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A video falsely purporting to show a large car driving at pro-Palestinian protesters in California has been circulating on social media.
Posts on Facebook and what is now X (formerly Twitter) share a clip of a red vehicle towing a large trailer driving through a crowd of protestors.
One caption with the video shared on Facebook on 14 December states: “A truck cuts through a crowd of Palestinian protesters blocking a freeway in Los Angeles.”
A protest did take place in Los Angeles, California on 13 December, where people blocked a freeway and called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But the video being shared is unrelated to that event or the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
It was filmed in May 2020 during…
If getting bet on by Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale was a curse, then a pregame speech from the furniture tycoon might be even worse.
The notorious gambler told “Houston’s Morning News” on 740 KTRH radio that he will host the Florida Atlantic Owls basketball team for dinner, give them a pregame “pep talk,” and pay for friends and family to attend the March Madness Final Four matchup with San Diego State University in Houston Saturday.
In exchange, the players will offer their names, image, and likeness (NIL) for his Gallery Furniture retail chain.
“Their basketball gym seats a total of 2,900 people on a good day,” Mack said on the radio show. “Their locker room is smaller than this radio studio.”
It is…
The Hope Arts Gallery hosts Retrospective 14, a show dedicated to celebrating the talent of students and teachers of the Hope Art Machine.
From March 1 until March 26, the public will have a chance to view these artists’ works which will be displayed in the newly renovated Back Room Gallery.
“To allow the public to become more familiar with our members, we have created unique areas in the gallery for each artist to show their work,” said the Arts Gallery in a press release. “An artist’s biography included with each display will also give more insight into the artist and what motivates them.”
In addition to the show, for the first time in several years, the gallery is also inviting participants as well as the general public to an evening celebration on Mar. 2, from…
With March wrapped up here is a look back at the most popular open-source Linux news and articles for the month.
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ReactOS “Open-Source Windows” Making Progress On SMP/Multi-Core Support
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