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Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell, seen here at a South Carolina Republican Party event in 2022, has been circulating a memo laying out "the threat of non-citizen voting in 2024." Gerard Albert III/Myrtle Beach Sun News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption

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Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history

The false notion that undocumented immigrants affect federal elections has a long history. But this year, due in part to rising migration at the U.S. southern border, the idea could have new potency.

Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history

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Boeing 787 Dreamliners are built at the aviation company's North Charleston, S.C., assembly plant in 2023. John Barnett had alleged that Boeing's manufacturing practices had declined and that managers pressured workers not to document potential defects and problems. Juliette Michel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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John Barnett, Boeing whistleblower who raised alarms over plane quality, is found dead

John Barnett made headlines when he went public, saying he wouldn't trust planes made in South Carolina to be airworthy. His family says Barnett suffered PTSD and anxiety from his work at Boeing.

The Duchess of Cambridge walks around Ballymena, Northern Ireland on February 28, 2019. She has recently disappeared from the public eye after having abdominal surgery. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images hide caption

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What the royal family doesn't understand about PR in 2024

The release of the Mother's Day photo was not meant as a proof of life. However, any clever communications person should have known it would be taken that way and closely scrutinized by the public.

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From LAist

California Bald eagles keep tending to eggs that are unlikely to hatch

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Three bald eagle eggs in California's Big Bear Valley aren't likely to hatch again this year, disappointing tens of thousands of people that've been keeping a close eye on a livestream for any signs of new life in the nest.

British U.S. former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (center) and his brother Tristan Tate (back right) speak to journalists after having been released from detention in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Controversial influencer Andrew Tate will be extradited to U.K., after his trial in Romania

The self-proclaimed misogynist — who faces several allegations of sexual assault in multiple jurisdictions — will be extradited to the U.K after facing trial in Romania.

Russia's Leonid Volkov, Chief of staff for the 2018 presidential election for Alexei Navalny's campaign, looks on, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Dec. 15, 2021. Jean-Francois Badias/AP hide caption

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The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania

A Navalny spokesperson said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer in Lithuania's capital.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2023. Both Kennedy's campaign and a super PAC supporting him are working to get the conspiracy theorist on state ballots around the country. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images hide caption

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to get on the ballot in all 50 states. It won't be easy

To run for president as an independent candidate, conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. needs to get on ballots, a complicated and expensive state-by-state undertaking.

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Authors push back on the growing number of AI 'scam' books on Amazon

Authors say that the proliferation of AI-generated books can lead customers into buying the wrong book on Amazon and that these books can harm authors' sales numbers and reputations.

Authors push back on the growing number of AI 'scam' books on Amazon

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From Texas Public Radio

Uvalde's police chief, who was on vacation during Robb Elementary School shooting, resigns

Chief Daniel Rodriguez announced his resignation just hours before the Uvalde City Council was scheduled to challenge a report that cleared local officers of any wrongdoing in one of the nation's deadliest school shootings.

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