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In a marriage between 2 delivery and transportation rivals, Postmates announced today that a deal had been reached for Uber to acquire the food delivery service. This in an email sent to Postmates 2,000,000 US drivers. The deal is subject to the approval of regulators. The pricetag was said to be $2.65 billion. Postmates and DoorDash had reportedly discussed a merger earlier this year to fend off Uber, GrubHub, Amazon, according to Recode.com. The text of the email is as follows: Important Updat...
America's oldest college, Harvard University has announced that it will teach all of next year's courses online. In addition, it will not decrease it's annual undergraduate tuition of $49,653 per year. 40% of students, mostly Freshmen, will live at Harvard and attend traditional lectures next year, living in single dormitory rooms and social distancing. These 3 decisions will no doubt influence the move of other prestigious college and universities. Covid-19 has forced online teaching of...
Nick Cordero's wife, Amanda Kloots, confirmed that her husband had tragically died of Covid 19 on Sunday, July 5, 2020. The 41 year old actor bravely battled Covid for 95 days at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 in April and suffered a series of related complications, including having to have one of his legs amputated. His wife said she and their son Elvis "will miss him in everything we do, everyday." The Broadway actor performed in award winning shows such as ‘A B...
Delilah Demilo is a frustrated songwriter, a college dropout, and a venomous blue-ringed octopus. In The Benthophonicks, my debut comic, she sets off on a journey to find herself as an artist, but ends up finding a bunch of randos on the way – randos who turn into unwanted bandmates... who ruin her plans... and turn into true friends! The story begins in Delilah's native town of Benthoston, at Hatt Hair, Ltd., a hair salon run by Xander the Jewish Christmas-tree worm – a mari...
Dewayne Michael Carey, 59, who died of COVID-19 on July 4, 2020, had been incarcerated at San Quentin since 1996. Carey was convicted of the murder of a Harbor City woman in 2003. Carey was actually the second California death row inmate to die of Coronavirus. A death row inmate who died last week tested positive for Covid-19, reports the Associated Press. Scott Erskine, who bound and gagged two boys before sexually abusing them and murdering them, was convicted and sentenced to death in 199....