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Hurricane Laura Slams Into Gulf Coast, Weakens to Category 2 Storm “Hurricane Laura weakened to a Category 2 storm hours after barreling ashore near the Texas-Louisiana border, but continued to threaten what forecasters described as lethal flooding and widespread wind damage.”
TikTok CEO Mayer Quits as Company Faces U.S. Pressure “Chief Executive Kevin Mayer said he is leaving the social-media platform after being on the job for about three months, as the company comes under increasing pressure from the White House over its ties to China.”
Unemployment Claims Expected to Remain Historically High “The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits likely held near one million last week, suggesting employers are still trimming head counts even as the broader economy shows some signs of recovering.”
Wisconsin Identifies Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake “The state agency charged with investigating the police shooting of Jacob Blake said the 29-year-old Black man admitted to having a knife in his possession. It also identified the white police officer who shot him seven times in the back.”
Milwaukee Bucks’ Protest of Jacob Blake Shooting Stops Sports World “The National Basketball Association postponed three playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks staged a boycott in protest of the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wis., as other sports leagues followed their lead.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: The Small-Business Covid Testing ProblemMany businesses require employees to get tested for Covid-19 before they return to work. We speak with one business owner about what that process has been like.
“China's Baidu has blank spots in its mapping platform. We used those blank locations to look for the network of prisons and internment camps in Xinjiang, where up to a million Muslim minorities have been detained. Here's how we did it.”
How to Smize (Smile With Your Eyes) When You’re Wearing a Mask
THE COMMENT
My friend Robert Horry on the show tonight.... powerful.... truth... @Lakers@SpectrumSN@NBA
— Chris Geeter McGee (@geeter3)
1:43 AM • Aug 27, 2020
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