From Jenna Orkin 

Meet Keith Gill, the man who drove the GameStop Reddit mania and made millions

How Many House Republicans Believe the Jews Attacked California With a Space Laser?

Radical ideas spread through social media. Are the algorithms to blame?

Congressman gets COVID-19 after second vaccine shot

Seattle hospital rushes to vaccinate hundreds after freezer breaks

What One Covid-19 Cluster on an Airplane Tells Experts About Risk Factors While Flying

Chinese warplanes simulated attacking US carrier near Taiwan

Travel restart unlikely in 2021: Health boss - Australia

Macron: AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine seems to be 'quasi-ineffective' for over 65s

Navy sends three ships into Black Sea as Russia takes notice

From Jenna Orkin

Robinhood is still severely limiting trading, customers can only buy one share of GameStop

 DEA’s Dallas office announces seizure of $45 million in meth, heroin — its largest bust ever

China uses anal swabs to test for COVID-19

Kamala Harris is the president-in-waiting

WhatsApp is adding eye, fingerprint, and face scanning – but says it won't have any access to biometric data

The last 2 Toys 'R' Us stores in the US have closed down after the COVID-19 pandemic hit sales

1. A 'perfect storm' of pandemic fatigue, crowded housing, and a new variant turned LA into a coronavirus epicenter

   The GameStop mania driven by Reddit traders isn't simple market trolling. It's a populist movement threatening to disrupt the financial system to a degree Occupy Wall Street only dreamed of.

   GameStop investor upending stock market with cat memes,  analysis

J&J's single-dose coronavirus vaccine is 66% effective against COVID-19, raising worries that some variants may lower protection

 

From Jenna Orkin

Coronavirus vaccine: OC health care worker dies days after receiving 2nd shot, report says

NY Nursing Home Deaths May Have Been 50% Higher Than Reported, AG's Office Says

Owl Swimming

Thieves Target ATMs Flush With Cash During Covid-19 

Efforts to steal from cash machines surged in 2020; explosives and trucks increasingly used

Israeli scientists say they’ve found ‘Achilles’ heel’ of cancer cells

Germany says AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine isn’t for people 65 and older

Carlos Slim, Latin America's richest man, hospitalized with COVID-19

AG Report: COVID-19 Deaths In NY Nursing Homes Are Dramatically Undercounted

Exclusive: Proud Boys leader was ‘prolific’ informer for law enforcement

Game-changing Iranian Pipeline Set To Launch In March

Robinhood blocks purchases of GameStop, AMC, and others after days of Reddit-fueled rallies

From Jenna Orkin

Xi reads multilateral riot act to virtual Davos

The Case of Al Franken

European Renewables Just Crushed Fossil Fuels. Here’s How It Happened

Italy's Prime Minister Quits As COVID-19 Response Splits Coalition Government

Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

Germany considers cutting international air traffic 'to almost zero'

Pirates kidnap 15 sailors in attack on Turkish container ship off coast of Nigeria

Covid: Wrexham vaccine plant evacuated over suspicious package

Boris Johnson extends England's coronavirus lockdown into March

Mike and Karen Pence are homeless and appear to be couch-surfing in Indiana

From Jenna Orkin

“The pressures to strike early could become an imperative when facing cyber-strong but technology-dependent countries like the United States.” He added, “Indeed, there is evidence that the power of U.S. offensive capabilities has not deterred threats but, instead, has done the opposite.”

Vietnam rooftop solar records major boom as more than 9GW installed in Earth Has Lost 28 Trillion Tons of Ice since the Mid-1990s

The Great Pause Week 45: Theocracy Rising

Director says film about Khashoggi shunned by all major global distributors

Iran asks Indonesia to explain seizure of tanker accused of illegal oil transfer

No cars, no roads, no emissions
The Line in Saudi Arabia is an urbanist’s dream

Beyond Meat shares soar 31% as company teams up with PepsiCo to make plant-based snacks and drinks

IMF says vaccines and fiscal stimulus to power US economy to 5.1% growth this year - the strongest since 1984

The Radical Case for Growing Huge Swaths of Bamboo in North America

Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like

Moderna is working on a new version of its COVID-19 shot designed to fight the South African variant

From Jenna Orkin

Tired of Waiting on the City, Shelters Solved a Wi-Fi Problem Themselves

New York City said it was “impossible” to quickly install reliable internet for thousands of homeless students. Some shelters proved them wrong.

White House recommits to getting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill after Trump delay

SARS-CoV-2 Needs Cholesterol to Invade Cells and Form Mega Cells

RFK Jr. Is Our Brother and Uncle. He’s Tragically Wrong About Vaccines.

The Grim Conclusions of the Largest Ever Study of Fake News

Opinion

Vaccines Are Safe, No Matter What Robert Kennedy Jr. Says

I love my uncle. But when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong.

By Kerry Kennedy Meltzer

Dr. Meltzer is an internal medicine resident physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

The Metaverse Is Coming And It’s A Very Big Deal

Meet Eunice Foote, The Mother Of Climate Science Whose Work Was Ignored Because Of Her Sex

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

Farmers protest will be over soon, says Tomar

Xi Jinping warns against "new cold war" in Davos speech

Biden may be just as harsh as Trump if India buys advanced Russian missile-defense system, expert says

Godiva will close all of its shops in North America

From Jenna Orkin

Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64

Fauci: Joe Biden's 100 million COVID-19 shots pledge means doses, not people

Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?

If you haven’t been double-masking, research says to start now

890 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may have spoiled in Ohio

Elon Musk’s next Texas play? Drilling for natural gas, of course

Chinese military plane enters Taiwan's ADIZ for 7th straight day

China adopts law letting coast guard fire on foreign vessels

Amazon Requests In-Person Union Vote in Covid-Hit Alabama

Billionaire conservative megadonor Charles Koch is backing a group behind a Supreme Court case seeking to keep charitable donations secret

From Jenna Orkin

From Sea Shanty TikTok to a record deal

Yale doctor explains how dangerous, more contagious COVID-19 variant strains are

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

Fox Settled a Lawsuit Over Its Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Condition.

Study: Vitamin D deficiency found in over 80% of COVID-19 patients

Tech elite is a 'class for itself': Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates share a 'meritocratic' view of the world that sets them apart from other ultra-wealthy business leaders, study finds

US Military Convoy Enters Northeast Syria: Report

EXCLUSIVE-AstraZeneca to cut EU's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries by 60% in Q1 -EU source

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo gets canceled by CEOs, sources say

Members of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers used Facebook Messenger during the Capitol siege to hunt for lawmakers, FBI says

How Nigeria is becoming a top hub for open source development, with strong community, Big Tech investments, and successful startups like Paystack which Stripe just bought for $200 million 

Moderate Republican senators signal opposition to Biden's economic rescue package, jeopardizing speedy passage of $1,400 stimulus checks

From Jenna Orkin 

Ranked-Choice Voting Is Here, So Be Prepared

The Coronavirus Kills Mink, So They Too May Get a Vaccine

President Biden Wants to Raise Taxes, Yet Many Trump Tax Cuts Are Here to Stay

Donald Trump has left the White House. But many of his signature tax cuts aren’t going anywhere.

Thirty dead and 70 wounded in twin Baghdad attack: Pope, Bishop Warduni express sorrow

In Western Australia, 3.5bn-year-old stromatolites built up the oxygen content of the Earth’s atmosphere to about 20%, giving the kiss of life to all that was to evolve.

“You’re always having to figure things out on the fly, but the ground is shifting under them faster than any other new administration in recent history,” said Jentleson, the author of “Kill Switch,” a book about the Senate. “So they’re having not just to play three-dimensional chess, but they’re playing three-dimensional chess in an antigravity chamber with the pieces flying off the board"

Coronavirus live news: Portugal reports record deaths for fifth day in a row 

Yosemite closed after high winds bring down two giant sequoias

Joe Biden's gender discrimination order offers hope for young trans athletes

Hmmm... I wonder how many of them are female to male.

Hong Kong lockdown: more than 1,700 disciplinary officers to be deployed in unprecedented move on 150 blocks in coronavirus-hit area

Meet Carlyle's $53 billion credit team — Loeb's Miami Beach mansion — Winklevii on Bitcoin future

From Jenna Orkin

Daily Comment The Cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline Is a Landmark in the Climate Fight

A building as big as the world: the anarchist architects who foresaw endless expansion

Italy’s Superstudio collective warned against rampant development by imagining one continuous structure stretching around Earth. But did their warning actually inspire new Saudi plans for a 100-mile linear city?

Are Your Netflix Binges Killing The Planet?

5 killed in blaze at Indian producer of COVID-19 vaccine

The revamped White House website has a secret recruitment message for coders

1. A prominent lawyers' group filed an 18-page ethics complaint calling for Rudy Giuliani's law license to be suspended over his false voter-fraud claims

   This online comedy course teaches you how to build better relationships with your remote coworkers

   Best idea we've heard in years.
   Fauci: 'degree of normality by fall' if most Americans are vaccinated

Biden plans a 3rd wave of executive actions for Friday, including increased food stamps and pushing the Treasury to hand out stimulus checks faster

From Jenna Orkin

Wind power overtakes coal in Texas electricity generation

Denver man dies after contracting COVID-19 a second time

Wilber Portillo, 18, first contracted the infectious disease after he traveled with his cousin on a trip to Los Angeles, the Denverite reported.

Russia claims US has cut off telephone lines to its New York City consulate

CIA: Haspel Resigns

12 gold miners 'alive' 10 days after Shandong explosion, fate of 10 unknown

Building collapses in central Madrid explosion, one missing

Biden Issues Barrage Of 17 Executive Actions On Border, Climate, Immigration & "100 Day Masking Challenge"

Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers

1. Report: Trump leaves Biden a note in Oval Office
2. Trump issues 73 pardons before leaving office

 

From Jenna Orkin

Israel's Fauci says Pfizer vaccine's first dose less effective than indicated

ARIZONA GOP CHAIR URGED VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL. THE MERCERS SPENT $1.5 MILLION SUPPORTING HER.

Chinese university to open Budapest campus as Orban tilts to Beijing

Nursing homes make big push to change minds of workers who refused vaccination

Cash bonuses, free TVs and paid time off are among the incentives nursing homes are offering to persuade staff members to get vaccinated.China's corn, wheat imports in 2020 reach record highs

'Treated like dogs': row over social distancing alarms at French factory

The Incas Were Some of the Earliest Bird Conservationists

Melania Trump still hasn't spoken with the Bidens but is quietly facilitating their White House move-in, according to reports

• President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.

2 National Guard troops were pulled off security for Biden's inauguration over ties to far-right groups

Hiring some of the 70 million people with a criminal record is a powerful way to tap undervalued talent. Here's a 3-step action plan to start recruiting today.

Research shows people with a criminal record are less likely to quit and no more likely to get fired. Don't count them out when building your team.