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Covid-19 Live Updates: In Pandemic Recession, Used Cars Turn Into Hot Commodities

Here’s what you need to know: Looking to buy a used car? So is everyone else. Skyrocketing cases push India to No. 2 on the pandemic list. On a holiday weekend in the U.S., the virus continues its grinding hold on Americans’ lives. Long-haul patients are facing struggles with their …

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Turn Your Grill Into a Smoker, Plus a Smoked Pork Chops Recipe

As the summer heat peaks, you probably don’t want to stand over your grill. Luckily, you can turn your grill into a smoker, creating a largely hands-off cooking process. The taste of smoked meat screams summer to me, especially after spending the last eight years in North Carolina. If you …

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With a Turn of the Can Opener, Make Sorbet

For a quick, satisfying summer refreshment, all you need is a can of fruit, a food processor and a freezer. This method was the brainchild of Melanie Bernard, a columnist for Bon Appétit magazine who in 1996 was commissioned by the Steel Packaging Council, a trade group, to find some …

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Needing At-Home Workers, Call Centers Turn to People With Disabilities

A workplace injury two decades ago when she was newly pregnant left Robin Irvin with neuropathy in her left leg and without a functioning bowel or bladder. She has been living on disability benefits since. Now as the coronavirus pandemic upends the economy, Ms. Irvin, 48, has found a way …

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‘Turn Around, Go Back’: Summer Islands Don’t Want Coronavirus, or You

Visitors to the western end of Fire Island are greeted by a large sign telling them to “Stop, turn around, go back.” In bold, red letters, the sign proclaims that the island’s residential areas are “closed to visitors” and that it has “No restrooms, no open business, no medical facility.” …

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Unplugged: Air Guitar uses Oculus Quest hand-tracking to turn you into a rock star

A video teaser popped up for a VR game on Oculus Quest that uses controller-free hand-tracking for a familiar musical experience similar to Rock Band and Guitar Hero. And it already carries the perfect name — Unplugged: Air Guitar. The game is a side project by Ricardo Acosta that he’s been …

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Green Shampoo Won’t Turn Your Brown Hair Green

The older I get, the more I feel like I’m becoming my mother. Is this thing, just, inevitable? I find myself saying things like, ‘You can wear those pants with a plain white button-down,’ and sneezing after meals, and packing comprehensive first aid kits with emergency snacks for anything more …

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Will These Moisturizers Turn Me Into An Anthropomorphized Dew Drop?

Welcome to Operation Goo Goo Gah Gah, a bi-weekly column by Ziwe Fumudoh where the comedian and writer tries everything under the sun in dogged pursuit of baby-smooth skin and the makeup to complement it. There is no shortage of promising products out there, but which actually work? Ziwe’s here …

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