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The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, April 21, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Twitter in ISIS attack case

6:41pm May 18, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The case was brought by plaintiffs who said the social media company aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, the Supreme Court sent a related case involving Google back to the lower courts.

National

U.S. Supreme Court hands social media companies a major victory

5:38pm May 18, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The court unanimously sided with Twitter in a case brought by plaintiffs who said it aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, it sent a related case involving Google back to lower courts.

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Martha Stewart is the oldest cover model ever for a 'Sports Illustrated' swim issue

11:18am May 16, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The magazine called her a true influencer, with her variety of lifestyle books, television shows, and product lines. Stewart said on Instagram that she wants to inspire people to try new things.

New York Times chairman and publisher A.G. Sulzberger, shown above, on Monday called for journalists to operate independent of government pressure, corporate influence, partisan agenda - and personal ideology.

Politics & Government

The New York Times' Sulzberger warns reporters of 'blind spots and echo chambers'

8:50am May 16, 2023

by David Folkenflik

In recent years, social justice movements have affected U.S. newsrooms. In a 12,000-word essay, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger argues journalism must be free of personal ideology.

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Martha Stewart is the oldest cover model on a 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue

8:46am May 16, 2023

At 81, Martha Stewart is making history — becoming the oldest person to grace the cover of the yearly swimsuit issue. She is one of four of the 2023 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover stars.

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Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO

5:25pm May 12, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Twitter owner Elon Musk has named the next CEO for the social media platform that has seen advertisers rush for the exits since he took over: Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising for NBC.

Hodding Carter III, then-president, CEO and trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, answers a question during a news conference in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2003. Carter has died at age 88.

National

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

1:45pm May 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

CNN was 'right to try' a town hall with Trump even if it failed, argues moderator

10:17am May 12, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jon Ralston, CEO of The Nevada Independent, about why he strongly supported the CNN's town hall with Trump — and then changed his mind minutes into the broadcast.

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MTV news correspondent Sway Calloway and Hillary Clinton speak to Iraq War veterans during a taping of MTV's "Choose or Lose" on March 18, 2008 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Arts

After nearly four decades, MTV News is no more

5:55pm May 11, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Mr. President, the world is dying to know. Is it boxers or briefs?

Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed a year ago

9:50am May 11, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Robert Mahoney of the Committee to Protect Journalists, which released a new report showing the faces of 20 journalists killed by Israeli military fire since 2001.

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