After a wild 2020, all bets are off in this year’s streaming wars
2020 was supposed to be the kickoff of the streaming wars — the year when new contenders battled Netflix to take their own slice of the streaming…
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Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus plans
President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. The President last month…
Continue ReadingAnger and anxiety over what’s to come following Myanmar’s coup
The streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, appeared outwardly calm Tuesday morning, as residents made their way to work a day after the…
Continue ReadingBlack History Month: Dorothy Height
Dorothy Height (1912-2010) was often the only woman in the room. She made it her life’s work to change that, fighting battles against both sexism…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis police officers must keep body cameras turned on during entire response to a call, new policy says
Minneapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to deactivate their body cameras in order to hold private conversations during the course of…
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Hedge funds are getting crushed by the worst short squeeze in a quarter century
Hedge funds that bet against GameStop and other stocks have been crushed by the Reddit army — and they’re infecting the rest of Wall…
Continue ReadingGeorgia police chief and officer pushed out over racist, misogynist remarks caught on camera at BLM rally
The police chief and a patrolman in a small Georgia town have been pushed out of their jobs after they were caught having a racist, misogynist…
Continue ReadingKremlin critic Alexey Navalny in court ridicules claims he failed to contact authorities while in a coma
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny appeared in a Moscow court on Tuesday in a bizarre and heated hearing in which the politician ridiculed suggestions he…
Continue ReadingNike made a hands-free shoe and you have to see it to believe it
Nike’s newest shoe is “easy on, easy off” for those who can’t put their shoes on without assistance — or cannot be…
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5 things to know for February 2: Covid-19, stimulus, White House, GameStop, Myanmar
Happy Groundhog Day! Will we get more winter? Will we get an early spring? Will we ever spell “Punxsutawney Phil” correctly on the first…
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House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments
House Democrats are moving expeditiously to remove GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes as they…
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‘The most special thing I’ve done’: Two world-class climbers scale the tallest chimney in Europe
Soaring 360 meters into the sky, the Trbovlje Power Station in Slovenia is home to Europe’s tallest chimney. Just the mere sight of it is…
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The pandemic is still dwarfing the size of Washington’s efforts to fight it
The long war against Covid-19, ever more daunting in the dispiriting months of winter, is now posing a fundamental question over whether the US has…
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Rochester police officers handcuff and pepper-spray a 9-year-old girl after call of ‘family trouble’
Police officers in Rochester, New York, handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl while responding to what a police official called a report of…
Continue ReadingThis candy company will pay you $30 an hour to taste test their sweets
This is one sweet offer. A Canadian company is looking to pay people to try their candy and rate it. And the best part is, the job is remote. The…
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House Democrats to accuse Trump of intentionally inciting rioters with months-long campaign to subvert voters
House impeachment managers are preparing a case for next week’s Senate impeachment trial to argue former President Donald Trump acted…
Continue ReadingK-pop star Sowon apologizes for flirty pictures with Nazi mannequin
K-pop star Sowon has apologized via her management team after posting photos of herself posing with a mannequin dressed as a Nazi soldier on her…
Continue ReadingHere’s what it’ll take for you to snag your own Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Jared Kushner, Stacey Abrams and the Black Lives Matter movement have all reportedly been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. And you…
Continue ReadingMcConnell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s views are a ‘cancer’ for the GOP
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday issued a tacit rebuke of controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, slamming the Georgia…
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An estimated 29 million people would lose out on stimulus payments under GOP proposal
The Republican counterproposal on coronavirus relief unveiled Monday would potentially leave out 29 million middle- and upper-income earners who…
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