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Wall Street banks made record profits in 2020 despite the financial peril of many consumers, leading the six largest banks to testify before Congress. Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo were unable to respond “yes” when asked if they automatically waived customers’ overdraft fees during the pandemic as the Federal Reserve encouraged. According to Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, JP Morgan Chase’s 2020 profits still would have been more than $20 billion if it had followed the guidance of federal regulators....

Elliott returned to Texas late last week after holding his own personal training sessions in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as he continues to hold out from taking part in the Cowboys’ pre-season due to an ongoing dispute over his contract. Running back Tony Pollard came in for Saturday’s clash with the Rams in Hawaii, and put in an impressive display in a 14-10 win. Cowboys owner Jones was so impressed by Pollard’s performance that he joked, “Who?...

Your career has been so diverse. Do you have a favorite genre? I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions. Is the score ever autobiographical? Sometimes, but I’ll never say when. In the McCarthy era you were gray-listed. I had to appear before a subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee....

The confirmation comes amid reports that Musk wants to charge $20 for Twitter Blue, which will include verification as part of the subscription. Twitter Verification as a Paid Product According to The Verge, a directive issued at Twitter aims to see paid verification launched in early November. Rather than making it a direct purchase, verified accounts will be required to subscribe to Twitter Blue in order to retain their blue badge....

This choice was met with mixed reactions from the public, but the publication believes the richest person in the world is driving change in the tech space and possibly helping change the course of humanity as well. So, here are a few reasons why Elon Musk is Time’s Person of the Year for 2021. SpaceX Is Taking Humans to Mars Many of us might have pondered what it would be like for humans to visit other planets....

The world’s richest man first announced that he had put in a $44 billion bid—at $54.20 a share—to buy the social media platform on April 25. But the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive told Twitter on Friday that he was pulling the plug on the deal, due to the number of spam accounts on the social media network. Musk’s lawyers claimed Twitter had failed to respond to multiple requests for information on fake or spam accounts on the platform....

The Tesla CEO’s planned deal to take over the company is expected to close on Friday, though the billionaire had tried to pull out from the deal in July, which prompted Twitter to sue him in response. To mark the deal, Musk, 51, visited Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco on Wednesday and asserted his presence by walking into the offices carrying a sink and later updating his Twitter bio to describe himself as “Chief Twit....

“Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources,” he tweeted. “We will not do so unless at gunpoint,” Musk added. “Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.” A number of tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Microsoft have moved to ban Russian state-run media outlets such as RT and Sputnik in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, Microsoft said RT’s mobile apps would be removed from the Windows App Store, and the the company would not display any state-sponsored RT and Sputnik content....

“Under pressure from hundreds of activist employees, Twitter deplatforms Trump, a sitting U.S. President, even though they themselves acknowledge that he didn’t violate the rules,” Musk tweeted. Bari Weiss of the Free Press tweeted a thread of Twitter’s internal messages regarding Trump’s ban from the platform. In the thread, employees discussed whether Trump’s tweets on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the riot at the U.S. Capitol, incited violence or violated Twitter’s terms....

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Ernie Els suffered an embarrassing start to his 22nd Masters when he required seven putts from a short distance on the first green to post a record-high 10 on the par-four hole in Thursday’s opening round. The four-times major champion and former world number one has struggled with short putts for more than a year, but he felt earlier this season that he had overcome what golfers refer to as the yips....

After signing from Real Madrid for an estimated €25million last August, Jese struggled to establish himself at the Parc des Princes and made just two of his 14 appearances in all competitions as a member of the starting line-up. In a bid to rediscover his best form, the 23-year-old has agreed a return to boyhood club Las Palmas until the end of the season. January’s transfer deals in full...

The plot echoes Flaubert’s portrait of 19th-century boredom, adultery and doom. Married to divorce Charles Bovery, a furniture restorer and worn-out father of two, Gemma tires of London–a city, she scrawls in her diary, replete with “nauseating middle-class ghettos full of dimmer switches, panic buttons and kids behind burglar bars.” So the Boverys move to Normandy, which, like Charlie himself, first enchants Gemma, then disappoints. Cue for entrance of square-jawed and weak-spined aristocrat Herve, and lots of sex in his chateau, where, enthuses Gemma, “anything wood is riddled with worm… everything faded to elephant’s breath colour....

Macron was in Nice to discuss security and safety, a topic particularly important for the Mediterranean city. In 2016, an extremist terrorist drove a cargo truck into a packed crowd celebrating Bastille Day. The attack killed 86 people and injured countless more. During his visit, Macron met with law enforcement officials and lawmakers to discuss security measures in the city and country. “We have invested heavily in our security forces to ensure the safety of our citizens,” Macron said at a press conference....

This article discusses the process, complications, and risk of an en caul birth. What Happens in an en Caul Birth? During an en caul birth, the fetus remains inside the amniotic sac during labor and delivery, either vaginally or via cesarean section. Vaginal en caul births are the rarest form, as cesarean en caul deliveries may be undertaken intentionally by doctors using surgical techniques. A fetus born en caul is delivered still inside the amniotic sac....

Enablex works by blocking a specific receptor in the bladder to stop symptoms of bladder overactivity. This improves your ability to control the urge and rate of urination. It is only available as an extended-release film-coated tablet. What Is Enablex Used For? Enablex is a prescription drug that treats overactive bladder with urinary urgency and loss of bladder control. An overactive bladder can lead to the frequent, sudden urge to pee accompanied by loss of bladder control or incontinence (accidentally leaking urine)....

3 Up Clayton Kershaw, SP, Dodgers. Compared to his last start, Kershaw was kind of ‘meh’. That’s obviously because he was coming off one of the most dominant performances ever seen. On Tuesday, he still pitched eight shutout frames, striking out eight and only allowing six hits and a walk. His 77 game score was dwarfed by the 102 he posted last Wednesday, but it still marked his second highest of the season....

In the early stages of Parkinson’s, symptoms include mild shaking and stiffness. As the disease advances, loss of balance and slow movement (bradykinesia) begin to impair daily function. Stage 5 is the final, most debilitating stage of PD. In this stage, people with PD are wheelchair- or bedbound and require 24-hour nursing care. Eventually, patients become candidates for hospice care, a service that focuses on easing symptoms and improving a person’s comfort at the end of life....

These lesions respond to hormones and grow and bleed, causing inflammation, pain, heavy periods, and sometimes infertility. Many of the symptoms of endometriosis are tied to the location, size, and depth of lesions. This article reviews endometriosis lesions, what they look like, their location, and their types. It also covers the difference between endometriosis and adenomyosis, endometriosis staging, and how to find a specialist. What Do Endometriosis Lesions Look Like?...

Born Enes Kanter in Switzerland, he was raised in Turkey, becoming a U.S. citizen in November 2021, changing his last name to Freedom on the same day. On Tuesday, the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy announced he had been chosen for its 2022 Courage Award, and invited him to address the coalition of 25 international NGOs in Switzerland on April 6. A week earlier, the 29-year-old athlete was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....