Hayley Hodson, the 2015 American Volleyball Coaches Assn. freshman of the year at Stanford, saw her career cut short because of post-concussion syndrome. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Something was wrong with Hayley Hodson. She had come to Stanford as the country’s top volleyball recruit, an Olympic hopeful whose […]
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The lockdown began in Montreal on March 12. I was already in a state of personal crisis, with my mother entering the final stages of ovarian cancer. At the same time, the world around me descended into chaos. Food was scarce, toilet paper scarcer, and, worst of all, the newspaper and […]
Holiday shopping at Macy’s in 1946. AP PhotoCarl Nesensohn There’s something magical about the holiday season in New York City. Symbols of the holidays in the city, like the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, have been around for decades. Other traditions, such as holiday shopping, look a little different today. The […]
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Amazon and Netflix. Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel The Queen’s Gambit is on the New York Times best-seller list, thanks to what Netflix calls its “biggest limited scripted series ever.” But what will fans of the blockbuster show find when they crack open the book […]
The DWP has changed the rules for people applying for Universal Credit online, in an effort to make things simpler and quicker. People with an existing Government Gateway account can now confirm their identity digitally. The change comes as 600,000 people have signed up for the six-in-one benefit since April. […]
Turkey Day will look different this year for many Americans because of the pervasive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three in 5 U.S. adults who had Thanksgiving travel plans (60%) say these plans have been affected by the pandemic, according to a new NerdWallet survey. Just 12% say their plans […]
Geoffrey Palmer and Judi Dench in As Time Goes By; the pair became firm friends outside the set too – Alamy In Tomorrow Never Dies, Pierce Brosnan’s second Bond adventure, Geoffrey Palmer cameoed as Admiral Roebuck. But Palmer wasn’t there to run the bally show, as stuffy commanders had by […]
Yet the campaign, like American life, has forged ahead in unprecedented ways amid the threat of the coronavirus, which has dangerously surged again in recent weeks. In April, thousands of people across Wisconsin risked their health to cast primary ballots in the early weeks of the pandemic — a preview […]
Anne Hathaway as Grand High Witch in “The Witches.” (Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.) Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel “The Witches,” currently streaming on HBO Max, including a discussion of the ending. For less spoiler-y content, consider this review and our feature […]
CNN Business asked readers how the pandemic has changed their spending and saving habits. Here’s what some of them had to say. Paul Grim described himself and his wife, Michelle, as “more savers than spenders” before the pandemic struck. Then Grim was laid off from his IT job. His wife, […]
Blima Ehrentreu is the founder and CEO of The Designers Group, an interior design firm with offices in Toronto, New York, and Miami. She spoke to Doreen Lorenzo for Designing Women, a series of interviews with brilliant women in the design industry. Doreen Lorenzo: Have you always been interested in […]