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• : Handwashing rose, then fell, during COVID-19 — are U.S. hygiene standards slipping?
  'We’re still in the pandemic, and people are not washing their hands as much anymore. They’ve gone back to their baseline.'
• Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘Life turns on a dime’: She donated $950 from her first stimulus check to a food bank — then received a cancer diagnosis
  After her financial circumstances changed, Toi Cudworth delayed payments on some loans, and bought frozen chicken and veggies because they’re cheaper and they last longer.
• : One prediction of returning to work post-COVID: ‘Unpredictable and potentially chaotic’
  Just 33% of decision makers believe their organization has the necessary resources to successfully navigate a return to work.
• Why are ‘Karens’ so angry?
  Some people say memes of white women confronting people of color provide a handle on behaviors born of racist entitlement, while others point to misogyny and economic disenfranchisement.
• MarketWatch First Take: Uber investors finally see the costs of treating drivers as employees, and the stock is falling
  After seeing Uber Technologies Inc. fight over the past few years to keep drivers from becoming employees instead of contractors, investors finally got a glimpse of some of the impact to its financial results.
• The Moneyist: I have a ‘mundane’ First World problem: Should I buy a $30,000 bracelet during a global pandemic?
  ‘‘My husband said I should buy it.’
• : Complaints about mortgage servicers are soaring as millions of Americans still can’t make their monthly payments
  A year into the pandemic, some homeowners say loan servicers aren't giving them clear information about mortgage forbearance.
• : Bill and Melinda Gates are among America’s largest private landowners — here’s what’s at stake
  The Gates family owns 242,000 acres of farmland, in addition to their many other real-estate holdings.
• The Moneyist: I’m a disabled police officer. My wife persuaded me to sign a quitclaim deed so she could refinance our home at a better rate. Now she’s hinting at divorce
  ‘My wife’s income is over $100,000. My income is under $15,000 per year. She has a 30-year pension coming, a 401(k), savings, and her checking account.'
• : Jeff Bezos just sold nearly $2.5 billion in Amazon shares
  According to filings Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bezos sold nearly 740,000 shares on Monday and Tuesday for about $2.48 billion. The stock sales were pre-arranged through a 10b5-1 trading plan, according to the filings.