Despite starting Monday with a price of around $58,000, Bitcoin entered Tuesday down by thousands, hitting a low of about $53,200 before climbing to around $54,000, where it remained at the time of publication according to CoinDesk’s real-time tracker. Between March 13 and March 14, the crypto shattered price records, surging past the $60,000 mark before eventually plummeting to around $53,000 only three days later, the metrics show. In February 2021, the price was as low as $45,000....

China’s continued crackdown on Bitcoin mining sent the value of the world’s leading cryptocurrency below $30,000 for the first time since late January. Bitcoin’s drop Tuesday morning put it nearly 55% below its record high before recovering in mid-day trading. Bitcoin’s current price points to the “death cross”—when the 50-day moving average dips below its 200-day moving average—and may indicate the start of a bear market. Other cryptos, including Ethereum, XRP and Cardano, also fell Tuesday....

You could blame the Love Bug infestation on the romance of springtime, simple human curiosity – or on the vulnerability of the Internet and ubiquity of programs such as Microsoft Outlook. Like the Melissa virus, which rang up an estimated $80 million in damages one year ago, the Love Bug targeted Outlook users and used the Net to propagate itself. But unlike Melissa, which took a few days to wreak havoc and headlines, the Love Bug spread in a few hours, unleashing a flood of malicious code when users clicked on the file attachment included in the e-mail....

Angel Onuoha, an associate product manager at Google, wrote about the incident in a tweet that went viral. “Riding my bike around Google’s campus and somebody called security on me because they didn’t believe I was an employee,” the Harvard University graduate tweeted last Monday. “Had to get escorted by two security guards to verify my ID badge.” In a follow-up tweet, Onuoha added that his identification badge was taken from him....

With arthritis and over 12 years old, the dog got stuck in the pipe at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday local time, just outside of its owners’ home. Mako, a black lab, was stuck sitting still while Ashland City Fire Department used multiple tools and spent much of the day breaking through the house’s driveway and then cutting through the pipe to rescue him. Authorities could only speculate as to how Mako ended up in his predicament....

The video, posted on Twitter by videographer Tomas Morales early Thursday morning, shows several people standing in front of the officer and shouting at him. At least two of the people are wearing costume masks covering their entire faces. While much of what the protesters are saying to the officer cannot be clearly understood, they can be heard yelling racial slurs and curse words as they hold up their middle fingers inches away from the officer’s face....

Orlando Hall’s execution is scheduled for November 19 at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Wednesday. Hall was convicted of kidnapping and killing a teenage girl in Texas in 1994. If the execution goes ahead as planned, 49-year-old Hall will become the eighth man put to death this year. The Trump administration has resumed federal executions after an informal moratorium that lasted almost two decades....

American Indian and Alaskan Native women are 1.5 times more likely to be killed than white women, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. And black women; American Indian and Alaskan Native men; and Latino men are at 1.4 times greater risk of being killed by police force than their white peers. However, Latina women and Asian/Pacific Islanders are less likely to be killed than their white counterparts....

When compared with their white counterparts, black people were sentenced to around 27 extra months in prison in 1992, rising to 42 months in 1996. By 2016 the gap had dropped to eight. Racial differences in the likelihood of being imprisoned rather being put on probation also improved for black prisoners. Officials were 14 percent more likely to give a prison sentence to black federal prisoners in 1996, versus 7 percent in the mid-2000s....

“Homicide investigators were able to review school surveillance cameras and found no signs of foul play in this tragic incident,” a statement from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department said. According to a statement released by the sheriff’s department, patrol deputies responded to a call from the Ehrhardt Elementary School, which is part of the Klein Independent School District “in reference to an in progress call in service.” “Klein Independent School Police were called to the elementary school grounds at around 8:10 p....

Here’s what you need to know about what causes black tongue, what to do if you have the condition, and when you should see your doctor or dentist. What Causes a Black Tongue? Black tongue is more common in older people but can happen at any age. The condition might be more common in men than women, however, the condition is more strongly linked to the smoking status and oral hygiene habits of an individual....

That team is the Columbus Blue Jackets. They picked him in the 2011 draft’s fourth round, and then watched him pack off the Minnesota, where he became an All-American defenseman. STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS: Game 2, 7:15 p.m. ET | Jonathan Drouin playing? | Handling Patrick Kane Now 21, Reilly has decided it’s time to leave school and start his hockey career. And while the Jackets remain in the picture, up to 10 teams are in pursuit of his services....

“The Future of the 49ers Franchise,” as he’s sometimes referred to, threw a 71-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Torrey Smith to claim his second win as San Francisco’s starting quarterback. MORE: Best photos of Week 13 | Live NFL scoreboard | Odell Beckham Jr.’s hurdles celebration How many 71-yard game-winning touchdown passes did Colin Kaepernick throw this season? Oh. OK.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers hadn't even digested the final loss of their tumultuous season before they had to consider the growing possibility that owner Donald Sterling won't leave the club quietly. After a month of playoff pressure and incredible off-court drama, a 104-98 loss to Oklahoma City on Thursday night ended the Clippers' best season in franchise history. Their summer could match the tumult of the last few weeks, given Sterling's apparent determination to fight his lifetime NBA ban for racist remarks....

ESPN’s Ramon Shelburne reported Monday that doctors advised Griffin to withdraw as a precaution, and to give the fracture, which Griffin reportedly suffered during the playoffs, more time to heal. Griffin is expected to fully recover. It’s not clear whether he will miss any regular-season games. Griffin said last week he was skipping World Cup tryouts because he wanted to focus on getting ready for the season.

Blake Griffin will be sidelined for an “extended rehabilitation period” after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee, the team announced Tuesday. There is no timetable for Griffin’s return, but given Detroit’s current placement in the Eastern Conference standings, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Pistons shut him down. At 13-24 overall, the Pistons are tied for 10th in the East, a full four games behind the Nets (16-19) for the conference’s last playoff spot....

The FDA recently banned Juul and other tobacco and nicotine-based vapes and similar devices, opening the door for Blakk Tatted’s fruit-based hookah products. Hookahs are water pipes traditionally used to smoke sweetened tobacco. Blakk Smoke is tobacco and nicotine-free. (Juul appealed the FDA ban, and the court has issued a temporary stay, though the company’s products still cannot be sold.) Tatted also just released “On The Go” hookah vape pens and sponsored undisputed light heavyweight champion Devin Haney during his crowning fight....

I would like to assure the people all over the world who are shocked and outraged by the terror they are witnessing in East Timor that the Indonesian people share these same feelings, and more. I stress the Indonesian people–because they should not be equated with the transitional government of B. J. Habibie, a regime that neither represents nor reflects the views and aspirations of its constituents. The root cause of this dual tragedy, both East Timor’s and Indonesia’s, can be found in the attitude and stance of a government that sacrifices the public interest for its own narrow political and personal interests....

Thais are used to military control. The generals have ruled for most of the last 60 years, usually with little complaint from civilians. But now Thailand is experiencing a syndrome that has become familiar all over Asia: rapid economic growth leading to demands for reform of a rotten political system (following story). This time it wasn’t only Thai students calling for democracy, as they did in the 1970s. The new round of demonstrations was joined by a growing middle class-businessmen with cellular phones and beepers on their belts....

It turns out that Salinas was never quite the reformer that many Americans and Mexicans wanted him to be. He came from the old Mexico – oligarchic, bloody and venal – and he never abandoned the establishment that created him. He shaped a Mexican economy that looked stronger than it really was, contributing to the crash of the peso just after he left office. And in an astonishing series of developments last week, his family name began to sink into a swamp of corruption....