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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the new rules on Thursday, stating they will bring requirements for land travel in line with those currently in place for incoming international air travel, which requires inbound travelers to be vaccinated before boarding flights. When the pandemic first took hold in March 2020, the U.S. government issued restrictions on travel to slow the spread of the virus. Those restrictions limited entry to trade, emergency responses and public health to essential travel at the U....

Revealing data was presented as part of a survey of over 10,000 Kroger employees called “Hungry at the Table,” conducted this past summer and published January 11 by Economic Roundtable. The survey, labeled by its authors as the “largest independent survey of retail workers that has ever been conducted in the United States,” was conducted at the request of United Food and Commercial Workers locals 7, 21, 324, and 770 “to provide reliable, evidence-based analysis about the working and living conditions of Kroger workers....

While Jared Pierson and his friend panhandled at a Publix in Palm Harbor — north of St. Petersburg — he heard a crash, initially thinking it was only a fender bender, the Tampa Bay Times reported. But when he saw flames at the Circle K gas station across the street, he ran to the scene and called 911. Once there, he noticed a 14-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy trying to put out the fire with extinguishers while a woman pulled them away from the fire, the newspaper reported....

The automaker categorizes its CR-V, HR-V, Odyssey, Passport, Pilot and Ridgeline models as light trucks. Honda says that not all of the models will get the TrailSport treatment, rather it will be “applied step-by-step, to certain models”. That treatment will include rugged front and rear styling, durable cladding and exclusive interior touches. High-contrast orange stitching and all-weather floor mats make the features list. Each of the vehicles will come equipped with torque-vectoring all-wheel drive....

PGA National is a medium-length, 7,150-yard, Par-70 layout that features dozens of water hazards, out of bounds, and general score-card wreckers on almost every hole. This is one of the premier courses for grinders, and the winning score should be around the -8 to -10 range. PGA DFS: Lineup Builder | How to win The past few events from Riviera to Chapultepec have really favored the long hitters, but PGA National is a distinctly different style of layout, with many holes causing players to club down off the tee to avoid missing the fairway and ending up in the course’s thick Bermuda rough....

Maybe it is because we are drawn to a long-ago world in which people did not presume intimacy, a culture in which emotions were expressed with a degree of reticence, a society in which people –quaint phrase-minded their manners. A society, in short, quite unlike our own. Most people today are accustomed to a culture that is courser, more flagrant, more intrusive, more rude–more in your face. Just a few minutes before the first episode of “Pride and Prejudice” came on the air, millions of TV viewers watched a couple of star players for the Dallas Cowboys (“America’s Team”) look right into the camera and utter the F word and S word to express their joy at having won the NFC championship....

Australia-born pundit and author Nick Adams argued that true “Alpha males” dine at Hooters. From there, Twitter users had a field day making fun of Adams’ hot take. Adams shot off a series of Hooters-related tweets, with one explaining that he’d visited the franchise recently. “I was at Hooters over the weekend when I overheard two stunning waitresses discussing their plans to vote on Tuesday,” Adams tweeted on Monday. “They both were undecided but said they were leaning Republican because of the cost of gas and groceries....

Hormone levels naturally change at certain points in your life—like during puberty and pregnancy—or as you age. However, in some cases, hormonal fluctuations can be caused by underlying health conditions. Here’s an overview of hormonal fluctuations in males and females, including what’s typical and when you may want to speak with a healthcare provider. What Are Hormone Fluctuations? Hormone fluctuations are changes to hormone levels. Hormone levels naturally change throughout a person’s lifetime....

Kidd-Gilchrist will need surgery on his shoulder and miss about six months, Yahoo Sports reported. The 22-year-old fell hard during a preseason game against the Magic and was brought in to Charlotte team doctors for further evaluation Monday. MORE: How Kidd-Gilchrist injured shoulder | MKG’s massive impact on court Kidd-Gilchrist’s statistics (10.9 points and 7.6 rebounds per game last season) have never measured his impact on the Hornets. He is the team’s top defender and arguably most important player because of that impact....

The 39-year-old, who was part of the gold-medal-winning 1996 Olympics team, posted the video on Twitter in a show of support for Simone Biles after she withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games in order to focus on her mental health. Moceanu was just 14 when she fell and hit her head on the balance beam at Atlanta. The child prodigy had been widely tipped for medal success at those Olympics but came into the Games carrying a stress fracture in her tibia....

We couldn’t–so we bit at the press release, slyly titled “Bare Naked… Security Professionals.” Dot-coms will do just about anything for publicity in the current business environment, but as publicity stunts go this one was pretty good, especially when the company actually has a logical reason for having the sauna in the first place. SSH, which makes Internet security software, is the American arm of a Finnish company. And the Finns are crazy about their saunas....

• Ambience: Vaulted ceilings evoke a traditional Tuscan wine cellar, lit warmly by tall paper lanterns. Ask to sit outside in the covered stone passageway. • Food: Inventive and thoughtful, with each dish presented as a small, exquisitely wrapped gift. Mushroom soup is served in a glass cappuccino cup, with froth on top and a tiny cinnamon croissant. A mound of creamy white risotto with asparagus tips and sliced quail breast sits in the center of a huge black plate....

Pointing out that in 2018, Biden had publicly stated that he’d pressured the Ukraine to remove Viktor Shokin, the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, from power, Garcia wondered why Trump waited until 2019 to make note of the Ukrainian controversy. “Senators, it’s obvious,” Garcia said. “Because President Trump wanted to hurt Vice President Biden’s candidacy, and help himself politically. He pushed for an investigation in 2019 because that’s when it would be valuable to him, President Trump....

In 1994, I led the House GOP as we won a majority for the first time in 40 years. At the ballot boxes, the American people repudiated the Democrats’ left-wing policies, including tax increases, a huge health care proposal (Hillarycare) and efforts at gun control. Their vote was also a statement against President Bill Clinton, who shifted dramatically to the left as president after he had campaigned as a moderate....

According to the latest Associated Press (AP) tally, 16 House races have yet to be called more than a week after Election Day. Democrats have won 218 seats in the 435-seat lower chamber so far, while Republicans have picked up 201 seats. The Cook Political Report, which has called five more races in favor of the GOP and an extra four for Democratic candidates, shows seven races still hanging in the balance and Republicans leading the vote in all of them....

Police arrived at a house in Inglewood, California, after receiving a report of “shots being fired,” CBS Los Angeles reported. More than one suspect is believed to have been involved. The police found three of the victims dead when they arrived at the scene, while a fourth person died while being transferred to a hospital. The fifth victim, who was reportedly in a critical condition after the shooting, confessed to being connected with a gang in another city....

The House bill, which passed by a vote of 224-206, would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal civil rights laws including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and several others. It would ban anti-LGBT discrimination in employment, education, housing, public accommodations, jury selection, credit and federal programs. All but three GOP House members voted against the Equality Act. The bill now heads to the Senate where it will need a filibuster-proof 60 votes to pass....

Minnesota United selects Abu Danladi with top pick in 2017 MLS draft DeLaGarza, a Maryland native, has spent his entire professional career with the Galaxy after being drafted 19th overall in the 2009 MLS draft. The 29-year-old made 220 MLS appearances for the Galaxy in eight seasons. “This decision was extremely difficult to make,” Galaxy general manager Peter Vagenas said in a statement. “A.J. is a champion and will always mean so much to this club, this city and our fans....