“There were two different experiences during the pandemic,” Dan Egan, vice president of Behavioral Finance and Investing at Betterment Financial in New York, told Newsweek. “Those who had a white-collar job and a healthy nest egg sailed through easily, and many contributed more to their retirement account,” he said. “But if you had a service-industry job, the pandemic knocked you off the ladder.” Many people with stable jobs deposited the first government stimulus checks in retirement or savings accounts, while those struggling at the lower end of the economic scale used the money to meet routine expenses, he said....

The Associated Press noted the slower rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in red states in mid-April. As of May 30, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed the five states with the lowest numbers of vaccine doses administered per 100,000 people were Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Wyoming and Arkansas—each of which former President Donald Trump won last November. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden won Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hawaii and Maine—the five states with the highest number of administered doses per 100,000 residents....

Noting the loss of COVID-19 patients in need of emergency care who “just drop so fast,” Lacie Gooch, an ICU nurse at Nebraska Medicine, said: “I have seen more people sick than I’ve ever seen in my life.” The video message was tweeted Monday by Nebraska Medicine, an Omaha-based health system that includes the Nebraska Medical Center, the state’s largest hospital. Gooch said: “I just got off my third 12-hour shift....

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 150 million people in the U.S. (or just over 44 percent of the population), have received their first vaccine shot, and around 107 million (32 percent of the population) are fully vaccinated. The CDC says: “A growing body of evidence suggests that fully vaccinated people are less likely to be infected without showing symptoms (known as asymptomatic infection) and potentially less likely to spread the virus that causes COVID-19 to others....

Dallas (8-7) finished its slide from its 2016 NFC East championship season to completely out of the playoffs, as it was eliminated from wild-card contention after Sunday’s 21-12 home loss to Seattle (9-6). It was another frustrating, close defeat in most frustrating year. What said it all was the sight of a disappointed Jones getting up from his seat in the owner’s box at AT&T Stadium after reliable kicker Dan Bailey missed a chip-shot field-goal attempt to cap a disastrous red-zone drive in the fourth quarter....

The Cowboys ran a Philly Special lookalike to score a touchdown in the final minute of the first half against the Giants in Week 5. Receiver Cedrick Wilson took the reverse before lofting a pass toward Prescott, who had sprinted out along the right sideline. Prescott reeled it in and took the final steps to score an 11-yard receiving touchdown. Entering Week 5, Prescott had been making headlines for his record passing pace....

Showers will instead be a safety, which seems odd on the surface. But when you realize he spent all of last season on the team’s practice squad, playing on special teams, you realize that there’s a method to Dallas’ madness. Even though Showers covered punts and kicks as a scout team player last year, and recorded five tackles in the 2015 preseason, it’s still an interesting move by Dallas. After all, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan said before the season, “We feel and believe, and Jameill does as well, that quarterback is the position for him....

Just a week after Jones said Weeden threw the prettiest ball he’s ever seen, Jones wasn’t quite as complimentary following Sunday night’s 26-20 loss to the Saints in New Orleans. Weeden was average at best before leading a game-tying drive with under two minutes remaining. The Saints won the game in overtime as Drew Brees, playing with an injured shoulder, hit C.J. Spiller for an 80-yard touchdown on the second play of the extra period....

Turkey Day is a day to be thankful, joyous and appreciative of each other’s company, but for at least one play in the Cowboys-Raiders matchup, those emotions weren’t anywhere to be found. Early in the third quarter, the teams got into a small scrum that reached the Las Vegas sideline. After the gravy spilled, two players were ejected. Cowboys defensive back Kelvin Joseph and Raiders defensive back Roderic Teamer were tossed for their roles in the affair....

The Cowboys turned about $21 million of the $24 million due to left tackle Tyron Smith and center Travis Frederick into signing bonuses to clear up $17.3 million and get the team under the proposed salary cap of $168 million, according to the report. Sporting News contributor Jason Fitzgerald predicted last week that Smith and Frederick would be logical candidates for restructured deals. MORE: Dallas paying for cap procrastination...

The Dallas receiver decided catching footballs like a regular person was too easy, so he added a level of difficulty to his reception. He went behind his back to trap the ball between his hand and his neck, and even toe-tapped to make sure he stayed in-bounds. MORE: Giants vs. Cowboys live updates MORE: NFL cameraman gets hit in crotch by field goal Remarkable. Just check out this freeze frame of the moment he had the ball pinned....

“It’s something that I’ve wanted to see happen,” Braid said in a release. “The fact that they respect what I do enough to name me as a full-time coach, or to name me as the first female coach in the NHL, I take a ton of pride in that. I’ve worked very hard for this opportunity. It’s been going on for years and I just look forward to going even further with it....

As a socialist, I shook my head at the farce of it all. None of these people care about the working-class. No Republican does. If they did, they would not have passed a tax cut that enabled billionaires to pay a lower tax rate than the working-class, a tax cut Hawley supported and Banks voted for. They wouldn’t stymie attempts to raise the minimum wage, something Hawley only supports in convoluted half-measures....

The former Missouri Valley Conference juggernauts enter their first season in the Big East and are bringing a new logo and new court design to the party. MORE: Gallery of the latest court designs | SJSU turns head with Spartan court Since openening in 2003, the CenturyLink Center Omaha is one of the nicer arenas in college basketball, and now has a brand new court design to show off. Along with the new court design, the university is implementing new logos and typeface throughout their athletic department....

The cremains were found at Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday after the woman entered an open door. After discovering the cremains stored in boxes and bags, she contacted the Ohio State Bureau of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, resulting in the state investigation. Shawnte Hardin, the senior pastor and owner of the church, is currently under house arrest in Columbus, Ohio. He is already facing 37 counts from September in various Ohio counties, including racketeering, tampering with records, identity fraud, operating an unlicensed funeral home and abuse of a corpse....

Mourinho: I’m not going to lose my hair The Real Madrid star has been accused of defrauding Spanish tax authorities out of €14.7 million (£13m/$16.4m) in earnings from image rights. Like Lionel Messi before him, the 32-year-old could face a prison sentence and heavy fines if found guilty, though he strongly denies the allegations. The legal troubles led to claims Ronaldo wants to leave Madrid this summer, but speculation has died down and the issue is expected to be resolved as the case begins....

Ronaldo brought his side back within a whisker of extra time on Wednesday in a Copa del Rey tie eventually won by Celta, who prevailed 4-3 on aggregate following a 2-2 draw in Galicia. Madrid dumped out of Copa del Rey The striker came up big with a ferocious free-kick to tie the game at 1-1 after Danilo had heightened his side’s woes with an unfortunate own goal. But it could all have been so different had the Portuguese taken advantage of two golden chances that bounced off the post within seconds of each other with the game still goalless....

Fauci’s email to Sylvia Burwell, presumed to be the same Sylvia Burwell who served as U.S. secretary of health and human services during the Obama administration, was sent on February 5, more than a month before the pandemic was declared. The contents of the private correspondence, one of many emails obtained by Buzzfeed News and The Washington Post, did not significantly differ from Fauci’s public views on masks at the time....

Argentina proved too strong in a 3-0 defeat and they will now face Morocco in the third place match on December 17. We all know the success of the Croatian team in recent times, but what does their full history at FIFA World Cups look like? MORE: Who is Croatia star Dominik Livakovic? Goalkeeper produces penalty heroics Croatia World Cup record Since gaining independence in 1991 and thus no longer competing as Yugoslavia, Croatia have participated in six World Cups....

What they want, evidently, is drag. Ru Paul, a 6-foot-4-inch transvestite, is just the tallest exemplar of a wild proliferation of cross-dressing that reaches far beyond the dance floor. In fact, at times it seems there’s no escape. Not at the cinema, where actresses in films like “The Crying Game,” Gus Van Sant’s upcoming “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and even a future Steven Spielberg-produced picture are not what they seem....