The United States is facing a shortage of bicycles as anxiety over public transportation and a desire to exercise has sent the demand surging.

Talk is cheap, that’s why it’s so popular. It’s easier to put up ‘mission accomplished’ banners than to accomplish missions. It’s easier to tweet #MeToo than to investigate politically inconvenient sexual assault allegations. Why do something hard when you can just posture instead? If enough voters believe the hype it’s all to the good.

OAK HARBOR, Wash. - This time of year is normally the peak season for the Blue Fox Drive-In. But obviously, like everything during the pandemic, this season has been far from normal for the Oak Harbor theater. "It's just been a crazy ride," said Darrell Bratt, owner of the Blue Fox. Because of Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-home order, he's had to stay closed for a couple months - all the while spending money so the theater can stay afloat.

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Broadband companies like Charter and Comcast vowed to help low-income people during the pandemic. But taking them up on the offer hasn’t always been easy.

Five-year study of animals in Devon finds measurable benefits to wildlife and people

Apple is set to open 25 more stores in the US and 12 in Canada, but be prepared to follow strict COVID-19 guidelines if you want to enter. For one thing, face masks will be required and will be provided if you don’t have one. Temperature checks will also be conducted at the door, and “posted health questions will screen for those with symptoms — like cough or fever — or who have had recent exposure to someone infected with COVID‑19,” Apple wrote in its store opening letter.

Those who stay home ‘will be on unpaid leave’, email says, as employees say company is using ‘threatening tactics’

After a devastating EF-4 tornado ripped through the heart of a Tennessee neighborhood, a lost dog who saved her family has finally been found -- 54 days later. On the night of March 3, around 1:15 a.m., Eric Johnson woke up to his miniature Australian shepherd, Bella, whimpering under the bed. Johnson said he knew something was not right.

As the Trump administration continues to roll back climate policy in the U.S., including changes to clean car rules that will allow cars to emit nearly a billion tons more carbon dioxide than they otherwise would have, the Netherlands is moving in the other direction, rolling out a set of new policies that will drastically cut emissions this year and put the country well on the path to its goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050.

Denial never dies; it just goes quiet and waits. Today, after years of irrelevance, the climate science deniers are triumphant. Long after their last, desperate claims had collapsed, when they had traction only on “alt-right” conspiracy sites, a hero of the left turns up and gives them more than they could have dreamed of.

Whether it be a crazy foldable or just a 5G mega-brick with more storage than most laptops, smartphones are summiting peaks almost no one is asking them to, particularly on price. Samsung in particular has been on the cutting edge of what is a larger and growing trend, with its nearly-$2000 Galaxy Fold and maxed out Galaxy S20 Ultra (which retails for $1600 in 512GB trim).

A Republican Ohio state representative cited his religious beliefs to explain why he would not wear a mask as recommended by Gov. Mike DeWine (R) to help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. “This is not the entire world,” state Rep. Nino Vitale wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on Monday morning. “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles.”

The world's largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has disclosed a data breach impacting web hosting account credentials.

Coronavirus prompts Scotland’s first minister to make UBI a policy priority

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has died, according to a leading Hong Kong broadcast network.

The Metaverse is coming. Epic Games wants to create it, as does Silicon Valley. And the covid-19 pandemic may be accelerating the process.