Articles filed under Washington Post
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People are wearing hazmat suits on planes, but should they?May 26, 2020 6:00 am - Last year, supermodel Naomi Campbell made headlines when she shared a video of herself very thoroughly sanitizing her Qatar Airlines seat. There were disinfecting wipes ...
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'Trials of Mana' is a perfect little escapist fantasy with simple rules and immediate rewardsMay 26, 2020 6:00 am - Role-playing games can be intimidating. They involve all this math, stats and different mechanics to memorize and track. Enemies might explode into a treasure trove of n...
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Gardening on par with exercise, walkingMay 25, 2020 7:00 am - In recent weeks, public health experts have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could have a devastating effect on mental health. In the United States, rates of anxiety...
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Sports books to help get you through the non-seasonsMay 25, 2020 6:00 am - As the world looks for ways to stay sane and entertained indoors, perhaps no group is as starved for its normal diversions as sports fans, who saw all leagues grind to a...
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Ben Schwartz, your favorite fool on 'Parks and Recreation,' is ready for the spotlightMay 24, 2020 7:30 am - Before Ben Schwartz and Thomas Middleditch stride onstage to do long-form improv, the comedy duo, at Schwartz's behest, always share a hug. "I love you," Schwartz utters...
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How Katie Couric passes the time during the pandemicMay 24, 2020 7:28 am - Like so many, The Washington Post's national arts reporter, Geoff Edgers, has been grounded by the coronavirus. So he decided to launch an Instagram Live show from his b...
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Book review: In Elisabeth Thomas' 'Catherine House,' an exclusive university harbors sinister secretsMay 24, 2020 7:27 am - "Catherine House" by Elisabeth Thomas (Custom House) Houses can be welcoming or forbidding; they might express their owners or oppress them. Sometimes th...
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The surprising reasons these Midwest states are the last bastion of retirement plansMay 24, 2020 6:13 am - The heyday of U.S. employer-provided retirement plans, 1999 to 2002, feels like a bygone era. Americans were worried about Y2K and Dick Cheney, and the first millennials...
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My boss is tired of me bringing my child to workMay 24, 2020 6:10 am - Q: I am a single mom with no family living nearby. At my job, I have to receive deliveries and mail and take calls, so there is no work I can do from home. Since schools...
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The pandemic is changing every aspect of shopping: From store layouts to how jeans are foldedMay 24, 2020 6:00 am - Tiara Show went to the mall last week in search of summer clothes - and a distraction from the pandemic that has kept her homebound since March. But there were coronavir...