Pandemic

Overall investor purchases are increasing slightly, but investors are backing away from condos as it becomes harder to make money by renting them out—especially in Florida SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ: RDFN) —U.S. real estate investors purchased 46,726 homes in the first quarter, up 2% year over year. That’s according to a…

The White House is terminating $400 million in funds for states meant to modernize their unemployment insurance systems.Why it matters: These systems fell apart when unemployment soared in the pandemic, leading to rampant fraud and delays for beneficiaries.Without updates, similar problems could be on tap for the next recession.Zoom out:…

Behind the Scenes on the Science of The Last of Us Behavioral ecologist David Hughes, who consulted on the video game that inspired the hit TV show The Last of Us, speaks about how our experience with the COVID pandemic changed the way we relate to zombie fiction By Nisha…

As the saying goes, you’re never too old to start over. It holds true for the IEEE Life Members Committee, which has been revitalized after COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. The committee supports those at least 65 years old who have been members long enough so that their age and years of…

Aflred Flowers Jr. remembers the crowd gathering before the Minneapolis’ Third Precinct went up in flames. “I watched it go from 200 to 500 to by the time we got to third precinct, it was over 1000 people. And by the time that night was over, it was over five,…

INDIA Cases of coronavirus are on the surge in India again. At present, there are a total of 312 patients of Covid-19. So far, 12 states and Union Territories have reported cases of the virus with most number of patients in being in Kerala (95). Representative Image (pexels.com) TRENDING NOW…

It was 5 years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm. By the end of April 2020, more than 60,000 Americans had succumbed to the disease that was still shrouded in mystery and uncertainty. Public health experts were struggling to track and slow the spread of the…

The astounding drop in violent crime that began in the 1990s and extended through the mid-2010s is one of the most important — and most underappreciated — good news stories of recent memory. That made its reversal during the pandemic so worrying. In the first full year of the pandemic,…

Republican budget hawks got steamrolled this week as the House passed a bill to advance President Trump's agenda, sending concerns though financial markets about permanently higher U.S. deficit levels. Following the pandemic, the U.S. national debt ratcheted up to a new plateau of around 120 percent of gross domestic product…

Bonnie Morris requires her history students at the University of California, Berkeley, to buy 25-cent blue books for her midterm exams. She wants to be able to see them write in person, often an anomaly on campuses, where typed assignments and assists from artificial intelligence are routine. The squat booklets,…