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In These Cities, Car-Free Streets Are Here To Stay Cars? In this economy? Here’s how four cities took back miles of pavement from cars, making a popular pandemic solution into a permanent fixture.
In San Francisco, JFK Promenade is now awash with bikers, pedestrians and cultural activities. (Photo by btwashburn /
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WorkRussia To Meet With Belarus To Discuss 'Further Aggression Against Ukraine': Armed Forces Commander Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Belarus on Dec. 19 for a one-on-one meeting with Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko.
WorkOpinion | Brittney Griner should have never had to be in Russia in the first place WNBA players can earn upward of $1 million by taking their talents outside the United States. Brittney Griner shows us how perilous this can be.
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WorkTrump Faces a Week of Headaches on Jan. 6 and His Taxes Through myriad congressional and Justice Department investigations, including ones related to whether his 2016 campaign conspired with Russian officials to sway the election that year, Mr. Trump has repeatedly attacked the investigations, calling them a “witch hunt.” For decades he has insisted that he is a victim whenever he faces scrutiny. Mr. Trump had the same response when his company was convicted of 17 charges of tax fraud and other financial improprieties roughly two weeks ago.
WorkOne dead in strikes on Russian region near Ukraine, Belgorod governor says | CNN On December 8, Gladkov said the region was once again shelled by Ukrainian armed forces. Gladkov said on Telegram that the city had sustained damage to a power line caused by "shell fragment."
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WorkUkraine Says Russia Is Training Soldiers for Possible New Offensive Most of the attacks came in the Donbas area of eastern Ukraine, the only section of the front line where the Russian Army is regularly staging offensive attacks. Along much of the rest of the crescent-shaped front line in southeastern Ukraine, Russian forces are in a defensive crouch, building fortifications along new lines after their retreats earlier in the fall.
WorkCounting Russia's War Dead, With Tips, Clips and a Giant Spreadsheet Spending every day scrolling through information about dead people is mentally taxing, they said, but certain posts stick with them. Mr. Litavrin remembers reading about a 40-year-old man who had a quiet, regular life and a daughter, and volunteered in August. He was killed after two weeks on the battlefield.
WorkRussia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 298 of the invasion A 36-year-old man was killed inside his car after Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday morning, the regional governor, Yaroslav Yanushevych, said. A 70-year-old woman was also injured after Russian troops struck a western district of the city with artillery and multiple rocket launchers, Yanushevych wrote on Telegram.
WorkKyiv mayor says heating restored in capital after latest Russian strikes He said after a visit to Ukraine last month he had been struck by the “size of the mass graves in Bucha, the photos of what had been done to the people there, the rape, the massacres, the torture by the occupying Russian forces”.
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WorkWorkThe fundraising stages are not about dollar values they're about risk Risk comes in many shapes and forms. When your company is at the idea stage, you may get together with some co-founders who have excellent founder-market fit. You have identified that there is a problem in the market. Your early potential customer interviews all agree that this is a problem worth solving and that someone is — in theory — willing to pay money to have this problem solved. The first question is: Is it even possible to solve this problem? | � | | WorkWork'I quit my job rather than go back to the office' \"We\'re in the UK, productivity is at an all-time low. You have people... saying to you, \'we are more productive with a remote first type set-up.\' Why not trust them and see what happens as part of a great experiment?\" | � | | WorkElon Musk puts future as Twitter chief to public vote A few hours after the announcement, Mr Musk appeared to contradict it by tweeting that \"casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme\". Work | � | | WorkWorkAmir Wilson: If Tom Cruise asks me to climb a mountain, Ill do it The rising British star is returning to play Will Parry one final time for the BBCs third series of His Dark Materials. He tells Roisin OConnor why he has no trouble relating to Wills grief over the death of his father, his hopes for future roles, and why scaling cliff-faces proved just the ticket for clearing his head | � | | WorkWorkWorkWorkStreamings Golden Age Is Suddenly Dimming “These companies pulling back — thinking longer and harder about each project — is actually good for the business,” said Mr. Greenblatt, the former television executive turned producer. “It will hopefully lead to less waste and more shows worth watching.” WorkWorkThis Is When The Average American Retires Deciding when to retire means sorting through several key considerations: the balance of your retirement savings, your Social Security benefit and Medicare, which you’re eligible for when you turn 65, can all impact when you decide to retire. Here’s a calculator that can help you make the right decision. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkArgentina Hits the Streets for Long-Awaited Celebration The procession ended at Republic Plaza, a sea of celebration in every direction. Every avenue leading to the plaza was clogged with revelers. From above, the plaza was an expanse of humanity, hundreds of thousands of people, interspersed with waving flags and occasional fireworks. WorkWorkWorkHousing market predictions: Six experts weigh in on the real estate outlook in 2023 “We\'ve lived with the pandemic for almost three years, but that still is not enough time to shift ownership, financing, and regulatory systems for conversion of underutilized office space,” he says. “We might see the beginnings of conversions, but most buildings will stay in limbo due to long-term commercial leases and the continuing high cost of financing.” WorkEtsy boss: It's not about getting loo roll quick But retail analyst Mr De Mello warned the timing of the deal was \"not ideal given the downturn in e-commerce spend\" this year. \"Time will tell\" whether the acquisition works out for Etsy, he added. WorkWorkWorkProud Boys Trial Is Set to Open, Focusing on Role in Jan. 6 Violence The lawyers have raised similar claims about a veteran Washington police officer, Lt. Shane Lamond, who could tell the jury how Mr. Tarrio was in constant contact with him before and during Jan. 6. But prosecutors have been investigating Lieutenant Lamond’s relationship with Mr. Tarrio for several months, and his lawyer has said he will most likely invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if called as a witness. WorkIn Heart of Perus Protest, a Pause to Mourn the Dead Among them was Marleni Durán, 48, a mother of two children, who described life in the region as difficult. She said she woke at 4 a.m. to buy alfalfa, which she resells in a market, along with a traditional corn dessert. She finishes her day around 10 p.m. WorkWorkWorkWorkOpinion: The irony behind this word of the year | CNN For Amy Bass, joy is going to rock concerts with her high school best friend - and their two teenage daughters. "It has been an amazing experience. I loved every second of watching our girls battle for position in the pit at Harry Styles' show. … Indeed, just as we once joined the thousands of voices walking out of a U2 show singing '40' long after the band had left the building, our girls are part of a generation of fans that seems to look out for one another," Bass wrote in a reflection on Taylor Swift-mania and Ticketmaster. Getting tickets to concerts has never been easy, recalled Bass, who remembers sleeping outside in the cold to stay in line for tickets and getting Joey Ramone's guitar pick after her mom accompanied her into a venue at age 15 due to her lack of ID. But Bass argued this amazing generation of kids deserves more magic and less merch. She pledged to stay "in the trenches with my kid, trying to support her love for music the way my mother did for me." WorkWorkHow Can Tainted Spinach Cause Hallucinations? Exposure to anticholinergic plants can have severe effects but is rarely fatal. It is also relatively uncommon: In 2020, there were 856 cases of exposure in all of the United States, none of which resulted in death, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. WorkWorkWorkWho is striking? How this coming weeks walkouts will affect you If you are reading this page and can\'t see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe top fintech stories of 2022 And with that, I will sign off. This is the last newsletter I’ll publish in 2022. I don’t know where this year went, and to be honest, in many ways it was really, really hard. But there were also a lot of bright spots, including growing this newsletter audience and having the honor of sharing this content with all of you. Thank you again. Happy holidays to all of you, and Happy and Healthy New Year! May it be a better, brighter and wonderful year. xoxo, Mary Ann WorkWorkWorkBritain is 'resolute' on nurses' pay, senior minister says/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/SRFDQUBOQNL4FKHYL3UMF5ZVV4.jpg) The British government is "resolute" it will not budge on nurses' pay, senior minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, ahead of a planned second nationwide walkout by the profession over an average pay offer of 4% while inflation runs at more than 10%. WorkWork'I quit my job rather than go back to the office'\"We\'re in the UK, productivity is at an all-time low. You have people... saying to you, \'we are more productive with a remote first type set-up.\' Why not trust them and see what happens as part of a great experiment?\" WorkThe Education of CNNs Chris Licht In terms of morale, let me just say, you work at a world-renowned news organization alongside the best journalists on the globe. Your jobs have meaning. Your jobs have an impact. You are part of something bigger, of something with tremendous meaning. And nothing about that has changed. And you have in me as a leader, who has done a lot of your jobs, someone who has your back every step of the way. My loyalty is first and foremost to this organization and to journalism without fear or favor to anyone else, including our parent company. WorkWorkWant to Understand Televisions Troubles? Look at AMC. Complicating matters, AMC Networks doesn’t own some of the shows that it made famous, including “Mad Men,” which is owned by Lionsgate, and “Breaking Bad,” which is owned by Sony, according to people with knowledge with the matter. But AMC Networks does own “The Walking Dead,” and it has already begun to promote new shows from the Anne Rice Immortal Universe franchise. The company’s library value could weigh on any price that the company is able to command in a sale. |
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