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Violent extremists walk through a cloud of tear gas in the Capitol on Wednesday.Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP (Getty Images)On Wednesday, Chevron decried the assault on the Capitol by a mob of violent extremists hellbent on halting a democratic process. ,“We call for the peaceful transition of the U.S. government,” the biggest oil company in the U.S.…

The contradictions of the Trump years boiled over in fatal crescendo at the Capitol on Wednesday. Joe Biden has been elected the president of the United States, the Congress has certified the Electoral College results, and President Trump, while rejecting the validity of the process, accepted that this will come to pass early Thursday morning.Through…

Guest Post by Philip Piletic In the earliest days of the internet, nobody thought much about the concept of privacy. After all, surfing the internet was a mostly anonymous exercise. Advertising was static and one-size-fits-all. And there were no social media sites commanding user bases in the billions. But along the way, things began to…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to halt an oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that was pushed by the Trump administration in its final days.U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason’s decision came after conservationists and Indigenous groups argued that the lease sale scheduled for Wednesday…

Sport|Sailing4 Jan, 2021 09:10 PM4 minutes to readEmirates Team NZ foil arms arrive from Italy. Video / Twitter / @EmiratesTeamNZA growing number of leaders in the sailing world are calling for the America’s Cup to rid itself of its current foiling boats and return to a more traditional form.The last three competitions for the America’s…