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Yahoo News ran an op-ed by President Joe Biden on Monday, roughly three years after rejecting an offering from then-President Donald Trump that was much more political in flavor, according to two people familiar with the situation. The two opinion pieces, while not a clean comparison, shine a light on one newsroom’s decision-making taking op-eds penned by an outsider GOP president keen on disrupting American politics and a Democratic one who was a senator for… Source link

It’s a common sight: Ads from that time you Googled flights to Cancún, or visited Nike to look for new running shoes, following you around the Internet. Much of that tracking is made possible by cookies — little bits of code that jump off websites and lodge themselves in your browser, allowing new sites you visit to see where you’ve been before. Facebook and Google, the two most profitable advertising companies in history, use cookies to show ads across the Web based on info gathered… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Washington Prime Group Inc., a real estate investment trust that operates enclosed malls and strip centers across the U.S., filed for bankruptcy after the Covid-19 pandemic curtailed in-person shopping. The Chapter 11 filing in Houston will allow Washington Prime to continue operating while it seeks to implement a restructuring agreement that it reached with certain creditors, according to a board resolution filed with the bankruptcy petition. The company, which estimated its… Source link

The Washington Football Team is sending first day vibes the only way the younger generation knows how: a chalkboard sign.  The team opened its third phase of organized team activities (OTAs) on Tuesday with players in town for meetings and workouts. The social media team honored the milestone by having the players share the standard preschool introduction: year, teacher, height and friendships. Terry McLaurin and the young ones are into it. Ryan Fitzpatrick is not.   Fitzpatrick takes the… Source link

The Washington Football Team drafted running back Bryce Love in 2019, spending a fourth-round pick on the Stanford running back who suffered a torn ACL in his final college game. On Monday Washington waived Love after he failed to log an NFL carry in two seasons. The hope in Washington was that Love could spend a year recovering from the devastating injury and contribute by his second season. But he didn’t play a single snap in 2020, and a Ron Rivera regime that didn’t draft Love cut ties with… Source link

The Week Body camera footage shows Chicago police officer shooting 13-year-old boy with hands raised A Chicago police watchdog group released body camera footage on Thursday that showed an officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Last month, a Chicago police officer chased Toledo down an alley after responding to a call of shots fired, and saw what appeared to be a gun in his hand, reports NBC News. After the officer yelled “police, stop,” Toledo turned and raised his hands, neither… Source link

Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder has reached an agreement to buy out his minority partners, according to people familiar with the deal, ending a long public fight over the future ownership of one of the NFL’s most valuable franchises. Snyder is paying roughly $900 million for stakes owned by Dwight Schar, Robert Rothman and Frederick Smith, which total 40.5% of the team, according to one of the people. The team in its entirety is worth $3.58 billion, according to Sportico… Source link

The Washington Football Team made it official on Friday and released quarterback Alex Smith, the 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, after his return from a gruesome leg injury that nearly ended his career. Smith’s time with the team appeared to be coming to an end after a report Monday that the team would be parting ways with him. After an injury to Kyle Allen and poor play by Dwayne Haskins, Smith took the reins and led the team to a 5-1 record down the stretch. It was enough to win the… Source link

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in journalist Eli Sanders’ “Wild West” newsletter, which covers internet-related legal issues. Subscribe here.] Think about how fast Google search results arrive. “Practically instant” has long been a company goal, and in that same instant Google often pairs results with targeted ads. Sometimes, those ads are political. University of… Source link

The Washington Football Team will go by that name again in 2021.  The team launched a website Tuesday that will chronicle the franchise’s name change. On the front page of the site, it states “the future of Washington Football arrives in 2022.” The website also includes a timeline that walks fans through the name-change process. It includes five chapters: Transformation, discovery, insight, creation and execution. Throughout the process, the team will take suggestions from fans. In the… Source link