The need for viral safety has made technology inescapable for hotels. With all the new protocols for self check-in, mobile room keys, physical distancing, contact tracing, prearrival virus screenings (staff and guests), contactless transactions and rigorously itemized cleaning checklists, and with less revenue to go around due to the lack […]

What’s it like traveling in the time of coronavirus? It depends where you’re going. Epidemic prevention and control measures for international arrivals vary greatly around the world, as New York Times journalists found while traveling in recent months. The severity of outbreaks is similarly varied, but stricter quarantine policies tend […]

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Zeta, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, at 2110 GMT (5:10 p.m. ET). AP NEW ORLEANS Zeta re-strengthened into a hurricane early Wednesday as Louisiana braced for the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season. […]

Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” sequel began making headlines way before it hit Amazon — from reports of a Trump impersonator crashing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to Baron Cohen sightings at a Washington gun rights rally.  Oh, and then there was the whole Rudy Giuliani “shirt tuck” debacle.  In the film, 14 years […]

LONDON — Just like major Chinese cities are obsessed with mega-construction projects of tomorrow designed by celebrity architects, the country’s fashion consumers have developed a passion for eyewear with a futuristic twist. Betty Bachz, cofounder of British eyewear brand Møy Atelier, said she has been seeing a lot of oversized […]

A growing number of countries are trimming the length of time people potentially exposed to the coronavirus need to self-quarantine to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19. Their reasoning: Shorter spells might help manage the pandemic by encouraging greater compliance. Some disease and public health experts offer cautious support to […]

Kate Bosworth. Kate Bosworth When the pandemic struck, Kate Bosworth continued to find ways to stay busy. She launched KIND.EST, a lifestyle website that aims to be “the place where it’s cool to be kind.” There, Bosworth shares personal tales, beauty advice, recipes and more. Like the rest of us, […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska A man who was the first among a few Alaska residents to face charges for violating a coronavirus quarantine order was killed in a shooting. Duane Fields, 48, died Oct. 21 at the Anchorage hotel where he lived and worked, Alaska Public Media reported Monday. Fields helped another […]

More than 40 years after imposing severe restrictions on property-tax increases, California voters might begin rolling them back next week, sending shivers through the state’s commercial real-estate industry. A measure on the Nov. 3 ballot would make the most significant changes to 1978’s Proposition 13 by allowing local governments to […]

A battle to be the place to watch and bet on sports is raging around the country, and the Las Vegas casino owner sitting on his corner barstool chuckling like Norm Peterson from “Cheers” is very much in the fight. Whether drinking with guests at Longbar at The D hotel […]

The nearly $8.1 billion asset Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) recently turned in its strongest quarterly earnings in the company’s history, generating a profit of $33.8 million in the third quarter. That’s up roughly 766% from the same period of 2019 and up a similar amount from this year’s second quarter. […]

These days I like to think of my closet as a tiny museum, an archive of good times and non-stretch waistband occasions past. Over the last six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of our wardrobes have changed dramatically, including what we used to refer to as “work clothes.” Early […]

Talking of grabs… there is one moment in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm that many women will recognise as a moment of truth.  I’m talking about the already notorious scene involving the former New York mayor turned Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Guiliani. The 76-year-old believes he is being interviewed by Tutar for a […]

At Hatcham House, a hub in south east London, affordable Covid-safe desks have been full since the business reopened in June. John Burgess, a 56-year-old father of two and associate director for real estate and assets at advisory firm Grant Thornton, joined up as soon as restrictions lifted – and […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The spring semester is still a couple of months away, but the Knox County School district is starting to prepare by figuring out who will be enrolled virtually or in-person. Knox County Schools | WATE stories Families have the option to switch how their child is […]

New Yorkers lined up to vote early for a third consecutive day Monday, many waiting under umbrellas, after a weekend that saw a crush of more than 400,000 voters statewide. State elections officials said 422,169 people voted Saturday and Sunday, the first two days of early voting in New York. […]

Orange County Monday was under siege from two wind-driven brush fires that forced 90,000 people from their homes, critically injuring two firefighters and leaving many others on edge. The Silverado fire in Irvine broke out shortly after 6:45 a.m. near Santiago Canyon and Silverado Canyon roads. The fire, which was […]

President Trump is apparently planning an election night party at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Trump campaign sent fundraiser emails over the weekend about a chance to party alongside Team Trump as the results come in next Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The winner of a drawing, […]

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 4. Saul Loeb/Getty Images Subscribe to What Next on Apple Podcasts for the full episode. As we watch the Senate rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court this week, many people are worried about what her seating on […]