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Today's Shooting Showed How Bad Twitter's Misinformation Problem Is — A sampling of individuals (incorrectly) accused on Twitter of being the YouTube shooter. — BuzzFeed News — Seconds after the first shots were fired at YouTube's headquarters on Tuesday afternoon …
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Active shooting at YouTube headquarters brings huge police response — An active shooting at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., sparked panic and a massive police response Tuesday. — Several YouTube employees sent tweets Tuesday afternoon, saying employees were racing …
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Shooter dead, at least 3 injured in YouTube shooting, police say — SAN BRUNO (KRON) - A woman shot multiple people Tuesday before turning the gun on herself at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, according to police. — Sources tell KRON4 that the shooting appears to be the result of a domestic dispute.
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YouTube Shooting: Woman Shot Boyfriend, Then Killed Herself … A federal law-enforcement official told The Daily Beast that a woman in her thirties shot her boyfriend Tuesday at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. — That female assailant is now dead, the official added.
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REVEALED: Woman, 38, who shot three employees at YouTube's California HQ before killing herself was a prolific YouTuber who ranted online about the company's ‘dictatorial’ new policies — Female shooter opened fire with a handgun at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California on Tuesday afternoon
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Dana Rohrabacher immediately links shooting at YouTube to ‘illegal aliens’
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YouTube shooting: Female suspect dead at firm's HQ in San Bruno, California
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YouTube Shooting: Woman Wounds 3 Before Killing Herself, Police Say
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After YouTube HQ Shooting, Witness Says, 'I Didn't Have a Gun on Me, But I Wish I Did'
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CNN Criticized for “Sexist” Coverage of YouTube Shooting
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Police respond to active shooter at YouTube's California headquarters
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Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target …
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Rosenstein gets new top deputy for Russia probe
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In a footnote, Mueller sends a warning shot to Trump
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How EPA's Scott Pruitt avoided tough questions on Tuesday — Washington (CNN)As questions swirled over whether or not he can hold onto his administration post, embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appeared calm on Tuesday as he touted the agency's decision …
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Embattled Scott Pruitt rips ‘toxic’ Washington, says critics ‘will resort to anything’ to stop Trump agenda — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday forcefully pushed back against criticism that he won a short-term sweetheart rental deal from a lobbyist friend, claiming it's …
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Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings — (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook. — Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director …
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Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit — Noncompetes, forced arbitration and a liquidated damages clause can equal 40 percent of annual salary. — , and — After Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. drew widespread criticism for having anchors read a statement taking aim …
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Sinclair station in Oregon tells employees to not talk to press about script: report

Sinclair Journalists Worry They're Being Watched: 'There's A Lot Held Over Us'
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APNewsBreak: US suspects listening devices in Washington — For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages.
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Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court — MADISON - Rebecca Dallet trounced Michael Screnock on Tuesday for a seat on the state Supreme Court, shrinking the court's conservative majority and giving Democrats a jolt of energy heading into the fall election.
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What Mueller's Most Conspicuous Silence Suggests — But the emails! — It's not just an increasingly worn rejoinder to any story of chaos and disaster in the Trump administration. It's also an interesting question to ask about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Roger Stone Releases Credit Card, Flight And Hotel Records - Nowhere Near London
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Roger Stone Hit With $100 Million Defamation Suit in Miami From Chinese Billionaire
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Where Will Conservatives Draw the Line on Trump? — This is personal, not policy. — You have to feel bad for conservatives and Republicans who have been dragged into a debate over whether Amazon is a valuable company. To engage earnestly with the idea that Jeff Bezos's disruptive online retailer …
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The all-consuming tribalism of Trump's Republican Party, in one 30-second ad … As metaphors for the Trump-led Republican Party go, it's difficult to beat Rep. Todd Rokita's new ad in the Indiana Senate race. — In 30 seconds, the Republican congressman from Indiana discusses no policy issues …
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BOMBSHELL: Secret TEXTS Show FBI, DOJ May Have RUSHED Anti-Trump FISA Warrant — More evidence discovered from new FBI documents — Communications uncovered by congressional investigators reveal the FBI may have improperly coordinated with Department of Justice officials in an effort …
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Authenticity Matters: The IRA Has No Place on Facebook — This morning we removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts — as well as 138 Facebook Pages — that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA). Many of the Pages also ran ads, all of which have been removed.
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“Journalism Is Not About Creating Safe Spaces”: Inside the Woke Civil War at The New York Times — Catalyzed by the Trump presidency, roiled by flash points like Glenn Thrush, Bret Stephens, and Bari Weiss, a generational conflict not seen since the 60s is besetting the Times.
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Inside Tiffany Trump's Strained Relationship with Her Dad: ‘They Go Months Without Speaking’ — With rare, back-to-back appearances spanning three states, Tiffany Trump and her father, President Donald Trump, seem to be on something of a father-daughter reunion tour.
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Stormy Daniels requests ‘suspicious’ bank information related to hush payment — Avenatti: Trump popping champagne too soon — (CNN)A lawyer for Stormy Daniels is asking the Treasury Department to release information filed with the government by a bank about “suspicious” …


A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election — President Trump has said repeatedly that Russian interference didn't matter in the 2016 election, and he has suggested — wrongly — that the intelligence and law enforcement communities have said the same.
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It's a Theyby! — It's a Theyby! — For months leading up to the birth of his child, Bobby McCullough was nervous. His partner, Lesley Fleishman, had enjoyed an easy and uncomplicated pregnancy. The couple's sunny Brooklyn apartment was now stocked with a crib and diapers and soft, tiny clothes.


Don't Be Fooled, ‘Roseanne’ Is Really TV's Most Anti-Trump Show — The NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist argues the politics on the revived sitcom are played for laughs like on ‘All in the Family’ or the ‘Colbert Report,’ but the daily economic struggles of the Conner family actually make a pointed anti-Trump statement.
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