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Advocate Heath Care to remove mask mandate and allow more patient visitors

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

CHICAGO — Advocate Health Care is making some major policy changes regarding their COVID procedures. Masks will be optional starting Monday with no limit to patient visitors and doctors with Advocate say the time is right. Dr. Robert Citronberg, executive medical director of infectious disease and prevention of Advocate Health Care Now with the climbing rate of community transmission in all the counties in Illinois "Now with the declining rate of transmission in all the counties in Illinois in places where we serve patients, we are now able to remove that masking requirement," Dr. Robert Citronberg, the executive medical director of infectious disease said. Students surprise classmate with head-shaving birthday party There are some exceptions to the mask optional and visitation rules such as only two visitors at a time will be allowed with the patients in general pediatrics and the ICU. Masks will continue to be required for visitors of transmission-based isolation, that is if vi...

UT professor 1st Latin American to receive 'Nobel Prize of mathematics'

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A professor at the University of Texas at Austin was awarded mathematics' highest prize this week. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters named Luis A. Caffarelli, a UT professor of mathematics, winner of the 2023 Abel Prize. The prize is considered the Nobel Prize equivalent in mathematics and one of the top international awards. Norway’s King Harald V will present the Abel Prize to Caffarelli at an award ceremony in Oslo on May 23. He is the first Latin American mathematician to receive the award.Caffarelli holds the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Mathematics #1 at UT Austin. A press release from UT said Caffarelli has helped "advance the understanding of some of the most formidable problems in all of mathematics."“For more than a quarter century here at UT, Luis Caffarelli has introduced ingenious new techniques that show brilliant geometrical insight,” said Jay Hartzell, president of The University of ...

National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Starbucks for retaliation against union organizers

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, issued a complaint against Starbucks on March 7, claiming that the company violated workers' rights and targeted Austin-area employees for organizing their workplaces.The complaint arose after Workers United, an Service Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate union, under which Starbucks workers are organizing, told the NLRB that organizers had been interrogated, surveilled and threatened by Starbucks managers. Starbucks violated labor law, ordered to negotiate with union: National Labor Relations Board NLRB complaints are not resolution; the matter will go before a NLRB administrative law judge for a ruling. Initially, this hearing was scheduled for July 31. However, a order to reschedule hearing has also been filed by the NLRB -- this document was not readily available.Read the full complaint below:CPT.16-CA-304046.COMPLAINT-AND-NOTICE-OF-HEARINGDownloadStarbucks filed a response to the complaint on March 21. K...

Video privacy lawsuit targets Star Tribune for sharing subscriber data with Facebook

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

The Star Tribune is among dozens of companies facing potential multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuits over the way they share subscriber data with Facebook.Kyle Feldman says he subscribed to the Minneapolis newspaper in 2011 using his Facebook account. Whenever he watches a video on the newspaper’s website, the video’s title and his Facebook ID are automatically shared with Facebook through Pixel, a piece of code the social media giant and its business clients use to target ads to consumers.“The surreptitious disclosure of (personally identifiable information) paired with the name of video content an individual views is an outrageous invasion of privacy,” his complaint reads.Feldman filed the lawsuit in July in U.S. District Court under the Video Privacy Protection Act, which makes it illegal for a “video tape service provider” to share with a third party personally identifiable information about a consumer’s viewing behavior.Congress enacted the law in 1988 after a Washington, D...

Former Waldorf Paper Company workers exposed to asbestos may qualify for damages

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

Former workers at the past Waldorf Paper Company plant in downtown St. Paul who were diagnosed with certain cancers and their family members may qualify for cash benefits due to asbestos exposure.Birmingham, Alabama law firm Norris Injury Lawyers announced a specific initiative on March 13 to help those who may qualify for damages after working at the Waldorf Company for at least five years prior to 1982 receive them.Following determined links between asbestos exposure and cancers decades ago, federal bankruptcy courts required asbestos manufacturers across the country to set aside millions of dollars in private trusts for those whose exposure at specific sites would ultimately lead to disease, said Robert Norris of Norris Injury Lawyers.There is no statute of limitations on these claims, but those who file claims likely will be asked to provide related employment and medical records, which is where Norris says his firm can help.“It’s a really useful thing once people fi...

St. Paul Public Works, Parks and Rec, Sewer and Water workers approve new contract with 9% to 18% pay increases

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

Members of the Tri-Council — the labor coalition representing employees in St. Paul Public Works, St. Paul Parks and Rec and St. Paul Regional Water Services — have voted to approve a new three-year contract with the city.The labor agreement, reached Monday by bargaining teams, averted a strike authorized earlier this month.The wage increases — not universally as large as previously announced by one of the membership groups — include a 9% increase to base pay over the course of three years, with the potential for up to 18% in step increases reflecting years of service. In addition, workers in St. Paul Regional Water Services would receive premiums for unlocking each of three special certifications.While the Tri-Council’s bargaining committee had urged approval, not all members were on board during Thursday’s vote, given how step increases are structured after one year, three years and six years of service. A final vote tally has not been made publ...

Lansingburgh investigation leads to drug arrest

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Troy police report the arrest of Miguel Rivera, 38 of Troy after completing a search warrant in Lansingburgh. The individual was arrested for possession of narcotics and over $50,000. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On March 23, detectives executed a search warrant at a residence on 3rd Avenue in Lansingburgh following a long-term investigation. As a result, police report a large amount of narcotics were seized along with $50,000. Detectives seized cocaine, fentanyl, ketamine and heroin at the residence.ChargesOne count of first degree criminal possession of a controlled substanceSix counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substanceOne count of seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substanceRivera was brought to Troy police station for processing and held for arraignment in Troy City Court on March 24. At his arraignment he was remanded to the Rensselaer County Jail.

Fort to be renamed for Albany WWI veteran

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - On Friday, the office of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced that a posthumously-honored Albany resident and Harlem Hellfighter member will have his name given new life at a Louisiana fort. In June, Fort Polk is set to be renamed in honor of World War I veteran Sgt. Henry Johnson. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Johnson has been the subject of work from Schumer's office for years. In 2015, he was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor for service that went unrecognized when he served as a black sergeant in WWI. Johnson served under the "Harlem Hellfighters," which operated under French command as dictated by segregation policies of the era.“Sgt. Henry Johnson, Albany resident and Harlem Hellfighter, is a true American hero, who displayed the most profound battlefield bravery in World War I, yet for almost a century the nation for which he was willing to give his life shamefully failed to recognize ...

NY leaders call on DOE to protect local KAPL jobs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Paul Tonko called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to protect local jobs at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) in Niskayuna. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) union claims that Fluor Marine Propulsion (FMP) is inappropriately moving work performed by Local 147 members out of the Capital Region. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Lawmakers explained that IFPTE Local 147 represents workers employed at KAPL, which is contracted by FMP to perform key work on the nation’s nuclear naval fleet. The union alleges that FMP is moving work from the Niskayuna facility to a non-union facility, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in Pennsylvania. IFTPA was expected to represent over 80 union workers at KAPL but now that FMP is moving work to Pennsylvania, there are 35-40 non-represented employees assigned to work that is covered by t...

Eel-counting season begins along the Hudson River

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:08:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The Department of Environmental Conservation has made an announcement: It's eel season. The 16th annual Juvenile Eel Monitoring Project has begun - and volunteers are invited to join in. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "New York is home to significant habitat that is critical to the life-cycle of many migratory fish species," said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. "The Hudson River Eel Project connects students and local residents with nature gathering data that can be valuable for the future study of this species and its role in the Hudson Valley ecosystem."This spring, groups of volunteers, DEC staff, and environmental organizations across parts of New York are monitoring glass eels across 11 spots along the Hudson River. Locations range from the Capital Region south to New York Harbor.So, why examine an eel? The work performed by project participants helps gather data for eel conservation and managem...