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3y ago
More than 150 bodies of suspected coronavirus patients have been dumped into the River Ganges amid fears that relatives could not bury or cremate them in latest shocking scene laying India's crisis bare. The health ministry recorded another 366,161 infections and 3,754 deaths on Monday - both figures are almost ..read more
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3y ago
Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down the largest US oil pipeline after a cyberattack. It is unknown when the pipeline will reopen, but it is already pushing gas prices higher. Fuel prices are likely to hit $3 per gallon ahead of Memorial Day travel. See more stories on Insider's ..read more
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3y ago
Facebook should scrap Instagram for kids since it has "historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its platforms," the letter reads ..read more
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3y ago
President Joe Biden on Monday said that anyone taking unemployment who gets offered a 'suitable job' must take it or lose their benefits after experts revealed that people making $32,000 before COVID could now earn more by staying at home. 'We're going to make it clear that anyone collecting unemployment ..read more
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3y ago
A precipitous drop in wages in 2020 could inadvertently lower Social Security benefits for one cohort. Whether or not that will happen depends on the average wage index, or AWI, which is still in flux as new data is expected. While the decline may not be as steep due to ..read more
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3y ago
A man accused of shooting three people at a Maryland convenience store, killing two of them, also fatally shot his parents and set his apartment on fire before he shot and killed himself, police said. Joshua Green, 27, was identified Sunday night as the suspect in the deadly shooting at ..read more
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3y ago
Rae, who has nearly 80 million TikTok followers because of her viral dance moves, appeared in a Tonight Show skit where she teaches Fallon eight TikTok dances. But many took to Twitter to point out many of the dancers were made by Black creators. "This would have been the perfect opportunity for you to lead by example and in giving Black creators their due credit," said one Twitter user. "This opportunity could have been huge for them. But no, you chose to display a white girl who's already got a damn career doing this sh*t. This sucks, do better ..read more
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3y ago
A new voting law signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last week prevents volunteers from handing out food or drinks to voters waiting in line ..read more
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3y ago
President Biden will have "more to say" in April about his coronavirus recovery plan focused on issues like health care and women leaving the workforce after pushing a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package earlier this month, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Sunday. "When the president advocated for ..read more
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3y ago
Sen. Ted Cruz showed exclusive video of a woman he identified as a Biden administration staffer blocking him from recording at a migrant facility on "Sunday Morning Futures." Cruz and Sen. John Cornyn, both Texas Republicans, led a delegation of senators to Donna, Texas, where migrants have been packed into facilities designed for a much smaller number of people. The senators were touring a migrant holding facility in the city ..read more