© 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]