The Philadelphia 76ers and the Dallas Mavericks will meet Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida. Tuesday night’s matchup will wrap up the Sixers’ three-game exhibition schedule before they resume the 2019-2020 regular season with a matchup against the Indiana Pacers on August 1. During the previous two games, the key players …
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ATLANTA (AP) – The Governor of Georgia withdrew a request for an emergency order to prevent the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic while a lawsuit over the issues. Governor Brian Kemp earlier this month sued …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US consumer confidence fell more than expected in July amid an outbreak of COVID-19 infections across the country, threatening the economy’s recovery from an unprecedented recession caused by the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A shopper is seen wearing a mask while shopping at a Walmart store in North …
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Read More »Google is the first major company to extend work from home until the summer of 2021
Google employees can continue to work from home until July 2021, becoming the first major tech company to extend its remote work agreement until next summer in response to the global coronavirus pandemic. In an email to employees Monday morning, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote: “To give employees the ability …
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