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Arts & Life
Jake Paul beats 58-year-old Mike Tyson in a much-hyped Netflix boxing match
Jake Paul won a unanimous decision over Mike Tyson as the hits didn't match the hype in a fight between a young YouTuber-turned-boxer and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion.
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Technology
Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users
Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.
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National
Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira is sentenced to 15 years in prison
A federal judge sentenced Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, to prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.
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National
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments
The new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday. The judge said the law is "unconstitutional on its face."
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Environment
Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell
The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. The appeals court said there is "insufficient consensus" on a specific reduction percentage.
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National
Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.
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National
Indiana man is found guilty of murder in the 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike.
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National
Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.
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Politics
Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump's 2020 election case after presidential win
The judge overseeing Trump's 2020 election interference case canceled remaining court deadlines as prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the presidential victory.
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Politics
DOJ brings charges in an alleged Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump
Federal prosecutors charged a man who said he had been tasked by a contact in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect.
