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Hillary Clinton has defended her husband, former President Bill Clinton, over his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky by directly contradicting her characterization of what happened. Lewinsky, who at 22 had an affair with then-President Clinton, called it in March 2018 a "gross abuse of power."
With some phones, if you don't tap on the alert or otherwise acknowledge it, they will keep resending as a new alert until you do. ST. LOUIS - Most of us got just one Presidential Alert on our phones last week.
In a bid to calm employees worried about their jobs as Walt Disney prepares to absorb most of 21st Century Fox, a top human resources executive from the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company issued a memo Monday promising "generous severance" to soon-to-be laid-off workers. "Shared services employees who will not join Fox will automatically become Disney employees, and Disney, post-close, will make all employment decisions," chief human resources officer Thomas Gaissmaier wrote in his memo.
Mark Zuckerberg held a meeting to try and calm Facebook employee outrage after an exec attended the Kavanaugh hearing Facebook has been battling an employee revolt after a senior exec, Joel Kaplan, attended the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearing in support of the US Supreme Court nominee. On Friday, the company held an internal "town hall" meeting with employees to discuss the issue, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg in attendance.
After a major disaster you may qualify for tax relief, unemployment insurance, federal grants and low-interest loans, but it helps to act quickly. Here's where to turn: Contact your insurance agent as soon as possible to start a claim.
Shorting a stock can be a risk-laden prospect, and is certainly not recommended for newer, not-ready-for-prime-time investors. That's right - it's easy to lose money when you short a stock , and investors should know that.
This morning, President Donald Trump tweeted about the thousands of people taking to the streets to protest Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. In it, he alluded to them being "paid professionals," paid by the likes of Democratic philanthropist and investor George Soros.
Chelsea Clinton poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in New York to promote her book, "Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference." Chelsea Clinton poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in New York to promote her book, "Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference."
No, you can't block the first-ever 'presidential alert,' a message that will be sent through the Wireless Emergency Alert system. Wednesday, October 3 at exactly 2:18 p.m. ET marks the first national use of the Wireless Emergency Alert system, or WEA.
Yesterday, Amazon announced a big and heartening change . The company–including its recently acquired Whole Foods-is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been telling us for a while now that it plans to conduct a national test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts , specifically the "Presidential Alerts" that are part of the established WEA system. Despite the fact that we've been warned multiple times about the test, many cell-phone users will likely be startled today at 2:18 p.m. ET when the testing begins, as millions of cell phones will receive a text message with an ominous header reading "Presidential Alert."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts and Emergency Alert Systems Wednesday, Oct. 3. The WEA portion of the test will begin at 2:18 p.m., and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. The WEA test message will be sent to cell phones that are connected to wireless providers participating in WEA. This is the fourth EAS nationwide test and the first national WEA test.
California now has the strongest net neutrality rules in the nation, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill during a last-minute flurry of bill signings and vetoes Sunday. A little over an hour after the announcement, the Department of Justice sued the state.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has rejected legislation that would have allowed San Francisco to open what could be the nation's first supervised drug injection sites under a pilot program. San Francisco could still choose to open such a site but it would be in violation of federal and state law.
You've all seen the SEC settlement with Elon Musk and Tesla . Notably, the charges filed were also against Tesla, unlike what we knew before Saturday afternoon.
For the first time, the FCC and Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a national Wireless Emergency Alert test, Oct. 3 the agencies said last Friday. The test will run simultaneously with a national EAS test, which is the fourth such test since they started in 2011.
The Internal Revenue Service will not release an updated W-4 form to go along with the new tax law until 2020, the Treasury Department announced on Thursday, which means taxpayers may continue to be at a heightened risk of owing a year-end tax penalty. "Launching the redesigned form in 2020 will allow the Treasury and the IRS to properly implement changes to the withholding system and ensure taxpayers have a positive and simplified experience," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
The Justice Department is looking to unwind the merger after failing to convince a trial judge it would violate antitrust law. On Thursday, AT&T and Time Warner told the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief that there's no good reason to unwind the mega-merger between the companies on antitrust grounds.
As part of Chicago's National Preparedness Month activities, the Office of Emergency Management and Communications is reminding the residents about a critical test intended to ensure public safety officials have the methods and systems in place to deliver urgent alerts and warnings to the public in times of an emergency or disaster. On the afternoon of Thursday, September 20, 2018, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission , will conduct a nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert and Emergency Alert System .
The Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert on Thursday, Sept.