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Navy Removes Pride Month Posts Amid Right-Wing Backlash— Nascar, Major League Baseball Also Targeted
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 3:35pm
Right-wing anger over companies celebrating Pride Month is already going viral on social media....
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Padma Lakshmi to exit ‘Top Chef’ after 20th season: ‘It’s time to move on’
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 2:58pm
"After much soul searching, I have made the difficult decision to leave 'Top Chef,'" the TV host said in a statement Friday.
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Smoke from wildfires in Canada prompt US air quality alerts. Here’s a wildfire, smoke map.
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 2:39pm
Smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to drift into the U.S. on Friday, prompting air quality alerts across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic.
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Volkswagen is bringing back the bus: EV version of iconic Microbus unveiled in the US
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 2:34pm
The new van, set for sale in 2024, "pays homage to the iconic Volkswagen Microbus", VW announced Friday.
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‘Dangerous precedent?’ How the averted debt ceiling crisis could become new Washington norm
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 2:30pm
President Joe Biden has said he will explore challenging the constitutionality of the debt ceiling. Legal experts say the undertaking is problematic.
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Tropical Storm Arlene forms, will remain off Florida, hurricane center says
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 2:11pm
The National Hurricane Center said Friday the storm is expected to remain offshore and have only minimal impact in Florida or any land area.
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Christian Cooper, Black birder falsely accused in Central Park, gets National Geographic TV show
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 2:09pm
Christian Cooper, a Black birdwatcher who was falsely accused by a white woman in 2020 at Central Park will be the host of National Geographic TV show
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‘It takes a village’: Are ‘mommunes’ the secret to single parenting?
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 1:53pm
"Mommunes" are a group of single parents who live together and share parenting and household responsibilities to better support each other.
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USA TODAY names NPR executive editor Terence Samuel as editor-in-chief
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 1:42pm
In his new role, Samuel will help lead the publication through "the next phase of growth and innovation," according to an announcement from Gannett.
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The Debt-Limit Deal Suggests Debt Will Keep Growing, Fast
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 1:08pm
Negotiations to prevent a government default reaffirmed that the big drivers of future deficits are all off the table in a divided Washington....
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MUNA kicks off Pride with joyous Stonewall Inn concert: ‘If we’re miserable, they win’
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 1:07pm
"I think it's important to show young people that I'm happier because I came out. I'm happier because I am who I am," says MUNA's Josette Maskin.
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Buffalo’s Blizzard Response Had Numerous Failures, Researchers Find
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 1:02pm
The city was hit with an overwhelming storm in December. Emergency warnings did not adequately convey how life-threatening it would be, a new report says....
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After Typhoon Mawar, Thousands on Guam Lack Power and Water
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 12:50pm
The storm was the strongest to strike the U.S. Pacific territory in at least two decades....
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Saudi Soccer League Creates Huge Fund to Sign Global Stars
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 12:47pm
A coordinated effort financed by the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund is offering huge paydays to some of the sport’s biggest stars if they join Saudi Arabia’s best teams....
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Senegal Blocks Some Social Media After Ousmane Sonko Is Sentenced
Post Date: Friday - June 2, 2023 - 12:45pm
Demonstrators battled with the police to protest a two-year prison sentence given to a leading opposition figure. At least nine people died in the confrontations....
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