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That’s why the former Ohio State star, when choosing his new jersey number, avoided taking No. 22, the same number Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith wore. Elliott said it would have been disrespectful, and took No. 21 instead. MORE: Teams’ post-draft to-do list | Cowboys thinking Super Bowl with Elliott “Really wasn’t any meaning. I like the No. 21. If I could, I would’ve kept 15,” Elliott told the Dallas Morning News....

Florida and Texas are among the states facing controversy as executive orders and legislation have prevented local governments and school districts from enacting new mask mandates. However, some cities have moved ahead with mandates in defiance of the orders. In Texas, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Monday that all of the city’s 22,000 city workers would be required to wear masks inside city buildings when it is not possible to social distance....

SILVIO BERLUSCONI On whether his first visit abroad would be to Israel: I’ve received an invitation from President Olmert to go to Israel to take part in the celebrations for the 60th birthday of Israel because they consider me as one of their best European friends. I answered positively because I consider Israel as a state we have to protect, a state that in geographical terms is outside Europe but that for culture, religion, economy is completely Western and European....

Researchers planned to alter how posts ranked on users’ news feeds, and would offer posts from authoritative sources like the World Health Organization. They even suggested turning off comments on misleading vaccine posts, but their ideas went nowhere at the start when shared with executives, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. Although company employees reacted to the study with excitement, there was a delay to take action....

The social network announced the new notification screen feature, which started rolling out globally on Thursday, was the result of internal research that found users on the platform consistently sought news that was both “timely and credible.” “To ensure people have the context they need to make informed decisions about what to share on Facebook, the notification… will appear when people click the share button on articles older than 90 days, but will allow people to continue sharing if they decide an article is still relevant,” said John Hegeman, VP of Feed and Stories....

At least that’s what the social-media platform’s VP of partnerships, Dan Rose, told Variety on Monday. “We’re talking to a lot of folks about live [video]," Rose said. “There are a ton of types of content that can fit under this format.” MORE: Top 25 free agents in 2016 | SN’s latest mock draft The deal is separate from the one under which NBC and CBS recently bought the TV rights, each spending $225 million to split a 10-game Thursday package the next two seasons....

The BBC first reported the company’s policy reversal, which also included changing a setting that resulted in a list of blank pages turning up when searches were conducted for Rittenhouse’s name. “After the verdict in Kenosha, we rolled back the restrictions we had in place that limited search results from returning content related to key terms including Kyle Rittenhouse,” Andy Stone, spokesperson for Facebook’s parent company Meta, said in a statement....

Users in Italy have increased their time on Facebook apps by up to 70 percent during the coronavirus outbreak, with views on Facebook Live and the Facebook-owned Instagram app doubling within the space of a week. Messaging has also seen a rise of over 50 percent while group calls have increased by over 1,000 percent. “During this emergency, we’re doing everything we can to keep our apps fast, stable and reliable,” read a Facebook blog post by Vice President of Analytics Alex Schultz and Vice President of Engineering Jay Parikh....

“They’re going to hire 10,000 engineers to work on video games when they haven’t actually gotten safety right on their main product,” she said, “so given that I see this pattern of choices where he prioritizes growth and expansion over making sure what he has is good, I think that is a failure of leadership.” Facebook recently announced that the metaverse would be the new main focus of the company....

The Claim On Wednesday, the Facebook account for the Historical Society of Ottawa, the city’s oldest historial organization, detailed how the world’s first nuclear reactor meltdown occurred 69 years ago this week at the Chalk River Laboratories near Deep River. The Facebook post stated how a 28-year-old Carter, then a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was put in charge of containing the disaster after hydrogen explosions caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive water to flood into the core....

More recently, he has expressed new admiration for right-wing political candidates despite previously affirming his left-wing leanings. In one interview, Rogan addressed whether he would have Donald Trump as a guest. Excerpts from the podcast were shared on social media, with some taking his views on the former president and others, including conservative firebrand Alex Jones, out of context. The excerpt led to reports in various media outlets, including Newsweek, interpreting the quote as Rogan’s personal attitude to Trump and his legacy....

The Claim Some social media accounts have pushed a claim that the size of PSG’s Instagram following doubled in the wake of signing Messi following his departure from FC Barcelona. An image of PSG’s follower count standing at 19.8 million prior to Messi’s signing and at more than 42 million is doing the rounds on Twitter. One of these sets of purported screenshots was shared by an account named @footballfunnys, which states it is a parody in its bio....

The film, which is Wilde’s second directorial outing after 2019’s Booksmart, premiered at Italy’s Venice Film Festival this week, boasts a star-studded cast that includes Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, and Wilde herself. Shia LaBeouf, who was originally cast, departed the project early on. With the cast now hitting the promotional trail, interest in all things related to the movie has spilled over into the political realm, including claims concerning Wilde’s mother, Leslie Cockburn, who was defeated as the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 5th district in the U....

Whether it’s bizarre noises, vaping grandparents, or candidly catching public figures, these clips often make for the most entertaining—and viral—content online. Only this week, a viral video of a woman attempting to refuel her car attracted tens of millions of views in only two days. But was the encounter, caught on film, a genuine mishap, as some viewers appeared to believe? The Claim A video posted on Twitter on September 27, 2022, shows what appears to be a woman attempting to fill her car at a gas stop, continuously failing to reach the tank....

The Claim As Sen. Paul’s positions on vaccines and restrictions amid the pandemic have faced scrutiny in some corners, Twitter users have shared a photo showing him receiving an injection and suggested it is him being vaccinated against COVID-19. The Facts Paul said in May that he will not get vaccinated as he has already had COVID-19. He also authored a column for the Courier Journal in which he pushed against the suggestion that people who have already been infected should receive the vaccine....

Democratic voters had only months ago indicated a majority desire for a new presidential candidate for the 2024 election. However, as his ratings have begun to climb again, content portraying Biden as charitable and empathetic has also gained popularity. The Claim A Reddit post shared on 29 August, 2022, shows what appears to be Biden speaking to a rough sleeper. The post has received more than 76,000 engagements since it was published....

The Claim Donald Trump released a statement on October 19 taking issue with the decision to remove a statue of founding father Thomas Jefferson in the New York City Council chamber—and suggested he foresaw such an action. Trump said: “Who would have thought this would ever be possible (I did, and called it long ago!).” In the same statement, he remarked upon Jefferson being “a principal writer of the Constitution....

While federal elections are taking place on November 8 will decide which party controls each chamber of Congress, there are also races across the country as candidates seek to be elected as governor, attorney general and a slew of other positions. Campaign finance date from Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit OpenSecrets.org shows that 10 wealthy individuals have spent a combined $540 million in political donations in the 2022 elections, while total spending is projected to be $8....

During his speech, he boasted of his barrier construction along the border, his commitment to law enforcement and warned that loosening his tough immigration policies would be a “disaster.” The Claim Trump said he inherited a “broken, dysfunctional and open border” where people were “pouring in at will.” Trump then noted that since taking office, he reformed the immigration system and “achieved the most secure Southern border in U.S. history....

The ongoing spike in monkeypox cases and the resurgence of polio across the developed world have brought some of those fears to the fore, and given fuel to existing anti-vaccine narratives on social media. With so many confusing and misleading claims circulating online, Newsweek Fact Check looked into what polio is, how it spreads, and the historical significance of polio vaccines. First, some important context. Polio is a rare, but extremely contagious virus that has been around since ancient times, although it was not officially discovered until 1908....