Two former Amazon employees reach settlement deal Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa were fired from their jobs as user experience designers at Amazon after speaking out against the company’s climate and labor policies. NBC News reported that Amazon spokesperson Jose Negrete wrote in an emailed statement, “We have reached a mutual agreement that resolves the legal issues in this […]
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New anchor – 9/28
New York to pass legislation protecting app-based food delivery workers According to the NY Times, The New York City Council is set to pass a revolutionary set of laws in order to address the working conditions for employees of app-based food delivery companies like GrubHub, Doordash, Postmates, and more. The legislation has been backed by Mayor Bill de […]
News Anchor – 9/21
DCCC starts hub to fight against disinformation in the Latino Community The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee started a new online information hub classed “Juntos Together” to aid in the removal of disinformation in the Hispanic community. The hub can be downloaded and features infographics and Gifs in both English and Spanish to be used to repost and share on social media platforms. The content has information about vaccinations including places to get vaccinated for COVID-19. According to NBC news, the hub is […]
News Anchor – 9/14
Surfside Condo victims face identity theft Betsy Alezandra Cacho Medina, Rodney Choute and Kimberly Michelle Johnson were charged with organizing a scheme to defraud and multiple counts of identity fraud against Surfside Condo vitms, on Aug. 8. Described by Miami-Dade state attorney Katherine Rundle, as “cyber grave robbers”, the charged group stole at least $45,000 and attempted to steal another $67,000 from the victims of the Surfside Condo collapse on June 24. The […]
News Anchor – 9/7
Death toll rises for Hurricane Ida The death toll continues to rise in states affected by Hurricane Ida as thousands of people continue to experience severe flooding, power outages and property damage. On Saturday, according to the NY Times, the governor of New Jersey announced two more deaths and six more missing persons in the state. […]
News Anchor – 8/31
100,000 projected Covid-19 deaths According to the University of Washington’s Covid-19 death projection model, it is projected that the U.S. will face an additional 98,000 deaths by the start of December. This projected number would bring the overall death toll to almost 730,000. Currently the U.S. is facing its fourth wave of the virus largely powered by the Delta variant. The projection […]
News Anchor – 8/24
The United States FDA gives full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine The United States Food and Drug Administration gave full approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be used in the fight against COVID-19 on Aug. 23. More than 200 million Pfizer vaccine doses have already been administered in the U.S. under emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The approval […]
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Acting capitol police chief warns public of right-wing militia threats The acting capitol police chief of the U.S. urges security protocols to stay on high alert, especially on the yet to be scheduled upcoming State of the Union address, as they have received reports of right-wing militia groups threatening to “blow up” the Capitol building. […]
Anchor – Feb. 23, 2021
Trump’s second impeachment trial results in acquittal Trump was acquitted in his second impeachment trial on Feb. 13 after the Senate was short of the necessary two-thirds majority required to find him guilty, according to The New York Times. Despite the acquittal, this makes Trump the first president in our nation’s history to be […]
News Anchor – Feb. 16, 2021
2 FBI agents killed, 3 wounded in Sunrise shooting On Feb. 2, two FBI agents, Daniel Alfin, 36, and Laura Schwartzenberger,43, were killed in Sunrise, Fla while conducting a federal search warrant. Alfin and Schwartzenberger were investigating crimes against children and were in pursuit of a child pornography suspect that ended up taking their lives. […]