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Articles from the April 26, 2020 edition


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  • CNBC's Melissa Lee Returns to Host Fast Money, After Giving Birth To Twins

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Apr 26, 2020

    Harvard educated Melissa Lee returned to host CNBC's Fast Money on Monday night, 4/20/20. Each of the shows personalities, such as Karen Finerman and Guy Adame, welcomed her back and said how glad they were to see her. This on a day when Coronavirus caused the May futures contract to actual go to negative $27 per barrel, meaning they will pay you to take the oil. After three months off, Lee looked, well, perhaps a little tired as she broadcast from home. Covid-19 has put pretty much everyone on...

  • SMC Corsair Wins Multiple JACC Awards for Excellence in Journalism

    Grace Smith, SMC PIO|Apr 26, 2020

    The Corsair, Santa Monica College's student-run news outlet, has won an award for "online general excellence" from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) and four student photojournalists won individual awards. These wins for the statewide competition were announced Friday, April 17. In addition, two student photojournalists have also won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association's California Journalism Awards, announced March 31. "Corsair student journalists a...

  • California Bans Protests as Coronavirus Lockdown Gets Political

    Leonard Brophy, Special to the Observer|Apr 26, 2020

    Although there has been some grumbling online about the severe stay-at-home orders in Santa Monica, so far there has been no organized (or even disorganized) protesting on the city streets. That has not been true elsewhere throughout the country, with protests of varying sizes taking place in at least 11 states. This includes portions of California outside Santa Monica. The four protests large enough to get media attention in California have happened in Huntington Beach on Friday, San Diego and...

  • Covid-19 Brings New Dating Apps, New Sex Toys, Online Orgies and Virtual Hookups

    Rachel Ganz, Observer Lifestyle Writer|Apr 26, 2020

    With over a billion people in seclusion because of the world wide Corona-virus Pandemic it's not surprising that single people are seeking new ways to pass the time and socialize while practicing "social distancing. On March 24, 2020 Corey Price, Vice President of Pornhub stated in a press release announced that Pornhub is offering free Pornhub Premium worldwide, to encourage people to stay home and reduce the spreading of the Corona-virus. Many of the online dating apps like JDate, Bumble, OK...

  • Reports China Has Rushed Doctors to DPRK to Treat Kim Jong Un, in a Coma After Heart Surgery

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Apr 26, 2020

    China is desperately trying to save Kim Jong Un from dying of Unspecified health problems, reports the Hong Kong Television. HKSTV is backed by Beijing, and the Chinese Foreign Minister's niece, Jennifer Zeng. She has been posting on Weibo that Kim is in a persistent vegetative state following coronary surgery, after a heart attack. Weibo is the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Kim has not been seen in public since April 4th. Despite much speculation in the Western Press, the DPRK has been silent...

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