Yelp’s new ad types aim to connect national advertisers to local users

Yelp is launching two new ad units that will appear on its iOS app homepage, the company announced Tuesday. Sponsored Collections can enable brands to promote local businesses that may be selling or serving their products and Seasonal Spotlight Ads are designed to drive in-store traffic for multi-location brands by highlighting seasonal deals, promotions and…Continue Reading

Google Maps will show price ranges for US restaurants

Google Maps will show price ranges, based on user contributions, for restaurants in the U.S., Google announced Tuesday. The company also announced an expansion of Pickup with Google Maps as well as Area Busyness (live busyness trends for neighborhoods) and an expansion of indoor directories to include all airports, malls and transit stations globally for…Continue Reading

Another far-right extremist complains that jail is too tough to handle

On Monday, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio — a leader of the violent far-right extremist group Proud Boys — pleaded with a judge to reduce his jail sentence from five months to 90 days. Tarrio, who is serving time for a weapons charge and for burning a Black Lives Matter flag he stole from a historic Black church…Continue Reading

Pentagon isn’t giving Oklahoma Guard a choice on vaccine policy

Up until last week, Maj. Gen. Mike Thompson was serving as an uncontroversial adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard. He then got a phone call from Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, who told the major general that he was fired.Thompson spoke to Tulsa Public Radio a day later and said he wasn’t given…Continue Reading

Rep. Jackie Speier discusses decision to retire: ‘It’s time for me to pass the torch’

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., announced she would not be seeking re-election to the House of Representatives in 2022. She talks with Andrea Mitchell about what led to her decision and reflects on her years of service in Congress.Nov. 16, 2021…Continue Reading

GOP governor touts investments made possible by Dems’ rescue package

It was eight months ago when President Joe Biden signed an ambitious Democratic Covid-relief package into law, called the American Rescue Plan. Predictably, some Republican opponents of the $1.9 trillion measure started trying to take credit for the ARP almost immediately after it passed.This came to mind yesterday reading a press release from Doug Ducey,…Continue Reading

श्रीनगर21 घंटे पहलेकॉपी लिंकजम्मू-कश्मीर के हैदरपोरा इलाके में सोमवार को सुरक्षाबलों ने एनकाउंटर में दो आतंकियों को मार गिराया। मारे गए आतंकी की पहचान समीर और आमीर के रूप में हुई है। सुरक्षाबलों ने एनकाउंटर में एक तीसरे शख्स अल्ताफ को भी ढेर कर दिया। अल्ताफ एक सीमेंट व्यवसायी है और उसने आतंकियों को पनाह…Continue Reading

Why Didn’t Tony Evers Prevent the Carnage in Kenosha?

In the 48 hours leading up to Kyle Rittenhouse’s deadly encounter with Joseph Rosenbaum, Wisconsin’s governor failed to do his job. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A s we await a verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, here’s one question that needs to be asked: Why didn’t Wisconsin governor Tony Evers act decisively to prevent the carnage…Continue Reading

FBI Whistleblower Claims DOJ Used Counterterrorism Tools against Parents in Response to School-Board Memo

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 27, 2021. (Tasos Katopodis/Reuters) Citing an internal email provided by an FBI whistleblower, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee revealed Tuesday that the Bureau has created a system to track threats…Continue Reading

Weapons of Mass Migration

How Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is waging war on his western neighbors NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE B elarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is waging war on his western neighbors, European Union members Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. But he’s not using tanks and planes. He’s using migrants. Belarus has eased its visa rules to attract migrants from Iraq…Continue Reading