With the strongest Diablo winds and fire weather of the season predicted for Sunday, Pacific Gas & Electric says it will shut off power for roughly 361,000 customers in Northern California. “We are seeing a dangerous combination of factors with this forecast. High winds, extremely low humidity, record dry fuels on the ground and severe…… MORE
Comedian Fortune Feimster has married her partner, Jacquelyn Smith. The two, who announced on social media in January 2018 that they were engaged, tied the knot on Friday in Malibu, California. It was a small ceremony at a rented house with views of the ocean. They invited guests to join over Zoom. “We got married!…… MORE
Former President Barack Obama detailed the early challenges on the path to passing his historic health care legislation in an excerpt of his forthcoming memoir published in The New Yorker Monday. In “A Promised Land,” Obama wrote about what influenced the health care law popularly known as Obamacare, Republican and Democratic opposition to provisions of…… MORE
It’s a late summer weekend in northwestern Michigan, and leaves have started to turn from green to shades of yellow and orange in the village of Luther, home to about 320. A mile or so off the main road, deep in the woods, a few people live in mobile homes parked atop a hill. There’s…… MORE
US stocks tumbled at Monday’s opening bell, as coronavirus, Washington intransigence and earnings are weighing on the market. The election is only eight days away, there’s still no new stimulus package and the first look at how the economy fared in the third quarter will be reported on Thursday. Big Tech companies will report earnings…… MORE
Gigi Hadid had some company this year while voting. The model recently gave birth to her first child, a daughter, with singer Zayn Malik, though you wouldn’t be able to tell it from a selfie she posted this weekend on her verified Instagram account. Hadid showed off her postpartum look in a “Vote” shirt while…… MORE
Investors trying to decide how to place their bets heading into the last two months of the year face a daunting task. Between the imminent US election, an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and a spate of quarterly results due this week from some of the world’s top companies, there’s no shortage of data to…… MORE
Dave Richards arrived at his polling place before dawn, carrying a blue lawn chair and a giant bottle of water. It was about 6 a.m. on October 12 — the first day of early voting in Georgia — and the business consultant was ready for a long wait in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna. After…… MORE
Families stuck at home have resorted to playing games again, and that’s benefiting Hasbro. The maker of Monopoly and Magic: The Gathering reported a 21% jump in gaming sales as the result of homebound people looking for ways to occupy their time. Branded “Star Wars” and “The Mandalorian” toys also “delivered strong revenue growth,” according…… MORE
The youngest volunteers so far to get experimental coronavirus vaccines have been given their first doses and are now being watched carefully to see if they are experiencing any unusual side effects. A team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital vaccinated 100 children as young as 12 last week, said Dr. Robert Frenck, who is leading the…… MORE
