In this episode of Influencers, Andy is joined by Aflac Chairman & CEO, Dan Amos, as they discuss Aflac’s record on diversity and inclusion, how the pandemic has affected the insurance business, and the origin story of the famed Aflac duck.
New Orleans is largely ending a mandate requiring residents and visitors wear masks indoors as infections of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continue to fall, the city's mayor announced Wednesday. Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a news release the mandate will be lifted Friday, with some exceptions: Masks will still be required in healthcare facilities, on public transportation and in K-12 schools. On Saturday thousands crowded city streets for the first large parade — Krewe of Boo — since Mardi Gras 2020.
Mario Tama / Getty ImagesSince the pandemic began, scientists have crawled through a back catalog of dozens of medications in a quest to find one that might have some effect against COVID-19 infections. These investigations have largely ended in frustration. The only drug that’s approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19 patients so far is remdesivir. Most others have shown limited or no efficacy and have drifted back into pharmaceutical obscurity. Others, like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, have
General Motors and Ford reported lower profits Wednesday as a global semiconductor crunch dented sales, prompting both US auto giants to caution that shortages would persist into 2022.
Who ordered the super-sized tater-tot monster?
A southern Illinois man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer at a gas station. Scott Hyden, 31, of Highland was arrested at the gas station following the shooting Tuesday of 36-year-old Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins. Hyden was being held in the Madison County Jail without bond, Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine said.
Stock futures opened slightly higher Wednesday evening after a mixed day in markets, with the major equity indexes pulling back from record levels. Traders looked ahead to more earnings and economic reports on Thursday.
A jury has been seated in a civil trial to determine whether white nationalists who planned the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be held responsible for the violence that erupted. The process of choosing a jury was completed Wednesday, the third day of jury selection. Opening statements are scheduled Thursday in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville.
Blue moons are a phenomenon where there's an extra full moon in a calendar year outside of the usual 12. There won't be a full moon this Halloween.
A New York judge on Wednesday refused to pause a vaccine mandate set to take effect Friday for the city’s municipal workforce, denying a police union’s request for a temporarily restraining order. Judge Lizette Colon ruled that the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate can take effect as scheduled while also ordering city officials to appear in court Nov. 12 to defend the requirement against a union lawsuit seeking to have it declared illegal. Colon, whose court is on Staten Island, ruled hours after hearing arguments from lawyers for the Police Benevolent Association, the city’s largest police union, and the city, which prevailed in arguing the mandate should be implemented without delay.
The school district's superintendent said students have been reenacting some of the games at recess.
Parents most concerned about the virus are the least likely to feel kids will be safe
A 2018 law made it illegal for internet companies to ignore sex trafficking. Facebook Papers show the company knew it was happening on its platforms.
A leading activist investor called Wednesday for Royal Dutch Shell to break itself up, bolster its low-carbon investment and return more cash to shareholders.
Mercedes has unveiled an electric delivery van concept that's so eco-friendly it purifies nearby air.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said he only directed authorities to offer assistance if schools got threats of violence and other criminal conduct.
An early 18th-century painting depicting Yale University's namesake with an enslaved Black child has been returned to public display at one of its museums even as art experts investigate its origins and campus discussions about the school's ties to slavery continue. In the background, children believed to be Yale's grandchildren are playing. The Yale Center for British Art removed the painting from display in October 2020 to conduct a technical analysis, which continues and includes efforts to identify the boy, as well as to confirm the identities of the others.
Death's Door, one of the best indie games to come out earlier this year, is heading to PlayStation consoles.
Suspected live rounds were among the ammo found on the set of "Rust" after a fatal shooting. And LA County officials must testify in Kobe Bryant crash photo lawsuit. It's Wednesday's news.
The trio were barely surviving, abandoned and set adrift alongside the decomposing body of their 8-year-old brother. Authorities on Wednesday alleged these were the deplorable conditions the children lived in for months as they waited for their mother to call authorities to report that their brother had been beaten to death by her boyfriend. Investigators say the mother never made that call and the oldest surviving sibling, a 15-year-old, finally overcame his fear and called authorities on Sunday.
REUTERSThe Beverly Hills Police Department has been accused of racial profiling along Rodeo Drive, with new records showing Black people have been disproportionately arrested in the famed luxury shopping district.“The demographics show that there are not many Black people who live in Beverly Hills,” civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is overseeing a lawsuit against the city and members of the department, said at a press conference last month. “You had to be intentional to try to arrest th
money