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File – Chris Charters (right) a carpenter instructor with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America talks with Darryl Peppers, Joaquin Gomez and Brian Walker ( l to r) of the Merrillville Public Works Department during a regional Job Fair hosted by the Town of Merrillville at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)
Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, said in late July it was requiring all workers at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, as well as its managers who travel within the U.S., to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 4. But the company had stopped short of requiring shots for its frontline workers.
File – Members of the United Auto Workers listen to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speak outside of a John Deere plant, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny, Iowa. About 10,000 UAW workers have been on strike against John Deere since Oct. 14 at plants in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
6 – With the compressed world marathon schedule due to COVID, Shalane Flanagan is attempting to run six marathons in six weeks, ending in New York. She’s already finished Berlin (Sept. 26), London (Oct. 3), Chicago (Oct. 10), Boston (Oct. 11) and a “virtual Tokyo Marathon” in Oregon on Oct. 18 after that race was canceled.
“The moment you start to get comfortable is the moment you stop improving,” he told the Tribune. “It’s always about that mindset of never being comfortable, putting yourself in uncomfortable situations because that’s what really grows us. The biggest amount of growth comes from when you’re uncomfortable, when you’re not in a place you want to be, when you have to work to get where you want to be.”
Some of the names to watch are former Cubs Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Báez along with shortstops Carlos Correa, Trevor Story and Corey Seager, second baseman Marcus Semien, first baseman Freddie Freeman and pitchers Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw and Carlos Rodón, who had a breakout season with the Sox.
The uproar over Ferguson began after Cynthia DeNicolo, a former longtime assistant producer on his show, sued the radio host in May, alleging he coerced her into a sexual relationship and harassed her after it ended. His lawyers have denied those allegations. McGurren later alleged in court filings she was “mentally and verbally abused, harassed, put into tears, yelled at, belittled, ignored, mocked” by Ferguson. Both McGurren and DeNicolo each have filed individual defamation suits against the station owner, Hubbard Radio Chicago, and two other women filed legal statements in support of those claims.
The store will have national brands, local brands like Revolution Brewing and Lillie’s Q, as well as Amazon-owned brands 365 by Whole Foods Market, Aplenty and wine brand, Cursive. There will be prepared foods including pizza, rotisserie chickens and hot sandwiches, along with a hot bar expected to open in the coming months.
Just under five hours west of Paradise, we saw two falls in Keweenaw: Jacob’s Falls, just a few feet off the road, and Douglass Houghton Falls outside Calumet. While the latter is not yet open to the public and is difficult to get to, it is Michigan’s tallest waterfall at 110 feet high. Near Munising, located between Keweenaw and Paradise, we saw falls from the boat ride at Pictured Rocks and also Munising Falls and Wagner Falls, both easy to get to and worth a visit.
Thousands of colleges across the country are welcoming both new and returning students back to campus for the fall semester. To coincide with the beginning of another school year, Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in America usingNiche’s 2021 rankings.