The WallStreetBets community is moving beyond GameStop and AMC. But its latest investment target isn’t a stock, bitcoin or even NFTs. It’s gorillas. That’s not monkey business. Members of the Reddit group — who gained national attention for their role in pumping up the January trading frenzy of GameStop, AMC and other meme stocks —
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President Joe Biden will hold his first formal news conference since taking office on March 25, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. Biden is behind his 15 most recent predecessors, who all held a solo news conference within 33 days of taking office, according to a CNN analysis of the past 100 years.
Continue ReadingThree people died, including a child who passed away at a hospital, after a single-engine plane crashed into a car on a Florida road, officials said Tuesday. Two victims were on board the Beechcraft Bonanza plane, which went down Monday near the North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Fire Chief Marcelino Rodriguez told CNN. A
Continue ReadingA soon-to-be high school graduate started his job search in a unique way — he wrote a candid open letter and posted it on LinkedIn. Ryan Lowry has autism and wants future employers to understand that while he may learn in a different way, he is worth taking a chance on. “I realize that someone
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It’s now been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the world as we knew it, here on the High Desert and around the globe.
Continue ReadingIn a sign that one small part of March Madness is inching back to normalcy, Chicago’s favorite basketball-loving nun will soon be in the stands. Loyola University Chicago chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got the green light from the NCAA to cheer on her beloved Ramblers in person this Friday, but it will be from
Continue ReadingIn 1838, the Jesuits who ran Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved people to pay off the university’s debts. Many of them baptized Catholic, they were bought by planters to work in sugar plantations in Louisiana. The transaction was one of the largest sales of human beings in US history. Now, the Jesuit Conference of Canada
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LITITZ, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Marking the one year anniversary of Pennsylvania’s pandemic shutdown: Many nursing home residents say periods of isolation — minimal to zero family visits at times — left them feeling lonely and depressed. “There were times I’d think, ‘We’re both so old. Suppose we’d get
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The Oregon Judicial Department is launching a new service in all three Central Oregon counties to provide case parties with the opportunity to receive text message reminders for court hearings and changes.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Actress Jane Fonda joined protesters at the site of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement in northern Minnesota on Monday, advocating for the treaty territory of Anishinaabe First Nations and voicing environmental concerns about the surrounding river water. Shortly after receiving her COVID-19
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 87-year-old veteran Democrat, insisted on Tuesday that she is committed to serving out her full term in office even after California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he had a list of “multiple” potential replacements and would appoint a Black woman to replace her should she retire. “There’s nothing to it,” Feinstein told
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As required under Ballot Measure 109, approved by voters last November, Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday announced the 17 members of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board.
Continue ReadingVivi Zayas remembers how relieved she felt when a woman she’d never met helped her dad sign up for a coronavirus vaccine. That moment marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Zayas had tried desperately for three weeks to get a vaccine for her dad, with no luck. Finally, she felt
Continue Reading Unhappy anniversary, jobless Americans. This week marks a year since the coronavirus pandemic began upending the US economy, costing millions of people their jobs and forcing them onto unemployment benefits. Those who are still out of work could soon start getting notices from their state unemployment agencies advising them that they are approaching their benefit
Continue ReadingFor many people of color, hearing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, speak about racism within the royal family was, though shocking, not exactly surprising. And one of those people was former first lady Michelle Obama. In an interview with Jenna Bush Hager on NBC’s “Today” show, Obama spoke about her thoughts on Meghan’s experiences with
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A lot has changed in the two years since bars were allowed to operate on St. Patrick’s Day in Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingAfter months of sporting the “casual look” — in some cases surrendering fully to our inner shaggy and shabby — consumers are itching to trim, wax and glue their way back to their glorious pre-pandemic selves. Service providers for body waxes, eyelash extensions and one-hour shampoo and blowout combos say their business has revved up
Continue ReadingApplying to college is stressful in normal times, but this year, students felt the extra stress of having to deal with pandemic-related restrictions that made many of the usual steps, like working with high school counselors, visiting campuses, and in-person interviews, nearly impossible, college admissions officers say. Many students today “aren’t getting access to …
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The fastest way to get back to a safe, mask-free life is for everyone to get a Covid-19 vaccine. But just because you’ve gotten a shot of protection doesn’t mean you should rip off your mask immediately. That could actually set you back and put your friends and family at risk. Here’s why you should
Continue ReadingEurope’s medicines regulator has said there’s “no indication” that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has caused blood clots, as the list of countries temporarily halting the vaccine’s rollout over safety concerns continues to grow. On Tuesday, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Latvia and Sweden became the latest European nations to suspend its use, despite advice from the European Medical
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