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July 20, 2025
Ukraine calls for talks with Russia next week
Published 5:08 PM EDT, Sat July 19, 2025 CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s calling for a meeting with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks. Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, has already proposed the next meeting with the Russian side for next week, Zelensky said during his daily address on Saturday. “The dynamics of the negotiations must improve. We need to do everything possible to achieve a ceasefir ...
Go to discussionDigital design firm agrees to block 3D guns, following letter from Manhattan DA
July 19, 2025 at 4:21 pm EDT (NEW YORK) -- One of the world's largest digital design platforms, Thingiverse, is taking new steps to block 3D-printed guns and gun parts after investigators in New York discovered an alarming number of design files for 3D-printed weapons available for download. Thingiverse began deploying automated technology to rapidly detect and remove digital files for 3D-printed firearms. "Thingiverse is committed to fostering a safe, welcoming, and collaborative enviro ...
Go to discussionA MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash
July 20, 2025, 7:15 AM EDT A previously unreported network of hundreds of accounts on X is using artificial intelligence to automatically reply to conservatives with positive messages about people in the Trump administration, researchers say. But with the MAGA movement split over the administration’s handling of files involving deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the accounts’ messaging has broken, offering contradictory statements on the issue and revealing the LLM-fueled nature of the ac ...
Go to discussionNumber missing from devastating Texas floods drops sharply to 3, officials say
Updated on: July 19, 2025 / 9:22 PM EDT The number of people missing in Texas Hill Country following the deadly flooding which struck the region over the Fourth of July holiday weekend has plummeted significantly, officials announced Saturday. The Kerr County Flood Disaster Joint Information Center determined that three people are still missing from the floods, the city of Kerrville said in a news release. That is a sharp drop from the approximately 100 people authorities had previously said ...
Go to discussionTrump hosted party for 'young women' where Epstein was the only guest: New York Times
July 19, 2025 7:51PM ET Donald Trump once hosted a party featuring "young women" where Jeffrey Epstein "was the only other guest," the New York Times reported over the weekend. In an article titled "Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein," Alan Feuer and Matthew Goldstein write that, "For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest." Part ...
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