The festivities would start each year with their mom, Lisa Cheatham, 58, setting out a plate-bending buffet with just about every breakfast food you can think of, the sisters said. Then they would open presents, watch festive movies (Christmas Vacation and The Grinch are family favorites) and play card games […]
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In his peer review of Gebru, Jeff Dean, the head of Google Artificial Intelligence, left only one comment when asked what she could do to have a greater impact, according to documents viewed by The Washington Post: Ensure that her team helps make a promising new software tool for processing […]
Shoppers file past snowdrifts in 2017 in downtown Truckee. A new infill development is rising in the town’s former railyard. Randall Benton [email protected] Truckee town officials voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an urgency ordinance empowering the town to revoke permits of property owners and hotels who continue to rent to […]
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The arrival of coronavirus vaccines has the U.S. travel industry preparing for a rebound in demand following a historically terrible year. After months of deep discounts — with hotels offering lavish perks and airlines dangling fares such as $21 from New York to Florida — prices are set to make […]
Here’s what you need to know: The agreement gives the United States a total of 200 million doses, enough to vaccinate 100 million people.Credit…Whitney Curtis for The New York Times The Trump administration and Pfizer reached a deal to bolster the supply of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and […]
If you’re on a staycation and you’ve run out of things to watch on Netflix, here’s an alternative: Call someone living in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and he’ll take you on a one-on-one tour of local temples and floating villages. For 45 minutes, the cost is $17. [Photo: courtesy Cooee] Cooee, […]
Woman in shopping mall with bags shopping during pandemic and wearing face mask against coronavirus. When I reached out to financial experts with the query, “What holiday splurges do you think are worth it,” I expected some of their responses to be, “none” — or lengthier ways of essentially saying […]
Billie Eilish. DAVID SWANSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock She’s not having it! Billie Eilish shuts down haters who criticize her signature green-and-black hairstyle in the most epic way. On Monday, December 21, the 19-year-old hitmaker took to her Instagram Story to share a story about her dog. But before she got to it, she […]
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. I was sitting on the beach next to the woman I’ve loved for a long time. She reached for my hand, and, at that moment, I realized that I’ve never purchased her jewelry […]
Terri Betzer, 46, is a UPS delivery driver based in Phoenix, Arizona. She’s been working for UPS for 25 years, and in the past week has been one of many drivers tasked with delivering the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to health centers around the country. As someone who’s worked bringing essential […]
The comfort of made-for-TV holiday movies lies in their consistency. You have a pretty good idea of what you’re going to get when you turn on the Hallmark Channel or Lifetime or flip through the holiday offerings on Netflix between Oct. 31 and Jan.1 of each year. There will be […]
There was a time when Wilmer Valderrama may not have been the guy to trust with your secrets—or even to trust with his own secrets. But times have definitely changed. The NCIS star, whose young-Hollywood days were punctuated by explosive headlines about a line of girlfriends and sexual conquests, rang […]
The Rink at Thompson’s Point in Portland is open for skating and will be during school vacation. Photo courtesy of The Rink at Thompson’s Point. Kids are still going to school, even if it’s online most of the time, and they’re doing it amid all the added pressures of the […]
TipRanks Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 30% From Current Levels After a true annus horribilus, we’re all ready for better times. The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the near-term. The team is predicting […]
Crown roast of pork? Pass. Beef Wellington? Boring. Clam dip? Well … maybe we’ll keep the clam dip on the menu. In a year that’s been upside down and inside out, why stick with the same old dishes for Christmas dinner? This season, it’s time to lighten up a bit […]
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The Mallow Box, a dessert shop serving gourmet marshmallows in nearly every way imaginable, opened its second location in Legacy Food Hall in August. After a year of pop-ups at Stonebriar Centre’s Nordstrom and a brief experiment with a kiosk at the Shops at Willow Bend, the Mallow Box’s first […]
Several IT executives discussed ways that they are encouraging their teams to pursue the right work-life balance during the pandemic. Iron Mountain’s Kimberly Anstett and her husband, Craig, hiking in the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Winchester, Mass. Photo: Kim Anstett “We’re not only encouraging and emphasizing that our employees schedule […]
It is not too late to cancel your Christmas plans. Your holiday hangouts. Your annual end-of-the-year, multifamily, multigenerational bonanzas. This is a reminder, a plea, an entreaty tossed in the wind with the hope it snags onto a wintry branch of your consciousness and clings there. I say this because […]
Give a little magic this year to your favorite Disney fans both young and old. For those still waiting to visit the Magical Kingdom, these gifts for Disney lovers will almost be as good as a trip to the theme park. We did say almost. Disney Gift Ideas for All […]
In an article published on Dec. 7, I named Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) as my top initial public offering (IPO) stock to buy in December. It has been years since an IPO intrigued me so much, and I took the rare step of selling other stocks in my portfolio in order to […]
Are you one of the Americans who’s in the dark? If you want to accomplish big financial goals, saving money is essential. It’s also important to know you can cover unexpected expenses without having to borrow. Unfortunately, many Americans have far too little saved. And surprising data from Northwestern Mutual […]
Holiday traffic in November — the first full month of the Hawaii Safe Travels pre-arrivals testing program — didn’t help Hawaii hotels much. Only 22.1% of available hotel rooms were occupied in November, according to new data released by Hendersonville, Tenn.-based STR. The 72.1% statewide occupancy decline from November 2019 […]