Gabriel Sterling, the Voting Systems Manager for the Georgia Secretary of State's office. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Rudy Giuliani "lied" by presenting a deceptively edited video as evidence of election fraud. In a "60 Minutes" interview, Sterling debunked Giuliani's claim about illegitimate ballots, saying the president's lawyer showed only a…
Meena Harris. Meena Harris Meena Harris, niece of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, has written her second children's book, entitled "Ambitious Women." Illustrations were done by artist Marissa Valdez. In the book, a young girl watches a woman on television be called "too ambitious" and "too assertive." In response, she vows to become a persistent, assertive,…
Shane Pearlman working from home Leopoldo H. Santana - Fotógrafo This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The new era of remote working was nothing new to Shane Pearlman, who runs his company, Modern Tribe INC from his Gran Canaria home. Its 130 employees work across…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who turns 57 on January 12, was born in New Mexico to a teenage mother and father. Even at a young age, he showed a knack for engineering and inventing. You might not know that Bezos almost named his wildly…
President Donald Trump in December pressured the lead elections investigator in the state of Georgia to "find the fraud" responsible for his election loss, The Washington Post reported Saturday. There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, but Trump has repeatedly spread the baseless conspiracy theory since his loss in November. The reporting…
A pro-Trump mob breaks into the US Capitol building in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. Win McNamee/Getty Images Dr. Robert Redfield, the outgoing director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Friday that the mass riots at the US Capitol would likely be a COVID-19 "surge event." "These individuals all…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore into President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers for refusing to accept the election results in light of the deadly Capitol siege on January 6. House Democrats are seeking to pursue impeachment proceedings against the president if Vice President Mike Pence doesn't respond to calls to invoke the 25th Amendment, which…
Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist, last year fired by the Department of Health, said Saturday she would turn herself in to authorities Sunday after they last week issued a warrant for her arrest. Jones, who worked on the state's COVID-19 dashboard, was fired in May after she said she refused to alter data related…
Norwegian health officials have changed their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine after more than 25 elderly people with underlying health conditions died. According to the agency, "all deaths" are linked to the Pfizer vaccine, which was the only one available in the country until Friday. However, Norwegian officials maintain they are not alarmed…
Oooh, the irony of Melania Trump’s latest Twitter kerfuffle. On Friday, January 15, the first lady tweeted a message about the “legacy” of Be Best, her White House initiative focusing on issues facing children in America—including, wait for it, social media and cyberbullying. “As the legacy of #BeBest comes to a close at the @WhiteHouse, we must…
Remember this guy? That's a MacBook Pro from 2012. Most of these ports are gone from new MacBooks, but the MagSafe connector (the one on the far left) might be coming back. Image: Apple By Stan Schroeder2021-01-15 11:48:01 UTC A few days ago, I tripped over my 2017 MacBook Pro's power cable, pulling the computer…
Amazon has followed in Apple and Google’s footsteps with plans to kick the conservative social platform Parler off its Web Services. Founded in 2018, Parler is described as a far-right alternate to Twitter. Numerous posts on the app, which bills itself as “the world’s town square,” advocated for violence and promoted participation in Wednesday’s attack…
Joe Biden Wins 2020 U.S. Election: Celebrities ReactDoug Emhoff gets a lot of play these days. And, between his dispensing of a protestor and his tendency to refer to himself as Kamala Harris' "hubby" first and a lawyer second, we get it. But he and the Vice President-elect aren't the only couple we'll have our eyes…
Ali Alexander, the organizer of the Stop the Steal movement promoting President Trump’s baseless conspiracy theory that widespread voter fraud cost him the 2020 election, tweeted on Dec. 7, that he was “willing to give [his] life for this fight.” The next day, the Arizona Republican Party’s official account retweeted Alexander, with the note: “he…
Oooh, the irony of Melania Trump’s latest Twitter kerfuffle. On Friday, January 15, the first lady tweeted a message about the “legacy” of Be Best, her White House initiative focusing on issues facing children in America—including, wait for it, social media and cyberbullying. “As the legacy of #BeBest comes to a close at the @WhiteHouse, we must…
AsiaBy Joanna Slater | Jan 11, 2021For more than 40 days, tens of thousands of farmers have blocked highways leading into India’s capital to protest sweeping agricultural policy changes that they fear will endanger their livelihoods.Altaf Qadri/APAltaf Qadri/APOn the northern edge of Delhi, the protest is a city within a city: an encampment composed of…
Popular neighborhood bakery surpasses fundraising goal for national charity partner Dallas, TX (RestaurantNews.com) While 2020 was a challenging year, Corner Bakery kept the spirit of giving alive throughout its communities by raising funds for its national charity partner, Habitat for Humanity, and also continuing to give back to local non-profit organizations. In fact, through multiple…
Katrina sits in the roller chair before Ames’s desk. The moment has an air of uncommon inversion. Because she is his boss, Ames nearly always goes to her office and sits in front of her desk. Her office, corresponding to their relative places in the corporate hierarchy, is double the square footage of his, with…
In an interview with Politico, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia gave a pointed rebuke of GOP Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas in the aftermath of the US Capitol riots on Jan. 6. "There's no way they cannot be complicit in this," he said. "That they think they can…
8 Total Updates Since Jan 11, 2021, 3:00pm EST Follow this stream January 14 ‘My doctor said I could never fight again’ - Ponzinibbio recalls staph infection Welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio is glad to return to the Octagon after a two-year hiatus. January 14 UFC on ABC: Holloway all over the UFC record books Facts,…
As unemployment rates continue to rise amid the coronavirus pandemic, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is attempting to mitigate this problem for actors who have been hit hard by the worldwide health crisis—particularly thespians whose careers have been on hold since Broadway shut down on March 12, 2020.After an announcement on January 5 that…
The 2021 Chicago Bears season will include Matt Nagy as head coach and Ryan Pace as general manager. It won't include Chuck Pagano as defensive coordinator, according to a Chicago Tribune report. According to league sources on Tuesday the ownership McCaskey family decided to continue on with both Nagy and Pace. The team has made…
You’ve probably seen it as a meme, or on a t-shirt: “Ever since David Bowie died, shit’s been weird.”This week marks five years since Bowie left us, and it’s hard to dispute that it seemed to start a global decline. His passing on January 10, 2016 kicked off the year of Donald Trump’s election and…
As the pandemic continues to disrupt film and television releases, there remains one entertainment constant we can all count on: new books. By and large, the latest and greatest books are continuing to hit shelves as planned, meaning that when it comes to your literary entertainment diet, you’ll never go hungry. Now that we’ve turned…
Katrina sits in the roller chair before Ames’s desk. The moment has an air of uncommon inversion. Because she is his boss, Ames nearly always goes to her office and sits in front of her desk. Her office, corresponding to their relative places in the corporate hierarchy, is double the square footage of his, with…
8 Total Updates Since Jan 11, 2021, 3:00pm EST Follow this stream January 14 ‘My doctor said I could never fight again’ - Ponzinibbio recalls staph infection Welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio is glad to return to the Octagon after a two-year hiatus. January 14 UFC on ABC: Holloway all over the UFC record books Facts,…
The worst part about being eliminated early in the playoffs is that you are forced to watch the rest of the playoffs wondering what could've been. The team that upset the Seahawks, the Rams, squared off against the Packers in Green Bay. These two teams displayed offensive schemes that should have Seahawks fans and coaches…
Inter star Lautaro Martinez has admitted that it was his 'dream' to play alongside Lionel Messi at Barcelona last summer. However, he is now committed to life at San Siro, and is even prepared to sign a new contract in Milan. The 23-year-old had openly admitted that it was a lifelong ambition to play for…
