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Small retailers brace for holiday shortages

NEW YORK (AP) — The Perfect Pigg, a gift shop owned by Ginger Pigg, is the go-to place for residents of Cumming, Ga., to pick up gift items like kids toys and home goods. But this year, store shelves might be a little sparse. Because of bottlenecks in the global supply chain, many stores like [...]

By |2021-11-02T09:43:27-04:00Friday, October 29, 2021|

School virus disruptions fall hardest on districts’ most vulnerable students

Even as schools have returned in full swing across the country, complications wrought by the pandemic persist, often falling hardest on those least able to weather them: families without transportation, people with limited income or other financial hardship, people who don't speak English, children with special needs. Coronavirus outbreaks in school and individual quarantine orders [...]

By |2021-10-28T12:04:41-04:00Wednesday, October 27, 2021|

Vaccinations still a hot topic in sports world

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman let out a faint cough and assured those seated at least six feet away that it was allergies, not COVID-19. He had tested negative for the coronavirus three times in the previous week. It allowed the fully vaccinated 69-year-old the opportunity to underscore the message that the virus is still part [...]

By |2021-10-27T12:46:05-04:00Tuesday, October 26, 2021|

Number of homes for sale in Columbus area slowing rising

For more than a decade the number of homes for sale in the Columbus region had been steadily dropping, giving potential homebuyers fewer, and often more expensive, options. Inventory had gotten so tight that multiple offers higher than a home’s asking price became commonplace, according to local real estate experts. But there is some encouraging [...]

By |2021-10-26T10:47:36-04:00Monday, October 25, 2021|

Online shopping helps drive demand for more central Ohio warehouse space

Consumers’ appetite for online shopping, invigorated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been credited for increasing demand for more warehouse space in central Ohio, according to a new report from Colliers. The region’s industrial real estate market, driven mostly by warehouses, had a record third quarter this year, with occupancy growing by 4 million square feet, [...]

By |2021-10-22T09:56:04-04:00Thursday, October 21, 2021|

Nursing school applications rise despite hospital burnout, turnover

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the country are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge. Among them is University of Connecticut sophomore Brianna Monte, a 19-year-old [...]

By |2021-10-20T11:39:12-04:00Tuesday, October 19, 2021|

Some retailers use TikTok as new marketing strategy

NEW YORK (AP) — Near the Twizzlers and Sour Patch Kids at It'Sugar are random items — fidget toys, fruit-shaped soft jelly candies — that earned a spot on the candy store's shelves because they went viral on TikTok. A flood of videos last year showed people biting into the fruit gummies' plastic casing, squirting [...]

By |2021-10-19T15:04:12-04:00Monday, October 18, 2021|

Unsupported ‘sickout’ claims take flight amid Southwest woes

DALLAS — When Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, citing bad weather and air traffic control issues, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off. Conservative politicians and pundits, including Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, alleged the flight disruptions resulted from pilots and air traffic controllers walking off their jobs [...]

By |2021-10-18T12:35:50-04:00Friday, October 15, 2021|
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