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10/30/2019

World Series Game 7

The Washington Nationals are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history. cont'd

The Manual 2020 Porsche 911 Is Here, but the Base Model Will Be PDK-Only

Yahoo! Finance - Even though manual-transmission performance cars are getting increasingly rare—looking at you, Corvette—Porsche is still committed to offering sticks. And so, the manual-transmission 992-generation 911 is here, but only for the Carrera S and Carrera 4S.

Santa Ana winds rapidly spread fire near Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles is warning that Wednesday could be the strongest Santa Ana wind event since 2007, with the strongest winds expected in southern California and lingering into Thursday.

10/25/2019

GM Strike Ends After Almost Six Weeks at Cost of $2 Billion

Bloomberg - General Motors Co. employees voted in favor of a new four-year labor agreement reached with the United Auto Workers, ending a nearly six week-long strike that has cost the company about $2 billion and rippled through the U.S. economy.

10/19/2019

WXYZ Editorial: Michigan's battle over flavored e-cigarettes is an opportunity to talk to teens

WXYZ DETROIT — To use or not to use? To sell or not to sell? These are important and timely questions facing e-cigarette users - particularly young ones – vaping product outlets and the State of Michigan.

10/16/2019

10/15/2019

UAW fires back after GM letter: "Stop playing games at the expense of workers"

The United Auto Workers union released a statement Friday after General Motors Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing Gerald Johnson sent out a letter.

The letter urged UAW workers that it was critical to get back to work producing vehicles. go here

Relief for motorists as petrol prices drop by Sh4.76 per litre

Motorists will this month enjoy much lower pump prices after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority revised down fuel prices by Sh4.76 per litre, representing a major drop after months of increase. cont'd

10/13/2019

Astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori receives hero's welcome in UAE

He was received by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.

Hazzaa AlMansoori got a royal welcome as he returned to the UAE after becoming the first Emirati in space and the first Arab on the International Space Station (ISS). His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Hazzaa and his mission's backup astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi as they landed at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening.

10/12/2019

Eliud Kipchoge Breaks the Two-Hour Barrier in the Marathon

The New-Yorker - He is the most beautiful runner to watch. Nestled in his aerodynamically protected position, behind the axis of the V shape of the pacesetters, Kipchoge was economical and relaxed from the outset.

Is Amazon Unstoppable?

In 2017, a few months after Forbes named Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the world’s richest man, a rumor spread among the company’s executives: Bill Gates, the former wealthiest person on earth, had called Bezos’s assistant to schedule a lunch, asking if Tuesday or Wednesday was available. The assistant informed Bezos of the invitation, and told him that both days were open. Bezos, who had built an empire exhorting employees to be “vocally self-critical,” and to never “believe their or their team’s body odor smells of perfume,” issued a command: Make it Thursday.

10/10/2019

Sonko should salvage Nairobi or resign

Lastly, he must take advantage of the ‘handshake’ and hire a deputy immediately. The nominee shouldn’t necessarily be his bosom buddy. He ought to cast the net wider to include technocrats, even from the opposition.

In case he has run out of options, Sonko should resign.

10/07/2019

The lot where Nipsey Hussle died is now surrounded by a chain-link fence


“It’s disappointing,” she said. “This is a landmark now. Like Tupac, he’s a legend in his own right.” read more

RIDER” — respect, integrity, discipline, effort and responsibility.

10/06/2019

Kenya floods leave 70 dead as truck is swept away in deluge

CNN - At least 70 people have died from countrywide flooding in Kenya, a government spokesperson said Friday as authorities ordered more ev...