South Dakota House passes bill which makes it a misdemeanor for doctors to provide puberty blockers or other treatments affecting gender expression to children under sixteen years old ~lgbt transgender Article 1348 words 21 votes
KFC to sell Beyond Meat's plant-based 'fried chicken' in the southern US ~food restaurants meat Article 358 words 18 votes
US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said in an interview on Thursday that the coronavirus outbreak could bring back jobs to America ~finance economics Article 507 words 8 votes
E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s, has made a legal demand for a DNA sample to compare against male DNA on her dress ~news usa politics crime Article 743 words 13 votes
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
Many Kentucky jails prop up their budgets by selling e-cigarettes to inmates. Some jailers, or their friends and family, are making money while jails overlook the health concerns of vaping products. ~health Article 2760 words 5 votes
Staff at Ottawa County Jail in Oklahoma mocked a sick man and denied care as he begged for help, video shows. Days later, he was dead. ~news usa.ok Article 2533 words 12 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 politics usa journalism Article 1006 words 9 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
Mary Louise Kelly interviews Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo ~news politics iran usa Article 705 words 21 votes
Washington state proposes legislation aimed at preventing class-action lawsuits against video game companies: would change the legal definition of "illegal gambling games" to exclude video games ~games Article 573 words, published Jan 4 2020 6 votes
Clearview AI claims its facial recognition software identified a terrorism suspect in New York City last year, but the NYPD says they played no role in the case ~tech Article 4078 words 10 votes
Donald Trump administration's Middle East peace plan calls for creation of a State of Palestine, freeze on new Israeli settlements ~news usa palestine israel politics Article 616 words 7 votes
Breach in payment-processing systems at Wawa convenience stores may have compromised over thirty million cards ~finance Article 1409 words 5 votes
Air pollution inequality growing in Massachusetts ~enviro pollution.air Article 559 words, published Dec 19 2017 3 votes
‘I was risking my life’: Why one in four US women return to work two weeks after childbirth ~health Article 1704 words 9 votes
Uber tests feature allowing some California drivers to set fares ~transport Article 92 words, published Jan 21 2020 5 votes
Assessing the Donald Trump team’s six-point US impeachment defense ~misc politics Article 2339 words 10 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 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
Seattle’s Queen of Neon: Meet the designer of the city’s most iconic signs — from the Elephant Car Wash to Dick’s Drive-In ~design Article 2103 words 6 votes
What Americans know about the Holocaust: Fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power ~humanities.history Article 2155 words 20 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