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• Kevin Clark, drummer in ‘School of Rock,’ hit and killed by driver while biking in Avondale Kevin Clark was struck and killed by a driver early Wednesday on Chicago’s Northwest Side. | Provided photo/Sun-Times fileClark had just started a new band that performed live for the first time over the past weekend on the North Shore. Kevin Clark stuck with his music after appearing nearly 20 years ago as drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones in the wildly popular movie “School of Rock.” He formed bands, wrote songs, taught children. At 32, Clark had just started a…
• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will officially step down on July 5. Here are the top 5 things to know about his replacement, Andy Jassy. (AMZN) Summary List PlacementAmazon founder Jeff Bezos announced earlier this year that he was stepping down as the tech giant's chief executive officer. And on Wednesday, Bezos told shareholders that he will officially leave the position on July 5, a "sentimental" date — the same day that Amazon was incorporated in 1994. In a letter to employees, Bezos said he will transition to executive chairman and will focus on "new products and early initiatives" in the third quarter.  He will be replaced…
• Amazon is buying MGM in a deal that could shake up Hollywood. Here are the execs jostling for power. Summary List PlacementAmazon's incoming CEO Andy Jassy is on the cusp of realizing founder Jeff Bezos' Hollywood dreams. Amazon has agreed to buy storied Hollywood studio MGM, the owner of megafranchises including James Bond, for $8.45 billion, the companies announced on Wednesday. The deal, if approved by regulators, promises Amazon a library of classic and blockbuster films that, in addition to the James Bond slate, includes "Rocky," "Silence of the Lambs," "Pink Panther," "Legally Blonde," and more. It also gives…
• Ripple CEO says its highly likely the crypto company will go public once SEC lawsuit is resolved Summary List PlacementBrad Garlinghouse hinted at the idea that Ripple Labs, the company behind the crypto token XRP, could go public during a Wednesday talk at the Consensus by CoinDesk 2021 conference.  When asked whether Ripple would become a public company, the Ripple CEO said the likelihood is "very high at some point."  However, he noted that any effort toward going public will need to wait until Ripple resolves its lawsuit with the SEC. The US securities regulator will be…
• China to allow couples to have up to three kids to help boost birth rate The controversial one-child policy was dropped from 2016 and couples were allowed two children (Picture: Getty Images / Xixinxing)China has announced it will now permit couples to have up to three children, in a major policy change. The Asian country hopes to tackle its falling birth rate and ageing population, after recent data showed a dramatic decline in the number of babies born. The controversial decades-long ‘one-child policy’ was dropped from 2016, allowing all couples to have two children. ‘To…
• WhatsApp won't stop users from calling or messaging contacts if they don't agree to its new privacy policy Summary List PlacementBackpedaling, WhatsApp will no longer limit users from sending and receiving messages if they refuse a new privacy policy. WhatsApp said earlier this month, that users who refused a new privacy policy would no longer receive calls or notifications, limiting functionality. But for now, in a confusing rollout, WhatsApp has changed course, and it won't restrict any functionality to users who don't accept the policy, which went into effect on May 15, according to The Next Web. WhatsApp also…
• Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. Would they receive asylum? O’Connor’s answer: No – he wasn’t even ready to consider the question. But he issued a ruling that seemed promising: It was illegal to force the Honduran family to wait in Mexico, under then-President Donald Trump’s cornerstone policy to deter asylum-seekers. O’Connor said he was dismissing their case due to government…
• Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. Would they receive asylum? O’Connor’s answer: No – he wasn’t even ready to consider the question. But he issued a ruling that seemed promising: It was illegal to force the Honduran family to wait in Mexico, under then-President Donald Trump’s cornerstone policy to deter asylum-seekers. O’Connor said he was dismissing their case due to government…
• New clashes as wildcat miners attack Indigenous in Brazil Hundreds of wildcat miners attacked police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazon region and then raided an Indigenous village, setting houses on fire, federal prosecutors in the northern state of Para reported. The clashes came days after a Supreme Court justice ordered the government to protect Indigenous populations threatened in recent weeks by illegal miners who appear to have been emboldened by support for their industry from President Jair Bolsonaro. The state prosecutor's office said…
• Age is no match for Mission College women’s tennis team Liz Westergren is a freshman on the women’s tennis team at Mission College in Santa Clara. Her bio on the team’s web page says she loves animals and chose Mission “to play tennis and get on the dean’s list.” She’s also 71 years old and a heck of a doubles player. While Westergren is the most senior player on Mission’s tennis team of 13 players, the others are in their 40s, 50s and 60s with the youngest in her late…