Pro-Trump media outlets are in denial as many states report new surge in coronavirus cases
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Facebook VP on ad boycott: We have ‘no incentive’ to allow hate speech
Facebook is facing an advertising boycott unlike anything the company has experienced in recent history. A growing list of advertisers have signed…
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This teen invented a watch that warns you about touching your face so you don’t catch coronavirus
We touch our faces for many reasons: to groom, to gesture, to scratch. The act can even be soothing in times of stress. But in the midst of a…
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‘You’re leading us to die’: Texas bar owner criticizes Gov. Abbott’s ‘terrible experiment’
HOUSTON, Texas — The din of conversation and music that normally fills The Cottonmouth Club in downtown Houston fell silent when the owners shut it…
Continue Reading This bot will send you free recommendations of books by Black authors
Liz Moy, a 29-year-old programmer based in Brooklyn, wanted to help people educate themselves about anti-racism by reading more books by authors of…
Continue Reading Facebook takes down videos targeting California public health officers
Facebook has removed at least four videos posted by a group accused of targeting California public health officers over their directives to stay home…
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‘We did not expect to be closed this long’: New Mexico bar owners brace for extended shut down
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Friday nights in downtown Las Cruces before the pandemic, Rad Retrocade used to be packed with patrons. “Rad was very…
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Gov. Abbott tells ABC-7 he let bars re-open too soon as 5,000 Texans now hospitalized for virus
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 5,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time Friday afternoon as Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged in an…
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Gov. Abbott issues order closing down bars, reducing restaurant capacity as virus surges in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars in Texas again on Friday and scaled back restaurant dining to 50% capacity, the most dramatic…
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Dow ends down 730 points as Texas, Florida economies stall due to virus
NEW YORK, NY — The Dow and the broader U.S. stock market tumbled Friday as investors grew increasingly worried as the great reopening of the economy…
Continue Reading Facebook and Twitter stocks dive as Unilever halts advertising
Shares of both Facebook and Twitter were down more than 7% in mid-day trading Friday after Unilever said it would pull its advertising from the…
Continue Reading Ford Foundation president: Many White CEOs are blind to the Black talent around them
Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, has worked on Wall Street and now runs one of the best known philanthropic organizations in the…
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NASA astronauts go on spacewalk for space station upgrades
HOUSTON, Texas — Change the batteries. It’s a task that sounds simple enough, unless you’re floating in outer space. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and…
Continue Reading Dollar General is cheap, popular and spreading across America. It’s also a robbery magnet, police say
In the year before Dave Dukes killed a man who was trying to rob the store where he worked, he’d witnessed three other robberies. After each of…
Continue Reading White supremacists openly organize racist violence on Telegram, report finds
On June 5, a car full of White supremacists drove through the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee, harassing and abusing people attending a Black Lives…
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Virgin Galactic makes 2nd glide flight over New Mexico
UPHAM, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic on Thursday celebrated the second successful glide flight of its spaceship over Spaceport America in southern…
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Pandemic takes a bite, Chuck E. Cheese files for bankruptcy
IRVING,Texas –Chuck E. Cheese – where kids could be kids while parents nursed headaches – is filing for bankruptcy protection. The…
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El Paso International Airport reports a steep descent of business due to pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — The outbreak of Covid-19 has affected life, all aspects of life to include business. Even big business has not been immune to the…
Continue Reading Ford’s powerful new F-150 offers fully reclining seats, a bottle opener, and a hybrid option
Looking to maintain its place as America’s best-selling truck, Ford revealed its new F-150 for the 2021 model year Thursday night. The new…
Continue Reading Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
More than 30% of civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses and are not qualified to fly, the country’s aviation minister revealed…
Continue Reading Macy’s lays off nearly 4,000 employees
Macy’s is cutting roughly 4,000 back-office and management jobs as Covid-19 continues to hurt its bottom line. The layoffs, which account for…
Continue Reading Unemployment claims have fallen for 3 months, but millions still need jobless benefits
First-time claims for unemployment benefits have fallen in every report for the past 12 weeks. Still, the American jobs crisis is far from over:…
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Dow drops 710 points amid poor economic outlook, virus case rise
NEW YORK, NY — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 710 points, to close down 2.7% to 25,445.94, as news of a significant amount of new Covid-19…
Continue Reading The recession is much worse than the IMF expected and the hit to jobs ‘catastrophic’
The International Monetary Fund has slashed its global economic forecasts for 2020, saying the coronavirus pandemic is causing a much steeper…
Continue Reading Walmart stops displaying the Mississippi state flag in stores because of Confederate flag imagery
Walmart normally displays the local state flag in its US stores, but that is no longer the case in Mississippi. The retailer has stopped displaying…
Continue Reading The new electric Mini Cooper is a blast. Too bad it’s also impractical
By replacing the gasoline engine and transmission with batteries and electric motors, Mini has created the most all-around enjoyable Mini Cooper yet.…
Continue Reading The recession is much worse than the IMF expected and the hit to jobs ‘catastrophic’
The International Monetary Fund has slashed its global economic forecasts for 2020, saying the coronavirus pandemic is causing a much steeper…
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NMSU, ExxonMobil to partner on produced water research
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State University has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil to coordinate research focused on wastewater produced…
Continue Reading Wirecard’s former CEO Markus Braun arrested after $2 billion scandal explodes
Markus Braun, the Austrian tech entrepreneur who built Wirecard into one of Germany’s biggest companies, has been arrested after a $2.1 billion…
Continue Reading Las Cruces-based Virgin Galactic inks NASA deal for commercial space flights
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Economies aren’t just opening up on Earth. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. has agreed to a deal with NASA to boost…
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