A three-day online auction seeking bidders for the Hartford Hilton hotel ended Wednesday afternoon without a buyer, owner Waterford Group confirmed. The 388-room Trumbull Street hotel furloughed or laid off hundreds of workers over the spring and summer as the COVID-19 pandemic caused events and travel activity to plunge, warning […]

Just like in season three—when her attempted kidnapping went unacknowledged—the biggest victim of the limited episodes was Princess Anne (Erin Doherty).  Though the troubles in her marriage to Captain Mark Phillips were briefly touched upon, one of Anne’s biggest scandals was overlooked entirely.  Breaking with tradition, Anne—the first woman in the family to […]

As Buddy the Elf once said, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” And that’s exactly what Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell did in the beloved 2003 film Elf. As fans of the holiday film may remember, the duo shared an iconic scene together that involved singing in […]

Long before he arrived in the United States to bring the ancient Indian practice of yoga to the West, Paramahansa Yogananda visited a temple in Kashmir and fell into an ecstatic trance: in his vision he saw the temple transform into a gleaming white mansion. It sat on a hilltop […]

Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has defended the decision to put Laura through to next week’s final The Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has defended finalist Laura after she was criticised by viewers online after the semi-final. Laura faced negative comments on social media after narrowly avoiding elimination […]

CLOSE There will be no sitting on Santa’s lap this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn’t mean he’s not making a list — and checking it twice — ahead of Christmas 2020. This year, he’s getting a little creative. Santa will make some appearances at local malls, but families […]

CLOSE Each year, holiday lights, cocktails, decorations, music and ugly sweaters take over bars across the country at Miracle Bar and Sippin’ Santa pop-up events. The holiday pop-ups started in New York City in 2014. Since then, the concept has exploded and Miracle Bars can be found in cities around the world. This year the […]

Ski season is here again after coming to a premature end last spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. Resorts are beginning to open back up, with most back in operation by year’s end. They’ve also implemented changes to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. The first thing skiers may notice: You […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday as the speaker to lead them into Joe Biden’s presidency, but she’d be guiding a smaller and ideologically divided majority as she tries shepherding his agenda toward enactment. Democrats used a voice vote to make Pelosi, D-Calif., their choice to […]

SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, has today partnered with AsiaPay, a premier digital payment solution and payment service provider, to simplify the online payments process for consumers booking a hotel room in Asia. Through the partnership, which comes amid rising consumer expectations for choice and contactless […]

Shelby Dorsey, a student contact tracer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tries to calm anxious people and give them health-related guidance. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR Shelby Dorsey, a student contact tracer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tries to calm anxious people and […]

My first contact with him came when we fly-hacked the ball away from our 22 and it went straight into Jonah’s hands. I pushed up, he ran at me and I thought, ‘here is a big lad running at me, I know what he’s going to do – he’s going […]