Shortly after the quarantine announcement, holiday sales spike – and there are travel bargains to be had It’s nearly that time again. At 5pm, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is due to announce the latest changes to England’s travel corridor list; a now weekly ceremony after which Britons either make a […]

Refinery29 Get A Leg Up On Holiday Shopping With Prime Day’s Best Gift Deals Halloween hasn’t hit yet, but (right on cue) the nearest Hobby Lobby is already stocking evergreen wreaths, tree ornaments, and creepy elves for our shelves — all an alarming reminder that the holiday season isn’t actually […]

Democratic nominee Joe Biden is filling his calendar with in-person campaign events as the race shifts into high gear. Biden, speaking with teachers in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, kicked off his education tour, where he plans to make a combination of virtual and in-person stops at schools in major […]

Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday, his campaign said, after a controversial visit by Donald Trump to the city at the heart of fresh protests against racism and police brutality. “Vice President Biden will hold a community meeting in Kenosha to bring together Americans […]

Comic-Con 2020 has begun – and what a start to the online event! To kick off the major panels, we had the cast of CBS bring their Star Trek Universe to the virtual showroom floor, with the casts of Star Trek Discovery and Picard both on hand to deliver some […]

To use the words of prophet and frequent convention attendee Hunter S. Thompson, when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. This year, the professional weirdness of Comic-Con has taken a twist, as the four-day event will take place exclusively online. To their credit, organizers are trying to replicate […]

“Grown-ish” returns with new episodes on Freeform. Yara Shahidi stars. (Freeform) During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some temporary changes to our print sections. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print but an expanded version is available in your daily Times eNewspaper. You can […]

Airlines have canceled upward of 600 flight after the parts of Northeast received a foot of snow or more with additional precipitation expected to fall through Thursday morning. Snow fell from northern Virginia to parts of New England on Wednesday. It carried on north into the evening, sustaining a storm […]

Lancaster Shops Late, a once-a-year event where many downtown Lancaster businesses remain open after normal store hours, will take place this evening.   About 30 businesses will participate in the event, where stores will be open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. or later. This year’s event is particularly important as businesses struggle due to the pandemic.  One business that will be participating in […]

Newswise — New York, NY, December 7, 2020 – The New York Academy of Sciences is hosting two programs on Space Exploration this week, with topics including legal agreements for “off planet” governance, bioengineering to make space travel safer for astronauts, and questions of bio-ethics related to interplanetary travel. Our […]

Katey Psencik and David Jackson, Journal Star Published 5:00 a.m. ET Nov. 24, 2020 CLOSE If you can’t visit family due to the COVID-19 pandemic, host a virtual Thanksgiving dinner instead. USA TODAY Thursday is a weird day for a holiday, right? Sure, some companies give their employees the Friday […]

It’s that time of year: Thanksgiving is Thursday. And, like most holiday celebrations in 2020, it’s going to look different this November. Public health officials are warning Americans about the dangers of travel and gatherings as the coronavirus pandemic rages. Stores nationwide are closing their doors Thanksgiving Day, while families […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Syracuse University is switching to all online learning starting on Thursday, Nov. 12. The university said this might make students accelerate their plans to leave campus. They plan to help students who choose to leave early so they can do so as safely as possible. This […]

For now, the Government insists it has no plans to close schools. Unlike the previous lockdown, nurseries, schools, colleges and universities will remain open, although the Prime Minister is now facing a fresh battle with unions as a result. Senior clinicians still advise that school is the best place for children […]

Unless you have been living under a rock (and if you have – Dose of Mild Covid-Era Humour Alert – you’ve started early, because the under-rock-living requirement doesn’t kick in until later in the week), we are about to enter another national lockdown. As of November 5, if you live in England, […]