RANGELEY, ME –Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust’s Courtesy Boat Inspection program inspected 3,340 boats and trailers – a record across the 18-year-old program. Throughout the summer, inspectors collected 45 non-invasive plants traveling in or out of the water at public boat launches. Inspectors showed boaters how to inspect their recreational equipment […]

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Nintendo. Sunday will mark 35 years since the Nintendo Entertainment System arrived on America’s shores, saving a crashed video game industry and making a generation of gamers out of people who first learned to “play Nintendo” on the NES. People such as me. For […]

Can I travel in the lockdown areas? You should try not to share a car with those outside your household or social bubble. If you need to, the Government advises you to: Share the transport with the same people each time. Keep to small groups of people at any one […]

A health worker makes a heart sign while she and her fellow workers celebrate as the last three patients are released from a field hospital at the National Stadium Mane Garrincha, after recuperating from COVID-19, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Eraldo Peres AP BERLIN — Germany has confirmed […]

“Why don’t people want to pay for cake?” Professional chef and baker Reshmi Bennett often wonders why people she doesn’t know will ask her to bake an Insta-worthy cake free of charge. The London-based baker runs Anges de Sucre, and she’s created a bit of an online storm by calling […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering France’s bid to avoid a lockdown, competing town halls ahead of the U.S. election and Boris Johnson’s play for time. France’s half measures against coronavirus France thought it had beaten the coronavirus. But a roaring second […]

John Authers is a senior editor for markets. Before Bloomberg, he spent 29 years with the Financial Times, where he was head of the Lex Column and chief markets commentator. He is the author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets” and other books. Read more opinion Follow @johnauthers on Twitter […]

Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Delta Air Lines and United Airlines both reported poor Q3 earnings this week, but they and many other travel companies think the worst of the COVID-19 woes are behind them. Here’s why.  Even though COVID-19 cases are once again starting to rise in […]

France’s half measures against coronavirus France thought it had beaten the coronavirus. But a roaring second wave has left French leaders scrambling for solutions to avoid another painful lockdown. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, on Wednesday announced a curfew for Paris and eight other major cities. The pressure on intensive […]

Riverside Transit Agency buses in Temecula will park and provide Wi-Fi hotspots for students in need of internet connection for distance learning. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Emily Schwank Intern Internet connection will be brought to parks in Temecula and expanded through the valley in October, thanks to the city of […]

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ/VMI Release) – Because of COVID-19 concerns, cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington will be removed from the university in favor of online education temporarily. The decision was announced in an online message to the VMI community from the superintendent, US Army General (Ret.) JH Binford Peay […]

The annual Cheers and Beers tasting event returns in a pandemic, but organizers say safety protocols are in place to protect everyone. Eleven beer and winery vendors from Norman around the state will be at Legacy Park from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The event is free to attend […]

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris canceled campaign stops Thursday after two staffers tested positive for COVID-19. Harris wasn’t in contact with either staffer, but she is quarantining out of an abundance of caution, according to a campaign manager for presidential candidate Joe Biden. Meanwhile, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana are seeing […]

PARIS — Long averse to selling its luxury products online, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is projecting a bigger role for its e-commerce platforms, including multibrand site 24S, as the coronavirus pandemic reshuffles the landscape of brick-and-mortar retail. The luxury conglomerate said its sales trends improved significantly in the third […]