A plum processing plant where at least 358 workers tested positive for the coronavirus and eight died, was ordered by California health officials to close temporarily, officials said Thursday. The Foster Farms plant in Livingston – in the heart of the Central Valley of California, about 115 miles southeast of …
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Report: ‘Some Prominent’ Black NFL Players Want to Play a Game in Protest | Bleaker report
Eric Christian Smith / Associated Press Following recent player protests in several sports leagues, including the NBA, WNBA, MLS, MLB and NHL, multiple NFL players are likely to consider sitting out a game when the regular season begins. Per NFL.com’s Jim Trotter, “a few prominent Black players” told him that …
Read More »‘Tenet’, ‘Debut of new mutants’: Audience splits on return to theaters
Luisa Cocozzelli, a South Florida resident in her 60s, considers herself somewhat of a film connoisseur. In normal times – meaning, before the coronavirus swept the world, shook everything from cinemas to restaurants and lost millions of jobs and lost hundreds of thousands of lives – she regularly went to …
Read More »Apple stops updating Facebook app and announces 30% sales tax
Apple has reportedly blocked an update of Facebook app that informs users about the purchase commission rate of 30% of the company. The social media giant told Reuters that the message was intended to be included as part of a new online event feature, but Apple refused the update based …
Read More »Fannie, Freddie increase freezing on some compulsive measures, exposures amid coronavirus pandemic
The federal eviction moratorium, implemented in the wake of the coronavirus, ends Friday at midnight. Fox Gillian Turner of Fox News and more. A federal housing authority extended freezes on some foreclosures and evictions by the end of the year, a move designed to help homeowners and renters struggling financially …
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