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        YouTube Apologizes, Promises to 'Fix' Restricted Mode on LGBT Content
    "We're sorry and we're going to fix it," YouTube wrote Monday night on their blog after receiving widespread criticism from LGBT producers.
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"We're sorry and we're going to fix it," YouTube wrote Monday night on their blog after receiving widespread criticism from LGBT producers.

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Opinion: It’s not a coincidence or an accident that Lemon and other Black journalists were targeted by the Trump Justice Department, writes John Casey.

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O'Hara starred in Schitt's Creek, as well as many films from Christopher Guest.

Kevin Couch, who had been senior vice president of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center, has stepped down without comment.

Here are some mutual aid groups in Minnesota that need donations and volunteers.

Stella Carlson was on her way to a church event when she encountered Alex Pretti and the DHS agents who would kill him.

The far-right activist is sharing the names and photos of supporters and calling on their employers to fire them, a new Media Matters report documents.

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