This holiday season at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island, Merle Ayers is feeling especially grateful for the Whiz.At two feet tall and 66 pounds, the powerful robot vacuum doesn’t mind working late into the night after the parties are over.The Whiz doesn’t care that it’s the holidays.It doesn’t even need a day off.”It…

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced that public participation at the two farmers’ markets it runs increased by nearly 17% in 2022 compared to the previous year.The Fishermen’s Memorial State Park and Campground market in Narragansett and the Goddard Memorial State Park market in Warwick saw a combined total of 34,546 customers…

The Social Security Act became law with U.S.President Franklin D.Roosevelt’s signature on Aug.14, 1935.But it would take more time for the Social Security program to turn into the mainstay of the U.S.social safety net. Created as a contributory old-age insurance scheme with limited and phased-in benefits for retirees, Social Security extended benefits to survivors of…

Justin Bieber is reportedly close to finalizing a $200 million deal to sell his music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bieber is in negotiations with Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a Blackstone-backed investment and song management company, in a deal that would value his rights at “around” $200 million. The potential deal includes both Bieber’s…

TAMPA — In and around a once sleepy downtown, streets and sidewalks bustle with life, brunch, craft beer and live music. Shiny apartment towers rise and hipster bars, restaurants and gyms open.Downtown and surrounding environs — which lately get compared to a mini Miami and even Manhattan — are officially places people want to live.And…

TAMPA — In and around a once sleepy downtown, streets and sidewalks bustle with life, brunch, craft beer and live music. Shiny apartment towers rise and hipster bars, restaurants and gyms open.Downtown and surrounding environs — which lately get compared to a mini Miami and even Manhattan — are officially places people want to live.And…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Many companies in the U.S.and elsewhere have been quick to sever ties to Russia – going well beyond applying the sanctions ordered by their governments. IKEA, Nike and H&M are temporarily closing their Russian stores.Disney, Sony and…

T he concept of the Metaverse has been around since author Neal Stephenson introduced it in his novel Snow Crash in 1982.Its usage has only recently been revived and gained currency since Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was changing the name of Facebook to “Meta Platforms.” Where Facebook goes, so does marketing Suddenly, the tech…

Entertainment news Terry Hall, Lead Singer of the Specials, Dead at 63 – Rolling Stone Terry Hall, lead vocalist of British ska-punk band the Specials, has died at age 63.On Monday, the band released a statement on social media informing fans that the musician had died after a “brief illness,” though more details were not…

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