Apple lays off 100 workers from its Apple News and Apple Books apps
iPhone maker Apple has reportedly taken the unusual step of laying off around 100 people from its digital services division, which includes the Apple News and Apple Books apps, as it realigns its priorities to focus on artificial intelligence. Affected employees, including several engineers, were informed of the decision on Tuesday. According to Bloomberg News. […]
Minnesota teacher pension fund under Walz accused of ‘cooking the books’ with unrealistic gains: report
A leading pension investigator alleges that Minnesota’s public school teachers’ retirement system, under the direction of Gov. Tim Walz (recently named by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate), has manipulated financial reports by grossly understating the annual fees it pays to Wall Street investment managers and showing unrealistically high rates of return. New […]
Teachers’ Minn. pension fund under Tim Walz ‘cooking the books’ by vastly underreporting fees: ‘Madoff miracle’ – New York Post
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s public school teachers’ retirement system “falsified the books” by dramatically under-reporting the annual fees it paid to Wall Street investment managers, posting nearly impossible gains that rivaled the “Madoff miracle,” a top pension investigator said. The state Teachers Retirement Association has disclosed less than 10 percent of the estimated $2.9 billion […]
Judy Blume, Sara J. Maas books among 13 outlawed by Utah BOE
Utah became the first state to ban books from all of its public schools and currently has 13 banned titles, including works by popular author Judy Blume and recently popular author Sarah J. Maas. A new state law that went into effect July 1 requires officials to remove these books from shelves in all public […]
Prayers Are Answered As Comedian Tim Dillon Books Career-Changing Netflix Deal
Prayers were answered Tuesday as it was revealed that comedian Tim Dillon is returning to Netflix with a talk show-style special right ahead of the 2024 election amid a slew of other deals. “Everyone shut up. Tim Dillon is talking and everyone needs to hear what he has to say,” this is a typical quote […]
Trump to release signed photo books featuring shooting image
Former President Trump has published a book of autographed photographs showing him pumping his fist after being shot during a rally earlier this month. “I am pleased to announce my new book, ‘Save America’. As many of you know, my first two books, ‘Our Journey Together’ and ‘A Letter to Trump’, have been incredible successes, […]
Morgan Wallen Earns Rare Spot In History Books
Morgan Wallen secured another place in the history books Sunday after his latest single hit the top spot. Wallen and ERNEST’s “Cowgirls” hit the #1 spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and the Mediabase Country Airplay chart, according to U.S. Radio Updater. The success marks Wallen’s 14th Billboard #1 and 15th Mediabase #1, as well […]
The Feds Cook the Books Once Again
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Every year, an oddball reads the General Accounting Office’s audit of the financial statements of the U.S. government and writes about the alarming findings, although no one else seems to care about the issue, especially the two guilty parties, the Democrat Party and the Republican Party. Because both parties are […]
Paris ’44: The Shame and the Glory by Patrick Bishop review – a gripping account of the City of Light’s liberation | History books
aOn Friday, August 25, 1944, the day German forces surrendered control of Paris, amid sunshine and wild celebrations, Charles de Gaulle declared that Paris had “liberated itself” with “the aid and support of the whole of France.” The truth was less noble. De Gaulle sought to personify “the whole of France,” but France had been […]
Biden books BET interview in Nevada to reverse slipping black, Latino support
President Biden is touring the battleground state of Nevada in an effort to make up for his declining support among black and Latino voters and is scheduled to give an interview to BET in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Biden, 81, is also scheduled to speak at the NAACP national convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday, […]