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A determined group of new age ideologues who believe artificial intelligence will become conscious and wipe out humanity are having an increasing amount of influence over U.S. AI policy.

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Eleven years ago, Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer traveled to New York and unveiled his legacy project: a full-scale replica of the Titanic that he pledged would sail from Shanghai to Southampton by the end of 2016.

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Hunter Biden rebuffed an invitation from House Republicans to appear in a public hearing next week alongside his former business associates, with his lawyers writing in a letter to the House GOP that their client “declines your invitation to this carnival side show.”

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The federal investigation into a loose door plug on a Boeing 737 Air Max 9 which caused a frightening mid-air blow out, has come to yet another standstill as investigators learned that Boeing recorded over security footage of the door plug being installed.

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A 52-year-old U.S. man with a “predilection for undercooked pork” showed up at a Florida hospital complaining of brutal migraines, after which doctors found his brain infested with parasitic tapeworm larvae.

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NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers was allegedly in the midst of another ayahuasca vacation in Costa Rica when news broke this week that he is on the short list to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate.

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A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issued a statement Tuesday, distancing the couple from a somewhat snarky quote in a report on the “manipulated” photo of Kate Middleton and her children.

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After 15 years, a beloved Saturday Night Live sketch has finally made it to the big screen. Now, technically speaking, Arthur the King, in theaters Mar. 15, is not affiliated with the long-running NBC sketch-comedy program. In spirit, however, this movie is a feature-length version of the 2008 sketch Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals, only with the genuine article in place of Andy Samberg’s staccato impersonation. Strange, then, that this supposed heartwarmer also makes Samberg’s parody look more affable by comparison. Читать дальше...

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The photographer behind a snap of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has skewered the “really dangerous journalism” he claims is the nexus of the latest altered photo scandal involving the royal family, days after Kate Middleton admitted she doctored a photo of herself and her kids on Mother’s Day.

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Former MSNBC star Mehdi Hasan told Piers Morgan this week that despite concerns about President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities, it’s actually Morgan’s “old friend” Donald Trump who is the “most mentally unfit person ever to run for any office in the United States.”

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Actor Michael Culver, who suffered one of the most iconic on-screen deaths in the Star Wars franchise, died at the age of 85. Culver passed away on Feb. 27, according to a statement from his agency.

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Nearly 300 of Washington D.C.’s iconic cherry trees will be removed to repair crumbling seawalls.

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday that the White House isn’t in the habit of editing photos released to the press, following last week’s controversy over the royal family publishing a badly edited picture of Kate Middleton and her children.

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Don Lemon’s “X”-rated comeback in Musk Land has come to end before it even began.

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Talk about ewe-genics. A Montana man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony wildlife crimes—including a nearly decade-long conspiracy to breed “giant sheep hybrids” with the goal of hunting them for sport. He also cloned the animals to breed the creatures at his ranch.

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Russian oil giant Lukoil has lost yet another top executive under mysterious circumstances as its vice president died “suddenly” at the age of 53.

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Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV uncovers the disturbing allegations behind some of the insatiably popular kids content at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and early 2000s, mostly from the perspective of now grown child-actors who worked for show creator and network big-wig Dan Schneider.

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Actress Olivia Munn announced in an emotional social media post on Wednesday that she was diagnosed with an “aggressive, fast-moving” form of breast cancer that’s required four surgeries, including a double mastectomy.

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Home shopping network QVC has issued an apology after spamming customers with a racially-insensitive marketing campaign on International Women’s Day.

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Matthew Perry’s stepfather, Keith Morrison, says the late actor was “happy” in the time leading up to his death last year.

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After spending most of his life living with the help of an iron lung, lawyer Paul Alexander died on Monday. He was 78.

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In Kung Fu Panda 4, cinema's best panda Po (Jack Black) has two gay dads.

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The House passed a bill Wednesday that would effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. if it passes the Senate and is signed by Joe Biden—controversial legislation that’s caused an uproar among young adults and children who use the platform.

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The runaway success of Big Little Lies has resulted in a highly infectious residue of toxic, televised goo, which the CDC (Critics for Discerning Consumption) has classified as “horrifically bad knockoff-limited series.” We made it through two waves of Big Little Lies, only to find that the next variant, Nine Perfect Strangers, was far worse. Now, a third mutation, Apples Never Fall, threatens to infect viewers with a wave of promising chills... Читать дальше...

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Stephen Colbert trolled the British royal family on The Late Show on Tuesday night by referring to an affair Prince William is widely alleged to have had with his neighbor Rose Hanbury.