Deborah Rosenthal starts her virtual kindergarten class on Zoom every morning with a song — today, it’s the Spanish version of, “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Her students clap along. There’s a greeting from the class mascot (a dragon), yoga, meditation and then some practice with letter sounds: […]
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought life to a standstill for most people around the world, and it’s natural to want to take the first exit. However, that doesn’t make it any less of a surprise that travel agents have been inundated with enquiries from Indians who want to jet […]
Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday it made “absolutely no sense” for a New Jersey restaurant to have defied rules in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus as new cases continue to surge. The governor criticized an Oakland restaurant, Portobello, after a Facebook photo of patrons packed in its […]
Despite the UK’s medicines regulator certifying that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe to use, ministers are concerned that false anti-vaxxer propaganda online could hinder efforts to inoculate the population. On Wednesday a YouGov poll suggested 20 per cent of Britons were either “not very confident” or “not confidential at all” […]
It’s depressing to imagine that there are people who are so greedy that they would form complex organizations for the purpose of manufacturing and selling phony COVID-19 vaccines. But Interpol just issued a global alert to law enforcement “across its 194 member countries warning them to prepare for organized crime […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s onetime romantic partner and alleged sex trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to renew her request to be released on bail, which was originally denied after she was arrested in July. Maxwell has been housed since then in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, as she […]
“My sperm has just landed!” a friend texts. This is followed by emojis: a champagne glass, a baby bottle, and a stunned ‘What am I doing?’ face. She’s one of my many girlfriends – late 30s, some with partners, some not – stuck in a very 2020 conundrum: “How do […]
Online shoppers were projected to ring up record-breaking numbers Cyber Monday, as many consumers avoid mall crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Cyber Monday is expected to remain the king of online shopping days and become the largest online sales day in history,” with between $10.8 billion and $12.7 billion spent […]
CLOSE New Mexico State head men’s basketball coach Chris Jans leads a meeting at the team’s temporary headquarters at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa. (Photo: New Mexico State University Athletics) If or when Chris Jans sits down to write his memoirs of a life in basketball, 2020 will be a big part […]
Black Friday shopping in 2020 looks much different from years past because due to the global pandemic. While it’s not unusual for big retailers to start their Black Friday deals a bit early, even days before Thanksgiving, some giant names like Target, Walmart, Best Buy and Home Depot advertised huge […]
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Missy Buchanan’s family in California will still see her smiling face around the table for Thanksgiving. So will relatives in Texas Hill Country, too. There are traditions to keep up after all. In fact, she’s already in both places at once — as a cardboard cutout. The real Buchanan and […]
Only certain employers are required to give sick time under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. GREENSBORO, N.C. — You go to work. You wear your mask. You wait away from others and you wash your hands. You still get COVID or a coworker does and you’re at risk. Can […]
Clayton Park | The Daytona Beach News-Journal Black Friday will be different this holiday season COVID-19 necessitates a bit of a change to Black Friday tradition. Here’s how stores are adapting to this year’s global pandemic. DAYTONA BEACH — The holiday shopping season is make or break time for retailers […]
© Provided by Shape Getty Images When the country shut down back in March, you likely thought ‘Oh, a two-week quarantine? I’ve got this.’ But as your spring, summer, and fall plans were eventually canceled, you likely realized that social distancing, mask-wearing, and state-wide […]
Registered Nurse Daniel Corral works with a COVID-19 patient at the El Paso Long Term Acute Care Hospital, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in El Paso, Texas. The relentless war against a deadly, invisible enemy was out of sight to all but those working its front lines. Mark Lambie AP EL […]
In his job as a pianist and music director, Scott Williams used to routinely play in front of hundreds of people. But that changed abruptly in mid-March, when live-event venues statewide – as well as all other non-essential businesses — were closed by Gov. Tom Wolf in an effort to […]
In a separate letter to vice-chancellors, the minister said she wanted all students to have “some form of face-to-face learning” where possible, as they had not seen evidence of increased transmission within teaching environments on university campuses. The University and College Union (UCU) called on vice-chancellors to move all non-essential activities online to […]
This is the first column in a five-part Heard on the Street series on how the American economy might look once the Covid-19 pandemic is over. With this month’s announcements of two highly effective Covid-19 vaccines, enough Americans should be inoculated over next spring and summer for normal life to […]
The rest of the passengers were confined to their cabins for the following three days, disembarking on Saturday, November 14. During the isolation everyone was tested, which resulted in further cases being uncovered. Although the 66-strong crew all returned negative results at first, the line has since confirmed that two […]
By Marcia Mantell, RMA® For some 42 million younger baby boomers (those born between 1955 and 1965), the last 8 months of COVID-19 have been a different kind of unusual. In fact, for those of us closing in on retirement, this unplanned time in quarantine has delivered an unexpected silver […]
Good morning and happy Tuesday! DO AS I SAY First Gov. Gavin Newsom got hammered for attending a political adviser’s 50th birthday party at fancy food place French Laundry. Then, on Monday, the spotlight shifted to California lawmakers who traveled to Maui this week for the California Independent Voter Project’s […]
For many years, WWE’s hectic travel schedule was one of the aspects that made the job of WWE Superstar, for better or worse, unique. On the one hand, working so many house shows in addition to televised events, combined with the travel, could put WWE superstars on the road for […]