White Sox to hold moment of silence, cancel fireworks after Highland Park mass shooting
The Chicago White Sox announced Monday they had canceled their planned postgame 4th of July fireworks in light of the mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. The team still played its game against the Minnesota Twins as scheduled at 7:10 p.m. CT, but held a moment of silence before first pitch. A lone gunman reportedly opened fire on Highland Park’s Independence Day parade on Monday morning, leaving six killed and 31 wounded as of the afternoon. The shooting immediately triggered… Source link
Read More »2 former Tesla employees have filed a lawsuit against the company claiming its mass layoffs violated federal law
Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Maja Hitij/Getty Images Two former Tesla employees have filed a lawsuit against Tesla, claiming its mass layoffs violated federal law. In early June, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla needed to cut 10% of its staff, per Reuters. The two former employees are looking to claim 60 days’ worth of pay and benefits. In a lawsuit filed Sunday, two former Tesla employees claim the electric carmaker violated federal law by laying off hundreds of employees on short notice. On June 2, Tesla CEO… Source link
Read More »Bills players stunned by Buffalo supermarket mass shooting
Josh Allen, Micah Hyde and countless other Buffalo Bills players were left stunned this weekend following a mass shooting at a supermarket in town. At least 10 people were killed and three others were injured in the shooting on Saturday, which an emotional Allen said on Sunday left him sick. “The heartbreak, the sense of — this weird feeling that I have. My heart goes out to the victims and their families … It’s something that you never think it’s gonna happen in your community and… Source link
Read More »Russian official admits sanctions are crippling the economy as the country grapples with a selloff and mass shortages
The ruble may not be showing it, but Western economic sanctions imposed against Russia are working. In revealing testimony before the Duma parliament, the head of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) told the country’s lawmakers she had to throw everything but the kitchen sink just to prevent a full-blown run on the banking system. “The sanctions imposed against Russia affected the situation in the financial sector, spurred the demand for foreign currencies, and caused fire sales of financial… Source link
Read More »US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend; 2 dead
HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a nightclub in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the second mass shooting in the state over the Easter holiday weekend, and the third in the nation. The South Carolina shootings and one in Pittsburgh that left two minors dead early Sunday at least 31 people injured. South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the early Sunday shooting at… Source link
Read More »‘Wolf of Wall Street’ inspiration Jordan Belfort reportedly charged $40,000 for a 2-day crypto workshop at his Miami estate — three years after he called Bitcoin a ‘mass delusion’
Jordan Belfort attends the premiere party for “The Wolf of Wall Street” at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Jordan Belfort, the real-life “Wolf of Wall Street,” is now marketing himself as a crypto mastermind. Last week, he hosted a $40,000 cryptocurrency workshop at his Miami estate, NYT reported Friday. Three years ago, the former stockbroker and convicted felon said Bitcoin was a “mass delusion.” Jordan Belfort, the real-life inspiration behind “The Wolf of Wall… Source link
Read More »Vladimir Putin will go down as a mass murderer: Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff
Prominent economist and Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff offered a biting take on how the world will remember Russian president Vladimir Putin. “Putin is a pariah. I have many Ukrainian friends and Russian friends who are utterly distraught. They look at being cut off from the world for a long time,” the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund said on Yahoo Finance Live. “He is going to be looked at as a mass murder. People are going to be looking at again genocide charges…. Source link
Read More »Supreme Court blocks mass iPhone claim against Google
The Google case – brought by Richard Lloyd, the former director of consumer rights group Which? – alleged that between 2011 and 2012 Google cookies collected data on health, race, ethnicity, sexuality and finance through Apple’s Safari web browser, even when users had chosen a “do not track” privacy setting. Source link
Read More »Google Maps will help you avoid crowded mass transit in way more cities
Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding. The number of cities covered is increasing from around 200 today, to “over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries,” the company says. As well as crowdedness, Google says Maps is also being updated to offer more information about past travel. Google Maps’ crowdedness information originally launched pre-pandemic in 2019, but over the past year social distancing has made it more… Source link
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