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Tapering, explained: Federal Reserve to reel back massive bond-buying program
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s been hard for Americans to avoid headlines and statements about “tapering” in recent months, as economists and policymakers debate how to best support the economy while the pandemic ebbs [Read More…]
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Education secretary urges schools use federal funding to combat teacher shortages
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education on Thursday urged districts to combat pandemic-fueled teacher shortages by offering them more money from the pot of federal COVID-relief aid, in a letter sent to [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Omicron will be dominant variant in US ‘very soon,’ Fauci says
John Moore/Getty Images As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 802,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s [Read More…]
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Thirteen-year-old Nyssa Brown is city’s only missing person left in wake of tornadoes
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) — Of the 244 people reported missing in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after the deadly tornadoes, officials have now accounted for all except one. Nyssa Brown, 13, still [Read More…]
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Rare tornadoes strike America’s heartland, destroying homes and knocking out power
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system that spawned possibly multiple tornadoes across America’s heartland on Wednesday night — rare for December — has left a trail of destruction and hundreds [Read More…]
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Strong storm system sparks rare December tornado in Midwest
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system is impacting the Midwest and 29 states are on alert for damaging winds, heavy snow and avalanches. A tornado threat was issued for Iowa, Minnesota and [Read More…]
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Queen Elizabeth cancels annual family pre-Christmas lunch amid COVID-19 surge
Chris Jackson/Getty Images (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth has canceled her annual pre-Christmas celebration for family for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 95-year-old monarch traditionally holds a lunch at [Read More…]
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Five children dead after wind lifts bouncy castle 32 feet into the air in Australia
MCCAIG/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Five children died in Australia on Thursday after wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said. Nine children were in the [Read More…]
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State Dept. suggests Afghan Fulbright hopefuls seek other options as program stalls
Courtesy of Maryam Jami (WASHINGTON) — A group of 100 or so potential scholars in the State Department’s prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program will have to continue waiting for a final answer on whether their [Read More…]
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Fire briefly trapped scores of people in Hong Kong skyscraper, injuring 13, authorities say
Chen Xuming/VCG via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Scores of people were trapped in a Hong Kong skyscraper on Wednesday after a major fire broke out, authorities said. Flames ignited at the World Trade Centre [Read More…]
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O.J. Simpson granted early release from his parole
Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images He hasn’t commented publicly about it, but O.J. Simpson‘s parole has ended early. The former football great and actor, who was famously acquitted in 1995 of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron [Read More…]
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50 Cent and Snoop Dogg to produce ‘Murder Was the Case’, Issa Rae produces ‘Insecure’ documentary, and more
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for STARZ 50 Cent is developing a new series for Starz, based on Snoop Dogg’s 1996 murder trial. Named after Snoop’s 1993 hit song, “Murder Was the Case,” from his seven-times RIAA_certified Platinum Doggystyle album, the [Read More…]
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Survey shows TV fans would love to live in the ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ house most of all
NBCU Photo Bank Every classic sitcom has their trademark sets, and a new survey shows that a third of Americans say if they could live anywhere, they’d chill like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The non-scientific poll [Read More…]
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Kim’s divorce papers reportedly ask to “terminate” marriage to Kanye
George Pimentel/Getty Images It looks like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West won’t be getting back together — at least that’s according to reports of the contents of Kardashian’s divorce papers. Page Six published copies of the paperwork, which noted, “No [Read More…]
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Nick Cannon is taking ‘Wild ‘N Out’ on the road in 2022
Live Nation Nick Cannon believes the show must go on, even when mourning the passing of his five-month-old son, Zen. As he continues to host his daily TV talk show, Nick announced he’s hosting the Wild ‘N Out Live Tour [Read More…]
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Apple could become 1st US company worth $3 trillion
PhillDanze/iStock (NEW YORK) — Apple’s stock on Tuesday morning was hovering just below the threshold required to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion, a milestone no publicly traded U.S. company has ever reached. Shares [Read More…]
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OSHA investigating after six killed by tornado at Amazon facility
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) — The Occupational Health and Safety Administration has launched an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon delivery station in Edwardsville, Illinois, that left six people dead after a [Read More…]
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Twitter’s new privacy policy was abused in predictable ways, experts say
DKart/iStock (NEW YORK) — In late November, Twitter rolled out a new privacy policy it said was aimed at preventing the misuse of media to harass, intimidate or reveal the identities of individuals — but, [Read More…]
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Jan. 6 rally organizers sue Verizon to stop release of cell phone records
Sundry Photography/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Several organizers of the Jan. 6 rally near the White House filed a lawsuit Monday against Verizon to prevent the telecommunications giant from sharing cell phone data with the congressional committee [Read More…]
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Huge Ma, Asian American activist and TurboVax founder, is running for state Assembly
iStock/JillianCain (NEW YORK) — An Asian American software engineer who was lauded for creating a free website to help people find COVID-19 vaccine appointments, and using the platform to raise awareness about the uptick in [Read More…]