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WASHINGTON Kimberly Vasquez, a high school senior in Baltimore, faced a tough problem when the pandemic began. She had no fast internet service in her home, but all her classes were online. Marigold Lewi, a sophomore at the same school, was regularly booted off Zoom classes because of her slow home connection. Lewi spent a lot of time explaining Zoom absences to teachers. Vasquez sat outside local libraries to use their internet access and at times used her phone. The two of them helped push a successful public campaign for better and free service to low-income families in the city. ....
Tech Stocks Rally, Leading S&P 500 Above 4,000: Live Updates RIGHT NOW By: Ella Koeze·Data delayed at least 15 minutes·Source: FactSet A rally in big technology stocks, a tailwind of economic optimism following the latest big spending plan from the Biden administration and a jump in oil prices all came together on Thursday to lift Wall Street and lead the S&P 500 index above 4,000 for the first time. It was a second consecutive day of gains in technology stocks, which had struggled in February and March to keep pace with the rest of the market as investors shifted their focus to companies that stood to gain from the pandemic recovery, such as smaller businesses and manufacturing and industrial firms. ....
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Pratt Library to provide Baltimoreans free internet and technology News Highlights: Pratt Library to provide Baltimoreans free internet and technology Heidi Daniel, president and CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, announced Friday that Baltimore’s library system has partnered with Project Waves, the Digital Harbor Foundation, and the PNC Foundation to provide free in-home internet to 50 families in the Southeast from Baltimore. Image via Facebook Life. The Enoch Pratt Free Library provides free internet access to 50 households in southeast Baltimore as part of an ongoing effort to close the digital divide in Baltimore City. “We know that COVID-19 has exacerbated and exploited pre-existing inequalities, including the digital divide here in Baltimore City,” Mayor Brandon Scott said at a news conference on Friday. “In real time, we are seeing our world becoming more digital and virtual and we have left too many people behind.” ....