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Cheryl, in a strapless cocktail dress, was left to hobble after them in an example of what former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein deemed on X a “new litmus for status.” As in, in an event of mass panic, who gets an escort and who is left to fend for themselves?

washingtonpost.comColumn | I cannot stop thinking about Cheryl Hines at the correspondents’ dinnerWatching video clips from the aftermath of the gunfire was a surreal glimpse into the mundanity of gun violence in the United States.

September data from the independent pollster Levada Center, a record 66% of respondents in Russia now say it is time to move toward peace negotiations, while just 27% support continuing military action – the lowest level ever recorded. In June, 58% also cited rising prices as their top concern.

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🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will: - Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender" - Teaches children the laws about "biological sex" - Removes all references to the word transgender What we know so far 🧵

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Some of the biggest lenders in the U.S. reported strong quarterly earnings on Tuesday, a reminder that while President Trump’s trade policies have roiled many industries, in the world of high finance, uncertainty is often a chance to make money.

trib.alFor Big Banks, the Trump Era Is Proving Profitable Thus FarJPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon lauded the “resilient” U.S. economy as his bank reported bumper quarterly earnings.

Norman, Oklahoma, prepared to build an automatic flood warning system. In April, the Trump administration said it was ending the “wasteful and ineffective” program that would have paid for it. The city, which dealt with flooding as recently as June, gave up trying to install a warning system

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Trump has systematically cut access to natural disaster prevention resources “I’m a super big fan of the president, but I’m going to challenge him any time he gets something wrong,” Central, Louisiana, Mayor Wade Evans told NOTUS.

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Big-name LLMs like ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama struggle with non-English languages, leading to errors and hallucinations. Fed up, dozens of organizations across Latin America worked together to create LatamGPT. Read today's story: restofworld.org/2025/chatgpt...

restofworld.orgFed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its ownDozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.

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Hundreds of the detainees at the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in Florida have no criminal record, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide public defense attorneys, if any, to poor people after their arrest. It is now requiring courts across the state to produce public defense plans.

buff.lyPublic Defense Plans Now Required for Mississippi CourtsThe Mississippi Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide public defense attorneys, if any, to poor people after their arrest.

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Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, has surged in the campaign for New York City mayor with a mix of viral videos and proposals appealing to younger progressives.

cnn.itInside the campaign of Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist running for mayor of New York City | CNN PoliticsZohran Mamdani could barely walk a few feet at Thursday’s Juneteenth festival in Queens without a crowd of selfie-demanding admirers trying to stop him.

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Journalists have faced assaults, been struck by projectiles, tear-gassed, and forcibly removed from public spaces during the L.A. protests that began on June 6. We're currently tracking almost 50 physical attacks — mostly by law enforcement. Watch our West Coast reporter Briana Erickson explain.