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Macy's closing 125 stores $480 million in restructuring costs and 2000 corporate jobs to be cut. Google.com/search?q=Macy%27s+closing+125+stores

What are the hazardous byproducts of burning naphtha, such as the fire at Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, Texas Hazardous combustion products (by products of burning) are Carbon monoxide (CO), Carbon dioxide (CO2), Hydrocarbons, and Aldehydes. An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure −CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double-bonded to oxygen) with the carbon atom also bonded to hydrogen and to an R group. Aldehydes are considered toxic and poisonous. Cardinal News:  Chemical Tank Fire at Intercontinental Terminals Company on Independence Parkway, Deer Park, Texas

According to a FEMA report at 2-day workshop at Georgetown University:  Review of the last couple of decades of the federal government's approach to developing more disaster-resilient communities found that efforts have failed because of a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach that doesn't fit most communities. FEMA recommends development of 'individual cultures of preparedness' from the bottom up . "We've achieved our national preparedness goals when it comes to first responders [as per Presidential Policy Directive 8] but when it comes to preparedness of individual households and communities, we've failed," said Laura Olson, a lead author of the report. "To say we've failed it putting it mildly. We really haven't been able to achieve any of our goals for two decades at least, which is the amount of time we've been tracking this." govtech.com/em/preparedness/Report-Weve-Failed-Miserably-at-Preparedness.html training....

According to media watchdog Ofcom 83% of youth age 12-15 have a smartphone, and 50% have a tablet. Among 12-15 year-olds, 62% watch TV on other devices, such as a tablet; 99% spend 20.5 hours per week online. The annual report was based on 2,000 interviews.  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6642161/Generation-web-addicts-Children-spend-time-YouTube-friends.html

Almost every large media company has a direct-to-consumer TV streaming service that might negate the need for bundles of channels. Video revenue is declining, but today streaming is still not reliable enough to replace regular Cable TV — especially for live news. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/03/cable-future-may-not-include-tv-as-cable-one-shows.html

Historically, 8 babies have been born at the French zoological park Saint-Martin-la-Plaine. As of February 20,2019, there are 11 gorillas in Saint-Martin. Gestation for a gorilla is 8.5 months. gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/female-gorilla-gypsy-holds-her-four-weeks-old-first-baby-on-news-photo/1126231301 espace-zoologique.com/mammiferes/gorille-des-plaines.html Photo shows Gypsy, a female gorilla, holding her first newborn at a French zoological park. https://t.co/24WED9ZWiB pic.twitter.com/nne5uLDcil — ABC News (@ABC) February 20, 2019

Digital Research Firm eMarketer says advertisers will spend $129.34 billion on digital ads vs. 109.48 billion on traditional advertising (television, magazines and newspapers). The top three digital ad platforms in rank order are Google, Facebook, and Amazon. More on the forecast from Forbes … forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2019/02/20/major-milestone-digital-ad-spending-will-pass-non-digital-this-year/

Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia two-year investigation — possibly as early as next week. Attorney General Bill Barr has said that he wants to be as "transparent" as possible with Congress and the public, and "consistent with the rules and the law." This is Barr's second round as AG. Barr previously served for the George H. W. Bush administration from 1991 to 1993, and served for the Trump administration beginning in 2019. cnn.com/2019/02/20/politics/special-counsel-conclusion-announcement/index.html

The Nicholas Sandmann lawsuit claims that the Washington Post "engaged in a modern-day form of McCarthyism by competing with CNN and NBC, among others, to claim leadership of a mainstream and social media mob of bullies which attacked, vilified, and threatened Nicholas Sandmann ("Nicholas"), an innocent secondary school child." Attorneys also claim that "in targeting and bullying Nicholas by falsely accusing him of instigating the January 18 incident, the Post conveyed that Nicholas engaged in acts of racism by 'swarming' Phillips, 'blocking' his exit away from the students, and otherwise engaging in racist misconduct." arlingtoncardinal.com/2019/02/attorneys-for-family-of-covington-catholic-high-school-student-nicholas-sandmann-suing-the-washington-post-for-250-million/

Jabez Spann was 14 when he disappeared on Sept. 4, 2017, in Sarasota, Florida. A week earlier, another witness allegedly saw Spann at a fatal shooting scene. Spann's remains were found along a fence line west of Interstate 75 in a rural Manatee County (north and northeast of Sarasota County) on Saturday afternoon, February 16, 2019. abcnews.go.com/US/remains-found-missing-teen-witnessed-murder-florida-police/story?id=61182855 heraldtribune.com/news/20190219/body-of-sarasota-teenager-jabez-spann-missing-since-2017-found

Delta Air Lines Flight 2050 was forced to declare an emergency and make an unscheduled landing at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport at 3:38 p.m. after an apparent lightning strike. Following a safe landing, 164 passengers were transferred to another plane. abcnews.go.com/US/delta-air-lines-flight-declares-emergency-apparent-lightning/story?id=61182953

The two oarfish, about 3.6 meters (12 feet) and 4 meters (13 feet) long, were found off the island's southwest Toya port on January 28, 2019. Traditionally known as "Ryugu no tsukai" in Japanese, or the "Messenger from the Sea God's Palace," and are associated with an ancient legend that oarfish beach themselves on shores before underwater earthquakes occur. edition.cnn.com/2019/02/19/asia/okinawa-living-oarfish-intl-trnd/index.html

Shamima Begum, age 19, who gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday, February 17, 2019 has been stripped of her citizenship in Great Britain, according to a letter from Great Britain's Home Office in Liverpool. While waiting in a camp in Syria, she might try using her marriage to Dutch jihadi Yago Riedijk, who faces possible prison in Holland, as a means to gain citizenship in Holland. thesun.co.uk/news/8466675/shamima-begum-isis-british-citizenship-revoked-unjust/

Growing fear of civil unrest if there is no Brexit deal, there has been spike in spending on plastic bullets, officially known as attenuating energy projectiles (AEPs). The plastic bullets were used during two public disorder incidents by police (PSNI) in Northern Ireland in 2018, but have never been used by police or military in Great Britain for civil unrest on the streets. theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/19/met-police-spending-on-plastic-bullets-triples-in-a-year

While embattled President Nicolás Maduro calls the aid operation for the citizens of Venezuela a US-orchestrated show, Brazil says it will send humanitarian aid to its border with Venezuela by this weekend. Brazil and the United States and many other countries recognize   Juan Guaidó as the interim president. While Maduro is rejecting aid from any of these countries he is accepting and aid shipment from Russia Wednesday, February 20, 2019. bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47300962