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About 60% of mortgage industry professionals in the U.S. are living paycheck to paycheck, an issue caused primarily by inflation, high interest rates and fewer deals, according to a study released this week by payroll technology company Everee.The survey of 314 U.S.-based professionals in the mortgage industry with commission-based roles also found that over 31% plan to leave the industry within the next year, and another 15% are unsure where their future in the mortgage industry stands, the survey results state.

Homebuilder confidence is continuing to trend upward this spring, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Tuesday.In May, home builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose to an index value of 50, an increase of five points from the April reading.

Cancer patients will benefit substantially from the IRA's $2,000 cap on annual out-of-pocket medicine spending for Medicare Part D enrollees - a limit that's set to take effect in 2025.sukanyasitthikongsak / Moment / Getty Images Major pharmaceutical companies are profiting immensely from the second-leading cause of death in the United States by saddling cancer patients with tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, often forcing them to choose between treatment and other basic necessities.

Seventy-five percent of people believe teachers are "asked to do too much work for the pay they receive."Los Angeles public school support staff, teachers, and supporters rally outside of the school district headquarters on the first day of a three day strike in Los Angeles, California, on March 21, 2023.Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images New polling reveals that a majority of Americans recognize the growing crisis of low teacher pay and poor treatment despite a rabid and coordinated right wing quest to vilify and attack teachers across the country.

A statute from 1910 banning nearly all abortions remains on the books.serggn / iStock / Getty Images Plus The Oklahoma state Supreme Court has found two state laws restricting abortions to be unconstitutional and in violation of a standard established by the court earlier this year.The 6-3 ruling found two laws, both of which passed in 2022, to be unlawful.

The federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in 14 years, a record-long stretch.Workers who assist people with disabilities in their homes through the In-Home Supportive Services program urge the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to increase their pay on November 1, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Amid the longest period in Congressional history without any raising of the federal minimum wage, new polling finds that the vast majority of voters not only support raising the minimum wage, but also nearly tripling it.

In honor of National Homeownership Month, Chase Home Lending unveiled on Tuesday an upgraded suite of resources for homebuyers to assist in navigating the homebuying process and managing homeownership.One resource unveiled by Chase is Lock and Shop, which enables buyers to lock in their mortgage rate for 90 days without an upfront fee when using Chase Homebuyer Advantage.

NASHVILLE I didn't watch the first season of Ted Lasso until the second season was already underway on Apple TV+.I wish I'd been watching from the very beginning, when it first began streaming in 2020.It would have made me feel better during a national election season not because the show is even winkingly political but because its characters are so utterly, inescapably human.

Lawmakers have largely failed to respond to the hundreds of mass shootings since the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Families participate in a candlelight vigil dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one year ago.Brandon Bell / Getty Images New polling demonstrates that a majority of Americans believe it's more important to control gun violence than it is to protect gun rights.

New cases of chronic pain occur more often in the United States than those of other chronic conditions, like diabetes, depression and high blood pressure, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health.The findings offer a large-scale confirmation of what previous research has shown: Chronic pain is staggeringly common in America.

Fully-automated or semi-automated software systems will begin deliver more reliable Analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) reports than human Data Scientists by 2019 says Gartner.As Artificial Intelligence-powered BI technology heads towards full self-service, a general concern in the Data Science community is whether human Data Scientists will become obsolete due to the presence of super-intelligent Analytics and BI tools.

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Data from the most recent census of the Austin music ecosystem will be posted on the city's open data portal, along with data from the applicant pool for the first-ever cohort of the new Live Music Fund.Last week, City Council passed a resolution accepting the study from Sound Music Cities that surveyed more than 2,200 musicians and music industry professionals about the economic and cultural dynamics facing musicians in Austin.

As digital transformation continues to revolutionize the way you do business, modernizing your procurement system needs to be a key strategy to support your growth and the value you bring your customers.Upgrading from the legacy procurement technology and processes you may still be using to cloud-based digital purchasing can make buying for your business every bit as easy as your personal online shopping, offering a similarly intuitive user experience (UX).

Secure remote access is essential for industrial organizations, but many employees who took part in a recent survey expressed concerns about the associated risks.Cyolo, a firm that provides zero trust identity-based access solutions for IT and OT systems, on Wednesday published a new report titled 'The State of Industrial Secure Remote Access'.

Year by year, our MarTech Salary and Career Survey has exposed a persistent pay gap between respondents identifying as women and respondents identifying as men.The gap is manifest right up to the C-suite.One question that arises is whether women should negotiate more aggressively for higher salaries or whether the job market should respond better to their skills and qualifications.

Austin has a reputation for a lot of things, from being a college town to the epicenter of the state's always bizarre and sometimes evil politics to the hotbed of barbecue and tacos.However, there's another aspect of the city that is glaringly amiss: its tiny Black population.This is why a new coffee shop and bar, and community space, Origin Studio House, is intent on centering the city's Black denizens on its grounds at 2925 East 12th Street in Rosewood in September.

The act of trying to fall asleep can be a serious struggle.Keeping a consistent sleep routine is one way to help ease your body into a restful sleep.That might include no screen time before bed, a white noise machine, or the use of guided meditation.But according to a new study, a surprising number of adults use one sleep aid that has deep roots in their childhood.

On Nov. 30 last year, Microsoft and OpenAI released the first free version of ChatGPT.Within 72 hours, doctors were using the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.I was excited and amazed but, to be honest, a little bit alarmed, said Peter Lee, the corporate vice president for research and incubations at Microsoft.

When Joshua Knobe was younger, he knew an indie rock musician who sang sorrowful, heart-rending things that made people feel terrible, he recalled recently.At one point he came across a YouTube video, set to her music, that had a suicidal motif.That was the theme of her music, he said, adding, So I had this sense of puzzlement by it, because I also felt like it had this tremendous value.

A survey of NHS workers has revealed shocking levels of staff shortages which are impacting on patient safety, according to a leading trade union.Half of more than 3,000 polled Unite members working in different roles throughout the NHS in England said staffing levels in their area have regularly reached a point where patient care has been compromised and unsafe in the past year.

Former newsreader Donna Traynor has thanked those who supported her as a discrimination case brought against the BBC has been settled.The industrial tribunal was resolved without any admission of liability in Belfast on Friday.Speaking at the conclusion of proceedings, BBC Northern Ireland director Adam Smyth said he wished Ms Traynor well in the future but would not comment on any financial settlement.

The cost-of-living crisis is having an even bigger impact on graduates' career plans than the pandemic, research suggests, with young people now more concerned about money problems than their mental health.For the last two years, early careers surveys by Prospects at education technology organisation Jisc have revealed that students and graduates ranked their mental health and motivation levels as their biggest worries.

A top female officer in Police Scotland has described as shocking a report which found roughly four out of five colleagues agree sexism and misogyny is an issue within the force.Assistant Chief Constable Emma Bond told a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) on Wednesday that the paper makes for difficult reading, but she went on to insist work is ongoing to ensure both women and men can thrive in the force.

Support for the SNP has fallen by 10% in a new poll which also reveals a negative satisfaction rating for First Minister Humza Yousaf in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon's resignation.Ipsos Scottish Political Monitor, run in partnership with STV News, projects the SNP will remain the dominant party despite its support dropping to 41% compared to the results of a poll in December.

The Government will fund half of the cost of its flagship tutoring programme next year following concerns from school leaders that they would struggle to deliver the scheme amid budget pressures.The Department for Education (DfE) originally planned to fund a quarter of the cost of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) in the 2023/24 school year.

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Last year, Nate Salpeter and his wife, Anna Sweet, moved their animal sanctuary from California to western New York in the hopes of dodging the regular wildfires that had threatened their safety and the health of the creatures in their care.But this week, Salpeter once again smelled smoke.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

More than three years after the pandemic started sweeping through the California prison system, a report from UCLA offers a new measure of just how bad it was - and which prisons handled it the worst.After analyzing nearly 300 letters and interviews from people in prison, a team of law students ranked which facilities had the most red flags for potential constitutional violations between April 2020 and April 2021, the first year of the pandemic.

When Arlington consultant Elizabeth (not her real name) moved from DC to the suburbs a year and a half ago, she decided it was time for her family to join a private pool.As a kid, she belonged to a swim team at a club, and she hopes her children can create similar happy memories.To make that happen, Elizabeth joined waitlists at three Arlington pools: Arlington Forest Club, Dominion Hills Pool, and Overlee.

A majority of Americans believe that the rise of artificial intelligence technology could put humanity's future in jeopardy, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday.The poll found that over two-thirds of respondents are anxious about the adverse effects of AI, while 61 percent consider it a potential threat to civilization.

Psychology professor Caroline Pukall knows a lot about sex.For decades she has studied human sexual behavior, and much of her work has centered on genital pelvic pain and sexual health.In May Pukall and her colleagues published a paper in Sexual Medicine on the first in-depth study investigating epididymal hypertensiona sometimes uncomfortable state of engorged genitals that is commonly known as blue balls.

A small majority of Londoners are in favour of the Ulez in contrast to a lack of support in the rest of the country, a poll revealed on Friday.There was a clearer divide along party lines, with Labour, Lib-Dem and Green voters all backing clean air zones while Tories were strongly opposed.The findings may offer some reassurance to Mayor Sadiq Khan after it emerged that thousands more car-owning residents in outer London will be hit by his Ulez expansion than previously thought.

CNET made waves in January when it started publishing articles that were completely generated by AI.In a memo shared with employees on Tuesday, CNET promises to no longer publish stories written solely by AI.It also says it will not publish AI-generated images and videos "as of now."But it will continue to use AI to analyze data and existing text, create outlines for story ideas and generate "explanatory content."

Ogury, the global leader in personified advertising, today (June 1st, 2023) unveiled new capabilities providing brands and agencies with attention measurement metrics at the campaign level, through integrations with attention economy leaders Adelaide Metrics and Lumen Research.Attention is the evolution of viewability, going further to determine an ad's ability to drive impact and memorability.

Blis, a truly unique planning and buying platform, announced the launch of its new e-Guide showing how grocery shoppers are buying across the UK to help marketers understand consumers' preferences and motivations as well as practical tips on overcoming today's challenges.Blis' new e-guide, titled 'The UK grocery list: how to reach shoppers when saving money is the essential item' reveals that 46% of Brits consider themselves to be bargain hunters when it comes to shopping their groceries.

Fifteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, twice as many Europeans almost two-thirds view Moscow as an adversary or rival as did before the war, but opinions on the continent's long-term relations with its eastern neighbour still vary widely.A multi-country survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) also found a large majority in favour of the EU boosting its defence capabilities rather than relying on the US and many seeing China as a partner, not a competitor.

1. Brexit has failed to deliver on many of the promises made during the 2016 referendum, according to leading Brexiter Nigel Farage.
2. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is yet to take a firm stance on Brexit, despite increasing pressure from other party leaders.
3. With the

"The refusal under Section 1052(c) to register marks, like respondent's, that criticize a government official or public figure does not 'limit[]' political speech.....After all, a trademark gives its owner the right to 'prevent[] others from using the mark.'And registration serves only to bolster those 'rights of exclusion'." - Vidal petition
The U.S. Supreme Court today granted a petition brought by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Katherine Vidal that asks, "whether the refusal to register a mark under Section 1052(c) violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment when the mark contains criticism of a government official or public figure."

Early one recent morning, Lebanese soldiers swept through the Bourj Hammoud neighborhood in Beirut, emptying two buildings of the Syrian refugees living in them.They forced them into trucks and drove them to a no-man's land between the Lebanese and Syrian borders.After days stuck along the border, hundreds of refugees were taken by Syrian forces back to Syria.

Image Debris landed in Kyiv's zoo, but the mayor said no animals were injured.Credit...Alex Babenko/Associated Press Ukrainian officials said their country's air defense system had intercepted six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles that had been aimed at Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.If confirmed, it would be further evidence of Ukraine's ability to shoot down one of Russia's most sophisticated weapons.

Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of The Addams Family.Susan Doremus/Educational Theatre Associaton The Educational Theatre Association has released its top-10 lists of plays and musicals performed in high schools during the 2022-2023 school year.

Intense discussions around school security in Highland Park escalated Tuesday night as Township District 113′s school board meeting drew roughly 20 parents and others calling for the implementation of metal detectors and armed security, student organizers opposed to those plans and plenty of police and private security.

A new Caltrain set imagined with BART livery.Stadler rendering altered by Clem Tillier
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1. Large gatherings of people, even those from a single organization, can be high-risk for COVID-19 transmission despite proper safety protocols.
2. Public health professionals should continue to take extra precaution when interacting with colleagues in order to prevent the spread of the virus.
3. The

Grassroots clubs in England could face points deductions under new rules designed to tackle abusive behaviour towards players and match officials.The Football Association says the punishment will be for "repeated offences of serious misconduct".They will apply at step seven and below of the men's game, and across tier three and below in the women's game.

Thank you for your responses to this week's SB Nation NBA Reacts survey the results are below!Fans think the Lakers will still build around LeBron James and Anthony Davis
This week, our survey focuses on some odds and ends as the conference finals come to and end.Our first question asks whether you think the Los Angeles Lakers will continue to build around LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony despite a series sweep at their expense to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.

Thank you for responding to last week's SB Nation Reacts Washington Wizards survey.Our results are below!Wizards fans don't feel better or worse after the draft lottery

A decisive majority (59 percent) of respondents didn't feel better or worse after last week's lottery result.Contrary to what some perceive about Wizards fans, I'd like to say the majority are realists.

Thank you for responding to this week's SB Nation Reacts national survey.The results are below!The Celtics and Nuggets are national fans' picks to win the conference finals

In our survey, 80 percent of our respondents believe that the Boston Celtics will win the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA.Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Wizards fans and fans across the country.Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.The SB Nation Reacts team would like to apologize for not creating a quicker survey after the Wizards received the No. 8 pick in this year's draft.

Joint Practices
Joint practices have become more and more popular among NFL teams.Aside from the competition, they offer coaches more control through situational drills, and with starters playing only a limited numbers of snaps in preseason games, it gives them a chance to get quality reps in a situation where injury is more avoidable.

Nearly two-thirds of Californians believe Sen. Dianne Feinstein is no longer fit to serve in office due to her health condition, a new poll found.The respondents, which ranged across the ideological spectrum, cited the 89-year-old Feinstein's latest illness as the reason she should resign, according to the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, co-sponsored by The Los Angeles Times.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball.Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans, and fans across the country.Sign up here to join Reacts.The Yankees' pitching staff has sustained quite a few injuries since the start of 2023.Even in the comparatively small amount of time between when our most recent SB Nation Reacts survey poll went up and when we got the results, the hits just kept on coming.

Most Americans start their day with a cup of coffee in hand.In fact, some of us feel that we can hardly function before those first few delectable sips hit the back of our throats.While daily coffee is inarguably important for many, a new report is revealing that our caffeine cravings go so deep, they may even have sway over where we work.

Every day, Martin Gaedt says he sees 20 more companies in German-speaking countries switch to working a four-day work week.The author of Vier Tage Woche or Four-day Week interviewed around 150 companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland says the arrangement has worked so well for the companies that are using it, that many simply aren't waiting for laws or unions to force the change.

Every day, Martin Gaedt says he sees 20 more companies in German-speaking countries switch to working a four-day work week.The author of Vier Tage Woche or Four-day Week interviewed around 150 companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland says the arrangement has worked so well for the companies that are using it, that many simply aren't waiting for laws or unions to force the change.

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than employees who are entitled to protections under the National Labor Relations Act.

As France was commemorating the end of the second world war in Europe this month, Emmanuel Macron cut an isolated figure on a near-empty Champs-Elysees, surrounded by steel security barriers to prevent any member of the public from getting within shouting, let alone pot-banging, distance.For the first time, and by police order the French people were barrred from a large area ringing the official 8 May remembrance of the liberation.

SAP has launched a raft of AI and cloud technologies amid ongoing attempts to shift its majority on-prem ERP customer base onto a stack better suited to the fluffy white stuff.Analysts described the deal with Microsoft AI stack as "low-hanging fruit" and said the core ERP offer was not always going far enough to justify the business case for migration.

Duncan is an award-winning editor with more than 20 years experience in journalism.Having launched his tech journalism career as editor of Arabian Computer News in Dubai, he has since edited an array of tech and digital marketing publications, including Computer Business Review, TechWeekEurope, Figaro Digital, Digit and Marketing Gazette.

The many pains of using decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols may be stopping occasional crypto users from experimenting with on-chain services, according to a survey conducted by Uniswap Labs.In a poll of 1,860 "U.S. retail users," the company supporting the popular DeFi token trading platform called Uniswap found that many respondents are put off by the complexity and cost of on-chain trading.

E very weekday of the school year, my two boys, who are seven and eleven years old, run a life-threatening and-for a parent-terrifying gauntlet.We don't own a car and live about five blocks away from their school.That means they walk or ride their bicycles all year round, the same way I did when I was a kid.

Some businesses in Ontario beach towns are struggling to hire low-wage staff as the summer draws near underscoring a struggle in lakeside communities across the province where there aren't enough workers to fill open positions and meet rising customer demand.The Ontario Chamber of Commerce published a report last December looking at the state of the province's tourism industry.

The Washington Capitals' head coaching search is now likely set to include a name that most in the franchise already know very well.The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun is reporting that he believes the Capitals have asked permission to interview Spencer Carbery for their open head coaching job.Carbery, currently a Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach, was formerly the head coach of the Hershey Bears, the Caps' AHL affiliate.

More than 70% of U.S. adults feel the health care system is failing to meet their needs in at least one way, according to new data from the Harris Poll, shared exclusively with TIME.Despite spending more money per capita on health care than any other wealthy country in the world, the U.S. struggles to match other nations in life expectancy and other health outcomes.

Real estate is again a top investment choice, at least according to an annual poll of typical Americans.But its popularity has tumbled to a five-year low.In a Gallup poll of 1,013 U.S. adults, 34% of respondents in April said property is the best place for their money when asked to choose between real estate, stocks, bonds, golds and savings accounts.