Dear Amy: A few years ago, my girlfriend’s friend told her that I was hitting on her. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune) My girlfriend asked her what I did to make her feel that way, and she said, “He asked me questions, and when I answered them he followed up with questions about my […]
The ban on TikTok downloads has been postponed by one week after Trump gave his ‘blessing’ to a deal with Oracle and Walmart
Summary List Placement The ban on TikTok downloads is officially on hold for a week. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross confirmed the postponement of the ban in a statement on Saturday. “In light of recent positive developments, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, at the direction of President Trump, will delay the prohibition of identified […]
A former ‘Melrose Place’ actress who already served time in prison is going back to jail after a judge said her initial sentence in 2013 was too lenient
Summary List Placement A former “Melrose Place” actress who already served a sentence of more than two years is going back to jail after a judge agreed with prosecutors that her original sentence in 2013 was too lenient, Associated Press reported. Amy Locane, who appeared on 13 episodes of the Fox series and in several […]
Kids in the UK are now spending more money on ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Roblox’ than candy and books
Summary List Placement Online video games “Fortnite” and “Roblox” have overtaken sweets and books as the main target of kids’ pocket money spending in the UK, according to a pocket money app. A study by RoosterMoney of 24,000 kids in the UK aged between four and 14 had Roblox, a virtual gaming platform, in top […]
Dear Abby: I have my eye on this widower, but I want him to ditch his mistress
DEAR ABBY: A friend’s wife died six months ago after a 10-year battle with cancer. He was her faithful caretaker, as she was mostly homebound and bedridden. Jeanne Phillips He told me previously that he has had a female friend for the last four years. He didn’t say, but I think she comes “with benefits” […]
Lockdown, loneliness, and love machines: Economist Noreena Hertz’s new book unpicks our troubled relationship with tech
Summary List Placement Speaking down the line from her north London home in Primrose Hill, it’s not immediately clear if lockdown affected Noreena Hertz much at all. “I’d effectively been in self-isolation for two years already,” she says. “I really do tend to shut the world out when I’m writing.” Once dubbed “one of the […]
Bassett, Lewis goals lift Colorado Rapids past LA Galaxy 2-0
CARSON, Calif. — Cole Bassett and Jonathan Lewis scored and the Colorado Rapids beat the LA Galaxy 2-0 on Saturday night. Colorado (4-4-4) rebounded from a 4-1 loss to FC Dallas on Wednesday night. The Galaxy (4-4-3) had their six-match unbeaten streak snapped. Sam Vines lofted the ball from distance to Bassett, who fired his […]
Bay Area air improving Sunday but wildfire smoke is still an issue
After smoke from wildfires in Mendocino and Humboldt counties led to another day of unhealthy air in parts of the Bay Area Saturday, air quality is expected to improve somewhat Sunday and in the early part of the week, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The Spare the Air alert that was […]
Life was already challenging for student parents; COVID-19 made it much more difficult
Andrea Newmarker poses at the College of Southern Nevada, Henderson campus, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Henderson, Nevada. Newmarker returned to school to become a dialysis technician. | David Becker, for the Deseret News The pandemic halted many resources that student parents need to succeed: on-campus child care centers, in-person study groups, internet access […]
Untold stories from LaVell Edwards’ final season at BYU
BYU coach LaVell Edwards watches his team as the sun sets in his eyes during his final game at Cougar (now LaVell Edwards Stadium) Stadium Saturday, Nov. 18, 2000. | Chuck Wing, Deseret News In the first of a two-part series, Cougar players have high hopes of fashioning a special season for Edwards. It didn’t […]
Poll: 51% say it’s safe for children to be back in the classroom
Dominic Francese, left, exits his classroom after school at Jeremy Ranch Elementary School in Park City on Sept. 4. Just over half of Utahns — 51%— think it is safe for children to return to school, according to a new Deseret News/University of Utah Hinckley Institute of Politics poll | Laura Seitz, Deseret News SALT […]
In our opinion: In the American family is the heart and soul of the nation found
Rnwh Moustafa, 4, of Jersey City, N.J., plays under an American flag in New York on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. The Deseret News and Brigham Young University will be releasing the sixth annual American Family Survey. | AP We encourage all to engage in this year’s American Family Survey and lean into conversations it will […]