TRUMP International Hotel & Tower in Chicago took on a different persona over the weekend—that of President Donald Trump’s opponent, Joe Biden. Above the “TRUMP” building lettering, the words “BIDEN HARRIS” shone in bright blue light. ⚠️ Follow our US election 2020 live blog for the latest news & updates […]
Month: January 2024
A new stretch of the Fox River in McHenry County is being analyzed by local government agencies preparing a plan for the long-term future management of the waterway, and community members can weigh in on what it should entail through an online survey. McHenry County, the city of McHenry and […]
Stardew Valley , in its upcoming version 1.5 update, will add splitscreen co-op to both console and PC.Announced by Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, there will be up to 4-player splitscreen co-op on PC, but “on some other platforms it might be limited to 2.” This update will […]
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) Getty Images In a letter to English local authorities updating them about the forthcoming second round of Emergency Active Travel funding, the U.K. Transport Secretary concluded by saying “no one should be in doubt about our support for motorists.” This […]
Rituals play an important role in bonding couples together and can even predict the possibility of … [+] marriage. getty Rituals such as anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, regular dinners together or even Friday movie night—are the glue that holds relationships together. Past research has shown that this glue serves to stabilize […]
Recently, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital rocket into the skies over west Texas. The flight was the 13th time a version of the New Shepard flew into space, the 12th time it was entirely successful. The flight was one more small step toward making Blue Origin a major […]
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By: Josh Sens October 18, 2020 Oscar De La Hoya’s foundation will benefit from TravisMathew’s Oct. 19-20 flash sale. courtesy Oscar De La Hoya always tries to give more than he gets. That was true in his boxing prime, when his combination of speed and power produced 10 world titles […]
Many people have canceled vacations or have been unable to take time off during the pandemic. My company has a use-it-or-lose it policy, but we can’t all take off between now and the end of the year. What will happen to my unused vacation days? Employees and managers across the […]
Take a drive along Route 70 in Clinton past the Wachusett Dam and you could easily miss a section where the road widens just a little to allow room for a few cars to pull over and park. But if you look closely amidst the overgrown brush, you might notice […]
At half past six at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, on 29 August 1895, rugby split. Officials from leading northern rugby clubs, fed up with southern clubs’s elitism and their insistence on maintaining amateurism – a ruse to keep the northern teams down – voted to form a Northern Rugby Football Union, […]
A visit to Laramie Regional Airport now can make you feel a little like Rip Van Winkle. Forced inactivity during this pandemic has meant that we have not been paying much attention to airline travel. But in Laramie, that downturn coincided with a perfect opportunity for a major change — […]
In a black light room, Theresa Cruthird’s white designed facemask glows brightly. Strapped in a light-up vest and holding a laser gun, Cruthird maneuvers her way around the multi-leveled course, shooting green laser beams at obstacles and triggering effects like fog smoke and music. “(I’ve played this) a lot,” Cruthird […]
In 1939, Janet Flanner, The New Yorker’s correspondent in Paris, wrote a profile of Marthe Hanau, a notorious con woman who defrauded the French financial markets during the nineteen-twenties and thirties. Hanau, Flanner observed, “was the greatest, brainiest, most convincing and comical confidence woman France ever produced.” Her outlandish actions […]
The collection has had tens of thousands of bids online. TAUNTON — Right now, the Silver City Galleria is a bizarre and beautiful sight to behold. Hosting the approximately 15,000 pieces of furniture and other items from New York City’s famously ritzy Waldorf Astoria hotel while they are up for […]
Auburn, NY – Can you visit a friend or relative in another state for an extended period while your kids keep up with their classes and school work online? One Central New York school district says no, at least not in the case of Jeffrey Emmette. The single father of […]
Rest easy, holiday shopper. You can take it slow this year. There will be no need to bolt from Thanksgiving table to the big box stores for a doorbuster deal, no standing in long lines for a midnight opening or for your kid to sit on Santa’s lap. The pandemic […]
CLARK, Pampanga – While being on what is virtually a 10-week business trip appears to be a daunting task to here in the PBA Bubble, the amenities at the Quest Hotel have given many of the people here (competitors and staff alike) a multitude of opportunities to “get away from […]
Where I currently live, the TV goes on before 7 a.m. each day and stays on until 10 p.m. every night. The awkward staccatos of morning news cascade into an endless cacophony of cable —the dour melodies of WWII documentaries, the tinny early-Western gunfights, the crunch and wail of cop […]
Any dream of Colorado snow this season unfortunately will wake to a world in which COVID-19 still exists. This is a reality of which the state tourism office is acutely aware. “While on-mountain activities tend to be naturally socially distant,” said office spokeswoman Abby Leeper Gibson, “it’s important that travelers […]
PITTSBURGH — The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applicants for its Canoe Access Development Fund, which supports projects that will improve canoe and kayak access to the region’s waterways. Founded in 2008 by WPC donors and outdoor enthusiasts Roy Weil and Mary Shaw, WPC’s Canoe Access Development Fund provides […]
Douglas Prothero, CEO of The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. Courtesy Douglas Protehro Text size Douglas Prothero, chief executive officer of the newly launched Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, is an experienced seaman, boatbuilder, and finance professional with more than three decades in the maritime space. Before landing his new job, he worked in […]