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“I am especially aware that my position at the helm of TIME’S UP has become a painful and divisive focal point, where those very women and other activists who should be working together to fight for change are instead battling each other in harmful ways,” she wrote.
Retail sales dipped a surprising 1.1% in July as consumers spent less on clothing, furniture and sporting goods. At the same time investors have been retreating from cruise lines, airlines and other travel-related stocks as those companies face another potential stall in activity as cases of COVID-19 surged because of the highly contagious delta variant.
Earlier this summer, the Biden administration approved 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from former students of ITT, which filed for bankruptcy in September 2016 and promptly shuttered its campuses nationwide, including Arlington Heights, Oak Brook, Orland Park and Springfield. The closings followed multiple sanctions by the Obama administration and investigations by several state attorneys general for allegedly steering students into predatory loans and deceptive marketing practices.
As of Wednesday night, there were 2,184 COVID-19 patients in hospital beds, with a seven-day average of 2,080 people hospitalized ― a level not seen since the end of April. As of Wednesday night, 489 COVID-19 patients were in ICU beds, up from 152 a month earlier.
Living in a huge, populous city in the United States that has towering skyscrapers and an abundance of lights and sounds may be the dream for some. Seemingly endless opportunity is a major attraction for places like Los Angeles and New York City. But the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled some to migrate away from the big cities in search of a greater degree of social isolation. Personal finance website WalletHub analyzed 1,200 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 and ranked the best ones to live in based on 43 key indicators of livability. By Noah McGee, The Active Times Dec 3, 2020
“ABC looked the other way, elevated Corn through the ranks due to his commercial success as a producer, and facilitated the hostile workplace that Corn cultivated through his influence over subordinates’ careers, sexual harassment, gaslighting, and anger management issues,” the lawsuit alleges.
The Sheehans’ deconversion required a significant rehabilitation of what had been a 22-room mansion. They’re work included preserving certain historical features and touches, such as leaded glass transom windows in the living room, Lincrusta wallpaper in the entry, built-in walnut cabinetry in the vestibule, original moldings and “carpenter’s lace” detailing in the turret area with five large windows. The couple also installed 97 new Marvin windows, Fromenthal velvet wallpaper in the living room and built out a new kitchen using the Chicago-based interior designer O’Brien Harris. The kitchen features white quartzite stone, hand-painted white cabinets, high-end appliances like a 60-inch Wolf range and two Sub-Zero refrigerators, a coffee bar and south-facing windows overlooking the yard.
With growing adoption of at least part-time remote work, “the office is taking on new responsibilities and meaning to the employer and employee,” he said. “It’s a place where the employee wants to go to learn, to collaborate, to promote innovation, collaboration, networking and professional development.”
On Wednesday, he dismissed a conservative radio commentator who has regularly opposed Pritzker’s mitigation efforts, including at public rallies. After the commentator questioned the efficacy of masking, Pritzker contended she had a political agenda and spread misinformation and said, “We now need to protect our children, we need to protect the people in our communities, parents, grandparents, teachers.”
Earlier this month, Gov. J.B. Pritzker required state employees who work in congregate settings, such as prisons and veterans’ homes, to be vaccinated by Oct. 4. The state’s largest employee’s union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has encouraged vaccination but opposes a vaccine mandate.