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This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.

Dominion Voting Systems legal team announces $787.5 million settlement with Fox:

"Lies have consequences. ... Today represents a ringing endorsement for truth and for democracy." pic.twitter.com/fx6eIJaznv

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 18, 2023

"I’m sorry. This is going to be difficult to say with a straight face."

Jake Tapper can't help but laugh at Fox News' statement after reaching a $787 million settlement with Dominion. pic.twitter.com/GpOQTGyMSx

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 18, 2023

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Tucker Carlson, the far-right Fox News host, is leaving the channel, the network announced on Monday.


“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox said in a statement.

“Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8pm/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.”

More details soon …

Don Lemon says he's been fired from his post at CNN's "CNN This Morning," which he co-anchored with Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow for about six months.

"I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned," he wrote.

CNN CEO Chris Licht said in a statement that the network wishes him well and will cheer him on as he pursues future endeavors, echoing what he wrote in an email to CNN staffers obtained by USA TODAY.

Here's what's going on in the Texas legislature in response to school shootings: All students in third grade and up to be trained in battlefield trauma care. https://t.co/n3izumblxL pic.twitter.com/hn4yeHoC2o

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) May 1, 2023

The California Reparations Task Force formally recommended that the state offer payments of up to $1.2 million to every qualifying Black resident.
The task force held a public meeting in Oakland, California, on Saturday and voted on the final set of recommendations to be sent to the state's legislators. The nine-member panel called on the state to offer its Black residents a formal apology in addition to the payments.
"Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address long-standing racial disparities and inequalities," Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said after attending the meeting.
The panel's recommendation breaks payments down by types of historical discrimination. For instance, Black residents affected by redlining by banks would receive $3,366 for each year they lived in California from the early 1930s to the late 1970s, amounting to up to $148,099.
Similarly, Black residents could receive roughly $2,352 in compensation for over-policing and mass incarceration for each year they lived in California between 1970 and 2020. Those payments could amount to $115,260.
In total, from these and other payments included in the plan, a Black Californian who is 71 years old and has lived in California his entire life could receive up to $1.2 million, according to analysis from the New York Times.
The panel's Saturday vote included only recommendations for the state legislature and does not have any legal weight.

The median wealth of Black households in the United States is $24,100, compared with $188,200 for white households, according to the most recent Federal Reserve Board Survey of Consumer Finances.
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Nearly 6.5 percent of California residents, roughly 2.5 million, identify as Black or African American.