New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers

New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers

Andy Hunter, founder of a new online sales outlet for independent booksellers, had seen a crisis building well before the coronavirus pandemic shut down many of the country’s stores. “”Between 2015 and 2018, I saw this big jump in the percentage of weekly...
World Bank sees outbreak taking a big toll on Asia’s economy

World Bank sees outbreak taking a big toll on Asia’s economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank is estimating that the cornavirus outbreak will cause economic growth to slow significantly this year in China and other East Asian-Pacific countries, throwing millions into poverty.Under a worse-case scenario, the region could suffer...
Grandparenting goes digital as virus keeps older adults home

Grandparenting goes digital as virus keeps older adults home

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A few weeks ago, Debbie Cameron saw her grandsons most days, playing the piano, making after-school snacks or singing nursery rhymes with the baby in her Chandler, Arizona, home. Then the cornavirus crisis hit and the boys were suddenly gone....
Gray hair, don’t care: Cuts and color lead to home travails

Gray hair, don’t care: Cuts and color lead to home travails

NEW YORK (AP) — Sister love playing out in a living-room hair trim. A botched home dye job with a silver lining. Stylists shipping out kits of personalized color with promises to talk their regulars through the process via FaceTime. As the spread of the coronavirus...