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A Catholic priest in Rhode Island who barred state lawmakers who supported an abortion rights bill from receiving communion at his church has doubled down on his stance, saying abortion is worse than pedophilia. The Rev. Richard Bucci of Sacred Read more
First baseman Anthony Rizzo was eager to talk about a labor issue as spring training begins for the Cubs in Arizona. Per Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, the three-time All-Star said of the competitive balance tax (more commonly known Read more
Turning conventional wisdom on its head, a new survey on Tuesday suggested that men in India are no less interested than women when it comes to purchases related to fashion items. In fact, the results of the survey by Artificial Read more
Raytheon has received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to an investigation into the possibility of improper payments made for contracts in certain Middle East countries since 2014. The investigation relates to payments made by Raytheon Read more
Dell is hosting a Presidents’ Day sale ahead of the US holiday on Monday, February 17th. Plenty of laptops, desktops, monitors, and more are discounted. But some of the best deals it offers are available for a short window of Read more
Willie O’Ree is hopeful that one day sports will be free of racism and bigotry, yet thinks it’s still a long way off. The 84-year-old O’Ree, the first black player in the NHL, took part in the league’s Black History Read more
Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion Robert Farah will not be banned despite being found in breach of the tennis anti-doping programme. The Colombian, 33, was provisionally suspended last month after testing positive for a banned substance. Farah said the Read more
Bollywood icon Dharmendra is coming up with a new farm-to-fork restaurant named He-Man, which will be inaugurated on Valentine’s Day. The veteran superstar took to Instagram on Wednesday morning to announce his new venture. This is Dharmendra’s second restaurant after Read more
A U.S. Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged California to fire the chief investment officer of its public pension fund, the nation’s largest, citing what he called the CIO’s “long and cozy” relationship with Beijing, and assailed the fund’s investments in Read more
Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service now has 2 billion users worldwide, the company announced in a blog post today, up from 1.5 billion and 1 billion users in 2018 and 2016, respectively. That compares to 2.5 billion users for Facebook itself, Read more