Tag: Recreation and leisure
South Africa bans liquor sales over Easter to prevent surge
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will restrict the sale of alcohol and limit the size of religious and social gatherings over Easter to prevent the...
‘Lovecraft Country’ part of virtual festival celebrating TV
LOS ANGELES — "Lovecraft Country,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “What We Do in the Shadows” are among the series featured in a virtual edition...
Review: A bear’s life tells the history of global warming
“The Loneliest Polar Bear: A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World,” by Kale Williams (Crown)
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MLB to relax virus protocols when 85% on field vaccinated
NEW YORK — Card games, car pools and eating at restaurants may be back in the major leagues later this season. Trips to church...
Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism
Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black...
New bloods: Florida State charts a new course for the ACC
INDIANAPOLIS — North Carolina is long gone. Duke never made it. To find the ACC's biggest threat at March Madness this year, look past...
Report: Military cleanup in Puerto Rico islands slow-going
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The reopening of hiking trails and various white-sand beaches on two tiny Puerto Rican islands long used as Navy...
Greek Independence Day events culminate in military parade
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s celebrations for the bicentenary of the start of the nation’s war of independence are culminating in a military parade and...
Poet Amanda Gorman revisits inaugural triumph with Oprah
LOS ANGELES — Amanda Gorman revisits her inauguration day poetry reading that wowed observers, among them Oprah Winfrey, in the Apple TV+ series “The...
Surfer rescues man and dog from choppy Lake Superior
DULUTH, Minn. — A Minneapolis man who was surfing the choppy waters of Lake Superior helped save a man who was struggling in the...
