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On weekdays, they’re finding open seats on trains and buses that once would have been standing room only and CTA trains that are noticeably cleaner. Mask-wearing, still required on CTA and Metra, is mixed: During recent trips by a Tribune reporter, on some train cars and buses every rider was masked, while on others and some ‘L’ platforms handfuls of unmasked customers could be found.
Outside the CNN Center in Atlanta on Dec. 10, 2020. AT&T is in advanced talks to create a new company that would merge its media business, including CNN, with Discovery Inc., two people briefed on the deal said May 16, 2021. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
For nearly 30 years, Larson had served as Gates’ money manager, earning solid returns on the Gateses’ and the foundation’s combined $174 billion investment portfolio through a secretive operation called Cascade Investment. Cascade owned assets like stocks, bonds, hotels and vast tracts of farmland, and it also put the Gateses’ money in other investment vehicles. One was a venture capital firm called Rally Capital, which is in the same building that Cascade occupies in Kirkland, Washington.
Stacker gathered data from Metacritic (as of March 16, 2021), where movies are scored based on their aggregate critical reception. Movies not yet released to the public were not included. By Jacob Osborn and Ellen Wulfhorst, Stacker.com Apr 30, 2021
In addition to the Chicago Tribune, Tribune Publishing owns The Baltimore Sun; the Hartford (Connecticut) Courant; the Orlando (Florida) Sentinel; the South Florida Sun Sentinel; the New York Daily News; the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland; The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania; the Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia; and The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia.
“Since that time, we have returned the system to normal operations, delivering millions of gallons per hour to the markets we serve,” Colonial Pipeline said in a tweet Saturday. Those markets include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South and North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
“The safety of our guests and our team is our top priority,” Target said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, we’ve decided to temporarily suspend the sale of MLB, NFL, NBA and Pokémon trading cards within our stores, effective May 14. Guests can continue to shop these cards online at Target.com.”
They joined fellow former Gary residents and music greats Deniece Williams, Kym Mazelle and Crystal Taliefero, as well as other musicians and executives from the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, Hard Rock International, Spectacle Entertainment, Sara Tait, executive director of the Indiana Gaming Commission, and local political leaders on the stage.
“God bless Zoom and God bless the videos and Microsoft Teams and all the other platforms, Webex, that we’ve been using, but it’s not the replacement,” Fraser said. “I’m concerned around culture in organizations, because we’ve depleted the asset that many companies have of everyone knowing each other, that sense of belonging to an institution, that purpose, that identity, and it’s been lonely for many people.”
A Delta Air Lines employee handles a passenger’s luggage Nov. 23, 2020, while wearing goggles, gloves and a face mask in the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Delta announced May 14, 2021, that it will require all new hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (Alyssa Pointer/TNS)