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[0] Hey, this is DailyWire editor -in -chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl.
[1] It's Tuesday, November 22nd, and this is your morning wire afternoon update.
[2] Following the FTX collapse, Democratic lawmakers have called on regulators to examine bank holding company SoFi Technologies, which owns a subsidiary cryptocurrency exchange.
[3] The move comes after FTX filed for bankruptcy following users' discovery that trading firm Alameda Research borrowed millions in deposits to make investments, causing a liquidity crisis.
[4] Nicholas Gutierrez, the 22 -year -old driver who crashed into 25 Los Angeles County Sheriff's recruits last week, denies that he did so deliberately.
[5] Gutierrez drove his Honda CRV into 25 cadets about 20 miles southeast of downtown L .A. on the morning of November 16th.
[6] He sat down with NBC 4 for an interview.
[7] Some of the recruits said, you didn't break.
[8] Would you remember anything at all about this?
[9] I fell asleep at the wheel and I woke up to people being on the window to get up.
[10] I had no words when I got asked if they were okay and they pulled me on and took me to the ground.
[11] Landlords in Los Angeles are frustrated with city government leaders who ended the COVID -era eviction moratorium in October, but haven't yet made the ordinance official, leaving tenants to continue to be free to stay in apartments without paying rent.
[12] Smaller landlords in particular are feeling the sting.
[13] One property owner, Monica, who has a tenant who owes her $23 ,000, spoke to NBC, L .A. to share her experience.
[14] We are struggling and I don't know how much longer I can sustain.
[15] My life decisions are put on hold by the government.
[16] What this is going to do is throw all of us who are housing providers onto the streets as well.
[17] New data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights revealed that since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, more than 6 ,500 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and more than 10 ,000 have been injured.
[18] Experts say those numbers are most likely significantly higher due to delayed information reporting.
[19] The Verge reports that social media giant Twitter is ready to start hiring again after nearly two -thirds of the company's previous 7 ,500 -person staff were either fired or left on their own accord under new owner Elon Musk.
[20] At an all -employee meeting on Monday, Musk also claimed that moving the company's headquarters to Texas could give the impression that he was engaged in a right -wing takeover of Twitter.
[21] And he emphasized that it is actually a moderate wing takeover of Twitter.
[22] This week, CBS News aired a segment confirming that it independently verified the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop, which he left at a Delaware repair shop.
[23] The confirmation came nearly two and a half years after the laptop first popped up during the 2020 election cycle, in many months after other outlets had already confirmed it was real.
[24] Conservatives quickly let the network have it for the Johnny Come Lately reporting.
[25] Here's newsbus.
[26] Curtis Hock reacting to the report.
[27] Casablanca was put together in less time and through presidents that didn't last very long, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and James Garfield combined to last less time than it took CBS to acknowledge on her laptop.
[28] Fox News reported that the body of 17 -year -old Rosa Diaz Santos was discovered in a wooded area in Tacoma Park, Maryland.
[29] The teenager went missing in September and Maryland's Prince George County Police Department is now hunting for her killer.
[30] And Saudi Arabia's soccer team accomplished what is being described as one of the biggest upsets in sports history by defeating Powerhouse Argentina 2 to 1 on Tuesday in the 2022 World Cup.
[31] That snaps a 36 -game winning streak for the South American nation.
[32] Argentina had not lost a game since 2019.
[33] It now needs two wins to stay in the tournament.
[34] Saudi Arabia has already declared that Wednesday will be a national.
[35] holiday to celebrate the victory.
[36] Those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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