Russia moved to slow down the speed of Twitter on Wednesday after the social media company failed to remove what the country’s media watchdog described as prohibited or harmful content. The move comes after Russia vowed to act against social media platforms in the wake of protests in support of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Officials
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General Electric is selling off its aircraft leasing business, closing the books on its once mighty GE Capital unit, the financial arm of the company that had been its largest business and one of the world’s most dominant financial institutions. GE is selling the aircraft leasing business known as GECAS to rival AerCap, an Ireland-based
Continue Reading If you’ve gone into your local independent grocery store recently, chances are you’ll still find a shortage of items like toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies. Small grocers say there’s a reason their shelves are still relatively bare. Major suppliers of consumer products, faced with limited supply and high demand, are prioritizing their biggest
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Are you up for a challenge?! Mobile Fire Rescue is calling on all women across the city to take their skills to another level, hoping to recruit more women to join the department by hosting “ladies night.” Participants tackling a grueling 9 stage obstacle
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All visitors to Thailand must currently spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival, but now they can choose a more luxurious way to wait it out — by staying onboard a yacht. The only snag — they’ll have to bring their own yacht. The “Digital Yacht Quarantine” aims to attract yacht travelers to Phuket as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — A Madison doctor who worked at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle federal civil allegations that he wrote prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances with no legitimate medical purpose. Dr. David E. Eckerle, who according
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An annual tradition continued at Kells Irish Pub in downtown Portland on Tuesday. Every year, the pub raises money for the Center for Medically Fragile Children at Providence with “green rain” from the ceiling sweep. The pub’s ceiling was mostly bare this year due
Continue Reading Prosecutors and a defense attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse agreed to move the start of Rittenhouse’s trial in fatal shootings during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from March to November 1. Rittenhouse,18, was arraigned January 5 on two felony charges of homicide in the deaths of two men and a felony attempted homicide charge in the wounding
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Starbucks wants you to buy more of its coffee at the grocery store. So it’s offering up something more on-trend than the bottled Frappucinos of years past. The coffee company’s new line, Cold & Crafted, is available nationally in retail locations on Wednesday. The line is launching with three flavors: Coffee Sweetened Black, Coffee with
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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak will be performing at the Grammys. The Recording Academy has invited the pair’s new group, Silk Sonic, to the upcoming awards show after Mars asked for a chance to perform in a recent tweet. “Dear Grammys, If you can see it in your hearts to allow two out of work
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One year after it began, the Covid-19 pandemic nightmare is nearly over. With millions of Americans getting vaccinated each day and the imminent passage of the massive American Rescue Plan, we are starting to approach herd immunity, and, in a couple of months the economy will be enjoying rip-roaring growth. Barring any other major unforeseen
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More than 160 journalists of color have rebuked a UK media industry body for claiming that racism played no part in coverage of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, said in a statement earlier this week that it was “untrue” that sections of the UK press were bigoted
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A woman who witnessed the aftermath of the explosions that rocked Equatorial Guinea has said the scenes resembled the detonation of an atomic bomb. Nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead after the blasts at a military base in the Central African country over the weekend, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. The blasts in
Continue Reading March 26 marks the one-year anniversary of Lauren Thomas Mandel’s Covid-19 infection — and she and her family are still feeling the effects of the illness. The worst part of a year of symptoms, she told CNN’s Chris Cuomo, is the amount of hair she has lost. In August, she said it was like she
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The House of Representatives is slated to take a final vote Wednesday to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, paving the way for the President to sign his top legislative priority into law later this week and deliver aid to most American households amid the pandemic. Passage of the bill will mark
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A social media post on the school district’s Facebook page said Roling’s last day will be June 30.
Continue Reading Ryan Murphy has spoken out after being accused of not following through on a promised college fund for Naya Rivera’s young son. “Glee” actress Rivera died last July in Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, while boating with her then 4-year-old son, Josey. She was 33. On Tuesday a tweet from an account believed to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSL) — Allan McDonald, the whistleblower and engineer sent by contractor Morton Thiokol to approve the 1986 Challenger space shuttle launch but who refused to sign off, has died in Ogden at age 83, according to NPR. McDonald was overruled by NASA and company management prior
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment before two violent attackers ambushed a young woman as she got back into her car at local gas station in Atlanta. The footage showed two suspects appearing to hid and take cover near the back of 23-year-old Jhanae Askew’s
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Click here for updates on this story GOLDSBORO, North Carolina (WRAL) — North Carolina farmers and farm workers are among the workers classified as essential by the state who are now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine shot. “Farmers are important,” Melissa Howell, who helps run the family-owned Howell Farming Co. in Wayne County, said
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