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Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had Reputation for Questionable Behavior — Melinda French Gates voiced concerns about her husband's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a harassment claim against his money manager. — By the time Melinda French Gates decided to end her 27-year marriage …
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Microsoft Directors Decided Bill Gates Needed to Leave Board Due to Prior Relationship With Staffer — Company's board members began investigation in 2019 into woman's allegations of prior sexual relationship with Bill Gates; Mr. Gates's spokeswoman says decision to leave board in 2020 wasn't related to the matter
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Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say — “We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building,” a source close to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said. “I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.”
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Israel air strikes kill 42 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
For Trump, Hamas and Bibi, It Is Always Jan. 6
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Israel Rules Out An Immediate Cease-fire With the Palestinians
Israel Rules Out An Immediate Cease-fire With the Palestinians
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The ‘Israel Is a Monster for Bombing the Associated Press’ Office Building in Gaza' Narrative Just Collapsed
The ‘Israel Is a Monster for Bombing the Associated Press’ Office Building in Gaza' Narrative Just Collapsed
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Live Updates: No Sign of Israel-Gaza Conflict Ending
Live Updates: No Sign of Israel-Gaza Conflict Ending
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Episode 9: Trump's war with his generals — Axios' “Off the rails” series documents the end of the Trump administration, from election night 2020 through the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol. — One important piece is only now beginning to emerge: Former President Donald Trump's last-minute bid …

How a Jeopardy! Contestant's Hand Gesture Became Part of a Conspiracy — How hundreds of “Jeopardy!” contestants talked themselves into a baseless conspiracy theory — and won't be talked out of it. — It is an ironclad rule of the private Facebook group of past “Jeopardy!” …

Republicans weigh in on Liz Cheney and direction of GOP — CBS News poll — When House Republicans ousted Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her leadership post, it spoke to the direction of the Republican Party in at least one specific way: what should happen to those who publicly break with former President Donald Trump?
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Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes ‘disgraceful’ GOP attempts to ‘whitewash’ Capitol attack
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Republicans' conflicting message: Embracing Trump election lie is key to prominence, just stop asking us about it
Republicans' conflicting message: Embracing Trump election lie is key to prominence, just stop asking us about it
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The CDC's mask guidance is a mess. Biden needs to clean it up. — Opinion by — Last Thursday's abruptly announced guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has devolved into a giant mess. Governors and mayors were caught by surprise, leading to a flurry of rapid changes …
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AT&T to spin off HBO, other WarnerMedia assets in a huge deal with Discovery. What went wrong? — Three years ago, AT&T Inc. marched into Hollywood with big ambitions to be a 21st century media colossus, connecting its booming cellphone business with legendary media properties — HBO …

New York City Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams Pins Campaign to Public Safety — The Democratic Brooklyn borough president says he is proud of the 22 years he worked in law enforcement — A leading Democratic candidate to become New York City's next mayor says his path to a career in law enforcement …
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How Eric Adams, Mayoral Candidate, Mixed Money and Political Ambition

Scoop: Lincoln Project offshoot aims to boost civics education — An offshoot of the Lincoln Project is launching Tuesday, aiming to unify people opposed to partisan dysfunction and authoritarianism through civics education and grassroots organizing, Axios has learned.

Dallas prosecutor disbarred for withholding evidence that could have cleared men of murder charges — When former Dallas County prosecutor Richard E. Jackson put two homeless Black men on trial in 2000 for the murder of a local pastor, he allegedly withheld a heap of evidence that could have cleared them.
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CNN contributor tweets ‘The world today needs a Hitler’, has history of anti-Semitism — In a now deleted tweet, CNN contributor Adeel Raja posted Sunday that “the world today needs a Hitler.” … Join our mailing list to receive a daily email with all of our top stories
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The man who didn't invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos — For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up. — It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay's Rancho Cucamonga plant …
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From India, Brazil and Beyond: Pandemic Refugees at the Border — Fleeing virus-devastated economies, migrants are traveling long distances to reach the United States and then walking through gaps in the border wall. The Arizona desert has become a favorite crossing point.

Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Water-Meter Bribe Probe Preceded 2004 Departure from Big City Schools Job — Brooklyn Democratic primary contender lied to an investigator before acknowledging she directed her dad to pay $300 to make a $12,500 utility bill vanish, city records state.

The Washington Post will soon have a woman as its top editor. And yes, that matters. — Katharine Graham, the revered former publisher of The Washington Post, famously told an interviewer that she wasn't particularly comfortable in her lofty perch. — “I think a man would be better in this job I'm in than a woman,” she said.

UFOs regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace, report on the phenomena due next month — Bill Whitaker reports on the regular sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, that have spurred a report due to Congress next month. — We have tackled many strange stories on 60 Minutes, but perhaps none like this.
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Biden's danger: The great overreaction — Some Democrats and economists have begun to worry that President Biden, intent on FDR-like transformation of a wounded America, is doing too much, too fast. — Why it matters: Some economists fear that all this spending will crank up inflation, and put Biden's economic legacy at risk.
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Space Force commander fired after comments made on conservative podcast — Washington, DC (CNN)A Space Force lieutenant colonel has been removed from his command after appearing on a conservative podcast criticizing the United States military. — Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier joined …
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Joe Biden Diverts Healthcare Cash to Help Illegal Migrants — President Joe Biden has taken $2 billion from Americans' healthcare programs to help deliver migrant youths and children to their illegal-migrant parents throughout the United States, press reports say.

CDC's about-face on masks appears politically motivated to help a struggling Biden — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to lift mask restrictions on those vaccinated for COVID-19 is being hailed as “a great day for America” by president Biden …