A surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant has meant many school districts across the country have considered or committed to returning to remote learning for the time being.
WBEZ reporter Sarah Karp spoke with parents in Chicago where a standoff between the teachers union and mayor has resulted in no teaching happening in person or virtually for the last few days.
And we hear from three mothers who share how they've been coping with the stress and unpredictability of a very confusing return to school.
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Motley Fool Money - Grand Theft Auto Comes to Farmville, The Hidden Costs of Trading
Take-Two Interactive is buying Zynga in a cash-and-stock deal worth $12.7 billion. Shares of Lululemon fall as the retailer lowers expectations for its next quarterly report. Asit Sharma analyzes those stories, the latest innovation from Deere & Co., and why he's focusing on both capital-light and capital heavy businesses this upcoming earnings season. Later in the show Ricky Mulvey talks with Maria Gallagher about how trading costs can still affect investors in a world where the cost of executing a trade is $0.
Stocks: TTWO, ZNGA, LULU, NKE, DE, UNF, HD, HOOD, AMTD, SCHW
Host: Chris Hill Guests: Asit Sharma, Maria Gallagher Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd
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Federalist Radio Hour - The Overwhelming Hypocrisy Of Blue Check Elites
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, freelance commentary writer Drew Holden joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why it is important to document the flip-flopping of blue check elites and expose their hypocrisy on masking, lockdowns, omicron, and more.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Russian Demands, American Plans
Today, the gang discusses the bleak choices available to the U.S. in the face of Putin's unceasing demands. Then there's the incoherence of the CDC on vaccines and the Democrats' attempt to paint Republicans as anti-democratic. Check it out.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Superstars and Satan: Music and the Occult
Why have rumors of dark arts so often dogged musicians? Have any of the rock stars of yesteryear ever actually believed they contacted the underworld? Join Ben, Noel and Matt as they explore the murky relationship between music and the occult.
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Where should states look for stable budgets that balance through business cycles? Kurt Couchman of Americans for Prosperity offers his thoughts.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 01/10
Nine children among 19 dead in New York fire. A judge rules for Novak Djokovic, but he could still be deported from Australia. Comedian Bob Saget dead at 65. CBS News Correspondents Steve Kathan and Matt Pieper have today's World News Roundup.
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Headlines From The Times - Goodbye, gas stoves? The fight heats up
To fight climate change, municipalities across the United States are banning natural gas lines from being installed in new buildings. That means no gas stoves. Politicians and policymakers in those places — Berkeley being one of the first — want people to use electric appliances, such as electric stovetops or the more advanced induction stovetop. (There’s a health factor too. Open flames put out some gases you might not want to breathe.)
But the natural gas industry is fighting back. Today, L.A. Times national correspondent Evan Halper talks about the multimillion-dollar battle being fought between gas companies and municipal and state governments. And that battle is being waged in your kitchen.
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California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next
The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.10.22
Alabama
- National Gun Rights group to start a grassroots campaign in AL for constitutional carry
- Prayer event to be held in Montgomery ahead of AL legislative session
- AL congressman Mo Brooks says Covid 19 is a bioweapon from China and US must act accordingly
- 2 People under arrest in Fairhope after body found of missing woman.
- AL Teacher of the Year will be part of pre-ceremony at National Championship game
- Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs seek National Title -kickoff at 8pm ET
National
- Chaos in government of Kazakstan turns out to have a Biden family connection
- SCOTUS Justice Sotomayer is way off on number of children hospitalized with Covid
- CDC director Rachel Walensky confirms that number is under 3,500
- Frontline Doctors filed an amicus brief with Lawsuits going before SCOTUS
- Dr. Pierre Cory calls out Big Gov and Big Pharma for limiting solutions to Covid
- Federal Judge says FDA must hand over documents in under a year, NOT 75 years
- Apartment Fire in NYC claims at least 19 lives
- Actor Bob Saget is found dead in a FL hotel room, authorities say no drugs or foul play