There is no crowding into a small kitchen this year, waiting for your turn with the stand mixer or the oven, and grabbing handfuls of warm treats off a buffet platter. Like so many other 2020 events, holiday cookie swaps will look a little different in the time of social […]

Between concerns about schools staying open and the challenges of learning remotely, teachers and students are haunted by another question that goes beyond 2020: Will snow days disappear forever? Schools invested in both the know-how and technology to teach students remotely. In the midst of a pandemic, they had no […]

© Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. This was supposed to be the year of the bucket-list trip for us. My wife and I […]

Should you buy annual travel insurance next year? Here’s how to decide. getty Should you buy annual travel insurance next year? For Debbie Winsett, who plans several trips to Israel next year, it comes down to simple math. If she had to insure each trip individually, she’d pay thousands of […]

Lee said the resources the office still has are being focused on helping artists and arts organizations navigate public and private funding sources. “There’s a diversity of resources available to artists. It was definitely true at the beginning of COVID, unique funds were created,” she said. “We hope to be […]

Erica Lamberg, Special to USA TODAY] Published 8:00 a.m. ET Dec. 5, 2020 CLOSE The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on MGM Resorts. USA TODAY Remember what travel was like before COVID-19? You didn’t have to wear a mask or get your brain probed by a Q-tip to take that much-anticipated […]

One billion people use Instagram, and many of them share edited vacation photos that help create a faux reality. Shutterstock Over the last decade, Instagram has changed how people approach travel — and not always for the best. While many use the platform as a source of inspiration, people using […]

“Having those snow days is part of the tradition of being a student, being a teacher,” said Tom Vontz, the director of the Master of Arts in Teaching program at Kansas State University. In this 2013 photo, students at Wilbur Middle School unload from buses in the snow. The Wichita […]

Oregon’s Amauri Hardy shoots to score against Seton Hall during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Kayla Wolf AP OMAHA, Neb. Eugene Omoruyi put together another strong game for No. 21 Oregon, and coach Dana Altman is eager to see […]

With 2020 turning into the year of the B2B marketplace thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, buyers are finding that the value of marketplaces extends beyond the convenience of purchasing online in a safe environment when travel to a physical marketplace doesn’t always make sense. I can search for specific patterns, […]

After the far west tip of Cornwall, where life feels relatively sane, London feels wrecked. In Soho, vibrant streets have collapsed into silence. Even Dalston, where hipsters don’t care about Covid, is eerily still. Most of my friends have left the city, swapping expensive rents for their parent’s homes. Others […]

If there’s one thing this pandemic has revealed, it’s that business travel was never anything more than one gigantic jolly. Call it a gravy train, if you like, or a big trough of goodies into which people stuck their heads and scoffed. Look at the figures from 2019: an absurd, […]

Seattle hospitals brace for more COVID patients; Spike in catalytic converter thefts; Ski resorts open; Seattle hotels struggling; Millions of masks for children. Around 54% of all American adults know someone who has been hospitalized or someone who has died from coronavirus, according to a new Pew Research Poll. That’s […]

The Celebrity Auction to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville and Greene County is underway online. The Boys & Girls Club is now hosting its 21st annual Celebrity Auction through Dec. 10, according to an announcement from the organization. With Covid-19 concerns and to make the event safe […]