No mudroom? No problem: Solutions for a functional home entry
The entry spaces in apartments, rowhouses and other smaller homes get a real workout – and often look the part.
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Cooking for one: 6 tips to keep things practical, flexible and fun
In addition to stay-at-home efforts intended to limit contact with other people, Miller sees the solo-cooking boom prompted by the closure of restaurants and the financial pinch experienced by people who may be less able to afford eating out (or, more likely, in via takeout).
Late regulation would make religious businesses eligible for taxpayer-backed SBA loans
If the rule were finalized, it would open up seven SBA loan programs to a range of religious-affiliated businesses such as Christian publishers and for-profit schools affiliated with religious organizations.
Biden instructs Education Department to extend pause on federal student loan payments
When the Education Department approves President Joe Biden’s request, all borrowers with student loans held by the Education Department will see their payments automatically suspended until Sept. 30 without penalty or accrual of interest.
College Board scrapping SAT’s optional essay, subject tests
The College Board announced Tuesday it will discontinue those assessments. Citing the coronavirus crisis, officials said the pandemic has “accelerated a process already underway at the College Board to simplify our work and reduce demands on students.”
NFL scraps scouting combine in Indy in 2021
The NFL scouting combine will not be held as usual this year in Indianapolis, where it has taken place every year since 1987, the league told teams in a memo Monday. The city has hosted the event every year since 1987.
Companies scramble to expand coronavirus vaccine supply
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna increased their forecast for global production during the past two weeks, citing growing experience and efficiency of manufacturing. But companies with vaccine candidates still in clinical studies have reported manufacturing challenges.
Biden expected to include new child tax credit in major new stimulus proposal
Biden officials are likely to include the expansion of an existing tax credit for children as part of a relief package that will also include $2,000 stimulus payments, unemployment benefits and other assistance for the ailing economy.
Pacers trade Oladipo in blockbuster deal that sends Nets’ LeVert to Indiana
Considered a budding star in the NBA, 26-year-old Caris LeVert is averaging 18.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6 assists so far this season.
Transform your home in 2021 with these tips from Marie Kondo
In the KonMari Method, you tidy by category, not by location. The order to follow is: clothing, books, papers, komono (miscellaneous items) and sentimental items.
These bargain wines—a Sicilian red and a French white—will pair with any casual meal
These wine’s prices offer great quality at a price you can stock up on.
More Republicans begin to join Trump impeachment effort
The push for an unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald Trump took a dramatic bipartisan turn Tuesday, as several senior House Republicans joined the Democratic effort to punish Trump.
House Dems introduce article of impeachment charging Trump with ‘incitement of insurrection’
In Monday’s brief session, House Republicans blocked a measure calling on Vice President Mike Pence and Trump’s Cabinet to remove him under the 25th Amendment.
Twitter bans Trump, citing ‘risk of further incitement of violence’
Twitter had been President Trump’s primary megaphone, the tool he tapped to push his policies, disperse falsehoods, savage his critics and speak to more than 88 million users almost every day.
Post-infection coronavirus immunity usually robust after 8 months, study shows
The full duration of immunity is speculative because the novel coronavirus has been circulating in human beings for barely a year and there isn’t long-term data. The oldest specimens studied were obtained about nine months ago.
Calls grow for Trump to be removed from office; Trump pledges ‘orderly transition’
A removal would temporarily elevate Vice President Mike Pence to president until Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20.
Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol; one woman fatally shot, three others dead
Throngs of protesters pushed past police who were trying to block them from entering the U.S. Capitol as Congress inside debated the certification of the presidential election.
Trump loyalists continue to challenge election, but some Republicans concede after riot
A handful of Senate Republicans who had vowed to protest President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college win abruptly reversed their objections Wednesday night after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters violently stormed the Capitol.
Indiana’s Braun among Republicans backing off protests of Biden victory
Sen. Mike Braun indicated he would drop his objections, saying he wanted to “get this ugly day behind us.”
Pence says he will not intervene to change outcome of election
Vice President Mike Pence, in a letter to lawmakers Wednesday, rejected President Donald Trump’s view that he could unilaterally reject electoral college votes from states won by President-elect Joe Biden when he presides over a joint session of Congress.