President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats’ push for a 10-year, $3.5 trillion package of social and environmental initiatives has reached a turning point, with the president repeatedly conceding that the measure will be considerably smaller and pivotal lawmakers flashing potential signs of flexibility. In virtual meetings Monday and Tuesday with small groups of House Democrats, […]
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Brady’s return leads NBC to strong Sunday football ratings
Tom Brady wins in the television ratings, too. NBC relentlessly promoted the Tampa Bay quarterback’s return to New England, and the Bucs-Patriots game reached the biggest “Sunday Night Football” audience in years, the Nielsen company said. The 26.7 million people who tuned in represented NBC’s biggest television audience for the game since 2015. Add in […]
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GM sets to double revenue, lead US in electric vehicle sales
General Motors plans to cash in as the world switches from combustion engines to battery power, promising to double its annual revenue by 2030 with an array of new electric vehicles, profitable gas-powered cars and trucks, and services such as an electronic driving system that can handle most tasks on the road. In announcements Wednesday […]
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A suspect is in custody in the Texas school shooting that left at least 4 people injured
The suspect in a shooting at a Texas high school Wednesday is in custody, Arlington police said. Detectives have started interviewing 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins, who will be charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said. The shooting at Timberview High School left four people injured. […]
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Supporters of Georgia’s Kemp counterattack after Trump rally
Supporters of Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are fighting back against Donald Trump and their own party leaders, angered by a rally last month in which the former president again attacked the state’s chief executive. Kemp’s proponents warn that a total embrace of Trump, his false claims about election fraud and his vendetta against the […]
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Nick Cannon Wilds Out on the BET Hip Hop Awards Red Carpet While the Women Shine
If multi-hyphenate TV star Nick Cannon was trying to make a statement at the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta, media observers are still trying to figure out what it is. The host of the popular TV shows “Wild ’N Out,” “The Masked Singer” and now the “Nick Cannon” talk show was, shall we […]
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Democrat challenging Marjorie Taylor Greene raises more than $1M in third quarter
During the third quarter, Democrat Marcus Flowers is successfully fundraising off of Republican incumbent Marjorie Taylor Greene’s penchant for controversy in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Flowers’s campaign raised $1.3 million between July 1 and September 30th, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The campaign also has more than $1 million in cash on hand with […]
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Global Outages Disrupt Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp
WASHINGTON — Facebook and its sister products, Whatsapp and Instagram, experienced global outages on Monday for more than six hours. The platforms for individual users as well as the main Facebook website went down in one of the longest outages in the company’s history. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps […]
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Key things the Facebook whistleblower told a Senate panel
The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused by its apps, including Instagram’s potential “toxic” effect on teen girls, called on Congress to take action against the social media platform in testimony before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. Frances Haugen, […]
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Analysis: Why the Senate doesn’t work anymore
Anger is peaking among a wide range of Democrats toward Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema over their resistance to President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, but the Democrats’ struggle to pass Biden’s sweeping plan is rooted in more than the personal idiosyncrasies and electoral calculations of two individual senators. It also illustrates the structural challenge […]
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Facebook executive says it’s ‘ludicrous’ to blame Jan. 6 on social media
A senior Facebook executive said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday that the company will never be able to control all the content on its site, and may be open to regulation as lawmakers continue to crack down on the tech giant. Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, was pushing back after last week’s damning […]
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Facebook whistleblower revealed on ’60 Minutes,’ says the company prioritized profit over public good
The identity of the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents — leading to a firestorm for the social media company in recent weeks — was revealed on “60 Minutes” Sunday night as Frances Haugen. The 37-year-old former Facebook product manager who worked on civic integrity issues at […]
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COVID Safety, Deaths Cloud School Year for Parents
WASHINGTON ––– As schools continue to adapt to classroom life amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents are divided. Some parents want their children in the classroom, which has proven best for learning for most students. Others want their children safer at home with virtual learning, despite the difficulties it poses. In Memphis, Jacquelyn Yarbrough wanted her 12-year-old daughter, Tealy, back in […]
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Biden tells House progressives spending package needs to be between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion
President Joe Biden said in a virtual meeting with a group of House progressives on Monday that the top line of the social safety net package needs to come down to somewhere between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion, according to two sources familiar with the call. Biden told the group, according to one of the […]
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Instagram promoted pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts
“I have to be thin,” “Eternally starved,” “I want to be perfect.” These are the names of accounts Instagram’s algorithms promoted to an account registered as belonging to a 13-year-old girl who expressed interest in weight loss and dieting. Proof that Instagram is not only failing to crack down on accounts promoting extreme dieting and […]