CLOSE Here’s a look at a top 10 list of all-time Phoenix Suns favorites based on fans feedback. Arizona Republic After determining four all-time favorite Suns, based on fan feedback, here’s a voting breakdown as Steve Nash was a clear-cut No. 1 followed by Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson and Amar’e […]
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A collection of groups led by Black Lives Matter and Shutdown DC reportedly has been holding training sessions for demonstrators to protest on Election Day — and apparently, they’re planning a large-scale event across the street from the White House expected to draw thousands. Several leaked documents and Zoom call recordings described a […]
Eviction notice for an apartment in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2009. (File photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Welcome to “The Tuesday,” a weekly newsletter about culture, language, and politics. Since there aren’t any big stories in the news today . . . Bankrupting Small-Time Landlords Anti-capitalist rhetoric has always relied on artificial […]
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus and ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images. Danny is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Q. The things we hang on the walls: My wife and I moved into our house last year […]
NEW YORK – Elissa Sangster counts herself fortunate to have had early mentors who pushed to empower and promote women around them. FILE PHOTO: Forte Foundation CEO Elissa Sangster poses in an undated handout photo. Forte Foundation/Handout via REUTERS After business school, Sangster worked at Texas A&M University as assistant […]
Between mercury retrograde and the US presidential election, we’re all feeling a bit stressed. There’s no denying that this is one of the most important elections in history (be sure to vote, if you haven’t yet!), but all of this can wreak havoc on our mental health. Instead of stressing […]
With rates of COVID-19 on the rise again, parents are preparing for the possibility of another round of stay-at-home orders. Or, even if the official word to stay indoors isn’t coming down from local governments, careful families might be planning for a winter at home, just to be safe. While […]
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. Today: an account executive who has a joint income of $490,000 per year and spends […]
A video presentation startup called Mmhmm began during the coronavirus pandemic with a simple observation about most video calls: they’re boring. Founder Phil Libin, onetime CEO of Evernote and now the head of the digital product studio All Turtles, which developed Mmhmm, says that as he saw himself and others […]
TOKYO — Asian airlines are facing an unprecedented fall in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the situation not expected to change anytime soon as most borders in the region remain closed or arrival quarantines remain in place. While carriers attempt to weather the storm by launching a series of […]
The lifestyle of Southwest Colorado living begins with ownership of this gorgeous home in Rockwood Estates. This home is spacious! From the multiple sitting rooms, open floor plan, huge bonus rooms (2), and the expansive outdoor entertaining space, there is room to make this a true multi- person/party mountain retreat! […]
It required some legal legwork, but an oddball bankruptcy case brought on by the demise of a Myrtle Beach vacation real estate deal is coming to a close with a financial outcome no one quite expected. Certainly not Columbia attorney Rick Mendoza, who’s seen his share of broken businesses. “It […]
The most re-watchable movies In a time of endlessly new content, those old, classic movies—the ones you know for sure will make you laugh, cry, or at least indulge your nostalgic tendencies—can gather dust while you gamble on the latest blockbuster. Watching movies more than once also allows you to appreciate the art of a film, as […]
cute-red-and-white-corgi-lays-on-the-bed-relaxed-from-spa-procedures-picture-id1193591572 The thought of Election Day (or perhaps Election Week or Month as it?s unknown when the final results will be in) is an anxiety-inducing one for many. So far, 2020 has been an emotionally fraught year between a global pandemic and social justice issues bubbling to a head ? […]
Josh Harris, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management Inc., obsessively weighs the risks and implications of decisions he makes: whom to hire for a role at the private-equity giant, whether to move forward with an investment or which trades to make to fill out the roster of the Philadelphia 76ers, […]
ABC Tate Stock pitches Chirp to the Sharks on ABC’s Shark Tank. Entrepreneur Tate Stock took his product, the Chirp, to the investors on ABC’s Shark Tank to see if he could get one of them to buy into his company. Stock pitched his exercise wheel product to Sharks Mark Cuban, Kevin […]
The biggest problem with most streaming services is that it can be difficult to find the best horror films, as it’s tough to distinguish which ones are worth checking out and which ones you haven’t heard of for good reason. The drawback to Shudder, on the other hand, is that […]
Instagram/Ronnie Ortiz Magro “Jersey Shore” star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro posted a picture to Instagram that showed him kissing his new girlfriend. Jersey Shore star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro posted a picture to Instagram that showed him kissing his new girlfriend, Saffire Matos. The photo was a surprise to one of Ronnie’s Jersey Shore […]
PARIS—Before the killings began, Nice’s largest church was quiet and nearly deserted. Vincent Loqués opened the Basilica of Notre-Dame at 8:30 a.m. as usual. The landmark cathedral, a striking bone-white structure, was built in the mid-1860s in the Neo-Gothic style and sits on Nice’s Avenue Jean Médecin—a busy artery in […]
How to read this guide Follow along from start to finish, or jump to the section(s) you want to learn more about. Saving for retirement is the gnarliest of delayed gratification challenges. Tucking money away today in retirement accounts with the intention you won’t touch it for decades is not […]
For Tom Strickler, serving as Columbia Borough School District’s lame duck superintendent just wouldn’t work. The school board earlier this month hired Ashley Mercado, principal of Wickersham Elementary School in Lancaster, to replace Strickler. Instead of sticking it out until the end of the year when his contract expired, Strickler […]
Kim Kardashian’s island getaway in the middle of a pandemic made her an easy target for people on social media pointing out how tone deaf a display of extreme wealth is at a time of economic strife for many. But despite her own defense of the post, Kardashian apparently couldn’t […]