#The 50 best albums of 2023

#The 50 best albums of 2023

The 50 best albums of 2023 From bar italia to billy woods and yeule to Yves Tumor, these are the albums we loved in 2023. By Jordan Darville, Alex Robert Ross, David Renshaw, Raphael Helfand, Cady Siregar, Emma Madden, Vivian Medithi, Nadine Smith, Lila Dubois, Walden Green, Wale Oloworekende, Shaad D’Souza, Son Raw, Sajae Elder,…

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#It’s ‘insulting’ to have ‘nonsense Republicans’ on Biden impeachment inquiry panel, Democrat says

#It’s ‘insulting’ to have ‘nonsense Republicans’ on Biden impeachment inquiry panel, Democrat says

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) dubbed some of her Republican colleagues “idiots” and “a–holes” alongside criticism of the House Oversight Committee’s attempts to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is leading an investigation into Biden’s family finances and is pushing for a full impeachment probe of the president. “The…

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#Floating Home In Ecuador Is Designed To Preserve The Community Of A Centuries-Old Floating Village

#Floating Home In Ecuador Is Designed To Preserve The Community Of A Centuries-Old Floating Village

Dubbed La Balsanera, this floating house is nestled along the Babahoyo River in Ecuador. Designed by architecture studio Natura Futura Arquitectura and architect Juan Carlos Bamba, this home is located inside a centuries-old floating village that suffers from the risk of disappearing for good! La Balsanera is an effort to preserve the community and to…

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#Jury decides against Google’s app store in antitrust lawsuit 

#Jury decides against Google’s app store in antitrust lawsuit 

A federal jury in California sided with “Fortnite” maker Epic Games in the company’s antitrust lawsuit against Google’s Android App Store, finding the store violated antitrust laws and was illegally protected from competition. The jury in San Diego reached a unanimous verdict on Monday night after nearly three hours of deliberation following a weeks-long trial…

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#For the US, being No. 2 might be good for business

#For the US, being No. 2 might be good for business

Dwight Eisenhower had it right when he warned of a “defense-industrial complex” but not for what most people thought or understood at the time or since. The president was fearful that putting too many resources into that complex to overemphasize national security would have the opposite effect. The drain, he believed, on the private sector economy would…

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#Retribution, isolation and deportation: What to expect from a second Trump term

#Retribution, isolation and deportation: What to expect from a second Trump term

Less than two months out from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump seems well on his way to securing a third consecutive Republican nomination for president.  And, with public polling increasingly showing Trump leading President Biden — including by 6 points (53 percent to 47 percent) per a recent Messenger/Harris X poll — the question…

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#Elon Musk asks Alex Jones about ‘the whole Sandy Hook thing’ and Jones apologizes again

#Elon Musk asks Alex Jones about ‘the whole Sandy Hook thing’ and Jones apologizes again

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones issued another apology for his comments about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as tech billionaire Elon Musk asked him about the controversy amid his reinstatement on Musk’s platform X (formerly Twitter).  The Infowars host was pressed on the issue during an appearance on X Spaces livestream co-hosted by…

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#Bronny James has USC debut after health scare

#Bronny James has USC debut after health scare

LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. made his collegiate debut with his team, the University of Southern California Trojans, Sunday, months after suffering a cardiac arrest episode during a summer workout session.  The standout freshman, who came off the bench and was on minute restriction made by his head coach Andy Enfield, tallied four points (on 1-3…

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#Cigna ends plans to merge with Humana: report

#Cigna ends plans to merge with Humana: report

U.S. health insurer Cigna ended its attempts to merge with competitor Humana after the two companies failed to reach an agreement, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The two health insurance giants spent recent weeks discussing a potential merger that would’ve produced a powerhouse company worth an estimated $140 billion by the end of the…

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