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No longer spooked by COVID, Halloween gets ‘back to normal’

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Juan Martinez picked out a devil mask as he got ready for his first fully normal Halloween since a real-life horror show — the coronavirus pandemic — hit more than two years ago.

Orlando Sentinel

Halloween costs are up, but the price of FOMO is higher

PHILADELPHIA -- Spooky season is getting more expensive in Philadelphia and beyond, from rising pumpkin patch costs and higher employee wages at the local haunted house to an uptick on the price of chocolate.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last call for late night? Customers are back, but bars and restaurants closing earlier as demand dwindles

CHICAGO -- A few years ago, The Long Room could be quiet as a library until about 8 p.m. without the Chicago bar’s co-owner, Jason Burrell, thinking twice. The rush was still on the way.

Chicago Tribune

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How much sex people actually had during lockdown - and why

Scientists say lockdown changed the type of sex people had, and the frequency

Wales Online

Pandemic travel has reached a tipping point

COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are losing their importance for world travelers. There are now more countries and territories — 118, according to Kayak.com data — that welcome any U.S. traveler without restrictions. Of the 109 destinations that still require testing, quarantines, or both for unvaccinated travelers, 17 don’t allow U.S.…

Tribune News Service

Dr. Anthony Fauci looks back on career, COVID and controversy

Dr. Anthony Fauci, preparing to end his high-profile run as chief White House medical adviser, says he is proud of his legacy but laments the vicious political climate surrounding the COVID pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Thais still leery of travel to S Korea

Thai tourism operators and South Korean authorities are joining forces to reinvigorate tourism in the two countries as the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to ease with the lifting of most travel restrictions.

Bangkok Post

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Flexibility in working arrangements post-COVID likely here to stay, experts believe

At the height of the COVID pandemic most employees of Rachel Wright's IT support team were working from home, but she soon came up against logistical challenges.

ABC News

Xi defends COVID zero without showing China path out of pandemic

Chinese President Xi Jinping again defended his signature COVID-zero policy, while avoiding setting a timeline on when the strategy that’s become a source of growing frustration for the public will be changed.

Tribune News Service

Are conservatives really more heartless?

A new study on pandemic behavior finds another link between ideology and empathy

Salon

Developer responds to questions about site where investors have put in over £15m

The Sourced Development Group have said the Regent Plaza scheme has been delayed by supply chain issues and the global pandemic

Liverpool Echo

Small businesses brace for cautious holiday shoppers

Small businesses are stocking the shelves early this holiday season and waiting to see how many gifts inflation-weary shoppers feel like giving

The Independent UK

Glasgow Christmas fans have until midnight to get tickets to the city lights switch-on

Glasgow Live

As giant hospitals get bigger, an independent doctor feels the pinch

SANFORD, N.C. — Before the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Andrew Bush treated as many as 1,000 patients every month in his orthopedics practice. Now he worries about going bankrupt.

Tribune News Service

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The Conversation

COVID lockdowns in Nigeria brought the fear of crime closer to home. What communities did next

The COVID pandemic changed people’s lives in many ways. For instance, lockdowns and curfews drove people from their cities’ streets and kept many at home. Nigeria was no different.

Al Jazeera

China Congress: Economic trends to watch as Xi consolidates power

China’s economy is facing some of the worst headwinds in decades as the ruling Communist Party holds key congress.

Dublin Live

PUP and taxes: Everything you need to know as thousands yet to pay taxes and face big bill of up to €2,500

Revenue is likely to automatically reduce the tax credits unless people make arrangements to pay the tax back

The Independent UK

Study finds eating healthy and avoiding the news best protected people’s mental health during pandemic

Spending time outdoors and drinking more water also had positive effects

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Calls for Limiting Global Supply Chain Disruptions to Protect Energy, Food Security

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammad Al-Jadaan said that he had emphasized the need to protect supply chains from any future disruptions during his participation in the recent meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington. Concerns pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic and its variants, in addition to geopolitical tensions, have increased supply…

Wales Online

EFL 3pm broadcast blackout is unfit for purpose but scrapping it endangers football as we know it

Fan columnist Guto Llewelyn examines the details surrounding the news that the 3pm TV blackout for EFL matches on Saturdays could be lifted

Tribune News Service

PBS airing doc ‘Rising Against Asian Hate’ about Atlanta spa shootings

ATLANTA — Filmmakers Gina Kim and Titi Yu watched with increasing horror as Asian American hate crimes spiked in 2020 into 2021 after the pandemic began, with many people blaming China for the start of COVID-19 and extending that to people of all Asian descent in America.

Salon

The monkeypox non-pandemic

Experts feared that monkeypox would cause a pandemic on the level of COVID-19. This is why that didn't come to pass

ABC News

Should you go to work with COVID? We asked 45 different employers and the results were mixed

Mandatory isolation requirements for people who get COVID-19 have come to an end nationally — but that doesn't mean you can rock up to work symptomatic with the virus.

The Guardian - UK

Cynical Tories can’t understand the power of compassion and community

Letters: Josephine Feeney on the strong ties built within the NHS during the Covid pandemic, and Canon Andrew Lightbown on the local groups working to help vulnerable people lead a life of dignity

Liverpool Echo

Battered temporary cycle lanes to be permanently installed across Liverpool

The lanes were installed during the Covid-19 pandemic

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