Streaming video apps all look the same now

Images: Prime Video/Netflix/Disney/HBO, GIF: Chris Welch / The Verge Earlier this week, Amazon announced a major redesign of Prime Video, and the overwhelming response was “finally.” Prime Video had become a relic frozen in time, with an ugly, laggy interface that seemed stuck in 2010. Amazon’s streaming competitors, meanwhile, have routinely switched up and refined…

A mom of a disabled child receives $5,000 a month through an Oregon paid caregiver program — but she’s scared of what will happen when the payments stop this year

Carol Yepes/Getty Images Emily began receiving $5,000 a month in parent-caregiver payments in 2021 through Medicaid. Her daughter is disabled and requires round-the-clock care, so she’s unable to work outside the home. The funding is temporary — it’s set to end in October. After that, Emily isn’t sure what she’ll do. In Silverton, Oregon, Emily…

Moving from secrecy to sermons, a rabbi says ending her pregnancy was a blessing: ‘My abortion was deeply Jewish.’

Maggie Chiang for Insider Rachael Pass became pregnant in her second year of rabbinical school and chose to have an abortion. She described her experience as “deeply Jewish” and filled with religious study and ritual.  After becoming a rabbi, she started sharing her story in sermons, calling her abortion a blessing.  As questions about healthcare…

Josh Hawley responds to video-turned-meme of him running away from a pro-Trump mob on January 6 saying he won’t run from feud with ‘liberals’

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP Sen. Josh Hawley raised his fist in solidarity with Capitol rioters on January 6, 2021.  On Thursday, the January 6 committee showed footage of Hawley running away from the crowd.  On Friday, Hawley said he wouldn’t “run away” from a fight with “liberals” during…

Tesla gets its own lane at the Mexican border after Elon Musk strikes a deal with local officials, report says

A Tesla Model 3. David Zalubowski/AP Tesla and its suppliers have their own lane at a Mexico border crossing point, Bloomberg reported. The state of Nuevo Leon reached a deal to speed up transporting parts into Texas. TechCrunch reported that the same privileges do not apply to vehicles entering the US from Mexico.  Tesla has…

Ted Cruz says he once introduced himself to students by saying his pronoun is ‘kiss my ass’ to push back against ‘woke college campuses’

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at the Senate on Wednesday. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday mocked using correct gender pronouns. He said he talked to a student on a college campus who introduced herself using her pronouns. “Well, I’m Ted Cruz, and my pronoun is ‘kiss my ass,’”…

Trump’s inaction during Capitol riot underscores a ‘horrible dereliction of responsibility’ that could be evidence for criminal charges against the former president, criminal law expert says

January 6 panel, on July 21, 2022, plays video of Donald Trump recording a public statement more than two hours after the Capitol was breached. Alex Brandon/AP Jan. 6 panel on Thursday outlined 187 minutes of Donald Trump’s inactivity during the Capitol riot. Considering presidential duties, inaction during the riot arguably is a criminal act,…