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Amazon Picks New York City, Northern Virginia for Its HQ2 Locations (WSJ)
New York City and Northern Virginia will be the homes for Amazon.com Inc.’s second and third headquarters, according to people familiar with the matter, ending a more than yearlong public contest that started with 238 candidates and ended with a surprise split of its so-called HQ2.
The imminent announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday, according to the people. Other cities may also receive major sites, some of the people said…[Read More]
Democrats from New York’s Queens borough slammed Amazon’s plan for offices in the area, setting up a potential political fight with one of the world’s most powerful companies.
The criticism came even as Virginia lawmakers largely welcomed the e-commerce company’s decision to open up another facility outside Washington, D.C.
Amazon announced plans Tuesday to split what it calls its second headquarters between Long Island City in Queens and Arlington, Virginia. The company says it will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs in the two areas. Amazon will get more than $2 billion in what it calls “performance-based direct incentives” from state and local governments. [Read More]
Levin: CNN’s lawsuit against Trump over Jim Acosta is ‘very weak’ and ‘ridiculous’ (CR)
LevinTV host Mark Levin has examined CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration and found it’s a “very weak case” and a “ridiculous suit.”
The network filed a lawsuit Tuesday, after the White House revoked correspondent Jim Acosta’s press credentials following an incident in which Acosta refused to surrender the microphone and physically touched a White House aide attempting to take it away from him at a press conference last Wednesday.
“The wrongful revocation of these credentials violates CNN and Acosta’s First Amendment rights of freedom of the press and their Fifth Amendment rights to due process,” CNN said in a statement. [Read More]
Hazing incident reported at another Maryland high school, officials say (The Washington Post)
A second high school in the Maryland suburbs has confronted an alleged episode of hazing involving football players, officials confirmed — as administrators contend with continuing concern about alleged sexual assaults by players at Damascus High, a football powerhouse.
The new case in Montgomery County involved students at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown. Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County police spokesman, said the agency investigated allegations of unwanted sexual touching among football players at the school on Sept. 18.
Detectives learned there were multiple possible suspects and one possible victim. [Read More]
There’s a Thelma Knobel in everyone’s life. She’s the person taking charge– the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Today, Thelma would be described as an alpha personality. But while growing up, her daughter, Peggy, saw her as a dictator– albeit a benevolent, loving one. They clashed from the beginning– Peggy, the horse-crazy tomboy, and Thelma, a genteel controlling mother, committed to raising two refined, ladylike daughters. [Read More]
Amazon made the long-expected announcement on Tuesday that it would be plopping half of its second headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia. Sorry, a typo: That’s National Landing, Virginia, which Amazon says refers to the area in Crystal City, Pentagon City, and Potomac Yard where it will be setting up its campus, according to ARLnow.In a blog post announcing the news, Amazon described National Landing as “an urban community in Northern Virginia located less than 3 miles from downtown Washington, D.C.” The company plans to invest $2.5 billion in Arlington County, and is anticipating $3.2 billion of incremental tax revenue over the next 20 years as a result of Amazon’s moving in. [Read More]
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