The meteoric rise in GameStop’s stock, as traders congregating on Reddit and Discord take on short sellers and hedge funds, is hard to look away from. It’s the closest thing Wall Street has to David vs. Goliath. What’s happening: Shares of GameStop, a legacy company whose stores are often located in struggling malls, have soared
Continue Reading Marty Baron, the editor who transformed the Washington Post into an international powerhouse and led the news organization to win 10 Pulitzer Prizes, is retiring next month. Baron, 66, said in an internal memo Tuesday morning that he feels “ready to move on.” His last day at the paper will be February 28. “From the
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Polite society considers swearing to be a vulgar sign of low intelligence and education, for why would one rely on rude language when blessed with a rich vocabulary? That perception, as it turns out, is full of, uh … baloney. In fact, swearing may be a sign of verbal superiority, studies have shown, and may
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A cold war is underway within the Republican Party as its members begin to navigate how former President Donald Trump and his legacy fit into the GOP’s future. Some in congressional leadership have signaled their desire to move the party beyond Trump by impeaching and convicting him. Allies of the former President, on the other
Continue Reading Michelle Bennett is trying to keep life inside her Waldorf, Maryland, home as normal as possible during Covid-19. Three of her four daughters are learning remotely, while she makes them three meals a day. But outside, the relentless threat of eviction keeps knocking. She lost her job as a receptionist at a doctors’ office in
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Beyoncé has released a new Ivy Park collection called Icy Park, filled with streetwear, footwear and winter pieces for her fans.
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A video of a baby giant panda clinging to a zookeeper’s leg in South Korea has gone viral, with more than four-million people viewing it on youtube.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is expected to reopen enrollment on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges on Thursday as part of a series of executive actions related to health care, taking a step to help uninsured Americans that his predecessor rejected. It will be Biden’s first move toward delivering on his campaign promise to bolster the
Continue ReadingThe Senate will vote on whether to confirm Antony Blinken as the new US secretary of state Tuesday. Blinken, a longtime aide to President Joe Biden, received largely bipartisan support in his Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote Monday, with only three Republicans voting against. If confirmed, the new top US diplomat faces the challenges of
Continue Reading Target is the latest major retailer to stop selling Chaokoh coconut milk following accusations that its manufacturer uses monkey labor. In a statement Monday, PETA said the retailer dropped the product because an investigation conducted by the nonprofit organization found that the Thailand-based Theppadungporn Coconut Co. has been “exploiting monkeys and lying about it.” Target
Continue Reading Billionaires are minting money during the pandemic, even as millions of Americans join the ranks of the poor. US billionaires have collectively become $1.1 trillion — nearly 40% — richer since mid-March, according to a report published Tuesday by progressive groups Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness. In other words, not only
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(CNN) — Estados Unidos cruzó el terrible hito de 400.000 muertes por coronavirus a principios de la semana pasada, y actualmente hay más de 2,1 millones de muertes reportadas en todo el mundo, según muestran los datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. También hay nuevas variantes con mutaciones que podrían hacer que covid-19 sea aún
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Dale Moss has opened up about his broken engagement with Clare Crawley.
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Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel want to keep their children out of the spotlight but for good reason.
Continue Reading Budweiser’s Clydesdale horses have become synonymous with the Super Bowl. But this year, they’re getting a rest: For the first time in 37 years, the beer company isn’t advertising during the Super Bowl. Instead, Budweiser is shifting the money that would’ve been spent on the commercial slot — a reported $5.6 million for the February
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At least one person is dead and dozens injured amid a trail of destruction after a tornado described as “large and extremely dangerous” tore through the Birmingham, Alabama, area. The twister ripped through a hotel Monday night and tore off part of a church’s roof. About 30 people in Fultondale were injured, the city’s fire
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden recited a flurry of figures in a Friday speech in which he urged Congress to pass the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package he calls the American Rescue Plan. We fact-checked many of the statistical claims Biden made in the speech — and found Biden was highly factual, though there are some nuances
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YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) – A strong low pressure system will continue to produce high elevation snowfall through Tuesday. Wednesday morning will be quite cold with pockets of freezing temperatures across the lowerdeserts, according to The National Weather Service. Conditions for Tuesday sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 5 to 10 mph. For
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NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died tragically last year at age 41, will likely be best known for his gifts with the roundball. He was one of the greatest to take the court and one of basketball’s greatest ambassadors, heralding the men’s and women’s game at its youth, college, pro and international levels. Yet the
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(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Health officials are “extremely” worried about the new Covid-19 variants that have been detected in the US and what they could mean over the coming months, one expert said Monday night. “We’ve seen what happens in other countries that have actually had coronavirus under relatively good control, then these variants took over
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