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[ad_1] Environmental groups slammed Elon Musk’s X app in a report Wednesday ranking social media platforms on their approach to climate change misinformation.  X, formerly known as Twitter, ranked last because it’s not clear the app has policies against the spread of misleading information about climate change, according to Climate …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Republican divisions paralyzed the House again on Tuesday as a small band of conservative rebels blocked a motion to merely begin debate on a military funding bill and GOP leaders abandoned a separate vote to avert a shutdown at the end of the month. The military vote …

[ad_1] DENVER — The trial of two men charged in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was placed in a chokehold by police in Aurora, Colorado, and injected with a powerful sedative, is expected to begin this week. The joint trial is the first of three scheduled …

[ad_1] Michigan State University on Monday informed head football coach Mel Tucker of its intent to terminate his contract as the school weighs sexual harassment allegations against him. Athletic Director Alan Haller wrote a letter to a sports management firm that represents Tucker detailing the intent. The letter states that …

[ad_1] The owner of the New York City day care center caring for a 1-year-old boy who died after apparent opioid exposure says she had no idea drugs were in the Bronx facility. Grei Mendez, 36, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, were charged with murder with “depraved indifference,” manslaughter, assault, …

[ad_1] LACONIA, N.H. — Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and a fine on Monday after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire. The shock rocker, 54, wanted to appear via video for his hearing on …

[ad_1] A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was “ambushed” and killed in his patrol car by an unknown person Saturday. Authorities suspect the deputy was targeted simply because “he was in uniform.” Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was found unconscious in his car at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sheriff Robert Luna told …

[ad_1] Two pilots were killed Sunday when their planes collided upon landing at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, race organizers said. The planes collided about 2:15 p.m. at the end of the event’s T-6 Gold race, the Reno Air Racing Association said in a statement. The pilots …

[ad_1] Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted on 16 impeachment articles on Saturday, thwarting an effort to remove him from office over allegations of corruption. “Attorney General Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is hereby, at this moment, reinstated to office,” said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the Republican president of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Citing threats against individuals former President Donald Trump has targeted, special counsel Jack Smith is asking a federal judge for a narrowly tailored gag order that restricts the 2024 presidential candidate from making certain extrajudicial statements about the election interference case brought against him. A redacted copy …