JoJo Siwa says her ‘perfect’ girlfriend encouraged her to come out
JoJo Siwa is happily in a relationship with “the most amazing, wonderful, perfect, most beautiful girlfriend in the whole world.” The…
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‘We hope the court keeps him in jail for life,’ Survivors react to LRA commander’s guilty verdict
A former Ugandan rebel commander has been convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Dominic Ongwen, a child…
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Another 779,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
Another 779,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis in the last week of January, the Labor Department…
Continue ReadingNew data shows many Black Americans remain hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine
More than half of Black adults in the US remain hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine and experts say new data underscores the need to prioritize…
Continue ReadingWriters Guild of America Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Writers Guild of America, which represents more than 16,000 film, TV, broadcast and news media writers. It is made up of…
Continue ReadingBiden to signal commitment to US diplomats and allies with State Department visit
President Joe Biden will visit the State Department Thursday to thank a workforce repeatedly maligned under the previous administration and present…
Continue ReadingJeff Zucker announces he will stay on at CNN through the end of the year
A question consumed CNN employees recently: Was the company’s president, Jeff Zucker, going to leave after the presidential inauguration?…
Continue ReadingT.J. Osborne of the Brothers Osborne publicly shares he identifies as gay
T.J. Osborne, the lead vocalist of Brothers Osborne, the band he formed with his brother John Osborne, has publicly shared for the first time that he…
Continue ReadingAfter a tough end to 2020, the US economy is quietly improving
As vaccinations pick up speed and Covid-19 cases fall from their recent peak, economic data out of the United States looks increasingly promising.…
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Analysis: Bezos leaves behind a company that’s created value but has also triggered a national reckoning
In 1997, the year Amazon became a publicly traded company, CEO Jeff Bezos promised investors they would be in for a journey. Amazon would not chase…
Continue ReadingMorgan Wallen apologizes for racial slur as backlash grows
Morgan Wallen is apologizing after a video surfaced in which he reportedly used a racial slur and profanities. The country singer, who in October was…
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Top Tokyo Olympics organizing official apologizes for sexist remarks that women talk too much in meetings
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, apologized Thursday after comments he made suggesting women talk too much…
Continue ReadingMore than 500 Australian Open players and staff go into quarantine after a hotel worker tests positive for Covid-19
A single case of Covid-19 at a quarantine hotel in Melbourne has forced organizers of the Australian Open to quarantine 507 players, officials and…
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Meet Andy Jassy, the next CEO of Amazon
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will transition from CEO to executive chair and pass the reins to Andy Jassy, a 24-year Amazon veteran, later this year,…
Continue ReadingParler’s CEO has been terminated by its board
Parler CEO John Matze has been terminated by the board of the embattled social media company, according to Parler investor and right-wing commentator…
Continue ReadingKen Frazier, one of the only Black Fortune 500 CEOs, is retiring
Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, who is currently one of the few Black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, is retiring in June, ending a nearly 30-year run with…
Continue ReadingRobinhood’s CEO is not licensed by Wall Street’s powerful self-regulator
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is not licensed by FINRA, Wall Street’s powerful self-regulator, even though he presides over one of the…
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The complicated legacy of Jeff Bezos
In 1997, the year Amazon became a publicly traded company, CEO Jeff Bezos promised investors they would be in for a journey. Amazon would not chase…
Continue Reading6 coronavirus vaccine scams that target your money and personal information – and what to do about them
Finally, the Covid-19 vaccine is available to millions, including health care workers, chronically ill people and seniors. But with wider…
Continue ReadingThe US coronavirus death toll could reach 530,000 this month. That would be one every minute of the pandemic
There could be up to 534,000 Covid-19 deaths by February 27, according to an ensemble forecast by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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