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☆ 'Powerful' storm dumps heavy rain over East Coast with 59M under flood alerts
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Angela Yang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The East Coast is reeling from the impacts with almost 700,000 people across New England and New York without power as of 1 p.m., according to PowerOutage.us . "The associated heavy rain will create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads and small streams the most vulnerable," the weather service said. In New York City, a travel advisory is in effect due to flooding conditions on roads, power outages and high winds on bridges. In New York City, a travel advisory is in effect because of flooding conditions on roads, power outages and high winds on bridges. By the end of today, every single state on the East Coast will have experienced at least 2 inches of rain.

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(AP) — Hurricane Lee looks poised to wallop New England later this week even as the region still deals with the impact of days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a likely tornado. Areas from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Maine — including Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket — are under a tropical storm watch. The National Weather Service in Boston said radar data and videos showed it was likely that a tornado damaged trees and power lines in Rhode Island and Connecticut on Wednesday. Heavy rain turned his swimming pool into a mud pit and filled his basement with 3 feet (91 centimeters) of water. In Providence, Rhode Island, downpours flooded a parking lot and parts of a shopping mall.

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☆ Adjoa Andoh reimagines Richard III's 'otherness' in new version of play
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Actor and Director Adjoa Andoh performs on stage in the play "Richard III" in Liverpool, Britain in this handout picture taken in April, 2023. Manuel Harlan/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - When actor Adjoa Andoh read William Shakespeare's "Richard III" as a child, she was struck by how he was treated. "As a child growing up in the Cotswolds in the 1960s, it was something I resonated with." Decades later, Andoh is starring in the lead role and directing her iteration of the play, set in the Cotswolds and in which Richard's "otherness" is race rather than disability. She emphasised she was not changing the language or the text of the play or playing Richard as a woman, but "doing it in this frame and through this lens".

☆ 'Bridgerton' spin-off goes back in time to show 'Queen Charlotte' origins
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/May JamesLONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Queen Charlotte, the brazen and meddling monarch in the hit Netflix period drama "Bridgerton", gets her own spin-off series showing the popular character's origin story. "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton story", which will premiere on the streaming platform on May 4, goes back in time to tell the monarch's rise to power and love life. "I really loved the fact that we could expand the universe and show people how the 'Bridgerton' world that they know came to be," Shonda Rhimes, executive producer for both "Bridgerton" and "Queen Charlotte", told fans at a teaser trailer reveal event on Tuesday. "You get to see how stories from the past educate you on the stories in the future... You get the see the growth and who they ('Bridgerton' characters) become." On Tuesday, fans got to see a teaser trailer as well as clips from "Queen Charlotte", which also features other "Bridgerton" cast members including Ruth Gemmell, who plays Lady Violet, and Adjoa Andoh as Lady Agatha Danbury.

☆ Federal workers not entitled to COVID hazard pay -U.S. appeals court
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 14 (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said federal workers are generally not entitled to extra pay for being exposed to COVID-19 through their jobs. In a 10-2 decision with potentially "far-reaching" ramifications, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against 188 current and former correctional employees at a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. But the appeals court said the government's Office of Personnel Management, the human resources agency for more than 2.1 million federal workers, had no regulations affording extra pay for exposure in most settings to contagious diseases. Circuit Judge Jimmie Reyna dissented, saying the prison employees plausibly alleged they deserved extra pay for exposure to "unusually" hazardous conditions. The decision is Adams et al v U.S., U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, No.

☆ You’re at the Office and So Are The Unwanted Holiday Treats
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Ray A. Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Matthew Price, a corporate security guard in Danbury, Conn., has lately gotten a taste of what he doesn’t miss about the office during the holidays. Employees drop unsolicited cookies, cupcakes and other treats at his desk. Last year, the pastry pile was much smaller, when fewer people were coming in due to Covid-19, says Mr. Price, who is typically stationed at the office building entrance. But as more commuters return this season, so have the sugary treats that Mr. Price sometimes dreads.

☆ Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes faces off against former Republican state Sen. George Logan in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Jahana Hayes is running against Republican George Logan in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District. The 5th District is located in the northwestern region of the New England state. Logan, Hayes' challenger, is a former two-term state senator representing Connecticut's 17th Senate District. Voting history for Connecticut's 5th Congressional DistrictConnecticut's 5th Congressional District runs along the state's western border and covers the cities of New Britain, Danbury, Waterbury, and Meriden. Congressional Leadership Fund, a pro-Logan hybrid PAC, leads all spenders, with pro-Hayes hybrid PAC House Majority PAC and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

☆ Think mortgage rates are high now? Homebuyers in the 1980s were paying 19%
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Think mortgage rates are high now? The average mortgage rate is based on a survey of conventional home purchase loans for borrowers who put 20% down and have excellent credit. By the mid-1980s though, mortgage rates had fallen somewhat, making financing more affordable, even with rates near 10%. That secondary market makes it profitable for lenders to give loans to many more people, and at lower interest rates. “I remember when interest rates went to single digits and saying, ‘I thought that would never happen.’”

☆ 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' first look is pretty regal
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

(CNN) "Bridgerton's" Queen Charlotte is getting an origin story. On Friday Netflix and Shondaland shared the first-look photo and official title for Shonda Rhimes' limited series, "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story." The news came as part of a preview clip for the Tudum fan event, where the series will be featured. In it, Golda Rosheuvel, who plays Queen Charlotte on "Bridgerton," and Adjoa Andoh, who stars as Lady Agatha Danbury are joined by India Amarteifio, who plays young Queen Charlotte in the prequel. "Centered on Queen Charlotte's rise to prominence and power, this Bridgerton-verse prequel tells the story of how the young Queen's marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton," according to Netflix's description of the series.

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