parole board approves release of 39 murder convicts after state's high court ruling
The Parole Board emphasized that its decisions are guided by legal standards and a thorough evaluation of each individual’s rehabilitation and readiness for supervised release. The convicts were released because they were 20 years old or younger at the "lifetime without parole" sentences.
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Weekly U.S. jobless claims reaches 745,000, with persistent layoffs amid declining COVID numbers
"The source of all labor market damage continues to be COVID-19," said AnnElizabeth Konkel, economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab.
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Texas power grid manager fired after mass power outages from deadly winter storms
CEO Magness was fired in the aftermath of one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history.
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Banned Dr. Seuss books are drawing high-dollar bids on Ebay
One Ebay listing for all six titles indicates that there have been five bids and the current bid is $2,850. Another listing for all six books is at $1,400 with 19 bids so far.
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Google to stop tracking users to sell targeted ads
"People shouldn’t have to accept being tracked across the web in order to get the benefits of relevant advertising," Google says.
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VP Harris gets backlash for tweet lauding Dr. Seuss, after books canceled for racist, hurtful images
"Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!" Harris tweeted in 2017.
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Civil Rights icon calls white wokeness 'insulting' to black Americans
'Stop helping us!' Bob Woodson says to guilty white people.
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Six Dr. Seuss books won’t be published due to racist images, publisher
"These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," Dr. Seuss Enterprises said in a statement.
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Democratic congresswoman calls for Gov. Cuomo to resign over sexual harassment allegations
"The time has come. The Governor must resign," Democratic Congresswoman Kathleen Rice tweeted.
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Equality Act sets the stage for first Biden-era battle in the ongoing culture wars
The bill turns civil rights law "from a shield to protect people from unjust discrimination ... into a sword, to punish people if they don't agree with the government," said the Heritage Foundation's Emilie Kao.
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Arkansas student shot on first day of in-person school
The wounded student, a 15-year-old boy, was taken to Arkansas Children’s Hospital by way of a helicopter.