Government Kathy Hochul will lift New York’s strict closed mask requirement on Wednesday and end the requirement for businesses to require full proof of vaccination from customers or to wear masks at all times, marking a milestone in the state’s coronavirus response, according to three people. informed about his decision. The decision will abolish a …
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The Biden administration said Wednesday it has canceled two mining leases that would allow a copper mine to be built near a pristine wilderness area in Minnesota. The Home Office said it determined that leases held by Twin Metals Minnesota, a subsidiary of Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta, were improperly reinstated by the Trump administration in …
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Conferences are scrambling to update protocols to reflect the new variant. Most, including every Power 5 conference, have canceled the final rules, which considered any cancellation due to the coronavirus protocol a confiscation by the exposed team. what to see Whether the NCAA will change its 25-game requirement for tournament eligibility if teams are unable …
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Inflation hit a record high in Europe in November as the continued upward climb in energy costs pushed prices higher, data released on Tuesday. Annual inflation in the euro area rose to 4.9 percentIt’s the highest level since records began in 1997, the European statistical agency Eurostat reported. Excluding variable energy and food prices, inflation …
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A day before the ballots were scheduled to be released to workers at three Buffalo-area Starbucks in the vote on unionization, workers at three other stores in the area petitioned federal regulators to call for elections as well on Tuesday. The upcoming vote is important because none of the nearly 9,000 corporate-owned Starbucks stores in …
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Rizal Wong, a young partner at technology and business communications firm Sard Verbinnen and Company, left the Bay Area in December to find a cheaper one-bedroom studio apartment in Sacramento, close to his family, in his hometown of Sacramento, in Oakland. Studio flat sold. But he moved to San Francisco in April after getting vaccinated. …
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Elsa is the fifth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. The first, Ana, established on May 23, marks the seventh consecutive year of a named storm that developed in the Atlantic before the official start of the season on June 1 this year. Last month, Tropical Storm Claudette brought heavy rains, high winds …
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