John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online
June 11, 2025
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John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online

John L. Young, who used his experience as a computer-savvy architect to help build Cryptome, a vast library of sensitive documents that both preceded WikiLeaks and in some…

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Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers
June 11, 2025
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Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to make decisions rooted in “gold-standard science,” fired an entire committee of vaccine advisers in part because all were…

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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway
June 11, 2025
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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway

A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause granted…

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Demonstrators Gather Outside ICE Headquarters in New York City
June 10, 2025
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Demonstrators Gather Outside ICE Headquarters in New York City

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Lower Manhattan early Tuesday evening for a demonstration against President Trump’s escalating immigration crackdown, continuing several days of protests that began more than…

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Says She ‘Felt Very Loved by Him’
June 10, 2025
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Says She ‘Felt Very Loved by Him’

After days testifying that the mogul pressured her to have sex with other men, the woman is being cross-examined by a lawyer for Combs about their three-year relationship.…

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AHow Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?
June 10, 2025
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AHow Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?

That’s the challenge Lydia Wood, 31, has set herself. In the process, she is creating an archive of an important part of the city’s nightlife. Source link

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Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’
June 10, 2025
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Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Source link

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Young Israeli Hostage Says Finding Faith Helped Him Survive Hamas Captivity
June 10, 2025
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Young Israeli Hostage Says Finding Faith Helped Him Survive Hamas Captivity

How Omer Shem Tov, who was 20 years old and not particularly religious when taken hostage, survived 505 days in captivity. Source link

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Defying Trump’s Firing, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions
June 10, 2025
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Defying Trump’s Firing, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions

The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it will look into his complaints. Source link

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Key Legal Questions in Trump’s Order of National Guard to LA Protests
June 10, 2025
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Key Legal Questions in Trump’s Order of National Guard to LA Protests

President Trump has long mused about sending the military to crush protests in blue-state cities. He is now using troops in Los Angeles. Source link

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