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I wish I may, I wish I might see this meteor shower that comes out tonight. The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest-known meteor showers on record, is expected to return this weekend. This cosmic phenomenon is named for the nearby constellation Lyra and is composed of debris from the Comet C/1861…

Investing.com — Senator Elizabeth Warren on Thursday called for the break up of Apple’s “monopoly” in the smartphone market, and said the green bubbles that appear in conversations between iPhone and non-iPhone users were ruining relationships.   “It’s time to break up, Apple (NASDAQ:)’s monopoly now,” Warren said in a post on X, accusing Apple of using “dirty tactics” to keep a “stranglehold on its smartphone market.”  Warren described a myriad ways — including the exclusion of non-iPhone users from…

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Military scientists have identified the remains of an Illinois soldier who died during World War II at a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines.The remains of Army Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Illinois, were identified in December, about 81 years after he died of pneumonia at the Cabanatuan POW camp,…

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An interview with a prominent Kennedy family member was derailed by an anti-Biden protester on Thursday with blood-curdling screams.Speaking with liberal outlet CNN ahead of her family offering its endorsement of President Biden in Philadelphia, Kerry Kennedy — the sister of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — was…

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Former President Donald Trump’s newly public Trump Media & Technology company may be the target of market manipulation, CEO Devin Nunes alleged in a letter to Nasdaq CEO Adena Friendman on Friday.    Shares of the stock, which are listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker D-J-T, have seen extreme…

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