Almost a year since blue check marks disappeared from some large, influential accounts on X (formerly Twitter), they have started to return. On Wednesday, some individuals with large followings started …
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O.J. Simpson, NFL star whose murder trial gripped the nation, dies of cancer at 76
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsO.J. Simpson, the former NFL star who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a televised trial that gripped the nation, has died of cancer, according to…
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RFK Jr. campaign fires staffer who said defeating Biden was her ‘No. 1 priority’
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsA campaign staffer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid has been fired after a video recently circulated of her talking about preventing President Joe Biden’s re-election by trying…
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ spotlights Black country music pioneer Linda Martell
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsBeyoncé’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” has shined a light on a country music pioneer that many people may not know. One of the album’s tracks is called “The Linda Martell Show,” which is an intro to the…
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X becomes ‘earthquake Twitter’ as users flood site with memes and jokes
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsSocial media users on the East Coast flooded X on Friday with emotions, jokes and memes after a rare earthquake shook the region. Some asked if others had felt the…
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Harvard among more than a dozen schools to receive failing grade on ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsThe Anti-Defamation League gave Harvard University and 12 other schools failing grades for policies to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on campus. The ADL said it selected 85 of the top…
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting kidney transplants — it’s finally changing
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsJazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead…
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While millions of people recover from the morning wakeup call of a 4.8-magnitude earthquake rocking the East Coast, a small group of people are feeling seriously left out. That’s because…
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Biden administration seeks to close the ‘gun show loophole’ to buy firearms
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsWASHINGTON — In what could be the biggest expansion of federal background checks in decades, the Biden administration is moving to end the controversial “gun-show loophole.” “This single gap in…