Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing the GIF.
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Putin wants ‘unfriendly countries’ to pay for gas in rubles
Economists said the move appeared designed to try to support the ruble, which has collapsed against other currencies, but some analysts expressed doubt that it would work.
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Madeleine Albright, first female U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84
President Bill Clinton chose her as America’s top diplomat in 1996, elevating her from her post as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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U.S. determines Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States would share that information with allies, partners and international institutions tasked with investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Alex Jones fails to show up for deposition in Sandy Hook lawsuit
Lawyers for relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims are asking a judge to order Infowars host Alex Jones to appear at a deposition and have him arrested if he doesn’t.
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Taliban cancels higher education for girls despite pledges
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have reneged on a promise to reopen schools to girls above the sixth grade, opting to appease their hard-line base.
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MacKenzie Scott announces nearly $4 billion in donations
The announcement brings Scott’s publicly disclosed donations to more than $12 billion since 2019.
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Supreme Court nominee Jackson defends record on 3rd day of confirmation hearings
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the third Black justice, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth woman.
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Tornado rips into New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1
Rescue workers were searching through Arabi, just east of the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where the tornado caused significant damage in an area wrecked by Katrina.
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NATO says 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine
Russia is bogged down in an increasingly costly, uncertain and grinding military campaign, with untold numbers of dead, no immediate end in sight, and encircled by western sanctions biting hard on its economy and currency.