Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Joe Biden Plans To Stay Home, Taking The Campaign Virtual
With medical experts continually advising that the best course of action to prevent catching and spreading the coronavirus is to just stay home, Joe Biden will heed that warning. The presumed Democrat...
May 13, 2020
Facebook To Pay $52 Million To Moderators Exposed To Graphic Material
Facebook will pay out $52 million to the people who work to keep the platform free of graphic or disturbing material. The company employs an army of moderators who work to remove such materials –...
May 13, 2020
Paul Manafort Released From Prison Over Coronavirus Concerns
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison to home confinement over coronavirus concerns. The 71-year-old Manafort was convicted in 2018 of tax evasion and other crimes...
May 13, 2020
Hyatt Laying Off 1,300 Employees
Hyatt Hotels has announced that it will be laying off 1,300 employees as part of a restructuring plan amid the coronavirus pandemic. It will also cut the pay of senior management, board members, and a...
May 12, 2020
Doctors Without Borders Sends Team to Help Navajo Nation
Doctors Without Borders is rushing aid to combat a huge surge of COVID-19 cases in the Navajo Nation, a region with some of the highest rates of infection in the country. This is the first time that t...
May 12, 2020
Steak ‘n Shake Closes 57 Restaurants for Good
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Steak ‘n Shake has made the decision to close 57 of its restaurants. “The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse effect on our restaurant operations, thereby...
May 12, 2020
Bernie Sanders Says It’s ‘Very Unlikely’ He’ll Run for President Again
It seems that no one will be feeling “the Bern” in future U.S. presidential elections. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders told The Washington Post there’s “a very, very slim chance...
May 12, 2020
GA Attorney General Seeks Probe of Misconduct Allegations in Ahmaud Arbery Case
Georgia’s Attorney General has asked the GBI to look into misconduct allegations by local prosecutors in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory and Travis McMichael were finally arrested two mont...
May 12, 2020
Stacey Abrams Supports Joe Biden: The ‘Leader America Needs’
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams announced Tuesday that she is endorsing Joe Biden for President. The voting rights advocate said in a statement “Vice President Biden is the ...
May 12, 2020
Twitter Will Allow All Employees to Work at Home Forever
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told employees in an email Tuesday that many of them will be allowed to work from home forever even after the pandemic ends. Buzzfeed News says it’s unlikely Twitter will...
May 12, 2020
