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Heading into 2022, many workers are ready for a change. But you don't have to join the "Great Resignation" and quit to shake things up. You may be able to give your old job a new look with a few small tweaks. As return-to-office plans are pushed back once again with the rise of the omicron variant, employees may find themselves working from home longer than anticipated, some even permanently, as more and more companies roll out hybrid working arrangements, according to…...
DOVER, New Jersey (WABC) -- A taxi driver was brutally beaten by a passenger in New Jersey, and police are searching for leads and asking for the public's help. It happened just after 9 p.m. on Monday, December 13, in the area of Madison Street and Pine Street in Dover. Responding officers found the taxi driver, Alfredo Vazquez, with severe injuries....
Dealmakers of the year: Step forward, David Zaslav and Keith Creel. Mr. Zaslav, the chief of Discovery, maneuvered himself to the helm of a blockbuster media deal that combined his firm with AT&T’s larger WarnerMedia unit in a $43 billion deal. Mr. Creel, who leads the railroad operator Canadian Pacific, beat out his former employer, Canadian National, in a long-running bidding war for Kansas City Southern that had more twists and turns than a steep mountain pass....
CNN Exclusive: Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- The smell of raw sewage and food waste permeates the air in the entrance to Haiti's National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince. Its source is the exposed pipe that visitors must walk over as a liquid mix slides through to the street. A pat-down of even our heads from quiet security guards follows and then a large metal door swings open, revealing a courtyard on the other side....
Hundreds of thousands of Amazon warehouse workers may soon have to leave their cellphones behind if the retailer reimposes a workplace ban on the devices that was relaxed during the pandemic. The issue is particularly acute — some Amazon workers and their advocates say — in light of the recent tornado that struck an Amazon delivery station in Edwardsville, Illinois, killing six people at the 1.1 million square-foot warehouse complex....
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is sounding the alarm on fentanyl as it is raising the stakes in the illegal drug trade. Fake counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, a chemical potentially 50 times more potent than he**in, are making the nation’s illegal drug supply more deadly, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. A man living on the streets displays what he says is the synthetic drug fentanyl ...
The Polish forward scored the fourth goal in Bayern Munich's 4-0 win over Wolfsburg on Friday, eclipsing Muller with just three minutes remaining in Bayern's last Bundesliga match of the year. Legendary German striker Muller, widely considered one of the game's best finishers, had held the record of 42 goals since 1972. In August, the club mourned Muller's death at 75....
Tidal turbine from Nova Innovation onshore prior to installation. Nova Innovation Britain's emerging tidal power sector took a number of steps forward this week, with companies and projects announcing new developments in their plans to roll out projects and technology. On Thursday, Scottish firm Nova Innovation said it had secured 2.5 million euros ($2.83 million) from the European Innovation Council Accelerator Fund to finance its Upscaling Tidal Energy Manufacturing and Production Output project....
A student diversity and inclusion senator at the University of Southern California tweeted, "I want to kill every motherf--king zionist" in May, along with several other opinions that are being considered anti-Semitic. In May, Yasmeen Mashayekh, a diversity and inclusion senator for the University of Southern California Viterbi Graduate Student Association, said in a now-deleted tweet that "I want to kill every motherf--king zionist." ...
QUEENSBURY — The students of Queensbury came together on Friday to honor a fellow student who died on Wednesday night. Students wore blue and gold to remember high school senior Adam Sweeney. In a news release Thursday, school district officials expressed their sympathy to Sweeney’s family. “Adam truly was a student who was loved by all and will be greatly missed,” the release stated....
Marital problems and addiction have a "chicken and egg" relationship, said psychologist John F. Kelly, Harvard Medical School professor of psychiatry and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Recovery Research Institute. The takeaway from Affleck and Garner's story should not be placing blame, said Kelly, but rather the importance of coping strategies in avoiding addictive behaviors and maintaining healthy relationships. …...
There’s a confusing assortment of plans available, and there may even be a new one coming, though probably not for a while. For now, the alphabet soup includes PAYE, REPAYE, I.C.R., and I.B.R. (which comes in two flavors, with the latest version updated to have slightly better terms for newer borrowers). Monthly payments are often calculated as 10 or 15 percent of discretionary income, but one plan is 20 percent....
Stories of soldiers surprising their families after months apart are common, but stories about the people who make it possible are not. Mattie Mitchell is the unseen hand behind an untold number of joyful surprises in Nashville, Tennessee. The 32-year-old stay-at-home mother of two — with a third on the way — got started making other people's days after her worst day....
Fans of "Facts of Life" got a special treat when Lisa Whelchel, along with some of her former castmates, appeared on the ABC special "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes" on Dec. 7. However, two special stars were missing. The first was Nancy McKeon, who was busy with her recent move, Whelchel confirmed to…...
A North Carolina school district is responding about the arrest of a staff member whose husband, a registered s*x offender, was seen on campus. On Thursday, deputies were notified by Henderson County Public Schools that a staff member at Flat Rock Middle School, Maria Edina Walker, 50, is married to a registered s*x offender, Jeffery Lynn Walker, 45, according to Johnny E....
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After a big win in blue Virginia and near-upset in bluer New Jersey, Republicans are hoping for a red wave in governor's races for 2022 – looking at potential pickups mainly in Midwestern states. President Biden has a low approval rating, and historically a president’s party takes a beating in midterm elections. But Republicans are facing the departure of two incumbent governors in blue states, while multiple incumbents are facing primaries as former…...
White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said holiday parties with vaccinated family and friends are fairly low risk even as the Covid-19 omicron variant spreads throughout the U.S. and causes "a lot of breakthrough infections." "If you are vaccinated, your family is vaccinated, you have friends who are vaccinated — and hopefully also boosted — you can still enjoy a social gathering generally in a home," Fauci said in an interview Friday on CNBC's…...
At least 16 U.S. cities have set new homicide records in 2021, according to local police departments. It's a trend police departments have noted from East Coast to West, even as other violent crimes such as aggravated assault and non-violent crimes such as burglary decline in the same areas. "It's definitely worse this year, for us at least," Rochester Police Department Public Information Officer Carlos Alvarado told Fox News Digital of the upstate New York city's homicide numbers for 2021....
(CNN) — Beloved by passengers for its spaciousness and comfort, but disliked by airlines because of its running costs, the Airbus A380 has already entered its sunset years, even though it debuted commercially just 14 years ago. Its final chapter was brought into sharper focus this week, when Airbus delivered the last ever A380 ever made to its new owners, Emirates, ending 18 years of the aircraft's production....
The U.S. is facing another wave of COVID-19 infections as the holiday travel season begins. Cases are surging in more than a quarter of the country as the Delta variant continues to wreak havoc and cases of the Omicron variant tick up. Long COVID-19 testing lines are stretching around the block in cities like New York, Miami and Rockford, Maryland, as Americans of all ages rush to get tested before holiday gatherings....
Emma Broyles has made history. On Thursday night, the college student was given the title of Miss America 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. It is the first time in the pageant’s 100-year history that Miss Alaska has earned the title. What began as a 1921 Atlantic City beauty pageant has evolved away from the emphasis on looks alone — contestants are no longer judged on physical appearance — with a new focus on leadership, talent and communication skills....
The beauty of the landscape is part of what has been drawing thousands of newcomers to the Atlantic provinces in recent months, many seeking rural idylls. Sometimes they’ve been inspired by “Schitt’s Creek,” the Emmy Award-winning Canadian series in which a formerly rich family finds a sense of purpose in a small, rural town they happen to own....
As a designer who specializes in residential structures, Luis Martinez has lived this at home, and has now made it his career. His design business, Studioo15, has surged over the past two years as residents across Los Angeles have used the new state laws to add thousands of backyard units. Yet about half of his clients, he said, are people like his parents who want to have existing units legalized....
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Doctors in Illinois will no longer need to notify the parents of an underage girl 48 hours before her scheduled abortion, after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a repeal of the state's law Friday. Pritzker, a Democrat, claimed the previous law punished the most vulnerable girls, such as those who were "victims of r**e and physical abuse in unsafe homes," according to reports. ...
Prompted by growing concerns about the Omicron variant, the C.D.C. now says that all American adults should get boosters. Recent studies have shown that the third dose of coronavirus vaccine may protect against the worst outcomes of the fast-spreading Omicron variant, while two shots produce a weaker antibody response. And data from November released on Friday by the C.D.C. show that fully vaccinated individuals without a booster were…...
AUBURN — Her voice emotional at times, Sarah Reed directly faced one of the men who killed her brother. Gage Ashley, one of four people charged in the 2019 shooting death of Joshua Poole, 36, in Auburn, was in Cayuga County Court Thursday for sentencing by Judge Thomas Leone. Reed, Poole's sister, addressed Ashley before Leone announced his decision....
At the war’s end, residents of Marja are growing increasingly desperate for any kind of help, a frustration that has turned to anger that the international community has seemingly abandoned them. Dec. 18, 2021 MARJA, Afghanistan — Haji Rozi Khan stood outside the gate of the bullet-pocked building that housed the Marja district’s government offices, staring through the slotted steel door into the compound....
But along with her husband and two children, she took shelter in the closet. Shortly after 2 a.m, the fierce winds quieted down. Becker took a peek outside, but in the pitch dark she couldn't see anything and went back to sleep. "One street behind us, the top of almost every home was taken off. We were very close," she said....
By at least one important measure, the Los Angeles school district’s plan to require vaccinations for students 12 and older has been a success: Three months after the mandate was announced, almost 90 percent of those students had complied. Nevertheless, the Los Angeles Unified School District — the first major district in the United States to call for such a mandate — decided this week to slow things down....
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed spending more than $300 million to help law enforcement and small businesses address a recent rash of high-profile smash and grab thefts. Under the three-year plan, the money would finance a crackdown on organized crime rings, which are believed to be carrying out the crimes....
Tom Holland stars as Spider-Man in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Sony "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is already in the select company of movie franchise record-setters. The Sony and Marvel Studios film tallied $50 million in ticket sales from Thursday previews. That's a pandemic-era best — but also the third highest in cinematic history behind "Avengers: Endgame" ($60 million) and "Stars Wars: The Force Awakens" ($57 million)....
Mom does good deeds to honor son who died at 1 month - CBS News Watch CBSN Live Viral stories of soldiers surprising their families after months apart are common, but this story wouldn't have been possible without one woman behind the scenes. Mattie Mitchell is the unseen hand behind an untold number of joyful surprises in Nashville, Tennessee. Steve Hartman reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link
Republicans, who have vastly more control over redistricting nationally than Democrats do, defend their maps as legal and fair, giving a range of reasons. Kirk Smith, the Republican chairman of Lee County’s board of commissioners, said that “to say only a person of a certain racial or ethnic group can represent only a person of the same racial or ethnic group has all the trappings of ethnocentric racism.”...
HONG KONG — The students sat quietly as soldiers goose-stepped into the Hong Kong high school’s auditorium, hoisting a Chinese flag. The M.C.s spoke in Mandarin, the language of mainland China, rather than Cantonese, the city’s predominant language. Then Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, took the podium, to extol the importance of patriotism in the city’s youth. It was Mrs....
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Broward teachers will soon be getting a pay raise thanks to a tentative agreement between the school district and the teacher’s union. The negotiations include a $2,000 one-time stipend for all educational professional members. READ MORE: South Florida Parents, Students Worried, Scared Over Latest Rash Of School Threats It also includes salary increases of 1.33 percent for highly effective teachers on the pay-performance salary....
Yet, said Leonard Green, a professor of psychological and brain sciences and economics at Washington University in St. Louis, once workers know that tipping is the norm, it may act as an incentive to provide excellent service to clients. “You want to make sure they continue to tip in the future.” Workers eligible for holiday tips include those who help you in some way…...
Over the past year, country music singer Morgan Wallen, model Chrissy Teigen and other stars found themselves in hot water and on the receiving end of immense backlash over their actions. Here's a look at a few celebrities who made headlines in 2021 and were either subsequently canceled or caught a ton of flak: Morgan Wallen Country music singer Morgan Wallen made headlines in February after a video surfaced of him using the N-word....
The last full moon of 2021 will reach peak illumination on Saturday, December 18, at 11:32 p.m. ET, according to NASA, but you can trace its path across the sky starting at just before sunset. Known as the "cold moon" by the Mohawk people, this full moon occurs just a few days shy of December 21, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, also known as the winter solstice....
An employee at a testing station in the city centre takes a swab from a woman. In Lower Saxony, stricter Corona rules apply in many areas. Hauke-Christian Dittrich | picture alliance | Getty Images LONDON — There is currently no evidence that the new Covid-19 omicron variant is any less severe than the delta variant, according to the early findings of a study by the U.K.'s Imperial College London…...
Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state are the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims' bodies after meeting them on dating sites. At a press conference Friday, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis dubbed the suspect, 35-year-old Anthony Robinson of Washington, D.C., the "shopping cart killer." Investigators believe there are likely more victims, possibly beyond Virginia and up the East Coast, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV…...
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