John Raoux / Associated Press The Orlando Magic laid off 31 full-time employees on Friday, nearly 10 percent of the organization’s general staff, as a result of a “dramatic loss of earnings” due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Josh Robbins and Shams Charania of The Athletic. Magic CEO Alex …
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Megan Thee Stallion posts about the Tory Lanez shooting incident
TO UPDATE: Megan Thee Stallion has released another statement about the incident last weekend in which she says that “she suffered gunshot wounds as a result of a crime that was committed against me and was done with the intention of physically harming me.” “Black women are so unprotected and …
Read More »Details of the new iPhone 12, iPad Pro defeated, MacBook Air dying
Taking a look at another week of Cupertino news and headlines, this week’s Apple Loop includes new details from the iPhone 12, the killer feature of the iPhone, the dying but not yet dead MacBook Air, iPad Pro vs. MacBook Pro, the tax case. EU Apple, Car Keys on the …
Read More »Yellen and Bernanke urge Congress to extend rising unemployment benefits
Former heads of the Federal Reserve Janet YellenJanet Louise YellenIn The Money: Liquidity Issues Hit by COVID-19 Call for Federal Aid | Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on China for Hong Kong | The White House campaign advocates for new ‘pathways’ to jobs amid the Bernanke, Yellen pandemic to testify …
Read More »Three arrested after Black Lives Matter mural near Trump Tower was defaced for the second time this week
Three people were arrested and a fourth received a subpoena after a Black Lives Matter mural on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower was smashed in blue paint on Friday afternoon, police said. The incident, which occurred around 4:00 p.m., marks the second in a week that …
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