Month: January 2022

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago Businesses Weigh In On City Vaccine Mandate

It’s been one week since Cook County and Chicago rolled out a vaccine mandate for most indoor spaces. The order requires customers five and older to show proof of vaccination at restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters. Reset checks in with several business owners and staff for an update on how they’re handling the mandate.
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Consider This from NPR - Omicron Has Schools And Parents Scrambling. How Are They Coping?

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.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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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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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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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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Clash of the kitchens: California leads the way in a new climate battleground

Video: Would you get rid of your gas stove and go electric?

California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next