After months of sounding the alarm on what she claimed was a stolen presidential election, Kelli Ward is facing questions about her own reelection Saturday as Arizona Republican Party chair. Sergio Arellano, the southern Arizona businessman who narrowly lost to Ward in a runoff, has asked state party officials for an […]
BJP On Claim Of Deal With JDS For Karnataka Upper House Post
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa met MLCs on Wednesday ahead of the first Council session. Bengaluru: The Karnataka Legislative Council conducted its first session today since the disturbing incident of December 15 last year, when its Deputy Chairperson SL Dharmegowda of the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) was pulled off the […]
COVID vaccines are working well, CDC says, citing early safety data
Early safety data from the first month of COVID-19 vaccination finds the shots are as safe as the studies suggested they’d be. Although the rate of severe allergic reactions is higher than in the general population, everyone with an allergic response been treated successfully, and no other serious problems have turned up among the first 22 […]
UK’s competition watchdog still eyeing Facebook’s Giphy buy – TechCrunch
The UK’s competition regulator will make a decision on whether or not Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy has a ‘realistic prospect’ of substantially lessening competition by March 25, it said today, as it continues to scrutinize the deal. “The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) hereby gives notice pursuant to paragraph (b) […]
Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch
If the rise of direct-to-consumer businesses has been one of the big e-commerce trends of the last decade, then the growth of startups raising huge rounds to consolidate D2C players, to bring more economies of scale to the model, has definitely been a related theme of the past year. In […]
Aubameyang doubt for Arsenal clash with Man United, explains absence on sick mother
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a doubt for the Premier League clash against Manchester United on Saturday. Aubameyang, 31, revealed that he has missed Arsenal’s last two matches due to his mother’s illness. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Saka headlines […]
TikTok Choking Video “Extremely Dangerous”, “Incites Suicide”: Italian Police
Italy temporarily blocked TikTok access for users whose age could not be proved. (Representational) Rome: Italian police on Thursday accused a Sicilian woman of “inciting suicide” for an asphyxiation video she posted on TikTok, a week after a child accidentally died in a so-called blackout challenge. Police said the video, […]
Why NASA calls landing the Mars rover ‘7 minutes of terror’
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UK strain continues US spread; California vaccine rollout
COVID-19 has killed nearly 430,000 Americans, and infections have continued to mount despite the introduction of a pair of vaccines late in 2020. USA TODAY is tracking the news. Keep refreshing this page for the latest updates. Sign up for our Coronavirus Watch newsletter for updates to your inbox, join our […]
Analysis: After building a radicalization engine, Mark Zuckerberg aims to ‘turn down the temperature’
Mark Zuckerberg built one of the world’s most powerful — if not the most powerful — radicalization engines in history. For years and years, his platform has algorithmically pushed people into ideological political bubbles and reinforced their existing worldviews. It has enabled and rewarded media organizations profiting off of hyper-partisan […]