Rising prices are the latest financial blow to low-income Americans
Prices are climbing all over the place as the economy is reopening. But for lower-income earners — who were already hit hardest by the pandemic —…
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CDC says it’s OK to get a Covid-19 vaccine alongside other vaccines
A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert said Wednesday that it’s OK to give the coronavirus vaccine alongside other…
Continue ReadingOprah reveals the ‘inappropriate question’ she once asked that makes her cringe
Oprah Winfrey is revealing that she once asked a celebrity a question that now makes her cringe. She was a guest on Rob Lowe’s…
Continue ReadingUniversity president resigns after plagiarizing part of a speech by the former head of US Special Operations Command
The University of South Carolina accepted the resignation Wednesday of President Bob Caslen, who admitted he plagiarized part of a speech by the…
Continue ReadingDow rallies 500 points as stocks rebound from inflation fears
Stocks are rallying sharply on Thursday with the Dow gaining some 500 points mid-morning. Worries about sudden spikes in inflation, which weighed on…
Continue Reading‘American Idol’ finalist Caleb Kennedy out after KKK-style hood video surfaces
Caleb Kennedy is out of the Top 5 on “American Idol” and has apologized for a video that shows him with someone wearing a Ku Klux…
Continue ReadingMarjorie Taylor Greene confronts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside House chamber, Washington Post reports
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon,…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu warns against ‘lynchings’ as clashes between Arabs and Jews rock Israeli cities
As the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza exchange deadly airstrikes and rocket bombardments, rioting and violent clashes have also…
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McDonald’s is hiking pay — but only for some workers
McDonald’s is the latest restaurant to say it’s raising wages in a bid to attract workers. The company is increasing hourly…
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House GOP rebuffs Cheney’s demands to call out Trump’s election lies
Rep. Liz Cheney told House Republicans in private on Wednesday that it’s time to reject former President Donald Trump’s big lie that he…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s raises wages at company-owned restaurants
McDonald’s is the latest restaurant to say it’s raising wages in a bid to attract workers. The company is increasing hourly…
Continue ReadingAdministration to invest $7.4 billion to hire and train public health workers to respond to pandemic
The Biden administration will invest $7.4 billion to recruit and hire public health workers to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for…
Continue ReadingSen. Joe Manchin won’t support sweeping voting rights package, instead pushes for bill with narrower scope
Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to…
Continue ReadingCourtney Stodden accepts Chrissy Teigen’s apology for social media bullying her
Courtney Stodden says she has accepted Chrissy Teigen’s apology for bullying her on social media when Stodden was a teen, but is disputing that…
Continue Reading‘Army of the Dead’ lets Zack Snyder cut loose on a too-long zombie-heist combo
“Army of the Dead” basically skips straight to “the Snyder cut” phase, since co-writer/director/cinematographer Zack Snyder…
Continue Reading‘The Underground Railroad’ conducts an unsettling ride through an alternate history
“The Underground Railroad” has an almost dreamlike quality, exploring an alternate history of the antebellum South that filters Colson…
Continue ReadingColonial Pipeline is restarting but the gas crisis isn’t over
The Colonial Pipeline is back in action after a six-day shutdown, but widespread gas station outages in the Southeast could linger for days. Industry…
Continue ReadingBitcoin plunges 12% after Elon Musk tweets that Tesla will not accept it as payment
The price of bitcoin has nosedived after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company was suspending plans to accept the cryptocurrency as payment for…
Continue ReadingBitcoin’s crash is very bad news for other cryptos
Elon Musk’s surprise reversal on accepting bitcoin payments for Tesla cars has triggered a sharp plunge in the cryptocurrency — spelling…
Continue ReadingThe repair of a vital Memphis bridge could take 2 months, chief engineer says
It could take up to two months to temporarily repair a crack that forced the closure of a vital bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, and the waterway below,…
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