NEW YORK (AP) — Record numbers of people are starting new businesses, and more and more of them are women and minorities, according to a new study. New business applications jumped in 2020 as the pandemic started, and have continued to be filed at a record pace. More than 5 million applications were filed in […]
There's a record number of elderly drivers on the roads
Ken Lunn was having a ‘hellish’ time juggling work and childcare after his wife died. Then he found a way to catch his breathThroughout his 30-year career as a tech professional, Ken Lunn regularly gave talks to rooms packed with experts and leaders in their fields. Yet it wasn’t until he taught his first meditation class to a dozen novices in 2016 that he felt nervous. “Guiding a meditation to a silent room was the most nerve-racking thing I’d done,” he says. “Trying to get people to explore...
Australia’s biggest supermarkets Coles and Woolworths could potentially face huge fines if the Federal Government decides to make the “not effective” voluntary grocery code of conduct mandatory. However, it looks like the duopoly will not be broken up like previously speculated. A report that was ordered by the government, released on Monday by former Labor […]
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Democrats are proposing a process to determine if state representatives are “incapacitated” and to sanction or expel them. The rule change was proposed by Democratic floor leader Rep. Matt Bradford on Thursday. It’s being made in response to Democratic Rep. Kevin Boyle of Philadelphia
The bosses of a new Rushden shoe shop hope trade will pick up soon after opening their doors at the weekend. HA HA UK welcomed ther first customers in Church Street on Saturday (April 6) after a monumental effort to rejuvenate the shop that was once The Kids Shoe Den. It has seen an all-new interior fitted, with shoes of all variety lining the walls, and owner, John Cassells intends to bring a new option for those looking for fancy, informal or all-round fashionable footwear. He said: “We had a...
Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her eight years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor Department said Tuesday as it issued a new federal rule on miners' safety. The final rule, announced by []
Micah Parsons is one of the fastest and most physical players in the NFL. As such, it is his hope for a more expansive role with the Dallas Cowboys next
The former president heard firsthand from prospective jurors who could deliver a criminal verdict against him
The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it and some insurers have rejected coverage.