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Lexy Farrell joined as the marketing coordinator, Cassandra Latour as a human resource generalist and Meaghan Stark as conventional mortgage processor. Farrell was previously a human resources coordinator at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and a social media content coordinator for Highly Caffeinated Marketing. She has a bachelor's degree from Brockport. Latour previously was a payroll administrator at Albany Molecular Research and the human resources director at Saratoga Regional YMCA. Читать дальше...

I haven't set foot in a grocery store in nearly four months.

With a 10-month-old baby to think about, my husband and I have kept trips to the store to a minimum out of an abundance of caution during the pandemic. We're fortunate to have just about every grocery delivery service at our disposal — and we've taken advantage.

In between orders from Costco, Whole Foods, Imperfect Foods and more, I've noticed our virtual shopping habit is changing how we budget. We're accounting for new grocery-related expenses. Читать дальше...

Latif Nasser's new Netflix series, "Connected," was only two days old when he and his wife headed to the hospital to have a baby. Add a pandemic to the mix and you have what Nasser calls "the weirdest time on top of the weirdest time."

Los Angeles

Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis has listed her longtime home in Pacific Palisades for sale at $5.995 million.

Set on a tree-lined street, the Mediterranean-style house features curated spaces filled with calming hues and decorative accents. A sculptural fireplace flanked by picture windows is a focal point in the living room. Blue-tinted stonework creates visual interest in the updated chef's kitchen.

Dark hardwood floors unify the living spaces, including the 5,146-square-foot home's five bedrooms.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Rose Garden has been spruced up in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A brand new giant panda cub is sparking pandemic-fueled panda-mania, and officials at the National Zoo said traffic on their livestream spiked 1,200 percent over the past week.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Complications pummeled Ohio Republicans this week as they sought to put up a united front headed into the GOP's national convention.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anticipating a wave of mail-in voting this fall, New York state will now give voters a chance to correct missing signatures and other clerical errors so their absentee ballots can be counted — but the exact provisions haven't yet been made public after last-minute negotiations between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and fellow Democrats spun an assortment of facts to their benefit in their national convention, omitting inconvenient truths such as Barack Obama's record of aggressive deportations and swift action by a Republican president to save the auto industry more than a decade ago.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them -- the last gasps of 17 men and women who died of the coronavirus.

PRAGUE — The Czech Republic has recorded its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters and aircraft from 10 states began arriving in California Friday to help weary crews battling some of the largest blazes in state history as weekend weather threatened to renew the advance of flames that have killed six people and incinerated hundreds of homes.

Baltimore

Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez homered to provide Boston an early lead, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 Friday night for their season-high third straight victory.

Bogaerts hit a solo shot off John Means (0-2) in the second inning and Martinez connected for a two-run homer in the third. Rafael Devers added a three-run drive to make 6-0 in the fifth, and the Red Sox coasted to the finish.

During the game, Boston announced it traded relievers Brandon Workman... Читать дальше...

East Rutherford, N.J.

Joe Judge took somewhat of a back seat as the New York Giants scrimmaged for the first time since he took over as head coach.

The 38-year-old Judge stood behind the huddle and listened as coordinators Jason Garrett, Pat Graham and Thomas McGaughey called in plays for the offense, defense and special teams on Friday during the roughly two-hour training camp workout at the team's headquarters.

Judge said the scrimmage was similar to one that two teams would have before playing a preseason game. Читать дальше...

Jimmie Johnson is at the win-or-else stage of his playoff push as he hits his favorite track.

"Full House" actor Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits, a federal judge ruled Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Delivering a “much-needed moment of pure joy,” the National Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a wiggling cub Friday at a time of global pandemic and social unrest.

Talk show host James Corden is 42. Broadcast journalist Morton Dean is 85. Author Annie Proulx is 85. Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 81. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is 79. Writer-producer David Chase is 75. CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 75. Actor Cindy Williams is 73. Musician Vernon Reid is 62. Singer Ricky Lynn Gregg is 61. Singer Collin Raye is 60. Singer Tori Amos is 57. Singer Mila Mason is 57. Musician James DeBarge is 57. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 54. Actor Ty Burrell is 53. Читать дальше...

Frightening calls from the school nurse. Waiting in vain for word from school officials. Canceled sports practices. Marching bands in quarantine.

This week, Ellen DeGeneres attempted — successfully? who can yet say? — to turn the page on a bad chapter in the book of her career, one that began last month with a pair of BuzzFeed pieces alleging a toxic work environment on the set of her daytime talk-dance-and-presents fest "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," including sexual harassment and racist comments on the part of executive staff. (DeGeneres herself was accused only of allowing it to happen, and of being weird — not wanting to be looked at... Читать дальше...