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New York state officials on Monday rejected a request to add the words “abortion” and “LGBTQ” to a statewide ballot question to give voters a clear understanding of what they’re being asked to decide.The state’s four election commissioners unanimously approved the final vote text of the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposal to add abortion and LGBTQ rights to the state constitution. They adopted the same language proposed by elections commission staff. The amendment itself uses terms like “consequences of pregnancy” and “gender identity” that supporters worry could obscure its meaning.The committee had received a flood of requests for plainer language,…

#TravelTok has changed the face of Gen Z holidays, but with great power comes great responsibility from brands. Ex-SocialChain’s Emer McDevitt shares her thoughts as part of The Drum’s travel and tourism feature.While social has impacted our lives in many ways, there is no denying the shift from Google to social as the preferred search engine for Gen Z. Unlike traditional search strategies, brands are actively leveraging the opportunity the platform offers for brands to directly interact with their target audience.Travel brands, in particular, are uniquely positioned to harness the power of social: With a little know-how, they can differentiate…

New York state officials on Monday rejected a request to add the words “abortion” and “LGBTQ” to a statewide ballot question to give voters a clear understanding of what they’re being asked to decide.The state’s four election commissioners unanimously approved the final vote text of the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposal to add abortion and LGBTQ rights to the state constitution. They adopted the same language proposed by elections commission staff. The amendment itself uses terms like “consequences of pregnancy” and “gender identity” that supporters worry could obscure its meaning.The committee had received a flood of requests for plainer language,…

Though it’s still the height of swimsuit season, summer is quickly coming to an end, and it’s time to at least start thinking about what you want to add to your fall wardrobe. But before I can add anything to my closet, I need to declutter, starting with my denim collection.Once the weather cools down, I wear jeans almost every day. So, my denim collection is pretty huge, but I often forget which jeans are in my pile and end up wearing the one that’s on top of it. I’m determined to change that and clear out my pile of…

(123rf) Nearly two-thirds of young South Korean job seekers say they have had cosmetic surgery to gain employment, and many of them believe appearance plays an important role in improving their chances of getting a job, a survey showed on Monday.Local recruitment platform Catch revealed the results of a survey it conducted among 1,455 young job seekers belonging to Generation Z, those born after the mid-1990s.According to the survey, about 66% of respondents said they had undergone cosmetic surgery to get hired, while the remaining 34% said they had not.Most respondents said they had bought new clothes or makeup to…

Representative image While parts of Europe experienced their wettest summer in recent memory this year, India was hit by a weather disaster of a different kind: record-breaking temperatures battered the nation’s capital, bringing Delhi to a screeching halt. Recurring climate crises around the world have driven consumers to demand cleaner and more transparent supply chains. Despite calls for accountability, the number of fashion brands disclosing their annual production volumes is declining year by year. The reality of the fashion industry is that we produce more than we can consume. Despite the rise in eco-consumerism sentiment, there is no doubt that…

A Mumbai-based entrepreneur has opened up about how he was verbally insulted by a job seeker during a WhatsApp conversation. Who were the entrepreneurs you were hiring? Founder Senain Sawant struggles to find qualified applicants for his startup, Grump | Image: LinkedInFounder Senain Sawant, who has struggled to find suitable applicants for his startup, Grump, posted about his experience on LinkedIn, highlighting the difficulties entrepreneurs and employers face in finding qualified talent.Related article: Old video goes viral after interviewer catches candidate lip-syncing during interviewSawant scheduled a video interview with a candidate for a social media executive role on Monday via…

As electric vehicle drivers search for ways to charge their cars in Las Vegas, they’re being stumped by a new form of theft: charging cables from EV charging stations, WENY News reports. Across the Las Vegas Valley, thieves are targeting electric vehicle charging cables. According to ChargeHub, there are 1,147 public charging stations within a 15-kilometer (about nine-mile) radius of Las Vegas. These public chargers are available to the city’s growing number of EV drivers. NPR reported that the number of EV registrations in the area nearly doubled in just one year, from December 2021 to December 2022, and continues…

Rob Schneider’s daughter Elle King took to her Instagram Story timeline on Monday to seemingly address comments her famous father made on X (formerly Twitter) about drag queens. Rob Schneider’s daughter Elle King has a different view on drugs than her father (Elle King/Instagram) Rob Schneider’s daughter Elle King doesn’t seem to agree with her famous father’s stance on the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Rob, an actor and comedian who appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1994, made no secret of his outrage over the set, which was loosely inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s “The…

Wall Street ended the day without any real trend after swinging between green and red for over six hours. In the end, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.1% (initially up to +0.8%), the S&P 500 also rose, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -0.1%.The Nasdaq 100 index rose 0.2% on the back of ON Semiconductor up 15.5%, Tesla up 5.6% (JP Morgan has a positive view), Dexcom up 5.4% (up -42% last week), Charter.com up 2.6%… and Alphabet up 1.5%, making it the only GAFAM to post a rise of more than 0.3% on Monday.The Nasdaq Composite Index has…