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The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Holidaymakers face big rise in car hire costs abroad this summer

The Guardian - UK

Why car prices are still so high — and why they are unlikely to fall anytime soon

The average new vehicle costs nearly $49,000, an almost $10,000 increase from before the pandemic. This is a look at today's deeply weird auto market.

WEKU

I’m grateful I could return to India before more changes take hold

The devastation of the pandemic and lockdown only heightened the feeling that we don’t get to see our loved ones overseas enough, and left us wondering if flying to India would ever be possible again.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Raccoon dogs emerge as possible COVID-19 source in new analysis

MELBOURNE, Australia — New data linking COVID-19 to raccoon dogs in a Wuhan wet market provides “important incremental evidence” supporting the hypothesis that the virus originated in wildlife, according to a scientist who has studied the genesis of the pandemic in China.

Tribune News Service

Michael Jordan is reportedly close to selling his NBA franchise to the hedge fund billionaire at the center of the WallStreetBets/GameStop saga

Jordan might sell the Charlotte Hornets to a consortium co-led by Gabe Plotkin, whose Melvin Capital lost big in the pandemic's meme-stock frenzy.

Fortune

Why does Texas labor market just keeps surging in 2023?

The hiring spree just keeps on going.

Tribune News Service

Biden, McCarthy unite on Ireland at St. Patrick’s Day lunch

WASHINGTON — A very Irish American president finally got to experience the most Irish presidential tradition after years of pandemic restrictions canceled the annual St. Patrick’s Day toast in the Capitol with Irish leadership.

Tribune News Service

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How the COVID-19 pandemic transformed restaurants and stores

How, when and where we eat and shop is different than three years ago.

Axios

Cocaine production, smuggling on the rise after pandemic-related slowdown

Cocaine production and trafficking is surging around the world after slowing down considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Wife watches husband die in her arms on luxury honeymoon after he suddenly fell ill

Eric and his wife Constanze had been forced to delay their honeymoon after they tied the knot before the Covid pandemic, but they were finally able to celebrate their marriage this year until disaster struck

Daily Mirror

WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

WEKU

Daniel Borenstein: California’s population boom is over, plan accordingly

California’s years of major population growth have ended, and a state forecast suggests that the numbers might peak by as early as 2030 and then start to decline.

Tribune News Service

‘A momentous moment’: campaigners hail Hunt’s childcare pledge – but vow to keep fighting

It took the pandemic to make ministers realise childcare is vital to the economy but many doubt there will be enough funding for promised extra hours

The Guardian - UK

66,000 court summonses currently backlogged following delays caused by pandemic and lack of space for hearings

The legal documents are sent to people informing them to attend court and are issued for offences such as road, drug, public order and assaults.

Irish Mirror

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Asharq Al-Awsat

New COVID Origins Data Point to Raccoon Dogs in China Market

Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, suggesting the pandemic may have originated from animals, not a lab, international experts say. Other experts have not yet verified their analysis, which has yet…

Edinburgh Live

Emergency fund for Midlothian galas proposed as council raises event costs by up to 100 per cent

The one- year fund has been proposed as a way of recognising the efforts of all the volunteers who have worked so hard to organise this summer's galas as communities continue to recover from the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

The mystery to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic now has some new clues

Daily Mirror

UK airports fail to make top 100 rankings as post-pandemic struggle continues

Tokyo Haneda International Airport in Japan has been judged to be the best airport in the world, while the likes of London Stansted and London Gatwick are languishing at the bottom of the pile

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's St Giles' Cathedral to start charging visitors after drop in donations

The Kirk Session is "increasingly unable to adequately maintain the fabric of the building" after the pandemic led to a drop in visitor donations.

Fortune

U.S. wage inequality shrank dramatically during the pandemic

New research shows how the pandemic’s unprecedented combination of factors favored low-paid, younger, less educated, female, Black, and Hispanic workers.

WEKU

Clinics on wheels bring doctors and dentists to health care deserts

Health care vans that provided COVID testing and vaccines in the pandemic are now providing a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. New access to federal funds could expand the trend.

Axios

Theaters offer luxury, unique experiences to draw back moviegoers

Theaters have been struggling to bring in audiences since the onset of the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market

Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNA

Evening Standard

Remove barriers for every individual to end gender inequity, says first female head of Rotary International

The first female Rotary International president in the organisations’s 117 year history said a number of barriers remain for women in the workplace, particularly for those who could not work during the Covid pandemic.

Chronicle Live

North East visitor attraction numbers bounce back after pandemic

Beamish Museum and Durham Cathedral were the region's most visited sites - but numbers are still down on 2019

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