Today is quarantine Thursday. At 5pm Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will deliver an update, via Twitter, on whether the travel ‘green list’ – the clutch of countries that we can travel to without facing two weeks of self-isolation on our return – has been further reduced. As it stands, there […]

 Added on September 30, 2020  Richard Foss  newsletter A La Carte dining news column for 01 October 2020 Uncorked co-owner Jeff Bonafede with some of the Bordeaux wines for this week’s tasting. Photo by Richard Foss Life After Melange: The old Chez Melange was two restaurants under one roof, […]

(Bloomberg) — Australia’s hot spot Victoria state recorded 81 new virus cases overnight, after warning against easing lockdown measures too quickly. The country recommitted to opening up its economy by December. Thailand had four new cases, the day after it detected its first locally transmitted coronavirus infection since late May. […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Kansas programs that aim to help school-aged kids while undergoing remote learning can now apply for extensions in the Remote Learning Grant program. Governor Laura Kelly says programs that got funding for remote learning are now eligible to apply for extensions to support online education through […]

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FILE – In this Jan. 4, 2020, file photo, San Jose Sharks’ Logan Couture, left, skates the puck upice as Columbus Blue Jackets’ Gustav Nyquist, of Sweden, defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio. The Sharks never managed to climb out of the deep […]