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Over 100 people quarantined in Mississippi school district after several test positive for coronavirus
Read more: Over 100 people quarantined in Mississippi school district after several test positive for coronavirusAt least 116 people in a Mississippi school district have been instructed to self-quarantine for two weeks after six students and one staff member tested positive for the coronavirus less than two weeks after the start of school. Of the seven people who have tested positive since classes resumed July 27 in in Corinth, a…
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Around 1.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week
Read more: Around 1.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last weekJust under 1.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, a decline from the past two weeks but still the 20th straight week of claims above 1 million. The weekly total of 1.186 million is lower than economist predictions of 1.4 million claims. The weekly data, released Thursday by the Department of…
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N.J. landlord demanded sexual favors from low-income tenants for housing aid, feds say
Read more: N.J. landlord demanded sexual favors from low-income tenants for housing aid, feds sayA New Jersey landlord who owns multiple buildings and receives about $100,000 a month in federal voucher payments sought sexual favors from low-income tenants in exchange for housing aid, federal authorities allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey claims that landlord Joseph Centanni violated the Fair Housing…
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2nd-grade student tests positive for the coronavirus after 1st day of school
Read more: 2nd-grade student tests positive for the coronavirus after 1st day of schoolA second-grade student in Georgia tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the first day of school, leading the district to ask 20 other students and a teacher to self-quarantine for two weeks. Parents were notified of the diagnosis on Tuesday, the Cherokee County School District said in a statement. The child, a student at Sixes Elementary…
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Netflix drops trailer for Ryan Murphy’s Nurse ‘Ratched’ origin story
Read more: Netflix drops trailer for Ryan Murphy’s Nurse ‘Ratched’ origin storyNetflix released a trailer Tuesday for its forthcoming series “Ratched,” giving viewers a first look at Sarah Paulson’s version of the iconic nurse, who was introduced in Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and then was featured in the 1975 Academy Award-winning film of the same name. “You know the legend,…
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Student wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ mask in graduation procession told to remove it
Read more: Student wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ mask in graduation procession told to remove itA Black student in Pennsylvania was starting his graduation procession when he was told to remove his face mask displaying the words “Black Lives Matter.” The student, Dean Holmes, 18, was allowed to continue in York Catholic High School’s procession last week after complying. But his father contends in a lengthy Facebook post that the demand to…
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Former Google engineer gets 18 months in prison for stealing files
Read more: Former Google engineer gets 18 months in prison for stealing filesA federal judge Tuesday sentenced former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski to 18 months in prison for stealing a trade secret from Google related to self-driving cars months before becoming the head of Uber’s rival unit. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Levandowski, who was convicted after a March plea agreement, could enter…
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Hit by pandemic losses, NBCUniversal begins layoffs
Read more: Hit by pandemic losses, NBCUniversal begins layoffsNBCUniversal has started to lay off employees as it seeks to stem the financial toll of the coronavirus while positioning itself for a broader transition toward streaming entertainment, a person familiar with the company’s plans said Tuesday. The cuts will affect less than 10 percent of NBCUniversal’s overall workforce of 35,000 employees, according to the…
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BTS, Doja Cat and J Balvin Set to Perform at the VMAs
Read more: BTS, Doja Cat and J Balvin Set to Perform at the VMAsBTS will perform their new single ‘Dynamite,’ which is set for release on Aug. 21. BTS, Doja Cat and J Balvin are booked to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, which are set to air live on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. This will be the first VMAs performance for both BTS and Doja Cat, and…
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CDC links red onions to salmonella outbreak across the U.S., Canada
Read more: CDC links red onions to salmonella outbreak across the U.S., CanadaNearly 400 people in 34 states have fallen ill from a salmonella outbreak linked to red onions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. At least 396 people have been infected with salmonella, a bacteria that can cause diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, from six hours to six days after exposure, according to the CDC. The…
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Taylor Swift Achieves Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2020 With ‘Folklore’
Read more: Taylor Swift Achieves Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2020 With ‘Folklore’Taylor Swift’s Folklore flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, capturing the biggest week for any album since Swift’s last release, 2019’s Lover. Folkore was released with little advance notice on July 24 and earns Swift her seventh No. 1 album. Folklore starts with 846,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 30,…
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