WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says it is “vital” that Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the nation heads into the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Biden attended a White House briefing of emergency management and scientific advisers. He said getting vaccinated is part of preparing for the possibility […]
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The Latest: North Carolina Sees Surge in Vaccine Interest | World News
RALEIGH, N.C. — Interest in COVID-19 vaccines has surged in the week since North Carolina’s governor announced that his administration would boost the financial incentive from $25 to $100 for unvaccinated residents who come in for their first shot this month. While a number of factors are contributing to people’s […]
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The Whole World Sends Its Love to Bob Odenkirk
The way people feel about Bob Odenkirk is in direct opposition to the number of dirtbags, hucksters, and loudmouths he has brought to life. We hate those kinds of guys, and yet we love the comedian turned character actor turned leading man—as evidenced by the fact that no one can […]
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Amazon’s New World: Open beta, release date, and everything you need to know
Source: Amazon Games Amazon’s new MMORPG New World is finally ready to set land on the shores of gamers everywhere, promising an open-world adventure like no other. Announced back in 2016, New World has been a long time coming, and players won’t have to wait long to explore the dark […]
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Curtis Sittenfeld: ‘The Richest Babysitter in the World,’ a Short Story
During the interview, I realized almost immediately that the woman was pregnant—I guessed she was about halfway along—but she didn’t remark on it, and of course neither did I. Over the phone, we’d discussed only her 3-year-old daughter. The woman, whose name was Diane, was looking for a babysitter for […]
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South Africa combats unrest after ex-leader’s imprisonment | National and World News
JOHANNESBURG — South African police and the army struggled to bring order Wednesday to impoverished areas of South Africa rocked by weeklong unrest and days of looting sparked by the imprisonment last week of ex-President Jacob Zuma. More than 200 violent incidents happened in poor areas of the Kwa-Zulu-Natal and […]
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These Antique-Style Mirrors Add Old World Charm for a Fraction of the Price
For centuries, antique mirrors have been considered a status symbol — they signified a life of luxury, with ornate carvings, dramatic finishings, and wooden or metal frames with the finest craftsmanship. If you do invest in a piece of history, there are certain ways to tell if your mirror is […]
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Hotel news from Ventana Big Sur, Montage Healdsburg, Resorts World Las Vegas, Queen Mary
SFGATE is trying something new: “Get a Room,” a sporadic round-up of accommodation news, trends and oddball items of interest. It’ll be a collection of the good, the bad, and the ugly in hotels, vacation rentals, camping, glamping, staycationing, and whatever other obnoxious new travel portmanteau strikes SFGATE’s travel editor, […]
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‘Blindspotting’ brings the Bay Area to the world. Locals may be its toughest critics
It’s golden hour and cars are swinging rapturous donuts in a West Oakland intersection as the first episode of Starz’s “Blindspotting” spinoff series, adapted from Daveed Diggs’ and Rafael Casal’s 2018 indie dramedy of the same name, follows its new protagonist into uncertain terrain: not the conflicted Collin (Diggs) or […]
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The money pushers: The world is embracing Japan-style economics
TOKYO — Until a few days ago, Tokyo had been in the grip of a state of emergency. Throughout the period of restrictions, as always, cavernous wholesale supermarket Gyomu Super in downtown Tokyo bristled with people: Young men pile bulk frozen potatoes into their shopping carts, a bargain at 195 […]
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Resorts World to Open in Las Vegas as Business Rebounds After Covid-19
LAS VEGAS—The first new megacasino on the Strip in more than a decade, the $4.3 billion Resorts World, opens here this week as throngs of mostly maskless tourists indulge in the city’s famous casinos once again. Malaysia’s Genting Group developed the 3,500-room hotel with 117,000 square feet of gambling space, […]
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‘Blindspotting’ brings the Bay Area to the world. Locals may be its toughest critics
Emmy- and Grammy-winning performer Jasmine Cephas Jones, photographed in New York City, reprises her “Blindspotting” role in the film-to-series spinoff. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) It’s golden hour and cars are swinging rapturous donuts in a West Oakland intersection as the first episode of Starz’s “Blindspotting” spinoff series, adapted […]
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Couple quit their jobs and sell house to live in a van and travel the world
A couple have quit their jobs, sold their house, and poured their life savings into a van after converting it on a shoestring by following YouTube videos and doing the work themselves. Summer Ginther, 26, and her partner Ryan, 25, has professional careers but they didn’t like being tied down […]
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Disney World after-hours Boo Bash: What to know
The after-hours event runs on certain nights from Aug. 10 through Oct. 31. ORLANDO, Fla. — Halloween is back at Walt Disney World with an after-hours event that will supply family-friendly frights for 23 nights at the Florida theme park. Disney’s Magic Kingdom will serve as your “ghost host” for […]
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Eye On | The Igloo Tavern not melting away | Business World
WENATCHEE — With its retro, light-up sign and white painted exterior, The Igloo Tavern is hard to miss. Take a quick drive down Miller and you’ll spot it, seated at the edge of the busy street, eaves draped with red, neon tubing. Inside, the long bar with its pub-style chairs, […]
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We Fell In Love During The Pandemic. Can Our Relationship Survive The ‘Real World’?
“I’ve actually been known to do a cartwheel when I’m drunk.” My eyebrows shot up as I looked dubiously at the even-tempered, middle-aged man I’d been dating for 13 months. In response to my disbelief, he showed me. And, well, it wasn’t a half-bad cartwheel. I applauded his agility and […]
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BMW unveils a new electric car, but says it isn’t counting out gas engines just yet | US & World News
(CNN) — On Wednesday, BMW unveiled the i4, the latest addition to its line of electric cars. And while the luxury automaker plans to add more electric vehicles to its lineup, it made clear that it will still make cars with gas engines for the foreseeable future. BMW chairman Oliver […]
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Sarah Mantilla Griffin and Tricia Benitez Beanum Are Reframing the Art World with UNREPD
Tricia Benitez Beanum and Sarah Mantilla Griffin pose in front of work by some of the artists in the UNREPD roster. Center: Corey Pemberton, “Hold me down, I’ll hold you up” 2021. Right: Bryce Batts, “Motown,” “Black Silence,” and “Quarter Life Crisis,” top to bottom. Left: Edwin Marcelin, untitled. Ace […]
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Libyan Interior Minister’s Convoy in Shootout He Calls Assassination Attempt | World News
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said he escaped a “well-planned” assassination attempt on Sunday in which gunmen fired on his motorcade in the capital Tripoli, though an armed force that said its members were involved disputed his account. Speaking to Reuters, Bashagha said a vehicle started encroaching […]
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Bedrock Bar & Grill brings back its signature World Meat Series
© Provided by PrestigeOnline The pandemic has made me realise many things, and one of them is to never cook a steak at home. I don’t know if it’s my overzealous, slightly trippy oven, my limited culinary skills, my lack of patience, or the highly deceiving “easiest way to cook […]