PALM BAY, Fla. — A deputy mistakenly shot and killed his roommate, who was also a deputy, as the two took a break from playing an online game…
Read more Sheriff: Deputy fatally shot deputy in ‘avoidable’ accidentA surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping…
Read more Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hateTwitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. It is the second time this year that Ye…
Read more Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika postFILE – Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is…
Read more Rapper Ye is no longer buying right-wing social app ParlerVALLEY, Ala. — An 82-year-old Alabama woman was arrested for not paying a $77.80 trash bill. Court records show the Valley woman was arrested Sunday for not paying…
Read more 82-year-old woman arrested for not paying $77 trash billTwitter will no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, raising concerns among public health experts and social media researchers that the change could have serious consequences if…
Read more Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policyNEW YORK — Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then…
Read more ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor Irene Cara dies at 63LONDON — Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh…
Read more Musk plans to relaunch Twitter premium service, againSAN FRANCISCO — New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in…
Read more Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accountsLONDON — Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday.…
Read more Twitter, others slip on removing hate speech, EU review saysBEIJING — Employees at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory were beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls, according to witnesses and videos on…
Read more Workers protest, beaten at virus-hit Chinese iPhone factoryCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The man suspected of opening fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was being held on murder and hate crime charges Monday, while…
Read more Gay bar shooting suspect faces murder, hate crime chargesNEW YORK — Social media posts about attacking a synagogue represented a real danger to the city’s Jewish community, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. “This was not an…
Read more 2 arrested after Twitter threats to ‘shoot up a synagogue’As Twitter became knotted with parody accounts and turmoil, Rachel Terlep, who runs an account for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources that intersperses cheeky banter with…
Read more Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter after changesTwitter is in chaos. Elon Musk, its new owner, has decimated its staff and this week gave those remaining an ultimatum — work grueling hours and be “extremely…
Read more With Twitter in chaos, some ways to protect your accountTwitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance…
Read more More Twitter workers flee after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatumTwitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance…
Read more More Twitter workers flee after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatumOfficial-looking flyers have circulated on social media describing cultural expectations for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar. Some include rules for women’s attire: Shoulders and knees must…
Read more World Cup draws attention to equal rights, including attireOn the Instagram accounts of fashion models and superstars last month, the sheikhdom of Qatar looked like one glittering party. High-heeled designers descended on exhibition openings and fashion…
Read more Culture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup partyTwitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out…
Read more Musk’s latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators
