Top Gear battled severe COVID-19 restrictions to deliver a 29th season of the beloved motoring show which its ardent fans loved, producing record audience figures, but it also drove some viewers away. It’s mix of vehicle tests and high-octane stunts is constantly evolving, so where will they take it in […]
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By PAN PYLAS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — This year, the annual illumination of the Christmas lights on London’s famous Oxford Street was very much a bittersweet moment. The lights, which were turned on this week, are celebrating the people who helped during the coronavirus pandemic. They should have symbolized […]
City, Republic alter bulk pickup times Republic Services and the Mayor’s Office have decided upon a better agreement on the Bulk Pickup schedule to make it easier for residents to know their pickup day every month, said Deputy Mayor Jacob Pomasl. This is for the two free bulk items. The […]
(Reuters) – When the temperature dipped near freezing in Columbus, Ohio in mid-October, the children had no heat. The gas had been shut off in their apartment for nonpayment. DaMir Coleman, 8, and his brother, KyMir, 4, warmed themselves in front of the electric oven. The power, too, was set […]
By ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The high-altitude training camp in the Alps was supposed to represent ideal preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. Instead, a large portion of the Italian swimming team — 13 elite athletes — has been locked in their tiny hotel rooms for nearly […]
For Tom Strickler, serving as Columbia Borough School District’s lame duck superintendent just wouldn’t work. The school board earlier this month hired Ashley Mercado, principal of Wickersham Elementary School in Lancaster, to replace Strickler. Instead of sticking it out until the end of the year when his contract expired, Strickler […]
(CNN) — Are you ready to make your mark on history? When you exercise your right to vote on November 3, you will have done something that no American has done for more than 50 years: voted during a deadly pandemic. The “Hong Kong flu” hit the United States in […]
Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has become the object of online mockery following his claim that “damning” evidence against Hunter Biden was lost in the mail. Carlson told his prime time audience on Wednesday night documents incriminating former Vice President Joe Biden’s son had been lost by a “large national […]
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and other economic challenges, Santa Maria is “holding up well,” with City Manager Jason Stilwell sharing both bright spots and bleak news on Wednesday. Stilwell and Mayor Alice Patino provided the State of the City presentation — virtually, of course — during an annual event hosted […]
TUPELO • Even though the laughs had to be delivered virtually, Greg Burks finally got his chance to go from simply attending and supporting the Antone Tannehill Good Samaritan Free Clinic roast to being the roastee. “Being on stage in front of the lights with a production crew, knowing that […]
DUBLIN, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The “Q3 2020 COVID-19 Impact on Global e-Commerce and Online Payments” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This study reveals continuing interest of merchants and global markets in online retail as well as growth of online payment companies. The publication indicates that consumers […]
Louis John Jaworski September 23, 1928 – October 22, 2020 Salem – Louis John Jaworski, 92, of Salem, passed away in the evening of October 22, 2020. He was the devoted husband (for 67 years) of the late Theresa (Malionek) Jaworski, who predeceased him on March 1, 2019. Born In […]
Lafayette Parish officials want voters to rededicate a parishwide property tax approved for arts, culture and recreation in 2017 to fire protection in unincorporated areas and to parish roads and bridges. The rededication is on the Nov. 3 ballot. Parish Councilman Kevin Naquin supports the measure which, he said, will […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce will ask shareholders on Tuesday for 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) in a make-or-break attempt to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, which has stopped planes flying and hammered its finances. At stake is the future of a company which has been at the heart of […]
First Lady Melania Trump is set to make her first solo campaign visit to Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a day after her husband, President Donald Trump, made a campaign swing in the state that included a stop at the airport in Lititz. Live updates: Trump finishes speaking in Manheim Township after […]
When Betty Rutt remembers life before the pandemic, what she misses most is her family. “That’s the hardest thing for all adults this age, if you don’t see your family,” Rutt said. “Because that’s almost what you live for.” Rutt, who is 92 and a resident at Brethren Villages’ Village […]
Students make use of the computer lab inside the library on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie in October 2019. Many university classes will take place online in the spring to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Cayla Nimmo, Star-Tribune The University of Wyoming has launched preparations for the […]
Southampton – Everton: An intriguing clash takes place at St Mary’s on Sunday (watch live, 10 am ET online via NBCSports.com) as unbeaten and top of the table Everton travel to in-form Saints. STREAM LIVE SOUTHAMPTON – EVERTON Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side fought back to draw 3-3 at Chelsea last week […]
Madison Zurmuehlen poses for a photo on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Amid pandemic restrictions aimed at keeping students safe and healthy, colleges are scrambling to help them adjust. Zurmuehlen said daily practices, with masks, are “the one thing […]
A business that started with no money down and one fancy purse has snowballed in seven months into a women’s clothing resale store owned by two friends — both military veterans — who share a love and knowledge of “thrifting.” Behind the White Door LLC, in Shelocta, is owned by […]
TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — The pandemic is hitting businesses hard and even though they’ve reopened, some of them are struggling. Some of it has to do with online shopping, but something else is missing. Our winter migration of snowbirds has not seen the same numbers as previous years. They just […]
CHEYENNE – Five-year-old Brooklynn Crane loves nothing more than being outside, camping with her grandma and grandpa, and roasting marshmallows around the fire. Her parents always had a hard time getting her back into the house, since she was too busy playing in the pool and the sandbox and jumping […]