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torontosun
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St. Kitts and Nevis are relatively new to the tourism game in a Caribbean context, an all nature evolution after the shuttering of the sugar cane industry in 2005 paved the way for a new economy to flourish.
The island is spectacular — and spectacularly different — throughout from rugged rain forests inland, to the incredible postcard peninsula in the southeast.
There are numerous ways to experience the rainforest — an underrated yet fascinating feature of St. Kitts — but a guided hiking tour with our guide O’Neil Mulraine was as insightful as it was invigorating.
The Orchid Bay Beach House Restaurant, built on a spectacular piece of property at Christophe Harbour, is the brainchild of David Di Rienzo, a Quebec native.
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torontosun
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Public Safety Minister David McGuinty offered an 'attaboy' to Ontario's premier for his recent Canada-U.S. outreach work.
Ontario Premier Ford has promised a number of retaliatory measures if the tariffs ever materialize, including removing American brands from the LCBO and cutting off Ontario-border states from vital Canadian electricity exports.
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torontosun
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Canada’s tax collector remains intent on enforcing an increase to the capital gains tax.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation announced they’re filing a legal challenge against the move.
Legislation to increase the tax was never tabled in the House of Commons.
A study suggests enacting the hike would rank Canada among the highest capital gains taxes in the world.
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BBC
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Antony has scored 12 goals and claimed five assists in 96 appearances for Manchester United.
Brazilian winger is now on the brink of joining Spanish side Real Betis on loan until the end of the season.
The 24-year-old's personal tale is a success story by any measure.
But if you can separate the backstory from his impact as a Manchester United player, it is impossible to conclude he has been anything other than a failure.
Antony has not started in the Premier League since the catastrophic 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on 6 May.
The most amount of time he has featured in a match under Ruben Amorim was 60 minutes.
The win over Barnsley was the last time he played 90 minutes.
Antony will never rid himself of the stigma of being one of the worst transfers in Manchester United history.
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Wired
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A man in Florida was diagnosed with xanthelasma, a condition in which excess blood lipids ooze from blood vessels and form localized lipid deposits.
The man, said to be in his forties, told doctors that he had adopted a “carnivore diet” eight months prior.
His diet included between 6 and 9 pounds of cheese, sticks of butter, and daily hamburgers with fat incorporated into them.
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TechCrunch
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ElevenLabs has closed a Series C of $250 million at a valuation of between $3 billion and $3.3 billion, multiple sources tell TechCrunch.
The New York startup develops synthetic voice technology like voice cloning and dubbing tools.
The round is being led by ICONIQ Growth, several people said.
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TechCrunch
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Elon Musk's X has started rolling out its vertical video feed to users around the globe.
The feature is accessible through a dedicated tab in the X app.
It was launched in the U.S. earlier this week amid uncertainty around TikTok’s future in the market as a result of the TikTok ban.
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TechCrunch
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From October 27 to 29, Moscone West in San Francisco transforms into the global hub for technology and venture capital.
Save now more than ever 2-for-1 Passes.
From now through January 31, take advantage of registering for two of the same ticket types for half the price of one.
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FOX Sports
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The NFL has not changed its long-standing rule that one must be three years removed from high school's graduating class to be draft eligible.
With first and second-year players dominating at the college level with regularity, perhaps a rule change isn't too far off.
It would be fascinating to see which teams might be willing to gamble on exceptional talent at premium positions versus those more interested in pro-readiness.
South Carolina tight end Stewart is worthy of an early first-round selection.
The 49ers might see Campbell as the future fix-all for an aging Trent Williams and free-agent left guard Aaron Banks.
Will Johnson is regarded as a possible top-10 talent prior to an injury-plagued 2024 campaign.
The Bengals have long shown a willingness to gamble on youth.
The Broncos have invested heavily in offensive tackles Garett Bolles and Mike McGlinchey but reinforcing the line is a tried-and-true strategy with Sean Payton.
Green Bay will be looking to make a splash with a pro-ready player.
Jeremiyah Love would match perfectly with the Vikings' playmakers at receiver.
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FOX Sports
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Tom Izzo's Michigan State is 16-2-0 in the Big Ten after beating Illinois 80-78 on Sunday.
The Spartans have one of the more unique rosters in the nation, with 10 players averaging 14-plus minutes per game.
Izzo: "It's been a talented group of 10 guys that have come together" The Spartans are ranked No. 8 in the Associated Press Top 25.
Jaden Akins, Jase Richardson, Jeremy Fears and Tre Holloman have all stepped up this season.
Coach says the team has been more by-committee than you would think with different players.
Akins and Fears have worked well together and the egos have been put aside, he says.
"Tre has definitely taken some steps for us, having played both the point and at the 2-guard for us".
Michigan State coach says Jaden has a chance to be a great two-way player.
Coach says he has tried to do things that build selfless nature in his room.
Coach: "Everybody is going through some ups and downs, maybe more so than I've seen week to week in this sport in a long time".
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CityNews
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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide.
The State Department will conduct a review of which of the thousands of U.S. aid and development programs can continue.
The order appears to limit programs to running only as long as they have cash on hand.
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CityNews
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Man arrested for alleged sexual assault at Toronto medical clinic.
Akthar Naeem, 69, of Ajax, is scheduled to appear in court on March 20.
Investigators believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to contact them.
Officers say the victim went to the clinic in the Finch Avenue West and Oakdale Road area on Nov. 18, 2024.
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CityNews
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Canada Post says it has lost $3.3 billion since 2018 citing a decline in letter mail and increased competition in the parcel delivery market.
A month-long strike by 55,000 postal workers last December highlighted the issues plaguing the 157-year-old institution.
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ABC News
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Senate poised to vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead Pentagon despite allegations of sexual assault and financial mismanagement.
Two Senate Republicans are expected to vote against the former "Fox and Friends" anchor's nomination on Friday evening.
The nomination only required a simple majority in the Senate to advance, with only GOP backing.
Pete Hegseth can afford to lose three Republicans when he is voted on later Friday.
If one more Republican flips his or her vote, he will need the tiebreaking vote of Vice President J.D. Vance to be confirmed.
Tillis said he so far has not found credible evidence to back many of the allegations.
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Quartz
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WalletHub, a personal finance website, released an analysis of the country’s best and worst cities for pet owners.
The rankings prioritized several factors including outdoor pet friendliness, the budget required to care for a pet, and the overall health and wellness of pets.
Scottsdale is the most pet friendly city in America.
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Global News
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Police say the driver of a school bus is facing charges after a 22-year-old woman was struck and killed in Toronto.
The woman has been identified as Rachel Turner, 22, who died a few days later.
The family is seeking $9.5 million in damages from the driver and the bus company.
The driver, 60, has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death.
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Global News
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Handpicked 16 must-have gifts that are guaranteed to impress.
From romantic gestures for your partner to adorable treats for your pets, there’s something for everyone on your list.
The Nintendo Switch Lite is compact and perfect for handheld play.
The Yeti bottle will keep their coffee hot (or their water cold) until the last sip thanks to double-wall vacuum insulation.
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Upworthy
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Baby Reed meets his dad's twin brother in an adorable viral video.
Adult twins interacting with a baby? Hilarious.
With almost 34 twins per 1,000 live births in the U.S. today, there are more genetic lookalikes than ever before.
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Homepage | Chattanooga Times Free Press
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The Tennessee Federation of Republican Women cites Adolf Hitler as an example of leadership.
The reference was called out on a social media site dedicated to the Knoxville community.
"How do we make the changes necessary?" the group's reading list says, just before the Hitler quote.
"I don't know why they would use Hitler, I have no idea," a member says.
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Guardian
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Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by New York Times.
Deportation flights have begun, accompanied by official pictures of people boarding military-style aircraft.
The memo instructs Ice officials to identify and potentially rapidly deport immigrants who have been in the country for over a year and have not yet applied for asylum.
The American Civil Liberties Union has already challenged the policy in federal court.
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torontosun
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Bryan Johnson posted on X a split-screen of data from an overnight erection-tracking machine for himself and the teen.
The tech mogul has been criticized for exposing details tracking 19-year-old Talmage’s erections.
Johnson revealed in 2023 that part of his multi-million regime includes wearing a small device resembling an AirPods case on his penis.
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PinkNews
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Jeff Bezos erases LGBTQ+ rights support and equity for Black people’ from Amazon website.
Statements pledging to commit to equity for Black and LGBTQ+ rights’ and LGBTQ+’ have been removed.
Amazon has become the latest major corporation to scale back its equity programmes.
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torontosun
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Bermuda is located a mere two-and-a-half-hour flight from Toronto.
BermudAir started flying direct from Toronto to Bermuda last May.
The island’s newest hotel, the St. Regis Bermuda Resort, is about a 10-minute drive from the airport.
St. Regis Bermuda is subtropical, as in a mere 1,046 km straight east of North Carolina in the Atlantic.
Take advantage of The Pink Sale which offers up to 35% off participating hotels if you book by Jan. 31, 2025 via gotobermuda.com.
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Common Dreams
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Jon Stewart that Democrats must abandon their allegiances to the billionaire class.
The New York congresswoman said that Democrats need to be a party of "brawlers for the working class" She said that the president's ties to billionaires and corporations should be seen as a way to fight back.
Republicans in Congress are scrambling to give Trump broad new powers to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit he doesn't like.
Trump has already begun filing lawsuits against news outlets that criticize him.
At Common Dreams, we won’t back down, but we must get ready for whatever Trump and his thugs throw at us.
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Guardian
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James Coan, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, and Hal Movius, an applied psychologist specialising in negotiation, confidence and leadership.
The psychologists were engaged to advise Democrats on coping strategies in countering authoritarian behaviour from Trump and his Republican supporters on the judiciary committee.
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torontosun
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Chase Strangio, a trans male and lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, appeared on the digital show Democracy Now! to discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order on sex and gender.
One part of the order directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to produce a policy that protects women “seeking single-sex rape shelters” and other intimate spaces.
The order calls for the federal government to define sex as only “male” or “female”.
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torontosun
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U.S. President Donald Trump is being pressured to release Prince Harry's immigration file.
The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation wants Trump to override the court's decision to keep the records sealed.
The Duke of Sussex revealed in his memoir Spare that he took cocaine, cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms.
A federal judge ruled against any disclosure of Harry’s application papers last year.
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BBC
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Trump revokes security protection for Anthony Fauci, former top US health official.
Dr Fuaci has faced death threats since leading the country's Covid-19 response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul had called for his security to be revoked.
Trump also revoked security for his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his former National Security Adviser John Bolton and former envoy Brian Hook.
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Yahoo
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Marilyn Manson will not face charges in Los Angeles County.
The singer has been accused of sexual assault and/or misconduct by more than a dozen women.
He had been under investigation by the sheriff's office since 2021.
The district attorney's office announced the decision on Friday.
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Live Science
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Astronomers have spotted a mysterious pair of icy balls in a remote region of the Milky Way.
The turquoise objects are 13,000 light-years apart and unrelated to each other.
They could be dense gas clouds or a never-before-seen type of star, but their icy appearance and distance from star-forming regions mean they can't yet be explained using known physics.
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TechCrunch
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Stargate is a joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank Group.
The $100 billion venture will reportedly be powered by solar and batteries.
The renewable power installations will be built by SoftBank-backed SB Energy.
The growth in cloud computing and AI in recent years has sent developers and tech companies scurrying to secure power.
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Engadget
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Endless Legend 2 is set in a new location, the oceanic world of Saiadha.
The game will enter early access in “early 2025” Amplitude Studios hasn’t announced a release date yet.
It will let players take control of four of the factions in the game.
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TechCrunch
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Waymo paid lobbyists to meet with San Francisco government officials 348 times last year, more than double the 137 times it reported in 2023.
Waymo has had a presence in the San Francisco area since 2009.
Last year, the company expanded its coverage area by another 10 square miles to include Bay Area cities and began testing driverless vehicles on freeways.
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TechCrunch
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Daniel Supernault is launching a Kickstarter campaign to help fund development of Pixelfed apps.
The Canadian-based developer behind the federated apps that challenge Meta’s social media empire is seeking funds for continued development and support of his open social communities.
As of the time of writing, the campaign has passed its original goal with $58,383 raised.
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Christian Science Monitor
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President Trump signed executive orders aimed at implementing much of agenda he ran on.
But some drew criticism, and the momentum may be hard to sustain.
The point “is to say he’s checked the boxes and kept his promises,” says Kenneth Lowande, a political scientist.
On Monday, Mr. Trump commuted Mr. Rhodes’ sentence to time served, part of the president’s order of clemency to the nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 rioters prosecuted.
“I feel betrayed by my country,” said former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone, whose attackers were pardoned.
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BGR
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Emilia Pérez is a musical about a Mexican cartel leader fakes their death and undergoes a sex change operation.
Critics have slammed the film for glamorizing drug cartels and its portrayal of Mexican people.
Yet, somehow, it managed to rack up more than a dozen Oscar nominations this week.
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CBS News
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Hurricanes Helene and Milton helped push total economic losses from natural disasters in the U.S. to $217.8 billion last year.
That figure represents an 85.3% increase from 2023, when losses totaled about $117.5 billion.
Global insured losses, meanwhile, climbed 15.1% to $145 billion.
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CBS News
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Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in "Redwood," the Tony Award-winning superstar plays a woman seeking a refuge, and a purpose, by escaping into a Redwood forest.
In memoriam, "Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.
The spirit of Sundance Film Festival is once again providing a showcase for filmmakers and documentarians.
The Sundance Film Festival runs through February 2 in-person at Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah; select films and events will also be available to stream online January 29-Feb. 2.
The playful anarchy of Dav Pilkey's "Dog Man" series is now on screen in a new animated film.
David Lynch, renowned for such visionary works as "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," died January 16, 2025.
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MMA Junkie
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Marvin Vettori will face Roman Dolidze in the UFC Fight Night 254 main event March 15 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (ESPN+) The first meeting between the pair took place at UFC 286 in March 2023.
The Italian has only competed once since then with a brutal loss to Jared Cannonier.
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vancouversun
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Lunar New Year kicks off on Jan. 29.
To celebrate, several fashion and beauty brands have released special selections in honour of the Year of the Snake.
From small leather goods to a fun, keepsake handbag, here are five of our fashionable favourites.
A special iteration of the Fendi Baguette bag sees the Italian brand’s iconic FENDI Eyes design brought back to life.
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vancouversun
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168 Magazine is a youth board magazine by the community for the community.
Editor in chief and Chinatown resident Blake Abbie wanted to engage youth with and in the neighbourhood.
The magazine’s content is wide-ranging from children, photographs from established photographers, creative writing from youth contributors and letters from community members.
“I would love for people just to feel a bit more comfortable and just to enjoy and explore and support the community in the ways that they can,” said Abbie. “The magazine is not (just) for the Chinese community. The magazine is really for Vancouver, and really the legacy of what Vancouver is. So much history of it was built in this neighbourhood. And, to kind of turn a blind eye to it, I think would be really detrimental to our greater cultural city.”.
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ABC News
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Salvador Saucedo escaped custody while undergoing testing at Bellville Hospital in Bellville, Texas, on Thursday.
He has red hair and tattoos and isn't handcuffed.
Saucede was in custody on charges of possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and assault on a peace officer.
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Study Finds
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Scientists at Hanyang University in South Korea have developed microrobots that self-organize into swarms.
Each robot stands 600 micrometers tall (about half a millimeter) and contains specially embedded magnetic particles.
When exposed to a magnetic field created by rotating magnets, the robots automatically arrange themselves into different formations.
The technology moves closer to practical applications in medicine, manufacturing, and environmental cleanup.
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Fortune
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xAI, founded by Elon Musk, signed on to a data center deal in Atlanta that local authorities had been negotiating with X for more than a year.
The 10-year agreement shows that both X and xAI will, together, get a property tax discount.
The deal is the latest example of how Musk’s collection of privately-held companies work together behind the scenes.
X pitted Atlanta against Portland for a property tax cut.
Critics argued that X would have stored the equipment in the facility with or without the tax incentives.
It’s unclear whether X and xAI will operate separately out of the Atlanta datacenter, as two distinct businesses running separate workloads.
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WWBT | Central Virginia News and Weather
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Some Trump supporters slept overnight in the freezing weather, moving their event from outdoors to inside.
Others tried to get to the site bright and early enough to earn a spot.
It's deja vu for many of the supporters in town, who went through a similar line Sunday for a rally at the arena.
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Ukraine News
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U.S. President Donald Trump has made initial attempts to bring Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.
Putin's inner circle reportedly considers Trump's threats empty.
Moscow views Trump's statements on Truth Social as posturing rather than substantive negotiation.
Analysts suggest that Putin likely sees Trump's remarks as a tactic by the president to reinforce his base and project a tough stance.
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The Texas Tribune
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The Trump administration has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate and potentially prosecute local officials who get in the way of its immigration crackdown.
It is not clear if any of the state’s Democratic cities will cooperate with the federal government.
Immigrant rights groups and legal experts say the threat has no legal backing and is an attempt to intimidate local jurisdictions into helping with mass deportations.
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WatchMojo
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Watch Mojo picks the most dizzyingly talented 6 string Wizards in the world, #20 Eric Johnson.
The X-Men guitarist cuts his teeth with some extremely heavy Blues based rock with the group Mariani before venturing into jazz fusion territory with Electro magnets.
Sinister Gates shreds like there's no tomorrow, evoking fond memories of the much missed Alexei Lijo from Children Of Bodom.
Metal fans seeking technical wizardry and riff savagery need look no further than the amazing work of Jeff Loomis.
Dosa Nabasi is a generational talent who has lent his enviable abilities to groups like Animals As Leaders while also blazing a trail and reputation of his own.
The list of guitar players is miles long and stretches back decades.
Eddie Van Halen's Eruption off their debut album in 1978 is widely viewed as its watershed moment when it crossed into the mainstream.
Michelangelo Badio is a notoriously over the top shredder who made a name for himself in the 1980s as lead guitarist for the bands Holland and Nitro.
Steve Vai has consistently earned top honors as one of the world's most talented and in demand guitar players.
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WatchMojo
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James Dalton is a bouncer hired to clean up a rowdy Roadhouse in Missouri.
He can take down even the most skilled of Brad Wesley's goons with a good old Roundhouse kick.
A professional kickboxer Kurt Sloan becomes involved in a Muay Thai fighting ring in Thailand following a grievous loss by his brother Eric.
Tony John's many characters tend to kick ass, and COM is perhaps his most famous.
Com's Muay Thai fighting style favors plenty of high kicks and knees, and he uses them to blow through most of the goons pitted against him with ease and plenty of broken bones.
#11 Yuri Boyka is self-described as the most complete fighter in the world.
Beatrix Kiddo is among the most deadly female characters to ever grace the silver screen.
Rama, AKA Rama is as tough as diamonds.
IP Man was the Grand Master of the art of Wing Chun and one of his students was Bruce Lee.
John Wick has a near mythic reputation both in and out of universe.
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GolfDigest.com
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SensorEdge measures exactly how your hands act in the golf swing and how that changes as you swing.
Golf Live Golf Live is an instruction app with some big names behind it, including Xander Schauffele's coach Chris Como.
The Stack System uses an advanced algorithm to tailor a speed training program exactly to what golfers need.
True Linkswear's new shoe uses a "ground force reaction plate" The plate is a suspended piece of carbon fiber that first made its way into running shoes.
It's something golfers need, and we push into the ground when we swing, then jump up off it on the way through.
Bal.on is delivering similar technology through the use of soles that you put into your shoes.