Burst Your Bubble Sep-12-2024| News From A Different Perspective

Burst Your Bubble

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East Coast Urbanite

Sep 12th · New York

New York City police commissioner resigns after his phone was seized in federal investigation

New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle.

56% Center Coverage: 45 Sources

Sep 11th · Massachusetts

Harvard's Black enrollment dips after US Supreme Court bars affirmative action

The percentage of Black students in Harvard University's freshman class dropped by more than a fifth following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred colleges from using race as a factor in admissions, according to data released by the school on Wednesday.

44% Left Coverage: 16 Sources

West Coast Innovator

Sep 12th ·

OpenAI Fundraising Set to Vault Startup’s Value to $150 Billion

ChatGPT maker’s value set to nearly double as it seeks more investment to fund ambitious expansion

45% Center Coverage: 9 Sources

Sep 12th · Australia

Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option

Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data of Australian adult users to train its AI models and provides no opt-out option, even though it allows people in the European Union to refuse consent.

40% Left Coverage: 10 Sources

Mid-Western Everyman

Sep 11th · Ohio

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is sending troopers, $2.5M to Springfield — city facing surge of Haitian migrants

The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight.

42% Center Coverage: 83 Sources

Sep 10th · Wisconsin

Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether mobile voting vans can be used in future elections

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a case brought by Republicans who want to bar the use of mobile voting vans in the presidential battleground state.

50% Center Coverage: 10 Sources

Southern Patriot

Sep 10th · Texas

Texas Billionaire on Verge of Forcing Greenpeace USA into Bankruptcy

The energy industry is witnessing a high-stakes legal battle that could reshape environmental activism in the United States. At the center of this clash is Kelcy Warren, the billionaire pipeline magnate behind Energy Transfer, who is taking on Greenpeace in a lawsuit that threatens the very existence of the environmental group’s U.S. affiliate.

80% Right Coverage: 10 Sources

Sep 12th · Georgia

Georgia school shooting suspect’s dad seeks protection in jail, citing ‘incalculable number of threats’

Colin Gray, the father of accused 14-year-old Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, is asking to be separated from the other inmates in jail, where he is being held on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and cruelty to children.

67% Left Coverage: 3 Sources

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Global Moderate

Sep 10th · Ireland

EU court rules Google, Apple must pay billions of euros in antitrust, tax cases

A top European Union court on Tuesday told Google it would have to pay a €2.4 billion fine brought forth by the bloc's antitrust regulators seven years ago, just as the court rejected Apple's final legal challenge against an order from the European Commission to repay €13 billion in back taxes to Ireland.

41% Left Coverage: 110 Sources

Sep 11th · Spain

Spain PM urges EU to 'reconsider' China EV tariffs plan

The European Commission, which oversees the bloc's trade policy, announced last month that it planned to levy five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on electric vehicles imported from China.

48% Center Coverage: 21 Sources

Global Traditionalist

Sep 8th · Philippines

A Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges has been arrested

A Filipino preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking in the Philippines and similar charges in the United States has been captured, officials said Sunday. Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos announced the arrest of Apollo Quiboloy in a brief statement on his Facebook account but did not provide other details. Philippine police chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil confirmed Quiboloy’s arrest also without elaborating.

46% Left Coverage: 70 Sources

Sep 11th · Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan says Russia must return Crimea to Ukraine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who in the past has been called a "dear friend" by Vladimir Putin, dealt a blow to the Russian leader when he advocated the return of annexed Crimea to Ukraine.

42% Left Coverage: 12 Sources

Global Progressive

Sep 11th · Haiti

Haiti condemns Trump and GOP claims of migrants eating dogs in Ohio

Haiti's government on Wednesday (Sep 11) condemned "discriminatory remarks" made by US presidential candidate Donald Trump and other Republicans accusing migrants from the country of eating pets and local wildlife in Ohio.

50% Right Coverage: 12 Sources

Sep 11th · Vancouver

One jellyfish arrived in B.C. decades ago. Thousands of clones spread to 34 waterways

Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia.

76% Left Coverage: 21 Sources

Culturally Curious

Sep 10th · Dili

Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 people, nearly half the population

An estimated 600,000 people — a figure nearing half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed during the nation’s fight for independence from Indonesia.

36% Center Coverage: 53 Sources

Sep 6th · United States

A rare 1787 copy of the US Constitution is up for auction and it could be worth millions

A rare 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution will be auctioned in Asheville, North Carolina, with a minimum bid of $1 million. This copy is one of about 100 made, with only eight known to exist, all of which are privately owned.

58% Center Coverage: 51 Sources

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