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Amazon Plans To Lay Off Around 10,000 Employees, Report Says
A week before the holiday shopping season officially kicks off, Amazon is set to begin laying off approximately 10,000 corporate and technology employees, The New York Times reports.
Job cuts at the online retail giant were expected to start the week of Monday, Nov. 14, and will primarily affect Amazon’s retail, devices, and human resources divisions, according to the outlet.
The largest in its history, the layoffs would impact 1 percent of the company’s global workforce and 3 percent of its corporate employees.
It follows several other cost-cutting moves that CEO Andy Jassy has implemente…
Emmy Award-Winning TV Anchor Who Attended College In New England Dies At 53
A popular television personality from New York has died at the age of 53.
Jovita Moore was an anchor at WSB-TV, Channel 2, an ABC-affiliated station in Atlanta.
She had been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer after experiencing symptoms of disorientation and forgetfulness in April.
Moore died Thursday night, Oct. 28 surrounded by her family. She is survived by her children, Shelby and Joshua, stepdaughter Lauren, and her mother, Yvonne.
Moore's co-anchor, Justin Farmer, informed WSB viewers of the tragic news on Friday morning, Oct. 29. Moore had been a member …
Covid-19: Delta Variant's Symptoms Different, More Dangerous Than Original Virus, Doctors Say
The Delta variant of COVID-19, by far the most contagious strain during the entire pandemic, has different and more dangerous symptoms than the original virus, doctors are now warning.
The strain, first detected in India in December 2020, now makes up 90 percent of new cases in the United Kingdom and 10 percent of new cases in the United States.
Doctors in China told state-run television that their patients who have the Delta strain, known as B.1.617.2, are becoming sicker and their conditions are worsening at a faster rate, according to The New York Times.
Around 12 percent of Delta varia…
Lights, Camera, Action: George Clooney, Ben Affleck Filming Movie In Massachusetts
Hey Hollywood star watchers, get ready for some big-time stars to hit Massachusetts this week as George Clooney heads to the area to film scenes for a new movie.
Clooney, aka, two-time winning Sexiest Man Alive, will be in Worcester along with Ben Affleck, to film Amazon Studios' "The Tender Bar," a film by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer J.R. Moehringer, that tells the story of a fatherless boy and his road to how he got his start as a news assistant at The New York Times in the mid-‘80s.
Clooney is also the director of the movie.
Filming is expected to be done inside the old Commerce High …
Accused Again: Two More Ex-Cuomo Aides Make Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Two more former aides to Andrew Cuomo are accusing him of sexual misconduct, bringing the number of women who have publically said they were sexually harassed by the New York governor to five.
Ana Liss, who was Cuomo's policy and operations aide between 2013 and 2015, said he kissed her hand, touched her on her lower back, called her sweetheart, and asked if she had a boyfriend. The 35-year-old Liss made her allegations in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Another former aide, Karen Hinton, said Cuomo summoned her to a hotel room, pulled her towards him, and held her in 2…
