The doctor is behind the wheel as the van pulls into a Shell station in Santa Monica, where a 36-year-old man with a serious heart condition lives in the parking lot. Dr. Coley King of the Venice Family Clinic spots Rene behind the carwash, raking leaves. Rene maintains the grounds in an arrangement with management … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Television ‘He’s a character I can play over a long period of time,’ Darkest Hour star says of new drama series Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb (left) and Jack Lowden as River Cartwright on Slow Horses. Photo by Apple TV+ Article content Usually, when you settle in to watch a spy thriller, … Read more
A 1971 billboard in McGrann, Pennsylvania. Photo: Bettmann Archive via Getty Images As we speed toward this summer’s Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and with it the likely overturn of Roe v. Wade, there is a lot of bad news coming from states rushing to pass ever-more-totalitarian restrictions on those … Read more
Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Lady Featherington hits the Bridgerton trifecta in season two, earning viewers’ fear, respect, and ridicule — often all three in the span of a single scene. To be fair, she’s in rough shape; widowed at the end of season one when her knucklehead of a husband is murdered for his gambling … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Seniors News Local News Life Health New programs helped some seniors out of their COVID cocoon, but as restrictions lift, experts remind us better fitness means better health. Publishing date: Apr 09, 2022 • 21 minutes ago • 8 minute read • Join the conversation Hilary Clark, 91, tried to get her daily … Read more
Have you ever thought that Easter lacks the same level of pomp and pageantry as Mardi Gras or Thanksgiving? Ever dream of costumes made entirely of stuffed bunnies, eggs, and Peeps? Well, Philly’s South Street Headhouse District has just the day for you. The 89th Annual Easter Promenade returns to South Street on Sunday, April … Read more
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The federal government plans to stamp out a tax planning strategy that wealthy Canadians are using to minimize substantial taxes on their corporations’ investment income. The proposed measure, outlined in the 2022 federal budget, would tackle an increasingly popular tax planning approach in which Canadians are “manipulating the … status of their corporations to avoid … Read more
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When Derek McGivern’s dad tested positive for COVID-19, he knew the clock was ticking. Due to multiple medical issues, his 70-something father was at risk, and McGivern knew the antiviral pill Paxlovid — which must be taken within five days of the first symptoms — could help keep him out of the hospital. “Every hour … Read more
In our Eagles chat on Thursday, there were a lot of questions that we could not get to in time or other questions we did answer but could use more color. And so, let’s do a mailbag post to answer some of the overflow, as well as some commonly asked questions on Twitter and via … Read more
One million gallons of radioactive water is inside a former nuclear power plant along Cape Cod Bay and it has got to go. But where, is the vexing question, and will the state intervene as the company dismantling the plant decides? Holtec International is considering treating the water and discharging it into the bay, drawing … Read more