Month: November 2020

1 out of 10 North Dakotans have tested positive for COVID-19 – INFORUM
27Nov By No Comments
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1 out of 10 North Dakotans have tested positive for COVID-19 – INFORUM

Although active cases have been slowly declining, a total of 76,442 people have tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic, which means 1 out 10 North Dakotans have had COVID-19. Ten deaths were reported Thursday — five men and five women — from Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Foster, McHenry, McKenzie and Ward counties. The number of people currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 is 302, with 38 in the ICU. Only 14.14% staffed beds are available in North Dakota. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates an increase in COVID-19 deaths with 10,600 to 21,400 more by Dec. 19, 2020. Experts have warned Thanksgiving gatherings may contribute in boosting the death toll throughout the nation. ...
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Government Model Suggests U.S. COVID-19 Cases Could Be Approaching 100 Million – NPR
27Nov By No Comments
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Government Model Suggests U.S. COVID-19 Cases Could Be Approaching 100 Million – NPR

A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Houston. Texas is rushing thousands of additional medical staff to overworked hospitals as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increases. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Hou...
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Dallas star Patrick Duffy, 71, talks falling for Happy Days Linda Purl, 65 – Daily Mail
26Nov By No Comments
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Dallas star Patrick Duffy, 71, talks falling for Happy Days Linda Purl, 65 – Daily Mail

Patrick Duffy sees Linda Purl as the 'gift that COVID gave him.' The 71-year-old actor - who played Bobby Ewing in Dallas - started dating Linda, 65, during the coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, and he admits that their romance evolved amid a unique set of circumstances.  'That's the gift that COVID gave me - Linda Purl is the lady in my life,' the actor told Extra this week. Happy man: Patrick Duffy sees Linda Purl as the 'gift that COVID gave him'; pictured in July 2019 He loves her: The 71-year-old actor started dating Linda, 65, during the coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, and he admits that their romance evolved amid a unique set of circumstances; Purl shown in 2004 His wife Carlyn Rosser died almost four years ago from a heart ...
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Megan Thee Stallions Body Challenge Inspires Twerkin Thanksgiving Turkey – TMZ
26Nov By No Comments
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Megan Thee Stallions Body Challenge Inspires Twerkin Thanksgiving Turkey – TMZ

Megan Thee Stallion has inspired untold numbers of people, so add a turkey to the list. Waiting for your permission to load TikTok Post. This little gizzard couldn't stay still for Megan's "Body" challenge as it shook its rump and slightly spread its wings. Pretty hilarious, don't ya think? The challenge is officially a thing. We knew that earlier in the week, when a Starbucks employee got down with it. MTS posted a video Tuesday of Hunter Gallagher doing the "Body" dance moves from behind the counter. Megan liked it so much she reposted it. Play video content @joiajohn, @loveebonique / Instagram ...
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Disney expands layoffs, bringing total to 32,000 workers as theme parks take biggest hit from pandemic – Fox Business
26Nov By No Comments
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Disney expands layoffs, bringing total to 32,000 workers as theme parks take biggest hit from pandemic – Fox Business

Mediatech Capital Partners managing partner Porter Bibb and Circle Squared Alternative Investments president Jeff Sica weigh in on Disney's market performance. The Walt Disney Co. is increasing the number of employees planned for early 2021 by some 4,000 – mostly in its theme parks – bringing the total to 32,000, as the entertainment giant continues to fight coronavirus closings and limits due to the pandemic. In an SEC filing Wednesday, Disney revealed its plans for the expanded layoffs -- largely in the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division. In September the entertainment giant said it would reduce its workforce by 28,000 employees. DISNEY GETTING NEW TRAIN STATION TO CONNECT TO ORLANDO AIRPORT Overall, the company estimates the net adverse impact of COVID-19 on its ...
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Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate – The Economist
26Nov By No Comments
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Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate – The Economist

IN THE EARLY 1970s American women gave birth, on average, to 2.12 children each. By 2018 that figure had fallen to 1.73. Many alterations in people’s lives have been invoked to help explain this change, including the facts that women now are better educated, more likely to have jobs or run businesses, and have better access to contraception than their antecedents of five decades ago. Also, demand for children to work as extra pairs of hands on family farms has dropped. None of these explanations, though, overlaps neatly with birth-rate curves. Other factors must be at work, too. And Jordan Nickerson and David Solomon, professors of finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston College respectively, think they have found an intriguingly counterintuitive one: America’s i...
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Here’s What the Thanksgiving Parade Looked Like in Pandemic New York – The New York Times
26Nov By No Comments
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Here’s What the Thanksgiving Parade Looked Like in Pandemic New York – The New York Times

It’s a yearly Thanksgiving Day tradition: Millions of spectators crammed onto long city blocks, hanging over barricades and balconies or pressed against the windows of towering office buildings to watch giant balloons, depicting cartoon characters like Pikachu, hovering just a few feet above the street. But this year, as with everything in 2020, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a ritual marker of the holiday, was drastically different. Because of the threat of the coronavirus, much of the parade in Manhattan was scaled down and pretaped for the television airing. The route was reduced from two miles to a single block down 34th Street, near the flagship department store. There were no high school bands. Instead of the usual 2,000 balloon handlers there were only about 130. Warning...
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National Dog Show 2020: Scottish Deerhound wins Best in Show – New York Post
26Nov By No Comments
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National Dog Show 2020: Scottish Deerhound wins Best in Show – New York Post

She’s ruff competition! A 3-year-old Scottish deerhound named Claire won the National Dog Show 2020 Thursday — becoming the first of her breed ever to fetch the coveted title. The smiley pooch won the top accolade with her owner, Angela Lloyd, at her side — beating out seven finalists and a total of 538 entries. Dog lovers quickly took to social media to cheer the tall, scraggly-haired underdog. “A Scottish deerhound named Claire won the dog show. Good news for Claires everywhere,” one fan gushed. Another added, “A beautiful dog, a great winner. Congrats Claire! :)” The host of the annual Thanksgiving day competition, Kennel Club of Philadelphia President Wayne Ferguson, said it’s the first time in the show’s 135-year history that the breed emerged as a star. “Scott...
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