Dogecoin is the hottest, quirkiest cryptocurrency on the planet. The total value of the dogecoins in circulation is nearly $50 billion — not bad for a digital currency that started as a joke. It is the No. 5 most-valuable cryptocurrency on the market, according to CoinMarketCap, having increased more than 6,000% this year. The price…… MORE
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Ohio teen arrested with AK-47 in Times Square subway station, police say
An 18-year-old from Ohio is facing weapons charges after officers patrolling a Times Square subway station on Friday found him with an AK-47 and a loaded magazine, police said. Saadiq Teague was arrested Friday afternoon, the New York Police Department said. Teague was sitting down while charging his phone at the subway station, and had…… MORE
Hershey has a strange idea about where you should put your Reese’s
Pieces of Reese’s for your face. Beer going to the dogs. A sharper White Claw. Pizza that delivers itself. That’s just a sampling of some of the weird food news that you might have missed this week. Companies are rolling into spring with unusual offerings, hoping to attract attention to their tried and true products…… MORE
Families of Americans held in Afghanistan and Russia worry about consequences of Biden’s tough foreign policy moves
The sister of an American who was kidnapped in Afghanistan last year told CNN that she is worried that when the US troop withdrawal is complete, any leverage to get her brother home will vanish. The major announcements from the Biden administration this week on the future of the United States’ military presence in Afghanistan…… MORE
Global Covid-19 death toll passes 3 million as cases surge
More than three million people globally have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University said on Saturday. With 566,224 deaths, the US has the highest number of fatalities, followed by Brazil with 368,749 and Mexico with 211,693. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the pandemic was at a…… MORE
60 years after the Bay of Pigs invasion, many Cuban Americans’ distrust of the Democratic Party still affects national politics
For many, it is a historical footnote. A bit of trivia from a bygone era. A failed Cold War operation known as one of the biggest blunders in the history of US intelligence operations. But for those who stormed a small stretch of Cuban coastline on April 17, 1961, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion…… MORE
Minnesota protests continue for a sixth night as Daunte Wright’s loved ones mourn for his son
As Daunte Wright’s loved ones reflect on his son who will grow up without a father, police and protesters calling for justice in his death engaged in a standoff for the sixth night in a row. “His dad was a very good person,” Erica Whitaker, the grandmother of Daunte Wright’s son said, calling him an…… MORE
Phoenix nonprofit plans to vaccinate 500 homeless people in 5 days
More than four months after the first coronavirus vaccine hit American arms, a week-long drive to vaccinate the homeless against Covid-19 is underway in Phoenix. With the goal of vaccinating 500 people in a five-day period that ended on Friday, it’s a project that builds on the work of Phoenix-area nonprofits to care for the…… MORE
Indianapolis was already seeing a rising number of homicides when a gunman killed 8 at a FedEx facility
When a gunman killed eight people and wounded several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday night, the city was already experiencing a plague of rising homicides. The killings mark the latest mass shooting in America — a troubling recurrence that has seen at least 45 such tragedies in the US since March…… MORE
The Sikh community is in mourning as 4 members were among the victims of the Indianapolis mass shooting
The latest mass shooting in the US at a FedEx facility struck deeply into the Sikh community in the Indianapolis area after it suffered the loss of four members in the bloody onslaught. “Our community has a long road of healing physically, mentally and spiritually to recover from this tragedy,” Maninder Singh Walia told CNN…… MORE
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