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 […]
Month: November 2020
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 […]
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 […]
About to get started on your holiday shopping? You could spend a lot less by using a Discover card. Everyone wants to save money on their holiday gift shopping. Fortunately, camping out for Black Friday sales is not the only way to save a few dollars on holiday gifts. One […]
Tampa Bay, Florida – 2020 General Election: Tampa Bay Area THREE WAYS TO VOTE 1. Vote By Mail Mail ballots must be received by your Supervisor of Elections no later than 7 p.m. November 3. What to Know about Vote By Mail — Don’t forget to sign your Vote […]
WASHINGTON — As part of a diplomatic tour through Europe in late October, the State Department’s director of policy planning briefed journalists in London about the Trump administration’s strategy toward China. A video of the virtual event showed him coughing at least six times during the hourlong discussion. The senior […]
Josh Harris, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management Inc., obsessively weighs the risks and implications of decisions he makes: whom to hire for a role at the private-equity giant, whether to move forward with an investment or which trades to make to fill out the roster of the Philadelphia 76ers, […]
With Halloween weekend upon us, those making NFL prop bets in Week 8 will have one of two options – players tricking you into parting with your money and those treating you to a visit to the pay window. Here are five “Trick or Treat” bets we like for Sunday. […]
Each year during Chattanooga’s Startup Week, businesses and their founders from a variety of industries and backgrounds earn the recognition of their peers and colleagues in several categories. These are the finalists of the 2020 Startup Awards. STARTUP OF THE YEAR * Rhinogram / Kathy Ford Rhinogram is a telehealth […]
Produced by Susan Mallie, Jennifer Terker and Cindy Cesare In April 2017, Moscow native Anna Repkina was found murdered on a remote Oregon logging road. Fifty-five hundred miles from home, investigators were puzzled as to what she was doing there and who could possibly want her dead. Turns out she’d […]
ThreeD radio, a 41-year-old station in Adelaide, Australia, includes aboriginal music in its regular playlists. “Their music is exceptionally soulful, and often talks about the struggles that the Aboriginals have faced,” said William Taylor, a career development manager at VelvetJobs an outplacement company. His favorite musicians: Ziggy, Thelma Plum, Zaine […]
With state and county guidelines in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, some traditions were prohibited this year, but kids still had fun. SAN DIEGO — Happy Halloween San Diego! Though we’ve been wearing masks for the majority of 2020, this is one of the only days where we […]
Illinois quarterback Coran Taylor (7) is upended by Purdue cornerback Simeon Smiley during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Champaign, Ill. Charles Rex Arbogast AP CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Aiden O’Connell passed for two touchdowns and Purdue hung on to beat a COVID-19-decimated Illinois […]