It’s been 15 long months since millions of workers left their offices and set up makeshift desks at home. But as Covid-19 cases decline and more Americans get vaccinated, companies are beginning to establish protocols about how, and whether, office life will resume. For Wall Street banks, the growing consensus is that everyone ought to
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China’s solar industry monopoly took a hit earlier this month when a new Ohio-based solar panel factory was announced. First Solar, the only US-headquartered major manufacturer of solar panels, is investing $680 million investment into the factory, and its technology is not dependent on the Chinese at all, according to CEO Mark Widmar. First Move’s
Continue Reading First Solar is building a factory in Ohio, creating the biggest plant for making solar panels outside of China. CEO Mark Widmar talks to CNN’s Julia Chatterley about their semiconductor technology.
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George Clooney, Kerry Washington, Don Cheadle and more stars hope to make Hollywood more inclusive by exposing students to entertainment industry jobs during high school. The industry veterans are backing a magnet program in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) where curriculum will center around film and television production. The academy will
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Lawmakers will resume a slate of tense negotiations this week over voting rights, infrastructure and police reform as President Joe Biden’s agenda enters an important week on Capitol Hill. Looming large over the deliberations is the July 4 recess in the Senate, which begins at the end of the week and could encourage real momentum
Continue Reading Traffic deaths soared in 2020 despite Americans driving less due to the pandemic, and Black Americans bore a disproportionate share of the increase in fatalities. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated earlier this month that 38,680 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020, the largest projected number of deaths since 2007, despite a
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Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Monday is International Yoga Day, and Edge Fitness Clubs helped members get a little extra Zen by bringing yoga classes to some local beaches. The gym said its goal was to help loosen up and destress people. “Yoga brings me to a place where
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REYNOSA, Mexico — Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead. While this city across the border from McAllen, Texas is used to cartel violence as a key
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The United States, European Union, United Kingdom and Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Belarus Monday in a coordinated response to the Lukashenko government’s forced landing of a Ryanair flight and arrest of an opposition journalist last month as well as the “continuing repression” in the former Soviet state. In a joint statement, the partners said
Continue Reading The stock market has been volatile, but it’s been a very solid year on -— and for — Wall Street. Stocks rebounded Monday after a big tumble last week, but the Dow remains up a robust 10% in 2021. Goldman Sachs is the top stock among the blue chips, surging 35%. Goldman isn’t the only
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A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people — nine of whom were children — killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway this weekend. Cody Fox, 29, of New Hope, Tennessee, and his 9-month-old daughter were identified in a press release issued by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency on
Continue Reading George Clooney, Kerry Washington, Don Cheadle and more stars hope to make Hollywood more inclusive by exposing students to entertainment industry jobs during high school. The industry veterans are backing a magnet program in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) where curriculum will center around film and television production. The academy will
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NEW YORK, NY — U.S. stocks rallied Monday and clawed back most of their sharp loss from last week. The Dow surged to close up 586.57 points or 1.76%. The S&P 500 — the broadest measure of Wall Street — snapped 1.4% higher and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite also rose for the day. The Dow
Continue Reading Joel Gilmore is wise beyond his years. When the salutatorian for the Lower Richland High School Class of 2021 took the stage before his classmates and family, he spoke with the confidence of a man who has been through a lot. “This graduating class is very special and very remarkable,” he said, his words echoing
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(CNN Español) — Y así, de pronto, la primera mitad del 2021 está a punto de terminarse. Medio año más de pandemia, aunque en estos momentos la situación parece más esperanzadora. Los viajes en Estados Unidos comienzan a regresar a sus niveles previos a la pandemia. Y con ello, se abre una mejor oportunidad para
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A team of Portland Police Bureau officers that responded to the city’s violent summer of protests has disbanded because of what their union called a “politically driven” decision to indict a member on criminal charges. “Unfortunately, this decorated public servant has been caught in the crossfire of agenda-driven city leaders and a politicized criminal justice
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The Euro 2020 game between Germany and Hungary could be played in a stadium lit with rainbow-colored lights. That’s after a motion was put forward by the Munich city council to change the lighting pattern on the outside of the Allianz Arena in the wake of an anti-LGBTQ law passed by Hungary’s parliament earlier this
Continue Reading One year after Season 4, “Rick and Morty” is back with Season 5. Rick’s nemesis Mr. Nimbus has returned in “Mort Dinner Rick Andre,” a take on “My Dinner With Andre.” Morty had crash-landed Rick’s ship in the ocean, and Mr. Nimbus comes over in an attempt to make peace. Instead, Rick spends the show
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the US Open Golf Tournament. June 17-20, 2021 – Jon Rahm of Spain wins the 121st US Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. This is Rahm’s first win at a major championship, and the victory also makes him the first Spaniard ever to win at the US Open.
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the Casey Anthony trial of 2011. Anthony was accused of killing her two-year-old daughter in 2008. Timeline August 9, 2005 – Casey Anthony, 19, gives birth to a daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. The identity of Caylee’s father has not been publicly revealed. June 16, 2008 – Caylee is reportedly seen alive
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En la madrugada del 22 de junio de 1941 cerca de 3,05 millones de alemanes y sus aliados cruzaron la frontera para invadir la Unión Soviética sin declaración de guerra. El inicio de la “Operación Barbarroja”, hace 80 años, desencadenó una matanza de personas a una escala pocas veces vista. A partir
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAWKINS COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — The search for 5-year-old Summer Wells continued into its sixth day Sunday, as multiple law enforcement agencies work to find the missing Hawkins County child. As of Sunday afternoon, The TBI says they have received 137 tips from the public as to where
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Multiple reports of drownings at Lake Michigan over the weekend reminded parents to keep kids close and safe while in the water. A ten-year-old girl died and a 17-year-old boy is in critical condition following two separate drowning incidents on the same stretch of
Continue Reading Brendan Fraser made a rare appearance over the weekend and it got the internet talking. The 52-year-old actor appeared on the red carpet for his latest film, “No Sudden Move,” which was directed by Steven Soderbergh and costars Benicio del Toro, Jon Hamm and Don Cheadle. Naturally Fraser doesn’t look the same as he did
Continue Reading A unanimous Supreme Court said on Monday that student athletes could receive education-related payments in a case that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the court. This is a breaking story and will be updated.
Continue Reading New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, after she was selected for the national team on Monday. She will compete in the women’s 87-kilogram category, according to a statement released by the New Zealand Olympic Committee that also announced the four other members
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Maybe you need a mental escape from stress. Perhaps you need time to rejuvenate your health. You might simply want to feel more limber. The International Day of Yoga — which is on Monday, June 21 — could be the day that jump-starts a healthy new habit. The day has been designated by the United
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WASHINGTON, DC— In a ruling that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that the NCAA can’t enforce certain rules limiting the education-related benefits that colleges can offer to athletes. The case doesn’t decide whether students can
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un padre de Tennessee y su pequeña hija se encontraban entre las 10 personas, nueve de las cuales eran niñas, que murieron en un dantesco accidente de varios vehículos en una carretera de Alabama este fin de semana. Cody Fox, de 29 años, de New Hope, Tennessee, y su hija de nueve meses
Continue Reading Are the Wild West days of intense market volatility back on Wall Street? Stocks slid Friday after St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard told CNBC he thinks the Fed should raise interest rates as soon as the end of next year. The Dow fell more than 530 points Friday, a drop of around 1.6%.
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