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Bettors Gamble With Their Money, and the Virus, as Atlantic City Reopens

InterNewsCast3rd July 2020

by InterNewsCast3rd July 202005

ImageDancers festooned in sequined masks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., added a festive flair to Thursday’s reopening.Credit…Michelle Gustafson...

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How Infrared Images Could Be Part of Your Daily Life

InterNewsCast2nd July 2020

by InterNewsCast2nd July 202004

Video In a post-quarantine world, heat sensors could help spot sick people with elevated temperatures as they enter public places. But it’s not that simple....

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Late Action on Virus Prompts Fears Over Safety of U.S. Diplomats in Saudi Arabia

InterNewsCast1st July 2020

by InterNewsCast1st July 202001

WASHINGTON — Inside the sprawling American Embassy compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a coronavirus outbreak was spreading. Dozens of embassy employees became sick last month,...

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Mask Fights: America Is Fighting Over Coronavirus Safety

InterNewsCast1st July 2020

by InterNewsCast1st July 202003

On any given day, somewhere in the United States, someone is going to wake up, leave the house and get in a huge argument with...

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A Virus Walks Into a Bar …

InterNewsCast30th June 2020

by InterNewsCast30th June 202005

Everything you love about your neighborhood bar — the ambience, the crowds, the music, the free-flowing alcohol — makes it the ideal place to catch...

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Uber Rides Cost More? OK

InterNewsCast28th June 2020

by InterNewsCast28th June 202005

The underpinning of countless Silicon Valley success stories is a method of commerce that treats millions of workers as disposable and deprives them of protections...

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CrossFit Gyms Sold to New Owner

InterNewsCast24th June 2020

by InterNewsCast24th June 202007

Greg Glassman, the embattled owner of CrossFit who was the subject of a recent article in The New York Times detailing routine sexual harassment of...

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Sex Does Not Mean Gender. Equating Them Erases Trans Lives.

InterNewsCast23rd June 2020

by InterNewsCast23rd June 202004

Men menstruate. Some have even given birth. Women with penises and prominent larynxes walk the streets and use the ladies’ restroom. Nonbinary people wear binders...

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A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New Office

InterNewsCast23rd June 2020

by InterNewsCast23rd June 202006

Truework, an income verification start-up, recently introduced software to help employers keep track of their workers’ health status. Gensler, an architecture and design firm, has...

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New York City Enters Its Broadest Reopening Yet: Offices

InterNewsCast22nd June 2020

by InterNewsCast22nd June 202005

More than 100 days ago, buildings across New York shut their doors and companies sent their workers home. As the coronavirus pandemic swept across the...