How Joe Biden can boost the economic recovery by expanding internet access
Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, many Americans remain stuck trying to work, attend school and socialize from home. For tens of millions of…
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Biden is president, but Trump’s election lies are still being amplified by his media allies
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. USA Today and Suffolk…
Continue Reading Black women executives making history in the c-suite offer career advice to those following in their footsteps
Kamala Harris isn’t the only Black woman making history in 2021. The January 20 swearing-in of the nation’s first woman, Black and…
Continue Reading Bill Gates: Tradeoffs in Texas led to deaths
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the…
Continue Reading Rio Tinto blew up a sacred site in Australia. The CEO left but still got a huge payout
Rio Tinto’s former CEO got a huge payout last year despite being forced to resign over the company’s destruction of a sacred Indigenous…
Continue Reading Dominion sues MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell for $1.3 billion
Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that has been the focus of debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud, is suing…
Continue Reading Disney+ warns viewers that ‘The Muppet Show’ includes offensive content
Disney+ is warning viewers that some episodes of “The Muppet Show” feature “negative depictions” and “mistreatment of…
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The iPhone just had a huge quarter
Surging iPhone sales in the final three months of 2020 pushed Apple ahead of Samsung as the world’s biggest smartphone maker, according to new…
Continue Reading Taco Bell joins the chicken wars with a new taco
Everyone seems to love fried chicken sandwiches. But how about a fried chicken sandwich on a taco? Taco Bell is making that dream come true with its…
Continue Reading Publix joins a growing list of grocers offering incentives for workers to get vaccinated
Publix joined a growing list of US grocers and retailers offering incentives to workers who get the Covid-19 vaccine. The popular Southern…
Continue Reading White House says stock-trading tax is worth studying after GameStop frenzy
The White House supports studying the merits of a financial transaction tax — a move favored by progressives and despised by Wall Street — in the…
Continue Reading As Texas went dark, Fox News blamed windmills
The majority of power outages in Texas over the past week came from losses in coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, according to the state’s…
Continue Reading Biden lies less than Trump, fact-checkers say. But he’s not perfect
Fact-checkers are entering a new era under President Joe Biden’s administration. While Biden isn’t perfect, his claims are “more…
Continue Reading Bill Gates says trade-offs by state of Texas lead to storm deaths
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the…
Continue Reading McDonald’s hoodies and Dunkin’ robes: Why fast food chains want to sell you clothing
Fast food wants to be a force in fast fashion. McDonald’s latest non-edible creation is a hoodie, timed to coincide with the launch of its new…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Ted Cruz’s trip to Cancun, NY Gov. Cuomo’s nursing home data scandal
“Saturday Night Live” felt like a lot of people needed to apologize this week, so on Saturday’s episode that’s what happened.…
Continue Reading How bitcoin is like a teenager
With the value of bitcoin in the market topping $1 trillion, longtime backers may be wiping tears from their eyes. The cryptocurrency is growing up.…
Continue Reading Texas officials are investigating outrageous energy bills in storm price surge
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw said it was “very shocking” when he opened his latest electricity bill. “While…
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Gov. Abbott, Texas lawmakers huddle on potential massive spikes in energy bills amid storm recovery
AUSTIN, Texas — Warmer temperatures spread across the southern United States on Saturday, bringing some relief to a winter weary region that faces…
Continue Reading Six Flags plans to open all of its amusement parks for 2021 season
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation says it is planning to open all 26 of its amusement parks and water parks for the 2021 season, including five…
Continue Reading Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter, sidekick and traveling companion of NASA’s Perseverance rover, has checked in with a good report and is…
Continue Reading ‘Thank God for The Texas Tribune’: Power crisis shines light on local news
For nearly a year, newsrooms have mostly sat empty because of the pandemic. Staffers have been working from home and not seeing many of their…
Continue Reading Google is trying to end the controversy over its Ethical AI team. It’s not going well
Hours after Google tried to turn the page on a months-long controversy over the abrupt departure of one leader of its Ethical AI team, the other…
Continue Reading Google fires remaining Ethical AI team leader, months after abrupt departure of her colleague
The remaining leader of Google’s Ethical AI team said she was fired on Friday, hours after the company’s top AI executive apologized for…
Continue Reading Running out of iPhone battery? You may soon be able to slap on a new one
Remember the good old days when your phone was running out of juice and you could easily snap off the back cover, pull out the battery and swap in a…
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Woman falls down maintenance shaft, hurt at El Paso donuts shop
EL PASO, Texas — A 23-year-old woman was injured Friday afternoon when she fell into a hole described as a “maintenance shaft” at a donuts shop. El…
Continue Reading Google rethinks how it handles ‘sensitive’ employee exits after controversy over AI researcher’s departure
Google plans to change its approach for handling how certain employees leave the company after finishing a months-long review of the abrupt and…
Continue Reading Beyoncé’s much-hyped ‘Icy Park’ Adidas apparel is finally here
“Icy Park” is finally here. Beyoncé’s sports apparel brand Ivy Park x Adidas released its third collection of merchandise online…
Continue Reading Bitcoin’s market value tops $1 trillion
The trillion-dollar market value club has a new member: bitcoin. The total number of bitcoins trading are now collectively worth more than $1…
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Texas grid operator says power back to normal; Biden to visit state
AUSTIN, Texas — The state’s power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), on Friday said “operations have returned to…
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