At my kitchen table, I scattered the contents of the bag on a plate. There I was, back in Mrs. Rosenthal’s class; only now I knew better than to dive in straightaway. Instead, I began combing through each candy to decipher which to start with, thinking a process of elimination might increase my chances of…Continue Reading
Every time I imagine buttered toast, it’s perfect. The bread is golden, never charred. It’s toasted enough to crunch when I bite into it, crispy-gone-soggy as the butter sinks in, but not so toasted that it crumbles. The butter is salted and soft enough to spackle the bread yellow from edge to edge without the…Continue Reading
Phil Waldron, the retired Army colonel who circulated a PowerPoint offering suggestions for how to overturn the 2020 election, spoke for roughly 90 minutes at a Louisiana election commission hearing earlier this week.Waldron presented to the commission, which is tasked with updating the state’s voting system, a separate PowerPoint claiming Louisiana’s electoral system was “vulnerable…Continue Reading
Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin, a community pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic, said the divergence between rural and urban counties could be due to access to the vaccines.”We found that if we were able to reach people where they are and answer questions they have using accurate information, we are much more likely to be successful,” Dr.…Continue Reading
A major payroll company has been crippled by ransomware hackers, leaving some companies around the country scrambling to cover employees’ last paychecks before Christmas and many workers wondering if they’ll get paid on time.Kronos, one of the largest workforce management companies in the U.S., was hit with ransomware Saturday, according to the company’s public updates…Continue Reading
Ten civil rights groups accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of fanning the flames of hate with his border enforcement operation, which they said is riddled with civil rights violations and fueled by rhetoric similar to that used before the 2019 shooting massacre in El Paso.The groups’ Title VI civil rights complaint urges the Department of…Continue Reading
MAYFIELD, Ky. — Some employees who survived a tornado that leveled their candle factory are considering taking legal action against the company, according to an attorney who is representing some of the workers.The move by several injured Mayfield Consumer Products employees comes after five workers told NBC News that as the twister was bearing down…Continue Reading
Paging Jude Law.A woman inspired by the rom-com “The Holiday” is gearing up to swap her Boston studio with a stranger’s home in Europe, living out her rom-com dreams, a la Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.The 2006 film from Nancy Meyers remains a fan favorite, especially during the holiday season. It follows two strangers, Los…Continue Reading
The movie that tells the inspirational and tragic story of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. “Selena,” the 1997 biographical film that’s a longtime fan favorite, is one of 25 films selected this year that explore “stories from the nation’s diverse communities that…Continue Reading
If you watch Fox News, you’ll see a broad attempt to paint the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 as nothing more than peaceful “patriots,” despite endless live footage detailing the violence that aired on every news outlet, even Fox.But what their hosts are saying publicly isn’t what they were saying privately.The reality…Continue Reading