By Timothy Aeppel, Arin Yoon ABILENE, Kan. (Reuters) – Mark Martin’s family restaurant weathered two world wars, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression, serving up heaping plates of hand-battered fried chicken, mashed potatoes and creamed corn to a devoted clientele. But it could not survive the pandemic. Mark Martin […]
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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Ian Anderson throws against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of a National League wild-card baseball series, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Atlanta. John Bazemore AP ATLANTA It had been so long since the Atlanta Braves won a postseason series, Marcell Ozuna wanted to make sure […]
kayak thames 2020 has made a mockery of long-term planning for my partner and me. Our dream trip to New Zealand was cancelled with three days’ notice; a documentary that I have been developing for a decade was shelved; and our wedding was postponed until (hopefully) next year. Travel quarantine […]
Photo credit: Raydene Hansen – Hearst Owned From Cosmopolitan Shortly after Esmarie* learned she was pregnant in mid-March, the city in South Central Texas where she lives started to shut down in response to the coronavirus. Her college classes went online and she lost shifts at the two restaurants where […]
Travel company Tui is set to shut 166 High Street stores in the UK and Ireland, affecting up to 900 jobs. The UK’s largest tour operator said it hoped to keep on 630 workers in a mix of sales and home-working roles and in remaining stores. The decision was made […]
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ROME – Curfews, quarantines and even border closings complicated Christmas celebrations Friday for countless people around the globe, but ingenuity, determination and imagination helped keep the day special for many. In Beijing, official churches abruptly cancelled Mass on Christmas Day in a last-minute move, after China’s capital was put on […]
COVID-19 in Canada For more on today’s top stories and the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country, please refer to our live updates below throughout the day, as well as our COVID-19 news hub. The Ontario government has announced a province-wide shutdown, which will begin at 12:01 a.m. […]