The Daily Populous

Wednesday April 8th, 2020 day edition

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The 10-page complaint — filed Thursday in King County — also names as defendants Fox News Corp., owner Rupert Murdoch, AT&T TV and COMCAST.

According to court records, a trial has been set for March 29, 2021, following a series of other deadlines and motion hearings.

The case, filed at 12:13 p.m. Thursday, has been assigned to Judge Ken Schubert — with no hearing date set.

Fox News interfered with social distancing measures, West said from the state first slammed by the virus.

“We believe it delayed and interfered with a prompt and adequate response to this coronavirus pandemic within the state of Washington.”.

“Up to the point where you get up in the theater and yell ‘Fire!’ you can say whatever you want.

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Trump considering suspending funding to WHO

Authored by thehill.com

“We’re going to be looking into that very carefully, and we’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO,” Trump continued.

Pressed later by a reporter on whether it was a good idea to put a hold on funding during a global pandemic, the president clarified that he was considering suspending funding to the WHO.

Sen. Martha McSally Martha Elizabeth McSallyGraham backs Trump, vows no money for WHO in next funding bill Trump considering suspending funding to WHO Campaigns face attack ad dilemma amid coronavirus crisis MORE (R-Ariz.) last week called on WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to resign, after reports emerged that the U.S. intelligence community had concluded China underreported its count of coronavirus cases. »

Tiger King's creators cut Joe Exotic's racism from Netflix show

Authored by digitalspy.com

But it seems the show couldn't include everything, even a rant from tiger keeper Joe Exotic about him not being allowed to use the N-word as a white man.

Speaking to THR, the show's creator Rebecca Chaiklin explained why the clip had been cut from the documentary series.

Related: What the Tiger King documentary didn't tell you about Joe Exotic and his husbands. »

Introducing DualSense, the New Wireless Game Controller for PlayStation 5

Authored by blog.us.playstation.com

But first, we wanted everyone in the PlayStation community to get a first look at the DualSense™ wireless controller, and hear our vision for how the new controller will captivate more of your senses as you interact with the virtual worlds in PS5 games.

When PS4 launched in 2013, the DualShock 4 wireless controller garnered a lot of positive feedback from gamers and developers for being the best PlayStation controller yet, and for introducing forward-looking features like the Share button.

We had a great opportunity with PS5 to innovate by offering game creators the ability to explore how they can heighten that feeling of immersion through our new controller. »

Acting Navy Secretary Modly resigns

Authored by taskandpurpose.com

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday after traveling nearly 8,000 miles to Guam to berate thousands of sailors on Monday, later saying he stood "by every word," and then subsequently apologizing for the remarks within the span of about eight hours.

"This morning I accepted Secretary Modly's resignation," Defense Secretary Mark Esper wrote in a memo he tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

"He resigned on his own accord, putting the Navy and the sailors above self so that the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and the Navy as an institution, can move forward.". »