Month: March 2020

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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