Lawmakers race to avoid looming shutdown as blame game begins
Lawmakers are desperately trying to avoid a partial shutdown before Friday’s funding deadline, an effort made more difficult over the weekend after leaders failed to reach an agreement on who is responsible for the holdup. An argument was exchanged. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York announced Sunday that Congressional leaders have not yet […]
AP Brutally Roasted Online After Bending Backwards To Avoid Linking Student’s Death To Illegal Migrant
Social media users called out the Associated Press on Sunday after it declined to say explicitly that an illegal immigrant had been charged with the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Jose Antonio Ybarra, an undocumented immigrant, was arrested and charged Friday by University of Georgia (UGA) authorities in connection with the death of 22-year-old […]
Stock Market Outlook: How to Avoid a Lost Decade for Stocks – Markets Insider
Concerns about stock market concentration are growing as the Magnificent Seven giants continue to rise in value. If the AI bubble bursts, stocks could be in for a lost decade, similar to the end of the dot-com boom. Richard Bernstein told Business Insider that portfolio diversification is key for investors to avoid losses if the […]
It’s peak norovirus season. Here’s what you can do to avoid getting sick
East Providence, Rhode Island (WPRI) — We’re in the middle of norovirus season. Rhode Island Department of Health encourages people around the world to take steps to avoid getting sick. norovirus It is a highly contagious disease also known as viral gastroenteritis, gastroenteritis, or food poisoning. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The virus […]
Avoid smartwatches, rings that monitor blood sugar levels: FDA
Smart watches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels for medical purposes without puncturing the skin can be potentially dangerous and should be avoided, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced. warning on wednesday. The warning applies to watches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels in a non-invasive way, […]
Canadian college student, Tim Chen, flies 2 hours to class to avoid paying rent
He uses “commuting” to commute to school. Tim Chen, a final-year economics student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, has been flying nearly two hours round trip from his home in Calgary to school because off-campus housing prices have become too expensive. “I thought, why not stay in Calgary and fly here? […]
Families of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie ‘reluctantly’ reach settlement to avoid civil trial
The families of Gabby Pettit and Brian Landry “reluctantly” reached a confidential legal settlement Wednesday, avoiding a civil trial later this year. According to reports, lawyers for both sides confirmed that the legal battle ended after a mediation session. The agreement comes a week after Landry’s parents admitted in a sworn affidavit that they were […]
Gabby Petito’s family, Laundries reach deal, will avoid civil trial
Tampa, Florida (W.F.L.A.) — Gabby Petite’s family told Nexstar’s WFLA that they reached an agreement with Brian Landry’s family and their attorney in mediation Wednesday, avoiding a civil trial. The family held a discussion at a secret location in Venice, Florida. “After a long day of mediation, a confidential settlement was reached between Gabby Pettit’s […]
State department defends Blinken memo urging staffers to avoid ‘problematic’ language like ‘manpower’
Earlier this month, the State Department defended a memo from Secretary of State Antony Blinken that asked staff to avoid gendered language such as “mother” and “workforce.” “If you look at that memo, it’s standard government to try to encourage people, as I did, to just respect others, use language that is comfortable for others, […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges staffers to avoid using âproblematicâ terms like âmanpowerâ and âmother/fatherâ: reportÂ
Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly instructed State Department officials in a recent internal memo to refrain from using sexist terms such as “mother,” “father,” and “human resources.” According to the Feb. 5 letter, Biden administration officials said in a memo that gender is a social construct and that a person’s gender identity “may or […]