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Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza

AP Technology Writer Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel’s yearlong war with Hamas. Microsoft said Friday it has “ended the employment of some individuals in accordance with internal policy” but declined to provide details. The event happened during lunchtime Thursday

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Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

Associated Press LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden did something Friday that no other sitting U.S. president has: He apologized for the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children endured in boarding schools at the hands of the federal government. For 150 years the U.S. removed Indigenous children from their homes and sent

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Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says

Associated Press YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — Russian actors were behind a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, U.S. officials confirmed on Friday. The video had taken off on social media Thursday but was debunked within three hours by local election officials and law enforcement after members of

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Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

Associated Press LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden did something Friday that no other sitting U.S. president has: He apologized for the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children endured in boarding schools at the hands of the federal government. For 150 years the U.S. removed Indigenous children from their homes and sent

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Hackers chinos tuvieron como objetivo los datos telefónicos de Trump y Vance

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hackers chinos vinculados al gobierno han apuntado a las comunicaciones telefónicas del expresidente Donald Trump y del candidato a la vicepresidencia J. D. Vance como parte de un esfuerzo mucho más amplio de ciberespionaje dirigido a objetivos estadounidenses de alto nivel, dijeron a CNN dos fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto. Los

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Elon Musk’s dozens of meetings with presidents, prime ministers and political candidates show his growing political influence

By Clare Duffy and Way Mullery, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past three years, Elon Musk has met dozens of times with presidents, prime ministers, lawmakers, government officials and political candidates from around the world. Some of these meetings have been highly publicized, like his visit to Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; independent Dan Osborn, a Nebraska Senate candidate; entrepreneur Mark Cuban. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Vance; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Adrian Fontes, Arizona’s

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Jury awards Apple $250 in design patent lawsuit against Masimo

By Reuters (CNN) — Apple convinced a federal jury on Friday that health monitoring tech company Masimo’s smartwatches infringe two of its design patents. The jury, in Delaware, agreed with Apple that Masimo’s W1 and Freedom watches and chargers willfully violated Apple’s patent rights in smartwatch designs, awarding the tech giant $250 in damages. Apple’s attorneys told the court the “ultimate

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US intelligence assesses Russian operatives behind fake video showing Pennsylvania ballots being destroyed

By Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas, Paul P. Murphy and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence has assessed that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that circulated on social media Thursday. “The IC (Intelligence Community) assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified a

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Freedom Caucus chair says he was taken out of context on legislature deciding presidential electors

Associated Press The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus says news reports that quoted him saying the North Carolina Legislature should consider allocating the state’s presidential electors to Donald Trump before the votes are counted were taken out of context. The comments made by Representative Andy Harris of Maryland during a Republican Party dinner there

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El ex-CEO de Abercrombie & Fitch se declara inocente de dieciséis cargos de tráfico sexual y prostitución internacional

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El ex-CEO de Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, se declaró inocente de una acusación de 16 cargos en su comparecencia ante un tribunal federal de Nueva York el viernes. Jeffries fue imputado el miércoles por 16 cargos federales de tráfico sexual y prostitución internacional y está acusado de aprovechar “una red

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