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READ: Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem

Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, read the following poem during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20:...

Why did Amazon wait until Biden’s inauguration to offer help with vaccine distribution?

Shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office Wednesday, Amazon congratulated him on his inauguration and offered their extensive resources to help the new administration in its vaccination effort....

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny reveals Putin has billion dollar palace

Poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny alleges in a new, viral video that Russian President Vladimir Putin owns an opulent billion dollar palace that was built with fraudulently obtained funds, acc…...

Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes practices in limited capacity, remains in NFL's concussion protocol

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes took a step in the right direction....

Kyrie Irving Points At Ring Finger After Cavs Give Him Tribute Video

Kyrie Irving returned to play in Cleveland for the first time since 2017. He pointed to his ring finger after they played him a tribute video. Subscribe: htt......

Jen Psaki, Biden’s new press secretary, pledges to bring ‘truth and transparency back.’

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, conducted the first news briefing of President Biden’s administration on Wednesday and vowed to bring “truth and transparency back to the briefing room.”...

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Business

Regency Mall to become Jacksonville’s only state-run COVID-19 vaccination site

The COVID-19 testing site at the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville became a state of Florida vaccination site Wednesday morning while it will continue to be Jacksonville’s largest testing site. After this week, it will be Jacksonville's only state-run vacci…...

Gritstone Oncology shares nearly quadruple after receiving NIH support on vaccine trial

Gritstone Oncology CEO Andrew Allen said the drugmaker hopes their potential coronavirus vaccine could help mitigate the spread of Covid-19 variants....

Jack Ma Re-Emerges From Wherever He Was for the Last Few Months

Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder and former chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has re-emerged from wherever he’s been since late October 2020, when he ceased public appearances amid a government crackdown on tech firms....

Owner of Ben and Jerry's: We'll ensure every worker in our supply chain gets a living wage

Unilever has promised that every worker who provides it with goods and services will earn a living wage by 2030 even if it costs the company more....

Jim Cramer: Preparing the portfolio for the Biden era

The change from the Trump administration to the Biden administration will have a bigger impact on the market than the transition from the Obama administratio......

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Q4 2020 Earnings Call Transcript

UNH earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2020....

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Entertainment

Christina Ricci Gets Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Husband

Christina Ricci says quarantine's been a dangerous time in her household, because her husband's allegedly beaten her multiple times, and now she fears for her life and their son's....

Kim Kardashian stuns in bikini pic while in 'paradise' amid Kanye West divorce drama

The reality TV star and rapper are reportedly struggling in their marriage....

Jennifer Lopez worked the dance track ‘Let’s Get Loud’ into her inauguration medley. It actually made perfect sense.

It's not the first time J-Lo has melded her signature song, « Let's Get Loud, » with her patriotism....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Drops 2 Classic Movie Lines As He Gets His COVID-19 Vaccine

One of them was from "The Terminator," the other from a lesser-appreciated entry in Schwarzenegger's film catalog....

Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond, 44, is 'going through a lot of pain'

The 44-year-old actor - who is best known for his role as Samuel 'Screech' Powers in Saved By The Bell - was taken to hospital in Florida earlier this month after feeling pain all over....

The Best Movies & TV Shows Coming to Netflix in February 2021

Here are the Best TV Shows and Movies Coming to Netflix in February 2021, including Shutter Island, Inception, The Conjuring, and more....

Health

Portland’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination site opened today: Here’s what you need to know

The site is offering vaccinations by appointment only, to eligible groups....

Covid: 'No evidence' virus levels decreasing in England

Imperial College London research suggests rates may have risen over the first 10 days of the third lockdown....

Alabama to take vaccine doses from providers that don’t give it out fast enough

The Alabama Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it would "begin removing vaccine supplies from providers who are not administering vaccine in a timely way."...

Some COVID-19 mutations may dampen vaccine effectiveness

Scientists are reporting troubling signs that some recent mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19 may modestly curb the effectiveness of two current vaccines, although they stress that the......

Common Back Pain Treatment Doesn't Actually Work, Study Finds

A common treatment for chronic back pain may not provide much soothing after all. A new review released Wednesday suggests that antidepressants on average provide little to no back pain relief, though they could have a modest benefit for osteoarthritis and sc…...

New study shows COVID-19 could hide in your brain and reactivate down the road

Dr. Mukesh Kumar, an associate professor in the Department of Biology, said they’ve learned through studying mice for months, coronavirus may clear the lungs, but not necessarily the body....

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Science

Earth's Habitability Today Is Basically Due to Luck, Millions of Simulations Show

It took evolution 3 or 4 billion years to produce Homo sapiens. If the climate had completely failed just once in that time then evolution would have come to a crashing halt and we would not be here now. So to understand how we came to exist on plane...

Humans could move to ‘floating asteroid belt colony’ within 15 years

Humans could live on giant orbs floating in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter within the next 15 years. That’s the bonkers claim made by top scientist Pekka Janhunen, who says millio…...

NASA Considers Second ‘Hotfire’ Test of Megarocket After Unexpected Shutdown

The recent hotfire test of NASA’s next-gen megarocket was supposed to go for eight minutes, but it lasted just 67 seconds. The space agency has an explanation for the premature shutdown, saying everything’s swell, but a second test remains a distinct possibil…...

SpaceX is about to run its final test of Starship SN9 before 1st launch

The last major Starship test ended in an explosion....

Glaciers on Mars reveal the planet's many ice ages

Glaciers that still exist on the surface of Mars are helping to tell the story of its past....

Jim Bridenstine leaves Artemis program ‘in good shape’ for Biden’s NASA

Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine spent his last days in office courting support for the Artemis program before handing it off to President Joe Biden, whose focus on other priorities makes the Moon program’s future uncertain....

Sports

MLB rumors: Dodgers monitoring Trevor Bauer market; Blue Jays, Angels eye Brad Hand

Let's take a look at Wednesday's hot stove nuggets...

Player Ratings: Fulham 1-2 Manchester United

Fred and Pogba impress in West London...

Darrell Bevell unlikely to return; Lions reportedly interview Ravens' James Urban for OC

Detroit Lions reportedly interviewed Baltimore Ravens QBs coach James Urban for offensive coordinator position. Darrell Bevell is on way out....

Why Mets didn't sign George Springer

One element the Mets have to weigh during new owner Steve Cohen’s administration is whether they should outspend their evaluation on players because his wealth allows that. When it came to George S…...

Manchester United, Manchester City maintain top two positions | Premier League Update

Robbie Earle and Danny Higginbotham recap Wednesday's Premier League action, as the two Manchester clubs earned hard-fought victories to retain their front t......

The burning questions for Robert Saleh ahead of his opening press conference

The Jets introduced Rex Ryan as their head coach 12 years ago, on Jan. 21, 2009. It was the day after a presidential inauguration. He faced questions about whether he would move on from his quarter…...

Technology

Valve, Capcom, Bethesda, Fined $9.4 Million by EU for 'Geo-Blocking'

The European Union has fined Valve, Capcom, Bethesda, Bandai Namco, Focus Home, and Koch Media a combined $9.4 million over geo-blocking PC games....

Android 12 may revamp split screen multitasking with “App Pairs”

Google is reportedly working on a revamped multitasking feature that will allow users to launch app pairs in Android 12....

M1 Macs can now run full version of Linux thanks to new Corellium port

Since the new M1 Macs were announced, developers have been working to run different operating systems on the Apple Silicon platform, including Windows and Linux. Now, thanks to Corellium, it’s possible to run Ubuntu — a popular Linux distro — on new Macs with…...

GameStop Announces New PS5 and Xbox Series X Stock

GameStop has announced a restock of PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Nintendo Switch, all of which will release tomorrow. At the moment, when specifically this new hardware stock will be released hasn't been divulged, and it doesn't look like this will …...

JBL’s speaker-packed Google Nest Hub alternative is $220 off

JBL’s Link View Bluetooth Smart Speaker is on sale for $80 on Harman Audio’s eBay store. Normally $300, this smart speaker provides solid sound quality and is a good option if you’re looking for a Google-powered smart speaker....

Watch what happens when a confused penguin waddles off with the wrong group

Even penguins have their moments. In this video, two groups of rockhopper penguins in the Falkland Islands meet up with each other to shoot the breeze, but when they say their goodbyes, one penguin…...

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I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism. - Hunter S. Thompson

We have been pushing forward on a new way of storytelling we call 'collaborative journalism' on behalf of a number of our clients. - Richard Edelman

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings - Denis Diderot

Better a good journalist than a poor assassin - Jean-Paul Sartre