Theo Wayt
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SoftBank-Backed Fetch Rewards Cuts Staff Amid Shopping Slowdown
SoftBank-backed shopper rewards startup Fetch Rewards laid off around 100 employees on Monday, making up at least 10% of its workforce, the company confirmed to The Information. Fetch had pitched itself as a way for sellers to battle rising digital marketing costs following Apple’s privacy ... → Read More
Amazon Delays New Hire Start Dates in Latest Effort to Tame Headcount
Amazon is pushing back start dates for some new graduate hires by around six months, a company spokesman confirmed. The delays are another way Amazon is trying to rein in its corporate headcount, in addition to rescinding offers andlayoffs that started last month. They also impact a range of ... → Read More
U.S. universities suspend Hong Kong study programs amid deadly protests
At least 11 American universities are canceling study-abroad programs in Hong Kong as violent clashes between anit-government demonstrators and police continue. → Read More
4-year-old girl 'killed brutally' by caretaker in Philadelphia, DA says
A 4-year-old Philadelphia girl was physically abused and eventually murdered by a caretaker her mother trusted, according to the Philadelphia DA's office. → Read More
Actor Charles Levin's decomposed body found partially eaten by vultures
TV actor Charles Levin’s badly decomposed body was found at the bottom of a remote hill in Oregon, partially eaten by vultures, maggots, police records say. → Read More
Texas small plane crash was gender reveal gone wrong, NTSB finds
A plane crash that injured one person was part of a gender reveal stunt gone wrong, a National Transportation Safety Board report said Thursday. → Read More
UFC star Walt Harris's missing stepdaughter was harmed, police say
Aniah Haley Blanchard, the 19-year-old stepdaughter of UFC star Walt Harris, who was last seen on Oct. 23, was harmed and is a victim of foul play, police said Thursday. → Read More
Oil-backed Blue Wave: New Mexico funds progressive policy through fracking
New Mexico's tuition-free college plan would be among the most progressive in the country. But student activists say it relies too much on money from oil. → Read More
New Mexico school resource officer resigns after being caught on video allegedly roughing up 11-year-old girl
Farmington New Mexico Police released a video apparently showing officer Zach Christensen shoving a crying middle school girl into a wall, then to the ground. → Read More
Proud Boys members sentenced to four years in prison for violent clash with antifa
Two members of the far-right group the Proud Boys were each sentenced to four years in prison for their involvement in a clash with anti-fascist protesters. → Read More
Jane Fonda arrested in climate change protest on U.S. Capitol steps
Jane Fonda was arrested on the steps of the Capitol along with 15 other activists who were protesting lack of government action to address climate change. → Read More
Minnesota police seize over 75,000 THC vaping cartridges in record bust
Minnesota police seized over 75,000 THC vape cartridges on Monday in what authorities are calling the state's largest ever seizure of its kind. → Read More
California assembly votes to ban private, for-profit prisons
The California state assembly voted to ban private, for-profit prisons, including some ICE facilities. Gov. Gavin Newsom will likely sign the bill into law. → Read More
'Storm Area 51' music festival cancelled, organizers feared a 'FYREFEST 2.0'
"AlienStock" was cancelled due to “lack of infrastructure, poor planning, risk management and blatant disregard for the safety of 10,000+ ... attendees.” → Read More
NYU Community Responds to Alt-Right Speaker –
Milo Yiannopoulos is an anti-Semite who encourages people to gun down journalists, but NYU administration says he’s welcome on campus. → Read More
Inside V Magazine’s Unpaid Internship Program –
Interns speak out about questionable treatment at one of New York’s leading independent women’s fashion magazines. → Read More
These Progressive News Outlets Want You to Work for Free
If you want to intern at Harper’s, the progressive monthly whose September cover story bemoans neoliberal greed and is titled “Labor’s Last Stand,” your parents better be paying your rent. And buying… → Read More