TikTok, Columbia University, ‘Club Shay Shay’ & More - 4/25/2024

Today's Sponsor: YouTube TV
http://thisistheconversationproject.com/youtubetv
  
Today's Rundown:
Congress passes TikTok sell-or-ban bill, but legal battles loom
https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-passes-tiktok-sell-ban-014549012.html
 
House speaker to visit Columbia University, call for president's resignation amid ongoing protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-columbia-university-visit/
 
Michelle Obama, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘Club Shay Shay’ and Kara Swisher Among 2024 Webby Awards Winners
https://www.thewrap.com/webby-awards-2024-winners-list/
Katt Williams interview close to breaking YouTube record
https://hip-hopvibe.com/news/katt-williams-interview-close-to-breaking-youtube-record/
 
Texas A&M laying off athletic department staff in response to 'existing and emerging threats to our business model'
https://www.on3.com/college/texas-am-aggies/news/texas-am-laying-off-athletic-department-staff-in-response-to-existing-and-emerging-threats-to-our-business-model-per-trev-alberts/
 
Reggie Bush to have Heisman Trophy returned
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40014492/reggie-bush-heisman-trophy-returned
 
Dolphin dead after being repeatedly shot in Louisiana, $20,000 reward offered for information
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dolphin-dead-repeatedly-shot-louisiana-20000-reward-offered-info-rcna149216
 
U.S. orders cow testing for bird flu after grocery milk tests positive
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milk-bird-flu-cow-testing/
  
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ONE DAY OLDER ON APRIL 25:
Al Pacino (84)
Gina Torres (55)
Renee Zellweger (55)
  
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1950: In the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics used their second-round pick to select Chuck Cooper. That fall, Cooper would become the first African-American to play in the NBA.
1988: Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, California. In 1994 he was elected to Congress. He died in a skiing accident in 1997.
2019: Microsoft became the third U.S. company to be listed with a market worth of $1 trillion, after Apple and Amazon.
 
WORD OF THE DAY: poetize / [ poh-i-tahyz ]
to express poetically
https://thebigwordsproject.morebettermediacompany.com/?p=197
 
PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: It’s eight months until Christmas!
  



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