A detail of the “Pandemic Self-Portraits” series from an exhibition of photos recently on display at Denver’s Next Gallery. (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post) The year 2020 was as much about art-making as it was about art-enabling. Despite an endless pandemic and social unrest, artists did manage […]
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‘It may have come from an employee’: Hudson County jail rises to 33 positive COVID-19 cases
A COVID-19 outbreak at the Hudson County jail is now up to 33 positive cases, according to a county official. None of the 33 infected inmates are showing “serious symptoms,” but now health officials believe that an asymptomatic employee may be the source of the spread in the facility, county […]
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‘GTA 6’ devs learned 1 critical lesson from 2020’s biggest video game flop
Grand Theft Auto 6 can’t forget single player. While Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have both featured single-player campaigns, Rockstar has focused more energy on building out online modes for these games rather than continue single-player stories through a sequel. In an age where many franchises […]
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The UK is struggling to manage illegal immigration too
The United States isn’t the only country struggling to manage illegal immigration. The Public Accounts Committee in the United Kingdom’s (UK) House of Commons recently published an immigration enforcement report that indicates the UK is experiencing similar problems — more fundamental than what we usually see on the news. The […]
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The top 10 technologies to watch in 2021
The rise of robot therapy The pandemic has starved many people of social interaction, the simple human need to have someone to talk to. Instead, we have had to make do with Zoom and phone calls. But now that we have become used to digital companionship, the next step could […]
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The real story behind Black Narcissus, the escapist fantasy that put its fearless author on the map
With its key ingredients of longing, isolation and repression, little wonder this dark tale has inspired a new three-part BBC adaptation by Amanda Coe, the screenwriter behind Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, who won a Bafta for her adaptation of John Braine’s Room at the Top. In Black Narcissus, the […]
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The 6 Bathroom Trends That Will be Everywhere in 2021
Somewhere after the Tiger King phase of the pandemic, it hit us: We’re going to be home for the long haul, so we might as well create a space we look forward to staying in. Our dining rooms became workstations, our basements at-home gyms, and when it came to finding […]
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Magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattles Northern California
Back-to-back small earthquakes jiggled the Sacramento Valley on Sunday morning — shakes hardly felt in an area of Northern California that rarely receives shaking. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred at 6:44 a.m. and was centered about 10 miles east of Willows in Glenn County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. […]
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A video timeline of the Nashville explosion
(Videos by Nashville Ink and Rodizio Grill The Brazilian Steakhouse) Nashville residents were jolted awake by a loud explosion in the city’s historic downtown district on Christmas morning. The bomb, hidden inside a recreational vehicle, devastated businesses in the area and disrupted AT&T communication networks throughout the state. Officials described […]
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After a Jarring Layoff, an Executive Finds Inspiration to Start Her Own Business
Valerie Green views her life as a series of major pivots. Some she initiated, but some she didn’t, including the latest, when she was laid off this spring. Early in her working life, when she was getting started in architecture, a chance conversation with a colleague’s ex-girlfriend prompted her to […]
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I’ll meet you at the border: International love in a pandemic
BLAINE — For months, the only place Bobby Warwick and Sarah Foo have been able to see each other is a 19-acre park on the U.S.-Canadian border. Warwick, 28, is an engineer who lives in Mukilteo. Foo, 26, works as a dental assistant in Burnaby, a city south of Vancouver. […]
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The Best Books Of 2020
Writing a list of the best books of the year is always a bit of a fool’s errand; for a single person to read all of the contenders, with due care, is nearly impossible, and then there are the confounding factors of taste and bias and simply having an off […]
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Learn how to make money by selling products on Amazon as a side hustle for just $35
MarketWatch has highlighted these products and services because we think readers will find them useful. This content is independent of the MarketWatch newsroom and we may receive a commission if you buy products through links in this article. For decades, businesses have handled their logistics in-house, which means they had […]
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10 smart tech tricks you’ll wish you knew sooner
FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from an iPhone 6. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) Developers put all kinds of secrets, shortcuts, and hidden tricks into the gadgets you use every day. Here’s one I […]
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Building the Next Wave of Web 3.0
“Blockchain and bitcoin point to a future, and point to a world, where content exists forever, where it’s permanent, where it doesn’t go away, where it exists forever on every single node that’s connected to it,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said recently, as he endorsed a decentralized social media standard. […]
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Meet the bereavement volunteer helping her fellow retirement home residents cope with grief
The fabric of daily life, from supermarket trips to salsa classes, was pared back or torn away. While in the village the staff wear clear masks, but outside, the necessary face coverings added to that sense of loneliness and isolation. The lack of casual contact – smiling at someone or […]
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Best cheap true-wireless earbuds in 2021: Top AirPods alternatives for $100 or less
If you’re like me, you may have poked around Amazon looking for cheap wireless earbuds to take over for Apple’s AirPods. Apple’s wireless earbuds start at $159 a pair and hit $199 a pair if you want a wireless charging case, which beats the alternative when battery life gets low. (Read […]
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Bachelor Nation’s Jordan Kimball Is Engaged to Christina Creedon – E! Online
Jordan and Christina started dating in 2019 after meeting at LAX, the 28 year old told Us Weekly. “I helped her with her luggage. It was about twice the size of her,” he recalled to the outlet. “And so, from there, we had a few dates. We just got really […]
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Snail, fish, and sheep soup, anyone? Savory new finds at Pompeii
The work offers “another insight into daily life at Pompeii” and represents the “first time an area of this type has been excavated in its entirety” and analyzed with modern technology, Massimo Osanna, the departing director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, said in a statement Saturday. Human life in […]