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Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is investing $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry's rollout of the massive centers. According to a blog post on Friday by Matt Garman, Amazon's CEO of its cloud computing arm, Amazon has already spent more than $1 billion in communities with a large data center presence over the past three years. Garman also said that Amazon is no longer using ...

Kennedy Center Honors to be held at Capital One Arena amid fight over adding Trump’s name

This year's Kennedy Center Honors will be held at Washington's Capital One Arena, not the riverfront building that's been at the center of a legal fight over adding President Donald Trump's name to the building. The 49th annual awards are set to take place at Washington's downtown arena, a Kennedy Center spokesperson said Friday. Few other details were immediately available, and an explanation for the change wasn't given. The center's board voted last month to close the iconic performing arts venue along the Potomac River waterfront after a federal judge blocked the institution from ...

Wirt County tames St. Marys netters in four

ST. MARYS — In a Little Kanawha Conference showdown here Thursday night host St. Marys lost a tough opening set en route to falling 26-24, 25-19, 12-25 and 25-19 to defending Class A state champion Wirt County. The Blue Devils of head coach Stephanie Corathers, who are still without the services of first team all-stater Brynnley Bulluck, got 20 assists from Rylee Renner, 10 kills by Lauren Pritchett and a trio of aces from Morgan Bardwell in the setback. Wirt County, which improved to 16-5-1 and heads Saturday to the Buffalo Invitational, was missing sophomore spiker Simone Hall, ...

Parkersburg South volleyball victorious over PHS

PARKERSBURG – Despite staying home from school the previous day because of an illness, Parkersburg South co-captain Natalie Lauer wasn’t going to miss out on an opportunity to play against city-rival Parkersburg. A round of antibiotics got Lauer back on her feet in time from her bout with strep throat and filled her starting position at libero. She was able to participate in the celebration of the end result of a three-set sweep of the Big Reds 26-24, 25-20, 25-17 Thursday night at Parkersburg High School. “I went to the doctor on Wednesday and after 24 hours of antibiotics I ...

PHS girls soccer wins big on senior night

PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg High School girls soccer program celebrated senior night here Thursday at Stadium Field with a convincing 10-0 victory versus Morgantown. The Big Reds of head coach Jarric Hoskins honored their six seniors — Lucy Cartwright, Hailey Warman, Layla Hill, Reagan ...

Szmyt’s 56-yard field goal lifts Browns past Steelers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns are developing a knack for coming up big in the fourth quarter. Watson led a go-ahead drive in the fourth quarter for the third straight week as he moved the Browns into position for Andre Szmyt's career-long 56-yard field goal with ...