We live in a 24/7 world that has taken “work from home” to a whole new meaning and yet, Google seems to think we all live, work and sleep the same hours. At the very least, it looks like its pixel phones with the same adaptive charging. It probably needs …
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The Moynihan train brings art to Hall Hall Pen Station
Sunlight is not particularly associated with the sun-bottomed vibe that envelops passengers passing through the pen station. But natural light spreads through its huge, 92-foot-high skylight ceiling in the new Moyenihan Train Hall and highlights another surprise: standing installations by some of the world’s most famous artists. Kehinde Ville, Stan …
Read More »Ethiopian war criminals are able to leave the Italian embassy after almost 30 years
Behanu Baih and Addis Tedla, two senior officials of Ethiopia’s former Mangistu military regime who were sentenced to death for war crimes, were granted probation by an Ethiopian federal court. He was executed in absentia in 2008 along with former Soviet-backed Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Hale Miriam for participating in the …
Read More »Minimum Wage 2021: 20 US States to Raise Rates by 1 January
Twenty states are raising their minimum wage rates – by a few pennies, by a few dollars or more – as part of a pre-determined effort to adjust for a lifetime benefit or move toward goals such as a $ 15-a-hour minimum wage. . In New Mexico, the minimum wage …
Read More »One week after the vaccination, the ER nurse tests positive for COVID-19
A San Diego nurse who received the Pfizer vaccine during the initial rollout was diagnosed with Kovid-19 infection on December 26, more than a week earlier. News from ABC10 A nurse named Matthew W works as an emergency room attendant at two different Southern California hospitals and only noted that …
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