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Border Patrol agents along the southern border are already facing massive migrant numbers ahead of the expiration of the Title 42 public health order later this month.

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Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder were dismissed by a judge overseeing a case pertaining to the Flint water crisis.

The Biden administration official who made headlines for being gender-fluid is facing an additional 10 years in prison for allegedly stealing a bag worth $3,670 in Las Vegas.

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine : With “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends   —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : Google, worried about its reputation, is hesitant to release its capable bot LaMDA, but by waiting too long it may cede the market to competitors like ChatGPT   —  The tech giant believes the future of search is conversational.  How did it let OpenAI's ChatGPT take the lead?  —  Google's had an awkward week.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bombshell docuseries features a clip from Princess Diana’s controversial 1995 interview , leaving one royal expert horrified. On Thursday, Netflix released the first three episodes of "Harry & Meghan," a special that chronicles the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s estrangement from the royal family. It also chastises the British media, as well as the societal racism they believe has fueled coverage of their relationship. In the first episode, Harry commented on his mother’s interview with BBC’s "Panorama," which journalist Martin Bashir secured using deceitful methods. An investigation showed he forged bank statements to convince Diana’s brother that a staff member was leaking information about their family. "I think we all now know she was deceived into giving the interview, but at the same time, she spoke the truth of her experience," said Harry, 38. PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE SHARE INTIMATE DETAILS OF THEIR FIRST EN...

Former national security adviser John Bolton says that if he decides to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, “I would get in to win it, not simply to make a point"

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a full-scale investigation into Broadcom's proposed $61B VMware acquisition   —  U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) is set to face a setback in its $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware (VMW.N) with EU antitrust regulators poised to open …

Sara Fischer / Axios : Sources: LLC's tied to crypto news site The Block's CEO secretly received $43M in Alameda loans, used in part to acquire and run the site; CEO has now resigned   —  The Block, a media company that says it covers crypto news independently, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled …

Arizona Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego is criticizing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after she announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party on Friday.

Patrick McGee / Financial Times : Apple agrees to remove concealment clauses from staff and contractor agreements, which limited the ability to speak about harassment and other unlawful conduct   —  Company responds to pressure over claims staff were restricted from discussing workplace harassment

Prashant Jha / Cointelegraph : Hong Kong will require virtual asset service providers to pass strict anti-money laundering guidelines and investor protection laws from June 1, 2023   —  The new legislation will bring a licensing regime for the virtual asset service providers requiring them to pass strict AML and money laundering guidelines.

Country music singer Jimmie Allen and his wife Alexis are speaking out about their 1-year-old’s health battle. The couple’s daughter Zara James was diagnosed with RSV, Respiratory syncytial virus, weeks after she was born in October 2021, according to People magazine. Alexis revealed that she discovered her baby girl "started sounding and looking different," and things "just didn’t seem right," she explained in an interview with the media outlet. CMAS PERFORMER JIMMIE ALLEN BOWS OUT OF APPEARANCE WITH ZAC BROWN BAND AND MARCUS KING DUE TO ILLNESS After alerting her husband, they made the decision to bring Zara to the hospital to get her checked out. "When we went to the hospital, they just told us that it was just a common cold and to go home, do some home remedies, and basically get baby cuddles in, and it would be OK," Alexis detailed.  The country star’s wife added that she noticed their daughter wasn’t recovering and then called 911 the next ni...

Gen. Petraeus told Fox News Digital that although it's an "understandable imperative" for countries to bring citizens home, Viktor Bout who was exchanged with Russia for Brittney Griner is "reprehensible."

Washington Post : The FTC sues to block Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, charging that the deal would allow Microsoft to suppress its competitors in gaming   —  The lawsuit marks FTC chair Lina Khan's most significant effort to date to address tech industry consolidation, and it could upend Microsoft's gaming ambitions

Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives but the party gained several new members headed to Washington with rather questionable policy stances.

Fadeke Adegbuyi / Every : Some Twitch streamers are migrating to other services, burned out by earnings coupled to hours streamed, parasocial pressure from subscribers, and more   —  In October 2022, popular streamer Sweet Anita posted a message in her Discord community and then to Twitter: she needed to take a break from Twitch.

Heidi Klum judges many acts that come from all over the world to perform on the "America's Got Talent" stage. During one of her red carpet interviews at the "People's Choice Awards," she shared a talent of her own.  During her interview with Laverne Cox from E! News , Klum was asked what her talent would be if she were to compete on the show.  HEIDI KLUM AND DAUGHTER LENI, 18, CRITICIZED FOR LINGERIE SHOOT: ‘VERY DISTRUBING’ "I would yodel and make meatballs at the same time…I do love to yodel," Klum said.  She followed up her statement with a brief yodeling performance on the carpet.  The supermodel strutted the red carpet wearing a green and white dress that was created by "Making The Cut's" Yannik Zamboni, paired with long white boots. Klum has been a judge on "America's Got Talent" for many years. She first was a judge on the show seasons 8 through 13. She returned for season 15 and is still a judge now.  Th...

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple announces an iMessage feature for users to verify they are messaging only with the people they intend, plus Apple ID support for hardware security keys   —  Alongside a dramatic expansion of end-to-end encryption for iCloud data, Apple has two other major security announcements today.

Many Republicans are once again calling for the party to ditch former President Donald Trump after his handpicked candidate, Herschel Walker, lost his Senate race in Georgia.

Wall Street Journal : Apple plans to launch Advanced Data Protection, offering E2EE on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos, and more, in the US in 2022 and globally including China in 2023   —  ‘Advanced Data Protection’ will offer end-to-end encryption on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos and other services—a step that may draw ire from law enforcement

Anne Heche was not impaired by drugs at the time of the car crash that took her life and burned down a California home. Heche's autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner was obtained Tuesday by Fox News Digital. The report showed that the 53-year-old actress had previously used cocaine and marijuana, but was not impaired at the time of the crash. "The toxicology tested from the hospital admission blood showed the presence of benzoylecgonine, an inactive metabolite of cocaine," the coroner's Public Information Officer Sarah Ardalani explained to Fox News Digital. "Therefore, there was no evidence of impairment by illicit substances at the time of the crash." "The urine toxicology results detected medications given to her after being treated in the hospital (including fentanyl) and prior use of marijuana, but not at the time of injury." ANNE HECHE ESTATE FACES LAWSUIT FILED BY WOMAN LIVING IN THE LA HOME DESTROYED BY FI...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, is hit with a large DDoS attack causing its apps and website to go offline; “IT Army of Ukraine” claims credit for the attack   —  Russia's second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history …

Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler are the ultimate rom-com duo. They first starred together in the 1998 movie "The Wedding Singer" and then teamed up again for the 2004 movie, "50 First Dates" before their most recent movie together, "Blended" in 2014.  Barrymore had her frequent on-screen partner, who she introduced as "the best cinematic soulmate and partner" on the Drewbar segment of "The Drew Barrymore Show."   During the segment, the two talked about the movies they have worked on together and the possibility of working together again. Barrymore shared that she and her friend and fellow actress Cameron Diaz talked about remaking the 1987 comedy, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."  DREW BARRYMORE REVEALS SHE'S DATING AGAIN AFTER STAYING SINGLE FOR SIX YEARS: ‘I’M TOO GOOD AT BEING ALONE' "Her and I did discuss remaking ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ and then I was like, ‘Well you know Adam and I talk abou...

Royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, two outspoken environmental activists, were photographed departing a private jet in New York City this week.

New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf has resigned to avoid a hearing by the ethics board. The hearing was going to address Egolf’s self-appointment to a nominating committee.

Gretchen Morgenson / NBC News : A look at Silvergate, one of the few US banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges, now drawing congressional scrutiny following FTX's collapse   —  Silvergate is one of the few U.S. banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges.  FTX and related firms, like Alameda Research, had 20 Silvergate accounts.

Moderate Democrats are now putting pressure on the Biden administration to adopt stricter border policies with Title 42's expiration on the horizon later this month.

Rebekah Valentine / IGN : Microsoft plans to increase the price of new, first-party Xbox Series X and S games to $70 in 2023, after prices remained steady at $60 since the Xbox 360 era   —  Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield will be among the first to reflect the change.  —  Xbox is preparing to join …

Shania Twain says she chose to "flatten her boobs" as a young girl in an effort to deter her physically and sexually abusive stepfather away from her. "I hid myself," she told The Sunday Times. "Because, oh my gosh, it was terrible -- you didn’t want to be a girl in my house." One of five siblings, the Grammy Award-winner was raised in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, by her mother Sharon and stepfather Jerry Twain, who legally adopted the children.  Twain says she feared her stepfather would kill her or her mother – igniting a will to fight back. HARRY STYLES COLLABORATION WOULD BE A 'DREAM' FOR COUNTRY ARTIST SHANIA TWAIN She told The Sunday Times she once threw a chair at her stepfather. "I think a lot of that was anger, not courage. And it took a long time to manage that anger. You don’t want to be somebody that attacks me on the street," she said. "because I will f---ing rip your head off if I get the chance." Throughout ...

Bloomberg : Texas' crypto mining boom, built on incentives like cheap power and favorable regulations, looks like a bust after soaring energy costs and crashing coin prices   —  The digital gold rush in Texas is losing its luster as Bitcoin miners grapple with financial woes, leaving behind what some fear …

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that the state of Florida will provide $25 million to help repair hurricane-impacted homes after he said FEMA denied its request.

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk : Crypto lender Nexo says it will exit the US market altogether in the coming months and immediately halt access to its Earn Interest Product in eight states   —  Nexo will immediately suspend access to its Earn product in several U.S. states.  —  Crypto lender Nexo announced Monday …

Sen.-elect John Fetterman's incoming chief of staff is a progressive activist who has openly supported eliminating the filibuster and expanding the Supreme Court.

Despite the shiny medallion placed around his neck at The Kennedy Center, George Clooney was outshone by his wife, barrister and human-rights activist Amal Clooney, on Saturday night. A member of the 45th class of honorees for the lifetime artistic achievement award given by The Kennedy Center Honors, Clooney walked the red carpet, looking dapper in a black tuxedo. Accompanied by his parents, Nick and Nina, as well as Amal, Clooney took posing on the red carpet as an opportunity to laud his wife, fluffing the train of her dress as she gleefully smiled for photos. Amal wore an off-the-shoulder red gown by Valentino's Spring 2022 Couture collection. GEORGE CLOONEY HAS THE LAST LAUGH AHEAD OF 8-YEAR MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY WITH AMAL: 'THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T LAST' The event, held at the United States Department of State, culled many other artists, all of whom were honored alongside Clooney. They included Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León, and the members of the band U...

House GOP Leader McCarthy says he met with President Biden last week and vowed that the military vaccine mandate will end or the national defense bill will not move forward.

Life has finally caught up to Nick Cannon, the father to eleven children, as the musician and TV host landed himself in the hospital this weekend. Taking to his Instagram, Cannon wrote, "Okay, so I guess I’m not Superman… I promised myself I would never be back at this place again… But this is a great lesson to take care of YOU or YOU won’t be able to take care of everyone else." Cannon, 42, revealed he had been diagnosed with pneumonia, stating, "nothing I can't handle." He shared photos from his hospital bed, where he wore a black face mask and was surrounded by medical equipment.  NICK CANNON, SOON TO BE FATHER OF 12, TALKS YEARLY MULT-MILLION CHILD SUPPORT BILL The father of eleven , who is expecting his 12th child, continued, "Don’t trip though, I don’t need any well wishes or prayers, just some solid rest and I will be back on the journey to becoming stronger than ever." To jumpstart the month of December, Cannon, alongside GloRilla and A ...

Incoming House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark said her generation could bring a new perspective to Congress because her kids grew up being scared about climate change and gun violence.

Joshua Oliver / Financial Times : In an interview, SBF admits involvement in Alameda's largest uses of funds: spending $3B to buy out Binance's stake in FTX and pouring $4B into venture capital   —  Exchange's former CEO says he was close to key decisions at nominally separate trading firm  —  Speaking from his bed in Nassau …