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For parents balancing work and school-from-home, “holidays” don’t feel too different

  • Sabri Ben-Achour
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    A mother works on a computer while her daughter does schoolwork beside her.

    Parents with children at home due to COVID-19 are supposed to receive aid from the CARES Act. But it's not working for a lot of working parents. Golero/Getty Images

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    Parenting in a Pandemic

    Pandemic problems continue for parents working and watching kids at home

    by Mitchell Hartman Feb 16, 2021
    Especially for mothers who are working from home and supervising their kids’ school days.

    For Google, news in Australia comes at a price

    The tech giant is paying an Australian company to host its news articles.
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    COVID-19

    Unused sports stadiums transformed into mass-vaccination sites

    by Sam Whitehead Feb 15, 2021
    Large sports facilities across the country are handling a new kind of crowd: people looking to get inoculated against COVID-19.

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