If you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccine, you now can be rewarded with free doughnuts — seriously. Popular doughnut giant Krispy Kreme announced it’s now giving away one free, daily original glazed doughnut to anyone who shows a valid COVID-19 vaccination card at any of its U.S. shops. The promotion is […]
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CLOSE Telework has life-changing benefits but it also has its downsides because your days can become repetitive, which can lead to disengagement and burnout. Buzz60 It’s not just you. The workday working from home during the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t just feel longer. For many of us, it actually is longer. […]
For much of the past year, the phrase “return to normalcy” has been ingrained into our heads. What will it look like, feel like and — a pressing concern amid the ability of COVID-19 to strip us of our core senses — taste like? In Southern California, one of the […]
A global pandemic that fell disproportionately on low-income Americans is likely to lead to a recovery that will leave communities heavy on those same workers struggling to keep up. A new analysis of projected job growth over the next decade shows growth slowing over the next decade among workers in […]
It’s been almost a year since Mae Smith got COVID-19, and she still experiences symptoms including crushing fatigue and a brain fog that makes it hard to think. Smith was a policy director for a New York City social service agency when she first contracted COVID-19, and continued working despite […]
Residents received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the Peconic Recreation Center. (Credit: Steve Wick) For the hundreds of people who lined up at the Peconic Recreation Center Thursday morning to receive their first COVID-19 vaccination, the day was a miracle long in the making. In fact, […]
Feb 3, 2021 – 2:32 PM ET Super Bowl LV is the biggest “public” betting event on the calendar for sportsbooks, which means a wave of first-time and recreation bettors driving the action, rather than wiseguys and professional gamblers. That influx of public money has many people looking to risk […]
Riding a fat-tire bike at Range Pond State Park in Poland is one way to get outside this winter. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Buy this Photo The pandemic has been unable to shut down Maine’s great outdoors. So as long as there is snow on the ground and temperatures cold enough […]
If you’ve been online at all this week, congrats: You’ve been recruited as a spectator in a game of financial Calvinball. For a quick recap: GameStop, a mostly brick-and-mortar store chain that has been hit hard in the pandemic, became the target of a bunch of people coordinating on Reddit, […]
Next week will mark the 10-year anniversary of the phone call that changed the course of Conor Thomas’s career. Aged only 17, he had just made his full debut for Coventry City when his agent rang with some unexpected news and a simple instruction. “He told me to pack my […]
Dr. Sarah Mohtadi administers COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-in vaccination site at the Long Beach Convention Center on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) The city of Long Beach this week expanded distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to food workers, the first group of essential workers in Los Angeles County […]
Dr. Sarah Mohtadi administers coronavirus vaccine at a drive-in vaccination site at the Long Beach Convention Center on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) The city of Long Beach this week expanded distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to food workers, the first group of essential workers in Los Angeles County […]
The city of Long Beach this week expanded distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to food workers, the first group of essential workers in Los Angeles County outside the healthcare industry to be offered the critical shots. Those eligible include grocery store and restaurant workers who live or work in Long Beach. […]
Last year, we’d planned to spend the UK summer holidays there, a plan that quickly began to unravel as more about the virus became known. I was also due to go back, for a shorter, solo, visit, in October, to attend a wedding – a trip that was also scuppered. […]
Welcome to Las Vegas sign in Nevada Since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, the hospitality industry has seen tremendous losses totaling double that of any other industry. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, employment in the leisure and hospitality industry has dropped by 23.2% since February of […]
Stein Mart Inc. was desperate for shoppers long before COVID-19 forced closures at its discount department stores, scattered mostly throughout the Southeast. During the past several years, the Florida retailer had hemorrhaged tens of millions of dollars, while searching for a corporate buyer. Like many struggling businesses, the company in […]
This column is part of a Dallas Morning News opinion project outlining critical issues at stake as the Texas Legislature convenes. Find the full project at dallasnews.com/opinion. Texas lawmakers will rightly focus on the immediate budget shortfall when they meet this session, but there’s another view that’s equally important to […]
In this photo provided by Siena College, Siena’s Manny Camper, top, goes to the basket against Monmouth during an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Loudonville, N.Y. Siena College finally began its men’s basketball season on Sunday against Monmouth, 298 days after its last game. The Saints, […]
The US women’s national team players have reached an agreement with the US Soccer Federation (USSF) over equal working conditions with the men’s team. The World Cup winners were seeking the same conditions as the men in areas including travel, hotel accommodation, staff support and the right to play on grass rather than […]
Students in Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s Advanced Performers program triumphed over the constraints of the pandemic to wow the judges at this year’s Junior Theatre Festival Australia. BACT’s Advanced Performers-6th to 12th graders from Alameda, Berkeley, Livermore, Oakland, Orinda, Pleasanton, and San Ramon-learned their routines online, recorded their parts individually […]
© 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 […]
Lengthy early voting lines in Michigan and two stops by President Donald Trump on Monday marked the eve of a pivotal election that will cement the path of the nation for the next four years. Trump won the state by 10,704 votes in 2016, his closest margin of victory nationally. But […]