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Golfers sue over Trump’s overhaul of 100-year-old public course so it doesn’t become ‘another private playground for the privileged and powerful’

Construction on the East Potomac course has already begun, according to the lawsuit. In October, the National Parks Service began dumping debris from...

15.02.2026 30

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Law enforcement thought Nancy Guthrie’s smart camera was disconnected, but Google Nest still had the tape

Google's privacy policy — which users often blindly agree to after purchasing a device — makes clear that videos can be captured when a device is...

11.02.2026 2

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Trump’s ‘Border Czar’ being sent to Minnesota was head of ICE Enforcement and Removal under Obama

Tom Homan, widely associated with immigration enforcement actions that separated families, was given a Presidential Rank Award by the Obama...

27.01.2026 10

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Quran used to swear in New York City’s mayor for the first time in history as Zohran Mamdani takes office

It dates back to the late 18th or early 19th century and belongs to the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

02.01.2026 6

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Trump and CBS News’ chief both tried to stop a critical ’60 Minutes’ segment from airing. Somehow it leaked online anyway

The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to a notorious El Salvador prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center.

25.12.2025 5

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‘Call of Duty’ co-creator Vince Zampella dies at 55 — ‘his work helped shape modern interactive entertainment’

One of Zampella's crowning achievements was the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold more than half a billion games worldwide.

23.12.2025 20

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Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers

"This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” said union leader Mark Wallace.

12.12.2025 10

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Gen Z’s beloved ‘Italian Brain Rot’ is unproductive and pointless—and that may be the point

Children's media researcher Emilie Owens isn't in favor of endless scrolling, but insists “it’s very normal for everyone to need to switch their...

07.09.2025 7

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The twisted economics of ‘RushTok’: Some sorority pledge influencers can pay their tuition, but they’re fleeing online hate and backlash

“This year it was just like a whole different level of hate," said Kylan Darnell, who became an overnight celebrity four years ago on social media.

16.08.2025 6

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Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, the 39-year-old killed at the ‘No Kings’ protest, was a Project Runway contestant and designed clothing for ‘Moana 2’

Ah Loo leaves behind a wife and two young children, according to a GoFundMe page for his family.

17.06.2025 8

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