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The social media owner announced it has taken down thousands of accounts in Nigeria that were linked to financial sexual extortion scams.(Image credit: Michael Dwyer) Read More
The final results of a trial for a new HIV preventive strategy are out today. Experts express enthusiasm. But activists at the 2024 AIDS conference in Munich are protesting the likely cost.(… Read More
Cheaper versions of Wegovy and Zepbound touted on social media could be fleeting. Copies are legal now because the brand-name drugs are in short supply. But the drugmakers are boosting produ… Read More
The dictators of today aren't united by ideology, writes Anne Applebaum: They operate like companies, focused on preserving their wealth, repressing their people and maintaining power at all… Read More
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The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump searched online about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the FBI director said.(Image credit: Kevin Di… Read More
In a career marked by firsts, Harris is no stranger to charting a new path. If she becomes the Democratic nominee, and beats Trump in November, she would be the first woman president of the… Read More
Presumed Innocent.'/>The verdict is in, and the ending is a dud: Rather than wriggling out of the original story’s sexism, the Apple TV+ series just makes the same mistakes in a new… Read More
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President Biden announced that he will discontinue his campaign to seek a second term in the White House, throwing the Democratic race for 2024 wide open.(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski) Read More
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The former president and J.D. Vance made their campaign trail debut at a rally in Michigan on Saturday, as they seek to claw back a state that Trump won in 2016 but which Biden took in 2020… Read More
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