Shaken by COVID, a pair of LA bartenders found a way to stir up more business for craft cocktails during the pandemic

Sunset Boulevardier started in LA in 2018. The bespoke cocktail and events company now offers virtual cocktail classes and mails kits across the U.S.

     

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Ready to visit Europe? Airlines adding flights to countries relaxing COVID-19 restrictions for vaccinated visitors

Iceland, Croatia and Greece are among the European countries reopening to vaccinated Americans, and airlines are adding flights there.

     

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America reaches milestone with COVID-19 vaccine now widely available to those who want it, but hesitancy still casts a shadow

USA TODAY’s panel of experts celebrate the success of the US COVID-19 vaccine program but worry while most Americans can get a shot, too many won’t.

     

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World War II-era plane makes emergency landing on busy beach

The World War II-era plane had to make an emergency landing off Satellite Beach, Florida, due to a “mechanical issue.”

     

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‘We must show up no matter what’: Foreboding air as people gather in George Floyd Square ahead of Chauvin closing arguments

More than a hundred people gathered in George Floyd Square Sunday to show solidarity ahead of closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial

     

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2021 NFL mock draft: What might happen in first round if Cowboys, Broncos trade up?

Quarterbacks are the focal point of the NFL draft, but a tight end could become the talk of the first round if the Cowboys trade up for Kyle Pitts.

     

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Report card: Would this year’s Oscar best picture nominees meet 2024 inclusion standards?

The Oscars best picture race might start to look different come 2024 given new Academy standards – or will it? We grade this year’s nominees.

     

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Derek Chauvin trial live: Jury to hear closing arguments, then will be sequestered during verdict deliberations

Attorneys are expected to make closing arguments Monday in the trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyd’s death.

     

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After a critical year for COVID and climate, Earth Day 2021 is Thursday

Earth Day lands in a year in which the globe was in the grips of a deadly pandemic and climate change sparked a cascade of calamities.

     

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‘We must show up no matter what’: Foreboding air as people gather in George Floyd Square ahead of Derek Chauvin closing arguments

More than a hundred people gathered in George Floyd Square Sunday to show solidarity ahead of closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial

     

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