Most of the journalists’ accounts were back early Saturday, but the suspension activity could spur a rupture with media organizations, which are among the most active on Twitter.
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Famed L.A. mountain lion euthanized following health problems
P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and became a symbol of urban pressures on wildlife, has been euthanized.
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Libya militia held Lockerbie suspect before handover to U.S.
Rumors had swirled for weeks that the alleged bomb maker had been abducted and sold by militiamen.
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McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on day one
House Republicans worry that voters will ‘revolt’ if they ‘stumble out of the gate,’ a McCarthy ally says.
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What Trump promised, Biden seeks to deliver in his own way
Biden’s legislative victories on infrastructure and American manufacturing reflect a major pivot in how the government interacts with the economy.
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Peru’s president rules out resigning, asks for early vote
Boluarte asked congress to approve the constitutional reform needed to hold the early vote. ‘I demand to reconsider the vote on the early elections,’ she said.
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Oppenheimer wrongly stripped of security clearance, U.S. says
The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of the physicist called the father of the atomic bomb.
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Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie
Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests.
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‘Something to Talk About’ songwriter Shirley Eikhard dies
Eikhard died Thursday due to complications from cancer, publicist Eric Alper said.
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Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of violence directed at LGBTQ people, groups and events, with much of it directed at transgender people.