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As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul
A toxic cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world’s pulse. Twitter is all these things and more to its over 217 million users around the world. For Elon Musk, its ultimate troll and perhaps most prolific user on the…
Minnesota GOP reconvenes to back candidate for governor
Minnesota Republicans have reconvened to endorse a candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, a day after delegates picked political outsider Jim Schultz to try to unseat Attorney General Keith Ellison. The 2,200 delegates have to…
Buffalo winter can’t arrive soon enough for ‘Punt God’
Punter Matt Araiza arrived in Buffalo for the start of Bills rookie camp practices disappointed in the weather. A picturesque 85-degree day in May was not what college football's “Punt God” was anticipating. Araiza was hoping to get a head…
EXPLAINER: Why stakes are high in trial tied to Russia probe
The first trial resulting from special counsel John Durham’s investigation of the early days of the Trump-Russia probe hardly seems an explosive affair. The trial getting underway Monday in federal court in Washington is about a single…
Vlad warns Finland NATO membership mistake…
Vlad warns Finland NATO membership mistake... (Second column, 12th story, link) Related stories:CLAIM: Coup to remove 'cancer stricken' Putin underway... Cuts off electricity... McConnell surprise trip to meet Zelenskyy in Ukraine... …
Erdogan opposes letting Finland, Sweden join NATO…
Erdogan opposes letting Finland, Sweden join NATO... (Second column, 15th story, link) Related stories:THE NEW MAN WHO WILL LEAD RUSSIA? Oligarch secretly recorded saying 'Putin very ill with blood cancer'... The Nightmare That Blew Up…
Spain signs off on plans to temper volatile energy prices
The Spanish government has approved a new plan aimed at reining in soaring energy prices. It signed off Friday on a temporary cap on natural gas prices that it said would immediately reduce the cost of energy for a third…
Vermont Legislature adjourns after passing $8 billion budget
The Vermont Legislature has adjourned after passing a more than $8 billion budget in a session marked by remote legislating and hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds. The session came to a close Thursday evening…
Germany: Over 300 far-right extremists at security agencies
Germany's government says it has identified more than 300 employees of national and state military, police and security agencies with links to far-right extremists or similar movements. The Federal Ministry of the Interior analyzed 860…
Wall Street looks to claw back losses from a dismal week
U.S. markets on Friday were poised to recoup some of the losses suffered in one of its worst weeks of 2022, a year that’s been rife with anxiety over inflation, war and a pandemic that won’t seem to end. Futures…