Month: July 2020
Yo-Yo Ma’s heartfelt call to action to artists during the pandemic
Now is the best time to make a personal connection with an audience of one, the cellist said, “because as a musician, your job — our job — is to actually move one person at a time.”
Read MoreThe Hummer EV is shaping up to be GM’s electric answer to the Ford Bronco and Tesla Cybertruck
The video below contains the first glimpse at the upcoming electric GMC Hummer. The preview video is short, full of nonsense buzzwords, but still telling. It’s clear GM identified two main competitors against the upcoming Hummer: The Ford Bronco and
Read MoreOregon governor says U.S. agents will start leaving Portland
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement the plan negotiated with Gov. Kate Brown over the last 24 hours includes a “robust presence” of Oregon State Police in the downtown of the state’s largest city.
Read MoreTrain Derailment Triggers Massive Fire, Partial Bridge Collapse in Arizona
(TEMPE, Ariz.) — A freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in a Phoenix suburb derailed Wednesday, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure, officials said. Video images showed huge flames and thick black smoke
Read MoreU.S. is expected to report a record-breaking economic plunge
Having endured what was surely a record-shattering slump last quarter, the U.S. economy faces a dim outlook as a resurgent coronavirus intensifies doubts about the likelihood of any sustained recovery the rest of the year.
Read MoreHere’s What the Science Actually Says About Kids and COVID-19
Benjamin Knorr, a 40-year-old single father in Janesville, Wisc., says there’s about a 50-50 chance he’ll send his two teenage sons back to school this fall. His 13-year-old, Aiden, would especially like to get back to his friends, sports, and
Read MoreEverything I Learned In My Quest For a Better Work-From-Home Chair
It’s week who-knows-when of the COVID-19 outbreak here in the U.S., and one thing has become painfully apparent as I continue to work from home: My back hurts. A lot. And if you’re also lucky enough to be able to
Read MoreEmpty Stands, No Spitting: The New Rules Of Baseball During The Pandemic
About half of the Miami Marlins’ roster has tested positive for COVID. ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian explains the challenges Major League Baseball faces as play resumes amid the pandemic.
Read MoreBig Tech Faces an Overdue Grilling From Congress
When the heads of four of the biggest tech companies lined up for a WebEx grilling from members of the U.S. House on Wednesday, there was something decidedly retro about the whole affair. It’s as if Amazon is this century’s
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Pelosi holds news conference ahead of vote on child care economic relief bills
The bill are aimed at financially supporting child care providers and providing to access to child care for American workers during the pandemic.
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