Published Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, 10:22 am Join AFP’s 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: [email protected] Advertising inquiries: [email protected] In addition to offering many programs online during the pandemic, Virginia Master Naturalists have […]
Month: January 2021
© Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. For the first time in a while, now that viable vaccines are being distributed, many travelers who have […]
Steve Domin, co-founder of Duffel Copyright Paul Clarke www.paulclarke.com Let’s face it – after the year that’s just gone by, the great majority of us are probably in sore need of a holiday. And we might be tempted to think – as vaccines are rolled out around the world – […]
Share this article: The coronavirus is pictured in this electron microscope image. Courtesy NIH Los Angeles County has reported 6,918 new cases of COVID-19 and 316 additional deaths, while health officials also confirmed the second local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom, and four […]
GOTEBORG, Sweden (AP) — Cinema in lockdown: Scandinavia’s largest film festival is exploring the social isolation resulting from COVID-19 by setting up a temporary cinema-for-one on a desolated island in the North Sea with the only companionship the events’ entire movie selection and enough food to last the week. Lisa […]
Published Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, 10:22 am Join AFP’s 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: [email protected] Advertising inquiries: [email protected] In addition to offering many programs online during the pandemic, Virginia Master Naturalists have […]
The winter sun sank behind Haystack Rock on a Friday in January, turning the horizon a brilliant gold. A crowd of people swarmed in the deep purple shadow, their voices hushed by crashing waves as they took selfies at the rock and dug small fires into the sand. January is […]
By DAVID KEYTON, Associated Press GOTEBORG, Sweden (AP) — Cinema in lockdown: Scandinavia’s largest film festival is exploring the social isolation resulting from COVID-19 by setting up a temporary cinema-for-one on a desolated island in the North Sea with the only companionship the events’ entire movie selection and enough food […]
Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, licensed clinical social worker, mental strength coach, and international bestselling author. If you’re struggling to keep up with your New Year’s goals, Morin suggests reassessing your choices and being more realistic with what you want to achieve. Evaluate your commitment and readiness to change, and develop […]
Vancouver added 1,490 new arboreal additions to its tree canopy in 2020, surpassing its original goal of planting one thousand trees last year despite challenges posed by COVID-19. Across both public and private land, volunteers and city staff planted nearly 1,500 large-caliper trees, or trees with a stem diameter of […]
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People have been buying more kayaks, luxury cruising boats, whimsical stickers, and salsa during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to four Skagit County manufacturers who make these products. For Eddyline Kayaks, a kayak maker north of Burlington, the surge in demand started late last spring as many flocked outdoors, said Scott […]
Brian Marcum, right, Music Theatre Wichita’s artistic director, will teach dance as part of the company’s online academy. He and Wayne Bryan are shown attending the National Alliance for Musical Theatre in Seattle in 2019. Courtesy photo As much as Music Theatre Wichita is known for its flashy mainstage shows, […]
Buying a home is both exhilarating and scary. It means you are setting down roots and ready for the next chapter in life. On the other hand, it also means you’re taking on the largest debt you’ll possibly ever have to pay. © Money; Shutterstock How-to-Know-Financially-Ready-Buy The financial realities of […]
By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles The New Year is off to a quick start with some great books. Here are just a few you might enjoy: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt “Black Buck” by Mateo Askaripour (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is a coming-of-age story designed to look like a self-help manual. […]
Police detained hundreds of people across Russia and blocked off the centre of Moscow on Sunday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. From Vladivostok in the Far East to Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, thousands of police in riot gear […]
Facing a limited supply of Covid-19 vaccine doses and what they say is a disjointed system for securing appointments, some New York residents are planning to travel hundreds of miles across the state to get a shot. Maura Laverty, a 66-year-old nurse from New Rochelle, a suburb of New York […]
The British and Irish Lions have been offered a lifeline after Rugby Australia formally offered to host this summer’s series against the Springboks Down Under. The viability of the tour, scheduled to take place in South Africa throughout July and August, has been in jeopardy for some time due to […]
Safe to say there’s never a good time for a blizzard. This, however, was a particularly bad time. The snarling snowstorm brought everything to a standstill as roads were impassable. This was a dilemma for the young couple who had a premature baby in an area hospital’s intensive care unit. […]
The Sanneh Foundation no longer runs drills across the Conway Recreation Center’s gymnasium floor, though it may not be long before the soccer balls return to the East Side community hub. Instead, with most public schools closed for distance learning, the foundation embraced a two-fold mission, converting the St. Paul […]
From strategy to RPG and first-person shooters, there’s something for everyone in our selection (iStock/The Independent) While console gaming remains ever popular, more than a billion folks enjoy PC gaming because it provides more processing power and a richer variety of games. Mammoth titles such as Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds […]
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2017, Lenka Perron was spending hours every day after work online, poring over fevered theories about shadowy people in power. She had mostly stopped cooking and no longer took her daily walk. She was less attentive to her children, 11, 15 and 19, who […]