For the second time in 10 days, a giant chunk of the internet briefly broke because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of. The websites for Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and others all went dark on Thursday after an issue
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The pressure to stand out plagues us all. Even if we don’t really want that job, that body, that car, that trip or that kitchen, we’re aware of the attention given to those who have them — on Instagram, TikTok and even in real life. And we might feel bad for not having them ourselves.
Continue Reading There are three 50-year-old cars parked on the moon. Now, General Motors and Lockheed Martin wants to build some new ones and put them on the moon, too. In the 1960s, GM worked with Boeing to create the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Three of them — LRV-1, LRV-2 and LRV-3 — were driven on the moon’s
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(CNN Español) — El Real Madrid confirmó este miércoles la salida de su histórico capitán Sergio Ramos. Aficionados al Real Madrid despiden a Sergio Ramos 3:07 A través de un comunicado, el equipo merengue dio a conocer que le dedicará este jueves un acto de despedida al futbolista de 35 años. El Madrid confirma además
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The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration who urged the justices to block the entire law. The justices
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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact Thursday in ruling that Texas, other Republican-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in
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Shares in CureVac plummeted on Thursday after the German biotech company said that interim trial results showed its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was only 47% effective in preventing symptomatic disease. The disappointing results sent shares down 45% in afternoon trading in Germany, wiping nearly $8 billion off the company’s market value. Shares listed in the United
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Brian Holmes spent months in the hospital after getting diagnosed with COVID-19 on December 14. His case was so severe, doctors said he needed a double lung transplant to survive. “On Christmas Eve I begged and begged and said you’re going to the hospital,”
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the social media network, Facebook. Facts Facebook had 2.8 billion monthly active users around the world, as of March 31, 2021. It is blocked in North Korea and China. There were 60,654 full-time employees at Facebook, as of March 31, 2021. Facebook introduced words such as “friending” to the lexicon. Timeline
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Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1963 Birth place: Orange, California Birth name: Michael Richard Pompeo Father: Wayne Pompeo, machinist Mother: Dorothy (Mercer) Pompeo Marriages: Susan (Mostrous) Pompeo (date unavailable publicly-present); Leslie (Libert) Pompeo (1986-1997, divorced) Children:
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINN COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Deputies say a man is in custody after an armed stand-off in Lane County on Wednesday. At 10:54 a.m., 31-year-old Austin Kane Waszkiewicz surrendered to deputies after six hours of negotiation. Deputies say Waszkiewicz was reported to have hit a family member in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — A suspect was hospitalized Wednesday night after a shooting during a chase with Beaverton police. According to the Beaverton Police Department, a patrol officer attempted to apprehend a person suspected of a residential burglary earlier in the day and wanted on an outstanding felony
Continue Reading Even Queen Elizabeth II wanted to know: What would President Joe Biden say to Vladimir Putin? “We had a long talk,” Biden said of his tea with the monarch, who he was surprised to discover resembled his mother. Traveling across Europe for the past week, Biden found his reputation as a foreign policy wiseman preceded
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Friends are remembering Christian Redinger, a 15-year-old boy killed in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood. “It was some type of ambush. I know it wasn’t a drive-by because they hopped out of the car,” said the victim’s best friend, who didn’t want to be identified. The loss
Continue Reading The Federal Reserve surprised the market Wednesday with projections that future interest rate hikes will come a bit sooner than expected. Gold bugs in particular were disappointed. The price of gold fell 4% Wednesday and was lower again Thursday, falling below $1,800 an ounce for the first time since early May. While it’s true that
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s health minister says the country has significantly reduced coronavirus infections after its worst outbreak but is in desperate need of vaccines. Health Minister Sher Bahadur Tamang said in an interview with The Associated Press that “The main issue for us is vaccines, and unless we get vaccines we cannot say
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROWNSVILLE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Fayette County family wants answers after they say their child with special needs was found wandering along a busy road after not being dropped off at home after school. The family said the school van driver forgot to drop the boy off and
Continue Reading US President Joe Biden said he had discussed the cases of two Americans detained in Russia during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, pledging to “follow through” on that discussion. “I raised the case of two wrongfully imprisoned American citizens, Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed,” Biden said during a news conference Wednesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A local boutique is pushing ahead after being looted and nearly losing it all. Small businesses are still very much struggling to dig out of more than a year of closures and cutbacks. The message is this: the city is open, and small businesses still
Continue Reading Claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, marking the first increase in initial claims since late April. Another 412,000 workers filed for first-time benefits in the week ended June 12, adjusted for seasonal swings, the Labor Department said Thursday. Since the start of May, weekly claims had set new pandemic-era lows every week —
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Atmospheric river brings much needed drought relief to the West. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam shows which areas will see the most drought relief.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HEMPSTEAD, New York (WCBS) — Here’s an update to a story you saw first on CBS2. A Long Island charity’s mission was grounded after someone stole its power tools, which were being used to build homes for the disabled. But as Carolyn Gusoff reported Tuesday, CBS2 viewers came
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BURBANK, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Tinhorn Flats, the Burbank bar that repeatedly defied orders to close its doors during the pandemic, has been evicted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Possession of Tinhorn Flats’ building and property were turned over to the owner, Isabelle Lepejian, as the last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — It’s been more than three months since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) first told Americans what they can safely do once they are fully vaccinated. When the CDC released its guidance in March, roughly nine per cent of Americans had received
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Senate has passed Bill C-15, which seeks to align Canadian law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which the global body adopted in 2007. The long-anticipated legislation passed the upper chamber by a vote of 61
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LARKSPUR, Colorado (KCNC) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife are asking Coloradans to take any food or liquids out of their car before they park it in bear country. The reminder comes after a bear got inside a vehicle in Larkspur and left some serious damage. CPW says the
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An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for dangerously hot temperatures this weekend, particularly on Sunday. We will see temperatures range from 103 to 107 degrees 🥵 . This weekend will be another scorcher, with graduation celebrations and Father’s Day on Sunday; you need to take necessary precautions if you’re celebrating outdoors. The hottest temp
Continue Reading A number of companies are pulling advertising from GB News just days after Britain’s newest and most controversial TV channel launched with a self-professed mission to fight “cancel culture.” Swedish furniture giant IKEA, skin cream maker Nivea and brewer Grolsch are among brands that have either pulled or paused advertising on the channel. GB News’
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El tenista español Rafael Nadal anunció este jueves en su cuenta de Twitter que no participará en el torneo de Wimbledon ni en los próximos Juegos Olímpicos que se realizarán en Tokio. Hola a todos. Quiero comunicaros que he decidido no participar en la próxima edición de Wimbledon que se disputará del
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said he had raised human rights and cyberattacks during a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that provided an early and critical test of his diplomatic skills in the highest-stakes talks of his long career. Both Biden and Putin afterward described the three-hour-long summit as generally positive but without any major
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