RALEIGH, N.C. — Interest in COVID-19 vaccines has surged in the week since North Carolina’s governor announced that his administration would boost the financial incentive from $25 to $100 for unvaccinated residents who come in for their first shot this month. While a number of factors are contributing to people’s […]
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Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 70% From Current Levels
Are we at the start of a boom or a bust? That’s the question on investors’ minds these days, as the world gets back on its feet following the COVID crisis. The recent April jobs report, with its mix of good and bad news, puts the question into sharp relief. […]
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ICE asks for volunteers to deploy to border ‘as soon as this weekend’ to cope with surge
Biden officials who spoke Friday to reporters on the condition that their names not be published said they are working urgently to accelerate the release of the minors to parents and other relatives living in the United States, but this week they have increased their shelter capacity by only about […]
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Despite Pandemic Surge, More In-Person Classes For Colleges’ Spring Semesters : NPR
Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College — a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She’s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico. Back then, she wasn’t sure […]
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Las Vegas-area district moves to partially reopen schools amid surge in student suicides
The Clark County School District in Nevada is moving to partially reopen schools in response to a surge of student suicides, The New York Times reports. Eighteen students in the county took their own lives in the final nine months of 2020, the Times reports, leading the Clark County school board to […]
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What led to California’s COVID surge? Holiday gatherings?
Nine months ago, when the globe was beginning to realize the enormity of the coronavirus, experts say California made an important decision. Standing at a lectern surrounded by fellow state leaders on March 19, Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed the state, saying they faced a grim outlook if decisive action wasn’t […]
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Calif. gov warns of virus surge after holidays
LOS ANGELES — California officials say hospitalizations for COVID-19 have stabilized in parts of the state but still overwhelm hospitals elsewhere, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning of a new surge in coronavirus cases following heavy holiday travel in defiance of recommendations to avoid gatherings. ICU units in Southern California […]
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A Covid-19 Surge and Conspiracy Theories Roil Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan — Iqbal Shaheen, a taxi driver, drove his sick father to this city’s three main hospitals. All of their intensive care beds and ventilators were occupied. Mr. Shaheen was told there might be room at a private hospital, for $625 a day, far above what his earnings of […]
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T.J. Hockenson’s ability to ad lib helps fuel surge with Detroit Lions
Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide As a child develops, we expect them to learn how to color inside the lines. As a football player develops, it can be their ability to go outside the lines that can set them apart from their peers. That’s been an important […]
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It’s going to be up to us to help stem the COVID-19 surge, and that starts with celebrating Thanksgiving differently [editorial] | Editorials
THE ISSUE The United States passed a terrible milestone last week: More than a quarter of a million Americans have died because of COVID-19. In Lancaster County, COVID-19 cases increased alarmingly. And, as the week ended, Pennsylvania neared the 300,000 mark in cases, and Lancaster County’s total case count exceeded 13,500. […]
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Keep Thanksgiving dinner tables to ‘single digits’ to slow COVID-19 surge, Murphy says
With a week to go before Thanksgiving, Gov. Phil Murphy urged New Jersey residents to stay with their immediate family during the holiday and keep the number of people at dinner to “single digits” as the coronavirus continues to surge in the state. The governor continued to sound the alarm […]
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Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — As the holidays approach and the coronavirus situation worsens around the country, many people may do more, if not all, of their shopping online and opt to mail gifts to their loved ones instead of exchanging them in person. Since that could lead to severe delays, […]
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Coronavirus pandemic remote schooling surge spurs parents to make desks for kids in need
As remote schooling surged during the pandemic, parents across the country realized that many kids didn’t have desks at home. So they got busy building, collecting and donating them, giving hundreds or thousands of students workspaces to call their own and helping them get through long days of virtual learning. […]
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Denver Car Thefts Surge During the COVID-19 Pandemic Update
At this point, there’s hardly any social ill that the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t made worse — but some of the negative effects are more surprising than others. For example, since the rise of the novel coronavirus, motor vehicle theft in the Denver metro area has spiked, too. In a serious […]
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5 Stocks to Cash in on the Record Retail Sales Surge in May
Retail sales in the United States rose 17.7% in May from April reading, thus marking the all-time monthly jump. This uptrend is aided by the relaxation of coronavirus-induced lockdowns and the gradual reopening of the economy. While the figure reflects a recovery from a record decline of 14.7% in April […]