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Photo Donald J. Trump and Anderson Cooper at a town hall-style event hosted on Tuesday by CNN.Credit Darren Hauck/Getty Images Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday night that he no longer vowed to support the Republican nominee if it isn’t him, despite a loyalty pledge that all Republican primary candidates signed last year. “No, I…
paging_filter Annotation start-up Genius made it easier on Monday to report abusive comments on the platform on Monday, following criticism from Massachusetts congresswoman Katherine Clark. Clark, a Democrat who has campaigned against online harassment, sent a letter to Genius on Monday asking the company to respond to concerns about online harassment. “Now that your platform…
Uber drivers aren’t the only “gig” workers rattling the U.S. economy. Older workers, especially women, increasingly are filling in as contractors across a range of traditional industries, from highway inspectors to health aides. As companies look to shed noncore tasks and government budgets come under strain, an expanding share of the workforce has come untethered…
Most twenty-somethings will never belong to a union — and may never know anyone who does. But many are in need of a job (unemployment for those under 25 is 18%), and many more are sitting on student loans, which total more than $1 trillion nationally. And now, plenty are favoring a presidential candidate who…
Larry Russell Dawson Facebook /sl-art-illo-cap /sl-art-illo-cntr On Monday a man walked into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, pulled out a gun and was shot by a U.S. Capitol police officer. Contrary to previous reports, an officer was not wounded in the shooting, but a female bystander was injured in the incident, authorities say. Here…
On Sunday, March 27, Bernie Sanders spoke about campaign finance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, referring to George Clooney’s upcoming fundraiser for Hillary Clinton as “obscene.” Guests at the April 15 event will pay as much as $353,400 for two seats at the event. Yahoo! Politics reports that “Clinton is asking donors for…
Sometimes not all is as it seems. On the the streets of New York City, that can mean some of the iconic yellow cabs are in fact disguised NYPD cop cars—but how can you spot them? Motherboard yesterday published an article, based on FOIA requests, which saw the NYPD admit that it has at least…
By now you’ve probably heard the story of Tay, Microsoft’s social AI experiment that went from “friendly millennial girl” to genocidal misogynist in less than a day. While Tay promised to learn from her interactions with people online, Microsoft apparently hasn’t learned anything from the countless headlines about how Twitter users like to talk to…
Donald Trump can find something to hate about pretty much everyone. The GOP frontrunner has proudly proclaimed one horrible, misogynist thing after another about women, immigrants, foreigners, everyone, but he’s pretty much left Hollywood alone. Until now. Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski managed to dig up Trump’s unasked-for opinions on the looks of some of the most beautiful women…
Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to defend his campaign manager after he was charged earlier in the day with simple battery for allegedly manhandling former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields at an event in Jupiter, Florida. “It’s a sad day in this country when a man can be destroyed over something like that,” Trump said while…