Closures

Starbucks cited that it is concerned over the safety of its employees, explaining that they have been affected by disruptive behavior by members of the public.

Chicago's mayor is fretting about the fate of employees at two Whole Foods slated to be shuttered, one of which is in a low-income area.

The Rideau Center had been closed since Freedom Convoy protesters arrived there on January 28.

The founder of FiveThirtyEight condemned the decision "depriving" school children of an in-person education.

"As far as I'm concerned, they should all lose their job," co-founder Tiffany Justice told Newsweek about the vote from the Chicago Teachers Union.

New Jersey has the most school closures by far. The state's positive cases have doubled among students and more than quadrupled among staff.

A school shooting that killed four students in Michigan on November 30 has prompted a spate of copycat threats that have put school officials on edge.

The university in Upstate New York was placed on high alert after evidence of the variant was identified in a "significant number" of cases reported Monday, December 13.

An analysis by Newsweek found that 519 schools closed on Friday as string of copycat threats of violence were made in seven different states.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Steel said that upon analysis of the discharge, they discovered "elevated concentrations of iron causing the discoloration" in the Burns Waterway.

The beaches of Indiana Dunes National Park and a water treatment plant closed Sunday as a precautionary measure after the apparent spill.

The HBCU is investigating the cyberattack with the FBI and Washington, D.C.'s city government.

On both sides of the border, more than half of population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

Parts of the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge, running between Lake Charles and Westlake, have been closed due to safety concerns.

From Monday, nightclubs were closed while masks are required by night in outdoors areas near bars and pubs in Italy.

Approximately 350 more Dunkin' locations could be closed by the end of 2020, on top of the 450 Speedway locations that are already due to close.

"I'm not confident that every bar can survive the next two weeks," said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, whose state is one of six to continue closing bar service.

Restaurants, bars, and movie theaters have been ordered to close across California, but the worst-affected states face more extensive closures.

"We anticipate over the next few days a number of new counties look like based upon the trends to be entering onto this list," California Governor Gavin Newsom said.

"Having bars and nightlife in an unsustainable way is too big of a risk in Colorado," Colorado Governor Jared Polis said in a Tuesday news conference.

While some states are closing their bars again due to an increase in coronavirus cases, others continue to open and lift restrictions.

Bars in California, Texas, Florida and Arizona have been temporarily shut following a rise in new infections.

The percentage of positive tests in the state has been on a mostly increasing trend in the past six weeks.

In the last week, the total number of new cases in Texas increased by nearly a third from the total reported the previous week.

Beaches in southern California were packed with people over the weekend. Many did not adhere to the state and White House's social distancing guidelines.

Major retailers including Apple, GAP, and Sephora will continue to pay their employees while their stores are closed.

"My ultimate goal here is to come together as Nevadans to save lives," Governor Sisolak said. "We don't have time to waste."

"The scale of impact is still unknown, and we want to do our part to protect our community especially while testing availability is unknown," read a statement from the company.

Clearance sales will run for eight to 12 weeks.

A confirmed list of Kmart and Sears store closures, plus when the closing down sales will begin and when they will officially close.