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Measuring Sox rotation’s playoff collapse, implications originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Even before the New Year brought reports of still stymied labor talks between Major League Baseball and its players union, White Sox general manager Rick Hahn was fielding questions about a potentially lengthy lockout. For instance, what if a late agreement on the CBA condensed the rest of the offseason into about two weeks? “So be it,” Hahn said on the eve of the lockout. “Let’s go…. Source link

(Bloomberg) — The blank-check company seeking to buy electric-car startup Lucid Motors Inc. made a last-minute appeal for retail shareholders to vote for the deal amid signs that it’s struggling to win their approval. Churchill Capital Corp. IV, the special purpose acquisition company started by investment banker Michael Klein, adjourned its Thursday shareholder meeting that was to determine the fate of the merger, pushing the decision back to the following day. It also appealed again in a… Source link

The death toll in the collapse of a beachfront condo in Surfside, Fla., increased to 20 on Friday after two more bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight. One of them was the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava made the grim announcement at a press conference Friday morning. “Last night we discovered two additional victims,” Cava said. “Tragically, one of those victims was the 7-year-old daughter of a city of Miami… Source link

Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 26, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images An engineering firm said it’s “deeply troubled” by the Florida condo collapse. Morabito Consultants documented “major structural damage” at the building in 2018. Officials have confirmed five deaths so far, with 156 people still unaccounted for. Visit Insider’s homepage for… Source link

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro and assistant coaches Chris Quinn and Eric Glass showed up to the scene of a deadly South Florida building collapse on Thursday to lend a hand.  A high-rise condominium in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed around 1:30 a.m. Thursday as many residents slept. The collapse left a pile of rubble and debris on the property after the front end of a 12-story wing came crashing down.  As of Thursday afternoon, one person was declared dead while 99 remained missing,… Source link

A section of Champlain Towers South, a Miami Beach condominium just one block from where Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are leasing a home, crumbled in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Screengrab/Google Street View; Screengrab/Alex Hernandez via Twitter A person died with 8 more injured in a Florida building collapse early Thursday, local media said. A video posted on Twitter showed damage to Champlain Towers on 8777 Collins Avenue, Surfside. The building is one block from Ivanka Trump and… Source link

An influential racial justice group called on Google to allow independent auditors to investigate the company’s business for potential discriminatory conduct. Color of Change is urging the internet search giant to undergo a racial equity audit of its operations following the ouster of two women who led the company’s Ethical AI team. In a letter to Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai and other top executives, Color of Change said a public and… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Turkey’s cryptocurrency investors were dealt another blow at the end of a dismal week after a second big exchange collapsed in as many days and its chief executive was reportedly detained. Vebitcoin has halted operations citing deteriorating financial conditions, and Demiroren News Agency said its Chief Executive Ilker Bas and three other employees have been detained. The Financial Crimes Investigation Board has blocked Vebitcoin’s accounts and opened a probe. Vebitcoin is… Source link

Best Life These Popular Products Are About to Disappear From Shelves, Experts Warn For almost a week, the 1,300-foot Ever Given container ship blocked the Suez Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes, after it was knocked off course by strong winds and reduced visibility due to a sandstorm. The boat became lodged in the sandy clay canal bed at an angle that blocked the waterway in both directions. Thankfully, attempts to move the Ever Given using tug boats, diggers, and high… Source link

One of the scariest stories in sports last year might have also been one of the most miraculous. Florida standout Keyontae Johnson collapsed on the court last December and ended up needing to be placed in a medically induced coma, reportedly due to acute myocarditis. The condition, a form of heart inflammation that can interfere with the pumping of blood, has been linked to COVID-19, but Johnson’s family said the virus wasn’t related in the case. Johnson’s collapse was disturbing, but he… Source link