Say what you will about the GameStop mania. It does illustrate one positive thing about today’s stock market: There are still some people willing to invest in individual companies instead of merely tossing their money into index funds. The rise of Reddit’s WallStreetBets crowd and others taking advantage of no-fee trading on brokerages like Robinhood
Continue ReadingSamsung, the world’s biggest phone maker, is also one of the largest consumer electronics and appliance makers in the world, selling everything from televisions to refrigerators. So we were wondering: How much would it cost the ultimate Samsung fan if they could spend all they wanted on each of Samsung’s highest-end devices? In December —
Continue ReadingEver felt like ripping your ex’s head off? Well now you can. Sorta. For just $5, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your former significant other and feed it to a bird, reptile or mammal. It’s part of the zoo’s “Cry Me a Cockroach” event on Valentine’s Day. And if your ex-boo
Continue ReadingAn Idaho man can now call himself a lotto winner six times over. Bryan Moss, from Meridian, won a $250,000 prize from a Crossword scratch game on Thursday, the Idaho Lottery said in a press release, marking his sixth ever lotto win. However, this marks his first top prize and “by far the largest,” Idaho
Continue ReadingThousands of people in Moscow and across Russia who took to the streets Sunday were met with the harshest show of force the country has seen in recent years. Protesters throughout the country had gathered for the second weekend in a row to support jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who has been held by Russian
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For years, the Kremlin has publicly dismissed Alexey Navalny as an irrelevant blogger with little popular support. But the geographical spread of mass protests over two weekends in support of Navalny, with thousands turning out in dozens of cities across Russia, underlines how much of a challenge he and his anti-corruption message have now become
Continue ReadingNo matter how excited you are about getting your vaccine, the Better Business Bureau is warning you: Avoid sharing photos of your Covid-19 vaccine cards. “Unfortunately, your card has your full name and birthday on it, as well as information about where you got your vaccine,” said the BBB in a news release. “If your
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It’s an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague — but until 20 years ago, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed. They couldn’t explain why those afflicted, often in the same family, had recurring fevers, abdominal pain, troublesome rashes and muscle aches. Known as familial Mediterranean fever, the disease often
Continue ReadingPolice cleared out a downtown Olympia, Washington hotel after a homeless activist group allegedly “forcibly occupied” the establishment Sunday to shelter unhoused people, the City of Olympia said in a statement late Sunday night. At least seven people were taken into custody, according to CNN affiliate KIRO, which said some Red Lion Hotel employees were
Continue ReadingFive people, plus four attackers, were killed in an attack at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to Somali police. The deadly siege at the Afrik hotel which left 10 other civilians injured ended after Somali security forces battled militants for eight hours, police spokesperson Sadik Aden Ali said at a press
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Marseille’s home game against Rennes was postponed on Saturday after an angry group of supporters stormed the club’s training ground hours before kick-off. Local police said 300 fans marched to the training facility and “violently attacked” officers who were trying to secure the area, whilst footage showed the group throwing fireworks and flares into the
Continue ReadingPolice in St. Paul, Minnesota, are investigating the fatal shooting of three people, including a child and teenager, who were killed Saturday an hour after police completed a wellness check at the home. Officers responded to a home in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of St. Paul around 3 p.m. where they found three people suffering from
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During 15 years under house arrest, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi transformed from a national figure into a global icon of democracy, winning the Nobel Peace Prize and a host of other accolades. She was finally released in 2010, and five years later, military rule ended as the country held its first free elections in
Continue ReadingThe Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement “for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence,” he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN. “BLM’s call for systemic change have spread around the world, forcing other
Continue ReadingMore than 1 in 5 sailors on Chinese submarines operating in the South China Sea reported mental health problems, according to a new study that provides a rare insight into the inner workings of one of the Chinese military’s most guarded assets. The research by China’s Second Military Medical University and Navy Military Medical University,
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