Over the past year and a half, a groundswell of California cities and counties have embraced the environmental movement to end the use of natural gas in buildings. Now, supporters of the effort are looking ahead to further victories this year — despite legal …
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Holland America and Princess Cruises announced pauses on planned sailings in Alaskan waters in response to health guidelines established since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The cruise operators said Wednesday that trips scheduled to operate …
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Transcripts of the Federal Reserve’s 2015 policy meetings show that then-Fed Chair Janet Yellen acknowledged that the Fed should sacrifice potential job gains in order to cut off the possibility of higher inflation. Yellen, who left the Fed in 2018, has been …
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New York (CNN Business) Bitcoin prices have doubled in less than a month to more than $40,000. And while cryptocurrency bulls argue this stunning surge is justified, some on Wall Street are warning that this won’t end well. The recent rally may be another …
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Philadelphia is “Fighting COVID” by opening its first mass coronavirus vaccination site. Doses began going into arms Friday morning at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City. The site isn’t for everyone to start. First up, frontline health care …
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