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☆ Can You Actually Ditch Your Car for an E-Bike? Maybe
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Brigid Mander | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE For many riders, new e-bikes offer all the same functionalities one expects from SUVs, pickup trucks and sedans. EACH WEEKDAY MORNING, like millions of other American parents, Emily Lecuyer, 39, drops her kids off at daycare. Instead of loading them in a car, however, the CFO for an IT security company in Kansas City, Mo., transports her 1- and 2-year olds on her Rad Power Bikes RadWagon, a long tail cargo electric bike. After pedaling her progeny 3 miles to their destination, Ms. Lecuyer journeys another 5 miles to her office. She might arrive with her hair a bit windswept, but, thanks to the bike’s powerful motor, she never breaks much of a sweat.
☆ Explosion in Chicago sends 8 to hospitals and causes a building to collapse
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
An explosion sent eight people to hospitals and caused the collapse of a nearby building in Chicago Tuesday, officials said. The collapse occurred just before 9:30 a.m. on West Washington Boulevard and North Central Avenue, the Chicago Fire Department said in a tweet. A building collapsed following an explosion in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2022. Aerial footage of the building showed debris from the collapse strewn over the sidewalk, street and on top of a parked car. In a statement posted on Twitter, Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot said her "thoughts are with those who were injured and displaced in the building collapse in the Austin neighborhood."
☆ How to adapt Jane Austen -- and why it's so hard to get right
  + stars: | 2022-08-07 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
Over the years, Austen adaptations have made millions, been nominated for more than a dozen Oscars and several Emmys, and convinced viewers the world over that Mr. Darcy is the gold standard of suitors. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice," two of several Austen adaptations starring Asian protagonists. "Austen is a way for today's readers to both romanticize about soul mates and also sustain their self-respect," said Brodey, who's published several papers on Austen. What the best Austen adaptations get rightA strong Austen adaptation doesn't need to parrot the original text or even take place in late 18th-century England. The Austenites CNN interviewed agreed -- for an Austen adaptation to succeed, it needs to maintain the spirit of her work, especially her incisive depth and incomparable wit.
☆ Yelp says it will cover travel expenses of employees who are unable to have abortions in their home states
  + stars: | 2022-04-13 | by ( Urooba Jamal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Yelp joins a growing corporate response to restrictive abortion laws in the US. The company told Insider it wants to ensure its workers have equitable access to reproductive care. A number of states in recent months have passed laws restricting abortion access. The online review platform said it is expanding its health insurance policy, which already covered abortion care, to allow employees to receive expenses for travel to another state to get an abortion, the company told Insider. In March, Idaho adopted a law, modeled on the Texas legislation, that banned abortions after about six weeks.
☆ The CEOs of Walmart and Target are warning of surging theft. Here's how a CVS exec said thieves steal $2,000 from stores in just 2 minutes
  + stars: | 2021-11-02 | by ( Hannah Towey | Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Heads at Walmart and Target have both warned that retail theft is higher than usual in 2022. CVS Health's director of organized retail crime investigations testified to Congress in 2021 about the topic. These comments come one year after Ben Dugan, the director of organized retail crime and corporate investigations at CVS Health. Organized retail crime-related events have been reported in a CVS Pharmacy store every three minutes, Dugan said at the time. "Let me just be clear about what organized retail crime is not.
☆ Movement of persons to polling stations is strictly monitored
  + stars: | 2020-11-15 | by ( ) www.ipn.md   time to read: +1 min
Movement of persons to polling stations is strictly monitoredThe police and the National Road Transport Agency are strictly monitoring the movement of persons to polling stations. Besides the regular passenger routes, the movement of units of transports with more than eight passengers is not allowed, IPN quoted deputy head of the General Police Inspectorate Marin Maxian as saying in a press briefing. Marin Maxian noted that 23 alleged violations of the electoral process were reported by 11am. The General Police Inspectorate said any action to block the electoral process entails criminal liability. The police are examining all the reported violations.
Persons: Marin Maxian Organizations: National Road Transport Agency, Mobile, General Police
☆ Paris commuters face 300 miles of traffic jams in fifth day of French strikes
  + stars: | 2019-12-09 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
TOPSHOT - Vehicles run on the Paris' ring road, the "Peripherique", on December 9, 2019 in Porte de Vincennes in Paris, during a strike of Paris public transports over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national strike. French commuters experienced a chaotic journey getting to work on Monday as public sector workers entered a fifth consecutive day of nationwide strikes. Nationwide, public sector workers have protested against government plans to update the pension system since Thursday. Tweet 1Monday starts a make-it-or-break-it week for the French government, according to different French media. President Emmanuel Macron vowed in 2017 to change France's pension system, which is one of the most expensive across the world, according to data from the OECD.
☆ France hit by nationwide strike as workers protest over pension reforms
  + stars: | 2019-12-05 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
watch nowFrance is experiencing one of its biggest strikes in decades as public sector workers protest against changes to the pension system. According to the French newspaper, Le Monde, more than 180 000 people are taking to the streets in 30 different parts of France. Prior to his election in 2017, President Emmanuel Macron vowed to reform France's pension system. watch nowPrevious attempts to change the pension system have also been met with strong opposition from public sector workers. However, transport workers argue that the new system would mean they would have to work longer into old age or see their pension reduced.
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