$15 wage becoming a norm as employers struggle to fill jobs

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$15 wage becoming a norm as employers struggle to fill jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The signs and banners are dotted along suburban commercial strips and hanging in shop windows and restaurants, evidence of a new desperation among America’s service-industry employers: “Now…

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Asia-Pacific shares struggle for direction; bitcoin drops below $50,000

SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Friday morning trade following an overnight drop on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 0.63% in morning trade while the…

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Speedy House vs. slower Senate: Dems struggle to balance on Biden agenda

“I learned this early when I got here: I don’t pay much attention to what the House does,” said Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.). “I just do what we do.” Since…

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Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor dies amid COVID-19 struggle

Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, has died. He was 65. Source link

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Covid-19 vaccine tourism is growing as counties struggle with distribution

There was the TV personality from Argentina who posted a video of her mother getting vaccinated in Miami, Florida. And the TV journalist from Mexico who tweeted his Miami vaccination.…

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Coronavirus Maryland

Schools struggle to stay open as quarantines sideline staff

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The infection of a single cafeteria worker was all it took to close classrooms in the… COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The infection of a single cafeteria…

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Many Americans struggle to feel bad for COVID-stricken Trump

President Trump’s case of COVID-19 has tested Americans’ willingness to express empathy for a leader who, many believe, brings out the worst in people. Trump’s detractors say the scorn and…

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Coronavirus Nevada

Clark County School District students in Indian Springs struggle with Internet access

Brandy Dedmon’s two teenagers spend their school days in Indian Springs sitting outside in 100-degree-plus temperatures because that’s the closest place they can pick up their school’s wireless Internet signal.…

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Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge

Shannon Dunn has to report in person to her job this week as a cafeteria manager at at elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but she has no idea what…

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Zimbabwe woman’s struggle to avoid mastectomy

Tendayi Gwata A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cancer treatment abruptly ended when the only radiotherapy machine in the capital,…

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