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Conservative pundit Glenn Beck is set to meet with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday as part of a summit addressing the social network's approach to covering conservative news, Beck said in a Facebook post Sunday. In a May report, Gizmodo alleged that Facebook intentionally suppresses conservative-leaning news stories.

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The delightful mural of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissing comes to you courtesy of Keulė Rūkė, a barbecue restaurant in Lithuania.

"The idea was to show two conservative leaders with huge egos finding comfort in each other," restaurant co-owner Dominykas Čečkauskas told BuzzFeed News.

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There's no shortage of excellent Drake jokes on the internet. In fact, the Canadian rapper is getting a little fed up with the memes, he said in his Saturday Night Live monologue. Fair enough, Drake, but your Rihanna impression needs serious work.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus isn't concerned that Donald Trump hasn't released his tax returns, he told ABC's Jonathan Karl, who pointed out that it's usually a routine process for presidential hopefuls.

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson told The Telegraph on Sunday that the Europeans' goals to unite the continent are not unlike Adolf Hitler's.

At UC Berkeley's commencement Saturday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg spoke publicly for the first time about her husband Dave Goldberg's sudden death in 2015, Time reports.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke at Texas' Republican convention on Saturday about the need for "a president who will have your back," CNN reports. He didn't ever mention presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom he hasn't endorsed.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke at Texas' Republican convention on Saturday about the need for "a president who will have your back." He didn't ever mention presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom he hasn't endorsed. Some convention delegates expressed uncertainty about voting for Trump. "I don't know if I'm going to support Trump or not," one delegate said. "I think it's up to Trump to court conservatives."

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Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz carried his team to an epic 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday. Big Papi blasted an RBI triple to left-center field in the ninth to send the game to extra innings. Then, in the bottom of the 11th, Ortiz won the game with a walk-off double.

Speaking at the Wisconsin Republican Party Convention on Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson likened the 2016 presidential election to Sept. 11's Flight 93, which crashed after the passengers decided to fight the hijackers and keep the plane from hitting its target.

Islamic State militants killed at least 12 people and wounded 25 others Sunday in an attack on a natural gas plant in Iraq, officials told The Associated Press. A car bomb exploded at the gate in Taji, just north of Baghdad, before suicide bombers entered the plant.

The Quantum and the Lotus by Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan (Broadway, $15).

The Obama administration has launched a "moonshot" to cure cancer. What are the chances of success? Here's everything you need to know: