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A war correspondent met locals and found out that despite the fact that everybody in Mariupol speaks Russian, the Ukrainian authorities allowed only one Russian lesson in schools: half an hour once a week.
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❗One person killed, 3 more injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling of village in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says
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"A lot of people were running covered in blood": Eyewitness speaks about the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian forces
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💊 US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year
The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one US overdose death every 5 minutes. It marked a 15% increase from the previous record, set the year before.
The White House issued a statement calling the accelerating pace of overdose deaths “unacceptable” and promoting its recently announced national drug control strategy. It calls for measures like connecting more people to treatment, disrupting drug trafficking and expanding access to the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
Last year, overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surpassed 71,000, up 23% from the year before. There also was a 23% increase in deaths involving cocaine and a 34% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.
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The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one US overdose death every 5 minutes. It marked a 15% increase from the previous record, set the year before.
The White House issued a statement calling the accelerating pace of overdose deaths “unacceptable” and promoting its recently announced national drug control strategy. It calls for measures like connecting more people to treatment, disrupting drug trafficking and expanding access to the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
Last year, overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surpassed 71,000, up 23% from the year before. There also was a 23% increase in deaths involving cocaine and a 34% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.
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‼️ US Senate blocks bill codifying abortion rights into law amid Roe v. Wade SCOTUS fallout
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🗳 Trump candidate loses in Nebraska, wins in West Virginia
Jim Pillen, a hog farm owner and veterinarian, defeated eight challengers, including Charles Herbster, a businessman who faced groping allegations late in the campaign, and Brett Lindstrom, a state senator and Omaha financial adviser who was generally viewed as a more moderate choice.
While Trump-endorsed candidates won primary races in West Virginia for the US House on Tuesday, the statewide loss in Nebraska was a setback for Trump. He has issued hundreds of endorsements and staged his signature campaign-style rallies in support of his preferred candidates, including Herbster, all in an effort to bend the GOP in his direction ahead of another possible presidential run in 2024.
In this Republican stronghold, Pillen will be a favorite in November’s general election against his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Carol Blood. Nebraska hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor since 1994.
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Jim Pillen, a hog farm owner and veterinarian, defeated eight challengers, including Charles Herbster, a businessman who faced groping allegations late in the campaign, and Brett Lindstrom, a state senator and Omaha financial adviser who was generally viewed as a more moderate choice.
While Trump-endorsed candidates won primary races in West Virginia for the US House on Tuesday, the statewide loss in Nebraska was a setback for Trump. He has issued hundreds of endorsements and staged his signature campaign-style rallies in support of his preferred candidates, including Herbster, all in an effort to bend the GOP in his direction ahead of another possible presidential run in 2024.
In this Republican stronghold, Pillen will be a favorite in November’s general election against his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Carol Blood. Nebraska hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor since 1994.
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‼️ Antonov: Common sense should prevail to end dangerous game of 'Canceling Russia' ➡️ LIVE UPDATES
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☠️ US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths to date
A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions so far, but officials say that figure could grow exponentially as research continues.
The Interior Department report released Wednesday expands to more than 400 the number of schools that were known to have operated across the US for 150 years, starting in the early 19th century and coinciding with the removal of many tribes from their ancestral lands.
Officials say causes included illness, accidental injuries and abuse. It has so far identified at least 53 burial sites at or near boarding schools.
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A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions so far, but officials say that figure could grow exponentially as research continues.
The Interior Department report released Wednesday expands to more than 400 the number of schools that were known to have operated across the US for 150 years, starting in the early 19th century and coinciding with the removal of many tribes from their ancestral lands.
Officials say causes included illness, accidental injuries and abuse. It has so far identified at least 53 burial sites at or near boarding schools.
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⚡️Kiev asks Moscow to swap Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal for Russian POWs
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‼️ US House passes legislation seeking Ukraine debt relief on World Stage
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🔥 New Mexico wildfire advances in Rocky Mountains
The largest wildfire burning in the United States was heading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to prepare to evacuate as the fast-moving fire picks up momentum. More than 1,800 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the blaze.
A federal disaster already has been declared because of the blaze, which is partly the result of a preventative fire that escaped containment after it was set in early April to clear brush and small trees so they could not serve as wildfire fuel. That fire merged with another wildfire several weeks later. Crews also were battling smaller fires elsewhere in New Mexico and Arizona.
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The largest wildfire burning in the United States was heading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to prepare to evacuate as the fast-moving fire picks up momentum. More than 1,800 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the blaze.
A federal disaster already has been declared because of the blaze, which is partly the result of a preventative fire that escaped containment after it was set in early April to clear brush and small trees so they could not serve as wildfire fuel. That fire merged with another wildfire several weeks later. Crews also were battling smaller fires elsewhere in New Mexico and Arizona.
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⚖️ Surfside condo collapse survivors reach nearly $1 billion settlement
One of the worst building collapses in American history, the Surfside condo collapse is still being investigated by the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The settlement is still subject to court approval but was made in record time due to an expedited schedule.
Attorney Harley Tropin called the $997 million settlement an extraordinary result that exceeded his expectation, adding that cases this large usually take five to six years, but the expedited track pushed for by the judge allowed for a quick resolution.
One more party could possibly sign on to the class-action settlement by Friday, according to attorney Eric Hockman, which would push the settlement past the $1 billion sum.
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One of the worst building collapses in American history, the Surfside condo collapse is still being investigated by the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The settlement is still subject to court approval but was made in record time due to an expedited schedule.
Attorney Harley Tropin called the $997 million settlement an extraordinary result that exceeded his expectation, adding that cases this large usually take five to six years, but the expedited track pushed for by the judge allowed for a quick resolution.
One more party could possibly sign on to the class-action settlement by Friday, according to attorney Eric Hockman, which would push the settlement past the $1 billion sum.
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🚫 Meta* Is Disabling Certain Instagram* Filters in Texas and Illinois Due to Facial Recognition Laws
The Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act requires that a company get the consent of users if they end up storing their biometric data. Meanwhile, Illinois filed a lawsuit against the tech giant, claiming Facebook* “collected and stored biometric data of Facebook* users in Illinois without proper notice or consent,” which allegedly is in violation of Illinois law that covers facial recognition technology.
In response, Meta* on Wednesday disabled the use of “any filters using facial geometry, like augmented reality filters” in both states. Meta* is working to get the disabled filters back online in both states by creating an “opt-in system.”
*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.
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The Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act requires that a company get the consent of users if they end up storing their biometric data. Meanwhile, Illinois filed a lawsuit against the tech giant, claiming Facebook* “collected and stored biometric data of Facebook* users in Illinois without proper notice or consent,” which allegedly is in violation of Illinois law that covers facial recognition technology.
In response, Meta* on Wednesday disabled the use of “any filters using facial geometry, like augmented reality filters” in both states. Meta* is working to get the disabled filters back online in both states by creating an “opt-in system.”
*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.
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🎬 Disney Plus added almost 8 million new subscribers as Netflix struggles
That brings the total to around 87.6 million worldwide, excluding the 50.1 million people subscribed to Disney Plus Hotstar internationally. In the US and Canada alone, Disney Plus now has 7.1 million more subscribers than it did a year ago, with 44.4 million.
That’s better news than Netflix’s had recently. Last month, the streaming company reported that it had lost 200,000 subscribers compared to the previous quarter, its first dip in over a decade.
The company also said that the number of subscribers for all of its streaming offerings — including Hulu and ESPN Plus — had grown to over 205 million. Despite this, Disney Plus is actually losing the company money thanks to higher costs for production, advertising, and technology.
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That brings the total to around 87.6 million worldwide, excluding the 50.1 million people subscribed to Disney Plus Hotstar internationally. In the US and Canada alone, Disney Plus now has 7.1 million more subscribers than it did a year ago, with 44.4 million.
That’s better news than Netflix’s had recently. Last month, the streaming company reported that it had lost 200,000 subscribers compared to the previous quarter, its first dip in over a decade.
The company also said that the number of subscribers for all of its streaming offerings — including Hulu and ESPN Plus — had grown to over 205 million. Despite this, Disney Plus is actually losing the company money thanks to higher costs for production, advertising, and technology.
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🏛 Senate confirms Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission
On Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission. The confirmation secured a Democratic voting majority at the agency tasked by the Biden administration with investigating big tech companies like Facebook and Google over potential data privacy and competition violations.
Vice President Kamala Harris voted to break a 50–50 tie on the Senate floor to finalize Bedoya’s confirmation. Before his confirmation, Bedoya was a Georgetown law professor with a focus on privacy law, founding the university’s Center on Privacy and Technology in 2014. In his academic career, Bedoya explored the disproportionate effects of surveillance on minority groups, particularly regarding facial recognition technology.
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On Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission. The confirmation secured a Democratic voting majority at the agency tasked by the Biden administration with investigating big tech companies like Facebook and Google over potential data privacy and competition violations.
Vice President Kamala Harris voted to break a 50–50 tie on the Senate floor to finalize Bedoya’s confirmation. Before his confirmation, Bedoya was a Georgetown law professor with a focus on privacy law, founding the university’s Center on Privacy and Technology in 2014. In his academic career, Bedoya explored the disproportionate effects of surveillance on minority groups, particularly regarding facial recognition technology.
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❗One person killed, 3 more injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling of village in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says
❗️ One killed, seven wounded as a result of Ukrainian shelling of Solokhi village in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says
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⚡️⚡️ Bitcoin price drops bellow $27,000 - first time since December, 2020
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⚡️⚡️ Finnish president, PM support the country joining NATO
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