China is pushing forward with its experiment in creating a digital version of the yuan and may give foreign athletes and visitors a chance to use it at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Li Bo, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said on Sunday that the digital currency pilot was going well…… MORE
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Inside the GOP’s tense fallout with the big business lobby
What started as a polite discussion about small business soon turned into a heated confrontation between unusual opponents — Republican members of the House and their party’s old friends at the US Chamber of Commerce. Republican lawmakers were blunt with the Chamber’s lobbyist, Tom Sullivan, calling him on the carpet about the organization’s decision to…… MORE
Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s trial will contrast the prosecution’s concise case with a more complex defense
Prosecutors and the defense will offer competing visions of Derek Chauvin’s role in George Floyd’s death during closing arguments Monday in the former Minneapolis officer’s criminal trial. For the prosecution, that means drilling home their concise argument that Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, was exactly what it appeared to be on bystander video. What…… MORE
America’s violent weekend: US rocked by back-to-back shootings across the country
Americans awoke Friday to news of yet another mass shooting, this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, where eight people were killed late Thursday. By the end of the weekend, at least nine more people had died from gun violence in back-to-back shootings across the country — in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska and…… MORE
Hester Ford, the oldest living American, has died
Hester Ford, a North Carolina woman who was recognized as the oldest living American, died peacefully on Saturday in her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, her great-granddaughter Tanisha Patterson-Powe confirmed. Ford was at least 115 years and 245 days old at the time of her death, according to the Gerontology Research Group, who verified her…… MORE
Why Temple Grandin wants your kids to go outside
Before she became a famous scientist and inventor, Temple Grandin was a kid who liked to play outside. “I absolutely loved flying kites,” she said. “We would just make up our own games — go sit in the field and make daisy chains.” All that undirected, childhood play, Grandin believes, amounted to more than goofing…… MORE
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic and vaccines
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In the race between Covid-19 vaccines and the virus, hesitancy gives dangerous variants a leg up, expert says
More than half of all US adults have now gotten at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But some experts worry that now comes the hard part: reaching the audiences that aren’t as eager to get vaccinated against the virus. “I worry that…… MORE
Arizona to Start Major Audit of 2020 Presidential Election
Arizona to Start Major Audit of 2020 Presidential Election… MORE
Republicans Expect GOP Midterm Gains Due to Distasteful Democratic Policies
Republicans Expect GOP Midterm Gains Due to Distasteful Democratic Policies… MORE
