Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen and paper

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  21 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  9 months ago

“Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their kids off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.”

Robert Duvall, indelible actor from 'The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now,' dies at 95

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  9 months ago

“Robert Duvall, who earned a lasting place in movie history for his roles in "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now," has died at 95, according to a...”

Ski mountaineering to make its Olympic debut

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  9 months ago

“A new Olympic sport, ski mountaineering will make its debut at the Milan Cortina Winter Games this week. Here's how it works.”

Romance scammers get victims to open home equity loans: research

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  9 months ago

“The loans targeted by scammers, called Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs), are ones that a bank will extend to a homeowner, using their home as...”

Eldercare workers leading America's job growth are under pressure

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  9 months ago

“The U.S. added 130,000 jobs last month, nearly all from eldercare. Now immigration policy and Medicaid cuts are limiting who is willing or able to...”

Google Nest, Amazon Ring cameras jumpstart debate about security vs. privacy

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  9 months ago

“The FBI's publication of videos from Nancy Guthrie's Google Nest doorbell camera has reinvigorated questions that have dogged Big Tech companies as...”

Venezuelans rally more openly as they navigate changing political landscape

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  1 Like  •  9 months ago

“As people participate in more protests, they're demanding the government release political prisoners as it has pledged to do.”

Team USA overpowers rival Canada, 5-0, in potential gold-medal-game preview

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  1 Like  •  9 months ago

“MILAN — The game counted only in these Olympics' ground-play standings, not for the gold medal.”

British police 'assessing' claims former Prince Andrew shared sensitive reports with Epstein

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  21 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  9 months ago

“British police are looking into a claim that former Prince Andrew shared confidential trade documents with disgraced financier and convicted sex...”

Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after national security conviction

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  9 months ago

“Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai is set to be sentenced Monday after his conviction in a landmark national security trial.”