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90% of fired H1-B visa holders were able to find new work against all odds. Here's what the data tells us about America's complicated relationship with foreign talent

The noise of layoffs in the tech sector since the beginning of the year has sent thousands of H-1-B visa holders racing against the clock to find new work within 60 days or face deportation. For those in the starting block, that deadline has now passed. The good news is that most have crossed the finish line. But Ravelio Labs, where we aggregate a world of publicly available workforce data to understand labor trends, we found that more than 90% of fired H1-B visa holders were able to secure new...
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LIRR offering increased summer beach service

Riding the LIRR to Long Island’s beaches this summer is now a viable option for many New Yorkers, the railroad’s chief said Friday. Long Island Rail Road Interim President Katherine Rinaldi joined Long Beach officials on the city’s boardwalk to spread the word about weekend service and discount promotions to beaches and other summer destinations in Nassau and Suffolk. During summer Saturdays and Sundays, the LIRR will run one additional Long Beach train in both directions, as well as three additional eastbound and one additional westbound train from Freeport, where...
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Negotiators move closer to debt ceiling deal as Yellen extends deadline to June 5 US politics

Democratic and Republican negotiators struggled to reach an agreement on Friday to raise the US government’s $31.4tn debt ceiling, as a leading Republican cited disagreements over work requirements for some benefit programs for low-income Americans. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US would run out of money to pay its bills by June 5, a slight extension of her earlier June 1 prediction. The talks were reported to be nearing conclusion, as lawmakers sought to avoid a disastrous and unprecedented default. Wall Street and European shares rose as...
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What is it, how does it work and 3 examples

Sheet 1,000 VC Firms Information about the countries, cities, stages and industries they invest in, as well as their contact details. Get the Sheet for $50 If you’ve made it this far in the startup journey, you have an important battle-tested product or service, and you’ve built an efficient organization that knows how to launch products in a variety of markets. To raise a Series C, you need to leverage this success to persuade investors that there is more room to grow. In this article, we’ll dive into what Series...
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Sudoku Medium: May 26, 2023

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Man with gun in custody after standoff near Mall of America

Bloomington, Minnie. A man with a shotgun was taken into custody after a standoff Friday in a Mall of America parking lot. The officers provided this information. The Bloomington Police Department said on social media that crisis negotiators were brought to the scene and the man was taken into custody in the area of ​​American Boulevard and 24th Avenue in the Minneapolis suburb. The standoff began just after 4 p.m., after a 911 caller said the man had a large gun in the parking lot and broke into a tent...
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Former Trump aide said Biden can 'beat the former president again'

conservative radio host Larry Elderare former associates of Donald Trumpcriticized the former president’s ability to appeal to swing voters in the 2024 presidential election. What happened: Veterans, who join an already crowded list of GOP contenders white House Last month, Run said in an interview with Fox News that he supports what Trump did as president, and so do other Republicans, but they are “rightly” concerned that the former president won’t win over swing voters. Can. see all: Trump vs. Biden 2024 showdown will be a ‘rematch from Hell,’ warns...
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Should you take your shoes off at home? Scientists weigh in.

Mark Patrick Taylor Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria and Honorary Professor, Macquarie University, Gabriele Filippelli Chancellor Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director of the Indiana University Institute for Environmental Resilience, IUPUI, You probably clean your shoes if you step on a dirty or disgusting spot (please pick up after your dog!). But when you go home, do you always D-shoe at the door, Many people don’t. for many, what you pull on the bottom of your shoes It’s the last thing on your mind when you get home. We...
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AP Photos: Glimpses of a changing Earth, as seen from above

Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email Scorched, drained or swamped, built up, dug up or torn apart, blue or green or turned to dust: this is the Earth as seen from above. As the world celebrates Earth Day on Saturday, the footprints of human activity are visible across the planet’s surface. The relationship between people and the natural world will have consequences for years to come. In Iraq,...
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Move Over 'Elevated Horror'—Throwback Slasher Franchises Are Slaying the Box Office

HHello and welcome to another issue of the guide which – in Gwilliam’s absence – has been written by me and will accordingly be about one of my favorite things: horror movies. Ever since I was a teenager devouring Scream, Friday the 13th and Final Destination sleepovers, I’ve always found a good horror movie to be one of life’s little pleasures, like ending early on a Friday or Double Big Mac. Of course, horror has gotten more high-concept in recent years, from Ari Aster’s artfully nightmarish take on Midsomer and...
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