Lifestyle Stories from May 23, 2020 (Change date)
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Planning on skipping immunizations? Here's why you shouldn'tMay 28, 2020 6:30 am - For months, we've been encouraging families to stay home as much as possible. Staying home means staying safe, but staying safe also means making sure your child gets th...
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Trump to attend Wednesday's NASA astronaut launch in FloridaMay 23, 2020 12:05 pm - STERLING, Va. (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to be on the Florida coast Wednesday to watch American astronauts blast into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center for th...
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The great video chat faceoff: Six apps. Dozens of heads. One came out on top.May 28, 2020 6:18 am - To Zoom, or not to Zoom? That is the question. Zoom videoconferencing's Brady Bunch grid of faces has become synonymous with working, learning and even partying from hom...
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The hunt for a work-from-home webcam: A story of broken supply chains, 'sold-out' messages and refreshing online cartsMay 26, 2020 7:53 am - SAN FRANCISCO - All those hours of pandemic-induced video conference calls, chats with family and hangouts with friends are straining our eyes - and, apparently, straini...
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Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online, and the bots are winningMay 26, 2020 7:53 am - A few Sundays ago, Camerata Pacifica artistic director Adrian Spence, aided by his tech-savvy son Keiran, went live on Facebook to broadcast a previously recorded perfor...
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After a loss, you may need to strengthen your 'sense of self'May 24, 2020 7:47 am - There is a colloquial way of talking in the South and Old West — “I'm fixin' to go” — meaning “I am getting ready to go.” In Minnesota when I was growing up, local peopl...
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Help kids handle anger, frustration over the COVID-19 shutdownMay 27, 2020 6:39 am - As Illinois' stay-at-home order persists and summer plans look different from usual, some kids are getting frustrated. They're angry. They're bored. Some of these feelin...
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Your COVID-19 Top Ten preparedness checklistMay 27, 2020 6:39 am - Each day in Illinois, we see around 2,000 new cases of COVID-19. The virus is not yet contained. We still need to be on guard. The good news is, about 80% of cases are m...
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A song to make you smile: 'All I Wanna Do' by Sheryl CrowMay 24, 2020 8:10 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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Addison couple weds on front steps of their homeMay 26, 2020 7:51 am - The low hum of a leaf blower faded into the background as wedding music filled an Addison neighborhood Saturday. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Sal Scianna and Monik...