Bookshop.org, the online store whose mission is “to financially support independent bookstores and give back to the book community”, passed a major milestone today: they’ve raised $200,0oo for indies across the U.S. according to their website. Launched in Beta in January 2020, they had raised $70,000 by Thursday, March 19 – but saw exponential growth
Month: March 2020
What workers in Canada need to know about applying for EI benefits and looking for a new job Nearly one million Canadians applied for employment insurance (EI) benefits between March 16 and March 22 and you can be sure that the COVID-19 crisis will have caused another massive spike in applications this week. Just look
The couple met on the set of their upcoming film Deep Water, which is a thriller about a couple with an open relationship. In the movie, Ben Affleck’s character becomes a prime suspect after Ana de Armas’ other lovers go missing. Rumors started about Affleck and de Armas being an item earlier in March when
Let the tournament commence. Last week, we offered you 173 nominees for TV’s Top Leading Lady 2020, and we asked you to vote for your favorites to make it into the top 64. Vote you did, and now the official tournament begins. We’ve paired up the top 64 into 32 face offs, and only one
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony, which awards constructors of the Crimean Bridge over the Kerch Strait, in Sevastopol, Crimea March 18, 2020. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sending the United States medical equipment to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Interfax news agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican lawmakers signaled caution on Tuesday over Democratic plans to prepare yet another large spending bill to battle the coronavirus crisis, even as President Donald Trump called for $2 trillion in spending, this time on infrastructure. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference, following a
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets slid on Tuesday as investors continued to assess the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the MSCI benchmark of world equities on pace to finish its worst quarter since the financial crisis of 2008. Stocks have rallied since the start of last week but remain down more
A weather system brings rain to traffic traveling on Interstate 5 past Solana Beach, California, U.S., September 20,2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday completed a rollback of vehicle emissions rules adopted under President Barack Obama and will require 1.5% annual increases in efficiency through 2026. The announcement sets up a
More bad news coming out of Hollywood. Sony Pictures has delayed a number of upcoming movies, pushing Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the Spider-man spinoff Morbius until 2021. They have also confirmed a number of other release dates for upcoming movies, with practically everything moving to next year. Sony Pictures is the first studio to virtually move
After announcing his engagement to Jessica Clarke over the weekend, Ben Higgins is giving us all the details from his intimate proposal. During today’s episode of his Almost Famous podcast with Ashley Iaconetti, Higgins spilled all the tea about how he proposed to his girlfriend. “We had stopped all intentional conversations about our future back in December because I
The 2020 Helpmann Awards, the Australian live industry’s premier awards ceremony, has been scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organized by Live Performance Australia, the Helpmanns were established in 2001, and in 2018 expanded its program into a two-evening series of events. In a statement issued Tuesday (March 31), LPA announced the show would not
Lost alum Daniel Dae Kim, who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, has announced that he is now “virus free” and effectively recovered from the disease. The actor shared the good news in a post to his Instagram account on Sunday that he called his “final update” on the experience ten days after he
LONDON (Reuters) – Some British police might have gone a “little too far”, a minister said on Tuesday after warnings some forces were turning Britain into a police state by abusing powers to enforce a coronavirus lockdown. Police walk through Clapham common as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, March 29,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus response briefing in
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global mergers and acquisitions activity plunged 28% in the first quarter to its lowest level since 2016 as the devastating economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March, compounding a slow start to the year for dealmakers. FILE PHOTO: Test tube with fake blood labelled with the coronavirus disease
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first U.S. military service member has died from the coronavirus, the Pentagon said on Monday, as it reported another sharp hike in the number of infected troops. The Pentagon said the servicemember was a New Jersey Army National Guardsman who had tested positive for COVID-19 — the disease caused by the
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