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Sago, Schroeder to be part of NBA's first two-woman ref crew With more female referees now in the NBA than ever before, it was only a matter of time before two women would be scheduled to work the same game. And Monday is that day. Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder make up two-thirds of the crew assigned to the Charlotte at Orlando game, the first time in NBA history that two women were assigned to work a regular-season contest together. The Canadian Press Jenna Schroeder , The Canadian Press With more female referees now in the NBA than ever before...

East Bay city works to help small businesses [East Bay Times] Jan. 22—Like many communities, small businesses in Antioch have been hurt by the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean the city is sitting still waiting for a cure. Recognizing many of its small businesses were hurting, the Antioch Chamber of Commerce recently conducted an initial survey to see where things stood, and the results were grim. Nearly 75% of the respondents, who made up roughly a third of the city’s small businesses, said their gross sales “were drastically down” or that they had closed down because of the impact o...

Allison Garfield, Wausau Daily Herald Published 12:41 pm UTC Jan. 21, 2021 Allison Garfield, Wausau Daily Herald Published 12:41 pm UTC Jan. 21, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a host of problems for many businesses, but almost none more than the live-performance industry. With large gatherings limited or prohibited for the last 10 months and no end in sight, theater venues across Wisconsin have relied heavily on donor support and state and federal funds to survive. Help support local journalism The pandemic has brought the theater industry to the brink of closure, with venues...

NI in 2020: What shared the headlines with Covid-19? By Luke Sproule Looking back it will be impossible to think of 2020 without thinking of Covid-19. But while lots of things ground to a halt because of the virus, there were still plenty of other big news stories. BBC News NI reviews some of the other stories to make the headlines during a dramatic and tumultuous year. Stormont returns Image caption Simon Coveney and Julian Smith pushed the deal over the line At the start of January, Northern Ireland's devolved government remained suspended, almost three years af...

”Give me strength for every trip/ So I may care for what they ship/ And make me mindful every mile/ That life is just a little while.” — from “Truck Driver’s Prayer,” by Red Sovine (1917-1980) While his neighbors endured spring quarantines and travel restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Matt Wishneski was free to move about the country. A long-haul truck driver for FedEx Ground, Matt is a proud part of an army of transportation workers who were essential long before the pandemic shut down much of society. If the nation’s highways are t...