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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

Jeffrey Epstein Gave Bill Gates Advice on How to End ‘Toxic’ Marriage, Sources Say — BROMANCE … A person who attended meetings at Epstein's townhouse says Gates enjoyed holding court there. — Bachelor sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein gave Bill Gates advice on ending his marriage …
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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!” …

AT&T Is Preparing to Merge Media Assets With Discovery — WarnerMedia businesses would merge with reality-TV giant — Companies control networks ranging from HBO to Animal Planet — AT&T Inc. is preparing to spin off its media business and merge it with Discovery Inc. in a tax-friendly deal …
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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 …

US for 3rd time blocking Security Council joint statement calling for ceasefire — diplomats tell ToI — NEW YORK — For the third time in a week, the US is blocking a joint statement from the Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, two diplomats involved tell The Times of Israel.
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Israel air strikes kill 42 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
Israel air strikes kill 42 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
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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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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 …

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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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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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.

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.

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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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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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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Photo emerges of Republican barricading chamber doors during US Capitol attack after he compared rioters to ‘tourists’ — ‘Do Georgians always barricade doors against normal, everyday tourists?’ one critic asked — A photo has emerged of Andrew Clyde, the Republican congressman who claimed …
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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.

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.
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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.

Natural Gas, America's No. 1 Power Source, Already Has a New Challenger: Batteries — A decade after the fracking boom took off, the fuel faces disruption by a new combination on the electric grid: renewable energy and electricity storage — Vistra Corp. owns 36 natural-gas power plants, one of America's largest fleets.