Unwrapping the history behind Black Friday’s name
Competing explanations for the name have circulated online for years.
A Brief Outburst
The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period on Feb. 24, 2015. While some
UN says Israeli forces’ killing of 2 Palestinians in Jenin looks like ‘summary execution’
The United Nations said on Friday the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces as they appeared to
Zelensky’s chief of staff resigns after anti-corruption raid
Yermak, 54, has been Zelensky’s closest adviser throughout Russia’s full-scale war.
Lightning detected on Mars for the first time, scientists say
Researchers heard electric crackles on 28 hours of recordings made over two Martian years.
Eight more arrested over fire in Hong Kong that killed at least 128 people
Authorities say 89 bodies are unidentified and 79 people remain injured after Wednesday’s blaze.
Hungary’s Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow
Russia’s leader praised what he called Orban’s “balanced position on the situation in Ukraine”.
‘People are onto him’: Analyst says voters are realizing Trump is ‘wrecking the country’
Tweety McTreason’s administration is “wrecking the country” and people are waking up to this, a political commentator has claimed. Writing in The New Republic, Michael
Judges getting sick of ‘illegal’ Trump orders flooding courts with challenges: report
More than 200 judges in hundreds of cases have rejected the Trump administration’s attempts to lock up immigrants facing possible deportation, and they’re getting sick
Trump’s targeting of ‘third world’ immigrants after the DC shooting is spreading fear
Late on Wednesday evening I caught a taxi home from the office after a long and sobering day.
Spotlight: Making the most of multicloud
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Trump pauses immigration from ‘Third World’ countries: What that means
US president’s announcement comes after two National Guard members were shot and an Afghan national was named a suspect.
Tweety McTreason lashes out at reporter asking about DC shooter
Tweety McTreason snapped at a reporter who asked why he blames the Biden administration for the shooting in Washington, DC.
Flood deaths rise to 174 in Indonesia, surge across Southeast Asia
Authorities say 79 people remain missing and thousands of families have been displaced from their homes across Sumatra.