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The U.S. government believes that Iran may try to assassinate current or former senior American officials to avenge the death more than two years ago of its top military and intelligence commander, according to an intelligence report obtained by Yahoo News. In January 2020, the Trump administration conducted a drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani while he was on a trip to Iraq. Since then, the regime in Tehran has threatened revenge against those it deems responsible and has… Source link

When Hill was a young comic in the 1970s, he refused to deign to racist stereotypes of Native Americans. Rather, his material addressed bigotry toward Native Americans throughout history, taking aim at White viewers, the forced displacement of indigenous people and even the harmful history of Christopher Columbus and Plymouth Rock Pilgrims. In 1977, 26-year-old Hill appeared on “The Richard Pryor Show,” the first time a Native American stand-up performed on a program that aired across the… Source link

Brittney Griner tried to call her wife Cherelle Griner 11 times on Saturday through the American embassy in Russia, but the embassy wasn’t properly staffed, Cherelle Griner told The Associated Press on Monday. Cherelle and Brittney haven’t spoken in more than four months since Brittney was arrested in Russia. The two were set to talk over the phone Saturday to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Yet Brittney never called, at least that’s what Cherelle initially thought. On Monday,… Source link

Dalton Del Don looks into his crystal ball and reveals his fantasy baseball takes for every American League team. Stay tuned for the National League! AL East 1. New York Yankees 2. Toronto Blue Jays (Wild Card) 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Baltimore Orioles Comments/Fantasy Predictions: Yankees: Anthony Rizzo scores 110+ runs from the leadoff spot, while Gleyber Torres bounces back with a big season … Josh Donaldson finishes with more fantasy value than Nolan Arenado and Austin Riley,… Source link

Jonathan Choe, a veteran reporter for the ABC television affiliate KOMO in Seattle, has written an essay on Medium claiming he was fired for his coverage of a rally by the controversial Proud Boys group. Choe was covering the rally in the Washington state capital of Olympia earlier this month. He tweeted a photo montage of the Proud Boys rally, including some controversial music in the clip. That drew outrage from the Twitterati, who allegedly accused him of being a “white… Source link

NEWARK, N.J.—Outraged by the invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers in New Jersey’s largest city lashed out at one of the closest symbols of Russia they could find—a pair of Lukoil gas stations. The Newark City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ask the city’s business administrator to suspend the service stations’ operating licenses, citing Lukoil’s base in Moscow. In doing so, however, they may have predominantly been hurting Americans. The stations are franchises owned by locals, not… Source link

Nordic American Tankers Limited Friday, February 25, 2022 Highlights: As regards the recent political events in Russia and Ukraine, we shall comment later when matters are more clear. 1. On a Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) basis, fourth quarter 2021 was the best quarter of the last five quarters. We take comfort from an improving trend in both top- and bottom-line results. 2. The average TCE for our active fleet during the fourth quarter 2021 came in at $10,100 per day per ship. This was up 74%… Source link

When an upset happens this late in a tournament, you know it’s a shocker. We saw one major upset on Tuesday at the Australian Open, and one almost-upset that would have been even more shocking.  Here’s what you need to know about Day 9 of the Australian Open. Unseeded Madison Keys shocks No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova Three American women made it to the Aussie Open quarterfinals, and at least one has made it through to the semifinals. Madison Keys, unseeded at the Australian Open and ranked No. 51… Source link

Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona joined with fellow Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia last week to lay down a marker on when their colleagues on Capitol Hill should be able to trade stocks. Never, they say. The two Senators proposed the most aggressive option so far to ban stock trading not just by lawmakers but also by members of their immediate family: the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act, which would confiscate a lawmaker’s entire salary if they break the rules.  In an interview with… Source link

When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in February 2014, he inherited a toxic culture in a company considered a tech dinosaur. Bill Gates, its founder, had been known for berating employees, and Steve Ballmer, who succeeded Gates, continued the hardball business tactics that partners loathed. Microsoft had lost the battle for smartphones, and the technology platform its technologies were built for, the desktop, was giving way to the cloud. As I explained in my book From Incremental… Source link