How you mentally frame the inevitable setbacks you face in life is the key to building grit, resilience and, ultimately, achieving success. Consider Maria Konnikova, who said that re-framing setbacks is one of the most important lessons she learned in her two-year journey to becoming a professional poker player. In a recent phone conversation, Konnikova, author of the […]
CLOSE Kenneth Felts spent the last 90 years of his life not telling anyone he was gay, but during the coronavirus pandemic everything changed. USA TODAY Kenneth Felts didn’t plan on coming out to the world. In fact, he didn’t plan on coming out to anyone until the coronavirus pandemic struck. The 90-year-old Colorado man’s […]
CLOSE As confirmed coronavirus cases skyrocket in Mississippi, the state’s only federally recognized American Indian tribe has been devastated. COVID-19 has ripped through Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian families. (Aug. 5) AP Domestic Whatever was left of an in-person 2020 Democratic National Convention evaporated Wednesday as organizers announced Joe Biden won’t travel to Milwaukee to give his […]
“We want to see untrusted Chinese apps removed from U.S. app stores,” Pompeo told reporters, adding “apps like TikTok, WeChat and others are significant threats to the personal data of American citizens, not to mention tools for [the Chinese Communist Party] content censorship.” He said the U.S. wants to prevent smartphone maker Huawei from pre-installing […]
Here’s the latest for Thursday August 6th: Trump considers executive action for eviction ban, unemployment relief; Riot declared in Portland; Washington Governor recommends many schools keep learning online; France struggles to meet COVID-19 test demand. AP Source link
Lou Dobbs recently asked Trump about, of all things, UFOs. As @JoyAnnReid says, “UFOs are far more believable than many of the conspiracy theories Trump and his followers have embraced.” So we at #TheReidOut came up with our own version of the X-Files called “The Trump Files.” pic.twitter.com/TNubVlDs94 — The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 6, 2020 […]
CLOSE A massive explosion rocks downtown Beirut, Lebanon Storyful Those who wonder whether a chemical explosion like the one that leveled the port of Beirut, Lebanon, and killed more than 100 could happen in the U.S. should consider what happened one spring day in 1947 in the port of Texas City, Texas. Cargo in the hold […]
CLOSE Highlights of this day in history: The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II; LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act; Pope Paul VI dies; Scientist Alexander Fleming born; Funk singer Rick James dies. (Aug. 6) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – One month before the United States dropped two atomic bombs […]
But Fauci skirted further questions about the political infighting within the administration, including the repeated attacks on his record by White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. “Talking about that … is a distraction,” Fauci said. “I don’t want to waste any time arguing with things that are not scientific. So I want to focus like […]
A lot of pandemic-related news is dark. Well, most of it. But there are bright spots, particularly when it comes to founders whose smart ideas and gutsy pivots have defied the Covid-19 curse. Remember the mantra “change is good”? These entrepreneurs are living it. They’re making moves that not only boost revenues today but also set them up to prosper tomorrow. […]