Airbnb, the massively popular do-it-yourself accommodation rental site operator, is seeking to raise roughly $3 billion in its initial public offering (IPO). That’s according to a report published last Friday by Reuters, which cited “people familiar with the matter.” If it draws that amount of capital from investors, Airbnb’s total […]
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — When the American Dream megamall opened in New Jersey last autumn, visitors could only gape at its unfinished signature attraction: a massive DreamWorks-themed waterpark with room for up to 5,600 bathers. A year and a global pandemic later, Benkos Quinones, his wife and two small […]
If you want to throw a party at a rented home in Arizona, you’re going to have to pay for two nights, at least if you rent through Vrbo. The vacation rental site has pledged to ban all one-night rentals in Arizona for at least several months during the COVID-19 […]
Charita M. Goshay | The Repository When Taylor Duncan was a child growing up in suburban Atlanta, he was bypassed by people who didn’t think he could play baseball because he has autism. That was the impetus for the Alternative Baseball League, created by Duncan, 25, to give those with autism and other disabilities an […]
Officials across Southern California are opening more sites to administer coronavirus vaccine. But there are concerns that the shortage in vaccine doses could worsen before it gets better. Authorities have said the biggest problem right now is getting enough vaccine to meet demand. At current rates, it could be June […]
Sun, sand, margaritas—and no quarantine. That, plus a $300 round-trip airfare, convinced Jon Heinz to book a four-day getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in November. He is monitoring the level of Covid-19 cases there, reading studies on the rate of virus transmission aboard planes and checking online reports from […]
A new stretch of the Fox River in McHenry County is being analyzed by local government agencies preparing a plan for the long-term future management of the waterway, and community members can weigh in on what it should entail through an online survey. McHenry County, the city of McHenry and […]
Pushing her boundaries is nothing new for Hoboken’s Chelsea Melendez. When she first arrived at the high school, she joined the volleyball team in an attempt to make new friends and experience new things, and ended up falling in love with the sport. Later that year, she continued to push […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Monday she will fly to Beijing to ask Chinese leaders for help to pull the territory out of its economic slump. Lam said an annual speech she was due to make this week about government plans will be postponed […]