New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to reporters during a news conference at a COVID-19 pop-up vaccination site in William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer | Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday backed off his plan to appoint a former […]
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Trump to slam Biden, attack Republican critics in first post White House speech
President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 29, 2020. Yuri Gripas | Reuters Donald Trump is expected to slam President Joe Biden and seek to retain his grasp on the Republican Party’s future on Sunday during […]
People have spent more than $230 million buying and trading digital collectibles of NBA highlights
Source: NBA Top Shot A LeBron James highlight sold for $200,000. A Zion Williamson edition went for a little less than that. The National Basketball Association has officially aligned itself for the future of the trading card marketplace, and currently, this game is sold out. The NBA partnered with Canadian-based […]
Fauci says all three Covid vaccines highly effective, urges people to take shot most available
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a White House press briefing, at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said […]
Coinbase and Roblox take a page from Google, keeping marketing costs way down ahead of public debuts
Welcome to Bloxburg Roblox Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and gaming app Roblox are both getting set to go public through a direct listing of their shares. They have something else in common that’s likely to prove very attractive to investors: Brand awareness. Both companies spend less than 10% of their net […]
The IRS got 35 million tax returns in one week as Americans race to file and get their refunds
ozgurcankaya Americans are not messing around this tax season. In just one week since the tax filing period opened on Feb. 12, the IRS received nearly 35 million individual tax returns, according to data released by the agency on Thursday. The rush of returns far outpaces what the agency saw […]
Young people have a popular pandemic pastime: Filling, then abandoning, e-commerce shopping carts
A woman is seen shopping on ASOS the online fashion store on a laptop. Dinendra Haria | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images In normal times, Amanda Ryczek window-shopped — wandering around with no intention to buy, but taking time to see new merchandise or thinking of what could […]
Covid ‘long haulers’ can also suffer lasting impact on their finances. Here’s one woman’s story
Laura Crovo still has some lingering Covid symptoms, despite having contracted the virus last April. It’s been 10 months since Laura Crovo has felt entirely normal. Since testing positive for Covid last April, the 41-year-old Marylander has yet to shake off all of her symptoms. And on top of battling […]
FDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid vaccine for emergency use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson‘s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the United States a third tool to fight the pandemic as highly contagious variants start to take root across the country. The FDA’s emergency use authorization Saturday kickstarts the federal government’s plan to distribute […]
Biden tells Congress Syria strikes are consistent with U.S. right to self-defense
President Joe Biden arrives at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 26, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday told Congress that the airstrikes he ordered in Syria this week were consistent with the U.S. right to self-defense, as members of his own […]