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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Search for the word climate on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn ;t climate crisis or climate jobs or even climate change but instead c stanley cup limate scam. Clicking on the recommendation yields dozens of posts denying the reality of climate change and making misleading claims about efforts to mitigate it.Such misinformation聽has flourished聽on Twitter聽since it was bought by聽Elon Musk聽last year, but the site isn ;t the only one promoting content that scientists and environmental advocates say undercuts public support for policies intended to respond to a changing climate. What happening in the information ecosystem poses a direct threat to action, said Jennie King, head of climate research and response at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based nonprofit. It plants those seeds of doubt and makes people think maybe there isn ;t scientific consensus. stanley cup The institute is part of a coalition of environmental advocacy groups that on Thursday released a report tracking climate change d stanley cup isinformation in the months before, during and after the聽U.N. climate summit聽in November.READ MORE: Elon Musk says Twitter will ease ban on political advertisingThe report faulted social media platforms for, among other things, failing to enforce their own policies prohibiting聽climate change misinformation. It is only the latest to highlight the growing problem of climate misinformation on Twitter.Meta, which owns Facebook and I Kqvf Israel to Reoccupy Palestinian Areas Following Bus Bombing
NEW YORK AP 鈥?Even though Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S., he was largely unknown to the millions of people affected by his decision-making.Wednesday fatal shooting of the United Healthcare CEO on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk 鈥?which police call a targeted killing 鈥?thrust the executive and his business into the spotlight.Thompson, who was 50, had run the insurance arm of health care giant UnitedHealth Group Inc. since 2021 and had worked at the company for 20 years.Security camera still images showing the shooter reportedly involved in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, in Midtown Manhattan are displayed on the day of the NYPD press conference, in New York City, US, December 4, 2024. Photo by Mike Segar/REUTERSWATCH: UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in brazen, targeted attack, New York City police sayAs CEO, Thompson led a business that provides health coverage for more than 49 million Americans. United is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, the p adidas og rivately run ver af1 sions of the U.S. governments Medicare program for people age 65 and older. The company also sells individual insurance and administers health in air max 1 surance coverage for thousands of employers and state-and federally funded Medicaid programs.The portfolio Thompson managed generated $74 billion in revenue in the most recent quarter, making it the largest subsidiary of Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group. His $10.2 million ann |
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