• Technology

    Computer Glitches Disrupt Classes as Schools Return Online

    Paul Hendricks, 10, received some guidance from his mother Anne, as he worked his first day of fifth grade from his bedroom in St. Paul, Minn. —Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP Houston Students across the U.S. ran into computer glitches Tuesday as they began the school year with online instruction at home because of the coronavirus, adding to the list of problems that have thrust many a harried parent into the role of teacher’s aide and tech support person. Blackboard, which hit four times its year-to-date user average by 8 a.m., wasn’t the only tech company running into issues Tuesday. Websites that track internet outages like downdetector.com also recorded spikes…

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  • Fashion

    How the COVID-19 pandemic sped up beauty and fashion trends

    Given the chaos and uncertainty wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, trying to pin down the top fashion and beauty trends of a year hence feels as futile as trying to pick a living room wallpaper pattern while your house is on fire. But we tried anyway by surveying a range of L.A.-based designers, brand builders and retailers to find out what the luxury landscape might look like 12 to 18 months down the road. The general consensus? Although no one — not even the trend analysts who make their living forecasting such things — is exactly sure what the future of fashion looks like, what they agreed on is that,…

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  • Health

    HEALTH AND FITNESS: Know your nutrients: Protein | Features

    For the last two weeks, I have written about carbohydrates and fats. This week I am covering protein, another essential macronutrient in your diet. Protein is part of all cells and is the main component of muscles. Proteins are made up of building blocks called amino acids. The human body requires 20 amino acids for the synthesis of its proteins. Your body can produce some of these amino acids, so they are called nonessential because you do not need to get them from your diet. There are nine essential amino acids that cannot be made by the body and are obtained only from food. If the protein in a food…

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  • Home News

    Work on projects vicariously through these home improvement movies | lifestyle

    Undertaking large-scale home projects is exhausting. If you found yourself in the middle of a renovation or basic maintenance project over the course of shutdowns due to the pandemic, you’re not alone. While you may still be having flashbacks of staring at the multiple boxes of screws, bolts, paint chips or bags of mulch, take a load off and watch someone else struggle through a home improvement project with the following movies. Michael Keaton stars in “Beetlejuice” (1988). Warner Bros. “Beetlejuice” (1988) — The ghost with the most made his debut in the Tim Burton original. While it spawned a whole cartoon series, a Broadway show and rumors of a…

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  • General news

    Joe Biden’s campaign names first Texas hires for general election

    Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Joe Biden’s campaign is naming its first hires for the general election in Texas, where polls continue to show a close contest between the presumptive Democratic nominee and President Donald Trump. Biden’s state director will be Rebecca Acuña, a veteran of the Texas Capitol and Democratic campaigns in the state. The deputy state director will be Jennifer Longoria, who led Elizabeth Warren’s campaign in Texas during the primary. Biden’s communications director in the state will be Tariq Thowfeek, a former Texas Democratic Party spokesman who has since worked for Facebook.…

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  • Business

    NYC business leaders urge ‘immediate action’ from de Blasio to fix Big Apple’s rot

    The leaders of some of Corporate America’s biggest names urged Mayor Bill de Blasio to take “immediate action” to address New York City’s deteriorating quality-of-life issues, warning that an exodus that began with the coronavirus pandemic would continue in the wake of “widespread anxiety” about the future. In a terse yet poignant letter released on Thursday, the Partnership for New York City — comprised of over 100 business and financial leaders based in the Big Apple — called on the mayor to move quickly to address a number of issues exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, including soaring violent crime. The signatories include the chief executives of Citigroup (C), Morgan Stanley…

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