The father of Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man who was shot seven times by a Kenosha, Wis., Police officer, told the Chicago Sun-Times that his son is in handcuffs to his hospital bed. “I hate that he was lying in that bed with the handcuffs on the bed,” Blake’s …
Read More »Mets owners Fred, Jeff Wilpon rip Brodie Van Wagenen for hot-mic comments
The Wilpons did not let Brodie Van Wagenen’s apology be the last word on Thursday’s hot-mic video. Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his son, COO Jeff Wilpon, blew up their general manager for comments about a hot-mic, in which he misplaced Commissioner Rob Manfred to suggest that the Mets and …
Read More »How can I watch March 2020 in Washington, where activists will call for police reform, voting rights
Fifty-seven years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech in March in Washington, the families of Black Americans shot or killed by police on the same site will speak, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and Jacob Blake …
Read More »Amazon opens new fresh groceries
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is set to open the first physical store of its Amazon Fresh grocery company this week. Amazon first jumped into the shopping spree with the acquisition of the nature and organic chain Whole Foods Market in 2017. The first new Amazon Fresh store, near Los Angeles, will …
Read More »The prices of Apple iPhone 12, Pro and Max are tipped, a 5G premium over iPhone 11
While 2020 began with the new iPhone SE, Apple is widely expected to release no less than five new iPhones this year, which means we’re still on the hook for four more devices to arrive in the fall. All members of the fall crop will be equipped with OLED displays …
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