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Fresh Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than just a few months ago, but questions about side effects and how the shots were tested still hold some back, according to a new poll that highlights the challenges at a pivotal moment in the U.S. vaccination campaign. 13 hours ago in Features, Trending U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them get the credits needed to gra...

The Working Stiff Show Photo: clipart.com, I-100 Tuesday’s Question: Most of us believe that the Canary Islands are named after the bird, but actually they are named after THIS animal. What animal? Posted on May 10, 2021 by Kat Walters A king from the country of Mauretania named them “Canariae Insulae,” which translates from Latin to “Islands of the ____” . . . because a lot of large ones lived there. More The Working Stiff Show Wednesday, May 19, 202105/19/2021

15 hours ago in Features, Trending Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground. There are many broods of periodic cicadas that appear on rigid schedules in different years, but this is one of the largest and most noticeable 16 hours ago in Features, Trending As much as Bill and Melinda Gates might want to keep their pending divorce private, the split between the bil...

15 hours ago in Features, Trending Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground. There are many broods of periodic cicadas that appear on rigid schedules in different years, but this is one of the largest and most noticeable 16 hours ago in Features, Trending As much as Bill and Melinda Gates might want to keep their pending divorce private, the split between the bil...

3 days ago in Features, Trending The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show. This super "blood" moon will be visible Wednesday across the Pacific — offering the best viewing — as well as the western half of North America, bottom of South America and eastern Asia. 3 days ago in Trending, World

The Working Stiff Show Photo: clipart.com, I-100 Wednesday’s Question: Based on the average life expectancy in the U.S., If you’re 40, you only have 2,015 of  THESE left in your life. What? Posted on Loverboy says everybody is working for it… More The Working Stiff Show Wednesday, May 19, 202105/19/2021

The Working Stiff Show Photo: clipart.com, I-100 Posted on May 3, 2021 by Kat Walters Most other countries use a different method of pasteurization that keeps milk good even when it’s not refrigerated, and they like drinking it at room temperature. More The Working Stiff Show Wednesday, June 2, 202106/02/2021

3 days ago in Features, Music Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles and Elton John, and even received an MBE — an order of the British empire for outstanding achievement or service to the community — from Queen Elizabeth. I-100

Doctors, medical professionals and public health officials point to a number of factors that explain how the situation has gotten so bad in Michigan. More contagious variants, especially the mutation first discovered in Britain, have taken root here with greater prevalence than other states. 14 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending Chloé Zhaos "Nomadland," a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academ...

23 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending Caitlyn Jenners decision Friday to enter the race for California governor injects a jolt of celebrity into a campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom while raising questions about whether a political newcomer can lead the nations most populous state as it recovers from the pandemic. 1 day ago in Lifestyle, Trending