This holiday season is another reason to up your accessories game, and with the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, festive face masks are a fun way to show off your merry side. Etsy, an online market place that allows crafters and others to sell their unique products online, has several types of […]

Luxury home sales have surged in the Charleston region in recent months, mirroring a national trend that has seen high-end parts of the housing market unhampered, and even accelerated, by the coronavirus pandemic.  According to a report by real estate website and brokerage Redfin, luxury sales jumped 42 percent in […]

Video above: Traveling increases chance of COVID-19 transmission, infectious disease expertIt was the good news that gave the world hope.On Nov. 9, it was announced that one of the candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, was over 90% effective in preventing volunteers from contracting the virus.The […]

Seventeen seasons in and Grey’s Anatomy is still surprising us.  At the end of an action-packed two-hour premiere on Thursday, the long-running medical drama pulled off its biggest surprise return ever by bringing back Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd. He’s still dead and only exists on the beach Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) is dreaming of after collapsing in […]

Organizers of the 2nd Annual Midcoast Tree Festival have announced that the event is being postponed until 2021 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The event had been scheduled to open on Nov. 20 with nearly three dozen decorated trees and wreaths for patrons to be raffled off. The […]

All it took for Kristen Hope’s holiday card to materialize was a friend’s message on Twitter depicting the enormous disposable face mask adorning the facade of the Science Museum of Virginia. The museum is about 100 miles south of Ms. Hope’s home in Arlington, Va. “I thought, ‘Oh, that would […]

Converting to a Roth account is one of the brilliant ways to reduce taxes in retirement. “At age 70 ½ you are required to start withdrawing Required Minimum Distributions from traditional IRAs and for 401(k)s if you’re no longer employed,” said Luis F. Rosa, CFP, EA, founder at Build a Better […]

Over the summer, the Share the Mic Now campaign ignited conversations and flooded Instagram timelines as Black women took over the accounts of white women in order to share their own experiences and influences. Co-founded by Bozoma Saint John, Netflix’s chief marketing officer at Netflix, and Luvvie Ajayi Jones, a […]

Amtrak has new COVID-19 safety protocols you should know about when you book your ticket. There’s a limited number of tickets sold to allow for social distancing, and reservations will be required for seats on popular Southern California routes that don’t typically require them. Use the Amtrak app, go to […]

Only Moderately Petty Is it wrong to be thoroughly annoyed by people who reply all in an email thread when their reply isn’t necessary for all to see? It drives me nuts. Is that extremely petty? Am I crazy? Is it uncalled-for if I send a gentle reminder to those […]

If you’re like most investors, at least some of your stocks were likely chosen because they were prominently featured in the news. There’s nothing inherently wrong with choosing trendy stocks. But such an approach just might steer you away from better-grounded, less splashy holdings that offer much-needed stability. To this […]

Image source: The Motley Fool. HUYA Inc. (NYSE:HUYA)Q3 2020 Earnings CallNov 11, 2020, 7:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by for the 2020 third-quarter earnings conference call for HUYA Inc. [Operator instructions] I will now turn […]

Young businesswman with yellow sticky note on her forehead. (Courtesy of Getty Images) During a trip home a few years ago, I casually asked my mother’s partner, D, for some financial advice. I was starting my third job in three years, and a byproduct of all this shuffling of tax […]