February 2025
March 2025
EH Bildu Congress: Otegi's Leadership Solidified, Aiming for Basque Dominance
EH Bildu's congress in Pamplona solidified Arnaldo Otegi's leadership and showcased the party's ambition to become a major political force in the Basque Country by 2027, leveraging past strategies and connections to achieve electoral dominance despite their controversial history.
EH Bildu Congress: Otegi's Leadership Solidified, Aiming for Basque Dominance
EH Bildu's congress in Pamplona solidified Arnaldo Otegi's leadership and showcased the party's ambition to become a major political force in the Basque Country by 2027, leveraging past strategies and connections to achieve electoral dominance despite their controversial history.
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64% Bias Score
Climate Concerns Impact Financing of Dutch Construction Projects
Dutch construction faces increasing climate-related financing challenges as banks and insurers demand climate-resilient designs, leading to discussions on implementing climate labels for buildings to ensure financing and manage future risks.
Climate Concerns Impact Financing of Dutch Construction Projects
Dutch construction faces increasing climate-related financing challenges as banks and insurers demand climate-resilient designs, leading to discussions on implementing climate labels for buildings to ensure financing and manage future risks.
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44% Bias Score
IRS Faces 14% Drop in Tax Returns Amidst Staffing Changes
The 2025 tax filing season started with a 14% decrease in returns compared to 2024, attributed to IRS leadership changes, a hiring freeze, and an early departure program for employees, causing taxpayer confusion and a 34.8% drop in IRS website visits; however, average tax refunds increased by 23.5%.
IRS Faces 14% Drop in Tax Returns Amidst Staffing Changes
The 2025 tax filing season started with a 14% decrease in returns compared to 2024, attributed to IRS leadership changes, a hiring freeze, and an early departure program for employees, causing taxpayer confusion and a 34.8% drop in IRS website visits; however, average tax refunds increased by 23.5%.
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32% Bias Score
Walgreens Suspends Dividend Amidst Financial Struggles
Walgreens Boots Alliance suspended its dividend, impacting income investors; this follows a previous dividend cut and reflects declining prescription drug reimbursement rates and weakened consumer spending, resulting in a 56% stock price drop in the last year.
Walgreens Suspends Dividend Amidst Financial Struggles
Walgreens Boots Alliance suspended its dividend, impacting income investors; this follows a previous dividend cut and reflects declining prescription drug reimbursement rates and weakened consumer spending, resulting in a 56% stock price drop in the last year.
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40% Bias Score
Silk & Snow: Transparency, Quality, and Sustainable Growth in the Mattress Industry
Toronto-based Silk & Snow, founded by engineer Albert Chow and his friend Kenneth Mo in 2017, prioritized supply chain transparency and quality manufacturing, leading to its acquisition by Sleep Country in early 2023 after initially launching via a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Silk & Snow: Transparency, Quality, and Sustainable Growth in the Mattress Industry
Toronto-based Silk & Snow, founded by engineer Albert Chow and his friend Kenneth Mo in 2017, prioritized supply chain transparency and quality manufacturing, leading to its acquisition by Sleep Country in early 2023 after initially launching via a successful Kickstarter campaign.
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44% Bias Score
Denver ICE Raids Yield Fewer Arrests Than Initially Announced
ICE raids in Denver targeting over 100 alleged members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua resulted in one arrest and 29 detentions; a simultaneous DEA operation yielded at least two drug-related arrests.
Denver ICE Raids Yield Fewer Arrests Than Initially Announced
ICE raids in Denver targeting over 100 alleged members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua resulted in one arrest and 29 detentions; a simultaneous DEA operation yielded at least two drug-related arrests.
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48% Bias Score
Carlsen Struggles in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Debut
Magnus Carlsen is struggling in the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Germany, having lost three out of five rapid games, despite his efforts to promote this new format which eliminates the advantage of pre-game computer-assisted preparation.
Carlsen Struggles in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Debut
Magnus Carlsen is struggling in the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Germany, having lost three out of five rapid games, despite his efforts to promote this new format which eliminates the advantage of pre-game computer-assisted preparation.
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36% Bias Score
Monte Verità: A Haven for Early 20th-Century Counter-Culture
Frank Bokern's "De eerste hippies" chronicles the diverse counter-cultural figures drawn to Monte Verità from around 1900, highlighting their rejection of bourgeois society and pursuit of alternative lifestyles, culminating in Monte Verità becoming a tourist attraction.
Monte Verità: A Haven for Early 20th-Century Counter-Culture
Frank Bokern's "De eerste hippies" chronicles the diverse counter-cultural figures drawn to Monte Verità from around 1900, highlighting their rejection of bourgeois society and pursuit of alternative lifestyles, culminating in Monte Verità becoming a tourist attraction.
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32% Bias Score
NFL's First Online Super Bowl Livestream: An Outsider's Perspective
Ann Kirschner, with a Ph.D. in English Literature, recounts her experience launching the NFL's website and the first online Super Bowl livestream in 1995, highlighting how her outsider perspective enabled innovation within the organization.
NFL's First Online Super Bowl Livestream: An Outsider's Perspective
Ann Kirschner, with a Ph.D. in English Literature, recounts her experience launching the NFL's website and the first online Super Bowl livestream in 1995, highlighting how her outsider perspective enabled innovation within the organization.
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32% Bias Score
Microsoft Secretly Boosts Chrome's Incognito Mode Privacy on Windows
Microsoft secretly improved Chrome's Incognito Mode privacy on Windows 10 and 11 last year by preventing copied content from being saved in the clipboard history, enhancing security for a billion users; this contrasts with other browsers like Safari.
Microsoft Secretly Boosts Chrome's Incognito Mode Privacy on Windows
Microsoft secretly improved Chrome's Incognito Mode privacy on Windows 10 and 11 last year by preventing copied content from being saved in the clipboard history, enhancing security for a billion users; this contrasts with other browsers like Safari.
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36% Bias Score
South Carolina Sets March Execution Date Amid Lethal Injection Concerns
The South Carolina Supreme Court scheduled the execution of Brad Sigmon for March 7th, rejecting a delay sought by his lawyers who want autopsy results from a previous execution to determine the most humane death method; Sigmon, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, must choose b...
South Carolina Sets March Execution Date Amid Lethal Injection Concerns
The South Carolina Supreme Court scheduled the execution of Brad Sigmon for March 7th, rejecting a delay sought by his lawyers who want autopsy results from a previous execution to determine the most humane death method; Sigmon, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, must choose b...
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36% Bias Score
UK Scraps Tariffs on Chinese E-bikes, Sparking Industry Backlash
The UK government scrapped tariffs on non-folding Chinese e-bikes from Friday, potentially saving consumers £200 per bike but sparking criticism from UK manufacturers who fear a flood of cheap imports into an already struggling market.
UK Scraps Tariffs on Chinese E-bikes, Sparking Industry Backlash
The UK government scrapped tariffs on non-folding Chinese e-bikes from Friday, potentially saving consumers £200 per bike but sparking criticism from UK manufacturers who fear a flood of cheap imports into an already struggling market.
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64% Bias Score