WHEN I WAS LIVING in New York, destroying my microbiome with joy and inflammation, I thought I was “doing the work” just by taking your average Joe Shmoe OTC probiotic.“I’ve seen a commercial for this…
The $600 federal unemployment benefit ends this month.…
WASHINGTON — Federal coronavirus unemployment insurance is scheduled to expire at the end of this month as the coronavirus pandemic makes a resurgence in parts of the U.S. and some 25 million out-of-work Americans are…
Seattle police move in to clear Capitol Hill…
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order on Wednesday ordering demonstrators to clear the Capital Hill Occupied Protest Zone (CHOP), just two days after one person was killed and a 14-year-old boy was injured…
Hong Kong police make first arrests under new…
HONG KONG — Police in Hong Kong have made the first arrests under a new national security law, less than 24 hours since it was passed by mainland China. Amid dramatic scenes, thousands of protesters…
Black Americans wealth gap ties together the George…
George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, which ignited protests across the country, did not happen in a vacuum. Floyd belonged to a group that has endured not only physical threats, but also systematic economic deprivation for…
Facial recognition has a new foe: The worlds…
The world's largest association of computing professionals is calling for an "immediate suspension" of the private and governmental use of facial recognition technologies for "technical and ethical reasons." The Association for Computing Machinery, which says…
Trump campaign shifts Michael Glassner, top staffer and…
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign is making some changes to its top leadership by shifting Michael Glassner from his current role as chief operating officer into a new role managing its legal fights against news…
Carl Reiner was a comedic Renaissance man. Heres…
Carl Reiner, the American comedy master who died Monday at 98, was one of the most staggeringly versatile personalities in show business. In a rich career that spanned the Eisenhower era to the age of…
Judge overturns Trump border rule requiring immigrants to…
A federal court Tuesday night upheld a challenge to the Trump administration's asylum restrictions, namely a 2019 rule that requires seekers to ask for asylum closer to home. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly…