TikTok, Columbia University, ‘Club Shay Shay’ & More - 4/25/2024

APR 25, 202422 MIN
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TikTok, Columbia University, ‘Club Shay Shay’ & More - 4/25/2024

APR 25, 202422 MIN

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Today's Sponsor: YouTube TV<br />http://thisistheconversationproject.com/youtubetv<br />  <br />Today's Rundown:<br />Congress passes TikTok sell-or-ban bill, but legal battles loom<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-passes-tiktok-sell-ban-014549012.html<br /> <br />House speaker to visit Columbia University, call for president's resignation amid ongoing protests<br />https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-columbia-university-visit/<br /> <br />Michelle Obama, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘Club Shay Shay’ and Kara Swisher Among 2024 Webby Awards Winners<br />https://www.thewrap.com/webby-awards-2024-winners-list/<br />Katt Williams interview close to breaking YouTube record<br />https://hip-hopvibe.com/news/katt-williams-interview-close-to-breaking-youtube-record/<br /> <br />Texas A&amp;M laying off athletic department staff in response to 'existing and emerging threats to our business model'<br />https://www.on3.com/college/texas-am-aggies/news/texas-am-laying-off-athletic-department-staff-in-response-to-existing-and-emerging-threats-to-our-business-model-per-trev-alberts/<br /> <br />Reggie Bush to have Heisman Trophy returned<br />https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40014492/reggie-bush-heisman-trophy-returned<br /> <br />Dolphin dead after being repeatedly shot in Louisiana, $20,000 reward offered for information<br />https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dolphin-dead-repeatedly-shot-louisiana-20000-reward-offered-info-rcna149216<br /> <br />U.S. orders cow testing for bird flu after grocery milk tests positive<br />https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milk-bird-flu-cow-testing/<br />  <br />Website: http://thisistheconversationproject.com<br />  <br />Facebook: http://facebook.com/thisistheconversationproject<br />  <br />Twitter: http://twitter.com/th_conversation<br />  <br />TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@theconversationproject<br />  <br />YouTube: http://thisistheconversationproject.com/youtube<br />  <br />Podcast: http://thisistheconversationproject.com/podcasts<br />     <br />ONE DAY OLDER ON APRIL 25:<br />Al Pacino (84)<br />Gina Torres (55)<br />Renee Zellweger (55)<br />  <br />WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:<br />1950: In the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics used their second-round pick to select Chuck Cooper. That fall, Cooper would become the first African-American to play in the NBA.<br />1988: Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, California. In 1994 he was elected to Congress. He died in a skiing accident in 1997.<br />2019: Microsoft became the third U.S. company to be listed with a market worth of $1 trillion, after Apple and Amazon.<br /> <br />WORD OF THE DAY: poetize / [ poh-i-tahyz ]<br />to express poetically<br />https://thebigwordsproject.morebettermediacompany.com/?p=197<br /> <br />PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: It’s eight months until Christmas!<br />  <br /><br />