Health tech startups that help healthcare workers find shifts have boomed as the UK rallies medical professionals to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Locum’s Nest, a UK app that helps connect physicians to work, has seen a 37% month-to-month spike due to COVID-19. “Tech is breaking down the silos that exist in the medical profession […]
Harriette Cole: I’m afraid I’ll say something offensive at her baby shower
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a friend who is having a baby. I am old-school, so I don’t love the fact that she is having a baby without being married, but she is an adult, and she has made her choice. I am coming to understand, in my old age, that not everyone shares my values. […]
Miss Manners: We told them no gifts, and I’m hurt by their response
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When our daughter was married, many guests traveled from out of state to attend. As she and my son-in-law had been working for several years, they did not create a registry, and instead stated, “Your presence is our present.” Judith Martin Our families are very traditional, and the wedding was small. Most […]
Dear Abby: I got even with my cheating fiancé on our wedding day
DEAR ABBY: This is an open letter to all those women who write to you knowing their men cheated on them and then ask, “Should I marry him?” In their hearts they already know the answer; they just want you to tell them “No!” Jeanne Phillips My mother saw my fiancé’s car around town, parked […]
10 things in tech you need to know today
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. Amazon fired a New York warehouse worker who helped lead a protest on Monday against its coronavirus response. The worker, Chris Smalls, said he was fired in retaliation for his activism. Electric scooter startup Bird laid off 30% of staff as it […]
Immigration attorney pleads for relief as DACA deadlines loom and social distancing adds hurdles for ‘Dreamers’
The Supreme Court is set to decide this summer whether to uphold the Trump administration’s cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program. About 800,000 people have received protection from deportation under DACA, out of about 1.8 million people who were brought to the US as children. While the program is in jeopardy, […]
Inside the $500 million art heist from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum that still hasn’t been solved 30 years on
In 1990, two thieves pretended to be police officers and robbed the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, taking what’s worth an estimated 500 million dollars. Despite a number of suspects, including the Mafia and the Irish Republican Army, the robbery still hasn’t been solved after 30 years. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. It is […]
‘I know without any doubt that I’m going to lose colleagues’: New York hospital workers at the front line describe the stark reality of their working conditions, comparing facilities to a ‘petri dish’
Hospital workers in New York — the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak — describe the stark reality of treating patients amid a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). One doctor described working conditions like a “petri dish” as coronavirus patients flood hospital hallways, The New York Times reported. As of March 30, the coronavirus […]
Trump administration postpones many immigration hearings, but courts remain open for detained children and other asylum-seekers
Hearings for non-detained immigrants are postponed until at least May 1, the Department of Justice announced. Asylum-seekers in Mexico are ordered to present themselves at the border to obtain new court dates. Judges, prosecutors, and activists alike have been demanding that immigration courts be shuttered during the pandemic. More than 38,000 immigrants are currently detained, […]
Children’s Author Tomie dePaola, Known for Strega Nona Series, Dies at 85
Tomie dePaola, a beloved children’s book author and illustrator, has died. He was 85. DePaola passed away after suffering complications from surgery after falling in his home in New Hampshire last week, his literary agent Doug Whiteman said, according to CNN. Whiteman told the outlet that dePaola passed away at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and […]
Luann de Lesseps Sends Her Well-Wishes to Bethenny Frankel but Says Show ‘Goes on’ Without Her
Luann de Lesseps is wishing Bethenny Frankel the best as she embarks on a new chapter of life following her exit from The Real Housewives of New York City. During an appearance on PeopleTV’s Reality Check, de Lesseps, 54, revealed she hasn’t spoken to Frankel, 49, and that “I found out like the rest of […]
Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Alum Sincere Show Reveals He Has Coronavirus from His Hospital Bed
Sincere Show has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood alum, 32, opened up about the highly contagious respiratory disease in an Instagram video on Friday, revealing that he’s been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia in both of his lungs. “It took a lot for me […]