Month: October 2020

Addressing hundreds of supporters from a White House balcony on Saturday, President Donald Trump’s first public event since being hospitalized for the coronavirus was shorter in duration and smaller in size than expected. The event, dubbed a “peaceful protest for law and order,” and for which an administration official said some 2,000 invitations had gone
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935. FPG | Archive Photos | Getty Images Many people think of Social Security as the program their parents and grandparents rely on for financial support in retirement. For James Roosevelt, Jr., it has a special significance.  His grandfather created it.
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With more than 42 hours in the mountains, traveling over 188 kilometers and accumulating approximately 15,000 meters of elevation over two summits over 4,000m, the iconic ultra athletes and champion trail running duo, Katie Schide and Germain Grangier, can now add their epic adventure in the Alps to a growing bucket list-worthy series of adventures
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The sight loss charity Royal Blind has changed its name to Sight Scotland.  The 227-year-old organisation, which is based in Edinburgh, said its sister charity Scottish War Blinded had also changed its name, to Sight Scotland Veterans.  The charities said the name changes coincided with it embarking on new plans to reach significantly more people
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An animation shows Dream Chaser and its Shooting Star cargo module in orbit around the Earth. Sierra Nevada Corporation Sierra Nevada Corporation is best known as a private aerospace and national security contractor – but the company is investing heavily in its space systems division, especially as it sees NASA and other companies building infrastructure
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Edward BerthelotGetty Images AirPods with Wireless Charging Case Apple amazon.com $199.00 $159.99 (20% off) Love them or hate them, AirPods are the hottest tech accessory around. (Seriously, have you seen Henry Goulding or Jake Gyllenhaal wear the covetable pair? It’s about to get steamy.) While you’d have to be living under a rock to have
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Following the theme of last week’s cold open on the presidential debate, Saturday Night Live spoofed the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-president Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris. Featuring Maya Rudolph as Harris, Beck Bennett as Pence, Kate McKinnon as debate moderator Susan Page and guest Jim Carrey reprising his role as Joe Biden,
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Illustrated folios and wooden plates have been categorized as important artistic and political devices since the early points in most civilizations. Graffiti in Roman cities were political, but also crude and funny. Illuminated manuscripts contained holy images, but also doodles that have baffled historians for centuries. Illustrating a story to make it more appealing to
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Please note our writer visited the following hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic Home of the healthy Cretan Diet and cradle of the Minoan civilisation, Greece’s largest – and Greeks would say friendliest – island is perfectly suited to the boutique experience. Hospitable Cretans love receiving guests, so you can expect a hearty welcome – along with a
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More than 637 million people traveled within China over the past week in celebration of the country’s annual “Golden Week,” the country’s government said on Friday. The government estimates domestic travelers generated around 466 billion yuan ($68.6 billion) in tourism revenue during the holiday period. Two holidays converged this year: National Day, which celebrates the founding
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No matter where you get your beauty info from—whether it’s magazines, social media or good ol’ word of mouth—it’s safe to say that the abundance of sources and information available at any given time has made things, well, pretty confusing. With so much info at our fingertips, it can be tricky to differentiate between what’s
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Twitter announced a series of measures targeting election-related misinformation and falsehoods on Friday, product and enforcement changes—some of which are temporary—that the platform will be rolling out in the coming weeks. The social media giant said that users, including political candidates, are prohibited from claiming an election win “before it’s authoritatively called,” a determination that
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