## World Bank halts paid advertising on X after CBS News finds its promoted ad under racist content

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CBS News found a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers that had posted a racist image alongside a post praising Europe's colonization of Africa.

CBS News is not publicly identifying the accounts spreading racist content on X.

A promoted advertisement for the World Bank showed up in the comments section below the post.

Two screengrabs from X show, at left, a post containing racist messaging and, at right, a promoted advertisement for the World Bank that had appeared under the post.

The World Bank told CBS News on Aug. 23, 2024 that it was pulling all paid advertising off the X platform over its ad appearing underneath the racist post.

X. CBS News has asked X to comment on the World Bank's withdrawal of paid advertising from the platform but had not received a reply by the time of publication.

A promoted advertisement from Saudia Airlines, the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, showed up under the same post as the World Bank advertisement. »

### Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers

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But Simpson wrote in the Tuesday ruling that "there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor's death."

Simpson's ruling effectively reduced the civil rights violation charges against Jaynes and Meany, which had carried a maximum sentence of life in prison, to misdemeanors.

In 2020, "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King asked Walker: "What does justice look like for you, for Breonna Taylor?". »

### An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and seriously wounds at least 5

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SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said.

“None of us knows why” the attack took place, said Reul, who is the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state.

We all wanted to celebrate our city’s anniversary together and now have dead and wounded to lament.”. »

### Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee

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“I know more about this bee [species] than anyone, and I’m shocked that it’s up here,” says Best.

It would seem that whenever someone qualified bothers to look, they find a new species of wild bee.

Conversely, this meteoric rate of discovery reflects how little is known about British Columbia’s wild bees in the first place. »

### Trump Suddenly Looks Very Afraid of Being Sued by Taylor Swift

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But it’s far from the only A.I.-generated image that Trump has shared in recent weeks.

They said, ‘Oh look at this,’” Trump attempted to explain to the reporter on Wednesday.

“These were all made up by other people. A.I. is always very dangerous in that way. »

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