From Jenna Orkin

The Thirty Tyrants

The deal that the American elite chose to make with China has a precedent in the history of Athens and Sparta

Adrian Tam defeats local Proud Boys leader, becomes only gay Asian American in Hawaii House

Lockdown bambino bust: 9 months on, Italian births fall 22 percent

August - Study Shows 1200% Increase in Americans Relinquishing Citizenship in Wake of COVID-19

Taking Aim at the U.S. Dollar, the World Builds a Multipolar Trade-and-Payments Order

Cancer Drug Shows Potent Activity in the Lab Against SARS-CoV-2, Including B.1.1.7 Variant

Billion Years of Earth's Tectonic Plates

Global Ice Loss on Pace to Drive Worst-Case Sea Level Rise

Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers

10 Pounds of Plastic Explosives Reportedly Missing from Marine Combat Training Base

The world is on the precipice of a global vaccine war that could wreck the fight against COVID-19

 

From Jenna Orkin

Off-road, off-grid: the modern nomads wandering America's back country

Cancer Drug Shows Potent Activity in the Lab Against SARS-CoV-2, Including B.1.1.7 Variant

Billion Years of Earth's Tectonic Plates

Global Ice Loss on Pace to Drive Worst-Case Sea Level Rise

Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers

10 Pounds of Plastic Explosives Reportedly Missing from Marine Combat Training Base

The world is on the precipice of a global vaccine war that could wreck the fight against COVID-19

To effectively defeat the pandemic, we have to tackle white supremacy in healthcare

Kroger says it will pay workers $100 to get vaccinated against the coronavirus

Amazon just lost its bid to require in-person voting for a union election in Alabama

From Jenna Orkin

Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threaten

Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

Appoint a ‘reality czar.’

World's First Urban Air Port For 'Flying Cars' Will Open In UK This Year

Some Baby Food May Contain Toxic Metals, U.S. Reports

Eclipsed by Chinese rivals, Panasonic quits solar cells and panels

COVID-19: Government aims for all over-50s to be reached in vaccine drive by May...

(Dec) America denies China expelled US Navy warship near Spratly Islands 

Next-Gen Vaccine For Covid-19 Mutants Will Be Ready By Fall, AstraZeneca Says

The UN reappointed former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg as its special envoy for climate change

Parler CEO John Matze says he's been fired by the company's Rebekah Mercer-controlled board

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit records as weak jobs report boosts chances of $1.9 trillion stimulus package

 

From Jenna Orkin

The Bee Community of Cannabis sativa and Corresponding Effects of Landscape Composition

Elon Musk Says He Wired Up a Monkey’s Brain to Play Video Games

US to deploy B1 bombers to Norway for the first time - "near Russia's sprawling Naval bases"

Disease that killed millions of China's pigs poses global threat

 (July) AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries

India's sudden drop in coronavirus cases has puzzled disease experts. Strict public-health measures and difficulty recording rural cases may have factored in.

CNN president Jeff Zucker plans to step down at the end of this year

Reviewers revealed how they leave false reviews on Amazon, keep the products, and get their money back

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   The Myanmar military blocked Facebook for the sake of 'stability' after activists began mobilizing on the platform

   Biden considers sending every American a face mask via mail

A new antitrust bill could pose a huge threat to Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook, with potential fines of up to 15% of annual revenue

From Jenna Orkin

Feds working to set up nationwide network of COVID-19 vaccination sites

Chilling trend: A longer, deadlier pandemic

The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate

Biden Issues Dozens of Oil Drilling Permits in First Few Days

2020 was deadliest year for migrants crossing unlawfully into US via Arizona

Nuclear has another friend in Biden, but changes at the NRC could mean more scrutiny ahead

Slain FBI Agents Worked in ‘A Dark Place’

Milwaukee Cops Left 4-Year-Old in Freezing Car Overnight

The Second COVID-19 Shot Is a Rude Reawakening for Immune Cells

Trader Joe's raised its minimum wage by $4 per hour for all workers during the pandemic

Read the memo Amazon's next CEO, Andy Jassy, sent employees after he was revealed as Jeff Bezos' successor

Democrats are just one heartbeat away from losing control of the Senate. We analyzed how precarious their 'gerontocracy' majority really is.

1. Amazon rises after Bezos reveals plans to step down as CEO

 

From Jenna Orkin

Exclusive: Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it 'Trump cult'

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: New Documents Reveal Involvement of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover

Women Account For 100% Of Job Losses At The End Of 2020, With Black And Brown Women Hit Hardest

'Worrying' new mutation detected in UK COVID-19 variant The Sputnik V Vaccine and Russia’s Race to Immunity

9 top New York health officials resign as Gov. Andrew Cuomo scorns COVID-19 advice from experts

Iran launches new satellite-carrying rocket

Russia's Gazprom posts highest ever January gas sales in Europe, Turkey

Exclusive: Oxford kept COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers in dark about dosing error, letter shows

Thousands of Hong Kong citizens flee to the U.K., fearing China crackdown

Oil giant Exxon Mobil reported a $20 billion loss to close out its 'most challenging' year ever

How the UK's COVID-19 vaccines chief — a VC — bucked government rules and propelled the country to the front of the West's vaccine-supply queue

Why Impossible Foods decided to cut grocery prices by 20% after beefing up its presence at brands like Kroger and Target

From Jenna Orkin

UK Variant Spreading in the US as COVID Mutations Raise Stakes

Dangerous new coronavirus strains may incubate in COVID-19’s sickest

A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990

21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder of Online Harassment

Chevron and Exxon discussed merger last year after Covid pandemic devastated oil prices, reports say

An Australian minister said Bing could replace Google search if it really does leave the country

Microsoft is said to be 'significantly interested' in the market potential of a Google exit.

Google rode to Robinhood's rescue after it was review-bombed and lost its four-star rating

A veteran options trader breaks down the intricate strategy that Reddit traders used to outsmart Wall Street's bet against GameStop — and shares 2 ways the parabolic rally could permanently alter the stock market

Elizabeth Warren told the SEC to 'grow a backbone' and regulate hedge funds in the wake of the GameStop-Wall Street saga

Backbone... and anything else?

Biden should prioritize 1st vaccine doses and delay 2nd shots to get ahead of a surge in COVID-19 cases, his former health advisor says

Day traders are driving silver to an 8-year high, but not all Redditors are convinced the 'silver squeeze' will work

 

From Jenna Orkin

Myanmar military says it is taking control of the country

A huge piece of California's Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean

Nine nuns die from COVID-19 outbreak in Michigan

The secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive

AI Can Generate Convincing Moving Images from Stills

New Yorkers Who Fled to Hudson Valley Are Buying Local Businesses

The COVID-19 vaccine should change the way we think about obesity

Being obese, my weight has always been stigmatized. I qualify as a priority case for the COVID vaccine, and it made me think differently about things.

Flu cases 'almost completely wiped out' this winter in England, but COVID-19 continues to soar

The number of people suffering from flu has plunged to levels not seen in more than 130 years, experts say.

Cases of COVID-19 in nursing homes have steadily fallen since the US rolled out vaccines, the latest data shows

New cases of COVID-19 in nursing homes dropped 45% in the four weeks following the first US vaccination, government data suggests.

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

Meet the GameStop investor upending the stock market with cat memes, reaction GIFs, and fundamental analysis

This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19

 

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