Author Colleen Hoover's word-of-mouth success
NEW YORK (AP) — Colleen Hoover's years as a published — and self-published — novelist have been one long, pleasant surprise.
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Organizers reject bid to cancel West Virginia's Bridge Day
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Organizers of West Virginia’s largest outdoor festival have rejected a move to cancel the event for the second straight year after Gov. Jim Justice encouraged it to continue.
PennyWise podcast: How video games can level up kids’ money skills
Kimberly Palmer, a credit card and personal finance expert at NerdWallet, tells host Teri Barr all about conversations that can help your video game-loving kids learn about money.
At 101, she's still hauling lobsters with no plans to stop
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — When Virginia Oliver started trapping lobster off Maine’s rocky coast, World War II was more than a decade in the future, the electronic traffic signal was a recent invention and few women were harvesting lobsters.
Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID?
Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID?
Ask Brad: Finding Bargains at Macy’s Online
When digging into the details of Macy’s earnings report, it is clear that much of their boost comes from the online world. When compared to this time last year, online sales are down six percent. At this time last year, all stores were closed. Therefore,...
Sand, Catan, piñatas lead Toy Hall of Fame finalists
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Cabbage Patch Kids, the rosy-cheeked dolls that left store shelves picked clean during the first big holiday toy craze, are up for a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame, part of a finalist group announced Wednesday that also includes garden-variety sand and the toy fire engine.
The freelancing boom may change how you buy life insurance
Younger generations seem to have a knack for disrupting the status quo, and life insurance may be next on the list. As Generation Z and millennial workers challenge the concept of a traditional career and drive an increase in freelancing, the role of workplace group life insurance in long-term financial plans is likely to change.
Fall décor gets personal: `Your house becomes your story'
As fall nesting season returns, home décor retailers are presenting collections that reflect the idea that home is where our hearts and heads are.
Edmunds compares Volkswagen Golf GTI and Hyundai Veloster N
Volkswagen’s redesigned 2022 Golf GTI will be arriving at dealerships this fall. It’s the latest generation of the car that pioneered the hot hatch segment when it launched in the U.S. for the 1983 model year. Nearly four decades later, the GTI still stands as a benchmark for sporty performance and everyday practicality on a budget.
Cheers greet the reopening of three mega-hit Broadway shows
NEW YORK (AP) — Theater royalty — in the form of Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Taymor and Lin-Manuel Miranda — welcomed back boisterous audiences to “Wicked,” “The Lion King” and “Hamilton” for the first time since the start of the pandemic, marking Tuesday as the unofficial return of Broadway.
Woman accuses fertility doctor of secretly using own sperm
A woman is suing a New York fertility doctor, claiming he used his own sperm to secretly impregnate multiple patients — something she said she discovered when DNA genealogy tests revealed she had at least nine half-siblings.
Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling, with the millions of motorists who don't use E-ZPass having a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera system.
Slaughter of dolphins on Faeroes sparks debate on traditions
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins over the weekend, part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water where they are killed for their meat and blubber, has reignited a debate on the small Faeroe Islands.
Inside Met Gala, where there's always someone more famous
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe had just gotten her beverage at the bar at the edge of the room. She looked back at the throbbing crowd of celebrities packed into the center of the airy Petrie Court, where the Met Gala was holding its cocktail reception.
Millennial Money: Beat your summer ‘revenge shopping’ debt
The joy of shouting to your friends over the roar of a crowded bar, the giddiness of seeing the world rushing by below you from the seat of an airplane, the weirdly constricting sensation of wearing pants that aren’t elastic — the summer of 2021 brought back many experiences we had forgone during the past year and a half of the pandemic.
Met Gala returns in style with Eilish, Lil Nas X, Rihanna
NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Eilish went full glam in a huge peach ball gown at the pandemic-delayed Met Gala on Monday night, while fellow host of the evening Amanda Gorman was breathtaking in cobalt blue custom Vera Wang with a diamond laurel wreath in her hair.
George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — George Wein, an impresario of 20th century music who helped found the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, died Monday.
With Fall Comes Yard Clean Up Here are 13 Must Have Tools To Make the Job Easier
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George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder who created a template for other influential festivals, has died at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder who created a template for other influential festivals, has died at 95.
