Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment
A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source link
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10 Most Perfect Movies Released Since the Pandemic, Ranked
COVID changed a lot, and it’s not relevant right now to cover just how much it changed or altered when it came to how people lived their lives beyond mentioning what it did for the film…
Homebuilder Lennar’s average home price is down 21% from the pandemic housing market boom peak
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. The average price net of incentives of new-builds sold by…
Layoffs have exceeded 1.1M in 2025, the highest mark since the 2020 pandemic, consultancy says
Companies have cut more than 1 million jobs so far this year, a consulting firm said Thursday, citing restructuring, artificial intelligence and economic factors such as tariffs as the key…
Pfizer looks to sell stake in pandemic vaccine partner BioNTech
Pfizer is looking to sell its remaining stake in Covid-19 vaccine partner BioNTech, a remnant from one of the pandemic’s most lucrative collaborations. The US drugmaker is offering about…
UK unemployment at its highest since pandemic as jobs market cools
The jobless rate climbed to 5 per cent in the three months through September, up from 4.8 per cent the month before UK unemployment rose more than expected, further evidence of a cooling…
Powell: Fed ‘should have’ stopped buying mortgage-backed securities sooner as the pandemic housing boom raged on
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Speaking Tuesday at the National Association for Business Economics…
Qantas fined A$90 million over illegally sacking 1,800 workers during pandemic
Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, has been fined A$90 million (S$75.2 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff and replacing them with contractors during the…
Pandemic housing boom tightness fades as housing market lot supply rises
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the pandemic housing boom, we saw red-hot housing demand quickly…
Director Eduardo Casanova Combines Vampire Mythos With the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Miniseries ‘Silence’ – and Lives for the Applause
Spanish actor-director Eduardo Casanova takes on the Black Plague and HIV/AIDS pandemics in explosive miniseries “Silence” – as well as female vampires, suddenly faced with the shortage of…
GOP aims to stop retroactive pandemic unemployment payments
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are calling on Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to stop an Ohio judge from forcing the state to pay nearly $1 billion in pandemic-era…
How Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone, washing her hands, when a middle-aged woman walked…
Why Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone, washing her hands, when a middle-aged woman walked…
RFK Jr. Just Made Another Pandemic Even More Likely
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Harvard University of the ability to enroll international students. U.S. District Court Judge Allison…
Why the U.S. won’t sign the WHO’s new pandemic response treaty
On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement, following three years of “intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to…
Jobs numbers show federal employees teleworking at lowest level since pandemic
Federal workers are now showing up in their offices more than private-sector workers, with the lowest level of government employees teleworking since before the pandemic, according to the…
Jay Duplass on Directing ‘The Baltimorons’ Without Brother Mark, Their ‘Conscious Uncoupling’ and the Film’s Pandemic Origins
Jay Duplass couldn’t help himself. The 52-year-old New Orleans native — best known for his creative collaborations with his younger brother Mark and acting roles in Amazon’s “Transparent”…
New Coranavirus that Can Cause Another Pandemic Discovered by Wuhan Scientists in China
A newly discovered coronavirus in China has raised fresh concerns over its power to spread among humans and killing them like it did five years ago. In a situation reminiscent of the early…
U.S. Households Ramp Up ‘Doom Spending’ in Preparation for Possible Pandemic, Tariff Impacts
The latest consumer research from CreditCards.com reveals a disturbing trend: U.S. households are “doom spending” and stockpiling in preparation for another pandemic and tariffs. This most…
Would you get your childhood vaccines again? This woman did
A Texas woman has described the life-threatening circumstances that led to her getting all of her childhood vaccinations again. There has been a noticeable decline in the number of…
COVID map update reveals new states with "very high" wastewater activity
There are an increasing number of states across the U.S. where "very high" levels of the virus that causes COVID-19 are present in wastewater. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease…
Resorts World Sentosa gets shortened 2-year licence renewal; Genting blames pandemic for tourism underperformance
THE authorities have renewed the casino licence of Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), an integrated resort (IR) operated by Genting Singapore, for two years – notably shorter than the standard…
The Outback kids taught remotely long before the pandemic hit
Beyond the outskirts of Alice Springs, a great expanse awaits. The state capital of Australia's Northern Territory, the Outback city is perhaps best known for being close to the sacred red…
Inbound tourists trail pandemic levels, but forex earnings up: Report
3 min read Last Updated : Sep 25 2024 | 5:56 PM IST Inbound tourism in the country is trailing the pandemic levels as foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in January-June this year stood at…