Tag: Pandemics
US budget airlines are struggling. Will pursuing premium passengers solve their problems?
DALLAS -- DALLAS (AP) — Delta and United have become the most profitable U.S. airlines by targeting premium customers while also winning back...
On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation
HALCHITA, Utah -- After a five-year wait, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis heard the rumblings of an electrical crew reach their home on...
What's behind the widening gender wage gap in the US?
NEW YORK -- Just how much of a setback was the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S. working women? Although women who lost or left...
Are digital tools a way for companies to retain hourly workers?
NEW YORK -- The COVID-19 pandemic and the resetting of the economy that followed it made hourly workers more aware of their value....
As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience
LOS ANGELES -- On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime.The 36-year-old already had...
Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
WASHINGTON -- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed...