Mobile news organization NowThis is announcing a bit of counter-programming for next week’s presidential election it’s partnering with meditation app Calm to create a livestream for anyone who needs relief from stress of Election Day news. Not that NowThis is exactly avoiding that news, but this livestream (combining breathing exercises…
So far, 2020 has been a never-ending cycle of bad headlines and distressing news articles, the next arriving before youve even had a chance to process the one before it. Whether its an alert about another instance of police violence, an update on spiking cases of COVID-19, or the ceaseless…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. About a dozen city employees in Fort Lauderdale have tested positive for the coronavirus and nearly 30 others are quarantining, officials said. Across Florida, the numbers of those testing positive while still way down from the states summertime peak have begun inching up over the past week,…
Some of us love traveling or spending time with family, friends, and co-workers during the holidays. Some us do not. For those of us in the latter category, I have great news: you have the perfect built-in excuse to opt out of any and all holiday plans you do not…
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The all-share deal by Cenovus Energy Inc. to buy Husky Energy Inc. for about $3.8 billion will likely spark more mega-mergers among Canadian oil and gas majors, according to a veteran oilsands analyst. “This is likely just the start of big deals in Canadian energy land and thus it begs…
NASA promised some exciting news about the Moon today, and were pleased to report the space agency has delivered. As many of you correctly guessed, the discovery has to do with frozen water on the lunar surface. The new research, in addition to providing the best evidence to date of…
The first requests that upended Seesaw, a popular classroom app, came in January from teachers and education officials abroad. Their schools were shutting down because of the coronavirus, and they urgently wanted the app adjusted for remote learning. The company figured it could do that with a single short hackathon…
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. British Columbias top doctor is cracking down on the spread of COVID-19 with a new public health order that restricts gatherings in private homes to a maximum of six guests. The so-called “safe six” rule came as…