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ZZ Top says Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist for the Texas-based trio, has died at 72.

Breaking: The Big 12 has sent a "cease and desist" letter to ESPN. The letter demands ESPN end "all actions that may harm the conference and its members and that it not communicate with the Big 12 Conference's existing members.... 1/2

‘We are raising a generation of weak people like Simone Biles’ — Someone should ask these conservative media personalities how many Olympic medals *they* have 🙄

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has become the first major Hollywood studio to implement a blanket policy mandating vaccinations for the casts of all of their U.S. productions, as well as those who come into contact with them on set

MASK MANDATE: On the House floor, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) assailed GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for his "immature and appalling" speech decrying Speaker Pelosi's reinstating of a mask mandate for House members.

Get well soon, Bob Odenkirk. Sincerely, everyone.

China’s foreign minister called the Taliban "a pivotal military and political force," but urged the group’s leaders "to hold high the banner of peace talks." He also criticized the U.S. for its withdrawal of combat forces from Afghanistan.

🔭It is proven: black holes warp the very fabric of space. 🌌Astronomers have seen the back of a black hole for the first time, proving Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity right Thread 🧵

Today we lost a great friend and a remarkable Texan. ZZ Top’s Bassist Dusty Hill Dead at 72 Truly a music legend.

Google has become one of the first major Silicon Valley firms to say it will require employees to be vaccinated when they return to the company's campuses