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Five days. That’s how long you should isolate after testing positive for COVID before going back to normal life (while wearing a mask in public for five more days), according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The CDC’s five-day quarantine policy for COVID cases is not law, but families, human resource departments, schools, and other institutions across the country depend on its advice for deciding how to return to normal life after a COVID infection. Scientists have questioned the… Source link

A 29-year-old man is dead from injures sustained during an on-field fight over a referee’s call at an adult soccer game, according to Oxnard, California police. Per OPD, Misael Sanchez of Port Hueneme, California died on Monday, 15 days after sustaining injuries in the July 10 game. His cause of death was pending an autopsy. Per police, Sanchez was “involved in a large soccer fight that included players from both teams and spectators” that broke out on a field at Oxnard High School. The soccer… Source link

Druw Jones’ MLB career is off to a tough start. The Arizona Diamondbacks rookie selected with the No. 2 pick in last week’s draft sustained a shoulder injury in Arizona on Tuesday during his first practice session as a pro. Diamondbacks farm director Josh Barfield confirmed the news to the Arizona Republic. Jones suffered the injury while taking batting practice. “He was just taking (batting practice) and took a regular round of BP and felt something in his shoulder on his second-to-last… Source link

Former NFL first-round pick Damon Arnette is once again in the news for the wrong reasons. Arnette, 25, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Miami Beach, Florida, after police found “a cocaine-like substance in his pocket” after he was pulled over, according to police documents obtained TMZ Sports and multiple local news outlets. This was the second time Arnette had been pulled over in one night, per TMZ, after police initially issued him a citation for driving with a suspended license late… Source link

Liz Cambage played 25 games with the Sparks before parting ways with the team. Los Angeles has nine games left in the regular season. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES — Liz Cambage was leisurely running up the court complaining on Saturday while playing against her former team, the Las Vegas Aces, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Her condemnation stemmed from not getting enough post touches from her Los Angeles Sparks teammates, which sources close to the team say was… Source link

Jerry Jones apologized on Tuesday after using a derogatory term for little people during a Dallas Cowboys news conference. “Earlier today I made a reference which I understand may have been viewed as offensive,” a statement from Jones reads. “I apologize.” The Cowboys owner used the term while speaking about late Cowboys director of scouting Larry Lacewell. He did so as he paid tribute to former players and staff members who recently died while addressing media at the start of training… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. gave an upbeat sales forecast for the fiscal year that just began, easing investor concerns about growth that had flared up following a lackluster fourth-quarter earnings report. Shares jumped more than 5% in late trading, reversing earlier declines. Most Read from Bloomberg On a conference call Tuesday, the software giant said it expects revenue and operating income to increase at a double-digit pace for fiscal 2023, which ends next June. Currency fluctuations… Source link

Darius Leonard has a request. He would like for you call call him Shaquille. The Indianapolis Colts All-Pro linebacker made the revelation as training camp got underway on Tuesday. In fact, he hates being called Darius. “I hate being called Darius,” Leonard told reporters. “I understand it’s going to be hard, but I would love it if y’all would try to call me Shaquille or D or Maniac, and not Darius.” So why the switch? It turns out it’s not a switch for Leonard except in broader NFL… Source link

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Shopify (SHOP) today joined the ranks of tech companies laying off employees, announcing that it was set to cut 10% of its workforce. The recent tech layoffs and hiring freezes stems from a so-called boomerang effect, LinkedIn Principal Economist Guy Berger told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “Tech just kept hiring, just kept rising and rising and rising, at least to the end of last year, and now it’s coming down much faster,” he said. “I would say it’s kind of like a boomerang in that it… Source link