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Rethinking your work-from-home wardrobe
Read full article: Rethinking your work-from-home wardrobe(NBC NEWS) – For many of us, working at home during the pandemic has meant lots of norms have gone straight out the window. People like journalist Anabel Maldonado, who works in fashion, have found clothes can improve mood, and in turn, job performance. A 2012 Northwestern University study found subjects were more focused on a task when wearing certain clothes. “It’s not only what you’re wearing, but the associations we have around it can really affect our performance,” Maldonado says. The researcher behind that 2012 study on clothes and productivity is now conducting another study, trying to figure out exactly how our work-from-home outfits are affecting our job performances.
The Latest: Japan's prime minister weighs state of emergency
Read full article: The Latest: Japan's prime minister weighs state of emergencyYuriko Koike is asking the national government to declare a “state of emergency” to curtail surging coronavirus infections. State health officials reported 12,563 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals on Sunday, an increase of more than 240 from Saturday. It was the sixth time in seven days that the state reported record-breaking hospitalizations. Intensive care units in several parts of the state were full or nearly full Sunday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Andrew Cuomo says the state has recorded more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
Surveillance video captures two armed suspects trying to break into home
Read full article: Surveillance video captures two armed suspects trying to break into homeHARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Harris County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for two men who tried to force their way into a home with guns. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for two men who tried to force their way into a home with guns. (KPRC)As they shut the house’s door, the surveillance video captures the moment two armed suspects started to bang and kick the door. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for two men who tried to force their way into a home with guns. She said her boyfriend said: "Nobody is coming inside.”The suspects are shown in the surveillance video to eventually take off.
Fraud, backlogs disrupt US unemployment benefit payments
Read full article: Fraud, backlogs disrupt US unemployment benefit payments(AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Many American workers applying for unemployment benefits after being thrown out of a job by the coronavirus face a new complication: States' efforts to prevent fraud have delayed or disrupted their payments. The bogus applications have combined with large backlogs and miscounts to make unemployment benefit data, a key economic indicator, a less-reliable measure of the nation’s job market. The overall number of people collecting jobless aid in the U.S. fell slightly to 12.6 million. “I have just largely dismissed this data.”Other state unemployment agencies have been bedeviled by fraud during the crisis. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania officials announced that 18 inmates and two girlfriends on the outside were charged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain jobless benefits.
'Legendary' Judge Leiomy Maldonado on Bringing Ballroom to the Masses (Exclusive)
Read full article: 'Legendary' Judge Leiomy Maldonado on Bringing Ballroom to the Masses (Exclusive)She even has a signature hair flip, The Leiomy Lolly, thats been replicated by Beyonc, Janet Jackson and others. So when she was approached by the HBO Max reality competition Legendary about being a contestant, its no surprise she said no. HBO MaxWhile Legendary is ultimately a competition, Maldonado sees it as an opportunity to show how ballroom is a culture. In one particularly emotional moment during episode five, fans get to see just how much the culture and community means to her. Filmed in the spring, the series wrapped right before the coronavirus outbreak forced many around the country to shelter in place.