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Summary List Placement Amazon says that its push for a $15 minimum wage is good business. Experts say it is also a new weapon in the retail giant’s battle against rivals like Walmart.  The company has been lobbying Congress to …

Summary List Placement Select CVS Pharmacy locations will offer around 570,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in 17 states including the newly added states of Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Ohio, CVS Health said on Wednesday in a press release.  Eligible …

Summary List Placement I dare anyone to call the 2022 Kia Carnival an “uncool minivan” after reading this blog. We first saw the redesigned Sedona minivan — which is what Kia calls the Carnival in other markets — last June …

Summary List Placement Recently, Democrats have been clashing over how much federal student-loan debt to forgive. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer called for $50,000 in student loan forgiveness, but President Joe Biden essentially rejected that plan, throwing his support …

South Dakota’s attorney general, who has been charged with traffic violations after a crash that killed a pedestrian, has stated he will not resign, though the governor has called on him to step down and the state’s House of Representatives …

Summary List Placement You can prepare and file your 2020 tax return as soon as you have the documents you need. Get your refund quickly by e-filing and selecting direct deposit. Most arrive within 21 days. Refunds for filers claiming …

Summary List Placement Wednesday marks what would have been the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ 66th birthday. And while Tim Cook has since taken the reins, Jobs’ legacy in modern technology lives on.  Much of Jobs’ vision for Apple stems …

Summary List Placement The head of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response team said anti-vaxx campaigners are targeting Black Americans.  Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale University associate professor who serves as the co-chair of Biden’s coronavirus task force, said anti-vaccination campaigners …

Summary List Placement A federal judge in Texas indefinitely blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day deportation freeze, according to the Associated Press. US District Judge Drew Tipton granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, halting the moratorium that …

The pandemic, social unrest, and presidential election upended life as usual in 2020. It was also an unprecedented and devastating year of violence. It is almost certain that the 2020 rise in the homicide rate will go down as the …

Summary List Placement North Korean hackers attempted to breach the servers of the US-based vaccine manufacturer Pfizer, and its German partner BioNTech, in hopes of gathering scientific data that could be used to manufacture bootleg copies of a COVID-19 vaccine …

Pot potency ban could create a return to criminalization Re: “Marijuana potency must be capped in Colo.,” Feb. 13 commentary As the district attorney for the 12th Judicial District, I was not surprised to see former Colorado U. S. Attorney …

Actor Frank Grillo is always ready for action. The 55-year-old star likes to take on physically demanding roles and is known for films like “The Grey,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” He moved up to the …

Summary List Placement In what a federal judge called “one of the biggest blunders in banking history,” confusion regarding Citigroup’s internal user interface cost the company over $500 million. Alex Khmelevski, the head of UX design at Clay — a …

Yelp users have named their top 100 restaurants of 2021, and four local Colorado destinations made the list. “Nearly all of our Top 100 are affordable spots where you can enjoy a meal for $30 or under and most are …

Summary List Placement In a 2018 article, The New York Times detailed how startups raising $100 million or more from investors, in what’s known as a “megaround” in Silicon Valley, used to be rare but have recently become relatively common. …

Summary List Placement Chris Armbruster says he looks to hold the stocks he adds to the Virtus KAR Mid-Cap Growth Fund (PHSKX) “forever.” That isn’t literally the case, of course. When stocks in the fund he co-manages alongside Doug Foreman …

Summary List Placement An experimental coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19, according to new US Food and Drug Administration data released on Wednesday.  At first glance, the vaccine doesn’t appear to …

Summary List Placement Dozens of people were infected with COVID-19 after attending exercise classes at a Chicago gym in August, according to the February 24 Morbidity and Mortality Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The outbreak …

 Table of Contents: Masthead StickySummary List Placement A high-quality mattress is comfortable and supportive across a broad range of sleeping styles. I’ve tested dozens of mattresses for our guide to the best mattress; the Tempur-Pedic Cloud is the best I’ve …

Your Negroni, your martini, your Manhattan and many more would fall perilously short without vermouth. A backbone to heavyweight and newcomer cocktails alike, vermouth doesn’t exist solely to amplify others. Rather, the fortified, aromatized wine is a complex, complete pour …

Summary List Placement The Biden administration on Monday reopened a migrant child facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, to house 700 unaccompanied minors aged 13 to 17, sparking criticism from activists, immigration lawyers, and even some Democratic members of Congress.  Carrizo …

Summary List Placement Kenny Rose has plenty of opinions about the state of franchises in 2021.  The founder and CEO of Semfia Franchising Brokerage, a service that matches aspiring entrepreneurs with franchises — much like a realtor matches buyers with …

The Centennial State has two new Scenic and Historic Byways to explore. Called the Scenic Highway of Legends and Silver Thread, the newly designated roads are two of 13 across the state — more than any other in the country — designated by …

Reggie Jackson cut short his postgame comments after Tuesday’s 135-116 victory over Washington; the All-Star of the evening had arrived. Jackson didn’t go, though, without giving his friend a properly hyped introduction: “The man y’all want is coming up — …

Summary List Placement One of Wall Street’s most influential CEOs has doused a bucket of cold water on the idea of long-term remote work and a potential second year of virtual summer internships, as uncertainty looms about the ongoing threat …

Summary List Placement Five years ago, I found myself at a crossroads in my life. After spending seven years as a stay-at-home mom, I knew it was time for me to go back to work.  My youngest was just entering …

Summary List Placement Just over a decade after it was founded, urban air mobility startup Joby has firmly established itself as the leader of a pack of startups working towards a similar goal: safe, sustainable, commonplace air taxis (aka flying …

Summary List Placement Kevin Sneader, McKinsey’s global managing partner, has been voted out of the position during the firm’s leadership election, The Financial Times reported. The US consultancy firm’s partners did not advance Sneader to the next round, two people …

Summary List Placement Henrik Fisker is a study in resiliency.  The demise of his first company, Fisker Automotive, in 2013 was a major setback, but it didn’t prevent the Danish-born designer and entrepreneur from staging a second act in the …

(@TaplinTerry) BERKELEY — Some grocery store workers in Berkeley will now be paid an additional $5 per hour during the pandemic. Berkeley joins other cities such as Oakland, San Leandro, Long Beach and Seattle and Santa Clara County with its …

Summary List Placement The global auto industry is, to be blunt, huge. It generates trillions in annual revenue and keeps millions employed.  The pay can also be pretty good. A unionized hourly worker at vehicle assembly plant in the US …

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at this week’s CPAC conference in Orlando, Florida. | TNS This week’s gathering in Florida is depressingly revealing. It’s that time of year again. This week, CPAC — the Conservative Political Action …

Summary List Placement Tesla, famously or infamously, doesn’t really spend any money on advertising. Contrast that with the traditional auto industry, which, for decades, has been among the biggest and most reliable ad spenders on the planet. In the “Mad …

Spring training is underway for the A’s in Mesa, and things are slightly different — at least, from a reporter’s standpoint. All interviews with players, coaches, staff are conducted over Zoom and only Zoom. What we see is far more …

Summary List Placement Bryce Stewart was 35 years old when he retired from his 9-to-5 job as a middle school teacher — and he now works one to two hours a day as a real-estate investor. In an interview with …