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☆ Mass shooter's motive elusive as Monterey Park mourns 10 dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

About 20 minutes after the shooting in Monterey Park, he entered another dance club in the neighboring city of Alhambra. About 12 hours later, police officers in the city of Torrance, 20 miles southwest of Monterey Park, approached a white cargo van Tran was driving. As officers neared the van, they heard a single gun shot from inside when Tran killed himself. As news about the shooting spread, some in the tight-knit community of Monterey Park feared it was a hate crime targeting Asians. Reporting by Tim Reid in Monterey Park; Additional reporting by Brad Brooks, Jonathan Allen, Dan Whitcomb and Timothy Gardner; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Baltimore Wants to Ban the Solicitors Who Offer to Squeegee Windshields
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The city will prohibit squeegee work in six zones beginning Jan. 10 and push incentives such as job training. BALTIMORE—Ty Walker strode up to a Toyota 4Runner idling at a red light on a busy downtown street. Within seconds, he spritzed some window cleaner on the windshield, glided a squeegee tool over the glass and pocketed a $5 tip from the driver. The 23-year-old high school dropout, wearing a hoodie and a puffy coat in the December cold, said he had amassed about $60 in two hours on a recent day. That is fairly typical for a gig he said can yield $400 on good days—and far more than the $13.50 an hour he earns as a cashier at a carryout restaurant.

☆ I'm a 20-year-old Airbnb host who made $375,000 in revenue this year. Here's how I set up and scaled my properties.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Inayah McMillan is a 20-year-old Airbnb host with 11 listings in St. Louis, Missouri. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Inayah McMillan, a 20-year-old Airbnb host with listings in St. Louis, Missouri. We've made more than $375,000 this year in revenue, and our best month yet was this past May, when we made $58,120 in revenue. If I could go back, I would have registered my Airbnb business as an LLC from the very start. Automation softwares are key to scaling"Beaming Carriage Home" in Central West End, St. Louis mAnother thing that sets me apart is having a private booking website.

☆ Organ donations rise during major motorcycle rallies due to crashes, study says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Raenu Charles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Organ donations and transplantations increase during major US motorcycle rallies due to crashes, according to a new study, signaling a need for increased safety measures. In regions near where motorcycle rallies were held, there were 21% more organ donors and 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies than in the four weeks before and after. In nearby areas without a motorcycle rally on those same dates, there were 11% fewer organ donors and 10% fewer transplant recipients. Large motorcycle rallies often come with a surge in trauma volume at local hospitals, the study says. Safer ridingThe Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, held each August, is the largest and most popular in the country.

ST. PAUL, Minn.—This northern city is trying to bring back workers, small businesses and a sense of security after the Covid-19 pandemic, not only to its downtown streets, but to a parallel world one flight up: a 5-mile warren of glassed-in bridges and passages through private buildings called the Skyway. “We’ve got two levels—and twice as much area that we need to make sure gets revitalized,” said Joe Spencer, president of the St. Paul Downtown Alliance in the city of about 320,000, which built the Skyway to allow people to get around downtown without going outside in Minnesota’s frigid winters.

☆ A filmmaker sees rising fame, but grapples with his future if DACA ends
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

LOS ANGELES — Under a string of golden street lights, the directions roll off Jorge Xolalpa’s tongue interchangeably in English and Spanish as he paces the sidewalk with a cameraman by his side. Moments like these are precious to Xolalpa, whose eyes dart with excitement as he describes his love of film. Xolalpa was nine in 1998 when his mother collected him from school in Mexico and took him to catch an airplane bound for Los Angeles. He said his mother was escaping his abusive father, and that she sold toys and T-shirts in Los Angeles’ densely packed downtown streets to make ends meet. Xolalpa said he didn’t initially apply for DACA, fearing his family could be deported if he handed his personal information to immigration authorities.

☆ Post Malone bruised ribs after falling in hole on stage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Rapper Post Malone bruised his ribs after falling through a hole on stage during a performance in St. Louis over the weekend, his manager said. The 27-year-old artist was performing at the Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis Saturday when he fell mid-song. His manager, Dre London, shared a post Sunday revealing the singer suffered bruised ribs in the fall, and is on the mend. He praised Post Malone for continuing the sing and finish the show, even after the accident. He also shared a video message from Post Malone himself, which the artist shared on Twitter, explaining the tricky fall.

CNN —Rapper Post Malone suffered a fall and bruised his ribs on Saturday when he fell through an opening in the stage during his performance in St. Louis, according to his manager. “We did X-rays @ hospital after the show & they declared he had bruised his ribs!”Post Malone was performing at the Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis when he fell. After about 10 minutes, Post Malone got up with help from others, and went to take a break, according to Cantrell. Dre London commended the rapper for finishing the show “in true Posty fashion.”“I truly don’t know any artist like him,” the Instagram post continued. “We just got back from the hospital, and everything’s good,” Post Malone said in the video.

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☆ Want to fully embrace the work-from-home revolution and move to a new city? Here's how to pick the perfect place to work remotely
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-22 | by ( Justin Harlan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

As up to 20 million Americans plan to relocate thanks to the flexibility of remote work, their answers shed some light on how to think about where you should live. Find a city that's investing in itselfWhat do most people want out of life? Find a city that's right for youHow did we get so many people to move to Tulsa? People looking to move should ask themselves a set of growth-related questions as well: Is that city you're eyeing the right size, or is it already too crowded? Justin Harlan is the managing director of Tulsa Remote.

☆ Streetfighters, Hooligans and Nazis: Inside Sweden's Most Notorious Underground Fight Club
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-24 | by ( Karim Zidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Few outsiders have ever attended a KOTS fight in person. "The most notorious fight club, the one and only place for the unwanted ones, delivering the most stressed out and fucked up environment you can find. Back in 2019, the fight club started live streaming its events and charging around $14 per fight. In the exchange, a fan asked why the fight club allows anti-fascists to compete. "This is the most raw form of fighting," Hooi, who is not affiliated with any far-right groups, wrote during our interview.

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