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SavingAdvice.com Blog If you’re planning a date for your partner or spouse, you’re probably wondering what’s open/closed on Valentine’s Day this year.  Valentine’s Day isn’t a federal holiday, so many stores, restaurants, and date venues like movie theaters are open. But depending on coronavirus restrictions in your state, you may not be able to dine indoors at restaurants and bars.  And because Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, some shops may be closed or have limited hours. Banks will also be closed and certain types of mail may not get delivered, so you should se...

There's no getting around it: Valentine's Day is lame. It always has been, and we've always treated it with a healthy amount of cynicism. But this year? Let's just say the events of the past twelve months have been exhausting in a way that's resulted in substantially depleted snark reserves. So while the fake holiday is — and will continue to be — really, really dumb (as anyone who's ever received a giant red teddy bear from a roadside vendor can attest), we just don't have the energy to be (too) mean about it in 2021. If you want to take out someone special in your life and pay a lot of ...

A protester carries an image of late Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King at the Martin Luther King Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality on August 28, 2020, in Washington, DC. Credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images This story originally appeared on HelloGiggles.com  by Tiffany Curtis. On the third Monday in January each year, we celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader, activist, and orator Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of his January 15th birthday. Whi...

Updated: 9:57 AM CST Jan 15, 2021 Iowa’s COVID-19 positivity rates continue to decline, and fewer Iowa counties report a rate greater than 15% Friday.The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 1,347 new positive COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths. As of 10 a.m., the health department reported 302,789 total positive cases, 263,833 total recoveries and 4,257 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. The health department reported 301,442 total cases and 4,251 total deaths a day earlier.Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate declined from 13.6% to 13.2% in the last 24 hou...

Dow and S&P 500 Close at Records on Last Trading Day of 2020 TheStreet 12/31/2020 © TheStreet Dow and S&P 500 Close at Records on Last Trading Day of 2020 The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 posted record closes on Thursday, the last trading day of 2020, as a volatile year, brutally disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, came to a close. Popular Searches Both the Dow and the S&P reached intraday highs as well. For the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 7.2%. It finished 2019 at 28,538.44. The S&P 500 rose 16.3% in 2020, having finished 2019 at 3,230.78. And the...