Tag: pandemic
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D.C. restaurants struggle to stay open as pandemic relief dries up
Z Burger restaurant owner Peter Tabibian applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan during the height of the pandemic to help keep his eateries in Tenleytown, Dupont Circle and Greenbelt afloat. Now, his handcrafted burger chain is grappling with inflation-driven surges in the cost of meat, rent and electricity, he says. “I didn’t raise my…
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Yankees resume annual Old-Timers’ Day after pandemic pause
NEW YORK (AP) — Nostalgia again took over in the Bronx as Old-Timers’ Day returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2019. This time it looked a little different. The New York Yankees called off the annual playful reunion game because too many of the retired players in attendance are recovering…