CDC confirms first instance of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in the United States ~health Article 685 words 13 votes
Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty ~lgbt transgender Article 2727 words 14 votes
US Congressional Budget Office annual report projects continued economic growth, but federal deficits and debts reaching levels not seen since just after World War II ~finance Article 1011 words 8 votes
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 846 words 9 votes
MoviePass and its parent company have both filed for bankruptcy and will liquidate their assets ~movies Article 6 votes
A Guardian investigation of 218,100 Facebook ads reveals how the Trump campaign’s sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters ~tech facebook social media Article 2517 words 12 votes
Why do cartoon villains speak in foreign accents? ~tv Article 488 words, published Jan 4 2018 7 votes
NPR is asking the State Department to explain its decision to deny an NPR reporter press credentials to travel with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on an upcoming trip to Europe ~news usa journalism politics.usa Article 1006 words 9 votes
Smaller Tennessee waterways lose protection under new Environmental Protection Agency rule ~enviro water Article 400 words 3 votes
NASA selects Axiom Space to build commercial space station module ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 639 words 5 votes
James Webb Space Telescope: Technical challenges have caused schedule strain and may increase costs ~space astronomy Article 571 words 7 votes
Clearview AI claims its facial recognition software identified a terrorism suspect in New York City last year, but the New York Police Department says they played no role in the case ~tech Article 4078 words 10 votes
Breach in payment-processing systems at Wawa convenience stores may have compromised over thirty million cards ~finance Article 1409 words 5 votes
Andrew Yang qualifies for New Hampshire primary debate ~news usa politics.usa Article 549 words 19 votes
Air pollution inequality growing in Massachusetts ~enviro pollution.air Article 559 words, published Dec 19 2017 3 votes
Uber tests feature allowing some California drivers to set fares ~transport Article 92 words, published Jan 21 2020 5 votes
People go to the library twice as often as they go to the movies ~books libraries Article 971 words 22 votes
Marianne Williamson asks Iowans to help keep Andrew Yang in the 2020 presidential race ~news usa politics.usa Article 501 words, published Jan 18 2020 8 votes
Boeing enjoys rare moment of brightness as massive 777X makes first flight ~transport Article 1382 words 7 votes
A Black man in Michigan tried to deposit checks at his bank. The manager called police. ~news usa.mi.detroit Article 500 words 22 votes
Tesla and the State of Michigan makes deal to be able to sell and service vehicles within the state ~transport Article 653 words 9 votes
Missouri charmer led double life, masterminded one of the biggest frauds in farm history ~food Article 4963 words 6 votes
How stock buybacks made US CEOs and shareholders really rich ~finance business Video 10:08, published Oct 11 2019 10 votes
NBCUniversal unveils Peacock, a free premium ad-supported streaming service with subscription tiers ~tv Article 1715 words 15 votes
San Francisco Pride members vote to ban Google and YouTube from their parade ~lgbt Article 1023 words 25 votes
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on the year ahead: ‘A lot of things have to go right’ ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 1793 words 10 votes
Ronald Reagan’s “October Surprise” plot was real after all ~humanities.history Article 911 words 16 votes
Holding a city hostage is ‘peaceful’ now? I’ve been to peaceful protests before. The gun rally in Richmond was not that. ~misc Article 1626 words 21 votes
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps & Their Johns ~life work.sex nsfw Video 1:14:39, published Dec 2 2017 7 votes
DirecTV fears explosion risk from satellite with damaged battery ~space satellites.geo Article 440 words 7 votes
American Psycho: An oral history, twenty years after its divisive debut ~movies Article 948 words 7 votes
America’s radioactive secret: Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year ~enviro Article 8598 words 10 votes
Amtrak asks two people who use wheelchairs to pay $25,000 for a ride ~transport Article 1054 words 11 votes
The US pesticide industry's playbook for avoiding neonicotinoid bans ~enviro Article 9045 words 10 votes
Boeing is in talks to borrow $10 billion or more as 737 Max crisis wears on in the US ~transport Article 142 words 9 votes