Italians will not be able to attend midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, with top health officials cracking down on any conditions that could lead to a potential resurgence in coronavirus cases — a step that Catholic clergy has supported. Italy managed to reduce a fall resurgence of cases but is currently suffering […]
Month: December 2020
In a year marked by COVID-19, renewed calls for racial justice, a contentious presidential election, and an active wildfire and hurricane season, Penn experts share what’s needed to make urban areas more resilient to future crises. Credit: Eric Sucar When COVID-19 brought cities across the world to a halt this […]
A TikTok user who lives across the street from one of the most haunted hotels in the world caught someone — or something — on the camera that he can’t explain. Los Angeles-based TikToker and musician Peet Montzingo lives across the street from the Cecil Hotel. If you’re familiar with […]
It may just be because cinemas have been effectively shuttered by the coronavirus disease pandemic, but the fizz of the movie industry seems to have gone flat. Sure, film production isn’t easy when social distancing measures are being enforced on set, and darkened, airless screening rooms packed with row upon […]
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Christmas can’t be stopped by the coronavirus pandemic. Holiday events are happening in Alabama, aimed at bringing good cheer during stressful times. Some have gone virtual, streaming live or available online during specific time periods. Other events come with new guidelines such as timed entry, reduced capacity, social distancing and […]
China’s online advertising market has either been a minefield or a goldmine over the past year, depending on which companies you’ve invested in. For Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), which owns China’s top search engine, it was clearly a minefield. Baidu’s advertising revenue dropped year-over-year for six straight quarters; it broadly attributed its […]
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) – ‘Tis the season for gifts to be delivered on people’s front porches. Unfortunately, it’s also a time when some people play the role of the Grinch as they steal those presents before the intended parties ever receive them. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office this week provided […]
THE perfect road trip would last just under three hours, feature a sea view – and include a sing-a-long to 56 songs. A study of 2,000 Brits suggests three is the magic number, with this being revealed as the ideal amount of people in the car and also the number […]
What can travel companies and destinations do to ensure a more sustainable future for the tourism industry? John Pagano CEO, The Red Sea Development Company The travel industry is a critically important part of the world’s economy. The sector provides jobs for nearly 300 million people, supports well over a […]
A SCORNED wife has taken revenge on her husband by having his three mistresses printed on a Christmas T-shirt. The anonymous woman posted a snap of her er… creative retribution on Facebook. 2 A scorned woman took her revenge on her husband by having his mistresses’ faces printed on a […]
Most buyers who make sight-unseen offers are familiar with the community or have family members or friends who already live in the area. Getty Images This article is reprinted by permission from The Escape Home, a newsletter for second homeowners and those who want to be. Subscribe here. © 2020. […]
Dear A&E, My mother-in-law openly prefers one of my two daughters. She showers my youngest with affection. She took her to a safari park this summer, with my niece and nephew, and said there wasn’t space for my eldest when I pointed out she’d like to go too. As it […]
“Do you guys wanna play Imposter sometime this week?” asked my friend Hannah in the group chat. For me, this was a good indication that the game was really taking off. After all, this wasn’t the “gaming” group chat, where a select few of us spam Kirby memes and cute […]
Italian cinemas are set to stay closed over the holidays after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extended Italy’s soft lockdown until early January. The widely expected move comes as the country contends with a flare up of the pandemic. On Thursday, Italy suffered 993 COVID-19 deaths, the highest number ever recorded […]
A pop up drive-in featuring five nights of movies under the stars at Payson Event Center surrounding Thanksgiving Day weekend never popped up. Eight movies were scheduled to run from Wednesday, Nov. 25 through Sunday, Nov. 29. That was one movie on both Nov. 25 and 29 and two on […]
NATCHITOCHES, La. – With the State of Louisiana back in a modified phase 2, the Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams Jr. is trying to keep his citizens and staff safe. Under a new order, starting Monday, December 7th, all access to city buildings will be restricted to the public for the […]
MUNICH — Perhaps it’s the onset of winter, the shorter days and the longer evenings, but right now, watching theater at home, online, doesn’t seem quite as dreary or tiresome as it did during the spring lockdown. Back in March, theaters scrambled to put up as much of their recorded […]
As a couple who share a formidable internet following, it may be somewhat shocking to learn that Charisma Jamison and Cole Sydnor met the old-fashion way. In November 2017, Ms. Jamison, at the time an inpatient rehab technician at Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Centers in Richmond, Va., noticed Mr. Sydnor […]
When house-bound experts appear on TV interviews via Zoom, they are almost always seated in front of a large bookcase studiously purged of the usual trash. Whether an expert is deploring executive-office overreach or dissecting the baffling enigma of structural unemployment, you will usually see a gargantuan biography of Ulysses […]
Over 200 Mail Art pieces are for sale By Victoria Ritter, Midland Daily News Published 5:00 am EST, Friday, December 4, 2020 This is an example of one of the Mail Art art pieces for sale at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculptue Museum in Saginaw. (Photo Provided) This is an example […]
Deborah Rosenthal starts her virtual kindergarten class on Zoom every morning with a song — today, it’s the Spanish version of, “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Her students clap along. There’s a greeting from the class mascot (a dragon), yoga, meditation and then some practice with letter sounds: […]