NY Gov. Hochul orders National Guard to staff correction facilities amid unsanctioned strikes, staff shortages

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday preparations to use the New York National Guard to protect correction officers who are currently on the job, inmates, and the communities surrounding the correctional facilities.  The move comes after inmates took over three dorms and attacked three guards at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County, amid…

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Minnesota declares state of emergency as diseases cripple Midwestern farms

Minnesota has declared a state of emergency as multiple strains of bird flu have ravaged farms. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) stated in a press release that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority (RFA) Board established the emergency following three outbreaks. Those included avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), and…

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Amazon scraps its TikTok-style Inspire feed

Amazon has discontinued Inspire, its TikTok-like feed featuring photos and videos of products, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In a statement to The Verge, Amazon spokesperson Maxine Tagay said the company “regularly evaluate[s] various features to better align with what customers tell us matters most, and as part of that, Inspire is no longer available.”…

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Netflix will bid for NFL Sunday afternoon games, exec says

Netflix wants to have NFL games back on its streaming platform, and we’re not just talking about Christmas Day.  In an interview with Puck News, Bela Bejaria, Netflix’s chief content officer, said the streaming platform will bid for Sunday afternoon games.  One of the main reasons Netflix may want to bid for NFL games revolves…

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