Amtrak Back on Track As Remote Work and DEI Programs Come to End
NEW YORK — A sweeping change will impact Amtrak customers and workers starting in March as the federally funded company is ditching DEI and forcing its employees back into the office. Amtrak…
New Jersey Includes Out of State Remote Workers Under Discrimination Umbrella
TRENTON, NJ – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) clarified that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) protects individuals who work remotely for New Jersey-based…
Columbia Urges Professors To Consider Canceling Final Exams, Moves Testing Remote
Columbia University announced Wednesday that professors should consider making exams optional or forfeiting them altogether as the school has been rocked with escalating protests, according to the Columbia Spectator. Police arrested over…
Mexican authorities investigate massacre after rival criminal groups clash in remote desert
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities in the violence-plagued southwestern state of Guerrero said they were investigating a gruesome massacre that took place in a part of a remote desert where two…
Woman dies after she is found unresponsive in a remote location near Santa Teresa
On September 14, 2023, at approximately 4:19 p.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station encountered an unresponsive adult female, later identified as a citizen of Honduras, while…
CBP law enforcement agents and partners rescue injured cyclist in remote mountains
BOULEVARD, Calif. — CBP’s U.S. Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations (AMO) collaborated with the San Diego Sheriff’s Office and Cal Fire to rescue an injured man on Friday. At approximately 12:30…
Remote Work Opportunities Are a Game Changer for New Jersey Real Estate Market
FREEHOLD, NJ – The shift to remote working continues to leave a significant imprint on New Jersey’s real estate market. A surge in home purchases and rentals outside traditional commercial hubs underlines…
AstraZeneca refused to pay full bonus to US remote worker, lawsuit claims
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP has been sued in the U.S. by a former senior director who claims the drugmaker refused to pay her nearly $130,000 in promised bonuses…
US FAA gives drone pilots six more months to install remote ID module
(Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday gave U.S. operators of drones a six month extension to March 16, 2024 to equip their aircraft with remote identification modules. After that date,…
Telefonica teams up with Elon Musk’s Starlink to connect remote customers
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica said it teamed up with billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite network operator Starlink to provide internet connection to rural and remote customers. The deal with Starlink…
Woman dies after she is found in remote location near Three Points, Arizona
On Tuesday July 11, 2023, at approximately 5:19 p.m., the Tucson Tactical Operations Center received notification of a 911 call during which the caller did not provide any information and immediately hung up.…
Teachers Union Exec Defends Remote Schooling By Saying Learning Loss Made Everyone ‘Equal’
Teachers Union Exec Defends Remote Schooling By Saying Learning Loss Made Everyone ‘Equal’ Reagan Reese on June 19, 2023 An executive board member of a Virginia teachers union defended remote learning during…
Russia goes after remote workers with tighter income tax draft law
(Reuters) – Russia’s finance ministry on Thursday outlined proposals to tax people working remotely from abroad for Russian companies at the standard income tax rate even if they lose their tax residency,…
RGV Water Rescue Initiative Kicks Off to Save Lives in Remote and Inhospitable Areas
EDINBURG, Texas – The Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Missing Migrant Program (MMP) has deployed numerous landmark markers to aid migrants who become lost during their journey into the United States. On March…
RGV Water Rescue Initiative Kicks Off to Save Lives in Remote and Inhospitable Areas
EDINBURG, Texas – The Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Missing Migrant Program (MMP) has deployed numerous landmark markers to aid migrants who become lost during their journey into the United States. On March…
Man Apprehended in Remote Arizona Location Pronounced Deceased
On January 13, 2023, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo Border Patrol Station apprehended seven undocumented migrants approximately 39 miles northwest of the Lukeville, Arizona, Port of…
Russian tycoon tells Kremlin: Tolerate, don’t punish dissident remote workers
By Andrew Osborn and Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) – One of Russia’s richest tycoons called on the authorities on Monday to tolerate rather than punish hundreds of thousands of workers who have…
Keystone cleanup turns remote Kansas valley into a small town
By Erwin Seba WASHINGTON, Kan. (Reuters) – Farmer Bill Pannbacker got a call earlier this month from a representative from TC Energy Corp, telling him that its Keystone Pipeline, which runs through…
Disabled employee sues Twitter over Musk’s ban on remote work
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Twitter Inc owner Elon Musk’s mandate that employees stop working remotely and put in “long hours at high intensity” discriminates against workers with disabilities, a new lawsuit…
Here’s How Much Remote Learning Destroyed Kids’ Academic Performance
Here’s How Much Remote Learning Destroyed Kids’ Academic Performance Reagan Reese on October 28, 2022 School districts that stayed remote longer caused students’ academic performance to suffer at least 20% more than…
NATO chief: circumstances for NATO to use nuclear weapons ‘extremely remote’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The circumstances in which NATO might have to use nuclear weapons are “extremely remote”, the Western defence alliance’s secretary-general said on Wednesday, adding however that there would be “severe…
Remote working prevents full recovery of U.S. coffee shop sales – research
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK – Coffee shop sales in the United States have not fully recovered from a deep slump early in the COVID-19 pandemic, because most customers are still working…
Factbox-How companies account for remote work in their carbon footprints
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Reuters surveyed 20 large companies that both report their carbon footprints and embrace remote work about whether they estimate carbon emissions from employees’ home offices. Half of…
IMPLICITY® to Showcase New Artificial Intelligence-based Innovations in Remote Cardiac Monitoring at HRS 2022
A key highlight will include a Rhythm Theater presentation focused on the constraints and challenges of remote cardiac monitoring (RCM), as well as the impact of AI in managing ILR dataflows and…
Bill to allow remote learning days to count toward 180 day school year in New Jersey advances
TRENTON, NJ – A bill that would allow remote learning days for pandemic shutdowns and even snow and other weather-related closures count toward the New Jersey 180 day public school year advanced…
NYC Students Stage Walkout Calling For Remote Learning Options Over COVID Concerns
New York, NY – New York City students walked out of school Tuesday as part of a protest calling for a temporary halt in in-person learning amid a rise in COVID-19 cases.…
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