Pandemic carves hole in state's cultural sector JULY 15, 2020.....The arts and culture sector, a major piece of the Massachusetts economy, will need hundreds of millions of dollars and multiple years to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, according to testimony delivered to state senators on Wednesday.Senators have been holding a series of listening sessions to gauge the pandemic's effects on different segments on the economy and check in on the gradual reopening of businesses.During Wednesday's session, [...] More
July 15 is tax deadline day. Here are 4 tips for filing. Millions of taxpayers took advantage of the IRS decision to push back the tax filing deadline due to the coronavirus pandemic. But with the tax filing deadline of July 15 upon us, those taxpayers need to take some important steps now to get their returns — and payments — to the IRS ASAP.Tax season is stressful for many consumers in the best of times, but 2020 has heightened those anxieties. More
Winchester students achieve academic honors University of AlabamaThe following Winchester residents graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in spring 2020: Brooke Carroll, Bachelor of Arts in communication and information sciences; Sydney Richardson, Bachelor of Science in commerce and business administration; Elizabeth Schipelliti, Bachelor of Arts in communication and information sciences.Bridgewater State UniversityKathryn G. More
Winchester Alumni Association spotlight: Kerry Lynne McHugh Kerry Lynne is only one of the 2100 Alumni members who have registered with the Winchester Alumni Association. Join the conversation and register today at WinchesterAlumni.org to stay in touch with Kerry and other Alumni across the decades.What class did you graduate with?1995What are you up to personally and/or professionally now? More
Cyclists to make ‘Black Lives Matter’ visible from space Local cyclists are organizing an event on July 18 and 19 to spell out “Black Lives Matter” on a global heat map that can be seen from the moon. Calling this event Wheels of Change, this volunteer group is encouraging everyone to run, walk or ride one of the 16 routes they have created using Strava, a GPS-enabled fitness app. More
By KENYA HUNTER and DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press Health Writers
Cucumbers shipped to 13 U. S. states and five Canadian provinces and organic eggs sold in 25 Costco stores in five southern U. S. states were recalled this week for potential salmonella contamination.
SunFed Produce, based in Arizona, recalled the cucumbers sold between Oct.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office said Friday its homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a deadly shooting in Lauderdale Lakes where the shooter is claiming self-defense.
A man, identified Friday as Hureleyon McLean, 71, of Lauderdale Lakes, was killed in a shooting on Thanksgiving Day at an apartment complex in Lauderdale Lakes, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m.
The Dolphins are trying to look ahead after Thursday’s punishing 30-17 loss at Green Bay.
Playoff hopes are razor-thin for the Dolphins (5-7) after losing to the Packers.
But coach Mike McDaniel said the Dolphins, who have made back-to-back playoff appearances, will still talk playoffs even as they fight negative narratives that are promoted by their own players.
“I think it’s an understated thing that I bring up from time to time just because I try to address things that I know that come up in conversations,” McDaniel said of the Dolphins’ playoff hopes.
But the day-to-day focus remains the next opponent, in this case, the struggling New York Jets next weekend.
Players haven’t given up postseason hope, although they admit there’s almost no wiggle room with five games remaining.
“A 10-7 record can still get us there,” defensive lineman Zach Sieler said, suggesting the Dolphins can win every remaining game.
“I think we can still get to the top.”
Sieler is right.
By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on this threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, he would be raising prices for Americans and hurting American business.
Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across southern and northern borders.
Hallandale Beach police Friday identified the husband and wife found dead in their luxury condo.
About 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert of multiple gunshots in the 1800 block of South Ocean Drive, and when they arrived, they found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
By Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times
Your heart is racing, your arms are tingling and your breathing is shallow. You’re having an anxiety attack. And you’re in a public place, to boot. A crowded restaurant, say, or at the office. Not a space where you can comfortably lay on the ground and do some deep breathing exercises to calm yourself.
What if there were a pill that would instead induce that kind of calm breathing for you?