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The teacher who helped propel Richard Burton to fame

Getty Images Richard and Philip Burton, seen here with Richard’s then wife Elizabeth Taylor, remained close throughout their lives Richard Burton was a global icon – famed for his powerful, baritone voice and passionate yet tumultuous relationship with fellow megastar Elizabeth Taylor. But until now, few had ever heard of Philip Burton. Philip was Richard’s […]

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Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract

A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. The protest began as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was presenting product updates and a long-term vision for the company’s AI assistant product, Copilot, to […]

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Trump extends sale, ban of TikTok another 75 days

April 4 (UPI) — President Donald Trump on Friday gave TikTok another 75 days to be sold or banned in the United States, one day before the deadline. The president’s 75-day pause on enforcing Congress’ law banning TikTok was to expire Saturday unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests to U.S. investors or Trump extends […]

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Trump admin. to reportedly drop Medicare GLP-1 plan

00:00 Speaker A All right, well, headline just coming across in the last few minutes. Bloomberg reporting the Trump administration will drop the Biden era Medicare obesity drug coverage proposal. In late November, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would have made millions of Americans with obesity eligible to have popular weight loss drugs […]