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Amazon has quietly changed the design of its new app icon, replacing the blue ribbon on top that drew some unfavorable comparisons. Users of the Amazon Shopping app will now see a brown box that resembles a parcel with a blue strip that looks like packaging tape above the company’s signature arrow in the shape
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Many residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have been without water since a winter storm hit the area in February. And many are still not sure when it will return. The storm, which also affected Texas and Louisiana, caused 80 water breaks throughout the city. Public Works Director Dr. Charles Williams said Monday that 50 have now
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For those wondering what Oscar ratings might be like in this pandemic-impacted year, based on the off-a-cliff results for Sunday’s Golden Globe awards, the forecast could be to look out below. Globes ratings plummeted more than 60% from the 18.3 million viewers who watched last year, per Nielsen data, to an average audience of 6.9
Continue Reading Here’s some background information about leap year. 2024 is a leap year. The next leap day is February 29, 2024, on a Thursday. Facts Every four years in the Gregorian calendar, an extra day is added to the calendar in order to synchronize it with the solar year. Occurs in every year that is divisible
Continue ReadingCongress began debate Tuesday on a sweeping ethics and elections package pushed by Democrats that seeks to dramatically overhaul the nation’s rules for voting and funding political campaigns. Although the so-called For the People Act is expected to pass the Democratic-controlled House, it faces stiff headwinds in the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority
Continue Reading Only one member of George Floyd’s family will be allowed to attend his high-profile murder trial in a Minneapolis courtroom because of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, a judge ruled on Monday. The same restriction applies to the family of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death.
Continue ReadingWired, the preeminent tech magazine, has its new leader: Gideon Lichfield of MIT Technology Review is coming on as its global editorial director. Wired’s parent company Condé Nast, which also publishes Vogue, The New Yorker and other popular magazines, announced the appointment Tuesday. He starts on March 22. Lichfield is replacing Nicholas Thompson, who was
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(CNN) — Al menos 12 personas murieron después de una accidente de tráfico esta martes en la mañana en Imperial, California, dijo a CNN el agente de la California Highway Patrol (CHP) Arturo Platero. Un vehículo viajaba hacia el oeste en Noorish Road cerca de la ruta estatal 115 cuando se dirigió «directamente» de un
Continue Reading Olympic champion gymnast Aly Raisman wants an independent investigation into USA Gymnastics after John Geddert’s death. Geddert, who coached the 2012 US Olympic women’s gymnastics team, took his own life after he was charged with 24 felonies in connection with the abuse of young gymnasts. Three years ago, sports physician Dr. Larry Nassar was sentenced
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Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren faces an uphill battle persuading Washington to back her tax on ultra-millionaires — starting with convincing her own party’s Treasury Secretary. Janet Yellen, whom Warren praised last year as an “outstanding choice” to lead the Treasury Department, fears a wealth tax would be too messy to implement. “Then Janet and I
Continue Reading A multiple vehicle crash in Imperial County, California, on Tuesday morning left at least 12 people dead, California Highway Patrol Officer Arturo Platero told CNN. A vehicle was traveling westbound on Norrish Road near State Route 115 when it traveled “in the direct path” of a big rig truck traveling northbound on the 115, Platero
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Gettysburg Borough Police are investigating a crash where one vehicle crashed into a building, burst into flames and caused a multi-alarm fire. According to a neighbor, the fire started at approximately 4:30 a.m. It appears to have started in one home and spread to
Continue Reading Black celebrities are urging Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo to work with LGBTQ community leaders after security forces raided and shut down an LGBTQ center in the West African country’s capital last week. Actors Idris Elba and Michaela Coel, and supermodel Naomi Campbell joined forces with other influential names in fashion, film and media to express
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At least 13 people were killed when an SUV carrying 25 people crashed into a big rig Tuesday morning in Imperial County Four patients from the crash are being treated at Desert Regional Medical Center. Three are in the ICU, DRMC Spokesperson Todd Burke confirms to News Channel 3. The El Centro Regional Medical Center
Continue ReadingThe pandemic drove Target to a record year of sales growth, as shoppers stocked up at its stores and bought online. Target’s 2020 sales increased 19.8% to $93.6 billion from $78.1 billion last year, the company said Tuesday. Digital sales, which include home delivery and in-store pickup, increased 145%. Target’s sales growth of more than
Continue ReadingJohn Kerry had some tough talk for the leaders of Big Oil. The message: embrace clean energy or get left behind. “You don’t want to be sitting there with a lot of stranded assets. You’re gonna wind up on the wrong side of this battle,” Kerry said Tuesday at the energy conference CERAWeek by IHS
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*Updated to include Winter Weather Advisory, see below. Light breezes and sunshine will mark today’s forecast, with highs spanning the middle seventies. And approaching area of low pressure will provide partly cloudy skies and a chance of light shower activity tomorrow afternoon for the Valley, while high pressure to our North keeps skies clear and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Para el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, vacunar a todos los mexicanos es una cuestión de política nacional de salud responsable, así como de justicia social. «Las vacunas empezarán a llegar poco a poco», dijo el 15 de febrero, durante su rueda de prensa matutina diaria, una semana después de regresar
Continue ReadingFor the second time since the the pandemic began, Instacart has doubled its valuation as a privately-held startup. The on-demand grocery delivery service said Tuesday that it is now worth $39 billion after raising $265 million in financing from some of its existing investors. Instacart was previously valued at $17.7 billion in October after raising
Continue Reading A painting of the Last Supper which hung for more than a century in a small English church was created in Titian’s workshop, art historians have found. The huge painting, which measures more than 12 feet by 5 feet, had garnered little attention on the walls of St Michael and All Angels Church in Ledbury
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