Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated $1 billion worth of shiba inu coin — a dogecoin spinoff — to a Covid-19 relief fund in India. The 27-year-old Russian-Canadian programmer transferred more than 50 trillion shiba inu coins on Wednesday to the India Covid-Crypto Relief Fund, according to his public wallet. He also transferred 500 ether (or…… MORE
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Active-duty Marine charged with assaulting police officers at US Capitol riot
An active-duty US Marine was arrested Thursday for allegedly participating in the deadly Capitol insurrection and charged with assaulting multiple police officers inside and outside the iconic building during the attack. Major Christopher Warnagiris, who is stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, was arrested in Virginia, according to the Justice Department. Warnagiris is charged with…… MORE
Fact check: Ted Cruz falsely claims Democrats’ voting bill is intended to register millions of undocumented immigrants
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claimed Tuesday that Democrats have intentionally “designed” their sweeping elections bill so that millions of undocumented immigrants would be registered to vote. Cruz said at a Senate Rules Committee meeting that the Democratic bill that proposes major changes to voting, campaign finance and government ethics rules, known as the For…… MORE
How to hedge against inflation — and what to avoid
Inflation is all that the market seems to care about these days. Wages are rising, consumer prices are surging — and investors are worried the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than expected to keep inflation in check. So what’s an investor to do? The S&P 500 is down more than 2% in the…… MORE
Biden warns gas station owners: ‘Do not try to take advantage of consumers’ during fuel crunch
President Joe Biden warned gas station owners on Thursday against price gouging and taking advantage of consumers as many areas along the East Coast face shortages in the wake of panic-buying sparked by a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. The President said he was going to work with governors in affected states and direct…… MORE
Jada Pinkett Smith’s mother among Black women who shared harrowing childbirth experiences on ‘Red Table Talk’
Tressie McMillan Cottom was four months pregnant when she was rushed to the hospital for extreme pain and bleeding. Cottom said she arrived and the hospital staff made her sit in a waiting room for about 30 minutes as she cried and bled on a chair. When she was finally called back, a doctor dismissed…… MORE
Emily Blunt reveals why she had to pass on ‘Black Widow’
Emily Blunt was nearly cast as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in “Black Widow.” The “A Quiet Place” actress said in a recent interview on “The Howard Stern Show” that she was initially in talks to play the role in 2010’s “Iron Man 2,” but that she was was contractually obligated to work on another movie at…… MORE
Gaetz ally plans to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors
The ex-Florida tax collector with close ties to Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to plead guilty on Monday in a federal court in Florida, according to a new filing Thursday. As part of the deal, Joel Greenberg will cooperate with investigators in a wide-ranging probe, according to one source familiar with the matter. For months,…… MORE
More than 1.2 million Americans will lose pandemic unemployment benefits early as more Republican states drop relief
More than 1.2 million jobless Americans are set to lose their pandemic unemployment benefits early, with Georgia becoming the latest Republican-led state to announce it would cease providing $300 payments approved by Congress. More than a dozen states have announced in the past week that they would terminate the $300 weekly federal boost to state…… MORE
Blursday: How physics can shake you out of your pandemic slump
Now that we’ve ticked past the one-year mark of Covid-19 safety restrictions, the calendar is scrolling once more through the same holidays that punctuated the early pandemic. Yet again, curtailed Purim and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations teed up a round of socially distant Passover Seders and virtual Nowruz, Easter and Ramadan gatherings. As the seasons…… MORE
