Skype to Shut 14 Years After Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Purchase

Microsoft Corp. is signaling the end of the line for Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago. Once a byword for digital calls…

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Microsoft Just Killed Skype — Here’s What It Means for You and Investors

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is officially shutting down Skype, ending a two-decade run for one of the internet’s most recognizable communication platforms. Acquired for $8.5 billion in 2011, Skype once dominated online…

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DEA agent Kiki Camarena was murdered in Mexico in 1985. His alleged killer is now in the U.S.

DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena disappeared in 1985, shortly after he helped bust a billion-dollar marijuana operation in Mexico.  Headed to a luncheon with his wife, Mika, on Feb. 7,…

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A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my country

It’s warming up in Kyiv. The temperature has risen from -5C to 4C. Sometimes, the sun peeps through breaks in the clouds, but Kyivites are not much cheered by the…

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Red Flag Warning issued Friday for Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – With extreme fire danger caused by dry and windy conditions, the National Weather Service on Friday issued a Red Flag Warning for Shawnee County and much…

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White House touts extradition of cartel figures amid Trump admin crackdown

The Trump administration touted the extraditions of more than two dozen defendants from Mexico after the Department of Justice announced that the U.S. had taken 29 into custody. “Today, the…

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‘It’s going to be very hard to do business like this’: A Trump-Zelensky yelling match leaves Ukraine’s mineral rights deal in limbo

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had planned to gather in Washington Friday to mark a high-profile conclusion of economic negotiations to make the US a partner…

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Red flag warnings active across central US amid threat of ‘extreme fire behavior’

Red flag warnings were active across multiple states in the central U.S. as forecasters warned that high winds, warmer temperatures and low humidity is elevating the threat of wildfires in…

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Trump officials fire 800 employees at weather forecasting and oceans agency | CNN Politics

CNN —  The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close…

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Trump’s Mass Layoffs at NOAA Cut Into the Bay Area Weather Service | KQED

The cuts come after Howard Lutnick was sworn in as secretary of the Commerce Department, which oversees NOAA, last week. Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat who represents communities from the…

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