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Richard Branson’s mother dies of Covid-19

January 11, 2021 7:36 AM CNN Newsource

Eve Branson, mother of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, has died of coronavirus, her son announced Monday. In a blog…

Staples offers to buy Office Depot for $2.1 billion

January 11, 2021 7:30 AM CNN

Staples is once again proposing to buy rival Office Depot in a $2.1 billion deal, five years after the US government squashed their prior merger…

Fox News adds another hour of opinion programming to its evening schedule

January 11, 2021 7:16 AM CNN

Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further…

Bone appétit: Ben & Jerry’s is now making dog treats

January 11, 2021 6:07 AM CNN

Ben & Jerry’s is already irresistible to most humans — and now, they’re looking to hook man’s best friend with a new line of…

Parler has now been booted by Amazon, Apple and Google

January 11, 2021 4:54 AM CNN

Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, now finds itself virtually homeless on the internet as Amazon, Apple and…

Chinese search giant Baidu teams up with Geely to build electric cars

January 11, 2021 3:16 AM CNN

Chinese search giant Baidu is teaming up with carmaker Geely to build electric vehicles, the latest move by a tech company to shape the future of the…

Experts warn that Trump’s ‘big lie’ will outlast his presidency

January 10, 2021 10:33 PM CNN

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. So many lies led up…

CEO arrested for breaching the US Capitol during Trump-fueled insurrection

January 10, 2021 7:42 PM CNN

The CEO of a Chicago company said he was arrested after breaching the US Capitol during Wednesday’s Trump-fueled insurrection in Washington,…

Capitol rioter to CNN: We could absolutely f***ing destroy you

January 10, 2021 1:12 PM CNN

Journalists reported on violence and chaos in real time as rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday, and some members of the media experienced the wrath…

Stelter: Fox News and Facebook are part of the pro-Trump fantasyland that enabled the Capitol siege

January 10, 2021 12:53 PM CNN

A sick brew of misinformation and hate, cooked up for years by pro-Trump media and enabled by Big Tech, culminated last Wednesday in the siege of the…

Parler has now been booted by Amazon, Apple and Google, and it may have to go offline temporarily

January 10, 2021 11:38 AM CNN

Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, now finds itself virtually homeless on the internet as Amazon, Apple and…

The Capitol siege began with a web of delusion

January 10, 2021 10:45 AM CNN

The Capitol insurrection didn’t come out of thin air: It was a result of rage and a web of delusion that many supporters of President Donald…

Parler: Everything you need to know about the banned conservative social media platform

January 10, 2021 10:07 AM CNN

Parler, the alternative social network popular with conservatives, has been banned by Apple, Google and Amazon. Despite its niche audience, Parler is…

DACC offering short-term classes for adults left jobless during Covid-19 pandemic

January 10, 2021 9:57 AM Shelby Montgomery

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, the majority of those are women over the age of 50.…

Tesla is surging. Is it too late for investors to get in?

January 10, 2021 7:58 AM CNN

Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe…

Political instability is another strike against the dollar

January 10, 2021 7:01 AM CNN

There are plenty of reasons to bet against the US dollar right now. Add the riots at the Capitol last week to the list. What’s happening:…

Has the Tesla rally run its course? Or is it too late for investors to get in?

January 10, 2021 5:59 AM CNN

Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe…

CNN’s Elle Reeve: ‘Donald Trump plus the Internet brings extremism to the masses’

January 9, 2021 7:39 PM CNN

It was an Extremely Online riot. Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, stalked its majestic halls, and delayed the certification…

Apple suspends Parler from App Store

January 9, 2021 6:22 PM CNN

Apple removed Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, from its app store on Saturday. “[T]here is no place on…

Twitter takes Trump’s special power away as his isolation grows

January 9, 2021 4:25 PM CNN

It took President Donald Trump years and tens of thousands of tweets to build up 88.7 million followers on Twitter. It took a single moment Friday to…

Deutsche Bank to pay more than $100 million in deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors

January 9, 2021 2:38 PM CNN

Deutsche Bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors who allege the bank violated anti-bribery laws while doing…

More than 60,000 New Mexicans vaccinated, with state expanding eligibility

January 9, 2021 9:33 AM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The state of New Mexico is moving into the next phase of vaccine distribution. In Phase 1B, the state is expanding…

After 10 months, New Mexico bars remain closed

January 9, 2021 9:26 AM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – It’s been nearly a year since New Mexico bars closed their doors to the public. “It’s so sad to walk in there and see what…

Twitter bans President Trump permanently

January 9, 2021 7:19 AM CNN

Twitter has suspended President Trump from its platform, the company said Friday evening. “After close review of recent Tweets from the…

The fried chicken sandwich wars are heating up. Here are the new entrants

January 9, 2021 5:12 AM CNN

The fried chicken sandwich wars sparked by Popeyes in 2019 are still clucking along two years later — and they’re heating up again. This…

‘Jeopardy!’ posts a final message for longtime host Alex Trebek

January 8, 2021 10:23 PM CNN

“Jeopardy!” had a simple message ahead of the broadcast of the very last episode featuring the legendary Alex Trebek: Thank you. In a…

Right-wing social media app Parler has been removed from the Google Play store

January 8, 2021 8:15 PM CNN

Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, has been banned from the Google Play Store, Google told CNN Business Friday…