The CDC’s surprise mask-dropping guidance for those who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 may have killed any effort to require their blanket use in workplaces — a bitter disappointment to unions and other safety advocates who have been pushing the Biden administration to tighten things up on the job, not loosen them. “It’s a Public Health 101 failure,” said David Michaels, an epidemiologist who led Occupational Safety and Health Administration during the Obama administration who is now a professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health. “By giving advice to vaccinated people, but ignoring the fact that many or most people in many settings will not be vaccinated, the CDC is causing confusion and setting back our efforts to stop this pandemic.” The White House is in the last stages of finalizing emergency Covid-19 workplace safety rules from OSHA, which unions, management-side attorneys and workplace safety experts broadly expected to include a mask mandate — until the administration’s latest changes to its guidelines last week. Worker safety advocates now fear the Biden administration is abandoning its promise to issue stringent workplace safety rules employers must follow to protect their workers from the coronavirus, and experts in the field are bewildered.

90’s post hardcore collective Engine Kid has shared the previously unreleased track “Angel Dust” as it will appear on their upcoming Record Store Day 6 x LP box set entitled Everything Left Inside with Southern Lord label. With digital already available via Bandcamp, The box set will become available for vinyl in the

Lois Lew operated the improbable, ill-fated machine with aplomb in presentations from Manhattan to Shanghai. 70-plus years later, she’s telling her story.

The legendary author talks about his new TV series “Lisey’s Story,” the man who broke into his home with a “bomb,” and his fight with J.K. Rowling over trans rights.

The Biden administration’s efforts to provide $4 billion in debt relief to minority farmers is encountering stiff resistance from banks, which are complaining that the government initiative to pay off the loans of borrowers who have faced decades of financial discrimination will cut into their profits and hurt investors. The debt relief was approved as part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package that Congress passed in March and was intended to make amends for the discrimination that Black and other nonwhite farmers have faced from lenders and the United States Department of Agriculture over the years. But no money has yet gone out the door. Instead, the program has become mired in controversy and lawsuits. In April, white farmers who claim that they are victims of reverse discrimination sued the U.S.D.A. over the initiative. Now, three of the biggest banking groups — the American Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America and National Rural Lenders Association — are waging their own fight and complaining about the cost of being repaid early.

Mr. Mooney, a comic writer and performer known for his work with Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle, died of a heart attack on Wednesday, his publicist said.

"I can't say that it was a complete surprise out of the gate, but it was certainly was something pleasant for us and a little bit unexpected."

After conservative criticism, UNC backs down from offering acclaimed journalist a tenure-track position; Nikole Hannah-Jones

Jewish extremists have formed more than 100 new groups on the Facebook-owned encrypted messaging app in recent days to target attacks.

I knew I was the only poor person at my tech startup because nobody else ate the Hot Cheetos that were stocked in our free snack kitchen. Seaweed snacks were always empty. Nobody had those telltale…

One of the most recognizable landmarks of the Galapagos Islands, known as Darwin’s Arch, has fallen into the sea. The government of Ecuador is blaming natural erosion for the destruction of the rock bridge, which is named for the scientist who studied the archipelago.

Gates' image as an amiable, generous philanthropist does not gel with new information on his links to Epstein and dubious office romances.

In the list of things you could do as a millionaire, this has to be at the very top: purchase a club, award yourself the No. 10 jersey, hand yourself the role of super sub and then bring your son on too. That’s exactly what’s happened in the Chinese second division, where Zibo Cuju owner He Shihua made headlines on May 4 when subbing himself on against Sichuan Jiuniu — a team owned by the Manchester City Football Group — with the score level at 0-0 and approaching added time. This past weekend, according to TUDN USA, He Shihua took it a step further by forcing the team’s manager to play his son, who reportedly weighs nearly 280 pounds. If some one could post a video of every touch he took, that'd be greatly appreciated.

Cablp — short for Criss Angel’s breakfast, lunch, and pizza — opens in July with fast-casual fare and more.

One of America's largest hospital chains, Community Health Systems, has filed at least 19,000 lawsuits against patients in the last year, a CNN investigation finds.

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Several factors have led liberals and newsrooms to become more sympathetic to Palestinian misery, creating a dissonance with the official U.S. stance.

Charles Grodin—the actor known for his roles in The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run and Beethoven—has died from bone marrow cancer at his home in Connecticut. Grodin’s son, Nicholas, confirmed the news. He was 86.

The Senate-passed bill died on the last night of the legislative session.

Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let transgender people use multiperson bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms associated with their gender identity. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Monday that represents a first-of-its-kind law, according to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group that decried the bill as discriminatory and said the required signs are “offensive and humiliating.” Instead, he told reporters earlier this month that he always had “concerns about business mandates” but was still reviewing the bill.