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Facebook is setting their sights on your children. The social media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents. The free app is targeting kids under 13, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules (though they often do). Messenger Kids […]
The day-after-Thanksgiving shopping is known as “Black Friday,” then came “Cyber Monday for” online retailers'” and now today Nov. 28 is Giving Tuesday. Also known as the National Day of Giving, the holiday aims to shift focus following one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year, bringing more focus to charities. Now consumers are being […]
Pres. Trump strikes badly again. While honoring World War II’s Navajo code talkers, Trump made a “Pocahontas” crack toward a sitting US senator. And all this happened in front of a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the former President who signed the legislation that led to the Trail of Tears. Although the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders […]
 On Instagram Tuesday, United States Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas released a statement commenting on the abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar made by teammate Aly Raisman as well as other gymnasts.  Douglas’ statement comes after she was criticized via social media by teammate Simone Biles for victim-shaming Raisman on Twitter: In the post, […]
It’s that time of year again, when America’s top retailers gear up for one of the biggest shopping weekends. The first of the retailers will kick off the shopping holiday, early Thursday morning.  Here’s our guide to all of your Black Friday shopping: Best Buy Opens: 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and will stay open […]
According to an analysis for the Institute for Family Studies, men are increasingly “marrying up” in terms of their bride’s education level, that also finds that may not mean the woman makes more money than her husband. Institute director of research Wendy Wang used data from the census and the American Community Survey to track a shift […]
According to the pastor of the Texas church where more than two dozen people were killed by a gunman during Sunday services, the church will be demolished. Earlier this week pastor Frank Pomeroy told leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention that it would be too painful to continue using First Baptist Church as a place […]
A gunman dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a small South Texas church, killing 26 people in an attack that claimed tight-knit neighbors and multiple family members ranging in age from 5 to 72 years old. The gunman in Sunday’s church mass shooting had in-laws who […]
The 2-year-old AJ Burgess was born without kidneys and has needed dialysis his entire life. AJ needs a kidney transplant but so far has been denied because his father, who is a willing donor and a perfect match, was arrested Sept. 28 and the surgical team at Emory Hospital chose not to proceed with the surgery scheduled […]
On Thursday evening a Twitter customer support worker who was on his or her last day on the job momentarily deactivated President Donald Trump’s account, the social media company reported. Social media reports surfaced shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday that the president’s personal account, @RealDonaldTrump, was unavailable, accompanied with the error message that the user “does not exist.” However […]
