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Several of San Francisco Bay Area’s largest technology companies including Twitter Inc and Google plan to keep their offices largely closed for months more despite the government allowing them on Tuesday to be opened in a limited capacity. Among the few companies aiming to take advantage of the easing were SAP SE, which said it is strongly considering partially reopening its Bay Area offices within weeks, and Slack Technologies, which is weighing a date to invite back some workers. San Francisco ecommerce software startup Fast will open its doors – and windows for safety – to up to 25% of its 56 Bay Area employees on Wednesday, spokesman Jason Alderman said. Facebook Inc, whose offices otherwise remain closed globally until July 2, said this month it is opening 10% of seats in Seattle area offices to help workers struggling at home.

White House officials told governors in a private call Tuesday that the federal retail pharmacy program is slated to receive 1.5 million J&J shots next week, according to one source on the call. States are set to receive around 2 million doses, according to three individuals with knowledge of the administration’s distribution plans. White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday confirmed that 4 million doses are on hand for delivery next week. In a statement to POLITICO Monday, J&J spokesperson Jake Sargent said that the company “expect[s] to deliver 20 million single-shot vaccines by the end of March.

Marcus Mariota is happy that he gets to remain as a part of the Las Vegas Raiders going forward despite taking a pay cut to remain with the team. Via Rob DeMello of KHON2, Mariota said that the chance to stay with the Raiders overcame any concerns over trimming his salary for the upcoming season. ” Mariota accepted a deal that cut his salary from $10.725 million to just $3.5 million for this season. It does have incentives included to where he can earn up to $8 million should he get the chance to play and hit performance goals.

Deshaun Watson’s attorney says that one of the female massage therapists accusing his client of sexual assault attempted to “blackmail” the Texans quarterback before filing a civil lawsuit. In January of this year, a woman attempted to blackmail Deshaun by demanding $30,000 in exchange for her Bruney then said the woman’s “business manager” followed up with Bruney, telling him if the encounter was made public it would be embarrassing for both of them. (two more women came forward since this statement) during the past seven days in a manner calculated to inflame the public and malign Deshaun’s otherwise sterling reputation,” Hardin said in a statement.