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TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban
The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Says U.S. Universities Are ‘Hostile’ to Jews
At a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony, the Louisiana Republican compared the protests on U.S. campuses to what happened at institutions of higher learning in Germany during World War II.
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Gaza War Puts New Pressures on Biden’s Arms Transfer Policies
The Biden administration is due to release a report this week on whether it believes assurances from Israel on its use of U.S. arms and protection of civilians.
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Columbian Newspaper
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TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to another company, arguing that it relies on vaguely painting it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment. |
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Apple’s biggest announcements from its iPad event: brighter screen, faster processors and new sizes
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — models that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system as part of the company’s first update to its tablet lineup in more than a year. |
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Israel seizes Gaza’s vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn’t the full invasion many fear
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city as talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge. |
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Second tornado in 5 weeks damages Oklahoma town and causes 1 death as powerful storms hit central US
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tornado destroyed homes, forced the evacuation of a nursing home and toppled trees and power lines when it roared through a small Oklahoma town, one of several twisters that erupted in the central United States amid a series of powerful storms that stretched into Tuesday. At least one death was reported. |
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Biden condemns current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance during college protests and Gaza war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. |
Washington State News
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Zebra recaptured near Seattle after week-long adventure
SEATTLE, Washington: On May 3 evening, a zebra that escaped nearly a week ago with three others from a trailer near Seattle was recaptured. On its website, the Regional Animal Services of King County wrote that local residents in the community of Riverbend, some 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Seattle, and animal control officers corralled the zebra named "Shug," which has been wandering around the foothills of |
Seattle Times Opinion
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Meat, freedom and Ron DeSantis
A Florida law illustrates how crony capitalism, the culture war, conspiracy theorizing and rejection of science have merged to define American conservatism. |
