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Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment
A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source link
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10 Most Perfect Movies Released Since the Pandemic, Ranked
COVID changed a lot, and it’s not relevant right now to cover just how much it changed or altered when it came to how people lived their…
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Homebuilder Lennar’s average home price is down 21% from the pandemic housing market boom peak
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. The average price net…
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'Super flu' surge a challenge 'unlike any' since the pandemic, Streeting says
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Tabby WIlson A surge in "super flu" cases will present the NHS with a challenge "unlike any it has…
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Layoffs have exceeded 1.1M in 2025, the highest mark since the 2020 pandemic, consultancy says
Companies have cut more than 1 million jobs so far this year, a consulting firm said Thursday, citing restructuring, artificial…
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Pfizer looks to sell stake in pandemic vaccine partner BioNTech
Pfizer is looking to sell its remaining stake in Covid-19 vaccine partner BioNTech, a remnant from one of the pandemic’s most lucrative…
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UK unemployment at its highest since pandemic as jobs market cools
The jobless rate climbed to 5 per cent in the three months through September, up from 4.8 per cent the month before UK unemployment rose…
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Covid inquiry live: children paid ‘huge price’ to protect rest of society in pandemic, says Johnson
Johnson: children were 'paying a huge price' to protect the rest of society Boris Johnson is now being asked “whether children’s interests…
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Powell: Fed ‘should have’ stopped buying mortgage-backed securities sooner as the pandemic housing boom raged on
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Speaking Tuesday at…
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Qantas fined another $59 million for illegally firing workers during the pandemic
A judge on Monday fined Qantas Airways 90 million Australian dollars ($59 million) for illegally firing more than 1,800 ground staff at…
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Qantas fined A$90 million over illegally sacking 1,800 workers during pandemic
Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, has been fined A$90 million (S$75.2 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff and…
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Pandemic housing boom tightness fades as housing market lot supply rises
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the pandemic…
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GOP aims to stop retroactive pandemic unemployment payments
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are calling on Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to stop an Ohio judge from forcing…
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How Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone,…
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Why Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone,…
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RFK Jr. Just Made Another Pandemic Even More Likely
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Harvard University of the ability to enroll international…
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Why the U.S. won’t sign the WHO’s new pandemic response treaty
On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement, following three years of…
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Jobs numbers show federal employees teleworking at lowest level since pandemic
Federal workers are now showing up in their offices more than private-sector workers, with the lowest level of government employees…
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Did the Pandemic Weaken the Taboo Against Antisemitism?
The definitions of what’s crazy, what’s malicious, what’s polite, normal, and respectable all lost some of their force. Source link
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Feds left billions in tainted pandemic loans in the hands of potential fraudsters
The Small Business Administration forgave $4.6 billion in pandemic loans to people on its naughty list, the agency's inspector general…
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Credit gauges in Asia show most concern since early pandemic
Credit-default swaps in Asia blew out the most since the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as a rout in risk assets deepened…
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Australian shares drop 4% in worst session since pandemic on Trump tariff shock
Australian shares plunged on Monday (Apr 7), in their worst session since the pandemic began, as sweeping US tariffs under President…
Culture
“An Unfinished Film” Puts the Pandemic in the Spotlight
The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be as bad for movies as it was for movie theatres. Few films that confront the pandemic head on have…
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U.S. Households Ramp Up ‘Doom Spending’ in Preparation for Possible Pandemic, Tariff Impacts
The latest consumer research from CreditCards.com reveals a disturbing trend: U.S. households are “doom spending” and stockpiling in…