Verizon is the last, and by far the largest, company to join an ongoing Facebook and Instagram advertising boycott, the cellular operator announced Thursday. The boycott, organized by the Anti-Defamation League, is in response to the social media giant’s handling of President Donald Trump’s incendiary posts, as well as current …
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‘Black Lives Matter’ will be painted on the street outside the Trump Tower
Mayor Bill de Blasio has sparked a new feud with President Trump by ordering the words “Black Lives Matter” be painted in large yellow letters on the street outside the Trump Tower. The words are expected to be painted next week on Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th streets, according …
Read More »An Indiana woman celebrates her 100th birthday after surviving coronavirus, cancer, and World War II.
An Indiana woman turned 100 with coronavirus in the rearview mirror. Leora Martin, a resident of Greenleaf Health Campus, an assisted living facility in the state, recently learned that a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 was shaken. The news came a week before his birthday on June 13, but it was …
Read More »Dolphins learn unusual hunting behavior from their friends | Science
Because the dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) use the shells as a trap, this is the second known case of these marine mammals that use tools. (The first was reported in 1997 when researchers discovered that bottlenose dolphins use sea sponges as protective gloves over their beaks to search for fish at …
Read More »Breakdown of the 2020 Travelers Championship leaderboard, conclusions: Rory McIlroy impressive in Round 1
After two tournaments where players set Colonial Country Club and Harbor Town Golf Links on fire, we got pretty much the same thing Thursday in Round 1 of the 2020 Traveler Championship. Mackenzie Hughes set the scoring pace with a 10 under 60 (missed a putt for 59 on the …
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