Technology|Amazon Makes Employees Delete TikTok From Phones, Citing Security RiskTikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has been under scrutiny as a potential national security threat.July 10, 2020Updated 2:13 p.m. ETSAN FRANCISCO — Amazon has asked its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok from their cellphones, citing “security risks,” according to a company email…
Public health officials on Friday linked 18 new coronavirus cases in Clark County to a Vancouver restaurant.Four employees and 14 customers of Orchards Tap Bar & Grill have tested positive for coronavirus, according to Clark County Public Health.“Given the number of customers who have tested positive, we’re concerned others may be at risk of getting…
Tyler Vazquez, Florida Today Published 1:49 p.m. ET June 30, 2020 CLOSE Opinion: It's time to require people wear masks inside Space Coast businesses to help stop the spread of COVID-19 Florida TodayNew coronavirus cases have been reported among employees at several Brevard County Publix locations in the past week, according to a corporate spokesperson for the…
Nearly 300 Portland, Oregon city employees have taken bereavement leave over the past two weeks to mourn the deaths of unarmed black people killed by police officers across the country.Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler announced earlier this month that he would instruct managers to approve a week of leave without question and encouraged private employers to…
On Monday Westfield Mall confirmed there were three vendors this month that each had employees who tested positive for Coronavirus. Management told News Channel 3 they were notified on June 13. They directed vendors to contact local public health officials, and assured management that all underwent thorough cleanings. Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill confirmed they…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…