Spring cleaning: How to clear the cobwebs without adding to your pandemic stress
The most important thing for people right now is just to exonerate themselves from the pressure.
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Concussions can be diagnosed through saliva test, researchers find
The groundbreaking finding raises the possibility that doctors and athletic trainers could rapidly determine whether someone suffered a concussion using an objective test, according to a peer-reviewed article published Tuesday.
NCAA’s Emmert agrees to review after more charges of inequity
Amid mounting pressure from players, coaches and administrators over differences between this month’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, NCAA President Mark Emmert on Tuesday wrote that he would be calling for “an independent review.”
USPS chief cuts post office hours, lengthens delivery times in new 10-year plan
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the Postal Service is weighed down by $188.4 billion in liabilities, and that he expects it to lose $160 billion over the next 10 years.
White House eyes tax increases on companies and ‘wealthy’ to fund infrastructure
The centerpiece of the tax increases would probably be a higher corporate tax rate—reversing part of President Donald Trump’s steep corporate tax cut in 2017—as well as higher levies on investment income and a higher top marginal tax rate.
NFL announces new TV, streaming deals worth more than $110 billion
The NFL completed a new set of lucrative television and streaming deals Thursday that solidify the sport’s status as the most valuable property in television and are expected to result in a 17-game season being put into effect this fall.
The pandemic has reshaped major home industries. Those changes might not be going away anytime soon.
Here’s a look at how the pandemic affected some major home industries, and how those changes will affect the year ahead.
The gardener’s guide to peonies
If some simple principles are followed, common problems with peonies can be avoided.
How the NCAA tournament built its ‘bubble’ in Indianapolis
The 68-team men’s tournament, which starts Thursday, is usually staged in 14 cities across the country. Here’s how Indianapolis plans to pull off the whole thing all by itself.
Yellen pushes global minimum tax as White House eyes higher corporate taxes
Although he has not proposed entirely reversing President Trump’s cut in the corporate tax rate, President Biden has said he would aim to raise potentially hundreds of billions more in revenue from big businesses.
COVID problems at conference tournaments should be warning sign for NCAA
Big conference tournament games wound up as glum walkovers when teams withdrew due to COVID cases, leaving the question of whether the big bracket might suffer some similar fate, despite a bubble in Indianapolis.
U.S. lawmakers propose keeping daylight saving time year-round
What if we advanced our clocks this weekend and never had to turn them back? The idea is gaining some traction after a bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week reintroduced a bill that would keep daylight saving time year-round.
Coronavirus relief bill includes $7.2 billion to target ‘homework gap’
The funding will allow elementary schools, high schools and libraries to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots, modems and routers for students, and also fund the Internet service that those devices use.
Independent restaurants getting economic relief they desperately sought
The $1.9 trillion package to provide economic relief for millions of businesses and individuals includes targeted relief money for independent restaurant operators, to the tune of $28.6 billion.
U.S. prepares to send relief checks, but big stimulus challenges loom
The sheer volume of new programs threatens to swamp federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, leaving some lawmakers fearful about early delays.
In a happy, long-lasting relationship? That may lead to a healthy old age.
Modern research has shown that a committed romantic relationship is linked to 49 percent lower mortality risk (which roughly means that within the follow-up period of a particular study certain people were less likely to die than they would otherwise be expected to).
California Closets’ Jill LaRue on taming the mess behind the door
The basic “must-haves” in a closet are hanging and shelving. Make sure you end up with as much as or more hanging than you started with, and use shelving to maximize the rest of the space.
NCAA tournament bracketology: Bubble teams catching a break with early conference tournaments
Much of the movement heading into Selection Sunday will occur later in the week, but there are seven tournaments wrapping up Monday and Tuesday.
Booming furniture sales mean ‘unprecedented’ delays for sofas, desks
Across the country, furniture retailers are reporting months-long delays in every step of the supply chain—from overwhelmed factories to clogged ports—amid surging demand for desks, chairs and sofas.
NBA commissioner ‘optimistic’ about schedule, return of fans
Adam Silver expressed confidence Saturday that the worst of his league’s pandemic-related challenges, which included a four-month stoppage in play and billions in lost revenue, are in the past.