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Month: August 2020
Viral photos of police injured in US protests are actually from Australia
A viral social media post that claims police were injured by Democrats and Black Lives Matter demonstrators. The police are actually Australian and the incidents are years apart: Facebook A collage of images that went viral on social media depicting battered and bloodied police officers – and suggesting Democrats and […]
9 ways to prepare for the next COVID-19 lockdown
After giving up spring break and summer barbecues, cooped-up Americans are looking forward to the day when things go back to normal. But COVID-19 isn’t like a natural disaster that strikes once, then fades away. Several states have paused or walked back their plans to reopen, as new hot spots […]
10 things to keep you occupied indoors this fall
These new activities will keep you busy for hours. — Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. At the start of the pandemic, we all tried to keep ourselves occupied with a random assortment of activities from bread making to learning […]
7 Things You Had No Idea Costco Actually Sells
Most trips to Costco are well-intentioned. You go in for some grocery items with a short list, but end up leaving with a wide assortment of random things you found and couldn’t pass up. With numerous departments and products to choose from, a trip to Costco can have you buying […]
What It’s Like to Send Your Kids to College in a Pandemic
Photo credit: FatCamera From Oprah Magazine Four years ago, as our daughter prepared to leave for college, these were the questions on our minds: Are microwaves allowed in the dorm? How much time will we have to move her in? What in God’s name is a bed topper? Last month, […]
How To Navigate Online Classes
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD — Prince George’s County students went back to school this week, but not in the usual way. Monday marked the first day of a semester’s worth of distance learning. Along with pushing classes online, coronavirus has upended typical traditions and altered routine services. Here is Patch’s […]
Are college COVID-19 cases the fault of campuses full of reckless partiers? Experts, students say no
Sweaty, drunken revelers spilled into the street below Addy Miller’s campus-adjacent apartment on the Saturday after North Carolina State University’s first week of classes. Miller, 20, viewed the late-night ruckus from her balcony, and others like it via news articles and viral videos. The locations vary, but the images are […]
Ride the Momentum with These 5 Stocks
I know I tend to go on about the long term, and how we must be really careful about buying into a trend that could end real fast, especially since the market’s at unprecedented highs and sentiments are going through the roof. But that’s basically one side of the story. […]
Students prepare for the unknown as they start university amid coronavirus
Students prepare to start university amid coronavirus: iStock Many students applied to university before coronavirus and social distancing had entered the UK’s day-to-day vocabulary. Now, they are preparing to start courses as universities adapt to become as safe as possible during the Covid-19 pandemic. “It’s definitely not how I imagined […]
Tori Spelling, Amber Heard and More Join Habitat for Humanity to Help Raise Funds amid COVID
Tori Spelling, Amber Heard and Lance Bass are just a few of the celebrities who are lifting hammers for a good cause. For every $25 or more that is donated, people will receive a special steel hammer created by Redline Steel — an American-made, Veteran-owned and operated company founded by […]
A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer could give way to a bleaker fall
As the Summer of COVID draws to a close, many experts fear an even bleaker fall and suggest that American families should start planning for Thanksgiving by Zoom. Because of the many uncertainties, public health scientists say it’s easier to forecast the weather on Thanksgiving Day than to predict how […]
Klarna, Affirm and Brex Make List of Top Fintech ‘Unicorns’
In the 89-page report, CB Insights also identified the top venture capital-backed companies and said there are 66 fintech unicorns that have an aggregate value of $248 billion. Thirty-three are in the U.S. alone and include a variety of financial service providers for retail, health care and banking. And while […]
Here Is the Bloody Face of Putin’s New Crackdown
Reuters MOSCOW—Yegor Zhukov is the face of a new generation of Putin opponents using social media as well as student rallies to stand up to the regime. On Sunday night, he was beaten up outside his home in Moscow hours after posting a YouTube video criticizing Putin. In a statement […]
Canada secures millions of vaccine doses in new deals with Novavax, Johnson & Johnson
Yahoo News Canada is committed to providing our readers with the most accurate and recent information on all things coronavirus. We know things change quickly, including some possible information in this story. For the latest on COVID-19, we encourage our readers to consult online resources like Canada’s public health website, […]
How pangolins became the ultimate luxury good
Francois Meyer, African Pangolin Working Group: Francois Meyer, African Pangolin Working Group How would you spend £340 ($450)? It’s a lot of money – enough for a haute couture purse from Yves Saint Laurent. It is also the market rate for a kilogram of scales from the world’s most trafficked […]
Shortened census count will hurt communities of color
Latoya Shauntay Snell Has Some Advice for New Riders: Keep Showing Up
Photo credit: W. Eric Snell Sr. From Bicycling I’ve lived in Brooklyn my whole life, and that’s where I learned how to ride a bike with my best friend when I was 10 years old. We went to the Boys and Girls High School track on Fulton Street. This was […]
‘I wanted to write my real story’
The Daily Beast Ed Henry’s Accusers Say His Behavior Was an Open Secret at Fox News When Fox News fired Ed Henry last month for alleged sexual misconduct, the network claimed it took “swift action”as soon as it learned about complaints made against him by former producer Jennifer Eckhart.But according […]
