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Two Google engineers have resigned from the tech giant, citing the departure late last year of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru. The resignations are the latest salvos in an ongoing fight between the company and workers who are furious about its lack of diversity. In a letter posted to LinkedIn dated January 5,
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Amid the hustle and bustle of a new administration — especially one assembling in the aftermath of attempted insurrection and an ongoing pandemic — it can be difficult to remember that Americans just emerged from the most successful, secure election in our country’s history. Despite a similarly historic and unprecedented effort to deny that reality,
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Back in the spring, no one was sure what an NFL season would look like with the coronavirus pandemic. Could it be pulled off? The virus led to shuffled schedules, including a Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers game being played on a Wednesday afternoon. The Denver Broncos had to play a game without a quarterback.
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Firefighters and first responders responded to a car into a building in Cathedral City Thursday afternoon. Our crew at the scene sent pictures of a pick-up truck that crashed through the garage of a four-plex located on Monte Vista Road between Corral Road and 33rd Avenue. According to Captain Chris Duensing of the Cathedral City
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — For more than a decade, a Davenport church has been serving up meals for people who are homeless. Tom and Sandy Lagomarcino are heading up the efforts recently at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church. Usually, they’d serve up dinner at King’s Harvest shelter. But
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One of the indelible images from the January 6 invasion of the US Capitol is of Jacob Chansley dressed in horns, a bearskin headdress, red, white and blue face paint, and carrying a spear. Chansley had been deeply affected by the relentless assertions of former President Donald Trump that the election was stolen. And yet
Continue Reading A new and dangerous street drug is emerging in the US. It’s called xylazine, though it’s better known by its street name, “tranq”. It’s a non-opioid sedative used in veterinary medicine, typically with horses. And in Philadelphia, where drug overdoses have spiked to historic highs, it was present in nearly one-third of all fatal opioid
Continue Reading When Andre Hill’s family learned the former Ohio police officer who killed him will face charges, they knew it was too early to celebrate. “The family of Andre Hill is relieved this morning. But they are not satisfied with an indictment of the police officer who killed Andre Hill as he held a cell phone
Continue Reading Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses in the violence and insurrection at the US Capitol. Analysis by CNN of Pentagon records and court proceedings show 21 of the 150, or 14%, are current or former members of the US
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration has repeatedly floated plans to ramp up Covid-19 vaccine production through the Defense Production Act, which was passed in 1950 in response to the Korean War. “It was invoked, and it means our work is ongoing with companies to ensure that we are expediting the manufacturing of materials to ensure that we
Continue Reading After an online campaign urging MTV Base to cancel its annual MTV Africa Music Awards over allegations of human rights abuses by the Ugandan government, the TV channel postponed the awards Thursday, which was due to be held in the East African country’s capital, Kampala. “It was painful to see MTV was being used to
Continue ReadingA more contagious coronavirus variant is on the rise in the United States and could become dominant in hot spots like Florida and Southern California “within a few weeks,” according to a testing company that has helped identify the largest share of variant cases in the US. The company, Helix, has been tracking evidence suggesting
Continue ReadingThousands of progressive young people have expressed interest in running for office since the start of the year, demonstrating ongoing energy on the left after last year’s elections. Run For Something, the PAC that supports young progressives running for state and local office, says 6,554 people signed up for its pipeline in January, many of
Continue Reading Wisconsin prosecutors are asking for an arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse, alleging he no longer lives at the address listed with the court and failed to update his address, “preventing the Court from monitoring his whereabouts,” writes Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger in a court motion. Prosecutors are also seeking a bond increase of $200,000
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The security director of the Coachella Valley Unified School District has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for alleged solicitation of prostitution. “These are our kids our babies, who go to school there and for them to have someone like that in power especially in the district in schools around kids we don’t
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A 40-year-old man is accused of inappropriately touching a young woman outside a grocery store and exposing himself to another woman on Monday, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. At about 8:20 a.m., deputies responded to the WinCo Foods, located at 11250
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CORVALLIS, Oregon (KPTV) — A $50 million donation from an anonymous donor will help Oregon State University transform Reser Stadium into a “national best-in-class” football facility, the university announced Thursday. The $153 million renovation project was approved by the OSU Board of Trustees Finance and Administration Committee on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCLEAVE, Mississippi (WALA) — An 8 year old Vancleave girl is now recovering from being hit by a car at a bus stop. JCSO states that on Thursday morning, the child was crossing the westbound lane of Jim Ramsey Road to get on her bus when the car
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The nominees for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Thursday, and actors whose names were read are pumped. Here are some of their reactions: Hugh Grant, “The Undoing” “Incredibly kind of my fellow actors to nominate me. What a lovely week. I must kill more often. Extremely pleased for Nicole. Richly
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