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☆ Florida Bars AP African-American Studies Course From Public Schools
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis has barred an Advanced Placement class on African-American studies from the state’s public schools. Florida won’t allow an Advanced Placement class on African-American studies to be taught in the state’s public schools, the state education department said. The Florida Department of Education said the course, which teaches about African-American contributions to society, contradicted Florida law and lacked educational value. The course is being offered this academic year in 60 schools across the U.S., according to the College Board, the organization that created the course.
☆ The $385,000 Flight Attendant for Netflix’s Private Jet: ‘Where Do I Apply?’
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Wanted: A Netflix Inc. flight attendant to work on the company’s private jet. Asking salary: As much as $385,000. In a time of downsizing at many top tech companies, Netflix set the internet abuzz this week with what some described as an unusual job listing. The streaming company wants a trained flight attendant to be in charge of trips on its super midsize jet, according to the posting on its website. The employee must have outstanding customer service skills and safety training.
☆ Elon Musk’s Twitter Auctions Off Kegerators, Office Supplies, Neon Bird Sign From San Francisco Headquarters
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twitter Inc. auctioned off kegerators, pizza ovens and other supplies from its San Francisco headquarters in what appeared to be its latest cost-cutting move. More than 600 items were being sold online through Wednesday afternoon, according to an auction page run by Heritage Global Partners Inc. The items were described on the page as surplus corporate office assets.
☆ Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Auctioning Off Kegerators, Office Supplies, Neon Bird Sign From San Francisco Headquarters
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twitter Inc. is auctioning kegerators, pizza ovens and other supplies from its San Francisco headquarters in what appears to be its latest cost-cutting move. More than 600 items are being sold online through Wednesday afternoon, according to an auction page run by Heritage Global Partners, Inc. The items were described on the page as surplus corporate office assets.
☆ Greta Thunberg Released After German Police Detained Her at Coal Mine Protest
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Greta Thunberg , the climate activist, was carried away and briefly detained by police Tuesday in a German village where protesters have been opposing an expanded coal mine, officials said. Ms. Thunberg, 20 years old, joined dozens of demonstrators in the village of Lutzerath, about 75 miles west of Frankfurt, since the weekend, said Charly Dietz , a spokeswoman for Ende Gelände. She and other demonstrators had been blocking the front of a coal mine and didn’t leave after the police had asked them to, Ms. Dietz said.
☆ Greta Thunberg Detained by Police in Germany During Coal Mine Protest
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Greta Thunberg , the climate activist, was carried away and detained by police Tuesday in a German village where protesters have been opposing an expanded coal mine, according to a spokeswoman for the group organizing the protest. Ms. Thunberg, 20 years old, joined dozens of demonstrators in the village of Lutzerath, about 75 miles west of Frankfurt, since the weekend, said Charly Dietz , a spokeswoman for Ende Gelände. She and other demonstrators had been blocking the front of a coal mine and didn’t leave after the police had asked them to, Ms. Dietz said.
☆ A Second Colorado Library Closes After Meth Found in the Bathrooms
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Signs were placed on the doors of the Englewood Public Library to advise visitors that the library was closed due to meth contamination. A second Colorado library has been temporarily closed after methamphetamine was found inside, officials said. The city of Englewood reported that meth was discovered in the library bathrooms earlier this month. City officials said they proactively tested Englewood Public Library for the drug after Boulder’s main library closed last month because of meth contamination.
☆ Flight Delays, Cancellations Spill into Second Day After FAA Outage
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Airport chaos dragged into a second day in the U.S. Thursday, with hundreds of flights canceled or delayed as a federal pilot-alert system recovered from a shutdown. As of Thursday morning, more than 600 flights to, from, or within the U.S. had been delayed and 82 were canceled, according to FlightAware.
☆ Northern California Battered Again With Heavy Rain, Snow
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Jim Carlton | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Northern California was battered again Wednesday with heavy rain, as a relentless barrage of rain and snow continued. A series of storms since Christmas has hammered California, causing between $31 billion and $34 billion worth of damage and lost economic output, said Jonathan Porter , the chief meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday that the storms would continue through Jan. 18.
☆ Death Toll From California Storms Rises to 16, Governor Says
  + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Alicia A. Caldwell | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Evacuation orders for thousands of people across California were lifted on Tuesday following the latest in a series of storms that has killed 16 people in the rain-soaked state. The storm moved toward Southern California this week after beginning on Sunday night around the San Francisco Bay Area, forecasters said. The northern part of the state has experienced the brunt of the four earlier storms, which have caused widespread power outages and floods since Christmas.
☆ Death Toll from California Storms Rises to 16, Governor Says
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Alicia A. Caldwell | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Thousands of people were under evacuation orders in California on Tuesday during the latest in a series of storms that the governor said has killed 16 people. The storm moved toward Southern California after beginning on Sunday night around the San Francisco Bay Area, forecasters said. The northern part of the state has experienced the brunt of the four earlier storms, which have caused widespread power outages and floods since Christmas.
☆ Death Toll from California Storms Rises to 14, Governor Says
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Thousands of people were under evacuation orders in California Tuesday during the latest in a series of storms that the governor said has killed 14 people. The storm moved toward Southern California after beginning on Sunday night around the San Francisco Bay Area, forecasters said. The northern part of the state has experienced the brunt of the four earlier storms, which have caused widespread power outages and floods since Christmas.
☆ Mega Millions Jackpot Tops $1 Billion. See How It Ranks Among the Biggest Prizes.
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The latest Mega Millions jackpot reached $1.1 billion this month, making it the fifth-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history, officials said. Mega Millions said the jackpot had been climbing since October, the last time someone won the prize. Nobody has selected the six winning numbers in 24 drawings, pushing the lottery prize past the billion-dollar mark.
☆ California Battered Again by Heavy Rains as Flooding Risk Rises
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Jim Carlton | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Heavy rains from California’s fifth storm since Christmas pushed through the state Monday, raising the risk of floods and landslides in the already saturated state. Another storm rolled in on Sunday night as the state was still cleaning up from previous storms that Gov. Gavin Newsom said had killed 12 people. The storms have been generated by “atmospheric rivers,” or plumes of moisture that forecasters said would unleash trillions of gallons of rainfall.
☆ California Battered Again by Heavy Winds, Rain and Flood Warnings
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
California hunkered down Monday for its fifth storm since Christmas as the already saturated earth raised the risk of major floods. Another storm rolled in on Sunday night as the state was still cleaning up from previous storms that Gov. Gavin Newsom said had killed 12 people. The storms have been generated by “atmospheric rivers,” or plumes of moisture that forecasters said would unleash trillions of gallons of rainfall.
☆ Noma, One of the World’s Top-Rated Restaurants, Is Closing Its Doors
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Noma, the Danish restaurant considered one of the best in the world, said Monday that it would close its doors next year and reopen as a test kitchen. “To continue being noma, we must change,” Noma’s owner René Redzepi said on the restaurant’s website, without elaborating why the restaurant was closing to regular service in the winter of 2024.
☆ ChatGPT Banned in New York City Public Schools Over Concerns About Cheating, Learning Development
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
New York City public schools banned access to ChatGPT, an artificial-intelligence chatbot, on its internet networks and school devices after officials raised concerns that students could use the AI program to answer questions, do homework or write essays. ChatGPT quickly drew attention from the public and students after its November release, with some industry observers calling it one of the most intelligent AI applications ever created. The program crossed a million users a few days after its launch. And its popularity has been a boon to its developer, OpenAI, which the Journal reported this week is in talks to sell shares at a $29 billion valuation. That would make it one of the most valuable U.S. startups, on paper.
☆ Another Major Storm in California Leaves Two People Dead, Including a Child
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
At least two people died in Northern California as a powerful storm inundated the region with heavy rains and high winds, leaving more than 180,000 customers without power. The deluge began Wednesday and intensified overnight, according to the National Weather Service in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was caused by an atmospheric river, a ribbon of moisture in the sky that produces heavy rain, which took aim largely over the Bay Area.
☆ Winter Heat Wave in Europe Sets Records, Forces Ski Resorts to Close Slopes
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
An unseasonable heat wave in Europe shattered January temperature records in multiple countries, thawing business at ski resorts but likely averting a predicted energy crisis as people shut off their heaters. The continent had been whipsawed late last year by frigid temperatures and soaring gas prices, only to open 2023 with unprecedented warmth, meteorologists said. They said parts of Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and other countries recorded their warmest January days on record. Temperatures reached nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit in certain areas on New Year’s Day.
☆ Jeremy Renner Still in Critical Condition After Being Run Over by Snowplow
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Talal Ansari | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
“Avengers” actor Jeremy Renner remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday after he was run over by a snowplow on New Year’s Day in Nevada, officials said. The accident Sunday happened after Mr. Renner’s vehicle, which was being driven by a family member, got stuck in the snow near his home, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said at a press briefing Tuesday afternoon. The Reno area recorded heavy snow over the weekend.
☆ Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive Raises Over $5 Million in Less Than a Day
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Damar Hamlin ‘s charitable toy drive has raised more than $5 million in less than a day since the Buffalo Bills player collapsed in the middle of Monday night’s game. More than 170,000 people had donated to Mr. Hamlin’s GoFundMe fundraiser by Tuesday evening. The list includes New Orleans Saints quarterback Andy Dalton and professional wrestler Chris Jericho . Individual donations ranged from as much as $20,000 to as little as $3, a nod to Mr. Hamlin’s jersey number.
☆ Instagram’s Notes Feature Leaves Millennials Nostalgic, Gen Z Confused
  + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
When Dana Lu recently logged on to Instagram she felt like she had traveled back in time 20 years. At the top of her direct messages, she saw her friends’ avatars had funny little phrases hovering above them. They had notes like “w0rk fl0w” or “Wth is this instagram?
☆ Henry Cavill Is Out as Superman, DC Studios Seeks Younger Actor
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ ‘Harry & Meghan’ Was Most-Watched Netflix Show in U.K. and Ireland After Premiere
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had sway over the show’s story lines, including one that highlighted the royal family’s ties to slavery. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘s new show, a broadside at the British royal family, broke a Netflix record, according to the streaming giant. Netflix Inc. said Tuesday that the show, “Harry & Meghan,” was watched more than any other documentary on the platform in its premiere week.
☆ Ticketmaster Apologizes Again, This Time for Bad Bunny Ticket Fiasco
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Ticketmaster apologized to Bad Bunny fans who bought tickets but were turned away from the artist’s concert in Mexico City on Friday because security officers thought their tickets were fake. Ticketmaster said its system was overwhelmed because an unprecedented number of people with fake tickets tried to get into Aztec Stadium for Bad Bunny’s concert. The confusion between which tickets were real or fake caused some people with legitimate tickets to be rejected, too, the ticketing company said.
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