People getting unemployment will have to look for work again
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Employment Commission says that jobless workers collecting unemployment compensation will soon have to look for jobs again to receive benefits.
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No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19
A wild-animal trader who caught a strange new virus from a frozen pangolin. A lab worker studying bat viruses who slipped up and sniffed the air under her biosafety hood. A man who suddenly fell ill after collecting bat guano from a cave to use for fertilizer. Were any of these scenarios what touched off…
‘NFTs for People’: BitClout Sells Coins Based on Celebs Without Their Permission
Over the past few months, music stars have been scrambling to cash in on the latest craze in collectibles by selling art, merch and even albums in the form of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. But this week, the phenomenon became more confusing than ever for the music industry, when many of the top artists went…
AP-NORC poll: People of color bear COVID-19’s economic brunt
NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, Elvia Banuelos’ life was looking up. The 39-year-old mother of two young children said she felt confident about a new management-level job with the U.S. Census Bureau — she would earn money to…
Over 70,000 people have applied to work at my bridesmaid-for-hire business — here’s how I decide who to hire
Summary List PlacementSoon after I started my business Bridesmaid for Hire, clients were requesting something I truly wasn’t prepared to offer. I was the world’s first person offering a service where brides could hire me to show up at their wedding, pretend to know them from some point in their life, and be their bridesmaid…
‘People expected us to slip again but we didn’t!’
The Reds boss saw his side end a three-game losing streak by taking down a tough Bundesliga side
People are boycotting Publix because a member of its founding family gave $300,000 to the Trump rally that led to the January 6 Capitol riots
Summary List PlacementPeople are calling for a boycott of Publix after the Wall Street Journal unmasked an heiress to the Southern grocery empire as the top donor to the Trump rally that led to the Capitol riots on January 6. Julie Jenkins Fancelli, an heiress to the Publix founding family’s nearly $9 billion fortune, has…
UK watchdogs say people with learning disabilities have been given inappropriate ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for COVID-19
Summary List PlacementIn the UK, people with learning disabilities have been told that healthcare workers will not attempt to save their lives with CPR if they succumb to COVID-19, according to an advocacy group. Mencap, a UK charity advocating for people with learning disabilities, said that in January it was still receiving reports of people…
People with learning disabilities told they would not be resuscitated if they became ill with COVID-19, says leading charity
Summary List PlacementPeople with learning disabilities are still being given do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in England despite widespread condemnation of the practice leading to an investigation by the Care Quality Commission (CQQ). Charity, Mencap, told The Guardian that many with learning disabilities were told they would not be resuscitated if they got ill from COVID-19 without…
People are fed up with broken vaccine appointment tools — so they’re building their own
Across the US, people are clamoring to get the hottest ticket of the season: an appointment for a covid-19 vaccination. The recommended method is to visit a local hospital website or call a hotline. But the results can be frustrating. Families have spent hours on the hotlines, scoured appointments on platforms like the ticket sales site…
At least 10 people charged in the Capitol siege are blaming Trump for their involvement in the attack
Summary List PlacementAs Donald Trump’s impeachment team prepares to argue this week that the former president did not play a role in inciting the deadly Capitol insurrection on January 6, a growing group of his own supporters is claiming the exact opposite. Lawyers for at least 10 people charged over their roles in the Capitol…
How many people watched Super Bowl 55? Ratings, viewership numbers take big hit in 2021
Tom Brady is still the king in New England, but overall viewership was down quite a bit to make Super Bowl 55 the lowest-rated Super Bowl since 2007.
66 people rescued from ice floes adrift on Wisconsin bay
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard and several other agencies rescued 66 people stranded on ice floes in a bay in northeastern Wisconsin.