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Month: February 2021

Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren wants answers on Robinhood’s ties to large hedge funds

Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from Robinhood co-CEO Vlad Tenev over potential conflicts of interest caused by the free trading app’s relationship with large hedge funds and other financial players. In a letter obtained by CNN Business, the Massachusetts Democrat called out Robinhood for “abruptly changing the rules” on individual investors last week by

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Andrew Yang Fast Facts

Here is a look at the life of Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 13, 1975 Birth place: Schenectady, New York Birth name: Andrew M. Yang Father: Kei-Hsiung Yang, researcher at IBM and GE Mother: Nancy L. Yang, systems administrator Marriage: Evelyn (Lu) Yang (2011-present) Children: Two sons

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Democrats’ impeachment filing: Trump ‘threatened the constitutional system’

The House impeachment managers charge that former President Donald Trump is “singularly responsible” for inciting the insurrection at the Capitol last month, arguing that the Senate should convict Trump and bar him from holding future office after he “threatened the constitutional system that protects the fundamental freedoms we cherish.” The House managers laid out their

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A parade of plows in Pennsylvania

Click here for updates on this story     DICKSON CITY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The early morning hours brought a parade of plows in Dickson City. Workers we spoke with call this storm exhausting. “My early morning started at 2 o’clock yesterday morning and I haven’t stopped, and it’s been a nightmare, been a nightmare, not only

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Veterans service provides healing opportunities in nature, outlet for entire family

Click here for updates on this story     Macon County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A veterans therapeutic service provider called Special Liberty Project relocated its headquarters from California to Macon County, North Carolina in October of 2020. Founded by Cory and Jessica Merritt in 2016, the nonprofit organization has locations in Arizona, California and now Western

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Animals unlikely to spread Covid-19 to humans, but precautions can help keep people and their pets safe, says CDC

There’s no evidence that animals are playing a significant role in the spread of coronavirus to humans, but precautions can help keep people and their pets safe, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Monday. “Based on limited information available to date, the risk of animals, including pets, spreading Covid-19 to people is

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s a survivor of sexual assault while describing trauma of Capitol insurrection

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live broadcast Monday night that she is a survivor of sexual assault. Ocasio-Cortez made the statement, which appeared to be one of the first times she has spoken in public about being a survivor, in contextualizing her trauma in the wake of the insurrection at the US

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