Facebook’s outage cost the company nearly $100 million in revenue

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Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington denied defense lawyers' request to put the civil cases seeking to hold Trump responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on hold while the criminal case accusing him of conspiring to overturn his election defeat to President Joe Biden plays out.
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Netflix now has nearly 270 million subscribers after another strong showing to begin 2024
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Thousands of Bosnian Serbs rally against UN resolution on Srebrenica
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US deports 50 migrants to violence-gripped Haiti
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Ex-youth center resident testifies that counselor went from trusted father figure to horrific abuser
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CHIPS Act money is starting to move, but it’ll take years to see results
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Netflix reports strong subscriber gains but Q2 revenue forecast disappoints
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Feds push back against judge and say troubled California prison should be shut down without delay
Federal officials are pushing back against a judge's order that would delay the planned closure of a troubled women's prison in California where inmates suffered sexual abuse by guards, according to court documents. Following the Bureau of Prison’s sudden announcement Monday that FCI Dublin would be shut down, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered an accounting of the casework for all 605 women held at the main lockup and its adjacent minimum-security camp. In response, the bureau has filed court papers questioning the authority of the special master appointed by the judge on April 5 to oversee the prison, who's now tasked with reviewing each inmate's status.
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Oklahoma City plans to have the country's tallest skyscraper
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Florida will open schools to volunteer chaplains
Florida school districts will soon have the option of allowing volunteer chaplains to counsel students under a bill signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dismissed critics opposed to mixing religion with public education. The only requirements for a chaplain to participate would be passing a background check and having their name and religious affiliation listed on the school website. DeSantis stressed that the program is voluntary.
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CNN
Johnson won’t change rules over removing him from speakership after hardliners revolt
Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership, after hardliners reacted with fury to a proposed change to House rules.
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AFP
UN Security Council set to vote on Palestinian membership
The UN Security Council was set to vote Thursday on a Palestinian bid for full membership -- a measure almost certain to fail despite growing international distress over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.For Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group, "a US veto is absolutely certain."
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World Bank's Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war
There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took charge at the World Bank almost a year ago: inflation eating at nations drowning in debt, a once-in-a-generation pandemic, climate disasters and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Factor in the Israel-Hamas war and rising tensions between powerful nations, and today's agenda is even fuller as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund hold their spring meetings in Washington this week. “The world’s intertwined challenges of poverty — which clearly we have seen great setbacks over the past few years — combined with fragility and conflict and violence, combined with climate change, is coming into a perfect storm,” Banga said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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