Luxury home sales have surged in the Charleston region in recent months, mirroring a national trend that has seen high-end parts of the housing market unhampered, and even accelerated, by the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report by real estate website and brokerage Redfin, luxury sales jumped 42 percent in […]
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n less than two weeks, thousands of college students in Kansas will board planes and hop into cars daydreaming of sweet potatoes and turkey legs. Most of those students won’t return to campus for the rest of the semester. To cut the risk of spreading the coronavirus, the majority of […]
Sandy Kretschmer imagines her son Henry returning home from college, dropping his bags and then giving her a big hug. But she knows the reality of this homecoming may be a lot different. I’ll probably have a mask on and he’ll have a mask on when I hug him,” she […]
The Manhattan is widely said to have been invented at New York’s Manhattan Club in the mid-1870s. Cocktail lore has it that Lady Randolph Churchill (Winston’s mother) was hosting a banquet for presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden on the night it was first concocted. Experts dispute this story, on the […]
CLOSE A Milwaukee nurse has been charged with theft and fraud related to her billing for private-duty work. Paige O’Connor, 49, was charged in Dane County by the state Department of Justice after an investigation by its Medicaid Fraud Control and Elder Abuse unit. According the department, a mother hired O’Connor to […]
On a recent Thursday in Hartford, Conn., Toronto FC goalkeeper Quentin Westberg pondered the dichotomy of wanting to reach MLS Cup on Dec. 12, but also desiring to see his family again. Meanwhile, Jim Liston, the team’s director of sports science, was planning a trip to Lowe’s to buy 15 […]
Students will be allowed to go home for Christmas during a “travel window” in early December. Under new plans, universities will organise staggered departures for students from December 3-9 once England’s national lockdown lifts. All lectures will move online by 9 December so students can study until the end of term […]
Students are to be sent straight home from university after lockdown so they can spend Christmas with their families, official guidance will say. The long-awaited advice, which will be published on Wednesday by the Department for Education will say that all lectures and classes should move online by December 9 […]
Gleneagles is among the UK hotels launching ‘at home’ products (Gleneagles) Staycations have reigned supreme in 2020, with many of us finding comfort in precious holidays and mini breaks across the UK in a challenging year. With lockdown restrictions forcing hotels to close their doors once more, many properties are […]
There are unique challenges to qualifying as a retiree. Here’s how to prep for your home purchase. (iStock) There are many reasons you might buy a home in retirement. It may be to downsize to a smaller house, purchase a vacation property, or just move closer to friends and family. […]
I have always hankered after a four-poster bed: designer Matilda Goad has one in her new bedroom – a £150 eBay find that she customised by painting rings with leftover paint and adding handmade Volga linen curtains around the frame (volgalinen.co.uk). Without waiting for the perfect vintage find to crop […]
This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2020, CNET’s gift picks with expert advice, reviews and recommendations for the latest tech gifts for you and your family. After working from home went mainstream in the spring, many of our favorite remote-work staples became impossible to buy online. But now […]
(BPT) – The election season is a lot to handle no matter where you land on the political spectrum. It can be draining on many levels, which is why now is the perfect time to escape the political drama and make up your own political fun at home. Idea 1: […]
In today’s travel markets there are more choices for lodging than ever before. In addition to hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns and rentals, an increasingly popular option is Airbnb. This online service serves as a broker to connect long- and short-term travelers with hosts. Airbnb was launched in 2008 […]
Having a night in by yourself? Being alone at home doesn’t have to be boring! If you are looking to do something different, here is a list of great ideas for you to do when you are alone at home. What’s special about all of these activities? They are all […]
Belize — seen here in a view of Placencia — sure looks nice right now. (Photo: Getty Images) If you’re disheartened enough by the U.S. political and cultural divide to declare, “I’m moving to Canada!” you are far from alone right now. Online search traffic around how to permanently join […]
Home cooking is at an all-time high thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But after nearly eight months of eating most of your meals at home, you’re probably stuck in a cooking rut and tired of preparing the same old thing over and over again. You’re also likely eager for a few […]
Just ask Rishi Mohnot. The 31-year-old has been traveling all over the country for work, and didn’t realize until five days before Election Day that he had missed the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot. His flight, which he covered with his sky miles, left California at 11:45 p.m. PT, […]
Blaine Jaime Polinder drove past the Asian giant hornet nest in the cavity of an alder tree on his property plenty of times. His house was about 100 feet from it, his children’s playset about 40 feet. The kennel for his two Labs was about 50 feet away. And, yet, […]
These are the best gifts you can buy from Home Depot. (Photo: Home Depot) — Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. Home Depot is one of our favorite places to shop for tools and home improvement gadgets, but the […]
The New York Times After 50 Years, a Suspect Emerges in a Cold Murder Case Rosalie Sanz was a teenager in 1969 when she looked out the window of her family’s San Diego home on a dark November night and saw two men in suits. She remembers her mother listening […]
Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel which attracts around 1.5 million visitors each year, will reopen on November 1 after a seven-month closure. This year marked only the second time that Peru’s biggest tourist draw has shut since 1948; in 2010 it was forced to close during extended and torrential rain […]