CBS anchor claims Paramount settlement with Trump poses ‘new obstacles’ for journalists at the network

CBS News anchor John Dickerson lamented parent company Paramount’s multi-million dollar settlement with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.  “Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settled a suit with President Trump today,” Dickerson said on CBS Evening News Plus, a news program on their streaming service. “Journalists don’t like to report on themselves. Sometimes…

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At least 2 dead, 43 missing after ferry sinks near Bali

Rescuers were searching Thursday for 43 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java’s Ketapang port late Wednesday, the National Search and Rescue Agency said in a statement. It was…

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Court approves settlement after North Carolina student suspended for ‘illegal aliens’ comment

A high school student’s free speech battle against a North Carolina school board took an important step towards closure after a court hearing Tuesday. Christian McGhee, 17, was suspended last year after school officials deemed he made a “racially insensitive” comment about “illegal aliens” in class. The suspension led to a year-long legal battle with…

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez share unexpected wedding singer link with Prince William and Kate Middleton

Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos’ lavish three-day wedding celebration shared a surprising connection to the royal nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. On June 27, Ellie Goulding sang at the billionaire and the former entertainment reporter’s wedding reception on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, according to People magazine. The…

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Racist videos made with AI are going viral on TikTok

Racist videos that appear to be created with Google’s AI video generation tool Veo 3 have raked in millions of views across TikTok, according to findings from the nonprofit media watchdog Media Matters. The AI-generated videos uncovered by the organization are filled with racist tropes, many of which target Black people. Media Matters determined that…

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California man allegedly crafted assassination list targeting federal officials in White supremacist plot

A California man who was an alleged White supremacist and member of a transnational terrorist group faces federal charges after creating a list containing federal officials as targets for assassination, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ said 24-year-old Noah Lamb has been indicted on eight counts, including conspiracy, three counts each…

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