Day: June 2, 2019

Everything We Know About the Virginia Beach Shooting – New York Magazine

Everything We Know About the Virginia Beach Shooting  New York Magazine

An FBI agent at the scene of the mass shooting in the Virginia Beach Municipal center.Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images Twelve people were killed and four injured when a longtime city-government employee opened fire on his co-workers at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday — the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. this year and since 12 people were killed at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, last November. Below is everything we know so far. The Attack and Target America’s latest mass-shooting massacre began a little after 4 p.m. on Friday at…

California Is Now an ‘Early Primary State.’ Democrats Are Grappling With How to Compete. – The New York Times

California Is Now an ‘Early Primary State.’ Democrats Are Grappling With How to Compete.  The New York Times

OAKLAND, Calif. — Senator Elizabeth Warren bounded onto stage before a crowd of more than 6,000 here — “the biggest one so far,” she announced excitedly — and stayed for nearly two extra hours, past 11 p.m., until everyone who wanted a picture with her had gotten one. At the same time on Friday night, across the bay in San Francisco, Beto O’Rourke and Senator Amy Klobuchar were pressing their cases and posing for selfies at a crowded meeting of the Latino caucus of the California Democratic Party. Not far away, Jane Sanders, the wife of Senator Bernie Sanders, made a surprise stop at a Chin…

A Week In New York City On A $200,000 Income – Refinery29

A Week In New York City On A $200,000 Income  Refinery29

Welcome toMoney Diaries , where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. Today: a software engineer working in tech who makes ~ $200,000 per year and spends some of her money this week on ice cream. Occupation: Software Engineer Industry: Tech Age: 23 Location: New York, NY Income: $128,000 base plus a $19,000 annual bonus and ~$53,000 in stock options paid throughout the year Paycheck Amount (Biweekly): $3,000 Gender Identi…

New healthcare facility coming to Staten Island Mall – SILive.com

New healthcare facility coming to Staten Island Mall  SILive.com

AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY), which is part of the EmblemHealth – will be opening a healthcare facility in the Staten Island Mall, New Springville. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY), which is part of the EmblemHealth, will be opening a healthcare facility in the Staten Island Mall, New Springville. With a grand opening set for June 24, the new 8,750-square-foot medical practice will be located on the lower level of the Mall next to Ulta Beauty, according to a company spokesman. The facility will house primary care providers who take most major insurance, he said. A…

Anthony Joshua’s Upset Loss to Andy Ruiz Scrambles Heavyweight Boxing – The New York Times

Anthony Joshua’s Upset Loss to Andy Ruiz Scrambles Heavyweight Boxing  The New York Times

It was supposed to be a coming-out party of sorts. A brand-building exercise. The dawn of the next great era in heavyweight boxing. Anthony Joshua, a chiseled, towering, undefeated British world heavyweight champion with a wide grin and an easy disposition, came to Madison Square Garden on Saturday night to make his United States debut. He had talked before the fight about not just winning, but winning in style, and about the potential for a megafight down the road against Deontay Wilder, an undefeated world champion from the United States. Heavyweight boxing would be back for the masses. A…

Soccer Star Neymar Denies Rape Accusation and Releases Messages From Accuser – The New York Times

Soccer Star Neymar Denies Rape Accusation and Releases Messages From Accuser  The New York Times

Neymar, the soccer star who is one of the world’s best-paid and well-known athletes, has been accused of rape by a woman in São Paulo, Brazil. The woman filed a complaint with the Brazilian police over the incident, which she said happened in a Paris hotel room. The details of the accusation are contained in a police report seen by The New York Times and first reported by news media outlets in Neymar’s native Brazil. A few hours after details of the case against him were made public, Neymar posted a video on his Instagram and Facebook pages in which he denied he’d done anything improper and…

Insurgent Democrats, Many of Them Women, Worry a New Party Policy Will Block Them – The New York Times

Insurgent Democrats, Many of Them Women, Worry a New Party Policy Will Block Them  The New York Times

WASHINGTON — A move by House Democratic leaders to thwart party members from mounting primary challenges to incumbents, even in safe Democratic districts, could have the unintended consequence of arresting the party’s shift toward a more female and racially diverse caucus, one of its most striking achievements of the last election. This past week, a Democratic political consultant with longstanding ties to the party’s campaign committees quit a senior-partner position at the firm Deliver Strategies after it, like most dominant campaign outfits, agreed to comply with a Democratic Congression…