Jeff Bezos has been halfway out the door at Amazon for a while
“Jeff is not leaving.” That is what Amazon chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky told analysts on the company’s earnings call…
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She was stunned by Biden’s inauguration. How this South Carolina mom escaped QAnon
Ashley Vanderbilt says her four-year-old daughter Emmerson knew “something was wrong with her mom.” “I wasn’t one hundred…
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What makes Ford’s new F-150 Raptor pickup truck special isn’t under the hood
Ford revealed a redesigned version of its F-150 Raptor high-performance pickup truck Wednesday with a more squared-edged looks and a wider…
Continue Reading Elon Musk admits Tesla has quality problems
Critics have slammed Tesla for Model 3 quality issues for years. And now CEO Elon Musk is admitting even his harshest critic was right. In early 2018…
Continue Reading America’s inequality problem isn’t new. The pandemic is just emphasizing it
The pandemic is shining a spotlight on America’s inequality problem, but the nation’s economic playing field was far from level long…
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Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will not need a vaccine to participate, organizers say
Athletes and officials will not be required to receive a Covid-19 vaccine in order to take part in this year’s Tokyo Games, organizers…
Continue Reading There are no Black execs at the top of Britain’s biggest companies
The number of Black executives at the very top of the biggest companies on the London Stock Exchange has fallen to zero. There are no Black CEOs,…
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Imperial County holding mass vaccination clinic for seniors
Several agencies are partnering up to offer COVID-19 vaccination doses for people ages 65 and…
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Sacha Baron Cohen, other nominees celebrate their Golden Globe nods
The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominees were announced Wednesday morning. Here are reactions from those who scored a nod. Sacha Baron Cohen,…
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Biden signs immigration executive orders and establishes task force to reunite separated families
President Joe Biden signed three executive orders Tuesday that take aim at his predecessor’s hardline immigration policies and try to rectify the…
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Warm and breezy today before temperatures cool down tomorrow
Temperatures on Wednesday will again be quite warm with some locations topping out around 80 degrees.…
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A British teenager fell into a 10-month coma before the pandemic. Now he’s waking up in a new world
Joseph Flavill slipped out of one world and woke up in another. On March 1, 2020, when the 19-year-old was struck by a car in Staffordshire, central…
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Teachers have lost colleagues to Covid-19 and worry about being next. But, they say, no one’s listening
Were it not for the health benefits, Aimeé Gotreaux says she would have already resigned from her job as a special education teacher in Kennesaw,…
Continue ReadingUS extends nuclear arms treaty with Russia
The United States has extended a key nuclear arms control treaty with Russia for five years, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday.…
Continue Reading Golden Globe nominations make for history-making day for female directors
It’s a Golden Globes first, but hopefully, not a Golden Globes last. For the first time in the award show’s history, three female…
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Tiran vacunas contra el COVID-19 en el condado de Maricopa
Un portavoz del condado de Maricopa dice que las personas no se presentan a la cita de vacunación después de que las dosis se han descongelado…
Continue Reading Wall Street is keeping very close tabs on WallStreetBets. Here’s how
Hedge funds, investment bankers and other institutional investors are desperate to find the next GameStop — before it’s too late.…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court delays oral arguments on border wall and asylum rule
The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to postpone oral arguments in significant cases regarding former President Donald Trump’s border wall and a…
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Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses thrown away in Maricopa County
A spokesperson for Maricopa County says people do not show up for the vaccine appointment after doses have been thawed for the…
Continue Reading Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes is a Super Bowl matchup that spans the ages
A lot of numbers get thrown around during Super Bowl week. This year, it includes this: 18 years, 45 days. That’s the age gap between…
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