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Amazon’s India division engaged in a systematic campaign of copying items sold by third-party sellers and then manipulated search results to favor its own products, according to a Reuters report Wednesday that cites internal documents.
In a 2016 document, titled “India Private Brands Program,” Amazon’s private label team in India detailed how it would review sales and customer review data to identify “reference brands” to replicate, according to the article.(Snip)High-ranking Amazon executives, including Diego Piacentini, who previously led the company’s international business, and senior VP of international consumer Russell Grandinetti, were aware of the business practices in India, Reuters said.
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A 14-year-old girl and a security guard were seriously wounded when a gunman standing outside a high school on Chicago's South Side opened fire as the guard was opening a door to let students out. (Snip) The Chicago Fire Department confirms a 45-year-old security guard and 14-year-old female student were both shot. The student and guard were both in serious condition.
The girl was shot three times in the abdomen and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, according to police. The man, shot at least six times,(Snip)"The times have changed," he continued. "The streets have no discipline anymore, and that’s what’s happening. People have no consequences.
Patch (Chicago),
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Jonah Meadows
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Chicago - The chief of the union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers warned that the force could be at half-strength over the weekend as a result of a City Hall mandate that officers must be either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested regularly for the coronavirus. Saying the mayor's office has refused to bargain in good faith, John Catanzara, head of Chicago Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police, or FOP, said the union planned to file a class action lawsuit if city officials follow through on a promise to place police officers into "no-paid" status for refusing to participate in the city's vaccination portal.
Fox32-TV (Chicago),
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Chicago - The city of Chicago is taking a more hands-on approach to treat gunshot victims.
The Office of Emergency Management is installing more than 400 wall-mounted "bleeding control" kits in buildings across the city.
The emergency medical kit locations include City Hall, public libraries, medical clinics and more. Each kit has enough supplies to treat eight victims.
Ten people were killed and 58 others were wounded in Chicago shootings over the weekend.
Chicago crime reporting website HeyJackass.com says 608 people have been killed in Chicago shootings so far this year with nearly 3,000 others who were shot and wounded.
Fox Business,
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Multiple shoplifters in California were seen brazenly stealing from a Marshalls location as the crime continues in the state.
"People shopping there were just kind of standing there watching. The only thing I figured I could do was get their identities and their license plates and give them to somebody who will do something with them," witness Lindsey Rodriguez, a resident of Hemet who recorded the suspects, told NBC4.(Snip) "The employees at TJ Maxx have been told that, in these specific circumstances, it’s not worth it for you to go and physically attack, physically stop people that are walking out with this inventory," criminal defense attorney Alexandra Kazarian
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Chicago — Just 29 people are hospitalized with COVID-related illness in Chicago, a city with a population of 2.7 million people.
Despite the fact that just .001 percent of Chicago residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, the city’s indoor mask mandate remains, with no word on what specific circumstances will trigger its demise.
The indoor mask mandate went into effect on August 20 in Chicago. (Snip) In a state with a population of 12.7 million people, COVID-related hospitalizations represent .015 percent of the population. Yet, Governor JB Pritzker’s administration has not said how close we are to lifting the statewide indoor mask mandate that went into effect August 30.
Fox32-TV (Chicago),
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Chicago - Chicago criminals are targeting Indiana and police there say they are fighting back. (Snip) The pursuit policy for Illinois State Police is much stricter than Indiana. Troopers must assess risk based on a 14-point check list. They also cannot pursue for traffic offenses, while Indiana State Police can, depending on the severity of the offense.
In Chicago, police are not allowed to chase a vehicle unless it’s first approved by a supervisor who must determine if the risk of a chase is greater than the risk of letting someone escape.
Daily Caller,
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Katie Jerkovich
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Actress Gillian Anderson took questions following her Emmy win for her role as Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown,” and most notably, whether she had “talked to” the long-dead United Kingdom Prime Minister.
The reporter, identified as a radio host and producer Tanya Hart from American Urban Radio Network, asked the question after the 53-year-old actress took home the award for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Drama Series” during the Emmy Awards, Vanity Fair reported Monday. Hart asked “The Fall” star, “Just to continue with the whole Margaret Thatcher thing … have you talked to her about this role at all?”
Independent,
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A Florida landlord has told tenants to get vaccinated or leave the apartment building. (Snip)In early August, Mr Alvarez sent letters to his nearly 70 employees, telling them to get their first dose by 15 August or be fired. Two employees left their jobs, the landlord said.
In a letter to tenants, he urged them to get vaccinated and said new tenants would have to show proof of vaccination by 15 August and those who wanted to renew their leases were told to do the same.
“You don’t want to get vaccinated? You have to move,” Mr Alvarez told The Post. “And if you don’t move, one must move forward with eviction.”
ABC7-TV (Chicago),
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Palatine, Ill. (WLS) -- A third-generation family business is now vacant after a change in how they are assessed for property taxes, they said has ruined them.
"We were supposed to be here, I thought for forever," said Ken Kinsch, a former owner of the Kinsch Florist and Garden Center.
Rubble is what's left of the suburban greenhouse and flower farm after more than 80 years in business.(Snip) Their 2019 Cook County property tax bill skyrocketed to $183,000 from just under $25,000; an increase of 640%. In 2020 they got another bill for $151,000.
After those big bills, the family decided they had to call it quits and shut down,
New York Post,
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Karol Markowicz
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Monday is the first day of school in Gotham’s public system. And it’s on track to be the third needlessly disrupted academic year for kids.
(Snip) A New York state Education Department health guide for the 2021-22 school year worries a lot about kids’ outrageous breathing. “Due to increased exhalation that occurs during physical activity, some sports can put players, coaches, trainers and others at increased risk for getting and spreading COVID-19. Close contact sports and indoor sports are particularly risky. Similar risks might exist for other extracurricular activities, such as band, choir, theater and school clubs that meet indoors.”
Kids all over the city will be eating lunch only outdoors
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Tomah, Wis. (FOX 9) - Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin is temporarily housing more than 8,700 refugees from Afghanistan preparing for resettlement in the United States after fleeing the Taliban.
Additional refugees could be coming to Fort McCoy in the coming days and weeks. Military officials initially said the base, located near Tomah, could support 10,000 refugees, but they have since increased that number to 13,000.
The number of Afghans currently at Fort McCoy has nearly tripled in a week, the Associated Press reported.
As of Friday, there are 8,780 Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy and around 1,385 soldiers supporting them
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There are no white people in Boston who struggle to pay outrageous hospital bills?