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Updated 7 hours, 57 minutes ago

Grant County Fair coming next week

MOSES LAKE — Smoke or no smoke, the fair will go on. “We won’t cancel the fair,” said Grant County Fairgrounds …

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
'Quarantine shaming': US navigates radical new social norms

The chairman of Arizona's Asian Chamber of Commerce didn't see much downside to attending a small dinner at a local restaurant to bolster the business and bring together other leaders to discuss how to help Asian-A…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Take the credit card you can get, work toward one you want

Trying to choose a credit card can feel like deciding who to swipe right on in a dating app — especially if you’re new to the game or have been out of it for a while.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
National parks are free, but some oppose that amid the virus

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a pandemic, but despite now being free to visit, people may find it more difficult to enjoy them as p…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Home internet jammed up? Try these steps before upgrading

With so much of the U.S. workforce — and their families — now cooped up at home to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, it's not a huge surprise that home internet is showing the strain.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Enjoyable at a distance, holiday lights brighten dark times

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — At a time of great uncertainty, even the seasons seem scrambled. Christmas lights in springtime?

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Finding joy indoors in troubled times, one leaf at a time

CHICAGO (AP) — I have spent my first full week of isolation carefully observing one of my houseplants. Dylan, as my fiancee and I so fondly call her, has been growing new leaves at an uncharacteristically rapid rat…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
New Orleans' 'Let the good times roll' now 'Wash your hands'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A week ago, revelers jammed bars in the French Quarter and New Orleans' Irish Channel neighborhood ahead of St. Patrick's Day while hotels, taverns and restaurants looked ahead to what is usually…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Parents, police struggle to herd the young in virus outbreak

Teen: “I can't stay here all day. What about my friends!?”

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
A pot shop at your door: Home delivery surges amid outbreak

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One company rushed to expand its delivery fleet. Another has seen sales triple. The global coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people locked out of bars, restaurants and theaters, but it’…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Enjoyable at a distance, holiday lights brighten dark times

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — At a time of great uncertainty, even the seasons seem scrambled. Christmas lights in springtime?

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
AP PHOTOS: Virus redefines respecting personal space

ROME (AP) — Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads of babies are part of the demonstrative culture.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
'Quarantine shaming': US navigates radical new social norms

The chairman of Arizona's Asian Chamber of Commerce didn't see much downside to attending a small dinner at a local restaurant to bolster the business and bring together other leaders to discuss how to help Asian-A…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
At Sing Sing, a museum going in down the hall from inmates

OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) — Busting out of Sing Sing has been a dream of inmates since cell doors started clanging shut along the Hudson River in the 1820s. Now there’s a plan to usher visitors inside the high walls well…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Take the credit card you can get, work toward one you want

Trying to choose a credit card can feel like deciding who to swipe right on in a dating app — especially if you’re new to the game or have been out of it for a while.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
National parks are free, but some oppose that amid the virus

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a pandemic, but despite now being free to visit, people may find it more difficult to enjoy them as p…