The global chip shortage has come for iPads and Macs
Even America’s biggest company can’t save itself from a global shortage of crucial computer chips. What’s happening: Apple just had…
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Joe Biden warns democracy is still threatened and Trump’s looming shadow proves it
As President Joe Biden used the grand Washington stage to bemoan the Capitol insurrection as the worst attack on US democracy since the Civil War, a…
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Turkey prepares for its first national lockdown as Covid-19 cases rise
Turkey is bracing itself for its first national coronavirus lockdown as infection rates continue to climb in the country, now the highest in Europe.…
Continue Reading Navalny appears in court for first time since ending hunger strike, saying ‘I’m just an awful skeleton’
A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via videolink, in…
Continue Reading Biden’s Covid case for big government
The pandemic occupied a major part of US President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress on Wednesday, as he made a sweeping case for big…
Continue Reading Officer posted a TikTok mocking LeBron James’ views on police. His department says it will be dealt with internally
After an Idaho officer posted a TikTok video mocking NBA star LeBron James’ comments about the use of force by police, his employer, the…
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Florida House passes controversial voting bill that would add new restrictions
After several hours of contentious debate, the Republican-controlled Florida House passed its version of a controversial bill that would add new…
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Biden goes off-script to thank McConnell for honoring his late son in 2016
President Joe Biden went off-script during his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday to thank Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for a…
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Hits and misses from Biden’s speech to Congress
President Joe Biden delivered the biggest speech of his presidency to date on Wednesday night — an address to a joint session of Congress.…
Continue Reading America’s economy is rebounding. But it is still in a deep hole
America is emerging from the worst of the pandemic, and that will mean some eye-popping figures when the government releases economic growth data…
Continue Reading China successfully launches first module of planned space station
For more than two decades, the International Space Station has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth with more than 200 astronauts from 19 different…
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Is it ‘Zoom face’ or is the pandemic aging you?
Is that face in the mirror looking a bit, well, older these days? “Some of this is due to perception, what I call ‘Zoom face,’”…
Continue Reading An hours-long standoff leaves one deputy killed and one wounded in North Carolina
One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an armed standoff near Boone, North Carolina, officials said in a…
Continue Reading Federal indictment for Ahmaud Arbery’s accused killers is one step closer to justice, mother says
The federal indictment of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery represents “one step closer to justice,” his mother told CNN.…
Continue Reading Three men indicted on hate crime and kidnapping charges in connection to Ahmaud Arbery’s death, federal prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors indicted the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges, the Department of Justice…
Continue Reading Officer involved in botched raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death announces retirement
A Louisville police officer who was involved in the botched raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor has announced his retirement, saying…
Continue Reading India is one of the world’s top 10 buyers of Covid vaccines. It still has nowhere near enough
India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as…
Continue Reading More relaxed CDC coronavirus guidelines could come soon, Fauci says
After loosening its Covid-19 prevention guidelines somewhat this week for people who are fully vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and…
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Crook County HS Dance Team competes virtually in state finale
As COVID-19 ‘Extreme Risk’ returns, Crook County High’s Dance Team can’t compete in person at the OSAA’s culminating event on Saturday, so they will…
Continue Reading Hong Kong passes new immigration law that could enable China-style exit bans
Officials in Hong Kong will soon be able to block people from entering or leaving the territory, raising concerns over the possibility of mainland…
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