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How Floyd’s Protests Became a ’24-Hour City Hall’ in New York
It started Tuesday night when about 100 protesters began occupying City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan, with some spending the night, in an effort to draw more attention to their demand for deep budget cuts to the Police Department. Within days, a movement took root. What started on a grass …
Read More »Tigers launch 60-man player pool packed with prospects
DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers will have a mix of veteran taxpayers and top prospects in the pool of players they can choose from during the 2020 season. The Tigers announced the names of 58 players in their 60-player group on Sunday. The group includes catcher Dillon Dingler, a second-round …
Read More »Hulu removes ‘Golden Girls’ episode with black-face prank, drawing criticism
“Golden Girls” fans are unhappy with Hulu after the streamer put out an episode of the show to reference blackface. Hulu’s elimination of season three episode “Mixed Blessings” followed in the footsteps of other shows that garnered similar content in light of the Black Lives Matter movement that is central …
Read More »Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy
Chesapeake Energy, a pioneer of the American oil shale revolution, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, the largest American producer to succumb to a drop in oil prices that is devastating the country’s energy sector. After skipping interest payments this month, and with the bonds due this year last trading at …
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