Changes to the H-1B visa program announced in October will make qualifying for the work visas much tougher and compel employers to pay foreign workers drastically higher wages. U.S. technology startup founders and investors say the limitations will hamstring their ability to recruit top-tier talent to grow their businesses. KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. The […]
Day: November 4, 2020
Seventy prisoners returned to Hudson County from New Jersey correctional facilities Wednesday as part of a statewide prisoner release to slow the spread of COVID-19 inside the prison system. More than 2,000 inmates nearing the end of their sentences walked out of New Jersey state prisons — which have recorded […]
Few Americans have the cash they need on hand to pay for big-ticket items upfront. That’s why it’s not unusual for people to take out mortgages, car loans and student loans, so they can pay for these costly expenses over time. But when it comes to other major purchases — […]
My late father Wilfred for decades shared his love of North Central Washington history with the readers of The Wenatchee World through his Talking It Over column. He was a voracious reader and had an uncanny ability to integrate knowledge and pass along insights. There is an emerging local history […]
Consider this your guide to healthier baking. Chef Mia Rigden and Jenny Dorsey team up to show you how to revamp some of your favorite baked goods to make them healthier and loaded with better-for-you ingredients—without skimping on flavor. See All This gluten-free sweet potato tart is guaranteed to be […]
Researching residency requirements for other countries and threatening to move to Canada when the presidential election doesn’t go your way is becoming a quadrennial tradition. Due to an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots and early votes cast, the 2020 election for president hasn’t been called yet and may not be settled for days. […]
Were you cringing through the entirety of “Borat 2”? Did hearing the details of CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s masturbating-on-a-Zoom-conference-call horror show make you want to die a little inside? The Germans have a word that describes exactly what you were experiencing (because of course they do). “Fremdschämen” is the […]
If President Donald Trump wins another four years in office, don’t blame Denver. Voters in the Mile High City preferred Joe Biden by an enormous margin — and they also voted for numerous progressive ballot measures, including new taxes earmarked to address climate concerns and the homelessness crisis. The latest […]
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Her intervention came as she announced the number of daily coronavirus cases had increased to 1,433 and fatalities to 50, the highest death total since May 20. She said it was too soon to know whether this was an anomaly or the start of a new surge following a 22 […]
The Symetra Tour’s season finale is happening this week at River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina, but the top-ranked player on the season-long money list isn’t there. Instead, she’s hunkered over an e-reader in a hotel room roughly 20 miles away in Charlotte, North Carolina. So continues the […]
Voters wait in line to register and cast their vote for the general election outside of the Yakima County Auditor’s office in Yakima, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Amanda Ray/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP) Voters wait in line to register and cast their vote for the general election outside of the […]
There’s a reason that Apple Arcade is available in all three Apple One subscription tiers. Games are fun and a great way to entertain and de-stress. Here are five Arcade games to check out. I just started playing this one last night and I might write a review of it […]
The people of Colorado have spoken, and they’ve given Cory Gardner his walking papers, replacing the Republican with former governor John Hickenlooper. After six years in the U.S. Senate, Gardner is now back in the job market…like so many other Coloradans during the COVID-19 pandemic. In appreciation of his service […]
Sun, sand, margaritas—and no quarantine. That, plus a $300 round-trip airfare, convinced Jon Heinz to book a four-day getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in November. He is monitoring the level of Covid-19 cases there, reading studies on the rate of virus transmission aboard planes and checking online reports from […]
The very rural 22-mile Panhandle Pathway out of Winamac is now a national trail. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced in October that the paved trail now joins more than 83,000 miles of routes for paddling, cycling, hiking and other activities in what’s called the National Trails System — more […]
Photo credit: Dimitri Otis – Getty Images From Women’s Health You know that feeling when you’re doom-swiping on Tinder? Rolling your eyes at Tinder profile after Tinder profile? Mmhmm. Yeah, no one wants to be on the receiving end of those eye-rolls, so WH spoke to therapists and dating experts […]
© Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. It’s been 294 days since we were last outside the U.S. That international foray was a brief five-hour […]
Artwork courtesy of Nintendo As the biggest gaming franchise of all time, it’s unsurprising that the Mario name has sparked several offshoots, be it kart racing, golfing or board games. The majority have been good, often definitive of their respective consoles’ libraries, while others have been so shockingly egregious that […]
11/03/2020, Dallas // KISSPR // The summer months are a time when most people enjoy being on summer break from school and planning vacations from work to relax with friends or family members. But did you know that warmer temperatures could bring a spike in certain kinds of criminal activity? […]
UNITED STATES—The pandemic has disturbed businesses all across the globe. Some industries have suffered significant financial losses, which led to a massive decrease in the job market — companies have run out of business, and millions of people worldwide have lost their jobs. On the other hand, certain enterprises that […]