It may be the tail end of the holiday period, but every day is a great day to buy something splurge-worthy… and we have all of the best ideas for doing just that. This Holiday Gift Guide has been a tradition at Frequent Business Traveler and The Travelist since 2012, a tradition almost as old as our annual report on the New Year’s Eve cult classic, “Dinner for One.”
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Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Weekend Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the period January 10 through January 13, 2025.
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Anita Bryant, Who Founded the Modern Antigay Movement, Dies at 84
Anita Bryant, the former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice as well …
Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Friday Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you may have missed in the period January 8 through January 10, 2025.
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Dr. Peter Fenwick, Who Unlocked Near-Death Experiences, Dies at 89
Dr Peter Fenwick, as a British neuropsychiatrist and neurophysiologist who was known for his studies …
Today, January 9, marks 18 years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original Apple iPhone at Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco.
Jobs told the world he was introducing three products.
“An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices,” Jobs said at the time. “This is one device.”
The first iPhone became available on June 29 of the same year. Roughly 300,000 …
Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Midweek Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you may have missed in the period January 6 through January 9, 2025.
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TODAY IS A DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING FOR THE LATE PRESIDENT CARTER
January 9 is a national day of mourning for the late former …
This Thursday, January 9, will be a national day of mourning for the late former president Jimmy Carter, who died on December at the age of 100.
In making the declaration, President Joseph Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for a period of 30 days following Carter’s death.
Carter’s official state funeral will be held on January 9 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Biden called on the American …
“Weekend Update – News that Matters” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have missed during a busy holiday weekend. Here’s what, no pun intended, may have flown under your radar in the period January 3 through January 6, 2025.
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COVID AND FLU RATES RISE DRAMATICALLY IN U.S., SAYS CDC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that, in addition to …
Some 60 million people live in areas currently under winter weather advisories as the first full week of January 2025 begins, and residents in the affected regions are in many cases being told by the local weathermen to stockpile milk, bread, and eggs.
The tradition of stocking up on milk, bread, and eggs before a major storm dates back to the Blizzard of 1978, which hammered New England. Many people were …