Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts to be reinstated, Meta says
Meta said Wednesday it will soon lift its ban on former President Donald Trump, who was suspended from Facebook and Instagram after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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DirecTV picks up right-of-center The First after being ripped for dumping Newsmax
A day after saying goodbye to Newsmax, DirecTV said hello to Bill O’Reilly.
New year greetings stir old animosities; Chinese outraged over cultural appropriation
Just whose new year is it, anyway?
Andrew Cuomo rips prosecutors for charging Alec Baldwin: ‘Not a crime’
Holocaust survivor races time to share her story of surviving Nazi genocide
New U.S. race, ethnicity standards proposed; first since ‘97
Egypt unveils tombs and sarcophagus in new excavation
National Prayer Breakfast, once a hot-button gathering, to tone it down for 2023, organizer says
DirectTV cuts off Newsmax, keeps channels with low ratings
Corporate Bias Ratings rank companies on risk of canceling accounts over political, religious belief
Conservatives worried about woke banks shuttering their accounts over political or religious considerations have a new resource to consult.
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California prison inmates to get some Medicaid care
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Alex Murdaugh didn't cry over dead wife and son, first officer on scene says
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FDA declines to regulate CBD; calls on Congress for fix
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Federal agents bust 'brazen' scheme dealing in fake nursing diplomas across five states
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and law enforcement charged 25 recruiters and school officials in five states with participating in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing diplomas, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
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The Biden administration on Thursday disclosed its monthslong effort to disrupt the Hive ransomware gang, which the U.S. government said attacked more than 1,500 targets across more than 80 countries.
South Dakota Senate suspends GOP lawmaker after vaccine exchange
The South Dakota Senate on Thursday suspended a Republican state senator in a rare move that stripped the lawmaker of all legislative power while keeping the allegations against her a secret.
