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Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Environment?
EVs produce fewer emissions overall than their gas-powered counterparts, but there are caveats.
Articles by Erin Slifka
Education
Supporting Joplin High School’s Project Graduation 2021
Calling senior parents and guardians, local businesses, and Joplin High School supporters! If you’d like to support this year’s Project Graduation, please share this donation link with as many friends and family members as possible. […]
US Business
Hospitals Hide Pricing Data From Search Results
Hospitals that have published their previously confidential prices to comply with a new federal rule have also blocked that information from web searches, according to a Wall Street Journal examination.
US Business
AstraZeneca: Covid Vaccine Is 79% Effective in Late-Stage U.S. Trials
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine was shown to be safe and 79% effective in preventing symptomatic disease in U.S. clinical trials involving more than 32,000 people, the U.K. drugmaker said.
US Business
Japan Charges Father-Son Team With Aiding Ghosn Escape
Japanese prosecutors on Monday formally charged an American father-son team with aiding the December 2019 escape of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
US Business
Railroads Strike a $25 Billion Merger
Canadian Pacific agreed to acquire Kansas City Southern in a merger valued at about $25 billion that would create the first freight-rail network linking Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.
US Business
New Realtors Pile Into Hot Housing Market. Most Find It Tough Going.
This phenomenon reflects both the extremely tight supply of homes on the market and how surging prices are persuading tens of thousands more Americans to try their hands at selling real estate.
US Business
Americans Are Ready to Travel. But Where Can They Go?
Signs are growing that U.S. consumers are ready for a vacation in 2021, with online searches of airfares, hotels and home rentals on the rise. Domestic destinations away from cities are seeing the strongest demand.
US Business
The Places You Can’t Fly to Anymore
The pandemic has created a less-connected world. Here’s a snapshot of two days, a year apart.
US Business
Fed’s Reversal on Bank Capital Requirements Serves No Purpose
The return to pre-pandemic standards flies in the face of the central bank’s huge purchases and efforts to boost the recovery.