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Elon Musk says he's cut about 80% of Twitter's staff
Elon Musk has laid off more than 6,000 people at Twitter since taking over the company, he told the BBC in a rare interview late Tuesday.
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Twitter will no longer amplify or recommend Russian government accounts
Twitter said Tuesday it will no longer amplify or recommend Russian government accounts on its platform, bringing its stance on Kremlin-linked accounts closer in line with its approach to Russian state media.
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Jose Siri's Riskiness Helps Astros Defeat The Diamondbacks
“He can play,” said Astros manager Dusty Baker during his postgame press conference. “The key is he has ability and we have seen it all along. He is trying to harness his ability and it is our job to harness that ability and take us in a positive direction.”
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NSWCPD's Robert Pettis Wins Beya Modern-Day Technology Leader
Robert Pettis, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) branch manager for the Machinery Technology Re- search & Development Branch, can now add Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Modern-Day Technology Leader to his list of career awards.
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Around The Bases: Astros Take The Series From The Rangers
Home Plate: It is pretty safe to say that most of the individuals reading this article knew that these two players would touch home plate. It is fun to watch the bats of right fielder Kyle Tucker, and designated hitter Yordan Alvarez heat up.
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Hall of Fame Advice Helps Odorizzi Secure His Second Consecutive Win
“When you have a Hall of Famer in your clubhouse you and you know the success that he has had over his entire career, you tend to listen,” said Odorizzi.
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Garrison Mathews Confidence Helps Him Out Of Shooting Slump
“When you have a good shooting game, your confidence starts to build back up,” said Mathews about having back-to-back good games. “I had a tough few games, but that is just going to happen. The main thing for me is to not get so high or too low. When you are a shooter, you are going to have games like that or little stretches like that, but it is very important as a shooter to just keep your confidence all the time.
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Confirmation hearings set for Ketanji Brown Jackson as Supreme Court nominee meets with senators
Confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will start on Monday, March 21, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday.
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The Inaugural SpoiledLatina Summit Focuses on the Power of Investing in Women of Color
A two-day summit with presenting sponsor, Beauty by H-E-B and exclusive spirits sponsor, Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky
Since 2013, Latina influencer and founder of SpoiledLatina, Yvonne Guidry, has curated multicultural experiences for ambitious women. This year will establish the inaugural SpoiledLatina Summit, a two-day multicultural conference with this year’s focus on conversations surrounding the importance of investing in women of color at the C. Baldwin Hotel in Houston from July 15-16, 2022.
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UK workers suffer their biggest pay drop in two decades as inflation bites
Workers in the United Kingdom are struggling with the biggest drop in pay in more than two decades, as surging food and energy prices take a giant bite out of wages.
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SmartScaping Expands Community Program to Help Houston Youth with Jobs, New HISD Co-Op Program, Paid Student Internships
SmartScaping Landscaping & Design, a premiere Black-owned, Houston-based landscaping maintenance and design company, is expanding their “SmartScaping Cares” community program to offer students, age 16-25, immediate employment opportunities, paid internships as part of an upcoming Co-Op Program in partnership with HISD schools, and a career path toward entrepreneurship in the landscaping industry!
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'Ms. Marvel' tackles a Muslim hero's teen troubles in a starry-eyed Disney+ series
Feeling closer to Disney Channel's niche than most Marvel fare, "Ms. Marvel" unleashes a teenage superhero in a show as much about coming-of-age challenges than superheroic ones. Fortunately, that teen, Kamala Khan, is played by the utterly charming Iman Vellani, in what comes across like the junior edition of a comic-book-inspired series for Disney+.
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Hunter Biden's ex-wife Kathleen Buhle says she had no knowledge of ex-husband's financial dealings
Kathleen Buhle, the ex-wife of Hunter Biden, said in an interview Tuesday that she had no control over her finances when she was married, and that she allowed Hunter Biden to make their financial decisions.
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Chris Rock isn't pressing charges against Will Smith for the Oscars slap
Chris Rock will not be pressing charges against Will Smith following their onstage altercation at this year's Oscars, the Los Angeles Police Department has said.
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No Days Off For Rockets Rookie Daishen Nix
As the media walked into the end of the Houston Rockets morning shootaround at American Airlines Arena, two players were locked into a fierce but friendly trash-talking three-point shooting competition. Every shot that went up had words that followed the ball towards the basket.
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Joe Burrow says he wasn't offended by gold jacket comment, but Bengals QB hints they were on his mind in stunning performance
If revenge is a dish best served cold, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow delivered a chilling performance in the 41-21 thumping of Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
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Billionaire Robert F. Smith and Other Corporate Leaders Mount Campaign to Close the Digital Divide
With protests having erupted in cities across the country over police violence targeting Black men and women, the civil rights and social justice movements have shot to the forefront of U.S. politics in a way not seen since the 1960s.
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Biden says the US and its allies had nothing to do with Wagner Group’s rebellion against Russia
President Joe Biden on Monday sought to distance the United States from the weekend rebellion in Russia, insisting in his first public remarks since the episode that the West had nothing to do with the mutiny.
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Uzo Aduba and other Litchfield Max alums mark 10-year anniversary of ‘Orange is the New Black’
Just one decade ago, Jenji Kohan brought us the very first episode of “Orange Is the New Black,” and many of the show’s stars commemorated the groundbreaking series’ anniversary on Tuesday by sharing throwback photos and messages of gratitude.
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Black lawmakers in Texas criticize bill that seeks to ban DEI offices in higher education
The Texas House passed a bill Monday aimed at banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices in public colleges and universities, a move that Black leaders say will halt progress and stifle future research funding.
