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Font Size If theres a phrase about journalism that should bowl people over with laughter in 2021, its the phrase "industry-wide standards of impartiality." But there was Washington Post media reporter Jeremy Barr sounding like Rip Van Winkle in a gushy article on Wednesday about the "new CNN," suddenly liberated from its stodgy objectivity. The headline was "The new CNN is more opinionated and emotional. Can it still be ‘the most trusted name in news’?" Answer: No.  Welcome...

A bill to create a brand new state agency to oversee apprenticeship programs didn’t sit well with many Republicans in the Colorado House on Tuesday. Although the bill won preliminary approval in that Democratic-controlled chamber, Republicans argued that House Bill 1007 is too expensive and totally unneeded. Under the bill, a new State Apprenticeship Agency would be created, one designed to be a conduit between existing and new apprenticeship programs and the U.S. Department of Labor’...

What Is Stopping Our Justice System From Tackling the Cases Pending Before Courts? Data shows that over the last 15 years, there has been an astounding increase of about 14.2 million cases pending in high courts and district courts – an increase of almost one million per year. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Rights12/May/2021 This is the second article in a two-part series on issues plaguing India’s judicial system. You can read the first part here.  The second major problem fac...

Brood X cicadas emerge in a rapidly changing world Talk about a rude awakening. Brood X cicadas are coming of age in world that is drastically altered from the one their ancestors knew. Not only is this no longer their grandfather’s or great-grandfather’s planet, it’s one that some bugs might barely recognize — with a changed climate and living conditions that are forcing adaptive changes for some species, like moths that no longer fly to bright lights or crickets remixing their love so...

(Image: Shutterstock) Talk about a rude awakening. Brood X cicadas are coming of age in world that is drastically altered from the one their ancestors knew. Not only is this no longer their grandfather’s or great-grandfather’s planet, it’s one that some bugs might barely recognize — with a changed climate and living conditions that are forcing adaptive changes for some species, like moths that no longer fly to bright lights or crickets remixing their love song. Seymoure “Brood X c...

President Biden has set two vaccinations goals to achieve by July 4th: 1) 70% of the population over 18 has had at least one dose of vaccine, and 2) 160 million Americans fully vaccinated. According to the CDC, on Vaccinations 1) 57.0% of the population over 18 has had at least one dose. 2) 108.1 million Americans are fully vaccinated. Note: Ill stop posting this daily once all three of these criteria are met: 1) 70% of the population over 18 has had at least one dose of vaccine, and 2) new c...

5/06/2021 12:31:00 PM On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for April. The consensus is for 978 thousand jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to decrease to 5.7%. Some analysts think this will be a very strong report with maybe 1.5 to 2.1 million jobs added. • First, currently there are still about 8.4 million fewer jobs than in February 2020 (before the pandemic). This graph shows the job losses from the start of the employment recession, in percentage te...

NFTs), and these tokens ignited the crypto art movement that we cover here. One such artist, Indivisibility, combined the two movements in an NFT artist series that tells the history of Bitcoin. The collection features five individual works and one complete master minted on OpenSea, but we got Indivisibility here for a larger discussion on the whole crypto art and currency movement.  What made Bitcoin revolutionary when it debuted in 2009?  Bitcoin paved the way for a decentralized, peer-to-...

Meet some of the local men who share their love of cars and make the Mothers Day car show in New Bern an annual rite.

Column: Seriously? Sweetens Cove Bourbon Will Best Pappy Van Winkle? I Have My Doubts Column: Seriously? Sweetens Cove Bourbon Will Best Pappy Van Winkle? I Have My Doubts I’m always leery of celebrity-backed whiskey releases. You also, choir? Can I get an “Amen!” on that? C’mon, shout it out! I know you’re cringing! There surely are movie stars, rock icons and hall of fame athletes who have exceptional whiskey palates, but there’s no celebrity-backed release I’ve tasted in recent...