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President Trump Appoints Mike Pence To Lead Government’s Coronavirus Response
“Mike is going to be in charge,” Trump said in an evening news conference, as officials said a case in the U.S. may have been transmitted within the community. Continue Reading President Trump Appoints Mike Pence To Lead Government’s Coronavirus Response
Mike Bloomberg Can’t Shake The Legacy Of Stop-And-Frisk Policing In New York
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has repeatedly said he regrets the police tactic known as “stop-and-frisk.” Continue Reading Mike Bloomberg Can’t Shake The Legacy Of Stop-And-Frisk Policing In New York
‘Gives Me Hope’: How Low-Paid Workers Rose Up Against Stagnant Wages
Low-paid workers push back and speak out against stagnant wages. Continue Reading ‘Gives Me Hope’: How Low-Paid Workers Rose Up Against Stagnant Wages
From Allergies To Declining Business, Warming Winters Affect Everyday Life
For many parts of the United States this winter has been one of the warmest on record. People around the country are feeling the effects of it. Continue Reading From Allergies To Declining Business, Warming Winters Affect Everyday Life
Judge Weighs Roger Stone’s Bid For A New Trial As President Trump Attacks Her On Twitter
Roger Stone, a self-styled “dirty trickster” and longtime adviser to President Trump, is expected to appeal. The president, meanwhile, has left open the door to a possible pardon for Stone. Continue Reading Judge Weighs Roger Stone’s Bid For A New Trial As President Trump Attacks Her On Twitter
Julian Assange Extradition Hearing Begins In London
The U.S. government wants the WikiLeaks co-founder to face 18 charges related to illegally obtaining and disclosing classified data. Assange’s lawyers argue that the case is politically motivated. Continue Reading Julian Assange Extradition Hearing Begins In London
Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For ‘Hidden Figures,’ Dies At 101
Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who was one of NASA’s human “computers” and an unsung hero of the space agency’s early days, died Monday. She calculated the flight path for America’s first crewed space mission and moon landing, and she was among the women profiled in the book and movie Hidden Figures. She was 101. Continue Reading Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For ‘Hidden Figures,’ Dies At 101
An Airbnb For Cropland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy Concerns
American farmers spend about $32 billion each year to rent land, and Tillable CEO Corbett Kull thinks his company could be farmland’s AirBnB or Zillow. “This is one of the beauties of digital marketplaces, where you can bring two parties together that otherwise might never meet,” he says. Continue Reading An Airbnb For Cropland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy Concerns
Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape, But Acquitted Of Most Sexual Assault Charges
Jurors in Manhattan spared the 67-year-old former producer the harshest penalty he might have faced but convicted him of two out of five counts. He faces the possibility of years in prison. Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape, But Acquitted Of Most Sexual Assault Charges
After Nevada, Bernie Sanders Is Firmly In Lead Of Race For Democratic Nomination
The Vermont senator won the most votes in Iowa. Now he’s won New Hampshire and Nevada outright. That makes him the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Continue Reading After Nevada, Bernie Sanders Is Firmly In Lead Of Race For Democratic Nomination
BLM Director Defends Agency’s Controversial Move From D.C. To Western U.S.
The Bureau of Land Management decides who gets to do what on some 250 million acres of public land in the country, or to put it another way roughly one-tenth of all the land in the U.S. Relocating its headquarters to the West, where most of its actual land is, has been floated for years. But now the Trump administration is actually making it happen. Continue Reading BLM Director Defends Agency’s Controversial Move From D.C. To Western U.S.
Federal Watchdog Criticizes Energy Department For Hanford Cleanup, Tunnel Collapse
The report from the independent Government Accountability Office says the U.S. Department of Energy has not found the root causes of the partial collapse of the waste-storage tunnel, and that failures in DOE’s investigation, inspections and maintenance of other aging and contaminated facilities is concerning. Continue Reading Federal Watchdog Criticizes Energy Department For Hanford Cleanup, Tunnel Collapse
