Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko to be honored with ESPY award
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine, and former world heavyweight boxing champion, is set to be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2022 ESPY awards ceremony. In a statement on Tuesday, ESPN said that Klitschko will receive the award due to the courage he has shown throughout Russia’s ongoing invasion of his native country, during which he has serv
Read MoreReal estate companies Compass, Redfin to cut workforce
Real estate companies Compass and Redfin are planning to cut their workforces since housing sales dropped. Both companies submitted filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showing the layoffs. Compass said they would be laying off 10 percent of workers, 450 employees, while Redfin is firing six percent, 470 employees. Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said in an article on the site that the company “had to” lay off employees as the economy “could be facing years, not months, of fewer home sales.” “To all the departing people who pu
Read MoreAnti-abortion protester arrested for scaling Oklahoma skyscraper
Police arrested an anti-abortion activist on Tuesday after they say he scaled the tallest building in Oklahoma. Maison DesChamps, who calls himself the “Pro-Life Spider-Man,” posted a video on his Instagram story Tuesday morning as he hung onto the outside of the 50-story Devon Tower in Oklahoma City. “They’re gathering, no helicopter yet though,” DesChamps said as he panned the camera down towards the ground, showing what appeared to be a fire truck responding to the scene. He encouraged viewers to donate to Let Them Live, an anti-abortion charity that donates
Read MoreMost Hispanics believe more visible representation would boost Latino numbers in STEM: study
Story at a glance The Pew Research Center published a report on Tuesday examining the barriers that Latinos face in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The study found that the majority of Latinos in the U.S. feel that science careers are potentially unwelcoming towards Hispanics. The majority of survey respo
Read MoreSealed VHS tape of blockbuster film sells for $75,000 at auction
(NEXSTAR) — We were all such fools to actually open and watch our VHS tapes back in the ‘80s. A sealed copy of “Back to the Future” on VHS sold for $75,000 at the first-ever VHS-only auction last week, becoming what is likely the most expensive videocassette to change hands at auction.