With fears of a “twindemic” in the United States this fall, here’s a guide to understanding what’s making you feel terrible. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Oct. 3, 2020 As influenza season approaches, some Americans, and especially parents, are worried that, if they or their children should become ill, it may not be easy to know which…
Read More Identify the Different Symptoms of the Flu and Covid-19Federal assistance to states has come into the spotlight recently during the coronavirus pandemic, where some states have received far more money per case than others. For example, in the initial $150 billion given to states from the stimulus package, which was allocated by population, New York got less than $24,000 per positive case while Alaska received…
Read More Most & Least Federally Dependent StatesThis was one of the first recipes I learned to make. The original popover recipe came from Seventeen Magazine when I was in high school. It has evolved over the years into this. Take one ripe apple and one ripe pear, peel, core, and slice thinly. I have Pink Lady apples and Bartlett pears, but…
Read More Today’s Brunch: Apple Pear Oven Pancake for 2 (or really just me)By Kyle Buchanan Sept. 30, 2020 Updated 6:19 p.m. ET In the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s a sweat-slicked summer day in Chicago 1927 and everybody wants something. White music-industry bigwigs want a new recording from the indomitable Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), a Southern singer dubbed the “Mother of the Blues,” and they want…
Read More First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’Just a question – when was the last time you cleaned your washing machine and dishwasher? I mean, thoroughly – cleaning gaskets and filters – not just a cycle run with vinegar? If you can’t remember, it’s time to go online, get instructions for your machine, and get cleaning.
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