Apple unveils feature to stop data tracking
Apple is making a massive change to how developers can track your behavior by launching a feature called “App Tracking” on its IOS 14.5 operating system.
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Elon Musk on Mars: ‘You might not come back alive’
There may not be a bigger promoter of the idea that humanity should go to Mars than Elon Musk. But Musk is once again in the news for admitting, though not for the first time, the truth about his dream: “A bunch of people probably will die” in the process. Musk made the comments during
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How you and your kids can avoid Covid-19 at playgrounds
Playgrounds seem like — and in many cases are — a relatively safe pandemic activity, but there are factors that can complicate the issue. Playgrounds are “a great opportunity to get families together and be outside and enjoy, but do so in a safe way,” said Dr. Ada Stewart, a family physician with Cooperative Health
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Biden to raise minimum wage for federal contractors
President Joe Biden is expected to boost the minimum wage for federal contractors on Tuesday, coming from an executive the President will sign.
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Jay-Z on raising kids with Beyoncé and their quarantine life
Jay-Z rarely gives interviews so when he talks about life and family people listen. The rapper/mogul recently talked to The Sunday Times (via Zoom) to promote his new partnership with Puma and shared about life in quarantine with his superstar wife Beyoncé, their 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy and their soon to be 4-year-old twins Rumi
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Breezy, cool down before 90s Wednesday
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Tuesday will be sunny, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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Chick-fil-A adds ‘Sunjoy’ Arnold Palmer to menu
(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Chick-fil-A adds Arnold Palmer beverage to its menu, but the restaurant isn’t calling itthat.
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California doctor receives wrong second dose of Covid vaccine
A California woman says she was mistakenly giving the wrong vaccine for her second dose. She was suppose to get the Pfizer vaccine but she instead received Moderna.
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Bay Area Man Develops Blood Clot After Receiving Johnson & Johnson Shot
(KYMA, KECY/NBC News) – A Bay Area man in his 30s recently developed a blot clot in his leg eight days after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, a spokesperson for UCSF confirmed Monday. It is believed to be the first report of a male experiencing the clotting linked to the Johnson & Johnson
Continue Reading Diane Warren takes being Oscars most-nominated woman with no wins in stride
Diane Warren is not upset about losing out on an Oscar. Or 12 of them. The famed songwriter lost her 12th nomination at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, making her the most-nominated woman in the history of the Oscars who has never won. “Ok so I lost again but U know what was the
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Disneyland prepares for reopening
(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Disney fans were rejoicing at the sight ahead of the park’s limited reopening. Beginning Tuesday, Disneyland announced the park will have a soft opening for cast members’ families. Friday it will open to the general public with few limitations. Along with limited capacity, the park will also promote physical distancing and require
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Wall Street’s losses on Archegos just topped $10 billion
Losses caused by the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos have topped $10 billion. Swiss bank UBS revealed on Tuesday that it lost $774 million from last month’s implosion of Archegos Capital Management, a bigger hit than many analysts expected. The announcement came as Japan’s Nomura said it would book losses of $2.9 billion from
Continue ReadingFirst Black woman to be North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice announces Senate bid
Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to be North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, launched her 2022 Senate campaign on Tuesday, seeking to break another barrier as the state’s first Black senator. Beasley, 55, has won two statewide judicial elections: for the court of appeals in 2008 and for the Supreme Court in 2014. In
Continue Reading Former CDC director: We can prevent the next pandemic
As the United States and the world continue to struggle in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, one truth has emerged — it didn’t have to be nearly this bad. Preparedness can prevent epidemics. Covid started as single and potentially containable outbreak before spreading rapidly across the globe and changing life as we know
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‘Don’t use my skin for your diversity’: Labor union blasts newsrooms for underpaying women and people of color
“I remember the punched-in-the-gut feeling I had the moment I learned that a young male reporter with just a few years of experience had nearly the exact same salary that I had, despite my two decades as a working journalist.” “Some reporters with advanced degrees earn less than $20 per hour. How are people supposed
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Arizona fails to add House seat after 2020 census
Arizona was among the fastest-growing states during the last decade, but its population of 7.1 million was not enough to give it a 10th congressional seat.
Continue ReadingUS says Iran’s Navy harassed Coast Guard in Persian Gulf earlier this month
Four ships from the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed the US Coast Guard operating in the Persian Gulf earlier this month, with one of the ships repeatedly crossing in front of the US patrol boats at very close range despite multiple warnings, the US Navy said. The Coast Guard cutters Wrangell and
Continue Reading Beyond Meat is launching a new meatless burger it says tastes more like real beef
Beyond Meat is replacing its signature plant-based burger with a version designed to taste more like animal beef. The newest recipe, which will eventually replace the current product, removes mung beans — a protein-rich legume — from the ingredient list and adds some vitamins and minerals to make the product taste meatier and more closely
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic investigated by UEFA over ‘alleged financial interest’ in betting company
European football’s governing body UEFA has opened a disciplinary investigation into Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s “alleged financial interest in a betting company.” The AC Milan striker reportedly owns a stake in Bethard and in March 2018 was officially announced as an “active ambassador” for the firm. At the time of that announcement, the Malta-based gambling website said
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Woman taken as a baby reunites with her swamp rescuer. But questions linger over her disappearance
When Tameka Boone walked into a Virginia dentist’s office in late February for a six-month checkup, she never expected to come face to face with the woman who saved her life when she was a toddler. Tameka, nicknamed “lost and found” as a child by her family, recognized the name “Trudy Gunn” on the appointment
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