[aggregation-styles] SciTechDaily Subscription A study carried out by researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) and the Andalusian School of Public Health has analyzed the main risk factors in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the national lockdown in Spain, between March and May 2020. The study, published in...
California Exodus Makes Moving Trucks Hard to Find. Scammers See Opportunity.
[aggregation-styles] The Guardian Record numbers of residents have been leaving California in recent years, but in 2020 the growth of remote work, the lure of cheaper housing and a summer of unprecedented wildfires has accelerated the trend. As a result, the moving business is booming, but the surge has come...
Al Qaeda Loses One of Its Most Experienced Leaders in Mysterious Murder in Tehran
[aggregation-styles] CNN On the night of August 7, residents of a middle-class neighborhood in northern Tehran heard shooting. Some of them rushed out to see what had happened. Slumped in a white Renault was a middle-aged man and a younger woman. Both were dead. At least four shots had been...
Governor of New Mexico To Enact 2-Week Shutdown To Curb COVID-19 Spread
[aggregation-styles] KRQE-Television SANTA FE, N.M. – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday that the state will be entering a two-week shutdown to help control the spread of COVID-19. Starting Monday, Nov. 16, dining at restaurants, gyms, salons and other “nonessential” businesses will have to close their doors. The new rules...
Fat-Shaming, Chinese Style? This Store Calls Larger Women Sizes ‘Rotten’
[aggregation-styles] The Guardian Subscription A major Chinese retailer has been forced to apologize after one of its stores classified small clothing sizes as “beautiful” and large sizes as “rotten”. The signs inside the RT-Mart superstore depicted a size chart with small to medium sizes described as “slim” and “beautiful,” with...
‘Billboard’ Exclusive: How Ticketmaster Plans To Check Your Vaccine Status for Concerts
[aggregation-styles] billboard Monday's news that pharmaceutical company Pfizer's early results on a new COVID-19 vaccine showed a 90% efficacy rate on an initial clinical trial have given concert professionals hope that the business can start mounting a return in 2021. As part of that preparation, Ticketmaster has been working on...
‘Murder Hornet’ Nest With Nearly 200 Queens Destroyed ‘In the Nick of Time’
[aggregation-styles] CBS News When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of development, officials said Tuesday. Among them were nearly 200 queens that had the potential to start their own nests, said...
Trump Plans To ‘Wreck Fox’ by Creating Rival Digital Media Channel: Report
[aggregation-styles] Axios President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios. Some Trump advisers think Fox News made a mistake with an early call (seconded by AP) of President-elect Biden's win in Arizona. That...
Employees Working From Home Should Pay ‘Privilege’ Tax’ To Support Workers Who Cannot, Deutsche Bank Research Note Says
[aggregation-styles] USA Today Employees who choose to work remotely should pay a tax to help those workers on low incomes who cannot, said a research note from Deutsche Bank. According to the research report titled "What We Must Do to Rebuild," employees who work from home receive immediate financial benefits,...
Evidence Suggests North Korea is Training Dolphins for Military Uses
[aggregation-styles] USNI News Evidence is emerging that the North Korean regime is training dolphins for military purposes, according to new satellite imagery. While the U.S. Navy pioneered the training of dolphins and other marine mammals for naval purposes and has a program based in San Diego, it’s not a capability...