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Today is Tuesday, March Twelve. We'll.

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Talk about President Biden new budget

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proposal that showcases a real divide

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between him and Congressional Republicans. Also,

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intelligence officials have warned about a

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new Chinese influence campaign on Tic

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toc. And. There's new clarification about what

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critics have dubbed Florida's don't say Gay law.

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Plus. It will explain the photo editing

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debacle involving Princess Kate. A. Change Air

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B and B is making in the name of

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guest privacy. And. Why Reports say this

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year's Oscars was the most watched award

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show in four years. Those. Stories

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and more news to know today next.

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Welcome. Welcome to the news worthy of

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the day's news in around ten minutes!

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Fast, fair fan and on the go.

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I'm Erica, Mandy think so much for

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being here. You're ready. Let's do that.

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President Biden sent his new budget proposal

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to Congress this week, asking for larger

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social programs and new taxes to pay

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for them. It. Covers everything from

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child care to family and medical leave

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to housing to health care and a

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lot more. To. Make up for those

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increases, but In wants to increase taxes on people

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who make more than four hundred thousand dollars a

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year. He. Also wants to raise the corporate

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income tax to twenty eight percent. At the

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same time, he wants to lower taxes for middle

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and low income Americans. The. White House says

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the budget would lower the federal deficit over the

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next decade. But. House republicans have a plan

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that would lower the deficit even faster. And.

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They responded to Bite and Plan with

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a statement saying it's quote yet another

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glaring reminder of this administration's insatiable appetite

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for reckless spending and the Democrats disregard

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for fiscal responsibility. Typically. The

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President's proposal marks the start of the debate

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with Congress over plans for the next fiscal

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year, so it's never a sure thing. But.

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The same congress is still struggling to

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approve funding plans for the current fiscal

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year. So. The latest set of proposals

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is even less likely than usual to become

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law. Still, Expect to hear a lot more

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about it on the campaign trail. A.

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Republican led house committee released a new report

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meant to undermine the work of the January

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Six can. The. It's a combination of

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more than a year's worth of investigating. And. Mostly

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it pushes back against the panel focusing on

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former President Trump from the beginning and criticized

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the overwhelming conclusion that Trump played a role

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in the violence. Meanwhile. Says

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the panel failed to answer many obvious

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questions about security and intelligence failures on

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January Six. This. Latest report also

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released testimony from former President Trump's writer

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and January six. It's. The first

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extensive eyewitness account of what happened inside

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the President's armored vehicle to become public.

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And the drivers account seem to contradict

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some of the most sensational testimonies from

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the January Six Panels public hearings. You

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might remember. White House Aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified

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that Trump actually lunch at a Secret Service

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agent and tried to rob the steering wheel.

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Well, the agent who was driving says he

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does not remember that. He explained that

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the President was insistent on going to the capital

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with his supporters and was screaming at the lead

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secret service agent to take a mess. But.

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The driver says it never got physical. That.

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Testimony was never publicly released until now,

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because the January Six Committee reached an

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agreement with the Secret Service to avoid

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disclosing information given in their twelve interviews.

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But. Republican still say they never should have

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gone with what hutchinson were saying knowing

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there was another version of events out there.

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In. Response: Former aides to the January Six

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Committee insisted there was no cover up

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and at this Republican Committee's report is

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quote yet another attempt to rewrite the

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history of January Sixth and whitewash the

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events of that horrible, bloody and violent

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day state is. Voters

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in more seats are getting ready to

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sell it to primaries and caucuses today,

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and there are enough delegates at stake

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to make President Biden and former President

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Trump their party's nominee. Today.

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For states are holding republican contests. Georgia.

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Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington. For.

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Democrats: it's three states. Georgia.

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Mississippi and Washington, as well as

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the Northern Mariana Islands. at

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this point both biden and trump don't have

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any major challengers aloft so they are excited

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to pick up the delegates needed in a

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landslide after that the plan is for them

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to formally be nominated at their party's conventions

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over the summer. And then, of course, comes

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the general election in 238 days. America's

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top intelligence agency says the Chinese

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government has used TikTok to influence

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recent US elections. The Office

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of the Director of National Intelligence says

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China targeted candidates from both American political

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parties during last year's midterm election cycle

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and that its influence has gotten

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more sophisticated, at times experimenting with

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artificial intelligence. The office says

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China's overall objective is to undermine

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US democracy and highlight American division

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and that it especially wants to

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mold the American public's conversations around

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its own issues involving Hong Kong,

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Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. Other

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social media companies like Meta have also

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reported that foreign adversaries like China are

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using their platforms for influence campaigns as

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well. In response to this

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latest report, TikTok says it regularly takes

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action against deceptive behavior and that it's

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still working to keep the platform safe

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during this historic election year. Still,

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Congress is considering banning TikTok completely, while

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TikTok has been asking users to speak

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up against that legislation. To

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be continued. Princess

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Kate is now saying sorry for causing a

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stir with her latest family photo. She posted

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the picture of herself and her children to

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mark Mother's Day, which was celebrated on Sunday

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in the UK. And it

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attracted a lot of media attention since it

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was the first official photograph of Kate since

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she had abdominal surgery in January. There's

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been a lot of speculation about her. Her health

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since the royal family hasn't shared a lot of

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details. And the speculation did not end with this

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photo. Several major news agencies ended

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up removing it when they realized the picture

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had been manipulated. And Kensington Palace

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said it would not send a replacement photo. So

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yesterday, the princess apologized. She

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explained that she was just experimenting with some

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photo editing and made some minor adjustments. Well,

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now more rumors are swirling around her

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health. This is also sparking

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conversations about how media outlets should use

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images or social media clips that don't

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involve any independent journalists. Much

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first 12 pilot states. Help steer the

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qualify. For

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their education officials and civil rights, attorneys have

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reached a settlement to clarify the law that

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critics have called the Don't Say Gala. It.

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Was past two years ago, spanning schools

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from teaching about sexual orientation or gender

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identity. Originally it's a supplied to

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kindergarten through third grade and then it was

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expanded to all grades last year. Will

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Now the settlement is making it clear that

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students and teachers are allowed to talk

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about sexual orientation and gender identity. It just

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cannot be part of the curriculum. So.

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Things like anti bullying rules, Lgbtq

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plus extra curricular groups and rainbow

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flags will still be allowed. The

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settlement also says the law doesn't apply

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to books that reference Lgbtq plus characters

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are couples. Both. Sides are calling the

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settlement a when. The. Rupee Quality Florida

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says it's a giant step toward

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repairing intense damage. And the

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Governor's office claim victory since the law wasn't

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struck down in court completely and will remain

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in effect. The. For the Board of

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Education will send more specific instructions every school

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district sip. Starting.

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Next month, Air B N B is banning

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hosts from having any kind of indoor security

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cameras. Already. Most listings don't

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report having any camera setup. But

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the company has allowed them in common areas

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just as long as they were disclose on

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the listing, paid before guestbook their. Still,

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There have been a lot reports about hidden cameras

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over the years. So. Air B The

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is doing away with them altogether, saying

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it's prioritizing just privacy. Is. Also

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cracking down on outdoor security cameras. Saying.

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They will no longer be allowed in certain areas

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where there's an expectation of privacy. Like a sudden.

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The. New Policy takes us April Thirtieth.

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By. The way another vacation rental company verbose

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as it already does not allow any kind

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of surveillance device and it's listings with the

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exception of smart devices that guess. Are

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able to deactivate. The.

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twenty twenty four oscars redeem most watched in

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four years in fact it was nineteen and

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a half million viewers is the biggest audience

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for any awards show since early 2020. And

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most reports point to one main reason why. People

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actually watched the movies that were nominated.

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Oppenheimer and Barbie alone made nearly $2.5 billion

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at the global box office. But Killers of

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the Flower Moon and Poor Things also pulled in more than

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$100 million, so were still considered

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hits. And that doesn't even take into

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account all the people who watched the movies on streaming

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services. Another element that could have

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helped with viewership, the show started and ended

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an hour earlier. Granted, even this year's

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Oscars did not bring in anywhere near the audience the

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Oscars were seeing back in the 90s. That's

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it for the main news today, so now it's time

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what was Taylor Swift's? song to chart on the

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which blood type is a universal donor?

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the population. But no matter what kind of

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