The Yankees sent out a tweet on Monday that only a dreamy romantic could come up with last week amid the gloom of the Major League Baseball lockout. In a slow-motion video from the batting cage at spring practice, a right-handed hitter raised his front knee, turned on his hind foot, and hit the plate …
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About six months after Gary Gilpin rented a Subaru Outback from a California dealer, the screen went black and never turned on. Mr Gilpin took the car to the dealership as he thought it would be a quick reset. “It was a full month until I got my car back,” said Mr Gilpin, who runs …
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While the Proud Boys’ membership is not public, Mr. Holt said the group grew up in small towns and counties. Often times, their presence has been enough to spoil things. Last month, the school board in Beloit, Wis. said it was canceling classes as some Proud Boys were at a local protest over mask requirements. …
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Internal research showing Facebook’s awareness of the harm it does to children and its role in inciting violence and health misinformation worries investors like Julie Goodridge, portfolio manager at NorthStar Asset Management. He, along with the New York State Audit Office and other investment funds, presented a motion for the next shareholder meeting, calling for …
Neha Mahajan was a television journalist in India before moving her family to the United States in 2008 due to her husband’s job. He spent years outside the labor market, confined to what he called the “gilded cage” of immigration status. The pandemic has placed it back. Ms. Mahajan started working after the Obama administration …
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WASHINGTON — The Attorney General of the District of Columbia plans to involve Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a consumer protection lawsuit in one of the first efforts by a regulator to personally expose him to potential financial and other penalties. Attorney General Karl Racine said on Tuesday that the ongoing negotiations for the case …
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American Airlines told the employees It announced Friday that it will require the vaccination of all US-based employees and some international crew members. In a letter sent to employees by the company’s CEO and presidents, American said the move was necessary because of its government contractor status. Last month, President Biden announced that employees of …
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The Big 12 Conference, another sign of a precarious period of restructuring in college sports Invitations announced on Friday Brigham Young University, Cincinnati, Houston and the University of Central Florida will be able to join schools by 2023. The Big 12 were moving quickly to make up for Texas and Oklahoma’s departure to the stacked …
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The league was on the same level even before this deal, which was scheduled to start in 2024. For 2018-19, the last full fiscal year before the coronavirus pandemic, the SEC shared $651 million in revenue among its members, one of the largest distributions in college sports. Industry officials believe the addition of Oklahoma and …
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The Yankees were allowed to return to baseball on Friday, but without their two best players. Aaron Judge and Gio Urshela were placed on the Covid-19 casualty list after testing positive for the coronavirus, along with backup catcher Kyle Higashioka. All of them are expected to miss at least 10 days. While most of the …
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