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What We Still Don’t Know About Emmett Till’s Murder
This article was published online on July 22, 2021. The dentist was a few minutes late, so I waited by the barn, listening to a northern mockingbird in the cypress trees. His tires kicked up dust when he turned off Drew Ruleville Road and headed across the bayou toward his […]
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Everything Animal Crossing Dream Islands Don’t Let You Do (But Should)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Dream Islands have many wasted opportunities for player collaboration and exploration throughout the dreamscape. The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Dream Suite was implemented into the game in its 1.4 patch. It offers a method of visiting other islands, or allowing friends to visit the player’s island, […]
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Women in the craft beer industry say they’re treated like they don’t belong. Now, they’re speaking up. | Dining & Food
Brienne Allan started working in the craft beer field a decade ago, as a bartender. Once the brewery got its license, a manager asked her to transition to the beermaking side of things. That’s when she says the owner walked up to her. “He said women don’t belong in the […]
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FirstEnergy reminds public foil balloons, fireworks and power lines don’t mix
Jul. 3—BY SHELLEY TERRY [email protected] ASHTABULA — With the Fourth of July on Sunday, FirstEnergy reminds the public to be cautious of potential electrical hazards associated with popular outdoor activities. Celebrating responsibly will help keep customers safe and the electricity flowing reliably this season. “As we prepare for parades, barbeques […]
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Selling Soon? Home Renovations that Don’t Actually Put Money in Your Pocket Vs Those That Do
Sponsored – Whether you’re thinking of selling your home and are looking to get the most bang for your buck or you need to make a few improvements around the house on a budget, this blog is for you. If you’re anything like us, you’ve thought about which home renovations […]
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Women in the craft beer industry say they’re treated like they don’t belong. Now, they’re speaking up.
Brienne Allan started working in the craft beer field a decade ago, as a bartender. Once the brewery got its license, a manager asked her to transition to the beermaking side of things. That’s when she says the owner walked up to her. “He said women don’t belong in the […]
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Android 12’s New Privacy Features Still Don’t Go Far Enough
There’s a raft of new privacy features coming with Android 12. But they could still go a whole lot further. Google unveiled Android 12 at its annual I/O event, outlining all the fine details we should see in the next major version of the smartphone operating system. As usual, the […]
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Wearing costume contact lenses for Halloween? Think about safety and don’t harm your eyes
Costume contact lenses are hard to resist on Halloween. Just pop a couple of contacts into your eyes and your face transforms into a monster, a demon, a corpse or a cat. For about $20 a pair, the lenses can make your eyes look anything but human. Decorative lenses, which […]
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We don’t need eco-loons like Thomas Heatherwick designing post-Covid Britain
What will our cities look like, post-pandemic? One side-effect of lockdown politics has been the rush by politicians, “thought leaders” and other wonks to use Covid as a pretext to impose their obsessions on the rest of us – none more so than the environmentalist agenda, with “build back better” […]
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California voters don’t support recalling Gavin Newsom, poll
Teresa Allaro talks to Francisco Debs, an emergency medical technician, about information on her coronavirus vaccination card at a San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department clinic for farmworkers at the Paso Robles Event Center. David Middlecamp [email protected] Good morning and welcome as always to the A.M. Alert! Programming note: […]
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Solar panels and HOAs sometimes don’t mix
CLOSE Joey Miles, a Franklin Trace neighborhood homeowner, talks about obstacles he faced from HOA to get solar panels on his home. Indianapolis Star If you live in a planned neighborhood or community, chances are you are part of a Homeowners Association, otherwise known as an HOA. Those associations manage […]
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Millions of COVID-19 survivors have lost senses of smell and taste. Researchers don’t know if they’ll come back
Edelmira Rivera was lying on her bed with her husband and 16-month-old son, selecting a movie when she heard a loud bang outside their home in Waco, Texas. Her sister screamed, “Fire!” “I dropped everything and just grabbed my son and his blanket,” said Rivera, 22. “I could not smell […]
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Stats don’t lie: Rutgers’ Myles Johnson ranks among best in Big Ten’s loaded group of big men
The Big Ten is the best league in college basketball season, and among the many things that make it such a gauntlet is the assortment of talented big men across its 14 teams. From Iowa’s Luka Garza to Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson to Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn to Purdue’s Trevion Williams … […]
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2020 is behind us, but don’t forget positive trends that may persist
2020 is going down as one of the most despised years of the century. But while ringing in 2021, it’s worth noting some positive trends that took root or expanded over the past 12 months. For starters, SpaceX became the first private company to launch humans into orbit, part of […]
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Walmart one-ups Amazon: You don’t need to leave home to return packages for free
The retailer announced Monday that it will pick up items shipped and sold by Walmart.com from customers’ homes through a new partnership with FedEx (FDX). Walmart said the “incredibly convenient” option is free and will remain in place beyond the busy holiday shopping season. To use the new service, called […]
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Presents you don’t need to post but they’ll still love
With just days to go until the big day, spread a little festive cheer with these presents (The Independent/iStock) While it might feel like only two minutes ago we were opening the first door on our advent calendars, Christmas Day is now fast approaching. Despite a UK-wide agreement that allows […]
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GUEST ROOM | To Cornell: Don’t Make Promises You Can’t Keep
Three weeks ago, I finally returned home to my family in Maryland after living in Ithaca for four long months. I had been in Ithaca since early August, the beginning of residential staff training, and with no fall break in sight, those four months had dragged on until I was […]
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Budget Christmas 101: Pandemic hardships don’t mean the holidays are canceled
The holidays are often a time when the goal of saving money is in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining in holiday spending may be the absolute last thing people want to do, but during pandemic-related financial struggles, scaling back is a necessity. In the […]
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Around the House: When traveling away from home, don’t set thermostat too low |
Dear Ken: How low should we set the thermostat while we’re traveling away from home? — Gayle Answer: Never less than 55 degrees. You don’t want to risk freezing pipes in the outside walls. While the thermostat might be at a given setting, the exterior walls — especially those facing […]