Casino operators are reinforcing efforts to comply with Governor Steve Sisolak’s order for everyone to cover their faces in public. Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. said covering their faces is a working condition. In a message dated Thursday, Caesars CEO Tony Rodio said “not wearing your mask …
Read More »UK sanctions Saudis and Russians under new Magnitsky powers | News
The United Kingdom it imposed economic sanctions on dozens of people and organizations in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and North Korea under new British powers to punish human rights violators. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Monday that sanctions targeted those behind “some of the notorious human rights violations in recent …
Read More »Atlanta Passes Police Strangulation Ban and Allows Citizen Review
The Atlanta City Council approved several police reform measures Monday, including banning stranglings and expanding the powers of the citizen review board. These changes and recommendations come after weeks of criticism and protests of race-based police brutality across the country and here in Atlanta. The fired Atlanta police officer Garrett …
Read More »Social media sparked a review of Hamilton’s penalty
The Milton Keynes-based team lobbied the FIA in the hours leading up to the Austrian Grand Prix to review the stewards’ decision not to punish Hamilton for ignoring the yellow flags on his final qualifying lap. At the time, the stewards felt that after speaking with Hamilton, the confusion over …
Read More »Nina Turner criticizes Debra Messing for saying Kanye West 2020 offer ‘would take black voters from Biden’
Former Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner criticized Debra Messing for suggesting that a 2020 Kanye West offer would “take away” black voters from Joe Biden. Over the weekend of July 4, West sent shock waves through the political and entertainment landscapes after West indicated via tweet that he was entering …
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