The upcoming budget reconciliation process provides a window for Democrats to address key issues on their agenda. Experts say that a federal paid family leave program is high up on that list. Here's how that plan could shape up, and what it could mean for American workers. Earlier this month, Paid Leave for All wrapped […]
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Wuhan study that was left unpublished for a YEAR finds animals, including dogs and raccoons which are known to carry coronaviruses, were sold at local wet market in 2010s A study from researchers in China, the UK and Canada that went unpublished for more than a year has been posted online It finds that more […]
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More than 200 million cases of COVID-19 cases have now been registered worldwide since the novel coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 0700 GMT on Thursday. At least 200,065,905 cases have been officially recorded, but the actual number is believed to be even […]
Americans think elected officials should be among the last to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a new Insider poll found
The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved of two COVID-19 vaccines for public use, and members of Congress were among the first in the nation to get vaccinated. But many Americans believe that elected officials should be among the last to get vaccinated, recent polling from Insider and SurveyMonkey found. According to the Library […]
A mutated COVID-19 strain that spread on Danish mink farms is 'most likely' extinct, authorities say, as Ireland starts its own mink cull
A variant of COVID-19 that spread on five mink farms in Denmark and infected 12 people is "most likely" extinct, Danish authorities said Thursday. Two weeks ago, Denmark ordered the cull of its entire mink population after it was found the mutated variant may weaken the effects of a COVID-19 vaccine. The cull has sparked […]
Sony's new PS5 game console won't be sold in stores on Nov. 12 release day
Sony's new PS5 game console launches on Nov. 12. Sony said it won't be sold in stores due to the spread of coronavirus, so customers should plan to buy online. Customers who already ordered it for pickup can schedule to do so with retailers, however. Sony said on Thursday that its new PS5 game console, […]
As News ‘Crises’ Cascade, The Movies Will Never Catch Up
Win, lose or draw, the frantic election cycle has already made one thing painfully clear: The movies will never catch up. They are too slow. A collaborative, deliberative medium like cinema can never keep pace with events—or more properly, with perceptions of and fascinations with seeming events—that change almost hourly. In early March—was it just […]
Friendly's Restaurants' parent files for bankruptcy, announces sale
The parent company of Friendly's Restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday. The company plans to sell "substantially all" of its assets to Amici Partners Group. Nearly all of Friendly's 130 restaurants are expected to remain open. FIC Restaurants, the parent company of Friendly's, said Sunday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
Postmates teams up with retailers on delivery in Los Angeles just in time for the holidays
Postmates is launching a new retail platform ahead of the holidays. The service will launch in Los Angeles, with the intent of ultimately expanding to other cities next year. The initial launch includes boutique stores like Estee Lauder's Le Labo, home goods retailer Parachute Home and men's clothier Buck Mason, among others. Postmates hopes to […]
$1,200 stimulus checks should go to incarcerated people, judge rules. Why their eligibility has been uncertain
The $1,200 stimulus checks authorized by Congress via the CARES Act did not exclude incarcerated people from receiving those payments. When the government began to deploy the cash, it reversed those rules and started to withhold payments from prisoners. Now, a California judge has ruled that those people should receive the money, while the U.S. […]