In early April, organisers of a conference I was planning to attend in London emailed me to say the event had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As I read their email, I realised that another event I was due to attend in July, this time in Belgium, would […]
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With Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (Oct. 15 through Dec. 7) you have some new, unique ways to get informed about changes, choices and opportunities for next year. The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is the only time when most people can change or add a Part D-Drug plan or a Medicare […]
The Duchess of Sussex has spoken about the “almost unsurvivable” online abuse she was subjected to while on maternity leave in a podcast to mark World Mental Health Day. Meghan appeared alongside Prince Harry on the Teenage Therapy podcast as she recalled being told that “in 2019, I was the […]
ANTIOCH El Campanil Theatre will relaunch its Classic Film Series on Saturday afternoons beginning Nov. 7. The series was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but now that Contra Costa County has entered the “red” zone of COVID-19 regulations, movie theaters will be allowed to reopen with limited capacity. “We […]
English actress Diana Rigg poses for a photo session at Cannes film festival in April 2019 in southern France. (Joel Saget / AFP via Getty Images) It is the rare artist who is known for and cherished, equally and by substantially different audiences, for the first and last big things […]
This feature is part of the ADA 30th Anniversary series, which marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, civil rights legislation which prohibits discrimination based on disability, provides accommodations for employees with disabilities, and requires public spaces to be accessible. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted lives around […]
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A question for you about living rooms. I have no other way of putting this except to give an example: A family sits down in the living room after dinner and everyone takes out their book to read. Everyone is silent except for one person, who is […]
The Cyberpunk 2077 third-person camera mod has been enhanced by another mod that adds a very welcome improvement. The Spawn0 – Body Rigs mod fixes the character model with proper arm positioning. Animations still look quite stiff, but it’s a definite step forward toward a proper and fully-functional third-person camera. […]
Here come the droids. Yukai Engineering This story is part of CES, where our editors will bring you the latest news and the hottest gadgets of the entirely virtual CES 2021. This year’s all-digital CES is going to be a tough one for everyone involved, but it may be even […]
Elon Musk. Steve Nesius/Reuters Elon Musk has had a tumultuous yet successful life. He was bullied as a child but ultimately attended an Ivy League university before going on to become the CEO of two companies, Tesla and SpaceX, and the founder of three more. He’s also been married three […]
Elon Musk. Steve Nesius/Reuters Elon Musk has had a tumultuous yet successful life. He was bullied as a child but ultimately attended an Ivy League university before going on to become the CEO of two companies, Tesla and SpaceX, and the founder of three more. He’s also been married three […]
Dissatisfaction with remote learning during the pandemic has led some families to take extraordinary measures, even moving out of state in hopes that their children can attend school in person. Many have headed to states where they have some connection – a vacation spot, a second home, a previous residence […]
It was the Monday night before Election Day when Hannah Tindall made what she thought would be taken as a joke while discussing with friends the fate of her home state, Pennsylvania — sure to be a toss-up, if not the determining factor — in the coming days’ election. Tindall, […]
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, […]
With rates of COVID-19 on the rise again, parents are preparing for the possibility of another round of stay-at-home orders. Or, even if the official word to stay indoors isn’t coming down from local governments, careful families might be planning for a winter at home, just to be safe. While […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Bay Area children hoping to sit on Santa’s lap this year are in for some big changes, but it is still possible to get quality time with Saint Nick. A lot of Santa’s helpers who usually staff malls and department stores are older and at high […]
FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, file photo, voters wait in line to enter the Pip Moyer Recreation Center, in Annapolis, Md., on the first day of in-person early voting in the state. Tens of millions of Americans already cast ballots in the 2020 election amid record-breaking early […]