For hairstylist Heidi Oley, social distancing means more time on her hands to practice her skills. So, she’s gotten creative and has decided to have some fun with it — by making her boyfriend the canvas for her masterful creations. Oley and Geoffrey Clark, who live in Atlanta, relocated to her family’s secluded cabin in…… MORE
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A pandemic thriller, once rejected by publishers for being unrealistic, is now getting a wide release
What happens when a once-rejected dystopian novel turns into reality? Ask Scottish author Peter May. The screenwriter-turned-novelist wrote a book titled “Lockdown” in 2005 about a global pandemic. Fifteen years later, that’s our reality due to coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1 million people globally. The book, which was rejected by publishers…… MORE
WWE’s WrestleMania is this weekend. Here’s how to watch and what to expect
World Wrestling Entertainment’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania, starts Saturday night, but it’ll be slightly different than what fans are used to. When headed out to the wrestling ring, WWE superstar Paul “Triple H” Levesque — who also serves as WWE Executive Vice President, Global Talent Strategy & Development — would normally walk into…… MORE
‘Normal’ will look completely different when this is all over
We are all stuck in the midst of this thing — whether on the front lines of fighting it or just in our houses waiting for it to pass. More and more people are getting sick, and that means more and more people are being directly touched by the devastation of this disease. It’s going…… MORE
A New York woman played her husband their wedding song on FaceTime as he passed away from coronavirus
Maura Lewinger says her husband, Joe, wrote her love letters every morning and left them in her lunch box. They weren’t just the “have a great day” letters, she said, but they described what she meant to him and maybe their plans for the next day or the upcoming weekend. “He always took care of…… MORE
Fact-check: Trump says some states aren’t in jeopardy from the virus, denies saying it would go away by April
President Donald Trump made yet another series of inaccurate or misleading claims at a coronavirus briefing on Friday. He incorrectly asserted that some states are not in jeopardy from the virus, incorrectly suggested that his February claims that the virus would simply go away have been proved correct, incorrectly suggested again that nobody could have…… MORE
Trump fires intelligence community watchdog who told Congress about whistleblower complaint that led to impeachment
President Donald Trump on Friday fired Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who had told Congress about the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump’s impeachment, the President told Congress in a letter obtained by CNN. Atkinson will leave his job in 30 days, Trump told the House and Senate Intelligence committees, and he has been…… MORE
State Department sends cable trying to streamline incoming requests for pandemic aid
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all diplomatic and consular posts Friday to clarify where American diplomats overseas should direct incoming requests for Covid-19 medical supplies from foreign governments, authorities and international organizations. The cable demonstrates an effort to streamline the overwhelming number of requests the Trump administration is getting from entities…… MORE
At least 70 people infected with coronavirus linked to a single church in California, health officials say
A large and influential Russian language church near Sacramento, California, is denying it is at the center of a novel coronavirus outbreak. In an interview with a Sacramento television station on Thursday, Sacramento County Department of Health Services director Dr. Peter Beilenson confirmed at least 70 people at the Bethany Slavic Missionary Church were infected…… MORE
Married for 51 years, they died of Covid-19 six minutes apart
Before just a few weeks ago, Stuart and Adrian Baker were perfectly healthy. The inseparable couple had been married for more than 51 years and were living in Boynton Beach, Florida, in retirement. Neither of them had any serious health conditions. Then in mid-March, they started feeling ill. On Sunday, they both died — six…… MORE