COVID cases have started going up again, according to King’s College London Professor Tim Spector. A sore throat remains one of the top symptoms in current cases.
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These retailers are killing it in the current economy, unlike other companies that are blaming their slowing sales on inflation and the supply chain
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Lululemon reported a jump in foot traffic to stores, proving that not all retailers are getting hit as hard by an economic slowdown. Kohl's, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target all reported slowing sales due to inflation and supply chain issues. Lululemon isn't the only retailer still showing strength amid […]
Dee Nguyen Fired From MTV’s Challenge Over Offensive Tweets; Current Season Will Air as Planned
RELATED STORIES MTV has “severed ties” with The Challenge star Dee Nguyen over a pair of since-deleted tweets in which she made light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the death of George Floyd. Nguyen on Saturday tweeted, “Idk why some of u think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day […]
Book Excerpt: Two Young Lives Collide in ‘The Current’
Tim Johnston’s debut novel, 2015’s Descent, was both a critical success and a New York Times bestseller — so anticipation is obviously high for his newest book, The Current (out this week from Algonquin Books), a story of loss, survival, and buried secrets. But the ambitious author is up for the challenge. “The Current may differ […]
Under current policies, residential batteries increase emissions in most cases
A Tesla Powerwall 2. Another year, another reason to take the promises of residential home batteries with a grain of salt. This month, a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) published a paper in Environmental Science and Technology reporting that there are very few cases in which operating a residential home battery […]
A bipartisan group of former senators put together an open letter urging current lawmakers to become ‘zealous guardians’ of America’s democracy
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A bipartisan group of 44 former US senators put together a letter to the current US Senate, saying the nation is “at an inflection point in which the foundational principles of our democracy and our national security interests are at stake.” The senators addressed the letter to their colleagues and warned of […]
GM: Current Fuel Economy Rules ‘Not Technologically Feasible’
General Motors appeared to endorse the Trump administration’s fuel economy rollback, at least to some degree. In a federal filing made public on Monday, the largest U.S. automaker said Obama-era rules that targeted fleetwide fuel efficiency in excess of 50 miles per gallon by 2025 were “not technologically feasible or economically practicable.” Interesting, considering GM CEO […]
Charles Barkley was quizzed to match NBA players with their current teams and failed miserably
@NBAonTNT / Twitter “Inside the NBA” returned with the start of basketball season, meaning Charles Barkley is back on television. A week ago, Barkley was asked to match NBA players with their current teams in a segment called ‘Who He Play For?’ and was only able to answer one of his five questions correctly. On […]
How to Get Promoted When You Feel Stuck in Your Current Position
Actually, the title of this article seems a little counterintuitive, doesn’t it?Because why would you want to be promoted in a gig that makes you feel stuck? Wouldn’t being “stuck” indicate needing to leave, or move on?Possibly.Or perhaps seeking and landing that promotion is just the thing to get you unstuck.Feeling stuck could be caused […]
This ocean current has huge effects on the world’s seas, and scientists are enduring blistering cold to figure it out
Chris Kreymborg The North Icelandic Jet is a ribbon of cold water deep below the surface of the North Atlantic and is a key part of the global ocean circulatory system. If conditions get extreme enough to slow down or potentially halt the global circulation caused by the North Icelandic Jet, there could be some incredible […]