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Experts offer advice on how to create a well-stocked first-aid kit

Assembling a basic supply of medicines and treatments in one organized place — along with instructions for how to use them — will prepare you to care for yourself and others, particularly as the coronavirus pandemic continues and flu season approaches.

Sourdough baking -- and using starter castoff in other recipes, rather than throwing it away -- became a popular pandemic hobby.<br>Deb Lindsey/For The Washington Post Sourdough baking -- and using starter castoff in other recipes, rather than throwing it away -- became a popular pandemic hobby.<br>Deb Lindsey/For The Washington Post
Pandemic-related cooking and eating habits could help curb food waste — if consumers stick to them
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How to spot a scam aimed at older adults
A dog sits on a bench at Washington Square Park in New York on Aug. 15, 2020.<br>Calla Kessler/For The Washington Post
A dog sits on a bench at Washington Square Park in New York on Aug. 15, 2020.<br>Calla Kessler/For The Washington Post

Dogs, too, can find the pandemic disorienting

Dogs understand a few things very well: walks, how to get treats and belly rubs, what time they get fed, and whether they are a good boy or girl. They do not understand a global pandemic.

Dena Ducane and her mother, Rhoda Dobrovich, spend time on Dena's front porch last month in Santa Fe.<br>Mary Mathis/For The Washington Post
Dena Ducane and her mother, Rhoda Dobrovich, spend time on Dena's front porch last month in Santa Fe.<br>Mary Mathis/For The Washington Post

The pandemic led some families to pull parents out of long-term care facilities; now what comes next?

There have been more than 70,000 deaths in long-term care facilities since March due to covid-19, 41% of all virus-related deaths reported nationwide. But experts say the true toll of the deadly pandemic on the elderly is much higher.

Sisters Isabel and Sophie Kochanek, both 18, of La Grange, Ill., will be college freshmen in the fall. Sophie is enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, but she'll be taking classes online from home in the fall. Isabel is headed to Purdue Northwest in Hammond, where she plans to live in a dorm and play on the soccer team.<br>Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune/TNS
Sisters Isabel and Sophie Kochanek, both 18, of La Grange, Ill., will be college freshmen in the fall. Sophie is enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, but she'll be taking classes online from home in the fall. Isabel is headed to Purdue Northwest in Hammond, where she plans to live in a dorm and play on the soccer team.<br>Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune/TNS

As universities reopen, no one has more uncertainty than this year’s freshman class

There’s the adventure of going off to college for the first time, that big, nerve-wracking step toward adulthood that some students have been preparing for their entire high school careers. And then there’s going off to college for the first time in 2020.

Sebastian Hernandez, left, 15 and his brother Benjamin, 12, pose May 24 in Los Angeles. While some kids are stressed, confused, bored and isolated during quarantine, the Hernandez brothers have relished the opportunity to slow down.<br>Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times/TNS
Sebastian Hernandez, left, 15 and his brother Benjamin, 12, pose May 24 in Los Angeles. While some kids are stressed, confused, bored and isolated during quarantine, the Hernandez brothers have relished the opportunity to slow down.<br>Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times/TNS

Though controversial, distance learning has benefited many students

Those annoying puffy spots under the eyes of eighth-grader Natalie Alvarez began to disappear, followed by the 10 a.m. hunger bouts and the midafternoon yawns — much to the Carson, Calif., girl’s delight and surprise.

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games

Spellbreak is a free-to-play, spell-casting battle royale that creatively weaves the bloated genre into a fantasy RPG.<br>Proletariat
Spellbreak is a free-to-play, spell-casting battle royale that creatively weaves the bloated genre into a fantasy RPG.<br>Proletariat

Flame-throwing, air-bending battle royale arrives with Spellbreak

Don’t look now, but we’re surrounded by battles royale. The last-man-standing formula has been regurgitated over and over again in countless attempts to create the next Fortnite, the next worldwide phenomenon, the next holy grail in online gaming.

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Oishi Sushi, in Stuttgart's Feuerbach section, offers both inside and outside seating. Perhaps lesser known than some other sushi spots, regulars say it offers some of the best sushi in the city.<br>John Vandiver/Stars and Stripes
Oishi Sushi, in Stuttgart's Feuerbach section, offers both inside and outside seating. Perhaps lesser known than some other sushi spots, regulars say it offers some of the best sushi in the city.<br>John Vandiver/Stars and Stripes

The seafood at Oishi Sushi in Stuttgart will melt in your mouth

Sushi in Stuttgart is something I’ve shunned.

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Westland Farm in western Tokyo offers a variety of unique gelato flavor options, including beer sorbet, for those of legal drinking age in Japan.<br>Erica Earl/Stars and Stripes
Westland Farm in western Tokyo offers a variety of unique gelato flavor options, including beer sorbet, for those of legal drinking age in Japan.<br>Erica Earl/Stars and Stripes

Enjoy frozen beer gelato at Westland Farm near Yokota

You can find a slice of farm life nestled in the Nishitama district of western Tokyo, not far from Yokota Air Base and the home of U.S. Forces Japan.

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the meat and potatoes of life

Champagne dreams, Dirty Banana realities

I’ve always wanted to say, teeth clenched with haughty intonation, “We were on the Vineyard yesterday,” as if it were our regular routine now that we live in New England. So, last weekend, the unofficial end of summer, my husband, Francis, and I took a day trip to Martha’s Vineyard, the preppy vacation spot for the rich and famous.