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Five problems that could slow supplies of food, computers, cars and other goods this winter

The pandemic highlighted how interconnected the world is right now. Multiple bottlenecks have disrupted global supply chains – the networks of people, companies and modes of transport that order and manufacture goods and deliver them to warehouses, shops or even right to our doors.

The Conversation

What is a good tip? Seattle-area tipped workers break it down

Tipped workers form the backbone of the American service economy, and many of them suffered financially when the pandemic shut down restaurants, bars, hotels and tourism.

Tribune News Service

Some racial groups saw steeper life expectancy drops, CDC data shows

American Indians and Alaska Natives saw their life expectancy fall six and a half years in the first two years of the pandemic.

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Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell Play Cannibals in Love

Timothée Chalamet was feeling cut off from the world in the early days of the pandemic. Then Luca Guadagnino, whom Chalamet saw as a father figure while filming “Call Me By Your Name,” called with a new possible project. It would be another young romance set in the 1980s. But…

Asharq Al-Awsat

First-day attendance at CPS ticks up toward pre-pandemic levels

Officials are considering the rate an accomplishment after pandemic attendance struggles — and given it’s the earliest start to a CPS school year in modern memory after an unusually short summer.

Chicago Sun-Times

After Zoom meetings, social distancing and work from home, now there’s ‘quiet quitting’

The pandemic changed the way much of America works, and the latest disruption is known as “quiet quitting.”

Tribune News Service

Jehovah's Witnesses resume door-to-door visits for the first time since the pandemic

"I've been looking forward to this day," said one member of the faith. "When I rang the first doorbell this morning, a total calm came over me. I was back where I needed to be."

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Catalytic converter theft: Removing auto exhaust device takes a minute, but replacing it could take months

When Ken Shay, a longtime Chicago resident, went out to start his 2013 Lexus RX 350 SUV parked near his Lincoln Park apartment on a recent weekday morning, he was in for a rude awakening.

Chicago Tribune

Employees have the upper hand after the ‘great resignation,’ but for how long?

Even before the pandemic, finding and keeping employees to work as job and community coaches for The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region could be challenging.

Tribune News Service

Health chiefs to tackle inequalities using new ways of working from pandemic

'Shocking' mistrust in doctors and nurses from some communities forced NHS bosses to forge links with community leaders

Bristol Post

Jeane Freeman reveals she 'argued' with Matt Hancock at first Covid-19 Cobra meeting

FORMER Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has revealed that she argued with Matt Hancock over “whose citizens were whose” at the first…

The National (Scotland)

Knock, knock: Jehovah's Witnesses resume door-to-door work

Jehovah’s Witnesses have resumed knocking on doors again after a 30-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

With pop-up restaurants, chefs discover the joys of cooking flexible, seasonal menus

A pandemic-prompted wave of pop-up kitchens has now become a creative way for independent chefs and edgy restaurants to travel, experiment and connect with diners

The Hindu

Thai transgender cabaret returns after pandemic closure

Transgender performers at one of Thailand's most famous cabaret shows have returned to the spotlight for the first time in about three years after being forced to find other ways to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Birmingham Post

Rebounding market brings opportunities and challenges for Gateshead's Meldrum Construction

The North East group saw turnover impacted by the pandemic but has seen an 'explosion' in work since

The Walrus

Seven Must-Read Stories about the Education Challenges of Our Times

Conversations on gifted programs, pandemic schooling, and more

Birmingham Post

Midlands law firm Howes Percival posts 12% increase in turnover since start of pandemic

Firm takes bigger chunk of market in Leicester, Northampton and its other UK office sites

The Conversation

Summer 2022 saw thousands of excess deaths in England and Wales – here's why that might be

According to the Office for National Statistics, this summer we’ve seen more deaths registered in England and Wales than expected.

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Los Angeles Times

After a golden era at Snap and other tech firms, it's back to reality for workers

A year into the pandemic, Evan Spiegel was flying high. The chief executive of Snap said annual revenue growth of 50% or more was a "steady state opportunity" for the social media company, requiring no additional gains in audience or innovation.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Govt eyes revision of pandemic-related laws

The government on Friday discussed measures to combat a potential future pandemic and decided to revise relevant laws to make it mandatory for core hospitals to provide medical services and beds to patients when infectious diseases break out or spread.

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #50: Cinemas were due a post-pandemic rebound – but this summer, there’s simply nothing on

In this week’s newsletter: while films like Elvis and Nope have done reasonably well, the box office bounty we were promised hasn’t appeared – why?

Birmingham Post

Don't write-off the high street just yet

Nearly 75% of shopping remains offline

Salon

Moon lunacy: Fund rockets, not COVID

Biden can't get $22B from the GOP to save lives. NASA's return to the moon will cost at least four times that much

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Alarming evidence of pandemic backsliding underlines the need for effective instruction now

The gold-standard measure of educational trends has the word “progress” in its name. But the National Assessment of Educational Progress unveiled Thursday showed nothing but slippage over the last two years. Students saw the largest average decline in reading since 1990 and the first drop in mathematics ever measured in…

Axios

"Game-changer" Paxlovid turns into pandemic enigma

Paxlovid goes from COVID game-changer to pandemic enigma

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