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The US Supreme Courtroom Simply Licensed Extra Voter Suppression
The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona restrictions. The first prohibits individuals other than close family members or caregivers from collecting mail-in ballots. The second requires elections officials to reject votes from people who report to incorrect precincts…
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The world’s hottest journey experiences
People may not have traveled a lot in the past year, but that hasn’t stopped them from looking for ideas online. Luxury travel company Unforgettable Travel wanted to know which travel experiences people have been looking for the most over the past year. With the help of digital marketing agency SEO Travel, the company compiled…
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The necessary position Carson Daly performed in Gwen & Blake’s marriage ceremony
Keep it in the The Voice family. Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani recruited a close friend to officially pronounce them husband and wife: Carson Daly. That’s right, the NBC contest series host was hosting the couple’s July 3 wedding in Oklahoma, Today confirmed, shortly after the couple shared footage of the ceremony online. The trio…
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Oil costs soar to multi-year highs after OPEC + talks didn’t result in a manufacturing deal
Oil pump jacks, also known as “nodding donkeys”, work in an oil field near Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia on Wednesday March 11, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil jumped to its highest level in nearly three years on Monday after talks between OPEC and its oil-producing allies were indefinitely postponed and the group…
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VW and Porsche comply with Bugatti three way partnership with EV firm Rimac
Porsche and Croatian electric performance car manufacturer Rimac have agreed to create a joint venture that incorporates Volkswagen’s high-performance Bugatti brand, officials announced Monday. The new joint venture — called Bugatti-Rimac — is expected to be established as a hypercar manufacturer (think high-end sport car or supercar but better performance and more exclusive) in the…
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Marc Lamont Hill says he was “disgusted” by Decide Joe Brown’s misogyny after Brown labeled Cosby prosecutors as “groupies.”
There was much public opinion on Bill Cosby’s overturned case, but the words of former TV judge Joe Brown stunned political commentator Marc Lamont Hill during a heated debate. Hill invited Judge Joe Brown to speak about Cosby’s release on his newscast, Black News Tonight, and their heated debate illustrated the rift in the black…
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Why U.S. will not hit Fourth of July targets
Biden administration says it will fall short of its Fourth of July vaccination goal All the free beer, doughnuts and baseball tickets won’t be enough to keep up the pace of vaccinations. President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one shot in the arms of 70% of U.S. adults before the Fourth of July holiday…
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Andy Jassy, new CEO of Amazon, takes over Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar lander for the moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Ann Hiatt recalls that Jeff Bezos didn’t sit down for long. As executive assistant to the Amazon CEO from 2002 to 2005, Hiatt was tasked with…
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Boris Johnson says England is effectively on its option to lifting Covid restrictions
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on the Coronavirus-Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference at 10 Downing Street on March 18, 2021 in London, England. Tolga Akmen – WPA Pool | Getty Images LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson detailed the final steps to relax UK lockdown rules on Monday, with a…
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Bitcoin ETF ought to have been accepted a while in the past, says SEC regulator Peirce
Hester Peirce, Commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Center, listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, the United States, on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hester Peirce is at a loss. For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission, of which Peirce is…