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Covid-19, Chairman Powell, Secretary Mnuchin, Dr. Fauci and $1800 gold - Kitco NEWS

Covid-19, Chairman Powell, Secretary Mnuchin, Dr. Fauci and $1800 gold    Kitco NEWS As the Fed's Powell sounds alarms, mortgage rates tank below 3%    Yahoo Finance Watch Jerome Powell, Steven Mnuchin testify before House finance committee on pandemic response    CNBC Mnuchin: PPP loan recipients will be released by end of the week    Fox Business Mnuchin, Powell testify before House panel on coronavirus aid: live blog    MarketWatch View Full Coverage on Google News

Netgear now has a slightly less expensive Wi-Fi 6 Orbi mesh router - The Verge

Netgear now has a slightly less expensive Wi-Fi 6 Orbi mesh router    The Verge

Motion Picture Academy Invites 819 New Members, Surpasses Five Year Diversity Goal, Vows To Advance Inclusion Efforts - Deadline

Motion Picture Academy Invites 819 New Members, Surpasses Five Year Diversity Goal, Vows To Advance Inclusion Efforts    Deadline Awkwafina, John David Washington, Florence Pugh Among the 819 Invited to Join Oscars Academy    Yahoo! Voices Film Academy Invites 819 New Members, With 36 Percent People of Color    Hollywood Reporter Here Are All the New Oscar Voters Who Were Just Invited to Join the Academy    Collider.com Academy exceeds inclusion goal after #OscarsSoWhite: New voters are 45% female, 36% diverse    USA TODAY View Full Coverage on Google News

Khloe Kardashian sparks Tristan Thompson engagement rumors - Daily Mail

Khloe Kardashian sparks Tristan Thompson engagement rumors    Daily Mail This Pic of Kourtney Kardashian Without Eyebrows Will Blow Your Mind    Yahoo! Voices Inside Rob Kardashian’s Transformation: ‘He Takes Care of Himself and Works Out,’ Says Source    PEOPLE.com Harry and Meghan’s speeches will cost you    Page Six Kourtney Kardashian is unrecognizable without eyebrows    AOL View Full Coverage on Google News

As coronavirus spreads to people under 40, it's making them sicker — and for longer — than once thought

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Once assumed to be safe from the dangers of COVID-19, younger adults share their prolonged struggles with the disease. from https://news.yahoo.com/as-coronavirus-spreads-to-people-under-40-its-making-them-sicker-and-for-longer-than-once-thought-235006459.html

Mary Trump’s Tell-All Book Temporarily Blocked in Court

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A judge on Tuesday granted Robert Trump a temporary restraining order halting the publication of Mary Trump’s upcoming tell-all, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.The injunction marks the first, tentative win for President Donald Trump’s younger brother in his war to stop the publication of his niece’s memoir, which The Daily Beast revealed earlier this month would contain allegations embarrassing to the First Family. The Trump siblings have maintained that the book, to be published by Simon & Schuster, violates the confidentiality clause that Mary Trump signed off on in the settlement of family patriarch Fred Trump Sr.’s estate.Trump Brother Was in ICU Just Before Filing Suit Over Tell-AllRevealed: The Family Member Who Turned on Trump Robert Trump and his celebrity attorney Charles Harder made their first play to block the book in Queens Surrogate Court—but the judge junked the suit almost immediately, telling the elder Trumps to refi

Woman shot in back while trying to steal man's Nazi flag, authorities say

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The victim had been with friends at a nearby party when she apparently snatched one of the swastika flags displayed outside the man's home. from https://news.yahoo.com/woman-shot-back-while-trying-193837976.html

'Enough': 1 killed in shooting in Seattle's protest zone

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A 16-year-old boy was killed and and a younger teenager was wounded early Monday in Seattle's “occupied” protest zone — the second deadly shooting in the area that local officials have vowed to change after business complaints and criticism from President Donald Trump. The violence that came just over a week after another shooting in the zone left one person dead and another wounded was “dangerous and unacceptable" police Chief Carmen Best said. Demonstrators have occupied several blocks around the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct and a park for about two weeks after police abandoned the precinct following standoffs and clashes with protesters calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. from https://news.yahoo.com/1-killed-shooting-seattles-occupied-142110137.html

Study finds asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs: 'Only plausible explanation'

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A new study found what happened to the Earth's dinosaurs. An asteroid strike blocking out the sun for years and causing permanent winters was cause. from https://news.yahoo.com/study-finds-asteroid-impact-not-190949370.html

National parks – even Mount Rushmore – show that there's more than one kind of patriotism

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July 4th will be quieter than usual this year, thanks to COVID-19. Many U.S. cities are canceling fireworks displays to avoid drawing large crowds that could promote the spread of coronavirus. But President Trump is planning to stage a celebration at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on July 3. It’s easy to see why an Independence Day event at a national memorial featuring the carved faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt would seem like a straightforward patriotic statement. But there’s controversy. Trump’s visit will be capped by fireworks for the first time in a decade, notwithstanding worries that pyrotechnics could ignite wildfires. And Native Americans are planning protests, adding Mount Rushmore to the list of monuments around the world that critics see as commemorating histories of racism, slavery and genocide and reinforcing white supremacy. As I show in my book, “Memorials Matter: Emotion, Environment, and Public Me

Tucker Carlson’s Journey From Coronavirus Alarm-Puller to COVID Truther

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In early March, while President Donald Trump’s loudest allies at Fox News downplayed the coronavirus pandemic, with some claiming it was nothing more than an “impeachment scam” to destroy the president, Tucker Carlson received widespread—and usual, considering his notoriously far-right rhetoric—praise for calling out his colleagues and Trump for “minimizing” the impending danger.The Fox News primetime star continues to receive plaudits for reportedly convincing the president to finally take the crisis seriously. Days after that March 9 monologue, which was delivered shortly after Carlson privately spoke with Trump about the virus, the president publicly addressed the nation and his administration began pushing social-distancing guidelines.While Carlson sounding the alarm much earlier than his Fox News peers may have a had a positive impact (on his viewers, especially, as studies show his audience took protective measures before Trump confidant Sean Hannity’s), it didn’t take long for t

NYC mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid City Hall protest

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A week after a “defund the police” protest became a full-blown occupation outside City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday he has a plan for the New York City police department budget to be slashed by $1 billion. The mayor, a Democrat, declined to discuss the sources of what he called “savings” for the nation’s largest police department, saying at a news briefing that the cuts are still being negotiated with the City Council. Money would be deferred to the city's chronically underfunded public housing system and to youth programs, de Blasio said. from https://news.yahoo.com/nyc-mayor-seeks-1-billion-170405474.html

First coronavirus cases found in sprawling migrant camp at U.S. border

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Three asylum seekers have tested positive for coronavirus in a sprawling encampment steps from the U.S. border in Matamoros, Mexico, marking the first cases in a settlement that advocates have long viewed as vulnerable amid the pandemic. Global Response Management (GRM), a nonprofit providing medical services in the camp, said it is proactively testing and isolating all close contacts of the three migrants who tested positive. "We have 5 patients in isolation: 2 who are awaiting results of testing and 3 who have tested positive on antibody testing," GRM Executive Director Helen Perry told Reuters on Tuesday. from https://news.yahoo.com/first-coronavirus-case-found-sprawling-163047029.html

Fauci says US death toll 'going to be very disturbing' and fears 100,000 daily cases

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* Infectious disease expert says US ‘going in the wrong direction’ * ‘I’m very concerned. I’m not satisfied with what’s going on’Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has said the country could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases daily unless action is taken to reverse the epidemic.Appearing before the Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee on Tuesday, Fauci warned that the US is “going in the wrong direction” over handling the coronavirus, and said the death toll “is going to be very disturbing”.He appeared a day after the White House insisted the outbreak had been reduced to “embers” but the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Anne Schuchat, insisted: “This is really the beginning.”Speaking on Capitol Hill, Fauci was asked about the increase in new cases of coronavirus – the US last week reported 40,000 in one day – and whether the pandemic was under control.“The numbers speak for themselves,” he said. “I’m v

The 20 Best Deals from REI’s Fourth of July Sale

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Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by President Trump's niece - CNN

Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by President Trump's niece    CNN Mary Trump's Tell-All Book Temporarily Blocked in Court    Daily Beast New York Judge Blocks Publication of Tell-All Book by Trump’s Niece    The Wall Street Journal Judge blocks release of book by Trump's niece    POLITICO Mary Trump’s Book Is Temporarily Blocked by New York Judge    Bloomberg View Full Coverage on Google News

‘We’re not the problem’: Texas bar owners sue over governor’s shutdown order - The Washington Post

‘We’re not the problem’: Texas bar owners sue over governor’s shutdown order    The Washington Post View Full Coverage on Google News

European Union extends ban on US travelers over coronavirus surge - New York Post

European Union extends ban on US travelers over coronavirus surge    New York Post One graphic explains why Americans are facing an EU travel ban    CNN EU Opens Travel To 15 Nations But Not U.S., In A Setback For Film, TV Production    Deadline For the EU, Banning American Tourists Is the Easy Part    Bloomberg EU excludes US citizens from visiting amid pandemic    CNN View Full Coverage on Google News

Call Of Duty Patch Notes: Modern Warfare/Warzone Update Adds 200-Player Mode, Grau Nerf - GameSpot

Call Of Duty Patch Notes: Modern Warfare/Warzone Update Adds 200-Player Mode, Grau Nerf    GameSpot Call of Duty®: Warzone - Verdansk Air Trailer    Call of Duty Call of Duty: Warzone gets 200-player mode, new weapon    Polygon Warzone ups its player count to 200, adds a tasty shopping contract    Rock Paper Shotgun Report: Call of Duty Warzone to Follow Apex Legends and PUBG with New Feature    Essentially Sports View Full Coverage on Google News

Facebook’s newest proof-of-concept VR headset looks like a pair of sunglasses - The Verge

Facebook’s newest proof-of-concept VR headset looks like a pair of sunglasses    The Verge How holographic tech is shrinking VR displays to the size of sunglasses    Ars Technica Facebook Researchers Show The Most Compact VR Optics Yet    UploadVR Facebook reveals the future of VR headsets, and it's more 'CSI Miami' than 'Tron'    Mashable Facebook’s Future VR Headsets Could Feature Holographic Optics    VRFocus View Full Coverage on Google News

Google Sheets will soon be able to autocomplete data for you - TechCrunch

Google Sheets will soon be able to autocomplete data for you    TechCrunch Google Sheets will soon suggest formulas as you type    Engadget Google makes Connected Sheets generally available for G Suite users    ZDNet PwC uses Connected Sheets to scale data insights    G Suite Google’s G Suite finalizes Connected Sheets and introduces AI-driven data cleanup tools    VentureBeat View Full Coverage on Google News

Prince Harry's 'increased spending' caused Prince William rift - Daily Mail

Prince Harry's 'increased spending' caused Prince William rift    Daily Mail Meghan Markle & Prince Harry's INSANE Price For Public Speaking Revealed!    Clevver News Kate Middleton and Prince William Show Off Lockdown Tans — and Princess Beatrice Has a New Hair Color!    PEOPLE Meghan Markle Has a Secret Tie to Prince Andrew    Yahoo! Voices Kate Middleton's Biggest Commonality With Queen Elizabeth Is Her Work Ethic    Showbiz Cheat Sheet View Full Coverage on Google News

Kanye West's 'Wash Us in the Blood' seeks spiritual fix for society's pain - New York Post

Kanye West's 'Wash Us in the Blood' seeks spiritual fix for society's pain    New York Post Kanye West – Wash Us In The Blood feat. Travis Scott (Official Video)    Kanye West Listen to “Wash Us in the Blood” [ft. Travis Scott] by Kanye West    Pitchfork Kanye West drops 'Wash Us in the Blood,' his first new music since 'Jesus Is King'    Entertainment Weekly North West Dances With Choir In New Music Video by Kanye West and Travis Scott    TooFab View Full Coverage on Google News

A Video Of A California Trader Joe's Customer Yelling And Refusing To Wear A Mask Is Going Viral - Delish.com

A Video Of A California Trader Joe's Customer Yelling And Refusing To Wear A Mask Is Going Viral    Delish.com Woman Says She Can't Medically Wear a Mask    Inside Edition Shopper at California Trader Joe’s refuses to wear mask, and confrontation goes viral    TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Woman speaks out after tirade at Trader Joe's store in North Hollywood    KABC-TV ROB ROSE: The big mask non-debate    Financial Mail View Full Coverage on Google News

Safari can now stream 4K HDR and Dolby Vision content on Netflix with macOS Big Sur - 9to5Mac

Safari can now stream 4K HDR and Dolby Vision content on Netflix with macOS Big Sur    9to5Mac Rene Ritchie: macOS Big Sur redesign — Explained!    iMore Counter point: macOS Big Sur is a fresh coat of paint on the same functionality offered in Windows    OnMSFT Apple executives talk macOS Big Sur and Safari updates in interview on ‘Upgrade’ podcast    9to5Mac Behind the scenes backup changes coming in Big Sur    Macworld UK View Full Coverage on Google News

A right-wing group got pranked at a rally, and they believe Sacha Baron Cohen is behind it - CNN

A right-wing group got pranked at a rally, and they believe Sacha Baron Cohen is behind it    CNN Booyakasha! Why Sacha Baron Cohen's latest prank nearly went horribly wrong    The Guardian Sacha Baron Cohen's New Prank Apparently Wasn't For 'Who Is America?'    UPROXX Sacha Baron Cohen crashes rally in downtown Olympia    KIRO Seattle Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks Right-Wing Rally Into Racist Singalong    HuffPost View Full Coverage on Google News

Dr. Dre’s Wife, Nicole Young, Files For Divorce After 24 Years Of Marriage - HuffPost

Dr. Dre’s Wife, Nicole Young, Files For Divorce After 24 Years Of Marriage    HuffPost Dr. Dre and wife divorcing after 24 years of marriage    MSN Money Dr. Dre's Wife Nicole Young Files for Divorce After 24 Years of Marriage    PEOPLE Dr. Dre’s wife Nicole Young files for divorce after 24 years of marriage: reports    Fox News Dr. Dre: Wife Nicole Young has filed for divorce after 24 years from the rapper    Daily Mail View Full Coverage on Google News

South Pole warming three times faster than rest of Earth: study

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The South Pole has warmed three times faster than the rest of the planet in the last 30 years due to warmer tropical ocean temperatures, new research showed Monday. Antarctica's temperature varies widely according to season and region, and for years it had been thought that the South Pole had stayed cool even as the continent heated up. Researchers in New Zealand, Britain and the United States analysed 60 years of weather station data and used computer modelling to show what was causing the accelerated warming. from https://news.yahoo.com/south-pole-warming-three-times-faster-rest-earth-150156003.html

Pence cancels campaign events in Florida and Arizona as coronavirus cases spike

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A campaign spokesperson said the cancellations were "out of an abundance of caution" as cases climb in Florida and Arizona. from https://news.yahoo.com/pence-cancels-plans-travel-florida-205111701.html

One man killed and another wounded in Seattle's occupied protest zone

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One man was killed and another wounded early Monday in Seattle's "occupied" protest zone - the second deadly shooting in the area. Police said the shooting happened before dawn in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood, near downtown. The Seattle Times reports that Harborview Medical Center said one wounded man was brought to the hospital in a private vehicle at about 3:15 a.m. The second was brought by Seattle Fire Department medics about 15 minutes later. The hospital said one man died and the other was in critical condition, Seattle police did not immediately release more information about the shooting. Demonstrators have occupied several blocks around the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct and a park for about two weeks after police abandoned the precinct following standoffs and clashes with protesters calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. from https://news.yahoo.com/one-man-killed-another-wounded-150624382.html

Four men were charged for trying to tear down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House

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Jackson owned at least 95 slaves at his Tennessee plantation and brought some of them with him to the White House. from https://news.yahoo.com/four-men-were-charged-trying-212726144.html

China cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization

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The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice is far more widespread and systematic than previously known, according to an AP investigation based on government statistics, state documents and interviews with 30 ex-detainees, family members and a former detention camp instructor. The campaign over the past four years in the far west region of Xinjiang is leading to what some experts are calling a form of “demographic genocide." from https://news.yahoo.com/china-forces-birth-control-muslims-040416780.html

Gilead prices COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in developed nations

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The price tag is slightly below the range of $2,520 to $2,800 suggested last week by U.S. drug pricing research group the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) after British researchers said they found that the cheap, widely available steroid dexamethasone significantly reduced mortality among severely ill COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir is expected to be in high demand as one of the only treatments so far shown to alter the course of COVID-19. After the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a clinical trial, it won emergency use authorization in the United States and full approval in Japan. from https://news.yahoo.com/gilead-prices-covid-19-drug-111703954.html

What we know about Steven Lopez, the suspect in the fatal Louisville protest shooting

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Steven Lopez is accused of firing a gun into the crowd at a protest at Louisville's Jefferson Square Park, killing a 27-year-old photographer. from https://news.yahoo.com/know-steven-lopez-suspect-fatal-135413674.html

President Trump shares video of seniors yelling, 'White power' and 'F*** Trump' at one another

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President Trump promoted a video Sunday that featured clashing protesters, one of whom chants, "White power." from https://news.yahoo.com/president-trump-shares-video-seniors-145406981.html

Supreme Court refuses to block upcoming federal executions

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the federal level since 2003. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor noted that they would have blocked the executions from going forward. from https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-refuses-block-upcoming-133926145.html

Is international travel allowed yet? See when Singapore, Jamaica, other countries plan to reopen borders

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Jamaica is preparing to welcome back international tourists June 15, while Austria requires negative coronavirus tests and won't allow direct flights. from https://news.yahoo.com/international-travel-allowed-yet-see-191613704.html

Shipbuilding suppliers need more than market forces to stay afloat

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Without deliberate action, the U.S. shipbuilding industry will become increasingly fragile. from https://news.yahoo.com/shipbuilding-suppliers-more-market-forces-090025017.html

In pictures: Huge Nevada wildfire turns Las Vegas sky red

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The fire in Mount Charleston, Nevada, engulfed about 5,000 acres (20 sq km) within an afternoon. from https://news.yahoo.com/pictures-huge-nevada-wildfire-turns-092334817.html

Millions track the pandemic on Johns Hopkins’s dashboard. Those who built it say some miss the real story. - The Washington Post

Millions track the pandemic on Johns Hopkins’s dashboard. Those who built it say some miss the real story.    The Washington Post More states reverse or slow reopening plans as coronavirus cases climb    CNBC Worldwide coronavirus deaths pass 500,000 mark, Johns Hopkins University research shows    Fox News Coronavirus Worldwide Death Toll Reaches 500,000    Newsweek Coronavirus death toll surpasses 500,000 worldwide    CBS News View Full Coverage on Google News

John Wayne’s son responds to resolution calling for John Wayne Airport to be renamed - Fox News

John Wayne’s son responds to resolution calling for John Wayne Airport to be renamed    Fox News Democrats want John Wayne Airport renamed after 'I believe in white supremacy' interview resurfaces    CNN Leaders want John Wayne name, statue gone from Orange County airport    NBC News Orange County Democrats push to have John Wayne's name and statue removed from California airport    CBS News Calls to Rename John Wayne Airport Resurface His Remarks on White Supremacy    Newsweek View Full Coverage on Google News

As U.S. soars past 2.5 million coronavirus cases, Pence urges Americans to wear masks, social distance - The Washington Post

As U.S. soars past 2.5 million coronavirus cases, Pence urges Americans to wear masks, social distance    The Washington Post How Trump’s team veered off his coronavirus victory lap    Politico Vice President Pence encourages wearing masks as cases surge    CBS News Analysis | Power Up: Worried Republicans urge Trump to change his tone. Again.    The Washington Post Pence: Masks 'Good Idea' When Distancing Not Possible | NBC News    NBC News View Full Coverage on Google News

Russia Reinforces Foothold in Libya as Militia Leader Retreats - The Wall Street Journal

Russia Reinforces Foothold in Libya as Militia Leader Retreats    The Wall Street Journal Libya: Haftar's forces mobilise mercenaries for Sirte battle    Al Jazeera English Talks may lead to end of blockade of Libyan oilfields    The Guardian Libya's NOC confirms international talks on resuming oil output    Reuters Libya's GNA: 'Liberation' of Sirte, Jufra 'more urgent than ever'    Al Jazeera English View Full Coverage on Google News

Gilead Science releases pricing plan for COVID-19 drug Remdesivir - One America News Network

Gilead Science releases pricing plan for COVID-19 drug Remdesivir    One America News Network Gilead sets U.S. price for Covid-19 drug remdesivir at $3120 for typical treatment    CNBC Television Gilead prices COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in developed nations    Yahoo Finance Gilead Sets a Good-Enough Bar With Covid-Treatment Price    Bloomberg Dr. Marc Siegel: Coronavirus defense — as numbers rise, promising drug Remdesivir cleared for use    Fox News View Full Coverage on Google News

Lululemon is buying exercise hardware startup Mirror for half a billion dollars - The Verge

Lululemon is buying exercise hardware startup Mirror for half a billion dollars    The Verge Lululemon to acquire at-home fitness company Mirror for $500 million    CNBC Lululemon CEO on latest acquisition: Mirror will be profitable next year    CNBC Television Lululemon to buy connected fitness startup Mirror for $500 million    Axios Lululemon to buy at-home fitness system Mirror for $500 million    Yahoo Finance View Full Coverage on Google News

Country Musician Chase Rice Criticized for Playing Show to Largely Unmasked Crowd - Pitchfork

Country Musician Chase Rice Criticized for Playing Show to Largely Unmasked Crowd    Pitchfork Crowded concert backlash    ABC News Country Stars Chase Rice, Chris Janson Spark Outrage With Videos of Packed Concert Crowds    Yahoo Entertainment Chase Rice criticized for packed concert    CNN Kelsea Ballerini, more country music stars criticize 'selfish' Chase Rice for Tennessee concert    MSN Money View Full Coverage on Google News