Bill Withers hit it big a little later than your average pop star. Withers was well into his 30s in 1971 when he debuted with the spare blues ballad “Ain’t No Sunshine.” It was initially released as a B-side, and Withers credited radio DJs with flipping over his first single to give him a surprise…… MORE
First responders in New York City are in “battlefield conditions,” forced to treat a rising number of cardiac arrests in “triage mode” and sleeping in cars to avoid exposing their own families to Covid-19. That’s the picture painted by Michael Greco, vice president of the FDNY EMS local 2507 union, in an interview with CNN.…… MORE
As health care workers across the US put their lives at risk to battle the coronavirus, an unlikely industry has stepped up to help them get the protective gear they need — custom auto shops. JK Automotive Designs in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is normally busy bringing people’s car fantasies to life. Now, the auto upholstery shop…… MORE
As more and more Americans are forced to stay home during the escalating coronavirus pandemic, the crisis has created a pressure-cooker situation for domestic violence victims, exacerbating stressors and isolation that can make for a deadly mix. Several cities are already reporting jumps in domestic violence cases or calls to local hotlines. Some shelters around…… MORE
An invisible enemy brings life to a halt. People become isolated and panic. Neighbors start seeing one another as threats. If life during the Covid-19 pandemic makes it seem like you’ve entered “The Twilight Zone,” that seminal sci-fi series about dread and paranoia, than you’re more right than you realize. On March 4, 1960, it…… MORE
It’s a topic of speculation every time a disaster hits. Will we see a “baby boom” nine months later, since so many couples are cooped up inside with nowhere to go? Sure, this kind of trend has been reported before. But demographers think it’s unlikely to occur this time around. In fact, they say the…… MORE
For hairstylist Heidi Oley, social distancing means more time on her hands to practice her skills. So, she’s gotten creative and has decided to have some fun with it — by making her boyfriend the canvas for her masterful creations. Oley and Geoffrey Clark, who live in Atlanta, relocated to her family’s secluded cabin in…… MORE
What happens when a once-rejected dystopian novel turns into reality? Ask Scottish author Peter May. The screenwriter-turned-novelist wrote a book titled “Lockdown” in 2005 about a global pandemic. Fifteen years later, that’s our reality due to coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1 million people globally. The book, which was rejected by publishers…… MORE
World Wrestling Entertainment’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania, starts Saturday night, but it’ll be slightly different than what fans are used to. When headed out to the wrestling ring, WWE superstar Paul “Triple H” Levesque — who also serves as WWE Executive Vice President, Global Talent Strategy & Development — would normally walk into…… MORE
Maura Lewinger says her husband, Joe, wrote her love letters every morning and left them in her lunch box. They weren’t just the “have a great day” letters, she said, but they described what she meant to him and maybe their plans for the next day or the upcoming weekend. “He always took care of…… MORE
