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CVS, which is offering COVID-19 vaccines at 368 stores in Illinois, announced Thursday that starting June 1, people who get vaccinated by the chain can enter its #OneStepCloser sweepstakes. Thousands of prizes will be awarded through weekly drawings for six weeks.
Pampalone said he’s been sending people to Aruba, Jamaica, Cancun, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, all of which have been open to tourists. In a normal year, Europe would be the most popular destination for his clients at this time of year, he said, but only two European countries — Greece and Iceland — are open at this time.
Ar’Tell Young, left, and Marlena Lee enjoy a tropical drink May 26, 2021, in Miami Beach. America’s tourist destinations are facing a severe worker shortage just as they try to rebound from a devastating year lost to the pandemic. (Marta Lavandier/AP)
Troy Hemlin, visiting Chicago from Springfield, crosses the street May 26, 2021, carrying shopping bags in downtown Chicago. With vaccinations rolling out and shoppers freer to go out maskless, Americans are going back to one of their favorite past times: store shopping. (Shafkat Anowar/AP)
The move comes amid increasing pressure worldwide to investigate the origins of the pandemic, including the possibility that it came from a lab. Since the pandemic began, Facebook has been changing what it allows on the topic and what it bans. In February, it announced a host of new claims it would be prohibiting — including that COVID-19 was created in a Chinese lab. Other claims it added at the time included the false notion that vaccines are not effective or that they are toxic.
Credible compiled a list of 20 U.S. metro areas where homes are selling the fastest, using data from Zillow and ranking homes according to the average number of days they were listed before there was a pending sale in December 2020, the most recent month in which data was available for all metros. By Ellen Wulfhorst, Stacker May 13, 2021
Boeing 737 Max airplanes are seen parked in a storage lot April 26, 2021, near Boeing Field in Seattle. Boeing is paying $17 million and promising to take steps to fix production problems. The Federal Aviation Administration said May 27 that the settlement covers the installation of unapproved sensors and other parts on some Boeing 737 models. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
A sign seen May 5, 2021, advertises a need for laborers at a concrete products company in Evans City, Pennsylvania. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped to 406,000 last week, the Labor Department said May 27. (Keith Srakocic/AP)
Situated on a half acre in east Glencoe, the mansion has 7-1/2 baths, four fireplaces, an open floor plan, a kitchen with Wood-Mode cabinetry and a waterfall-edge island, a custom-built walnut library, a slate roof, copper gutters, a screened porch with a fireplace and a four-car garage. The home also has a 3,200-square-foot finished lower level with a sport court, a media room, a wine cellar and a yoga studio.
Scannell is not seeking financial incentives directly from the village, such as creation of a tax increment financing district, but the village will likely be asked to support a resolution seeking a property tax break through Cook County, according to Kimberly Clarke, the village’s community development director.