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Twitter to let users charge followers to see premium posts
Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money - both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people. In an investor...
Syndicated Author Feb 25, 2021

Wisconsin Senator wants to require national anthem at sporting events
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public funding, from Green Bay Packers games at Lambeau Field to ...
Syndicated Author Feb 25, 2021

Hasbro changes Potato Head brand name, toys will still be “Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head”
UPDATE – Hasbro said the POTATO HEAD brand name & logo are dropping the 'MR,' but the toys will remain MR. & MRS. POTATO HEAD.Hasbro clarified the name change in a tweet on Thursday.Hold...
Syndicated Author Feb 25, 2021

Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump's tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the former president's last-ditch effort to prevent them from being h...
Syndicated Author Feb 25, 2021

US jobless claims at 730K, still high but fewest in 3 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week in a sign that layoffs may have eased, though applications for aid remain at a historically high level.Jo...
Syndicated Author Feb 25, 2021

Students protest as Utah lawmakers resist changing ‘Dixie’
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - At a university in southern Utah, the nationwide protests against racial injustice have lent new momentum to change a name that some consider offensive: Dixie State.But the monik...
Syndicated Author Feb 24, 2021

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big ‘real world’ test
A real-world test of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it's very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose.Wednesday's published re...
Syndicated Author Feb 24, 2021

Republicans push back on Pelosi proposal for riot commission
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leaders in the House and Senate say a proposed plan for an independent commission to study the Capitol insurrection is overly tilted toward Democrats, arguing that the pan...
Syndicated Author Feb 24, 2021

Vaccinated for virus, Jimmy Carter and wife back in church
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Now that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are vaccinated against COVID-19, they have returned to one of their favorite things: church. Maranatha Baptist Church in tiny Pla...
Syndicated Author Feb 24, 2021

FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) - Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis released Wednesday by U.S. regulators that sets the stage for a...
Syndicated Author Feb 24, 2021
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