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RELATED: Unvaccinated People Will Be Barred From This, Starting Dec. 27. On Dec. 14, The Wall Street Journal reported that Kroger told employees last week it would no longer offer paid emergency leave to unvaccinated employees who contract COVID, as of Jan. 1. Furthermore, all unvaccinated managers and nonunion employees will have an extra $50 added to their monthly health plan costs. This move is not the first time the supermarket giant has pushed employees toward vaccination....

RELATED: Walmart Just Issued This Urgent Warning to Shoppers. Kroger Co. is now shutting down a rumor that recently circulated. According to Reuters, the grocer said on Nov. 5 that it would not be accepting bitcoin cash at its stores, despite the publication of a fake press release that claimed it would. Bitcoin cash is a form of cryptocurrency that was created in 2017 and derived from the original Bitcoin, according to Yahoo....

RELATED: Victoria Principal Played Pamela on Dallas. See Her Now at 71. Taylor-Young found fame in the ’60s, long before Dallas, when she was cast as Rachel Wells in Peyton Place. From there, she began a film career that includes roles in The Adventurers, Soylent Green, and I Love You, Alice B. Toklas. She took a break from working to be a full-time parent but took on more film and TV parts in the ’80s....

READ THIS NEXT: Michael Jackson Said That Prince Was “Mean and Nasty” to Him. It didn’t take long from the time Lady Gaga hit the scene for the comparisons to Madonna to begin. However, the conversation heated up in 2011 when the former released her single “Born This Way”—one that some listeners thought had a lot in common with Madonna’s 1989 single, “Express Yourself.” Mash-ups of the two tracks appeared online, and the merits of each song were debated....

1 Tinder Date Ends in Robbery Fox 10 reported that on Sept. 19, a man showed up at an Embassy Suites hotel room in Phoenix to meet a woman named “Sonya” he matched with on Tinder. Instead of Sonya, he was greeted by a man and a woman. Police said the man, Jose Sandoval Jaquez, pointed a gun at the victim, ordering him to give up his cell phone and other belongings....

RELATED: Marriott Hotels Are Getting Rid of This, Effective Immediately. In February, Marriott made waves when it announced that it would be switching its award pricing system for its Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program away from its fixed award chart to a dynamic pricing system by the end of March. But after an update to the program’s terms and conditions on March 29, the hotel chain has also dropped the popular “Free Night Awards” redemption from its offerings, replacing them with “Gifted Award Stays,” customer rewards website LoyaltyLobby reports....

RELATED: See Paul Walker’s Daughter on the Runway for the First Time. Diesel and his family have continued to embrace Meadow as one of their own. On Meadow’s 21st birthday in Nov. 2019, Diesel shared a beautiful message for her alongside a photo. “I could say that I am so proud of the person you are becoming…but the truth is I have always been proud of you,” the actor wrote....

Lambert revealed that she had adopted Waylon and his sister, Jessi, in 2008. The country star found them abandoned by the side of the road when they were just puppies. The dogs had been so sick that the vet who was treating them at the time wasn’t sure that Waylon would survive. “She said he probably wouldn’t make it but he did. For almost 13 years. He was a rock in our family and always held down the fort,” wrote Lambert....

1 Parents Must Give Permission Merlyn Johnson, the Cassville School District superintendent, told USA Today that bringing back corporal punishment wasn’t his goal. “But it is something that has happened on my watch and I’m OK with it,” he said. The local school board approved the policy change in June. Corporal punishment will be allowed “when all other alternative means of discipline have failed and then only in reasonable form and upon the recommendation of the principal,” they specified....

READ THIS NEXT: Not Doing This at Night Could Be Ruining Your Sex Life, New Study Says. Your circulatory and respiratory systems work together to circulate blood and oxygen throughout your body. As you breathe, air and blood flow in and out of your lungs, and a 2017 study published in Breathe found that deep breathing can increase blood flow, improve digestion, and help release toxins. Since breathing can impact blood flow, it makes sense that how you breathe is related to ED....

READ THIS NEXT: Your Stroke Risk Is 85 Percent Higher If You Sleep Like This, Study Says. Stroke often appears suddenly and without warning. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), early signs of stroke include numbness or tingling on one side of the body, trouble speaking, vision problems, dizziness, severe headache, and confusion. If you experience these symptoms or notice them in others, seek medical attention right away....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Live Here, Prepare to See More Rattlesnakes This Month, Experts Say. A close brush with a bear is not the sort of experience you want on a hike. But as with shark attacks, the fear of a fatal encounter with one may be greater than the actual real-life risk. According to a study published in Scientific Reports in 2019, there were 664 attacks by bears on humans worldwide from 2000 to 2015, with 183 taking place in North America....

RELATED: Never Say These 2 Words to a Flight Attendant, Expert Warns. Among so many contenders that come to her mind, August Abbott, PhD, a relationship counselor and etiquette expert on JustAnswer, says the very worst thing you can say to your plane seatmate is “I’m a big talker” or any other comment about how much you plan to chat for the duration of the flight—followed up by delivery on the promise....

According to data from the COVID Tracking Project, the national decline in cases is being seen in 46 states and Washington, D.C., where the seven-day average has decreased significantly as of Jan. 25. The five remaining states currently listed as “staying the same” have seen single-digit drops in their reported cases, however, with North Carolina standing out as the only state to have seen an increase in their weekly average of 7 percent from 6,502 to 6,973....

RELATED: 32 Percent of People Do This Behind Their Partner’s Back, New Study Finds. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults should get at least seven hours of sleep per night. Anything less, and you might see an impact on your relationship. One 2013 study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that participants reported more conflict with their partners on days following a poor night’s sleep....

1 More Than 230 Whales Stranded The London Times reported that more than 230 whales had become stranded on King Island in Bass Strait in Tasmania, and at least 14 male sperm whales had died. Video from the scene showed locals trying to cover some of the beached whales with wet blankets and pouring buckets of water over them. On Wednesday, it was believed that more than half of the whales were still alive....

Pfizer says it has identified the first confirmed cases of counterfeit versions of the company’s COVID vaccine in Mexico and Poland, The Wall Street Journal reported. Vials of the vaccine were seized by authorities during separate investigations in each country. The contents were tested and found to be fake: According to Pfizer, the substance in the fraudulent Pfizer vaccines in Poland was likely anti-wrinkle treatment.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb About 80 people received a fake vaccine at a clinic in Mexico after paying close to $1,000 a dose, per the WSJ....

2022 AP7 is one of three recently discovered near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that scientists are watching, according to a new study published in The Astronomical Journal. The two smaller asteroids are called 2021 PH27 and 2021 LJ4. Discovered at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, they’re designated as near-Earth asteroids because they come within 1.3 astronomical units (121 million miles) of the sun. The researchers say 2022 AP7 is the largest PHA discovered since 2014 and probably in the top 5% of the largest ever found....

1 Co-Pilot “Became Visibly Upset” According to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), before he jumped, Crooks became noticeably distressed after damaging the craft’s landing gear during a failed runaway approach. The plane’s pilot-in-command said that Crooks “became visibly upset about the hard landing” soon after they diverted to another airport. 2 Aircraft Dropped, But Recovered According to the report, the pilots had flown two skydiving runs out of Raeford West Airport in a 10-seater CASA C-212 Aviocar....

“My view is this is all, it’s all rather distasteful especially in the aftermath of the Queen’s death,” says royal commentator Nile Gardiner. “Megan seems determined to advance her own image and standing.” Here’s why sources think their behavior might cause yet another rupture with the Royal Family. 1 Bad Timing Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022, at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. Harry and Meghan’s $100 million Netflix documentary is set to be launched barely months after her passing, something insiders say is in very bad taste....