Accolade, provider of a health care platform for employees to manage benefits, files to raise up to $100M in IPO; PitchBook: Accolade is valued around $620M (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Accolade, provider of a health care platform for employees to manage benefits, files to raise up to $100M in IPO; PitchBook: Accolade is valued around $620M  —  Accolade, the Seattle-based health benefits platform led by former Concur president Raj Singh, filed Friday to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering.

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Coronavirus Fears Reverberate Across Global Economy

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M.I.T. Researchers Cast Doubt on Bolivian Election Fraud

By BY JULIE TURKEWITZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/2PtFgkT

L.G.B.T.Q. group seeks apology following report of Bloomberg staffer’s remark.

By BY MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wdV18Q

At CPAC, It’s Now an All-Trump Show

By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2uFQ5cr

Klobuchar kicks off a Southern swing without South Carolina.

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Amid Protests, Roman Polanski Wins Best Director at France’s Oscars

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Organizers announce that this year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed from March to summer amid COVID-19 concerns (Polygon)

Polygon:
Organizers announce that this year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed from March to summer amid COVID-19 concerns  —  Sony, EA, Activision Blizzard, Unity, and Epic Games have all withdrawn due to COVID-19 concerns  —  This year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed …

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Developers say Mac Catalyst is great for providing mouse and window support for iPad apps and transporting simpler apps but struggles with complicated ones (Alex Blake/Digital Trends)

Alex Blake / Digital Trends:
Developers say Mac Catalyst is great for providing mouse and window support for iPad apps and transporting simpler apps but struggles with complicated ones  —  Apple's Mac Catalyst project seems harmless enough.  It provides a simple way for iOS developers to bring their apps to the Mac …

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Walkout as Polanksi wins 'best director' at Césars

The Polish-French director is wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the 1970s.

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Leap Year: What it's like being born on 29 February?

People around the world tell us what it's like being born on 29 February.

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Latvia railway: Why I love living in an old train station

Milda Romanova's home is an old rail station, and at 88 she still loves all things trains.

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Photo: Bernie Sanders high fives tiny supporter.

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Why Bernie Scares Me

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Gerald Krone, a Negro Ensemble Company Founder, Dies at 86

By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/3aeeJjh

Who Will Care For Society’s Forgotten?

By BY THERESA BROWN AND LEAH NASH from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2weKSc1

Joe Biden Needs a Win in South Carolina. Will He Get It?

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We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus

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Tom Steyer showered South Carolina in political spending. Will it pay off?

By BY STEPHANIE SAUL AND KIM BARKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TcmYHf

Celine: Fall 2020

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Johnny Antonelli, Star Pitcher for the Giants, Dies at 89

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/32zWy5b

How Bad Could It Get? Companies Gauge the Coronavirus Impact

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Photo: Bloomberg has a canine constituency.

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Senate passes bill that bans the government from purchasing Huawei and ZTE equipment, funds small telecoms to replace equipment; bill heads to Trump for signing (Maggie Miller/The Hill)

Maggie Miller / The Hill:
Senate passes bill that bans the government from purchasing Huawei and ZTE equipment, funds small telecoms to replace equipment; bill heads to Trump for signing  —  The Senate unanimously approved legislation on Thursday that would ban the use of federal funds to purchase telecommunications equipment …

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Researchers argue that fear of rising data center usage, accounting for 1% of global electricity demand, is overblown and will be offset by improved efficiency (Maddie Stone/OneZero )

Maddie Stone / OneZero :
Researchers argue that fear of rising data center usage, accounting for 1% of global electricity demand, is overblown and will be offset by improved efficiency  —  Researchers argue that new technology and greater efficiency could offset energy demands  —  The climate impact of the data centers …

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Pelosi, Trying to Save House Majority, Fends Off Angst Over Sanders

By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32wGhha

The Superdelegates Are Nervous

By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2ThcFAk

More Pain for N.J. Commuters: Tunnel Repairs Could Cause Big Delays

By BY PATRICK MCGEEHAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2TlsDJR

Dangerous Numbers? Teaching About Data and Statistics Using the Coronavirus Outbreak

By BY PATRICK HONNER from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/2T6JRf5

Getting a food tour in San Antonio.

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DeVos Orders U.S.C. to Address ‘Systemic Failures’ Over Arrested Gynecologist

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How Concerned Are You About the Coronavirus Outbreak?

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Immigrants Could Face Nearly $1,000 Charge to Appeal Deportation Orders

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Philippines volcano: Residents allowed to visit island

Philippines residents briefly allowed to return to homes near the Taal volcano find haunting scenes.

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Leap years and why we need them

It's a leap year which means there's an extra day in the calendar - 29 February 2020. But why do we need it?

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Coronavirus: On the front line in Wuhan

The BBC speaks to a Chinese doctor who has been on the front line of fighting Coronavirus in Wuhan.

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Burst water main leaves drivers stranded

Flooding in Houston led to cars being submerged and people having to take refuge on their roofs.

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Democrats thrive in the shadow of a Whole Foods. Here’s why that may be trouble.

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No, Not Sanders, Not Ever

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With a Rebel Yell, New York Revs Up Its War on Idling Vehicles

By BY JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3cby1HY

Bloomberg’s claim of persuading lawmakers to legalize gay marriage is ‘demonstrably false,’ Cuomo says.

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Arlene Shechet Creates Beauty Out of Chaos

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Linda Wolfe, 87, Dies; Wrote of ‘Preppie Murder’ and Other Crimes

By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3a9aCFe

Home 2, Visitor 1, Spectators 0

By BY ANDREW DAS, JAMAL JORDAN AND HEATHER CASEY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2TqGDBQ

Buttigieg, recovering from his own illness, discusses unequal medical care.

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Bloomberg Pledges Restraint on Executive Power but Reserves Legal Wiggle Room

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Pence named Trump's coronavirus czar amid health fears

Donald Trump appoints Vice-President Mike Pence to coordinate the response to the coronavirus outbreak.

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At least five dead in Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors beer company

The gunman was also killed during the shooting in the mid-western state of Wisconsin.

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'Scent of terror' created in protest against Moscow perfume store

A team in Moscow has created the putrid scent, in a protest against plans for a perfume store in a historic building with a terrible past.

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Tessa Majors’s Murder: Police Bluff Led to Teen's Confession

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Center Stage at Disney After a Career Out of the Spotlight

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Coronavirus, Joe Biden, Carnival: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

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Gilead to Expand Coronavirus Drug Trials to Other Countries

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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Meets an Arena Full of Students

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Justice Dept. Establishes Office to Denaturalize Immigrants

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