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" Which vaccine should I get? How many doses do I need? Will there be side effects? Allergic reactio

" How would you like to work from the beaches of Barbados? Or perhaps you’d rather experience the sh

" In the early 2000s, Blockbuster Video was a thriving business. It had 9000 locations in 14 countri

" In March, a massive cargo ship called the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days. The

" Volvo’s recent announcement to be fully electric by 2030 and move sales online is a huge stray fro

" Non-fungible tokens, or NFT’s, are the latest craze in the online world. NFT’s offer a way for dig

" Vaccine passport: the idea that once you get a vaccine, you can use a smartphone app to prove you’

" Before the pandemic, there were many companies that were resistant to offering employees flexibili

" Duty-free shopping is a strange loophole in the retail industry. You can buy expensive, luxury ite

" For years, sports betting was illegal in most of the United States. But in 2018, a Supreme Court r

" The ‘Nomadland’ cast only had two professional actors, and the rest were people that actually live

" Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ explores the reality of nomad life in America through the lens of a widow

" This winter has brought snow to some unlikely places. Alongside the once-in-a-century pandemic, Ma

" The sleepy town of Serrana, Brazil was selected as the site for an important vaccine experiment. W

" Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his Seattle home in 1994. Since then, Bezos has built Amazon into t

It was only a matter of time before the pandemic made its way into pop culture, and some TV shows ha

" Everyone knows about the mega American fast-food chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s.

" Normally, species evolve or thousands, or even millions, of generations. Evolution occurs far too

" Many people around the world are now accustomed to wearing face masks daily, but an unexpected sid

" To start off 2021, GameStop's stock was sitting at about $18 per share. Investors thought it was a