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Today in History for 19th April 2024 April 19, 2024
Historical Events 1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard 1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia 1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time 1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic 1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's […]

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Savannah Chrisley on hope for parents' future, raising teen brother and niece April 19, 2024
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Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax

March 3, 2024 0

Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources tell Rolling Stone.

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The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death

February 22, 2024 0

Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost.

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Leaked Documents Show Pro-Israel Bias At Major Newswire

February 7, 2024 0

Editorial guidelines from Agence France-Presse obtained by Declassified instruct its journalists to present information that accommodates Israeli government sensitivities without requiring similar context for Palestinians.

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Criminal Justice

Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After Allegedly False Arrest Goes Viral

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How Two Florida Men Scammed ‘Uber Eats’ Out of $1 Million

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“E-Carceration” Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe

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War

Gonzalo Lira, critic of Zelensky, ‘tortured to death’ in Ukraine prison

January 13, 2024 0
Military Contractors Are Targeting Commuters

October 25, 2023 0
Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union

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Health

Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid ‘Unwinding’

August 26, 2023 0
Henrietta Lacks’ Cells Contributed to Breakthrough Medical Advancements. Now, Her Family Will Finally be Compensated.

August 3, 2023 0
15 Million People Could Lose Coverage as Nightmarish Medicaid ‘Purge’ Begins

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Business & Economy

Boeing Whistleblower Dies by Suicide Amid Involvement in Lawsuit with Company

March 11, 2024 0
We Found That Landlords Could Be Using Algorithms to Fix Rent Prices. Now Lawmakers Want to Make the Practice Illegal.

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Nancy Pelosi and Husband Made 7 Figures off a Single Stock Trade

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Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage

February 2, 2024 0

Body camera video equivalent to 25 million copies of “Barbie” is collected but rarely reviewed. Some cities are looking to new technology to examine this stockpile of footage to identify problematic officers and patterns of behavior.

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We Found That Landlords Could Be Using Algorithms to Fix Rent Prices. Now Lawmakers Want to Make the Practice Illegal.

January 30, 2024 0

After a ProPublica investigation, U.S. senators introduced a bill to curb “price fixing” linked to rent-setting software. “Setting prices with an algorithm is no different from doing it over cigars and whiskey in a private club,” said one sponsor.

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48,000 Companies Sent Facebook Data on a Single Person

January 17, 2024 0

A Consumer Reports study found that thousands of companies contribute to Facebook’s data stores on each person.

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Activism

Housing Is A Labor Issue

December 13, 2023 0
Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union

October 20, 2023 0
Workers’ Strikes Set a Record in the United States

October 9, 2023 0

Environment

The Climate Culprits Hiding Their Role In California’s Extreme Weather

August 21, 2023 0
90% of extreme weather deaths occurred in the Global South, as Global North dodges accountability

May 31, 2023 0
“Forever Chemicals” in Rainwater a Global Threat to Human Health

January 25, 2023 0

Strange/Unusual

Boeing Whistleblower Dies by Suicide Amid Involvement in Lawsuit with Company

March 11, 2024 0
The Genius of Thought Itself

October 21, 2023 0
Amazon’s Bestselling “Bitter Lemon” Energy Drink Was Bottled Delivery Driver Piss

October 20, 2023 0

Arts

Amazon’s Bestselling “Bitter Lemon” Energy Drink Was Bottled Delivery Driver Piss

October 20, 2023 0
Film: ‘9/11 War Games’ (2018)

September 11, 2022 0
In Memory of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the Immortal Beat (AUDIO, VIDEO)

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