Image copyright Getty Images Image caption American rapper Lil Nas X said “TikTok helped me change my life.” TikTok has hit back against claims of Chinese government interference over content shown on the video-sharing app. The popular platform, owned by Beijing-based Bytedance, said it “does not remove content” based on Chinese sensitivities. It follows concerns […]
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Dalvin Cook had 171 total yards and the game’s only touchdown, helping Kirk Cousins beat his old team on the first try and carrying the Minnesota Vikings to a 19-9 victory over the Washington Redskins on Thursday night. Cook, the NFL leader in yards from scrimmage, rushed 23 times for 98 yards and caught five
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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans facing steep re-election races next year know the impeachment inquiry coursing steadily ahead on the other side of the Capitol will determine President Trump’s political fate. Their growing fear is that it will also determine their own. In a matter of weeks, those few senators have watched helplessly as the investigation
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Eminem, born Marshall Mathers, has been known to exaggerate things in his lyrics, but he apparently wasn’t kidding about being visited by the Secret Service. In fact, BuzzFeed has obtained documents showing agents interviewed the rapper about “threatening lyrics” toward President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump in his 2017 release, “Revival.” These specific lyrics
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Nearly a year after Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the sea after taking off from Jakarta airport, Indonesian authorities are releasing the final report of their official investigation into the incident. All 189 people onboard the plane died, including Muhamad Rafi Andrian. His parents were among a group of victims’ families who were briefed
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SEATTLE — Amazon is back in the business of buying growth. The company has been investing heavily to keep its giant core businesses growing at the expense of profits. For its retail business, that means spending to ship items to customers in just one day, an expensive proposition that the company said had already kicked
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Washington quarterback Case Keenum has left the Redskins’ game at Minnesota because of a concussion. The Redskins made the announcement about Keenum, just as the second half started Thursday night. He was sacked by nose tackle Linval Joseph on his second-to-last play, a second-down fumble late in the second quarter that Washington recovered at the
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Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign effectively dropped its longstanding opposition to receiving the assistance of super PACs on Thursday, opening the door for wealthy supporters to spend unlimited amounts of money to try and lift him in the Democratic primary. The move represents a stark reversal and an implicit acknowledgment of his weakened position in
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Japan’s trade minister resigned Friday a month into his job in a scandal over condolence money allegedly being offered to election supporters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he had accepted the resignation offer by Isshu Sugawara and apologized for appointing him. Abe named Hiroshi Kajiyama, formerly the minister in charge of regulatory reform, as
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Michael Douglas dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday. The 75-year-old actor is an avid golfer, and talked a little bit about the times he has played with Donald Trump. “It’s been a while since I golfed with the Donald,” said Douglas. “He’s pretty good, but probably not quite as good as
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