Following the Taliban’s ascent to power once again in Afghanistan, ADL called on Twitter, and other major social media platforms, to take immediate action to remove accounts affiliated with the organization given its long history of terrorist activity, violence and discrimination toward girls and women, assassinating journalists and persecuting religious and ethnic minorities. Four young men have been arrested for the fatal shooting of a Jewish student in Denver at the end of a violent crime spree. Mike Richards, who was named the new host of “Jeopardy!” last week, is leaving the role as the beloved game show confronts a roiling controversy over offensive and sexist
comments he previously made on a podcast.
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