People traveled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay respects to Cicely Tyson at a public viewing Monday.
The CROWN Coalition is excited and proud to announce Connecticut is the first state in 2021 and eighth state to pass and enact The CROWN Act. The passage serves as a timely reminder that this prevalent form of discrimination warrants a legislative fix, and we reaffirm our commitment to supporting outlawing hair discrimination. The CROWN Act – which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, is critically important legislation that extends statutory protection to traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and/or protective styles in the workplace and schools. The Crown Coalition is the official national supporter of The CROWN Act movement; an alliance cofounded by Dove, National Urban League, Western Center on Law & Poverty and Color Of Change, with support from now over 80 organizations.
• Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can get together in small groups without masks or social distancing, under new public health guidelines issued Monday. “There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can begin to resume now in the privacy of their own homes,” said CDC director “Everyone—even those who are vaccinated—should continue with all mitigation strategies when in public settings.” The U.S. has fully vaccinated more than 30 million people, or 9% of the population, according to Johns Hopkins University.
A police dog was less than helpful as an officer tried to wash a vehicle in Hutchinson, Kansas, video shared on March 7 shows.This footage posted by the Hutchinson Police Department shows the dog chasing the stream of water coming from a hose. “Washing the patrol cars can be difficult at times,” the video caption read. Credit: Hutchinson Police Department via Storyful
Sarah Davies put weightlifting down as a special talent when she entered her first beauty contest, the then-student egged on by regular drinkers in the Leeds pub where she worked behind the bar. This year, pandemic permitting, the British lifter plans to compete for a medal at the Tokyo Olympics before jetting off to New York to take part in another pageant in swimsuit and high heels. The 2018 Commonwealth Games 69kg silver medallist is eager to serve as a role model and show young girls that strong is beautiful.
* U.S. breakeven rate hits highest since July 2014 * TD Securities says yields could go beyond fair value * U.S. 10-year overnight rate in repo market still negative (Adds new comments, updates prices) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields advanced on Monday, with the belly of the curve leading the way, as investors continued to price in higher inflation and more upbeat prospects for the U.S. economy as it emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. 5-year and 7-year note yields were up between five to six basis points, while that of the benchmark 10-year note hit nearly a 13-month high. The break-even inflation rate on 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of expected annual inflation over the next 10 years, climbed to 2.26% on Monday, the highest level since July 2014, from 2.235% last Friday.
Washington Mystics forward LaToya Sanders retired from the WNBA on Monday, two years after helping win a championship. Sanders sat out the 2020 season because of concerns about the coronavirus. The 6-foot-2 Sanders played four seasons for the Mystics, averaging 7.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 89 games.
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Israel's El Al airlines launched a pilot programme at its Tel Aviv airport check-in counters on Monday to test unvaccinated passengers for COVID-19 before allowing them to board a non-stop flight to New York. Just before stepping up to the counters, 112 of the 280 passengers on flight 003 were required by El Al to undergo a nose swab - a rapid antigen test, with results within 15 to 20 minutes, that detects protein fragments specific to the coronavirus. For 5-year-old Hili Lazarof, the test was "okay".
In connection with its previously announced two concurrent, but separate, cash tender offers for any and all of the outstanding notes (the "Notes") of the series listed in the table below, Commonwealth Bank of Australia ("CBA") announced today the determination of the reference yields, tender offer yields and purchase prices for the Notes.
Beth Fynbo took a leap of faith back in the fall and used a line of credit and some prize money to order 50,000 of her baby mats. Then she crossed her fingers that her segment on ABC-TV's "Shark Tank" would eventually air. After it finally did on Friday, Fynbo spent the weekend with family and friends packing 6,000 orders that came into her website. She turned down an investment offer on the ...
Stoops, 60, was the head coach at Oklahoma from 1999 until he announced his retirement in June 2017.
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A South Florida couple claiming to be “farmers” working the land on two tiny suburban lots as they raked in federal COVID-19 relief funds pleaded guilty Monday to a fraud scheme.
When Zakry Hayden was working at a high-end clothing store, "Iron Man" actor Robert Downey Jr. came into the shop to buy Christmas gifts. The post ‘This story will be on my tombstone’: Former retail worker recalls interaction with Robert Downey Jr. appeared first on In The Know.
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that could allow the popular politician to run in next year's presidential election. The decision roiled financial markets and scrambled forecasts for the 2022 race, with many investors betting it would polarize voters between President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist, and Lula, his greatest opponent on the left. In a surprise decision, Justice Edson Fachin said that a court in the southern city of Curitiba did not have the authority to try Lula on corruption charges and that he must be retried in federal courts in the capital Brasilia.
In the two-hour special that aired Sunday night on CBS, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex opened up about their relationships with their family.
The nearly $3 trillion U.S. repurchase or repo market, an opaque but vital component of the financial system, was thrown into flux last week after the cost of borrowing the benchmark 10-year Treasury note went deeply negative on Thursday, hitting a rate of -4.25%, the lowest since mid-March last year. The negative repo rate means some market participants were willing to pay interest on money lent to borrow the U.S. 10-year note. On Monday, the average repo rate on the 10-year was -2.91%, according to dealers.
U.S. stocks are mixed Monday afternoon, as rising Treasury yields weigh on tech-related shares, after the Senate's weekend passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
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