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» City and School District Police are No Longer Cooperating with Texas School Shooting Investigation The city and school district police departments in Uvalde, Texas are no longer cooperating with a state-level probe into law enforcement’s response to the fatal shooting at Robb Elementary School. [ABC7]
» Elon Musk Mocks Twitter for Changing Its Online Logo During Pride Month Musk, who recently paid $44 billion to take over Twitter, posted a meme on Tuesday showing an approaching dust storm covered with corporate logos, including Twitter’s and several other tech giants, along with the words ‘June is almost here.’ [Daily Mail]
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From TikTok to the Stage: How Paige Gallagher Is Writing Her Name in the Comedy Books
In 2022, comedians are everywhere—every other TikTok or YouTube video is someone doing a skit, a trend, or simply trying to be funny. Perhaps it was an influx caused by eternal pandemic boredom, but the fact remains that comedic content ranges from very hot to very cold.
And Paige Gallagher, 27, is one of the comedians making sizzling content right now.
Born and raised in California by her Korean mother and white father, Gallagher initially began her career in acting at the AMDA College of Performing Arts on Yucca St. in Los Angeles. The entertainment world was something she knew she had wanted to pursue most of her life, but after her studies at AMDA is when she truly began pursuing comedy.
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