Researchers from the University of Michigan and Harvard, Northeastern and Johns Hopkins universities surveyed 3,949 adults about whether law-abiding residents should be allowed to carry guns in nine public places. Restaurants (33 percent), service settings (31 percent) and retail stores (31 percent) were the only locations in which more than 30 percent of Americans thought people should be allowed to carry guns, according to the results. Support for carrying guns in public was lowest for schools (19 percent), bars (18 percent) and sports stadiums (17 percent). … [Read more...] about Guns in America: A Majority of Americans Polled Oppose Carrying Firearms in Public Places
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Tripod TV stands are coming to Samsung The Frame and LG OLED TVs – and we’re all for it
We heard from Samsung first, with the announcement of a 2021 iteration The Frame, its fashion-forward QLED television designed to pass off as a glitzy picture frame when not in use. This year's model will come with a host of new customization options, most notably including the tripod TV stand seen in the photo above. … [Read more...] about Tripod TV stands are coming to Samsung The Frame and LG OLED TVs – and we’re all for it
India plans foreign investment rule changes that could hit Amazon
India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could compel players, including Amazon.com Inc, to restructure their ties with some major sellers.The government discussions coincide with a growing number of complaints from India's brick-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc-controlled Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass federal rules, allegations the U.S. companies deny.India only allows foreign e-commerce players to operate as a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers. It prohibits them from holding inventories of goods and directly selling them on their platforms.Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart were last hit in Dec. 2018 by investment rule changes that barred foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake.Now, the government is considering adjusting some provisions to prevent those … [Read more...] about India plans foreign investment rule changes that could hit Amazon
’Slum’ charges fly in fracas over affordable housing in S.F.’s Sunset District
“Why can’t you make it three or four stories? Why can’t you make it in scale with the rest of the neighborhood?” asked Flo Kimmerling, a San Francisco State University anatomy professor who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 40 years. “It’s just too big — too high, too many apartments, too many people, too little parking. It’s not the nature of the people who would live there we are against, it’s the nature of the building.” … [Read more...] about ’Slum’ charges fly in fracas over affordable housing in S.F.’s Sunset District
Australian Open turmoil raises questions for Tokyo Games
Some tennis stars have expressed anger and frustration at being kept cooped up ahead of the first grand slam of the tennis season. They include record eight-time Australian Open men's singles winner Novak Djokovic, who put forward a list of proposals that would loosen the restrictions on the quarantining stars, including moving players to houses with courts, better food, and reducing the number of days in isolation. … [Read more...] about Australian Open turmoil raises questions for Tokyo Games