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Twitter

Saudi Prince and Crypto Billionaire Invest in Elon Musk's Vision for Twitter

18 investors pooled together $7 billion in funding to help Musk take Twitter private.
Edward Ongweso Jr
5.5.22
Starbucks

The Starbucks Union Push Is So Successful It Could Start a Turf War

The UFCW filed to represent workers at three Starbucks stores in Wisconsin. Not everyone is happy about that.
Paul Blest
5.5.22
Television

Television Is in a Showrunning Crisis

More and different kinds of people can now aspire to TV’s most important job—but streaming and COVID have set them up to fail.
Katharine Trendacosta
5.5.22
Ukraine

How One Man Memed His Way Into the Ukrainian Presidential Palace

Merch adorned with pictures of the Virgin Mary cradling a Javelin anti-tank missile launcher has become a surprise hit – and given an actual boost to the Ukrainian resistance.
Helen Nianias
5.5.22
jan 6

Oath Keeper Allegedly Tried to Call Trump on Jan. 6

The latest Oath Keeper to plead guilty told the feds that the group's leader supposedly tried to call Trump on Jan. 6—but couldn’t get put through.
Greg Walters
5.5.22
abortion

Nutting Up: Guys Encourage Vasectomies in a Post–Roe World

A draft majority decision showing the potential dismantling of Roe v. Wade has compelled those who’ve gotten snipped to speak up about reproductive rights.
Samantha Cole
5.5.22
abortion

SafeGraph Investor Selling His Stake, Donating the Money to Planned Parenthood

Motherboard reported that SafeGraph was selling aggregated location data of people who visited family planning centers, raising concerns the data could be used to figure out which clinics were providing out-of-state abortions.
Joseph Cox
5.5.22
tech-science

Scientists Developing 'Extraterrestrial Photosynthesis' With First Moon Samples In Decades

The first new Moon dirt in 40 years points the way to ”an extraterrestrial base on the Moon,” reports a new study.
Becky Ferreira
5.5.22
Russian disinformation

Pregnant Ukrainian Beauty Blogger Is Now Part of the Kremlin’s Propaganda Machine

A Kremlin account posted a video of Marianna Vishegirskaya saying she went to Donetsk by choice, not by force.
David Gilbert
5.5.22
tech-science

This Portable, Solar-Powered Device Purifies Seawater on Demand

Millions of people lack access to safe drinking water, and a new device desalinates water and removes bacteria and viruses using solar power.
Audrey Carleton
5.5.22
police

AI Identifies 160 Possible 'Crews' of Criminal Cops in Chicago

The identified groups make up less than 4 percent of Chicago's police force but account for a quarter of all complaints, settlements, and shootings.
Edward Ongweso Jr
5.5.22
Tech

Russian State Media Claims to Discover Militarized Ukrainian Witches

In a recent report from a village near Luhansk, Russian journalists claimed to discover the remnants of occult rituals in a building once used by Ukrainian soldiers.
Matthew Gault
5.5.22
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