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Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction

07/06/2023 10:13pm
(cnn) — Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads —

Families confront Texas Walmart gunman in court. Some forgive him, others want death penalty

07/06/2023 9:51pm
Family members of the 23 people killed in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart are confronting the gunman face-to-face in court for the first time since the 2019 massacre. The sentencing hearing for Patrick Crusius continued Thursday in a federal court in the border city of El Paso.

OceanGate suspends operations after Titan implosion

07/06/2023 7:56pm
(cnn) — OceanGate – the owner of the Titan submersible that imploded during a voyage to the Titanic, killing all five

Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction

07/06/2023 7:33pm
Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta's new Twitter rival, Threads — in perhaps the clearest sign yet that Twitter views the app as a competitive threat.

Mortgage rates jump to 6.81%, their highest level this year

07/06/2023 5:21pm
Washington, D.c. (cnn) — U.s. mortgage rates jumped up this week as recent economic data showed inflation remains

Texan reported missing for 8 years returned home day after he went missing, police say

07/06/2023 4:32pm
Police say a Texas man who was reported missing as a teenager in 2015 returned home the next day but he and his mother deceived officers by giving false names over the ensuing eight years.

First Alzheimer’s drug to slow disease progression expected to get full FDA approval

07/06/2023 2:01pm
(cnn) — The U.s. Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide on Thursday whether to grant traditional approval

Owner of the submersible that imploded during Titanic dive suspends operations

07/06/2023 1:17pm
The company that owned a submersible that fatally imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic says it has suspended operations. OceanGate made the announcement on Thursday.

Wisconsin probes how 8 roller-coaster riders became trapped upside down for hours

07/06/2023 9:34am
State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster at a festival in Wisconsin.

Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals

07/06/2023 9:09am
A government study says nearly half of the tap water in the U.S. contains potentially harmful compounds known as "forever chemicals." The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday that PFAS chemicals are found in private wells in addition to public systems.

Sen. Mike Lee says he'll never eat Ben & Jerry's ice cream again

07/06/2023 7:40am
In an Independence Day tweet, Ben & Jerry's, an ice cream company founded by well-known progressives from Vermont, said the United States "was founded on stolen Indigenous land."

Prosecutors say man went to Obama’s neighborhood after Trump posted what he claimed was the Obamas’ address

07/06/2023 2:45am
(cnn) — A man arrested last week with weapons in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, Dc, neighborhood began