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Driving is back to pre-pandemic levels
Key takeaways From March 2020 to March 2022, the cumulative miles driven in the U.S. climbed by 22 percent (Federal Highway Administration). In the second quarter of 2023, 42 percent of workers returned to the office full-time (The Flex Report). Despite this, 89 percent of the workforce supports remote work, hybrid work or a four-day…
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Himalayan Artists Preserve Climate-Endangered Flowers
Watercolor renditions of orchids, rhododendrons, and other Indigenous blooms help protect the region’s floral biodiversity in the face of climate change. 4 MIN READ Oct 31, 2023 In 2002, Hemlata Pradhan was returning home to Kalimpong in the eastern Himalaya region of India, after completing her master’s in natural history illustration at the Royal College…
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10 observations: Bulls defeat Pacers behind Nikola Vucevic’s big night
Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich INDIANAPOLIS — The Chicago Bulls improved to 2-2 with a 112-105 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Here are 10 observations from the victory: —The Bulls are now 17-9 when Nikola Vucevic, DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine each score 20 or more points in the same game. Unlike the…
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Bomb squad called to Medford, NJ school; man detained by police
Monday, October 30, 2023 10:18PM MEDFORD, New Jersey (WPVI) — Police officers and bomb squad units were called to a school in Burlington County, New Jersey on Monday evening. The investigation began around 4 p.m. when a man reportedly tried to enter the Burlington County Institute of Technology on Hawkin Road in Medford. Action News…
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Invictos: confira o trio de times do futebol europeu que não perderam na temporada
No último fim de semana, o Barcelona perdeu o ‘El Clásico’ de virada para o Real Madrid, e deixou o seleto grupo de times europeu de elite que seguem invictos na temporada 2023/24. A dominância de alguns clubes nas grandes ligas do continente europeu colocam nomes como Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain e Bayern de…
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North West channels Kanye on Halloween, Kim Kardashian ripped for ‘tone deaf’ haunted mansion
North West, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, dressed up in her father’s iconic “Graduation bear” mascot on Saturday ahead of Halloween and shared a video to TikTok dancing to his songs. The SKIMS owner, meanwhile, was ripped by fans over a “tone deaf” haunted mansion. The 10-year-old daughter of Kanye is often seen…
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CIF-SS Girls’ Tennis Brackets Released
The562’s coverage of Long Beach tennis is sponsored by the Long Beach State Tennis Boosters. The playoff pairings for CIF-SS tennis were released on Monday morning, with three Moore League schools learning their postseason draws. Starting in Division 2, the Wilson Bruins have a home match for Wednesday’s first round after a second place finish in…
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Ask a Local: The Coolest Places in Barcelona According to Nuria Val
Joan Miro Foundation, BarcelonaPep Herrero/Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona For another culture hit, Val recommends Terranova Books, “a very cool bookstore in the Sant Antoni neighborhood. They have an amazing selection of books, and the store is so beautiful. When I want to give presents I come here for photography and art books. It used to…
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Biden threatens to stifle US tech innovation with a too hasty AI…
Make no mistake: The greatest threat from emerging advances in artificial intelligence like ChatGPT isn’t that AI will take all our jobs or kill us (or both). The former is ahistorical, the latter science fiction. Rather, the big danger around AI is that overeager Washington policymakers will rush to regulate a fast-evolving technology. Without a…
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Milo Ventimiglia Is Married to Jarah Mariano After Secret Ceremony
Milo Ventimiglia is a married man! The This Is Us star has tied the knot with model Jarah Mariano, ET confirmed on Monday. (Interestingly, Mariano happened to be the surname of Ventimiglia’s character, Jess, on Gilmore Girls.) Us Weekly, which broke the news and shared photos of the happy couple, reported they got married earlier…