Covid-19 has forced businesses to change how they work and communicate. While this is true for most line-level employees, the wealthiest Americans are also changing their habits. While this involves how we work, it is also affecting where the wealthy choose to live. By working online for most, if not […]
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Are you confused by your stage of life? Feel young and vibrant, and yet a day-spa worker recently called your skin “crêpey”? It’d be great finally to have confirmation that you’re no longer a vital part of society—but how? Throw yourself a middle-age-reveal party! Here’s a step-by-step guide: Decide on […]
Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg When the coronavirus pandemic shut down bars and concert halls in March, a new phenomenon was born: the vacation-rental nightclub. Professional party promoters started scanning Airbnb, Vrbo and other short-term rental sites for mansions and luxury condos for hire. Tickets were going for $90 […]
They bent over individual white boards, grasping markers bearing their names (there is no more sharing) and taking dictation. “How do I spell get?” asked Ms. Moore. “Sometimes in the South we say, ‘g-i-tt,’” she hinted. “So, you have to be careful because it is ‘guh-Eh-tt.’ ” But the hybrid […]
Linda Miller has found a happy medium. She lives in Warrenton, Va., which puts her right in between her job as an executive assistant at the economic consulting firm Bates White in Northwest Washington and her 86-year-old parents’ home in Harrisonburg, Va. Before the novel coronavirus forced many workers out […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An accidentally severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system for several hours Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election, has prompted a lawsuit from a civil rights organization. The Virginia Department of Elections said in a statement […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and their allies asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow for absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received up to six days after the election to be counted — a move being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An accidentally severed fiber optic cable shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election, authorities said. The Virginia Department of Elections said in statement on Twitter that a “fiber cut” was affecting connectivity for multiple agencies, […]
Getty The majority of Americans say their holiday plans won’t be business as usual in 2020. The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is complicating plans for family gatherings and travel in the U.S. this winter. Sixty percent of respondents to Travelocity’s 2020 Holiday Outlook survey claim they won’t be traveling […]
Top row from left: Adam Fox, Daniel Harris, Kaleb Franks, Ty Garbin and Eric Molitor. Second row from left: Pete Musico, Joseph Morrison, Brandon Caserta, William Null and Michael Null Third row from left: Shawn Fix, Paul Bellar and Barry Croft All face charges related to what the FBI says […]
Last year, I made a mistake when I retired and enrolled in a Medicare Advantage PPO plan because I understood from talking with retired co-workers and friends that this PPO plan was like a Medicare Supplement. Boy was I wrong! I need out. Now! I have been diagnosed with lung […]
TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices Whether markets move up or down, every investor loves a bargain. There’s a thrill in finding a valuable stock at low, low price – and then watching it appreciate in the mid- to long-term. Portfolio growth of that sort is one […]
Employment has shifted from being an employer’s market to an employee’s market. Now, businesses have to offer better packages to interest the most talented employees to stick around and add their expertise to the company’s operations. Despite the need for industries to be more competitive in the benefits they offer […]
Good morning. I’m Rachel Schnalzer, the L.A. Times Business section’s audience engagement editor, back with our weekly newsletter. As my colleagues have reported in depth, millions of Californians have lost work as a result of pandemic-related business closures. Losing your job can be frightening, and those who have not experienced […]
CLOSE Though presumed innocent until proven guilty, six defendants charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are likely to remain locked up pending the outcomes of their cases, legal experts say. Top row from left: Adam Fox, Daniel Harris, Kaleb Franks, Ty Garbin and Eric Molitor. Second row from left: Pete […]
Travelocity has released the results of its recent “2020 Holiday Travel Outlook” survey, which indicates that nearly 60% of Americans won’t be going home for the holidays this year. Among those who said they won’t be traveling to see family and friends this holiday season, one in three reported that they don’t plan […]
DEAR ABBY: I am thinking about asking my stepdaughter “Gwen” (37 years old with a husband and three kids) if she would like me to adopt her. I married her mother when Gwen was 2. We divorced when she was 8 or 9, so we were out of contact for […]
It’s that time of year again. The season when you start scouring the internet for last-minute costume ideas for your upcoming Halloween parties. Only this year… is Halloween even a thing? Seriously, we have no idea what shape Halloween will take this year (masks on masks!), but we do know […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s lone congressional Democrat faced his Republican challenger on the debate stage Monday night as the candidates vie for the closely watched suburban Salt Lake City seat. U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams highlighted times he had voted against his party leadership as he framed himself as […]
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Luther — Shotgun shells litter the ground. Human silhouettes are spray-painted in red on a wooden wall. Bullet holes are everywhere. This is a training ground of a group of men who plotted to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to the FBI. Buried deep in the northern Michigan woods, 30 miles southwest of Cadillac, […]
It seems after six months of putting my kids’ social lives on hold, and forgoing our traditional summer vacation, and saying “no” to simple things like eating out at restaurants, COVID-19 is poised to potentially spoil the next fun activity on the calendar: Halloween. Of course, I suppose I could […]