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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 graduate, amid an anticipated surge in the country's dropout rate during the coronavirus pandemic. 13 h...

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 billionaire co-founders of the world's largest private foundation is sure to have very public consequen...

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 billionaire co-founders of the world's largest private foundation is sure to have very public consequen...

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