Justice Department antitrust chief wants to ‘unplug’ tech monopolists
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Justice Department antitrust chief wants to ‘unplug’ tech monopolists

ByNews Polite

The Justice Department’s top antitrust cop said he wants to “unplug” monopolistic Big Tech firms and drove home his support for a stalled congressional bill intended to rein in Google, Amazon, Meta and Apple during a fiery speech on Friday.  Jonathan Kanter, the Biden-appointed assistant attorney general who leads the…

Biden administration says ‘tentative’ deal reached to avoid national rail strike
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Biden administration says ‘tentative’ deal reached to avoid national rail strike

ByNews Polite

The Biden Administration announced rail companies and unions reached a “tentative” agreement to void a national rail strike following an ongoing labor dispute. On Thursday morning, the White House said in a statement that “better pay, improved working conditions, and peace of mind around their health care costs” will be…

Patagonia hands company over to Planet Earth
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Patagonia hands company over to Planet Earth

ByNews Polite

The founder of Patagonia has relinquished his company to Planet Earth. In a letter, Yvon Chouinard said he was inspired by the unrelenting climate crisis to reroute nearly all of the company’s profits to environmental preservation organizations. “Instead of ‘going public,’ you could say we’re ‘going purpose,’” Chouinard wrote in…

Texas woman accused of killing woman for unborn baby goes on trial
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Texas woman accused of killing woman for unborn baby goes on trial

ByNews Polite

New Boston, Texas — A state police investigator testified Tuesday that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly. The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of…

Jimmy Kimmel Completely Avoids Discussing Quinta Brunson Emmys Debacle in ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Monologue
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Jimmy Kimmel Completely Avoids Discussing Quinta Brunson Emmys Debacle in ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Monologue

ByNews Polite

While Jimmy Kimmel‘s rude, scene-stealing Emmys moment was all the internet could talk about after Monday’s award ceremony, the late night host himself didn’t utter one peep about it on last night’s episode of his eponymous talk show. Kimmel — who upstaged Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson as she accepted the award for…

Christian Glass’ family calls for accountability after death
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Christian Glass’ family calls for accountability after death

ByNews Polite

Police who shot a 22-year-old Colorado man after he called 911 for roadside assistance escalated the situation, needlessly leading to his death, the man’s relatives said in a tearful news conference Tuesday in which they called for accountability. After Christian Glass’ June 11 death in the small mountain town of Silver Plume…

Looted $1 million ‘Quarter Shekel’ coin returned to Israel by NYC prosecutors
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Looted $1 million ‘Quarter Shekel’ coin returned to Israel by NYC prosecutors

ByNews Polite

A rare silver coin — valued at $1 million — that was looted from an archeological site in Israel has been returned to the country, Manhattan prosecutors said this week. The quarter shekel was minted by Jewish rebels fighting the Roman empire during “The Great Jewish Revolt” in 69 C.E….

Biden’s executive order to fund US biomanufacturing industry
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Biden’s executive order to fund US biomanufacturing industry

ByNews Polite

President Joe Biden will sign orders on Monday to push more government dollars to the U.S. biotechnology industry, aimed at reducing dependence on China for materials to generate clean energy, weave new fabrics and inoculate populations against the COVID-19 pandemic. The executive order allows the federal government to direct funding…