Tag: piques

Google is facing a $5 billion lawsuit over complaints that its Chrome browser tracks users even when using "Incognito" mode. A U.S. District judge ruled last...

  During President Joe Biden’s first few days in office last week, he focused on implementing his nationwide plan to control and rein in the...

The war in Afghanistan did not end when US and UK troops left Kabul airport last year; it simply took a new, but still...

Ahead of the 160th anniversary of the institution's abolition, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued an official apology on behalf of the Dutch government...

Vanessa Bryant's ongoing civil trial against Los Angeles County has become so graphic and gruesome that Bryant felt compelled to leave the courtroom during...

Starting Monday, the world swimming governing body effectively banned transgender women from competing in women's events. On Sunday, FINA members overwhelmingly approved a new "gender...

With a new home and a new $5 billion stadium already under their belt within the last 5 years, the LA Rams have taken another...

New polls show that President Joe Biden's approval ratings remain stubbornly low, even in Democratic strongholds like New York and California. According to a Siena...

According to new FBI information, a Virginia Beach woman who sold $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons to shoppers used the money to fund high-end...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued broad new directives to immigration officers on Thursday, stating that being an undocumented immigrant "should not alone be...

Taeyo Suarez didn't think he'd make it when he was assigned COVID-19 last year. The New Orleans barbershop owner was hesitant to get the vaccine...

They are the rare gun laws that attract bipartisan agreement — so-called red flag laws, which allow the authorities to temporarily take away guns...

The coal plant is shutting down. Hundreds of workers will be laid off in this tiny Utah town surrounded by cattle, alfalfa fields, and...

A senior Taliban commander declared on Wednesday that the return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan will mean a return to sharia law, the group's...

Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist, started one of the art world's biggest viral moments nearly three years ago when he sold a banana duct-taped...

Four sold-out performances at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. A new band member has joined the lineup, and the live set has been expanded. While...

The same-sex and interracial marriage protection act will be signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon. As the Respect for Marriage Act...

A Christchurch widow who witnessed the mosque attacks plans on leaving New Zealand after her daughter became a target of hate crime and now...

A Florida Senate committee advanced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel "discomfort" when...

President of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk criticized the loud protesters whose attempts to stop his "voluntary" event at the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque...

You might believe that store and restaurant workers in the United States who catch Covid-19 stay at home to recover and keep the public...

A proposal to vaccinate migrants, which caused controversy inside the White House last year, is back on the table as the Biden administration attempts...

Xiaomi Corp. plans to invest about $10 billion over the next decade to manufacture electric cars, embarking on its biggest-ever overhaul to enter China’s...

Britain bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, the country's longest-serving monarch, at a historic funeral watched by millions around the world, which reflected her...

A white and silver space plane rocketed toward the edge of Earth's atmosphere, more than 46,000 feet above the stark New Mexico desert, propelled...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

South Dakota became the first state this legislative session to impose such a restriction, passing a bill that further restricts access to abortions through...

On Monday, Akron, Ohio, became the 11th city in the state to pass an emergency ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy for minors. "I'm incredibly proud to...

The pending Coinbase direct listing, scheduled for Wednesday on the Nasdaq under the symbol COIN, is exciting a broad base of the investment community...

If you are one of the millions of people struggling to find work, there is good news. The unemployment rate for American adults has...

Buckingham Palace announced Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II is "under medical supervision" because "doctors are concerned" about her health. "The Queen's doctors are concerned for...

According to Ukrainian officials, Russian forces fired a missile at a railway station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used by civilians fleeing...

Ernest Ray worked for a company that made compressors in southwest Virginia for 26 years, in a physically demanding job that included night shifts...

A Florida internet law is on hold while a lawsuit is being heard. Judge Robert Hinkle has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the implementation...

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., declared herself the winner of her congressional race on Thursday, despite the fact that the election is still too close...

An unusual security breach of an election system in a rural Colorado county has triggered a criminal investigation and prompted state authorities to suspend...

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been working for nearly a year,...

D.C. will more than double the amount of government assistance available to first-time home buyers this year in an effort to help Washingtonians, particularly...

President Biden plans to sign an executive order aimed at addressing the global semiconductor chip shortage which has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers...

According to Ukrainian authorities, their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. According...

On Wednesday, India reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country during the pandemic, while infections spread through vast rural...

Donald Yacovone makes it clear that the deliberate creation of white supremacy has kept injustice for Black people in America alive in "Teaching White...

As more countries lift travel restrictions for those who have been vaccinated, the world is slowly opening to travelers again. Travelers without kids, that is. To...

France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead author of a report...

If you're the type of parent who prefers to drive your children to school, there was no better place to be last school year...

Although the days of Russia's war in Ukraine are still being counted, images of atrocities have already numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The conflict...

The tropical storm On Tuesday, Elsa was already bringing rain and winds to the Florida Keys, as much of the state braced for the...

America has been paying reparations for slavery for more than 160 years. President Abraham Lincoln acknowledged this in his second inaugural address, saying, "We pray fervently...

For families who are struggling financially, budgeting can be a chore. It can be especially frustrating because even when you have everything planned and...

More than two dozen foreign policy experts have called for the United States and NATO to impose a partial no-fly zone over Ukraine, escalating...

Republicans issued a stern warning to President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats on Tuesday: change the Senate rules at your own risk. Mr. Biden endorsed...

On Thursday, Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said that President Joe Biden’s goal is to have schools re-open to five days a...

A half-dozen Russian soldiers describe being shipped to an area of intense fighting in eastern Ukraine only 11 days after being mobilized. "Once," a...

After the Atlanta Hawks ruled out point guard Trae Young for Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks' path became clearer. When Bucks All-NBA forward Giannis...

Whether you prefer to kill insects or not, there is one bug that health officials in the northeastern United States want you to get...

The United States passed a significant milestone this week, with the White House reporting that more than half of all adults in the country...

Toyota Motor Corp's research arm announced the acquisition of Carmera, a provider of maps and data for driverless vehicles based in the United States,...

More than 7,000 millipede species crawl across forest floors and garden beds around the world, pairs of legs pumping as they move through soil...

As the first year of President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance border policy comes to a close, the Biden administration's effort to reunite separated children and...

Many experts and researchers hoped that when US President Joe Biden accused Facebook of "killing people" by spreading vaccine lies in July, it signaled...

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine provide excellent protection for children under the age of five, the company announced on Monday. Pfizer intends to...

A 49-year-old Seattle man was charged with felony stalking after being arrested earlier this month on suspicion of committing a hate crime against U.S....

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are not calling for New York Gov. Andrew Como to resign even as a growing number of...

Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered school desegregation in 1954. Brown vs. Board of Education...

In a surge of fighting in the Russian-occupied south, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed bridges and ammunition depots and pounded command posts, fueling speculation...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that non-Native Americans can be prosecuted for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native...

According to research, women who are operated on by a male surgeon are much more likely to die, experience complications, and be readmitted to...

Voters in the city rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing that was drafted amid national outrage over the death of George Floyd by...

According to a report released on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency goliath FTX, defrauded...

With the nation's top public health officials as their audience, Senate Republicans on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Biden administration's new broad-reaching vaccine...

After announcing that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a US drone strike, Joe Biden took a well-deserved - and somewhat necessary...

Concerns have been raised across Europe about a recent buildup of Russian troops along Ukraine's border. The fear is that Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Due to the nature of the Democrat-led Senate, many Student Loan experts believe there will be quick and direct action from Biden in order...

Bill Clinton understood the anguish of the American people. Barack Obama senses their trepidation. Inflation, crime, and the economy are all causing concern. Rather than...

Val Demings has repeatedly chastised Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for failing to vote on a broad spending bill last week that would have allocated...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that even if President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake" by invading Ukraine, long-term isolation of Russia...

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act for the second time in two years. The first time around the bill was...

An Ivy League biology professor is warning that critical race theory curricula are erasing the meaning, if not the existence, of "objective truth" from...

In a meeting with troops on Tuesday in the eastern city of Bakhmut, the site of some of the fiercest fighting since Russia invaded...

A person familiar with the meeting confirmed that President Biden met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin in Delaware on...