While Twitter is now offering gold checks for “verified organizations” and gray checks for government organizations and their affiliates, it was not always clear why some accounts had them Friday and others did not.
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Biden signs order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’
While GOP lawmakers want less regulation to lower energy prices, the administration says those policies would benefit oil companies and the Chinese.
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A once-a-week nightmare: Mass killings in the U.S. are on a record pace
Only 2009 was marked by as many such tragedies in the same period of time.
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Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone.
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Investigators say gunmen fired into crowd at Alabama Sweet 16 party
Willie George Brown Jr., 19, of Auburn, is charged with 4 counts of reckless murder, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.
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Sudan army demands rivals’ surrender as cease-fire runs out
Sudan’s military has ruled out negotiations with a rival paramilitary force, saying it would only accept its surrender
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Biden announces $80 million in solar power initiatives
The Department of Energy is set to spend $52 million on 19 solar projects across a dozen states, including $10 million from the infrastructure law, as well as $30 million on technologies that will help integrate solar electricity into the grid.
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California researchers attempt ocean climate solution
Engineering faculty at the University of California Los Angeles say they have developed a technique that can remove carbon dioxide from seawater and produce green hydrogen, a clean fuel, in the process.
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Involuntary manslaughter charge to be dropped in Baldwin movie set shooting
Baldwin and the film’s weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were both charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting.
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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay
Twitter does not verify individual accounts to ensure they are who they say they are, as was the case with the previous blue check doled out during the platform’s pre-Musk administration.