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Social Platforms Encounter Questions After Buffalo Shooting Video Spreads

[ad_1] “It’s spreading like a virus,” Hochul said, demanding that social media managers evaluate their policies to ensure that “everything is done to make sure this information doesn’t spread.” There may not be easy answers. Platforms like Facebook, Twitch and Twitter have made progress in recent years in removing violent content and videos faster, experts …

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‘White Buffalo Women’ Review: Talking About Reservation

[ad_1] The documentary “Women in the White Buffalo” explores the myriad challenges faced by Indigenous people in reservations and the historical roots of these social ills. The story is told through Lakota women living on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian reservations in South Dakota, where widespread alcoholism, drug addiction, poverty and violence threaten the …

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Buffalo Bills Strike Agreement for a $1.4 Billion Taxpayer-Funded Stadium

[ad_1] Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, just announced the deal four days before the state budget is paid In Albany, it offers state legislators a relatively small window to scrutinize the details of the state portion of the funding they must ultimately decide whether to approve. The subsidy will make the already full state budget negotiations …

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Hochul Weights $1.4B Stadium for Buffalo Bills

[ad_1] But most of these stadium deals turned into a sewer in public coffersand economic research found that professional sports stadiums rarely had a significant impact on overall economic growth. “The public and lawmakers should be given both information and time to fully consider this,” said Patrick Orecki, director of state studies at the Citizens …

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Jessica Pegula Applauds Buffalo Bills From Australian Open

[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia — As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan whose parents eventually bought the NFL’s Buffalo Bonds, Jessica Pegula had to adapt. But deep down now, quarterback Josh Allen’s praising his leadership virtues even as he competes in the Australian Open tennis tournament, and the court takes on an outfit that calls for red, white …

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Waiting for Canadians in Buffalo

[ad_1] “My friends at business say Americans aren’t,” said Jim Diodati, mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario, about his city, which welcomed 14 million visitors in 2019, including nearly 3.5 million free-spending Americans. “Crawls back at a snail’s pace.” also Shaw theater festival In Niagara-on-the-Lake, where 40 percent of pre-pandemic viewers were American, mostly from Buffalo, …

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More Starbucks Workers Union File at 3 Buffalo Area Stores

[ad_1] A day before the ballots were scheduled to be released to workers at three Buffalo-area Starbucks in the vote on unionization, workers at three other stores in the area petitioned federal regulators to call for elections as well on Tuesday. The upcoming vote is important because none of the nearly 9,000 corporate-owned Starbucks stores …

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Starbucks Requests Postponement of Union Votes in Buffalo

[ad_1] Just days before workers at three Buffalo-area Starbucks stores began voting to unionize, both workers and management took steps that reflected the high risks involved, including Starbucks’ attempt to delay the election on Monday. No corporate Starbucks stores in the United States are unionized. Since workers in three locations filed petitions The company, which …

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Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Call for Union Vote

[ad_1] For years, Starbucks employees have complained about the company’s workforce practices, saying chronic understaffing has led to a chaotic work environment, irregular hours and difficult sick days. Although periodic commitments Starbucks review of its policies, complaints lingered and it turned out to be concentrated during epidemicwhen overstressed workers also have to deal with new …

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