Getting married? Designers make case for 'unusual and beautiful' Minnesota-grown flowers
Thanks to colorful and surprising choices, using locally grown flowers doesn't mean you're limited to daisies in a jar.
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Health department: No COVID-19 cases from Missouri salon
None of the clients and coworkers of two hair stylists at a Missouri hair salon who tested positive for COVID-19 had confirmed cases of the disease, health officials said Monday.
Home & Garden
Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus
A fashion designer who made it to the runways of Paris and New York but never left her Dominican home. An Oklahoma boy who became…
National
Mother fights order allowing death of ill son in Alabama
A mother who lost custody of her terminally ill son to the state is fighting an effort to withhold life support measures and let the child die naturally.
National
Parents hoping to get back to work face a child care crisis
A single father in New Jersey is taking unpaid leave from his job as a baker because he has no one to look after his son. A university employee in New York realizes she may never return to the office after her autistic daughter's child care center closed for good. A new mother in Utah uses vacation time to take two hours off from work each day.
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Pop-up bar scene, tanning salon test shutdown rules in NYC
What passes for a pandemic-era speakeasy these days in New York City isn't secret at all.
Celebrities
Kylie Jenner, Forbes spar over story on billionaire status
Forbes magazine, which once declared Kylie Jenner a billionaire on its cover, says she no longer deserves the title, but Jenner is pushing back.
National
Washington DC begins reopening in fits and starts
As the nation's capital took the first tiny steps toward reopening Friday, the continued threat of coronavirus was ever present.
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Court orders defiant Michigan barber to close his shop
A Michigan court on Thursday ordered a barber to close his shop and stop defying the state's coronavirus restrictions, though he vowed to keep cutting hair.
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Missouri Great Clips sites close after virus-related threats
Great Clips has temporarily closed its salons in Springfield, Missouri, after receiving threatening messages following the news that two of its hairstylists who tested positive for the coronavirus might have exposed 140 clients to the illness.
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Official says defiant Michigan barbershop is health threat
A barbershop that has been operating in defiance of Michigan's coronavirus restrictions poses an "imminent threat" to public health, the state's chief medical officer testified Wednesday.
National
Nation's capital set to begin a gradual reopening on Friday
The nation's capital will begin a gradual reopening Friday, even as Mayor Muriel Bowser warns that it probably will result in more coronavirus infections.
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Walmart teams with ThredUP to sell used clothing online
Walmart is teaming up with online resale site ThredUP.com to offer nearly 750,000 items of used women's and children's clothing and accessories items on its website.
National
1st deadlines for laid-off workers to get health insurance
Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
National
The Latest: Japan set to end Tokyo's state of emergency
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with…
National
Loughlin, Giannulli plead in college scam, but fate is hazy
"Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty Friday to paying half a million dollars to get their two…
National
Police: Man killed in shoot-out after shooting officer
A man suspected of shooting an off-duty police officer in Tennessee was later killed in a shoot-out with officers along an interstate, Nashville police said.
National
Nation's capital aims to start reopening May 29
After weeks of insisting the Washington, D.C., area is not ready to end its pandemic-induced lockdown, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser now says the numbers are pointing to the start of a gradual reopening process at the end of the month.
National
7 barbers ticketed for cutting hair at Michigan Capitol
Police ticketed seven people for cutting hair during a protest outside the Michigan Capitol, where about a dozen barbers and hair stylists defied stay-at-home orders to give free hair cuts Wednesday.
National
Tourists, high-end shoppers slowly returning to Rodeo Drive
The Maseratis, the Rolls-Royces and the Mercedes-Benzes were back on Rodeo Drive on Tuesday — along with a few high-end buyers — as America's most fashionable shopping street slowly got back to business.
National
Barbers to offer free haircuts to protest Michigan lockdown
Barbers plan to offer free haircuts on the Michigan Capitol lawn to protest the state's stay-at-home orders, a defiant demonstration that reflects how salons have become a symbol for small businesses that are eager to reopen two months after the pandemic began.
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