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On Thursday, three years and 100 days after the Trump administration declared the coronavirus a public health emergency, the Biden administration will allow the emergency declaration to expire, ushering in a new era when the government will treat Covid-19 like any other respiratory ailment.If the coronavirus pandemic was a war, the United States is about to officially enter peacetime.But interviews with senior federal and state health officials — including the secretary of health and human services and the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration — make clear that while the United States has greatly improved its capacity to fight…

Now Hiring signs are displayed in front of restaurants in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on March 19, 2022.Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesSince the onset of Covid-19, labor shortages have plagued major economies and intensified inflationary pressures, but economists expect this trend to finally abate this year.Central banks around the world have been tightening monetary policy aggressively for over a year in a bid to rein in sky-high inflation, but labor markets have by and large remained stubbornly tight.Last week’s U.S. jobs report showed that this remained the case in April, despite recent turmoil in the banking sector and a…

Texas family rescues lost dog from pond The Stanley family was out fishing at a pond near their home in San Antonio, Texas, when they noticed a small dog in the bushes. After rescuing the dog and bringing it home for a bath and food, the family reunited the 19-year-old pup with its ownerA retriever mix available through a New York rescue is looking for her forever home — meet JoeJoe. JoeJoe is a two-and-a-half-year-old red retriever mix that is up for adoption at the Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) of the Hamptons in New York.JoeJoe was originally located in South Carolina…

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are inseparable.The country singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday with his wife and his former cast mates from “The Voice,” Carson Daly and Adam Levine, there to celebrate with him.”Well, nothing’s official to me unless Gwen is a part of it. Wouldn’t have felt right, in fact, I probably would have made sure and searched around and found a day, if she couldn’t have been here today, to be sure we did it on a day where she could at least be here and be with me, because things…

Agent David Canter is reportedly under investigation for allegedly bribing NFL teams to pick his clients during last month’s NFL Draft.Canter allegedly contacted several teams and offered up his vacation properties if a team drafted a player he represents.”We are aware that the NFLPA is looking into communications between my client and various management personnel of certain NFL teams,” Canter’s attorney, Adam Kenner, said in a statement. “Mr. Canter did not engage in any wrongdoing, and he is fully cooperating with the NFLPA. We expect the situation to be resolved shortly.” A view of a logo during the 2023 NFL Draft…

Just over a week after thousands of television and movie writers took to picket lines, Netflix is feeling the heat.Late Wednesday night, Netflix abruptly said it was canceling a major Manhattan showcase that it was staging for advertisers next week. Instead of an in-person event held at the fabled Paris Theater, which the streaming company leases, Netflix said the presentation would now be virtual.Hours earlier, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s co-chief executive, said he would not attend the PEN America Literary Gala at the Museum of Natural History on May 18, a marquee event for the literary world. He was scheduled to be…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailBrian Chesky, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss the company’s weaker than expected guidance, the pricing strategy for Airbnb and if legacy lodging is making a mistake on their pricing.

This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here.In the imagination of many mainland Americans, hula may mean coconut bras and cellophane skirts. It may conjure visions of a figurine jiggling her hips on a car dashboard or smiling serenely as she is used as a bottle opener.But hula is, in fact, an ancient and often sacred dance indigenous to Hawaii.For the past 60 years, some of the best hula schools in the United States have gathered in the sleepy town of Hilo on the Big Island to compete in the annual Merrie Monarch Festival.The festival features…

Several months after learning the government would not be renewing its contract, the Starbright Children’s Development Centre has finally had a chance to meet with the minister in charge. “It was very critical, ” said Rhonda Nelson, Starbright’s executive director.  “The minister is the first person, of course, within the sitting government that has actually met with us.”Nelson along with Starbright board chair Carol Meise met with Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, on Wednesday.“I learned from them more about the details of the services and the families that they serve,” Dean said.The pair was introduced as guests…

United States senators have grilled the head of the Pentagon for what they called a failure to cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Speaking during a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, Democrat Dick Durbin said he had been told by the international court’s chief prosecutor that the US Defense Department was refusing to cooperate in the case, which it launched in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In March, the court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Durbin said the court’s top prosecutor,…