Icelandair, the island nation’s flag carrier, announced on Friday that it will fire all of its flight attendants. Starting Monday, Icelandair pilots will assume the roles of flight attendants, the company said. The legality and practicality of having pilots act as flight attendants is unclear. Visit the Business Insider home …
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WHO reports record total of new coronavirus cases worldwide
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases worldwide on Friday with the United States leading other nations at the peak. In a daily report, the WHO reported 237,743 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, breaking the previous single-day record of 230,370 …
Read More »Georgia mask dispute exposes America’s flaws
The data agrees with his claim: The parts of the country where the coronavirus outbreaks are now largest are metropolitan areas across the south and west of the country, areas with local Democratic leaders, and large communities of color in states predominantly governed by Republicans. . That increased political tension …
Read More »Nearly five months in response to the pandemic, the county has spent more than $ 4.3 million | Lost Coast Outpost
On February 20, less than a month after California reported its first case of COVID-19, an individual tested positive for the virus in Humboldt County. The positive case was the ninth in the state and the first for any rural county in the country. Since then, county staff and other …
Read More »NASA Inspector General Raises Questions With Orion Spacecraft Cost Management
The Office of the Inspector General of NASA (OIG) published a report yesterday (July 16) that analyzes the management of the agency’s Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle Program. Among the findings, the OIG determined that Orion – The next-generation capsule that will take NASA astronauts to the moon and other deep-space …
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