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Lizbeth García y su hijo Haziel oran durante una vigilia frente al hospital de Portland donde su esposo, Héctor, está siendo tratado por los efectos severos del COVID-19.

El COVID-19 se cuadruplica entre los latinos de Washington

January 28, 2021 at 10:56 a.m.

La gente está rezando por su marido en todo el mundo, dijo Lizbeth García a los médicos. En iglesias estadounidenses. En iglesias latinoamericanas. Quería que supieran que es un pastor,...

The Amazon Spheres are the visual symbol of Amazon's downtown Seattle campus. (Kjell Redal/Seattle Times/TNS)

Amazon seeks to block proposal calling for greater diversity in hiring

January 28, 2021 at 9:58 a.m.

Amazon has asked federal regulators to block a number of shareholder proposals that strike to the heart of many recent criticisms of the Seattle-based commerce behemoth, including its stances on...

If you go to the IRS's Get My Payment webpage and get this message after submitting your ID information, you won't get a $600 second stimulus check, the IRS says. Instead, you'll have to claim the money when you file your taxes this year.

Pagos de estímulo enviados por correo parecen estafas, dicen algunos

January 25, 2021 at 11:23 a.m.

¿Recibió una carta y una tarjeta de débito etiquetadas como "Pago de impacto económico"? No la tire. Si lo hace, estará tirando dinero. Al menos $600, dependiendo de su situación....

Un campamento para desamparados a orillas del lago Echo Park en Los Angeles, el 30 de diciembre de 2020.

¿Cuánto aumentará la población sin techo?

January 13, 2021 at 11:28 a.m.

Una recesión después de la pandemia de coronavirus podría causar el doble de personas sin hogar en todo el país que la Gran Recesión hace más de una década, dice...

BUT THE BEST ROMANTIC COMEDIES SURPRISE VIEWERS | "The sign of a really good rom-com, especially now since people are really familiar with the formula, is an injection of some originality into it," Schreiber said. "There also has to be a great script. It has to be well written. And the characters have to have some depth. They need to have characteristics that you rely on. There's something about rom-coms where you want to be simultaneously satisfied. You know what's going to be there, but you also want to be surprised. Being able to do both of those things well makes those movies stand out."

Missing movie theater popcorn? Here’s how to make it at home.

January 11, 2021 at 11:18 a.m.

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, I went to the movies a lot, often alone, and I'd see pretty much anything, because the golden-salty greatness that is movie theater popcorn makes...

A Boeing 737 Max 9, built for Alaska Airlines, undergoes testing March 23, 2020, as it flies past the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. The airline has ordered more 737 Max aircraft, it announced Dec. 22.

Boeing’s discounts on 737 Max spur order from Alaska Airlines

December 23, 2020 at 8:58 a.m.

Alaska Airlines has ordered another 23 Boeing 737 Maxes, bringing its total order to 68 Maxes that over the next three years will replace most of the Airbus aircraft in...

A delivery van departs an Amazon warehouse Oct. 1, 2020, in Dedham, Massachusetts. Amazon has beefed up its logistics network but is facing a massive wave of online holiday shopping this year.

Amazon sellers say shipping delays, new warehouse rules have cut holiday payday

December 24, 2020 at 9:01 a.m.

Marty Mickelson had hoped this holiday shopping season would catapult his new family-friendly card game, Hasty Baker, to major commercial success. Sales — nearly all of which took place on...

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are Mrs. Claus and Santa in "The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two."

The complete guide to Netflix’s 2020 slate of original Christmas movies

December 21, 2020 at 12:53 p.m.

The holiday season is in full swing, and while 2020 has been a whirlwind of chaos, we can still rely on one constant: a surplus of Christmas movies, new and...

Federal Aviation Administration chief Stephen Dickson speaks Dec. 11, 2019, at a congressional hearing on the Boeing 737 Max in Washington. Congress is set to pass legislation intended to address the FAA's oversight failures in its original certification of the Max.

Major FAA oversight reform, the result of Boeing 737 Max crashes, is set to pass Congress

December 21, 2020 at 12:08 p.m.

A sweeping reform of how the Federal Aviation Administration approves new commercial aircraft is on the brink of passage in Congress, propelled by a rare bipartisan push and public outrage...

A sign hangs marks Boeing headquarters on Jan. 28, 2009, in Chicago. The company is slashing jobs and giving out stock instead of pay raises.

Boeing saves cash by giving 82,000 workers stock, not pay raises

December 17, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

As Boeing scrambles to conserve cash in the dramatic aviation downturn, CEO Dave Calhoun told nonunion employees Wednesday the company has this month given them shares of company stock instead...

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