The hurt showed in Klay Thompson’s stoic tone and body language. Let the Golden State Warriors star sum up what life has been like in the past year both for himself and many others around the world. “It was probably the worst year of my life,” Thompson said Sunday. Thompson’s […]

John Prine’s widow Fiona Prine spoke movingly after the legendary songwriter won two posthumous Grammy Awards Sunday. Prine’s “I Remember Everything” won best American roots song and best American roots performance during Sunday’s pre-telecast ceremony.  “I Remember Everything,” recorded in 2019, was released last June — two months after the 73-year-old died of complications from COVID-19 […]

New York (CNN Business)Some Americans are seeing their stimulus checks pending in their bank accounts, and they’re complaining about banks holding their stimulus direct deposits. If you’re included in that group, don’t worry: Banks aren’t sitting on stimulus payments. It just takes a couple days for the checks to process. […]

Pastors are trying to fight conspiracy theories and misinformation that have gripped churches. Insider spoke to two pastors who left their congregation after watching members become radicalized. More than a quarter of white evangelicals believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory, research shows. See more stories on Insider’s business page. On […]

In the spring of 2020, many countries closed their borders to non-resident foreign travelers as a result of the worldwide novel coronavirus pandemic. While some of those countries have yet to reopen their borders, others have begun to welcome foreign travelers and tourists. Using data from the air travel intelligence […]

Several countries have paused their use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in recent days. They are investigating reports of blood clots developed in people who received a shot. The WHO said it hasn’t found a link between the vaccine and clots, and urged countries to keep inoculating. See more stories on […]

Pi Day might make losing an hour for the daylight saving time change a little easier – or at least more appetizing. Sunday, March 14 is both the annual ritual of changing clocks and the yearly celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi), which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference […]

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new data, confirming 42 new deaths from Covid-19 and 793 new cases. The department also said that daily hospitalizations due to the virus have dropped under 1,000 in L.A. County for the first time since November 23. The new […]

Today, 20% of Americans have received at least one dose of one of the three vaccines, according to the CDC. A total of 11% are fully vaccinated. At this point, 133,337,525 doses have been delivered nationwide. The county passed the critical milestone of 100 million people who have been given […]

A year into the pandemic, we’re still looking for an escape. A laundry list of new rom-coms in 2021 have helped us forget about the world’s troubles, at least for a little while.  Romantic comedies, nee “chick lit” have come a long way since “Bridget Jones” and “Shopaholic” burst on the scene […]