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Meta Dismisses 10,000 Employees in Its 2nd Wave of Layoffs
As a cost-cutting measure, Facebook’s parent company Meta is eliminating an additional 10,000 staff and will not fill 5,000 vacancies. In November, the corporation announced 11,000 layoffs, or around 13% of its staff. Meta and other IT companies have been aggressively hiring for at least two years and have begun laying off some of those…
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Biden Signs Order Strengthening Gun Control Law
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed an order that requires more background checks before a gun can be sold. The administration touts the plan as bringing the United States as close as possible to universal background checks without new legislation from Congress, which is unlikely given the impasse in Congress over the issue. Biden has…
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FDA Assures Paxlovid Does Not Trigger COVID ‘Rebound’
Complaints that Pfizer’s antiviral medication used to treat COVID in high-risk patients generate rebound symptoms have plagued the drug’s reputation. In a new report, the FDA states that rebound also happens in individuals who did not take paxlovid, which can prevent COVID from becoming severe if administered early enough and appears to be a part…
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Ex-GOP Governor’s Aide Is Still Missing After Missed Corruption Trial
Tuesday, dozens of federal officers swooped on the Maryland home of Roy McGrath, the former chief of staff for former Republican Governor Larry Hogan, after he vanished just ahead of the commencement of his corruption trial on Monday. It is alleged that he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in government cash while serving as…
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Rumor Emerges About Quentin Tarantino’s Tenth and Last Film
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Quentin Tarantino is setting the stage for what will be hailed as his final feature film. The trade newspaper said on Tuesday that the 59-year-old director had penned a script named The Cinema Critic and is planning to “direct” it later this year, although it was unclear if this referred…
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New EPA Drinking Water Rule Regulates ‘Forever Chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first-ever national drinking water standard for polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals.” The rule would establish legally enforceable limits for common chemical contaminants in drinking water. “Communities around the nation have endured the constant threat of PFAS contamination for far too long,” Michael S. Regan,…
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Anonymous May Have Hacked Tucker Carlson’s Twitter Account
Five minutes before Tuesday’s broadcast of Tucker Carlson @AnonOpsSE, a Twitter account controlled by members of the loose hacktivist movement, Anonymous attempted to take credit for hacking the host’s Twitter account before tonight’s Fox News show. One wrote, “Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarson, you’ve been #hacked.” A screenshot of the Fox News personality’s altered Twitter bio included,…
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Lil Nas X Issues Apology for Trans ‘Joke’ After Backlash
Lil Nas X issued an apology on Tuesday for making a joke about trans-affirming surgery on social media and then getting angry when he was called out for it. According to the Daily News, it began when the celebrity, who is openly gay and has supported trans causes, tweeted a photo of a lady that…
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L.A. Nursing Home Administrators Charged in 14 COVID-Related Deaths
The operators of a lavish nursing home for dementia patients were charged with felony elder abuse on Tuesday in connection with the deaths of a nurse and 13 patients who succumbed to COVID, allegedly because the prioritized facility profit over safety and admitted an infected patient. According to the Los Angeles Times, prosecutors claim that…
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Swastikas Painted on Stanford Jewish Student’s Dorm Room Door
Friday at Stanford University, many swastikas and an image resembling Adolf Hitler were spotted on the door of a Jewish student’s dorm room. The event is being investigated as a hate crime by the university. The university has detected racist or antisemitic vandalism on campus three times in the past month. On February 28, the…