Daily Archives: July 11, 2020

Derick Dillard SLAMS Counting On for Hurting His Family, Compares Jim Bob Duggar to Jeffrey Epstein 

As we all know, Jim Bob Duggar has all but exiled Jill, his own daughter, from the family home, enforcing distance between her and her siblings. Derick has been taking shots at Jim Bob for some time. He also harbors some real grudges against TLC for continuing to enable Jim Bob and, he says, for “defrauding” fans. In a new rant spread out over a se […]

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Nasa Mars rover Perseverance is attached to rocket 

The US space agency’s next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet.

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Spotify, Pinterest, Tinder, and many other iOS apps are crashing again due to a Facebook issue 

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A number of popular apps and services including Spotify, Pinterest, and Tinder are currently broken on iOS devices, with early analysis suggesting Facebook is to blame. There are widespread reports on social media of apps crashing whenever they’re launched on iPhones and iPads, and corresponding outage spikes on Do […]

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Reeling from the loss of gas tax revenue, states are deferring billions of dollars of transportation projects 

State transportation departments say $50 billion is needed to prop up their already shaky infrastructure.

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BCG DOES protect against Covid-19, study confirms 

US academics conducting a large-scale review of several various studies found a clear link between the vaccine and a lower death rate.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Nears 60,000 New Daily Cases 

The country recorded its sixth single-day record in 10 days with almost 60,000 cases on Thursday. U.S. immigration officials have helped spread the virus, a Times investigation found.

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No factory output growth data for second month in a row; govt to revise IIP policy 

The IIP for the mining, manufacturing, and electricity sectors stood at 87.0, 82.4, and 149.6 respectively in May.

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Nokia 5.3 Review: Yes, $199 really can buy a great smartphone 

It does everything you could want from a smartphone, without excelling in any one particular area

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Several U.S. Marine base personnel test positive for coronavirus in Japan 

Japan has seen a spike in coronavirus cases this week after managing to keep the increase in new cases to double digits through much of May and June.

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The best hotel credit cards of July 2020 

The best hotel credit cards of 2020: Best travel card overall: Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card Best premium travel card: Chase Sapphire Reserve® Best card for luxury hotel perks and elite status: Platinum Card® from American Express Best for Hilton elite status: Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card Best for occasional Hilton stays: Hilton Honors Ameri […]

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China rejects prospect of joining arms control talks with US 

China has rejected any prospect of joining in trilateral arms limitation talks with the U.S., calling reports from Washington that it would do so a distortion of its stated position

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Mitch McConnell floated a $40,000 income cutoff for a 2nd round of stimulus checks. That could leave out 20 million Americans who benefited from the first wave. 

Republicans are signaling they could support a second round of stimulus checks for Americans. Sen. Mitch McConnell floated a $40,000 income cutoff for a direct payment this week. But that step would leave out 20 million middle-class Americans who benefited from the initial wave of payments. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. More Republ […]

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Why Is a Tech Executive Installing Security Cameras Around San Francisco? 

Chris Larsen knows that a crypto mogul spending his own money for a city’s camera surveillance system might sound creepy. He’s here to explain why it’s not.

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Morning Market Stats in 5 Minutes 

Movers Indices • S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) decreased 0.06% to $314.40. • Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) decreased 0.08% to $261.97. read more

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Self-taught maker of Chinese musical instrument the erhu takes us inside his Hong Kong workshop 

Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them. His meticulousness is crucial in making an erhu, a traditional two-stringed Chinese musical instrument.“A good erhu resonates well and won’t sound out of tune,” h […]

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