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    New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job

    CHICAGO (AP) — A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday just months after he took the job. The Rev. Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted a letter with his resignation as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, effective immediately. []

  • New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job

    CHICAGO (AP) — A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday just months after he took the job. The Rev. […]

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    Everybody is playing Fallout 4 and New Vegas, and it’s all thanks to Amazon’s Fallout

    Turns out that the Fallout show has gotten everyone in the mood to play the games, as pretty much every title in the series has seen their player count skyrocket. Last week, Prime Video finally released its live-action adaptation of Fallout, which was quickly met with positive reviews all around. So, it should come as no surprise that players would get a hankering for the games too, which is exactly what happened. In fact, at least according to SteamDB stats, players returned to all of the...

    • CNN

    Taylor Swift’s new album allegedly ‘leaked’ on social media and it’s causing a frenzy

    Social media can be a divisive place, but even more so when it comes to Taylor Swift. A Google Drive link allegedly containing 17 tracks that are purportedly from Swift’s eagerly awaited “The Tortured Poets Department” album has been making the rounds on the internet in the past day and people are equal parts mad, sad and happy about it. CNN has reached out to Swift’s representative for comment. The actual album is slated to drop at midnight Friday, but the claimed leak is both being hailed and...

  • A U.S. manufacturing renaissance won’t create many good jobs—just look at Germany, S. Korea, China and decades of data, Harvard economist says

    "Whether we like it or not, services such as retail, care work, and other personal services will remain the primary engine of job creation."

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    Boeing’s problems just cost United $200 million

    United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter after the Boeing 737 Max 9 was grounded following the door plug incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. United did not say whether or not it expects to be reimbursed by Boeing for the cost of the grounding of its 737 Max 9s for three weeks following the January 5 incident. But it did say that it would have been profitable without...

  • Trump’s New York Trial Has Officially Begun. Here’s What’s at Stake.

    Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More

  • Poll Reveals 85% of New Yorkers Struggle with Soaring Grocery Costs

    A recent poll has highlighted a significant concern among New Yorkers, with 85% reporting that grocery prices are escalating faster than their incomes. Conducted by No Kid Hungry New York, the survey reveals nearly half of the respondents are finding it increasingly difficult to afford food amid a growing grocery affordability crisis. The poll, released […]

  • Sanctuary’s new humanoid robot learns faster and costs less

    Sanctuary AI often isn’t mentioned in the same breath as humanoid robotics firms like Boston Dynamics, Agility, Figure and 1X, but the Canadian company has been operating in the space for some time. In fact, a new robot introduced on Thursday is actually the seventh-generation of its Phoenix line. While a recent iteration introduced legs […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rips Democrat's 'Shameful' Post on Bernie Sanders

    Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized fellow Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz's social media post on Wednesday about Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, calling it "shameful."On Tuesday in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate passed the $95.3 billion foreign aid package to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan by a vote of 79-18. The House on Saturday approved the bill's individual components following months of gridlock. In total, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans voted in favor of the aid...

  • Will Amazon's robotic revolution spark a new wave of job losses?

    Amazon says it will create new jobs to replace roles taken over by machines, but it isn’t clear whether this will happen quickly enough

  • Amazon’s QLED TV just hit a bargain price point

    Amazon is selling its premium QLED TV at a bargain price right now. The online retailer is selling the Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED 50-inch for just £399.99. That's a saving of 38% on the £649.99 RRP. Suffice to say, a £150 makes this ambitious TV even more appealing than it was before. And given that we scored it 4 out of 5 in our review, it was already pretty tempting. Save 38% on the Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED 50-inch Amazon is selling its vibrant Amazon Fire TV Omni...