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☆ Want a 4-day work week? Move to Maryland, where the government is pushing for it.
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill that would incentivize employers to adopt a four-day work week. Employers and employees are beginning to see the benefits of a shorter work weekAmerican workers are expressing interest in a shorter work week. Companies outside of the UK that have experimented with a shorter work week also said that they have seen their profits and productivity jump as a result. California and national law makers have introduced similar bills to shorten the work week, though they have stalled and failed, respectively. "I think the question is not if, but when America is going to move to a shorter work week."
☆ Maryland bans use of TikTok, other Chinese, Russian products by state agencies after NBC News report
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sarah Fitzpatrick | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kit-Ramgopal-Byline.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
The state of Maryland on Tuesday banned the use of TikTok and other Chinese and Russian products by state agencies, citing reporting by NBC News about hackers linked to the Chinese government stealing millions in Covid benefits from state governments in the U.S. “There may be no greater threat to our personal safety and our national security than the cyber vulnerabilities that support our daily lives,” said Gov. In the past, Alibaba and Alipay have declined to comment about accusations of being national security risks. WeChat has denied being a national security risk. Also in November, the state of South Dakota banned the use of TikTok by state agencies.
☆ At 3 weeks old, she caught RSV, the virus that's packing hospitals across the US
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Christina Zdanowicz | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
And pediatric hospitals are feeling the strain, with more than three-quarters of their hospital and ICU beds occupied for the past few months. Her prematurity “increased her risk of how her body would react to the RSV virus,” the doctor explained. Medical teams at Greater Baltimore Medical Center helped Ayra Pokharel before she was transferred to another hospital. Sending patients to other facilities for treatment is common during the height of flu and RSV seasons, Nguyen said. RSV symptoms RSV is a common virus, but it can cause serious illness, especially in younger infants and older adults.
☆ Post-shutdown HBCU homecomings bring much-needed boosts to revenues
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Arriana Mclymore | Thomson Reuters | Arriana Mclymore Reports On The Business Of Law | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
At homecomings this year, universities are increasing fees such as those charged vendors to fight off inflation and recoup some losses from the pandemic. Colleges and universities are not alone in feeling the economic impacts of post-pandemic homecomings. North Carolina Central University increased its rates by $50 this year compared to 2021, to $500 for food vendors and $400 for general merchandise sellers, because of rising inflation, according to documents. He sold out of more than 300 shirts on his first day of Hampton University's homecoming bazaar, pulling in more than $7,500 in sales. Now, he is gearing up for Grambling University's homecoming in Louisiana.
☆ Explainer: What Brazil's election means for the Amazon rainforest
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jake Spring | Thomson Reuters | Global Climate | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
[1/4] An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File PhotoSAO PAULO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's presidential election on Sunday may determine the fate of the Amazon jungle, the world's largest rainforest, after deforestation soared in the past four years under President Jair Bolsonaro. Destruction in the Amazon rainforest last year hit the highest level since 2006, according to the government's space research agency INPE. Lula took office in 2003 with levels of Amazon deforestation near all-time highs. By 2010, his last year in office, deforestation had fallen by 72% to near record lows.
☆ Adnan Syed faced racial stereotypes in court that weren't scrutinized, experts say
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Sakshi Venkatraman | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +8 min
Officials escort Adnan Syed from the courthouse following the completion of the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore on Feb. 3, 2016. “It was a strategy to inflame racial and religious prejudice against a brown Muslim man,” Raju said. “This is something that has been used to justify colonialism going way back … This notion that men of color, men coming from Asian, South Asian cultures, are inherently misogynistic towards their women, which justifies the intervention that needs to occur,” Selod said. California passed the Racial Justice Act in 2020, empowering defenders to challenge racial disparities in arrests, charging and sentences. If mirrored around the country, this law has the potential to protect other young people of color who might have been in the same position as Syed, Raju said.
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