Reading archive 2023-11-08

NBC’s partner for GOP debate is Salem, promoter of 2020 election denial: How Salem Media Group — a powerful network of pro-Trump talk-radio programming and producer of the discredited ’2000 Mules’ documentary — ended up joining forces with NBC News

Meet the tree tenders: These volunteers help keep their city streets green - "Last year, Tabet received an early-morning phone call from a homeowner who’d signed up to have a tree planted in her yard. She apologized for bothering him and explained that her kids were eager to get started. 'It’s almost like they were waiting for Christmas,' Tabet says. When his team arrived, the kids were ready, small shovels in hand."

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Google spent $26 billion to hide this phone setting from you: Google goes to great lengths to be your default search engine and keep you from switching. Here’s why you should make your own choice.

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U.S. officials pick Greenbelt, Md., for new FBI national headquarters: Prince George’s suburb selected despite concerns from FBI leaders over the decision-making process, a person familiar with the situation said