[CBS] For a fiesty 93-year-old Texan named Opal Lee, the coronavirus pandemic is just another obstacle on the long road to equality. She’s been traveling that road for more than nine decades, and those following in her footsteps will have her to thank if or when Juneteenth becomes a national holiday. During the pandemic, Lee […]
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[CNN] The Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart is “at risk of an imminent collapse,” the US Coast Guard warned. Officials have closed off the southbound lanes indefinitely. Northbound lanes have been split to accommodate southbound and northbound traffic. Commercial boating traffic has been halted. The Roosevelt Bridge was built 24 years […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] Some Believe The U.S. Has Been Hit By Large-Scale DDoS Attack—Others Are Skeptical. Sudden and wide-ranging outages in online and telecommunication services in the U.S. has led some to believe it is the result of a coordinated attack. NOTE: June 16 update regarding T-Mobile’s admission of the […]
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[CBS] “Game On” makes its debut on CBS on Wednesday and comedian and writer Ian Karmel still can’t believe he had the opportunity to be on the show. The writer for “The Late Late Show With James Corden” joins actor and comedian Keegan-Michael Key, Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob […]
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[NBC NEWS, GETTY IMAGES,] “Predominantly African American people are buying those products, so the assumption is we’re thieves,” said one customer. “Like other retailers, the cases were put in place to deter shoplifters from some products such as electronics, automotive, cosmetics and other personal care products,” a spokesperson for Walmart […]
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[The Washington Post, AP] Gregg Popovich has sharply criticized President Trump in the past, calling him a “soulless coward” and someone who “brings out the dark side of human beings for his own purpose.” “He can’t do anything to put us on a positive path, because he’s not a leader,” Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich said […]
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[WGN] CHICAGO — Chicagoans who lived through looting and burning in the late 1960s said many of those communities on the South and West sides have yet to recover. And they worry this week’s rioting in Chicago will set those communities back even further. Pastor Michael Eaddy was a 16-year-old junior at […]
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[Bloomberg] Outbreak in Tennessee reveals virus spread across U.S. farms Farmhands work at grave risk and harvests are threatened One farm in Tennessee distributed Covid-19 tests to all of its workers after an employee came down with the virus. It turned out that every single one of its roughly 200 employees had […]
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[Business Insider] HBO Max’s “Love Life” and Amazon’s “Homecoming” are some of the buzziest streaming TV shows this week. Every week, data company Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with the top streaming originals with the biggest week-over-week increase in demand in the US. These aren’t necessarily the most popular titles, […]
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[CNN Business] New York – Twitter says President Donald Trump has violated its rule against glorifying violence and has affixed a warning label to one of his tweets — the first time such action has been taken against the president’s account. The social media platform is using what it calls a “public […]
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