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0 Community Corner As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States and the virus continues to claim liv ... 24/7 Wall St. - Pittsburgh , News Partner Posted Reply By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St Pittsburgh 2022-01-14 As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States and the virus continues to claim lives. So far, 833,519 Americans have died from the virus — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, located in Pennsylvania, a total of 6,564 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 281 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 255 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people. The higher than average per capita COVID-19 death rate across the metro area is being driven by one area in particular. The … [Read more...] about These Are The Counties In The Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area With The Most Deaths From COVID-19

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick doesn’t plan on hanging up his whistle. The Pats were blown out 47-17 Saturday night by the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card round, but the six-time Super Bowl champion with the Patriots isn’t retiring. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) According to Zack Cox, Belichick was asked if he plans on coaching next season and he responded with, “I’d say that would be accurate.” Does Bill Belichick plan on coaching next season? “I’d say that would be accurate.” — Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) January 16, 2022 I’m not sure anyone really thought Belichick was going to retire, but at least he’s on record making it clear that he has zero intention of calling it a career. Besides, Belichick simply can’t go out with his final game being … [Read more...] about Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Says He’s Not Retiring

As we embark on a new year, I want to begin with some salient data points: America’s GDP is at a record high of $23 trillion. The S&P 500 is at near-record levels at close to 4,700, an all-time high. Housing prices are at record highs, along with retail sales. American household net worth is at a new high of $150 trillion. New business formations are at near-record levels at 440,000. There are 10.4 million job openings, and 4.4 million people are confident about quitting and finding a new job (U.S. nonfarm quits). Hourly wages are up 4.8%, especially for the lowest income brackets. Borrowing rates are at near-record lows (10-Year Treasury Bond) at 1.58%. In the past 30 years, a 30-year mortgage has gone from 9.90% to 3.10%. And yet, consumer sentiment has fallen from 100 in 2019 to 66.8. People are not happy with the current state of the economy. Why has confidence fallen by nearly 30% in two years? COVID fears continue to be an issue for businesses and … [Read more...] about Improving Investor Behavior: Show me where it hurts

0 Real Estate Nationally, the median sale price of homes grew significantly over the past year. Here is how North Allegheny compares. Local Data , Patch Staff Posted Reply NORTH ALLEGHENY, PA — The number of homes for sale in November fell to a new all-time low, but inventory is expected to pick up in 2022, according to real estate experts. Seasonally adjusted home sales fell 18 percent in November 2021 compared with November 2020. Consequently, the median sale price went up 15 percent year over year due to tight inventory, according to Redfin , a national real estate brokerage. However, the housing market was less competitive in November than in prior months, as homes stayed on the market a little longer and fewer sold above list price. "I wish I had better news for homebuyers this holiday season, but in many ways the housing market is more challenging than ever," said Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather in a news … [Read more...] about Latest North Allegheny Housing Market Info

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The stories of bad customer behavior began trickling out in the summer of 2020, when businesses that had closed in the early part of the coronavirus pandemic began to reopen to a new, angry mood in the United States. At a restaurant struggling with staff and food shortages in Massachusetts, for instance, a group of diners grew so furious at the long wait for food that they demanded it be boxed up — and then theatrically dumped the whole order, uneaten, into the garbage. “It’s like abuse,” Brandi Felt Castellano, who closed her Cape Cod restaurant for 24 hours to give her weary staff a “day of kindness” break, told The Times that July. “People are always rude to restaurant workers, but this far exceeds anything I’ve seen in my 20 years.” The Times has been covering this unpleasant phenomenon since it began. In August, my colleague Tacey Rychter … [Read more...] about Why Is Everyone So Angry? We Investigated.

There was a time when Donald Trump made news with his rallies —when he said things that utterly shocked us . Who could forget the firestorm he started, for example, when he went after Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players who knelt during the national anthem in 2017, or earlier that year when he called Barack Obama “the founder of ISIS”? Trump’s performance in Arizona on Saturday night —his first rally in months and his much-hyped chance to respond to the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot —was neither shocking nor terribly newsworthy. It didn’t even merit a mention on The Washington Post’s homepage Sunday morning. The New York Times only used Trump’s speech as a peg to write a broader story under the headline: “ Trump Rally Underscores G.O.P. Tension Over How to Win in 2022 .” A few years ago, Trump rallies spawned breathless coverage and drove multiple news cycles. But The Times ’ story isn’t even about the rally, and their mentioning it is … [Read more...] about Trump’s Arizona Speech Proves His Shock Comic Act Has Jumped the Shark

Click here to read the full article. “ Scream ,” a reimagining of a horror franchise that appeared to have run out of steam, dominated the box office , earning a scary good $30.6 million. The sequel is projected to earn $35 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, a spectacular result considering that “Scream” only cost $25 million to produce. It also represents some positive news for the bruised and battered cinema industry , considering that “Scream’s” success comes amid a spike in COVID-19. It helps that “Scream’s” target demographic is younger, which means that they may not have been as spooked by the highly contagious omicron variant that is fueling the latest iteration of a seemingly endless pandemic. Paramount and Spyglass Media backed the reboot, marking the first new chapter in the “Scream” series in a decade. It shares a title with the 1996 original — the “Scream” saga is apparently so over integers. More from Variety 'Saturday … [Read more...] about Box Office: ‘Scream’ Debuts to Bloody Impressive $30.6 Million

2 California still has only 39 known omicron infections, but that could change quickly — and what it portends is very much in question . Amid concerns about the omicron variant and rising case rates, a statewide mask mandate — with some exceptions — goes back into effect today for public spaces, regardless of your vaccination status. Here’s what’s changing . San Francisco offices and gyms where everyone is fully vaccinated will not need to return to masking after California on Tuesday granted last-minute exemptions from its face mask rule. Latest updates: Apple delays return-to-office plans indefinitely: Citing ongoing pandemic concerns, including “rising cases in many parts of the world and the emergence of a new strain of the virus,” Apple announced on Wednesday that it is delaying the return of employees to the office indefinitely, according to a memo sent by chief executive Tim Cook and obtained by Bloomberg News . Cook said the staff … [Read more...] about Omicron variant in California: Apple delays return-to-office plans indefinitely

0 Real Estate Nationally, home prices are expected to grow. Here is how the North Allegheny market changed over the summer. Local Data , Patch Staff Posted Reply NORTH ALLEGHENY, PA — The housing market typically cools off during the fall and winter, but experts predict that it will stay hot the rest of the year. Demand is still strong, but the number of homes on the market is still low in most parts of the country, said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. Home prices are expected to keep rising nationally as a result, although at a much slower rate. The biggest factor affecting prices in the housing market is the very low supply of existing homes for sale, Fairweather said. New construction is needed to help bring housing supply and demand closer together, she said. Construction trends for 2022 appear to be positive, she said. "We definitely need to build more homes to … [Read more...] about Housing Market Still Hot In North Allegheny

Stocks surged in the final minutes of trading on Monday, snapping back from one of the worst weeks for global markets since the 2008 financial crisis as investors seized on promises that the world’s governments would step in to help if the global economy was slammed by the outbreak of the coronavirus. The S&P 500 jumped 4.6 percent, the biggest single-day leap since late December 2018. The rally followed news that central bankers from the world’s biggest economies would join a conference call with Group of 7 finance ministers on Tuesday to discuss a response to the outbreak, fueling expectations among investors that governments might lower interest rates in tandem. “It has already stoked expectations of a coordinated cut,” Roberto Perli, a former Fed researcher who is now an economist at Cornerstone Macro, said in an email. “If it doesn’t happen, it will only add to market volatility.” But Mr. Perli did not see it as a sign that a simultaneous cut with other global central … [Read more...] about Stocks Surge as Central Banks Vow to Act on Coronavirus