Delta Air Lines passenger planes are parked due to flight reductions made to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. March 25, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Delta Air Lines plans to send notices to warn more than 2,500 pilots next week …
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San Francisco pauses to reopen amid increased coronavirus
San Francisco is experiencing an increase in COVID-19 infection rates and will have to pause its reopening, the city’s director of health said on Friday. Businesses that were slated to reopen Monday will now remain closed, said Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. They …
Read More »Kellyanne Conway ignores Trump poll numbers: ‘That doesn’t surprise me at all’
Adviser to President Kellyanne Conway told “The Story” on Friday that polls showing President Trump following Joe Biden nationally and in key battlefield states are not a surprise to her. “Three things are happening right now. We had a global pandemic [which] he’s still with us … We have an …
Read More »The producers of ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors playing non-white characters’
Producers of “The Simpsons” announced Friday night that the long-running animated comedy “will no longer have white actors portraying non-white characters,” while a cast member of “Family Guy” said it was no longer. would play Cleveland Brown, a black character. The consecutive announcements came just two days after actresses Jenny …
Read More »Advertisers battle for power over Facebook as boycotts mount
It is the same understanding that has made Facebook central to political campaigns. President Donald Trump and his alleged Democratic challenger Joe Biden have spent more than $ 65 million combined on Facebook ads in the past two years, despite offering strong criticism of the company. Now, some corporate advertisers …
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