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  • President Joe Biden has officially labeled the “systematic killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century” as genocide, the AP reported.
  • Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been convicted of the murder of George Floyd, may face another federal investigation for a 2017 incident where he allegedly struck a Black teenager in the head “so hard that the boy needed stitches, then allegedly holding the boy down with his knee for nearly 17 minutes, and allegedly ignoring complaints from the boy that he couldn't breathe,” ABC News reported.
  • A Florida family set up a fake church called Genesis II Church of Health and Healing to peddle their snake-oil COVID-19 cure called “Miracle Mineral Solution,” investigators say.
  • Here’s an examination of why nominating Asian actors and actresses for Oscars isn’t enough to fix all of the Academy and Hollywood’s issues with representation.
  • Noted entertainer Elon Musk is hosting Saturday Night Live on May 8th with Miley Cyrus.
  • The philanthropy of MacKenzie Scott, who’s been giving away billions of her Amazon fortune, has also attracted scammers.
  • A whistleblower claims the US government is going to reveal its top-secret Pentagon UFO program any day now.
  • Astronauts don’t actually eat astronaut ice cream in space, alcohol is banned on the International Space Station, and more in this entertaining New York Times piece about culinary improvements for interplanetary travelers.
  • And finally, this capybara takes a pet like no problem: