A corrections officer in Georgia who called an inmate on suicide watch a racial slur has been placed on administrative leave without pay and faces termination, the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said.Other inmates and another correctional officer witnessed Officer Gregory Hubert Brown call the inmate a “crazy” N-word, the sheriff’s office said in a statement…

Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banksBy MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELLSeptember 24, 2020 GMTPENINSULAR MALAYSIA (AP) — Jum’s words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more frantic.Between sobs, he says he’s trapped on a Malaysian plantation run by government-owned Felda, one of the world’s largest palm oil companies.…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jerry Jones won’t put a number on the attendance for the Dallas Cowboys’ home opener until the crowd is announced later this month at AT&T Stadium.The owner of the Cowboys also hopes the 80,000-seat venue with standing room space that pushes capacity past 90,000 will be closer to full as the…

CLOSE The U.S. has reached 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus. Now experts are looking ahead, and the forecast for the fall and winter isn’t good. USA TODAYNew York state officials will conduct a review of any coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government before recommending them to New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.Cuomo said…

Virgin Galactic co-founder Sir Richard Branson, CEO George Whitesides, and Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya pose together outside of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of Virgin Galactic trading on October 28, 2019. Brendan McDermid/Reuters This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. For all the different…

Amazon contract drivers are hanging smartphones in trees outside Whole Foods stores and delivery stations to more quickly grab new online orders, according to a new Bloomberg report.Doing so allows them to beat out competing drivers and have a leg up in snagging more orders, thereby making more money.It’s one of the latest examples of…

The next Mississippi state flag could have a magnolia instead of the Confederate battle emblemBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated PressSeptember 2, 2020, 10:24 PM• 5 min readJACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi voters will decide whether to accept a new state flag with a magnolia to replace an old one legislators retired under pressure because it included…

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President Donald Trump said has has given his stamp of approval “in concept” on the Oracle bid for the U.S. operations of the wildly popular social media app, TikTok, according to a report from Bloomberg. According to the Bloomberg report Trump said, “I have given the deal my blessing,” as he left the White House…

Get ready to spend two days rubbing virtual elbows with the global mobility community’s best and brightest minds and makers. TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 takes place October 6-7, and we’ve packed the agenda with experts, interviews, demos, panel discussions, breakout sessions and a metric ton of opportunity. Speaking of opportunity, savvy startuppers know to take…

The U.S. failed to stamp out the virus before the dangerous autumn and winter months.Sept. 4, 2020ImageCredit…The New York TimesIsrael’s plan to combat its surge with new lockdowns is angering some ultra-Orthodox and Arab communities.The United States added 1.4 million jobs in August as employers continued to bring back furloughed workers.Get the latest updates here,…

It’s hard not to lionize (pantherize?) Chadwick Boseman as we process our grief after his tragic and unexpected death on Friday. Yes, he was a movie star. But he was more than that. He was also one of those rare celebrities who actually used his platform to do genuine good in the world. This was…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Published: September 23, 2020 Weather Photo: File In this article we will continue our study of clouds by looking at several additional terms that can be used to describe and help identify them, and we’ll also look at some rare or unusual cloud types. Before diving into this topic, I want…

Apple on Tuesday released iOS 13.7, adding support for a new exposure notification system for powering COVID-19 tracking. The system is an extension of the existing coronavirus contact tracing efforts, but it removes the burden on states of having to build a dedicated app. News of the new software framework was first announced earlier today…