Minneapolis city council members spend $ 63,000 of taxpayers’ money on private security details after receiving death threats from ‘white nationalists’ for voting to abolish the police department A city spokesman said private security details were ordered for council members Andrea Jenkins, Phillipe Cunningham and Alondra Cano. Security has been …
Read More »Chesapeake Energy Corporation, a company related to Thunder, files for bankruptcy
Chesapeake Energy Corporation, which owns the naming rights for Thunder’s Oklahoma City Stadium, announced Sunday that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, signaling a sharp drop in oil prices and gas demand during the coronavirus pandemic. The company said in a statement that it planned to continue operating during its …
Read More »Rays Wander Franco, one of the best prospects chosen for groups of 60-man players
Top prospect Wander Franco is part of the Tampa Bay Rays’ group of 60 players, and the Detroit Tigers are including their hottest young pitchers as baseball gears up for its shortened season. Sunday was the deadline for teams to send groups of players, although additions can be made later. …
Read More »New Yorkers will lose sick leave benefits for traveling to states with high rates of COVID-19 infection
Employed New Yorkers are at risk of losing their paid sick leave benefits if they travel to states with high rates of coronavirus infection under a new executive order signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The order applies to anyone who is employed in New York State and voluntarily travels to …
Read More »Virginia couple charged with $ 1.5 million coronavirus fraud
A married couple from Virginia was arrested trying to flee the country after illegally receiving about $ 1.5 million in federal funds for businesses struggling during the pandemic, prosecutors said. Monica Magdalena Jaworska, 43, and her husband Tarik Jaafar, 42, were arrested at JFK airport in New York for the …
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