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Musk’s company takes second shot at launching biggest rocket

SpaceX prepared to launch the biggest and most powerful rocket Thursday, working nonstop after the first shot at a test flight fizzled earlier in the week. The nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship was poised to blast off from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. SpaceX’s Elon Musk gave… Read More

Elon Musk’s Twitter removes policy against ‘deadnaming’

Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.” Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person’s name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form of harassment, in 2018. Sponsored: Eerie WW2… Read More

Fox News settles in 11th hour for nearly $800 million

Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit over controversial claims by former President Donald Trump’s allies on the network following the 2020 presidential election. The stunning settlement emerged just as opening statements were supposed to begin,… Read More

Netflix to end DVD-by-mail service after 25 years

Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service, ending an era that began a quarter century ago when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows… Read More

Kevin McCarthy just scored a huge win over Biden

On Monday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave a speech marking his 100th day in office — and announced that he’d scored a huge win over President Joe Biden. In front of the New York Stock Exchange, McCarthy outlined his budget plan, expressed optimism about the plan’s ability to pass the… Read More

Judge seals Alec Baldwin settlement after fatal shooting

The judge hearing the wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and an array of producers and crew linked to a fatal film set shooting agreed Monday to seal from public view the terms of a proposed settlement agreement in the case that benefits the son of slain cinematographer Halyna… Read More

Bank of America profits grow 15%, ducking industry crisis

Bank of America said its profits grew 15% last quarter, the latest of the big banks to do exceptionally well this earnings season as investors and consumers flock to Wall Street for safety after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The nation’s second-largest bank by assets posted… Read More

State legislature gives final approval to ban TikTok completely

Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers envision due to concerns over potential Chinese spying…. Read More

Resort famous for Elvis’ ‘Blue Hawaii’ movie to be rebuilt

Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago. The Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Sponsored:… Read More