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Racist text messages reported in multiple states after Election Day
Officials in a number of states are responding to reports of racist texts received by residents in the days after the 2024 election.Top stories - ABC News - 2 hours ago -
Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'
Dozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”Top stories - NBC News - 4 hours ago -
Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and ...Tech - ABC News - 7 minutes ago -
Americans overrun with political text messages
Cell phones across the country have been inundated with text messages about the election, particularly in the last few months. Jonquilyn Hill, host of Vox's "Explain it to Me" podcast, joined CBS ...Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
Officials condemn racist texts sent to Black residents in several states
The FBI said it was aware of "the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country."Top stories - CBS News - 3 hours ago -
FBI investigating racist texts sent to people around the country
Racist texts have been sent to people around the country, including college students. It's unclear who is behind the messages and how people were targeted. Some recipients tied the messages to the ...Top stories - NBC News - 3 hours ago -
I Replied Stop to a Political Text Message. I Got 100 More.
Our columnist tried to cut off unwanted texts, and a barrage followed. Here’s how she ultimately banished them.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
I Replied Stop to a Political Text Message. I Got 100 More.
Our columnist tried to cut off unwanted texts, and a barrage followed. Here’s how she ultimately banished them.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
McDonald defends handling of ex-senator inappropriate texts
Niall Ó Donnghaile says police were notified of inappropriate texts but no formal complaint was received.Top stories - BBC News - October 15 -
'Minutes after texting me, my son was murdered'
Fiona Namusoke recalls the day her son was stabbed as he waited to be picked up from college.Top stories - BBC News - October 16 -
Sinn Féin leaders correct age of teen texted by senator
Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald correct the record about the age of a teenage texted by Niall Ó Donnghaile.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
Harris Sharpens her Message on Trump
Also, the U.S. said North Korea sent troops to aid Russia. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
Democratic strategist on the party's economic message
A CBS News exit poll found that 45% of voters felt that their financial situation was worse than it was four years ago. Hyma Moore, the former director for the office of Democratic National ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Google launches NotebookLM Business to make enterprise AI audio, text
A paid version of the increasingly popular Google tool NotebookLM will target businesses.Tech - VentureBeat - October 17 -
Door-Knocks, Texts, and Ads, Ads, Ads: Life on the Swing-State Battlefield
This year’s campaign offers a vivid reminder of how much the playing field in presidential elections has shrunk, giving voters in a handful of states a disproportionate influence in the decision.Top stories - The New York Times - October 20 -
DeepMind and Hugging Face release SynthID to watermark LLM-generated text
SynthID makes subtle changes to LLM-generated text to create a statistical signature while preserving the quality of the output.Tech - VentureBeat - October 25 -
Consumer report shows companies are failing to protect from robocalls, texts
A new report says many phone companies are not doing enough to protect people from robocalls and texts. A consumer watchdog group says more than half of them have not fulfilled all of the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Phone companies should do more to prevent robocalls and texts, report says
While scam phone calls have slightly decreased in the last three years, scam texts have tripled. A consumer report found that phone companies need to do more to prevent robocalls and texts for ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Election Text Barrages Blowing Up Phones Ahead of Election
Ping! Harris and Trump deluge voters’ smartphones with fundraising appeals, polls and get out the vote messages in the campaign’s last days.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
Williams: Barça players kept texting me to join them
Spain star Nico Williams has revealed some Barcelona players tried to convince him to leave Athletic Club and join them at the Camp Nou in the summer.Sports - ESPN - 7 hours ago -
La Liga and Real condemn Yamal racist abuse
Real Madrid and La Liga condemn racist abuse aimed at Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal during Saturday's El Clasico at the Bernabeu.Top stories - BBC News - October 27 -
Vinícius slams racist 'criminals' in Clásico loss
Vinícius Júnior has condemned racist insults aimed at Barcelona's players by fans during El Clásico as "terrible" after LaLiga said it was reporting the incident to police and hate crime prosecutors.Sports - ESPN - October 28 -
La Liga and Real condemn Yamal racist abuse
Real Madrid and La Liga condemn racist abuse aimed at Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal during Saturday's El Clasico at the Bernabeu.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27 -
Man Sentenced for Threatening Fani Willis With Racist Calls
Ms. Willis spoke of the fear she felt after a man made “vile” calls targeting her and another Black official in Georgia. The man was sentenced to almost two years in prison.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
Depiction of Kamala Harris in Halloween parade decried as racist
Some participants in a Halloween parade in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, are being heavily criticized for their float's depiction of Harris.Politics - CBS News - October 31 -
Antisemitic messages raked into golf club bunkers
The incident is being investigated as a racially aggravated hate crime, police said.Top stories - BBC News - October 13 -
Labour’s promise of change requires a clearer message
Starmer’s government must learn from leaders who transformed Britain: Attlee, Blair and, yes, ThatcherWorld - Financial Times - October 18 -
Austin makes political message in Ukraine trip
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Austin makes political message in unannounced trip to Ukraine ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
Trump’s closing message: From cows to genitalia
Donald Trump has been making increasingly bizarre statements, such as calling Kamala Harris "retarded" and "a s--- vice president," and has been making false claims about climate change and ...Politics - The Hill - October 22 -
How Harris, Trump messaging is playing to voters
Vice President Kamala Harris has made former President Donald Trump's recent rhetoric, in which he has painted his political rivals as threats to the U.S., a focus of her campaign message. Major ...Politics - CBS News - October 23 -
Here Is the Missing Context in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Message’
Israel and its foes share one thing in common.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
‘Grateful' Jaylen shares heartfelt message on 28th birthday
Jaylen Brown spoke to NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin after leading the Celtics to a 122-102 win over the Wizards on his 28th birthday.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25 -
Rove: 'Undisciplined' Trump 'stepping on' his own message
Republican strategist Karl Rove criticized former President Trump for being "undisciplined," with the election less than two weeks away — though he also praised the presidential candidate's ...Politics - The Hill - October 25
