The August 2014 police shooting sparked months of unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and made the suburb of St. Louis synonymous with a national debate over minority police treatment. The Ferguson riots helped cement the national Black Lives Matter movement that started after Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black man, was shot …
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Image copyright Reuters The coronavirus crisis could be causing widespread economic disruption worldwide, but the world’s largest technology companies are thriving. Amazon sales soared 40% in the three months ending June, while Apple saw an increase in purchases of its iPhones and other hardware. On Facebook, the number of people …
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, is targeting the NBA after a new explosive report claimed that the sports league offered the legislator a “completely inaccurate” statement about its training academies in China. ESPN released an explosive report on Wednesday alleging that the NBA youth program in China was riddled with human …
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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) beat analyst estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday as companies used their digital advertising tools to take advantage of a surge in online traffic during the coronavirus pandemic, even as they cut marketing budgets elsewhere. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo seen on a …
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Illustration of a neon purple coronavirus cell in the center of a heart outline A previously unknown threat from the coronavirus has come to light according to a study published Monday in the journal Cardiology. The researchers found that the virus can damage the heart muscle, even when the case …
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