Burgoyne and her family stayed at the Buccaneer Resort in St. Croix from July 1-8. “The resort was uncrowded, and its extreme spaciousness made social distancing easy. Our room was away from the main buildings, in a narrow strand of rooms along the shore, so we never had to pass […]

Sylvia Saba outside her condominium in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 22, 2020. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times) David Jarmul and his wife, Champa, long envisioned what their retirement would look like. After returning from a two-year Peace Corps stint in Moldova in 2018, the couple, both 67, planned extensive travel, including […]

Many people in the US are looking closer to home for vacations this year to avoid lengthy travel during the pandemic. Resorts and hotels are cashing in on guests’ restlessness from being stuck at home and desire for a safe escape by launching socially distanced and wellness-related amenities. Guests at […]

The pandemic procedures are out for hunting from blinds at Illinois’ public sites. And it is a something. The 2020-2021 waterfowl seasons at Illinois’s public sites should be a season to remember forever. I had to laugh because one of the truest paragraphs to ever come in an Illinois Department […]

VENICE, CA — Mayor Eric Garcetti joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and other local leaders Friday to announce the city of Los Angeles was awarded nearly $40 million to create permanent housing for homeless people through the state’s fourth round of the Homekey initiative. “Confronting and ending homelessness is a team […]

Personal loans could help cover unexpected expenses with lower interest rates. (iStock) Millions of Americans face unprecedented personal finance concerns as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect unemployment rates months after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States. The Federal Reserve took steps in March to encourage […]

You don’t need a travel writer to tell you that the way you travel has dramatically changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The items on your packing list may also need to change. Of course, there are the obvious things you should add, like masks — they’re mandatory on most airlines and […]

Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Remember back in mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic tossed a planet-sized wrench into our educational system? Like schools ranging from elementary to postgraduate, physician assistant (PA) programs had to make a choice: Wait it out or embrace virtual […]

From subscription bumps to charging for news, here’s what newsrooms can do with the audiences they’ve built from coronavirus coverage Whenever it ends, the coronavirus will leave the media changed. Thousands have been laid off. More than 60 local newsrooms have closed. But a new report shows how newsrooms have […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain With the coronavirus causing some gym-goers and regulars at the local recreation center to reconsider their workout spot, staying physically active means getting creative with an exercise routine closer to home. There are lots of safe ways to work out while maintaining physical distance. Early fall […]