How to start investing in stocks with little or no experience
Investing for the first time can be downright intimidating. It can bring up a whole host of nerve racking questions: Is it too risky? Is now the…
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Gwinnett Co. is among the GA counties where UK COVID-19 variant has shown up
Click here for updates on this story Gwinnett County, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — There are 19 confirmed cases of…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s a survivor of sexual assault while describing trauma of Capitol insurrection
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live broadcast Monday night that she is a survivor of sexual assault. Ocasio-Cortez…
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Five ways you can celebrate Black History Month virtually
Honoring Black History Month may look and feel a lot different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. But there are still plenty of ways to…
Continue Reading READ: Excerpts from Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
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Dems trial brief: Trump aimed ‘loaded cannon’ at Capitol with mob; says must convict, bar from office
WASHINGTON, DC — Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the…
Continue Reading Shaquille O’Neal named Director of Community Relations for Henry County Sheriff’s Office
Click here for updates on this story McDonough, Georgia (Albany Herald) — The Henry County Sheriff’s Office has hired…
Continue Reading Police equipment was stolen from cruiser
Click here for updates on this story Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — A car break-in has the attention of law enforcement…
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Gayle King’s daughter Kirby Bumpus got married at Oprah Winfrey’s home
Gayle King’s daughter Kirby Bumpus and her longtime boyfriend Virgil Miller tied the knot at Oprah Winfrey’s house in a socially…
Continue Reading ‘Everybody is scared of 2021.’ Europeans are losing jobs, businesses and hope
Last year was looking like a record breaker for Chris Wiseheart’s transport company in Prague. Wiseheart, originally from Detroit, had built…
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against symptomatic Covid-19, interim trial results suggest
After criticism last year for an early rollout, Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against symptomatic Covid-19 and 100% effective…
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Día de la Marmota: Punxsutawney Phil ve su sombra, predice seis semanas más de invierno
(CNN) — Cada año, el 2 de febrero, el Día de la Marmota, la gente en Estados Unidos está atenta a la sombra de una marmota para ayudar a…
Continue Reading Biden administration debating whether to call military takeover in Myanmar a ‘coup’
The Biden administration is engaged in an internal debate over whether to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, a designation that would have…
Continue Reading Kremlin critic Navalny calls Putin a ‘little thieving man’ in heated court hearing
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny appeared in a Moscow court on Tuesday, where he ridiculed claims he broke his parole conditions while in a coma and…
Continue Reading Those who had Covid-19 could get reinfected if the variants become dominant, Fauci says
Even for those who have been infected with Covid-19, there is a “very high rate” of re-infection if the new variants become dominant, Dr.…
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After over a year out due to injury, Roger Federer will make tennis comeback in March in Doha
Roger Federer will make his long-awaited return to tennis following double knee surgery at an ATP tournament in Doha, Qatar in March, his agent has…
Continue Reading Marriott’s CEO is reducing his schedule during pancreatic cancer fight
Marriott International’s president and CEO Arne Sorenson is reducing his demanding schedule for “several months” as he continues to…
Continue Reading Here’s when McDonald’s is bringing back the Shamrock Shake
St. Patrick’s Day is several weeks away, but McDonald’s is already getting ready with the arrival of the Shamrock Shake. Beginning…
Continue Reading After a wild 2020, all bets are off in this year’s streaming wars
2020 was supposed to be the kickoff of the streaming wars — the year when new contenders battled Netflix to take their own slice of the streaming…
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Man in his 30s among 17 virus deaths reported in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced 17 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. Health officials clarified that these…
Continue Reading Día de la Marmota: ¿cuál será la predicción? ¿más invierno o comienza la primavera?
(CNN) — Cada año, el 2 de febrero, el Día de la Marmota, la gente en Estados Unidos está atenta a la sombra de una marmota para ayudar a…
Continue Reading Canada’s first Black female interventional cardiologist on being a ‘double minority’
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Dr. Alexandra Bastiany had already been practising…
Continue Reading Canadian PM Trudeau, VP Kamala Harris discuss ‘Buy American’ policy, climate change
Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV News) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with U.S.…
Continue Reading El Día de la Marmota, en datos
(CNN) — Este es un vistazo a lo que necesitas saber sobre el Día de la Marmota, una tradición americana que tiene como objetivo predecir cuándo…
Continue Reading Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus plans
President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. The President last month…
Continue Reading Anger and anxiety over what’s to come following Myanmar’s coup
The streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, appeared outwardly calm Tuesday morning, as residents made their way to work a day after the…
Continue Reading Black History Month: Dorothy Height
Dorothy Height (1912-2010) was often the only woman in the room. She made it her life’s work to change that, fighting battles against both sexism…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police officers must keep body cameras turned on during entire response to a call, new policy says
Minneapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to deactivate their body cameras in order to hold private conversations during the course of…
Continue Reading Hedge funds are getting crushed by the worst short squeeze in a quarter century
Hedge funds that bet against GameStop and other stocks have been crushed by the Reddit army — and they’re infecting the rest of Wall…
Continue Reading Georgia police chief and officer pushed out over racist, misogynist remarks caught on camera at BLM rally
The police chief and a patrolman in a small Georgia town have been pushed out of their jobs after they were caught having a racist, misogynist…
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