Mar. 16, 2025
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More than a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic — forcing employees throughout the world out of their offices and into working from home to curb the virus' spread —new researchshows remote work may become the new normal for Manhattan’s one million office workers.
A few weeks ago, The Partnership for New York City surveyed the island’s largest employers about their return-to-work plans.
About 66% of companies said they will adopt a hybrid model in the coming months, which would see employees commute to the office some days and work from home for the rest of the week, while 22% said they will require employees to return to the office full-time.
Mar. 16, 2025
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A record number ofCOVID-19vaccine doses are being administered in the U.S. each day, speeding up the predicted timeline foropening up appointmentsto the entire adult population.
Previously, PresidentJoe Bidenset a goal of providing 100 million shots during his first 100 days in office. Havingsurpassed that goal, the White House is now aiming for 200 million.
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Mar. 16, 2025
Pamela Andersonis newly married — and she’s tied the knot with a longtime friend!
TheBaywatchactress, 52,secretly wedmovie producerJon Peters, 74, on Monday in a surprise ceremony, PEOPLE confirmed. Anderson’s publicist said, “They are very much in love and were married yesterday.”
While the newlyweds’ marriage comes as a surprise, the couple has known each other for three decades. Peters has been married four times before Anderson. First to Henrietta Zampitella which ended in 1966.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Sidney Poitier, who died at age 94 on Thursday, didn’t star inWill Smith’s 1993 filmSix Degrees of Separation, but it wouldn’t have been made without him.
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He Was from Buffalo, New York While he claimed to be the descendant of a Hollywood icon, in reality, Hampton grew up in Buffalo, New York, as the son of an attorney. Hampton viewed his hometown as a place without anyone “glamorous or fabulous or outrageously talented,” per theL.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Prior to his leadership role in Ukraine, PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyyhad a career as a comedian and actor.
A global spotlight is currently on 44-year-old Zelenskyy as he stays on the ground in Ukraine to help stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched an attack on the country Feb. 24, with forces moving from the north, south and east.
“We are not putting down arms. We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will defend all of this,” he said in a video last week, according to aCNNtranslation.