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Apr 2022
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This Week's Top Stories | Elon Musk Buys...

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Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 Billion, Dr. Fauci declare the U.S. out of “pandemic phase”, and Trump incites violence over “dangerous” fruit. Here’s what happened this week.

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