[aggregation-styles] USA Today My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has seen his personal and corporate Twitter accounts suspended in the past week due to violating a disinformation standard regarding his repeated false claim that President Donald Trump won the November election. He was shut down again Tuesday for propagating that conspiracy...
Was 2020 the Worst Year Ever? Historians Take a Look Back
[aggregation-styles] USA Today There are no words. Wretched, vile, appalling don't cover it. Grim, ghastly, abominable are weak. When it comes to the year 2020, the year of COVID, of quarantine, of unemployment, of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, of forest fires and hurricanes and non-stop election madness, of closed...
USA Today Exclusive: As Trump Leaves Office, 50% of Americans Say He’ll Be Seen as ‘Failed’ President
[aggregation-styles] USA Today President Donald Trump leaves the White House next month with the country more sharply divided than when he moved in and amid caustic assessments of his record in office, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. Fifty percent of Americans now predict history will judge him as...
Early Rush on Christmas Trees has Been ‘Fast and Furious’, Valley Seller Says
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield.com Chris Maretich has worked in Christmas tree sales since 1977 and he can’t remember ever being this busy. That's nothing new for Maretich this time of year, but typically his energy is devoted toward setting up his five Alpine Christmas Tree lots in the days before they open...
California Ban on Natural Gas Appliances ‘Probably a Done Deal’, Says Homebuilder Rep
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield.com Natural gas-fueled appliances such as water heaters and ranges may eventually become the sign of an older home as policymakers push forward with California's ambitious plan to decarbonize the state. The latest sign of this shift is the pressure facing the California Energy Commission to require developers of...
New River Park Brewpub That Got its Start in Paso Robles Opens on Black Friday
[aggregation-styles] The Business Journal Black Friday marks a big day at Fresno’s River Park shopping center as a highly anticipated new tenant opens for the first time. BarrelHouse Brewing Co. plans to open its doors Friday at 10 a.m., and will also debut a large extended patio. There will be...
What You Learned About the First Thanksgiving Isn’t True. Here’s the Real Story
[aggregation-styles] USA Today After a summer of racial reckoning, is the country finally ready to learn the truth about the 'first Thanksgiving'? The traditional story of Thanksgiving, and by extension the Pilgrims — the one repeated in school history books and given the Peanuts treatment in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"...