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The president’s new $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal includes the same kinds of “green energy” provisions that cost taxpayers billions following the 2009 stimulus bill – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Voting access and voting integrity lie at the heart of democracy. A recent CEO Zoom call, as well as removal of the All Star Game from Atlanta, raise an overarching business-ethics question: when and how should CEOs lead their companies into political crossfires?

"Film Out" is a big win for the septet.

The NBA has postponed Monday’s Brooklyn Nets-Minnesota Timberwolves game in the wake of the fatal shooting on Sunday of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old African-American man, in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Even as one of the most high profile criminal cases involving a former law enforcement officer continues to unfold in Minnesota, two other recent police-related events are now in the spotlight this week. Both have gone viral on social media.

It's the latest in a string of recent mass shootings.

It’s obvious that Yellen loves global bureaucracies, where mission creep seems to be built into their DNA. Now Treasury will carry on that tradition.

Between the State and the Schoolhouse by Tom Loveless emphasizes the importance of dissecting why education reforms did not work to better understand what education policies and research might be most useful in the future.

The pioneering Madame Clicquot was the creative mind behind a handful of champagne innovations still used today

Actor Jaleel White, famous for his cultural touchstone role as Steve Urkel in Family Matters, is getting into the cannabis game.

Safety enhancements needed to prevent accidents and crashes, reduce the number and severity of injuries, and save lives were highlighted on the 2021-2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements.

Raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour will hurt small businesses.

You've been fully vaccinated but your children haven't. Should you travel overseas as a family? Should you avoid the pool? And what's the safest way to travel?

Apple said it was “surprised” Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) slammed the company for refusing to send an executive to testify.

One of Fear The Walking Dead's best characters just died.

Bruno Mars has now hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 eight times.

Maverick Ventures founder David Singer's new $600 million evergreen fund will look for investments in healthcare and security software.

Together Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Microsoft Xbox earn $25 per month from most US households but pay almost nothing for the middle or last mile broadband network cost.

the Grace module was designed to handle extremely large HPC data sets and AI models and will deliver 10x more performance with the same number of GPUs than today’s state-of-the-art Nvidia DGX-based systems, which run on x86 CPUs.

It is no surprise that Warner Bros. sitcom Young Sheldon, which debuted in fall 2017 (and is confirmed for at least another three seasons), has been officially announced for a fall 2021 launch in off-network.

"Scientific consensus" might not be a good governing strategy, he said.

European car markets are flattering to deceive as sales improvements look good but compared with 2020, flattened by the shock of coronavirus shutdowns and short-term economic disaster. Forecasters now see a solid recovery as the year progresses and coronavirus vaccinations become ubiquitous.

In the company’s first “Transparency Talk,” STARZ announced that the network will partner with Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) throughout the program which includes a commitment to staff emerging episodic directors for their first television directing assignment.

Should these student loans get cancelled?

Three trends to focus on include 1) the expanding cyber-attack surface (remote work, IoT supply chain), 2) Ransomware as a cyber weapon of choice, 3) threats to critical infrastructure via ICS, OT/IT cyber-threat convergence.