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May 07 2024
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Reddit's first earnings after going public made its stock jump
Reddit, the cheeky social media platform that serves as a bridge for thousands of forums, is having a better-than-expected inaugural earnings debut as a public company. Shares of Reddit spiked by 11% in after hours, trading at $55, after the company crushed first-quarter-earnings expectations. The company’s shares are significantly higher than its March IPO listing of $34 a share. The company
QuartzMay 01 2024
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Public advised to stay out of these Los Angeles County beaches
Officials are asking the public to avoid several Los Angeles County beaches due to high levels of bacteria on Wednesday. The ocean water warnings will remain in effect beginning May 1 until further notice. Excessive bacteria and debris can seep from nearby city streets and mountain areas and contaminate ocean waters, especially around discharging storm drains, creeks and rivers, said the L.A.
KTLAMay 09 2024
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Detectives ask for help from public finding woman suspected in 2022 Oceanside slaying
Homicide investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman suspected of being involved in a 2022 fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man in Oceanside. Aarin “Angel” Sorenson was identified by detectives Thursday as the fourth suspect connected to the slaying of Jacob Sanders on Dec. 26, 2022, in a riverbed near Benet Road and Highway 76, Oceanside Detective Mark Theriot said. Three
San Diego Union-TribuneMay 07 2024
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Southwestern Utah recreation hot spot could be closed to public due to vandalism
Ivins • Residents of east Ivins may no longer be able to access one of the southwest Utah city’s most bucolic desert washes after vandals covered much of the rock formations with blue, red and purple spray paint. One or more vandals struck some time in late April, coating the slick rock and sandstone with initials, crude pictures and vulgar racial and sexual expletives, according to Santa
The Salt Lake TribuneMay 11 2024
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Milwaukee police need the public's help finding critically missing 63-year-old man
Milwaukee police are seeking the public's assistance in the search for a 63-year-old critically missing person. Michael A. Smith was last seen in the 3200 block of W. Highland Blvd. on May 10 at 8:06 p.m. He stands 5 feet 7inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has short black and gray afro hair and a goatee. He is possibly wearing a light blue zip-up hooded sweatshirt, light blue
Milwaukee Journal SentinelApr 27 2024
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Exploring the history of data-driven arguments in public life
Political debates today may not always be exceptionally rational, but they are often infused with numbers. If people are discussing the economy or health care or climate change, sooner or later they will invoke statistics. It was not always thus. Our habit of using numbers to make political arguments has a history, and William Deringer is a leading historian of it. Indeed, in recent years
MIT NewsMay 09 2024
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Former Baltimore mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah must return unspent public funds
Baltimore mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah will need to return all of his campaign funds unspent at the time of his withdrawal from the race last week, the Baltimore City Fair Election Fund said in a statement Tuesday. Vignarajah, who qualified for the funds by raising small-dollar donations from hundreds of contributors, received $668,881 in public money from the city’s fair election fund.
Baltimore SunMay 08 2024
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JCPS board member criticizes principals over public opposition to start time changes
One day after several Jefferson County Public School principals voiced opposition to proposed start times both in emails and in public, one board member sent a letter to all principals in which he advised them to consider whether they were fit for their roles and told them that several "reflect very, very poorly" on Superintendent Marty Pollio. The letter goes on to say that while the board
The Courier-JournalMay 12 2024
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Indiana AG takes Jamey Noel, others to court in effort to get them to return public funds
Indiana's chief legal officer is taking Jamey Noel to court in an effort to get the former Clark County sheriff to pay back the agencies he allegedly took public funds from to pay for personal items. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita stated Noel, who served as sheriff from 2015-22, should be required to reimburse the Clark County jail commissary fund more than
The Courier-JournalMay 06 2024
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Athens commission committee to recommend greater restrictions on public smoking, some bans
An Athens-Clarke County commission committee is recommending changes to the county’s public health codes that should be enough to earn a Smoke-Free Community designation from the American Heart Association. In addition, a second move by the commission’s Legislative Review Committee could have a positive impact on the community’s civic health, at least within the confines of the committee’s
Athens Banner-Herald