Wyden Blasts Senate Russia Report for Failing to Back 'Mandatory' Election Security Standards

Citing what he called the “ongoing crisis,” one of the U.S. Senate’s staunchest proponents of sweeping election-security reforms renewed a call Thursday for Congress to immediately intervene and impose mandatory security standards on election systems nationwide.

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Julián Castro Introduces Major Platform For Indigenous Peoples

The 2020 candidate highlighted the huge disparities that Native Americans face in health and economic opportunity.

Pig Ear Dog Treats Linked To Salmonella Outbreak: CDC

93 people have been infected by the bacteria, including 20 who had to be hospitalized.

Pew: YouTube videos with kids or video games get most views

Kids and video games — rather than politics or makeup tutorials — are the most powerful drivers of traffic on YouTube. Pew released a study today that analyzed over 40,000 high-subscriber channels for a week. What they found painted a picture of a…

Fortnite x Uniqlo collaboration revealed: Here’s what we know

Japanese clothing company Uniqlo has teamed up with Epic Games to offer apparel related to battle royale game Fortnite, the game developer has revealed. The collaboration is being teased by the two companies at this time; it follows the Fortnite x Jordan collaboration that was launched in May and the more recent Fortnite x Stranger Things crossover. Epic Games revealed … Continue reading

Juul Rep Visited a Classroom and Told Teens Vaping Is 'Totally Safe,' for Some Reason

There’s a lot of debate about what belongs in the classroom—but it’s safe to say Juul doesn’t. However, two teens testified in Congress on Wednesday that a Juul representative had, in fact, visited their class in April 2018 as part of a health presentation and told them the company’s e-cigarettes were “totally safe.”

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I Am Absolutely Here for Dunkin's Fake-Ass Sausage Sandwiches

Meat lovers and breakfast enthusiasts, we have some news. Dunkin’ announced this week that it’s teamed up with Beyond Meat to introduce a new sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich sans the meat, which is both great news for the planet as well as your stomach. And I, my friends, am fucking pumped for this fake-ass meat.

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Bear Attempts To Steal Trash Dumpster From Colorado Pot Dispensary

The bear hangs around the dispensary so much that employees have nicknamed it “Cheeseburger.”

Amazon asks police to advertise Ring cameras as part of partnerships

Amazon’s fondness for surveillance camera technology apparently includes programs that ask homeowners to volunteer their own cameras. Motherboard has learned that Amazon has partnerships with US police departments that have law enforcement agencies a…

2020 Cadillac XT5 adds turbo-4 plus Sport option with trick-AWD

The 2020 Cadillac XT5 has had a refresh, and with the compact luxury SUV being the automaker’s global best-seller, it had to get the details right. Now nestling in-between the smaller XT4 and the upcoming XT6, the revamped XT5 gets a new engine option for the 2020 model year, along with a longer list of standard features, and Cadillac’s two-pronged … Continue reading