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Dianne Feinstein aide confirms brain illness

89-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., returned to Congress earlier this month after missing more than two months of work because of shingles, her office first claimed. When the elderly Feinstein returned, she was noticeably diminished and confined to a wheelchair. On Thursday, it was confirmed that Feinstein had suffered from… Read More

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, dies at 59

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59. In a lengthy post on Instagram, guitarist and songwriter Marr paid tribute to Rourke,… Read More

Elon Musk’s lawyer accuses Microsoft of misusing Twitter data

A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service’s data and demanded an audit from the software giant. The letter primarily addresses a seemingly narrow set of alleged infractions by Microsoft in drawing information from Twitter’s database of tweets. But the move could foreshadow more serious… Read More

Salman Rushdie makes first in-person appearance since stabbing

Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award, just nine months being after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized. “It’s nice to… Read More

Report: DeSantis to announce 2024 campaign by May 25

Former President Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign more than six months ago, and other candidates are polling way behind. But now a more formidable candidate — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — is planning to enter the race next week, two people familiar with the matter told national media Thursday. Sponsored:… Read More

Incredible new Titanic pics show wreck as never before

Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday. Using two remotely operated submersibles, a team of researchers spent six weeks last summer in the North Atlantic… Read More

8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody amid overcrowding

A little girl from Panama born with heart problems died in Border Patrol custody Wednesday, the second death of a child from Latin America in U.S. government custody in two weeks. The 8-year-old girl and her family were being held in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, one of… Read More

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour slams network for Trump town hall

Veteran correspondent Christiane Amanpour became the first CNN journalist to publicly criticize her network for airing last week’s town hall with former President Donald Trump. Amanpour told a group of graduating students at Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism on Wednesday that she would have “dropped the mic at ‘nasty… Read More

SCOTUS avoids ruling on 1996 technology law

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by others. The justices… Read More

Supreme Court rules with Prince photographer against Andy Warhol

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince. “Lynn Goldsmith’s original works, like those of other photographers, are entitled to copyright protection, even against famous artists,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote… Read More