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Month: July 2021

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Microsoft CEO warns ‘people will vote with their feet’ when it comes to return-to-work policies

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Major tech companies are rethinking their return-to-work policies as the spread of the Delta variant prompts a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country. This week, Google, Facebook and other companies took a firm stance on vaccine mandates, requiring all US employees to be vaccinated before returning to the office.

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Stanford Doctor Becomes Colleague With Nurse Who Once Cared For Him As Premature Infant

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — A doctor and nurse at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital share a unique bond after meeting decades ago under very different circumstances. Dr. Brandon Seminatore works at the hospital’s Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit, the same facility where Seminatore was born

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Rep. Maxine Waters

Lawmakers consider withholding housing funds from tribes that discriminate against descendants of enslaved people

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN House lawmakers are considering legislation that would withhold federal funds from tribal nations who discriminate against Freedmen, the descendants of people they once enslaved. The House Committee on Financial Services held a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday to discuss reauthorizing the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA), a federal

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Intense earthquake impacts Alaska

An intense earthquake hit coastal areas of Alaska late last night with aftershocks lasting into this morning. Today, the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team spoke with meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska about how they prepare for these events. The initial earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska and was rated at

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Vlad Tenev is the CEO and co-founder of Robinhood. The trading platform opened at $38 on July 29.

Robinhood stumbles in Wall Street debut

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Wall Street didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet to welcome Robinhood after its highly anticipated debut. The fast-growing trading company finished Thursday at $34.82, down 8% from its initial public offering price. Robinhood failed to score the first-day pop that new companies covet. And that’s despite Robinhood pricing its

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An African elephant calf was born early on July 18 at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium's International Conservation Center in Somerset County.

It’s A Girl: African Elephant Calf Born At Pittsburgh Zoo And PPG Aquarium’s International Conservation Center

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     SOMERSET, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — An African elephant calf was born early on July 18 at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s International Conservation Center in Somerset County. The female calf was healthy and was born at just under three-feet tall and weighing 218 pounds. It

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