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    UK News Plan to ban sex education for children under nine

    Schools in England will be banned from teaching sex education to children under nine, in new government guidance expected to be published on Thursday. The BBC has not seen the new guidelines but a government source said they also included plans to ban any children being taught about gender...
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    US News Florida: Rudy Giuliani Is Missing, Last Seen In Palm Beach County. [Update: Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party]

    Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party after mocking Arizona attorney general PHOENIX — Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes on Friday announced that Rudy Giuliani had been served with the notice of his indictment on charges related to a conspiracy to...
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    Technology California: Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free

    A pair of university students say they found and reported earlier this year a security flaw allowing anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by over a million internet-connected laundry machines in residences and college campuses around the world. Months later, the vulnerability remains...
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    US News Changes from Visa mean Americans will carry fewer physical credit, debit cards in their wallets

    NEW YORK (AP) — Your wallet may soon be getting thinner. Visa on Wednesday announced major changes to how credit and debit cards will operate in the U.S. in the coming months and years. The new features could mean Americans will be carrying fewer physical cards in their wallets, and will make...
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    Gaming New University Course Helps Students Gain A "Deeper Understanding" Of Fire Emblem

    Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has opened a new student-taught class which delves into the game design of the Fire Emblem series. Yes, Fire Emblem. At university. And there we were thinking that 'Film Studies' sounded cool. 'Fire Emblem Design and Analysis' will be...
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    US News Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms

    Louisiana will become the first state to require that public universities and K-12 schools display the Ten Commandments in every classroom after the Senate voted overwhelmingly to push forward new legislation Thursday. Following a short debate, lawmakers voted 30-8 to approve House Bill 71. All...
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    Crime Barbara Furlow-Smiles, former Facebook and Nike diversity manager, gets 5 years in prison for $5 million fraud

    A former diversity manager at Facebook and Nike was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for stealing more than $5 million from those companies that had been earmarked for DEI initiatives, federal prosecutors said. Georgia resident Barbara Furlow-Smiles, who pleaded guilty to...
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    Sports Scottie Scheffler arrested in alleged assault on police officer outside PGA Championship, then returns to play

    (CNN) - World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and charged with felony assault Friday morning outside the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, after allegedly injuring a police officer while trying to drive past the scene of a fatal crash. Scheffler was charged with felony...
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    US News Florida: Rudy Giuliani Is Missing, Last Seen In Palm Beach County. [Update: Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party]

    BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — If you’ve seen former New York City Mayor and one time Donald Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani, you may want call authorities in Arizona. Giuliani has seemingly vanished after his indictment in Arizona for election...
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    Health Richard Scolyer: Top doctor remains brain cancer-free after a year after undergoing a world-first treatment for glioblastoma

    The esteemed pathologist's experimental therapy is based on his own pioneering research on melanoma. Prof Scolyer's subtype of glioblastoma is so aggressive most patients survive less than a year. But on Tuesday the 57-year-old announced his latest MRI scan had again showed no recurrence of...
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    Technology The 90s Favorite Media Player 'Winamp' is Going Open-Source!

    In a surprising move, the Winamp team has announced that they intend to open-source their Windows app on September 24, 2024. And, this will happen under a different, FreeLlama name. The other applications, for Android and iOS, will continue to be proprietary. During the announcement, the CEO...
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    Technology Reddit brings back its old award system — ‘we messed up’

    Reddit is re-introducing a revised version of the awards system it phased out last year after acknowledging the golden upvote system had “missed the mark.” “We tried something new, it wasn’t great (you called it),” Reddit said in its announcement post on Wednesday. “So we’re (re)launching...
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    Gaming ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Sets Fall 2025 Release as Take-Two Posts $2.9 Billion Quarterly Loss

    “Grand Theft Auto 6″ has been slated for a fall 2025 release by Rockstar Games. The news was announced Thursday when Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive reported its fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2024 earnings, revealing the company posted a $2.9 billion loss for the Jan. 1-March...
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    Movies Tony McFarr, Chris Pratt’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Stunt Double, Dies at 47

    Tony McFarr, a stunt performer best known for doubling Chris Pratt in a number of films, including “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Jurassic World,” has died of undetermined causes, TheWrap has learned. He died on May 13 at his home outside Orlando, Fla. He was 47. His mother told TMZ on...
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    US News U.S. House of Representatives Passes TICKET Act to Create Transparency in Pricing

    After bipartisan constituents introduced the Transparency in Charges for Key Events Ticketing (TICKET) Act in June 2023, the United States House of Representatives passed the legislation today in the ongoing efforts to reform the ticketing industry. The bill received a substantial amount of...
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