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• Baltimore City Health Department held racially segregated equity meetings: report - Baltimore health department reportedly separated employees by race for DEI training using taxpayer funds, sparking widespread controversy.
• Trump says immigration crackdown needs 'softer touch' with 'tough' stance after deadly Minneapolis shootings - President Donald Trump ordered 700 federal officers out of Minneapolis, suggesting a "softer touch" while staying "tough" after fatal shootings sparked riots over the ongoing immigration crackdown.
• Local teacher under investigation for sexual abuse claims from former student - A local middle school teacher is now at the center of a criminal investigation after being accused of sexually abusing one of her former students.
• Irish comedian says UK PM Starmer hides from culture wars as 'ordinary people' fight daily battles - Controversial Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan testified before Congress on Wednesday about U.K. free speech battles and ongoing transgender policy disputes.
• Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts - Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with cars and rockets — and once again he's taking on long odds. The world's richest man said he wants to put as many as a million satellites into orbit to form vast, solar
• House GOP moves to block DC from stopping Trump tax cuts for tipped, overtime workers - House Republicans passed a bill to stop Washington, D.C., from blocking key parts of President Trump’s tax law, including provisions eliminating taxes on tipped and overtime wages.
• Man gunned down after offering ride to woman seeking warming shelter in Missouri: report - Missouri Good Samaritan William Palmer was allegedly shot and killed after offering a ride to a woman. Brittany Rivoire, 36, is accused of murder.
• Alphabet earnings are out – here are the numbers - Wall Street will be looking for more details Google's deal to revamp Apple's Siri virtual assistant with the search company's Gemini AI models.
• Waymo under federal investigation after child struck - A Waymo autonomous vehicle hit a child near a Santa Monica, California, school, prompting an NHTSA probe focusing on self-driving cars.
• "So Stupid": The Internet Is Absolutely Losing It Over Florida's Mind-Boggling New Law - Because clearly the DMV experience wasn't soul-sucking enough already...