US MEDICAL EXPERTS: NEW STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS’S DESTRUCTIVE ABILITY NOT YET KNOWN

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•             The new strain is spreading across the US quickly

•             Easing of mask protocol and restaurant openings can prove...

BLUE RIDGE BANK'S STOCK PRICE SURGE TRIGGERS LULD

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• Blue Ridge Bank is one of the few banks which was willing to serve bitcoin even during the pandemic;
• The bank worked to enable 19 of its ATM machines to be programmed to serve bitcoin customers

This Tuesday Blue Ridge Bank announced that ...

VENTURE-CAPITAL FIRMS INVESTED $5.8 BILLION IN NEW YORK TECH STARTUPS

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• The startups that saw biggest sum of funding coming their ways were companies that are developing risk-management and security, artificial-intelligence and machine, along with human-resources technologies

• According to a reported made by enterprise-tech...

CHINA OPPOSES U.S GOVT. ORDER DELISTING CHINESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES IN NYSE

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• China opposes U.S Govt. order delisting Chinese telecommunications companies in NYSE.
• China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying commented on the same.
• Hua commented the act will harm the investors from various coun...

KEYON HARROLD’S 14-YEAR-OLD SON FALSELY ACCUSED BY A KAREN OF STEALING AN iPhone

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• This incident took place at a hotel named Arlo Hotel in New York City, where Keyon Harrold and his son were staying

• A women named Karen in the hotel lobby started laying accusations in the presence of one of the managers at the 14-year-old son of the G...

CHINA’S JOURNALIST ZHANG ZHAN SENTENCED FOR FOUR YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT

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• China’s journalist Zhang Zhan sentenced for four years of imprisonment.
• Zhang Zhan was earlier detained in May for her live stream reporting about COVID-19.
• Shanghai Pudong New District People’s Court on Monda...

38 U.S. STATES FILE ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE

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• The states are asking the court to stop Google’s illegal conduct and restore a competitive marketplace said the New York attorney general's office in a statement on Thursday

• The search engine giant was previously accused of using its dominanc...

SANDRA LEE MOVES OUT OF HOME SHE SHARED WITH EX-BOYFRIEND NEW YORK GOV. CUOMO

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• TV Chef Sandra Lee was photographed collecting her belongings from the Westchester home and loading boxes into a moving van on Monday

• “It was as if the house said ‘its time to move forward Sandy!!’ It was a most amazing experience and...

LINDSEY BOYLAN, A FORMER AIDE TO NY GOVERNOR CUOMO, ACCUSES HIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

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• Taking the issue to microblogging site Twitter, Lindsey Boylan wrote “Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched.”

• Boylan also shared about her first encounter with sexual harassment, which was during her moth...

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CHILDHOOD HOME IS UP FOR SALE, LIKELY TO GET SOLD AT $3 MILLION

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• The U.S. President Donald J Trump’s childhood home located in posh New York suburb of Jamaica Estates is up for sale and is expected to fetch $3 million

• The auctioneers intend to earn good amount of money from the incumbent US President Trump&rsq...

TWO NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS SHOT IN QUEENS: REPORTS

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• The police said that one of the officers was left bleeding heavily from a wound to his leg, while the other officer was shot in the hand

• Reports state that the wife of the shooter, who was apparently killed in the confrontation ended up notifying the p...

DAVID DINKINS, NEW YORK CITY’S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR DIES AT 93

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• Mr. Dinkins who served as the New York City’s mayor for a single term, was a calm and courtly figure who was inclined towards sports especially tennis

• During his stint as the New York City mayor, the murder rate went up along with stubborn unempl...

NEW YORK METS' ROBINSON CANO SUSPENDED OVER DOPING CHARGES

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• As per an announcement from Major League Baseball (MLB) on Wednesday, Robinson Cano, second baseman of New York Mets has been suspended without pay for the entire 2021 season

• Mets president Sandy Alderson said “We were extremely disappointed to b...

JEFFREY TOOBIN, WHO MASTURBATED ON ZOOM HAS BEEN FIRED BY THE NEW YORKER

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• Jeffrey Toobin, a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker was caught masturbating during a Zoom conference last month

• Along with being one of the country’s leading legal authors and commentators, Jeffrey Toobin, 60, is also a former associate cou...

NEW YORK GOV. CUOMO CALLS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VACCINE PLAN ‘FLAWED’

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• Calling President Trump’s vaccine plan flawed, Cuomo said “we can’t let this vaccination plan go forward the way that Trump and his administration is designing it.”

• The New York Governor while speaking on “Good Morning Ame...

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS JOLTED BY AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 3.6 MAGNITUDE

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• As per the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center, the 3.6 magnitude earthquake centered off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay struck just after 9 a.m.

• The earthquake struck at a depth of a little mo...

AL ROKER SAYS HE HAS PROSTATE CANCER, WILL UNDERGO SURGERY SOON

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• Renowned weather forecaster AL Roker on Friday revealed that he has prostate cancer and will be undergoing a surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City next week

• Roker said the cancer was diagnosed after a routine medical check-up...

U.S. ELECTION 2020: IN-PERSON VOTING BEGINS IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & VIRGINIA

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• The two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have left no stones unturned to woo the U.S. voters

• According to the reports, people are coming out in numbers and heading to polling stations to conclude a bitter and divisive US election cam...

U.S. REPORT ANOTHER 90,000 PLUS NEW COVID-19 CASES IN LAST 24 HOURS

• Current Total Cases: 9,238,900

• Total Deaths : 234,517

• Cumulative recoveries : 5,988,726

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

Texas: Cases 942,486, number of deaths 18,402. New deaths 0

California...

CINEMAS OUTSIDE NYC TO REOPEN AT LIMITED CAPACITY ON OCT. 23: GOV. ANDREW M. CUOMO

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• This move from the New York Governor will definitely bring some relief to exhibitors despite no permission to theaters in New York City, the US' second-largest moviegoing market right behind Los Angeles

• All the theaters will be allowed to reopen at...