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Editor at @Reuters interested in AI and data-driven journalism. Learning how artificial intelligence is transforming news and society. All views my own.

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How the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded in 20 seconds The ICE officer involved in the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis fired the first of three shots as the car moved past him, a Reuters analysis of the available visuals shows.

The videos reviewed by Reuters cover 20 seconds in the deadly encounter between Good and ICE. They show the ICE officer who fired the fatal shots was standing in front of the moving vehicle when he initially drew his firearm - www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...

09.01.2026 00:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿง https://www.reuters.com/world/china/futures-edge-higher-tech-rebound-nike-slumps-china-pain-2025-12-19/

19.12.2025 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morning Bid: US jobs test looms after Nvidia relief A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter:

Morning Bid: US jobs test looms after Nvidia relief reut.rs/4a8SGwy

20.11.2025 09:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Penn State plans to 'wind down' WPSU after board committee rejects plan to transfer it to WHYY WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal...

This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission:
radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...

12.09.2025 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 299 ๐Ÿ” 200 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s In contrast to the 1970s, much of today's political violence is aimed at people, not property. And most deadly attacks tracked by Reuters come from the right--such as a Trump fan who shot a neighbor.

Reuters special report, from 2023:

www.reuters.com/investigates...

10.09.2025 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University event Kirk, an activist and the founder of conservative student group Turning Point USA, played a key role in driving youth support for Trump in November.

Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University event reut.rs/3I3ubpd

10.09.2025 19:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 248 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 95 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trumpโ€™s Anti-Diversity Push Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. โ€œHow low can you go?โ€ one advoc...

Citing DEI concerns, the Trump administration has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

Their funding had previously been approved through Sept. 2028.

โ€œHow low can you go?โ€ one advocate asked. โ€œHow can you do this to children?โ€

10.09.2025 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 787 ๐Ÿ” 423 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
A bar chart showing the monthly change in US government jobs.

A bar chart showing the monthly change in US government jobs.

๐Ÿง https://www.reuters.com/business/us-unemployment-rate-near-4-year-high-labor-market-hits-stall-speed-2025-09-05/

05.09.2025 18:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities โ€“ including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez โ€“ to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.

Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities โ€” including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez โ€” to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R

29.08.2025 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2900 ๐Ÿ” 1352 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 382 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1093

New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, who got hold of internal standards for chatbot behavior at Meta.

14.08.2025 12:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1393 ๐Ÿ” 637 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 178
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An American toddler in foster care, a mom in ICE detention A brief jail sentence turned into over four months in an immigration detention cell for the mother and an extended stay in foster care for son

An American toddler in foster care, a mom in ICE detention:
A brief jail sentence turned into over four months in an immigration detention cell for the mother and an extended stay in foster care for her son. @kristinacooke.bsky.social, photos by Carlos Barria www.reuters.com/world/us/an-...

22.07.2025 17:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿง https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-set-become-worlds-most-valuable-company-history-2025-07-03/

03.07.2025 17:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After Texas made performing abortions a felony, miscarriage became more dangerous. The number of blood transfusions in ED visits for first-trimester pregnancy loss shot up by 54%. My latest:

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

01.07.2025 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 303 ๐Ÿ” 150 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

โ€œRobertโ€ โ€” the allegedly IRGC-controlled persona โ€” says theyโ€™re planning a sale of data stolen from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, Roger Stone, and Stormy Daniels for some reason.

01.07.2025 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Senateโ€™s version of Donald Trumpโ€™s tax cut bill will cost the bottom 20% of taxpayers an average of $560 a year while giving an average boost of $6,055 to those at the top end. bloom.bg/3Gu56CO

30.06.2025 22:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 110 ๐Ÿ” 69 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas More than one-third of the people in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which scientists predict will be submerged by rising seas, have applied for a landmark climate visa to migrate to Australia, according to official figures.

Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas reut.rs/3TU2KAd

29.06.2025 09:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 56 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites set up "cat-and-mouse" hunt for missing uranium The U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iranian nuclear sites creates a conundrum for U.N. inspectors in Iran: how can you tell if enriched uranium stocks, some of them near weapons grade, were buried beneath the rubble or had been secretly hidden away?

U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites set up "cat-and-mouse" hunt for missing uranium reut.rs/44a4KKV

29.06.2025 11:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Emergency personnel work amid debris at an impacted residential site, following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, amid the Israel-Iran conflict, in Be'er Sheva, Israel. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4nqLnVo ๐Ÿ“ท Amir Cohen

28.06.2025 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most dramatic illustration of the drug cartel/cyber intelligence nexus Iโ€™ve ever seen:

28.06.2025 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 107 ๐Ÿ” 40 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Meta hires four more OpenAI researchers, The Information reports Meta Platforms is hiring four more OpenAI artificial intelligence researchers, The Information reported on Saturday.

Meta hires four more OpenAI researchers, The Information reports reut.rs/4nqtQws

28.06.2025 18:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meet the Americans who make their own weight-loss drugs In what she calls the "wild west" of obesity medicines, Missouri-based Amy Spencer is a pioneer.

Meet the Americans who make their own weight-loss drugs reut.rs/4lNfzZp

27.06.2025 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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When the cycle stops Period loss, or amenorrhea, affects approximately 3% to 4% of women of reproductive age. It can be the bodyโ€™s response to an energy crisis resulting from a combination of too much exercising, too few ...

Impaired cognitive and mental health, gut health decline, infertility, heart health decline, and thinning bones โ€” Period loss, or amenorrhea, impacts far more than just your cycle. Reuters Graphics investigates the causes and impacts: reut.rs/3G0Zikh

27.06.2025 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How 'Zuck Bucks' shake up AI race This was originally published in the Artificial Intelligencer newsletter, which is issued every Wednesday. Sign up here to learn about the latest breakthroughs in AI and tech.

How 'Zuck Bucks' shake up AI race reut.rs/4nmB4S4

26.06.2025 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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When Republican voters learn how much the "Big Beautiful Bill" redistributes from poor to rich, they become much less likely to want to re-elect their incumbent senators...

26.06.2025 20:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1207 ๐Ÿ” 400 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60 ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91 Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.

26.06.2025 23:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 803 ๐Ÿ” 187 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42 ๐Ÿ“Œ 52
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Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said reut.rs/3GiyXOD 1/8

26.06.2025 08:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“ฎ Reuters Artificial Intelligencer: Join Reuters tech correspondent Krystal Hu as she delivers insightful analyses of the biggest AI developments, bringing her extensive background covering the industry's major breaking news to your inbox. Sign up here: reut.rs/4ljg5hf

25.06.2025 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mapping the conflict between Israel and Iran Israelโ€™s surprise attack on Iran and Iranโ€™s deadly retaliation

Mapping the conflict between Israel and Iran

www.reuters.com/graphics/IRA...

17.06.2025 13:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US-China trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved, sources say Beijing has not committed to grant export clearance for some specialized rare-earth magnets that U.S. military suppliers need for fighter jets and missile systems, the sources said.

Exclusive: US-China trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved, sources say reut.rs/3SR5A8M

15.06.2025 06:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Americans don't see Supreme Court as politically neutral, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The court's popularity has declined since its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Americans don't see Supreme Court as politically neutral, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds reut.rs/4e2UnM9

15.06.2025 10:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 206 ๐Ÿ” 46 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15