Our world in photos: May 12
WASHINGTON, D.C. — White shoes: A woman in a nurses uniform stood surrounded by white pairs of shoes to represent the 402 nurses who died because of COVID-19, near the White House, on Wednesday. The National Nurses United union asked the Biden administration to adopt Emergency Temporary Standards, which will require employers to continue to protect workers from COVID-19.
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Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.