House votes to raise Arizona’s low unemployment pay
The Arizona House voted Wednesday to raise Arizona’s super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit to $300 at the start of 2022.
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The Arizona House voted Wednesday to raise Arizona’s super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit to $300 at the start of 2022.
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Vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna are trying to get out ahead of some of the new coronavirus variants that are causing concern around the world. Although there’s no evidence people immunized with either vaccine have less protection against the variants, both companies said they have started looking at ways to account for evolving mutations. Especially
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(CNN Español) — Este jueves, los premios Laureus presentaron la lista de nominados en sus siete categorías. La categoría de nominados a deportista masculino del año la encabezan el tenista español Rafael nadal, el futbolista polaco Robert Lewandowski, el piloto británico de Formula Uno Lewis Hamilton y el basquetbolista estadounidense Lebron James. También están el maratonista
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A Texas woman has filed a proposed billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against electric company Griddy Energy that alleges the company engaged in unlawful price gouging during last week’s statewide winter storm and power outages, according to a statement from the law firm. Lisa Khoury, a resident of a Houston suburb, claims she was charged a total
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Frasier Crane is still listening. The hit 90s sitcom “Frasier” is set to return to screens, with Kelsey Grammer reprising his role as radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane in the reboot, ViacomCBS confirmed Wednesday. The show, which ended 17 years ago, starred Grammer in the persnickety titular character and was a ratings success during its 11-year
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Democrats and Republicans tangled over the size and scope of Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan Wednesday, despite the broad public support for the package and a new push by business leaders to get it passed — a sign of the difficulties facing the new President, who had hoped to be a bridge beyond
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Two separate teams of researchers said this week they have found a worrying new coronavirus variant in New York City and elsewhere in the Northeast that carries mutations that help it evade the body’s natural immune response — as well as the effects of monoclonal antibody treatments. Genomics researchers have named the variant B.1.526. It
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GameStop traders are at it again. Company shares surged more than 100% yesterday and were halted twice for volatility before the closing bell. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily.
Continue ReadingA Senate confirmation hearing will take place on Thursday for President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as assistant health secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine, who would make history as the first out transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate. The hearing before the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee will also consider the
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(CNN) — Un informe del Pentágono sobre extremismo obtenido por CNN ofrece una perspectiva inquietante sobre cómo los supremacistas blancos son activos en las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos y ofrece recomendaciones para identificar mejor a los extremistas nacionales y evitar que presten servicio. Detalla una instancia de un exmiembro de la Guardia Nacional que
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(CNN) — Hasta este miércoles, los rumores sobre el título de la tercera película de Spider-Man habían sido una telaraña de mentiras. Pero la verdad ha sido revelada. Tom Holland se balanceará en los cines en diciembre en «Spider-Man: No Way Home», confirmaron Sony y Marvel. ‘Spider-Man’ seguirá salvando al mundo: Marvel y Sony se
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Nueva York (CNN Business) — Fry’s Electronics cerró repentinamente todas sus tiendas, poniendo fin a una racha de casi cuatro décadas en el negocio. La compañía, que tenía 31 tiendas en nueve estados de EE.UU., dijo en un comunicado en su sitio web que «tomó la difícil decisión de suspender sus operaciones y cerrar su
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Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las acciones de GameStop subieron rápidamente y su operación fue suspendida dos veces por volatilidad antes de la campana de cierre del miércoles. Las acciones del minorista de juegos tenían un precio de US$ 91,71 al cierre del mercado, casi un 104% más que el día anterior. La operación de
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(CNN Español) — La Unión Ciclista Internacional (UCI) presentó oficialmente este jueves las nuevas reglas de seguridad que regirán todas sus competencias internacionales en ciclismo profesional femenino y masculino. La UCI adicionó que las nuevas reglas han sido aceptadas y fueron compuestas por todas las partes del ciclismo internacional: organizadores de carreras, equipos profesionales y
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(CNN) — Si bien la mayoría de los texanos tenían mucho de qué preocuparse con la tormenta helada de la semana pasada que provocó cortes de energía y problemas de agua, algunos, como Tania Delacruz, tuvieron un problema adicional: el covid-19. Para Delacruz, comenzó con dolores corporales antes de la tormenta. Luego, en la noche
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Three of Britain’s biggest banks have announced plans to dump expensive office space, a bet that remote work is here to stay even after the pandemic ends. HSBC said Tuesday that it plans to cut its global real estate footprint by 40% “over the next several years,” part of a broader plan to slash costs
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Australia has passed a new law that will force tech companies to pay publishers for news content, setting the stage for potential, similar action in other countries. The new code, which the Australian parliament approved Thursday, “will ensure that news media businesses are fairly remunerated for the content they generate,” Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said
Continue ReadingRecent success stories about women in politics are about candidates breaking barriers. There’s a female vice president. More women than ever before serve in Congress. But when it comes to the people who help get them elected — specifically the people who tell their stories in the still wildly influential form of TV advertising —
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The two private jets used by a Saudi Arabian assassination squad that killed and allegedly dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi were owned by a company that less than a year prior had been seized by the Kingdom’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, according to recently filed court documents seen by CNN. The documents, filed as
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(CNN) — Dos equipos diferentes de investigadores dijeron esta semana que encontraron en la ciudad de Nueva York y en otras partes del noreste de Estados Unidos una nueva variante del coronavirus que es preocupante. Esta porta mutaciones que la ayudan a evadir la respuesta inmune natural del cuerpo, así como los efectos de los
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