Pandemic

Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe star in "A Quiet Place Part II."ParamountThe box office was anything but quiet over the weekend.John Krasinski's "A Quiet Place Part II," the sequel to his 2018 directorial debut, garnered $48.4…

This Memorial Day weekend could offer the right combination of new releases, number of cinemas open, and heightened consumer confidence to break the $ 100 million box office mark.Since the beginning of the pandemic, theaters have struggled…

Birdies shoes sold out in late 2020, leaving the company unable to meet the year-end demand.Source: Bianca GatesAs women across the country ditched their heels during the pandemic, shoe company Birdies thrived.The direct-to-consumer brand…

This article is part of Owning the Future, a series on how the pandemic has affected small businesses across the country.The Covid pandemic hit California hard. It has seen well over 3.5 million cases and over 60,000 deaths. Numerous…

Brian and Quentin at Ranch Rider Spirits.Source: Ranch Rider SpiritsRanch Rider Spirits' cocktail line is as Texan as possible.The canned cocktails were built and bred in the beating heart of Austin, Texas and are the craft of co-founders…

LONDON - disturber, fixation, opportunity. The pandemic was all of that and more for jewelry fans and designers.Just ask Sabine Roemer.The German-born designer has two brands: the high jewelry line that bears her name (one-offs priced at £…

Several key metrics of defining wealth had fallen in the past three years. In 2018, 65 percent of respondents felt that wealth gave them peace of mind, but that number had fallen to 53 percent by this spring. Half of the respondents equated…

Storms, floods, forest fires - and to a lesser extent conflict - uprooted 40.5 million people worldwide in 2020. That was the largest number in more than a decade. That comes from figures released Thursday by the Internal Displacement…

The CMU is also looking ahead, considering how they can customize Scout for the fall when many students get vaccinated and whether their new tools can slow the spread of other infectious diseases like the flu. "We spoke to Fathom on the…

"I sometimes wonder if I've wasted this gift of time," said Ms. Scott, who organizes the Oregon Truffle Festival. “I have all this fear that we will just go back to what people think is normal. When we get out of our cocoons, am I getting…