As the Prime Minister’s language – in body and word – seemed to demonstrate on Saturday evening, the latest lockdown measures are a defeat. They represent a failure of both state capacity and policy. Those of us who supported the first lockdown did so in the expectation that we were […]
Day: November 1, 2020
Associated Press Published 4:58 p.m. ET Nov. 1, 2020 Quebec City — A man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a Japanese sword was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing two people and wounding five others on Halloween near the historic Château Frontenac hotel in Quebec City. The attack on […]
Young and first-time election commissioners are stepping up to man local polling locations Tuesday as national campaigns encourage electoral involvement beyond voting and concerns linger about older commissioners’ safety during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Nationally, election commissioners typically skew older; in the 2016 presidential election, data collected by the U.S. […]
The new lockdown restrictions announced by the Prime Minister on Saturday will place the country back into national measures on Thursday, until at least December 2. The guidelines address many aspects of life which will be prohibited under the new rules, but also leave many sectors and activities without clarity. […]
MoDot is now NoDot. The misplaced panel on the Circa hotel tower’s 30th floor has been corrected. That work was finished at about 6 p.m. Friday. MoDot was a well-known design flaw, social-media posting subject and conversation piece on Circa’s east-facing hotel tower. The paneling error was discovered in July […]
It required some legal legwork, but an oddball bankruptcy case brought on by the demise of a Myrtle Beach vacation real estate deal is coming to a close with a financial outcome no one quite expected. Certainly not Columbia attorney Rick Mendoza, who’s seen his share of broken businesses. “It […]
The Garden Brothers Circus, which describes itself as a “family tradition for over 100 years,” will put on shows Tuesday and Wednesday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Each day will feature two shows, the first at 4:30 p.m. and the second at 7:30 p.m.` Courtesy of Garden Brothers Circus […]
Black Friday, which kicks off the Christmas shopping season, will have a different look in 2020 as retailers deal with consumer challenges during the pandemic. Instead of shoppers crowding brick and mortar stores on Thanksgiving night, retailers will promote Black Friday online deals throughout November. Over 50% of people have […]
The most re-watchable movies In a time of endlessly new content, those old, classic movies—the ones you know for sure will make you laugh, cry, or at least indulge your nostalgic tendencies—can gather dust while you gamble on the latest blockbuster. Watching movies more than once also allows you to appreciate the art of a film, as […]
No one has to explain to Kristina Wong the theatrical nature of American politics. A performance artist and comedy warrior for social justice, she started campaigning for public office as part of her act before running in earnest and now serves as an elected representative for the Wilshire Center Koreatown […]
Golf had become one of the first sports to resume in May after a near two-month hiatus, and Jeremy Tomlinson, the England Golf chief executive, published an open letter on Sunday in an attempt to force a u-turn from Boris Johnson. “Having digested the Prime Minister’s statement to the nation […]
The new book Braving Britannia: Tales of Melancholy, Malice, and Peril in Ultima Online is a “sequel” to 2018’s Braving Britannia: Tales of Life, Love, and Adventure in Ultima Online, collects 30 additional interviews with players and developers of the grandfather of massively multiplayer online PC games Ultima Online, and explores […]
On Oct. 26, NASA announced that water exists in far greater abundance on the sunlit side of the moon than had hitherto been believed. The discovery resulted from observations of a telescope that NASA regularly flies at an altitude of 45,000 feet above the Earth’s surface. NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for […]
cute-red-and-white-corgi-lays-on-the-bed-relaxed-from-spa-procedures-picture-id1193591572 The thought of Election Day (or perhaps Election Week or Month as it?s unknown when the final results will be in) is an anxiety-inducing one for many. So far, 2020 has been an emotionally fraught year between a global pandemic and social justice issues bubbling to a head ? […]
England Golf is ready to fight the Government’s order to shut courses on Thursday, with the governing body labeling the fresh guidance as “confusing” and “contradictory” to the Prime Minister’s address on Saturday night. Sources indicate that senior figures at England Golf were stunned to learn that clubs are being […]
Noel Lyn Smith, Farmington Daily Times Published 9:41 a.m. MT Nov. 1, 2020 CLOSE Buy Photo The Northern Edge Casino in Upper Fruitland Chapter remains closed on Oct. 30. (Photo: Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times) FARMINGTON — Citing the need to protect 1,180 jobs, the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise is seeking approval […]
THE first known Brit to have caught coronavirus has died after suffering months of “hardship”, his heartbroken mum has revealed. Student Connor Reed, 26, had been working at a college in Wuhan in China teaching English when he fell ill with the bug in November last year. ⚠️ Read our […]
BOISE, Idaho — Six months after a major earthquake rattled Idaho, the rumbling has continued with a recent quake shaking near Stanley. Since March 31, the earthquakes have intrigued scientists and, in some cases, reshaped the landscape of the Sawtooth mountains near their epicenter. The initial magnitude-6.5 quake and its […]
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You may be celebrating Veterans Day differently this year because of the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some deals and discounts waiting for you. Veterans Day isn’t just about saving money, but these offers are just one way businesses and organizations show they’re grateful for the service of […]
12 items in this article 1 item on sale! Photo: Retailers We write about hundreds of products a week. Here, in our version of the Sunday circular, we’ve plucked out some of our favorites — expert-recommended essentials, life-changing stuff you didn’t know you needed, newly launched gizmos, and the very good deals we uncovered while trolling […]
Blaine Jaime Polinder drove past the Asian giant hornet nest in the cavity of an alder tree on his property plenty of times. His house was about 100 feet from it, his children’s playset about 40 feet. The kennel for his two Labs was about 50 feet away. And, yet, […]
Welcome back to On the Street. Hell froze over last week. For the first time in more than 100 years, The New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper endorsed a Democrat for president. We’ll see how that works out Tuesday. Or whenever Amy Coney Barrett decides the election. In the meantime, here’s […]