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Violet Affleck argues with mother Jennifer Garner about true cause of California wildfires

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Violet Affleck argues with mother Jennifer Garner about true cause of California wildfires

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s daughter Violet Affleck went into detail this week about how she and her mother argued about the causes of the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed their Pacific Palisades neighborhood in January. "I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room," the 19-year-old wrote in Yale’s Global Health Review, where she is a student, in a piece published on Sunday […]

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Adam Schiff tells EPA’s Lee Zeldin he’ll cause cancer after shoutfest: ‘Could give a rat’s a–‘

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Adam Schiff tells EPA’s Lee Zeldin he’ll cause cancer after shoutfest: ‘Could give a rat’s a–‘

The typically calm confines of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee were the site of several clashes on Wednesday between Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Democrats on the panel adjudicating his annual budget request.Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., rattled off a list of cancers he claimed Zeldin's actions at the agency could cause, remarking the New York Republican must be proud of how many regulations he’s […]

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Texas doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison in one of the ‘most significant’ cases of patient harm

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Texas doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison in one of the ‘most significant’ cases of patient harm

A Texas-based doctor was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for healthcare fraud after he carried out what prosecutors said was a nearly two-decade scheme that involved falsely diagnosing thousands of patients with degenerative diseases and profiting handsomely off their treatments.Jorge Zamora-Quezada, a rheumatologist licensed to practice medicine in Texas, Arizona and Massachusetts before being stripped of his licenses in each state, raked in hundreds of millions of dollars for […]

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Trump DHS issues stark warning to Dems harassing ICE agents: ‘Not playing games’

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Trump DHS issues stark warning to Dems harassing ICE agents: ‘Not playing games’

The Trump Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning Democrats and leftists doxxing ICE agents and impeding immigration enforcement operations that it is "not playing games."  In response to an online video of a Democratic state representative in Tennessee allegedly stalking ICE agents, DHS said, "This Administration is not playing games with the lives and safety of our ICE officers." The DHS statement claimed that "people doxxing our officers and impeding ICE […]

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Anti-Israel protesters torch diplomas outside Columbia University on graduation day

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Anti-Israel protesters torch diplomas outside Columbia University on graduation day

A group of keffiyeh-wearing anti-Israel protesters ripped up and burned diplomas outside Columbia University on Wednesday shortly after a graduation ceremony at the Ivy League institution, while unruly demonstrators also tangled with police. Chaos erupted outside the university when the protesters – many of whom had their faces covered with masks – torched diplomas in food trays next to a sign that read "Free Mahmoud Khalil," the former student who was […]

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Disney places Venezuelan employees on unpaid leave amid Supreme Court’s protected-status ruling

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Disney places Venezuelan employees on unpaid leave amid Supreme Court’s protected-status ruling

The Walt Disney Company has put dozens of Florida-based Venezuelan employees on unpaid leave as they face the possibility of losing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as soon as next month, according to reports.Bloomberg reported that Disney notified the employees on Tuesday that their jobs will be terminated next month because of a ruling from the Supreme Court that allows the Trump administration to revoke protections in the U.S. for some […]

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Microsoft to host Musk’s Grok 3 despite ongoing OpenAI legal battle

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Microsoft to host Musk’s Grok 3 despite ongoing OpenAI legal battle

Microsoft announced that it will host Elon Musk’s xAI Grok 3 on its Azure service, amid the tech mogul's legal battle with OpenAI and the Redmon-based tech giant.In the lawsuit, which was filed in 2023, Musk accuses CEO Sam Altman of betraying OpenAI's non-profit mission by shifting it into a for-profit business.The hosting news means that not only Grok 3 will be available, but users can access other artificial intelligence […]

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Fugitive accused of several bank robberies extradited to US after years of hiding in Ukraine

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Fugitive accused of several bank robberies extradited to US after years of hiding in Ukraine

An international fugitive wanted for multiple bank robberies has been extradited from Ukraine after nearly three years on the run, according to authorities. Edward Deveaux of Berlin Township, New Jersey, was returned to the U.S. on Friday, wrote the Camden County Prosecutor's Office in a press release.AMERICAN CAR THEFTS SURGE AS TEENAGE BANDITS, INTERNATIONAL CRIME RINGS SHIP STOLEN VEHICLES OVERSEASDeveaux, 30, was taken into custody Feb. 25 in Lviv by the […]

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Senate GOP pushes to undo Biden-era CA emissions waivers as controversy brews over purported rule-bending

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Senate GOP pushes to undo Biden-era CA emissions waivers as controversy brews over purported rule-bending

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., are expected to continue pushing to block California’s gas-powered car "ban" and emissions standards, as the chamber’s proverbial referee and a federal agency cry foul.A vote is expected as early as Wednesday on the first of three waivers granted by the Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency to Sacramento to set stricter standards than the feds, while Fox News […]

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