- In the letter, Petty said serving on the council for almost 13 years has been "an incredible learning experience." He encouraged more people to consider a role in public service.
- The city's longest-serving council member is resigning.
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Letter: Romney adresses cost of impeachment vote in accepting Profiles in Courage award
- Baker then spoke of Romney’s courage as Massachusetts governor, facing a strongly democratic legislature, and his successful collaboration with Kennedy in pushing forward in Massachusetts the nation’s first comprehensive healthcare program that, in Baker’s words “wouldn’t break the bank.”
- Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker celebrated Romney’s unique relationship with Massachusetts Dem. Senator Edward Kennedy.
From the farm: All things bright and beautiful
- On Oct. 4, in celebration of St. Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day, goats Dixie and Pixie were blessed by the Rev. Charles Wynder in the chapel of St. Paul’s School in Concord.
- These creatures live at Miles Smith Farm but are owned by the nonprofit Learning Networks Foundation and are trained as therapy animals.
Hydrogen/steel mills: greener fuel will come before the greener metal
Calculations of investment in tens of billions make carbon transition look daunting, but equivalent sums spawned modern industry […]Read more >Similar articles >
Brian Laundrie ‘lookalike’ surprised by feds at gunpoint on Appalachian Trail: report
A New York man was held at gunpoint in late September by federal authorities mistaking him for Brian Laundrie. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Jill Biden says SC ‘prayer partner’ helped change her life
- Robin Jackson, wife of the pastor at Brookland Baptist Church in South Carolina, offered to be Jill Biden’s “prayer partner” when the Bidens worshipped at the church.
- For years, Jill Biden couldn’t bring herself to pray, her faith shattered by the 2015 death of her son Beau from brain cancer at age 46.
Fake fliers told people they’d get $100 gift cards for attending Michelle Wu rally, her campaign says
Boston mayoral candidate Michelle Wu’s campaign says about 20 people showed up to a Sunday rally expecting $100 for participating after receiving fliers that didn’t actually come from the campaign. […]Read more >Similar articles >
In 1937, the People’s Lobby took over the Minnesota Senate chamber
- More than 1,000 left-wing protesters gathered at the Minnesota Capitol on April 4, 1937, to support Gov. Elmer Benson as he tried to persuade the legislature to pass a $17 million aid package for the unemployed.
- On the afternoon of April 4, 1937, more than 1,000 supporters of Gov. Benson gathered at the Capitol to insist on a $17 million aid package for the unemployed.
A Florida man was seen driving his lawn mower to 7-Eleven. (Do not attempt.)
We know the various ways to get around in Florida besides your souped-up sports car. There’s Uber, scooter, even walking. But a lawn mower? This is what a passerby in […]Read more >Similar articles >
The 2021 NY State Sheep & Wool Festival
Knitters and wool aficionados flocked to the sold-out New York State Sheep & Wood Festival for close-up encounters with sheep, goats and llamas, and dibs on yarn.
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MSP back to normal after early morning power failure
- Operations are back to normal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after an early morning power failure on Monday led to flight delays and long lines at security checkpoints.
- The outage also led to the closure of the south security checkpoints for about 3 hours, said airport spokesman Patrick Hogan.
Teaching the art of civil discourse
- One of Alcox’s many students over the years whom he says embodies the essence of the program is 2008 Milford High School graduate Israel Piedra.
- For Dave Alcox, a retired Milford High School social studies teacher and former president of the New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies, teaching civics centers on helping to shape better citizens.
Bethlehem residents to vote on $40.7 million in projects
Residents Tuesday can vote on the school district’s latest capital project, which includes a new artificial turf field that voters originally balked at eight years ago.
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Pair of Richmond students get national recognition for yearbook they helped start in middle school
- RICHMOND — Students Lila Viselli and Izzy Stewart, along with their former teacher, Rebecca Redman, started the yearbook at Richmond Middle School in a year that would go down in its own history books — and are being recognized nationally for doing so.
- The Richmond Middle School yearbook won first place in the technology company TreeRing’s Yearbook Hero Contest after being nominated by Redman for their work in restarting the yearbook after a six-year hiatus.
The chaotic, irreplaceable Wendy Williams
- The guests who will take over her airtime are merely a stopgap, and are being met with mixed feelings in Williams’s Instagram comments, where her loyal fans have been vocal throughout her latest bout of health issues.
- The tide has turned on the kind of lurid gossip Williams traffics in; just look at the way the pop culture news cycle of the early aughts is being reevaluated.
The power of language: How the word ‘Latinx’ is challenging an entire culture
- It’s a way of saying everyone is welcome, all genders and ethnicities, and embrace indigenous and Afro Caribbean people too, who have a different relationship to Spanish language and culture.
- The x in Latinx replaces the a or o at the end of Latina or Latino; the term includes queer, trans, and non-binary people.
College enrollments sink in the Midwest, causing budget trouble for schools
The pandemic accelerated a trend that college deans and finance chiefs throughout the Midwest have been dreading: There are fewer 18-year-olds to fill classrooms, dorms, and dining halls. […]Read more >Similar articles >
How to Reframe What Work Means to You
- As the CEO of Best Buy many years after my stint in the grocery store, I saw firsthand how recognizing the intrinsic human value of work makes for happier and healthier employees and a more grounded and successful company — in both good and challenging times.
- In a Best Buy store in Florida, for example, a strong sense of personal purpose drove two sales associates to become dinosaur surgeons.
It’s a chilly Monday, but more warm days are on the horizon
A cold front swept offshore early Sunday morning, putting an end to the unusual warmth and humidity of the past week. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Supporters seek national designation for Tucson’s January 8th Memorial
WASHINGTON – The Jan. 8, 2011, mass shooting in Tucson that killed six and wounded 13, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, reverberated nationally.
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‘I never saw myself becoming homeless’: Local landscaper helps homeless man get back on his feet
- Over a year ago, Joe Salvato started a conversation with someone who had struggled with homelessness and addiction.
- Joe is the owner of Landscapes by Joe, one day he stopped Jourdan while he was biking in northwest Austin to ask for help with one of his jobs.
Veterans, hospital in Bible dispute agree to mediation
Two U.S. Air Force veterans and New Hampshire’s veterans hospital involved in a legal dispute over the display of a Bible have agreed to mediation.The lawsuit filed in federal court in 2019 by the veterans against the Manchester hospital director said the Bible’s inclusion on a table near the entran […]Read more >Similar articles >
Miami state Senator Annette Taddeo enters Florida governor race
Sen. Annette Taddeo, D-Miami, formally filed papers to run for governor in 2022 on Monday. She enters a Democratic primary that includes Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, with whom she ran on the same ticket in 2014 as his pick for lieutenant governor, ultimately losing to Rick Scott. […]Read more >Similar articles >
From Hungary to Eastern Kentucky: War hero honored with Congressional Gold Medal
Martin Himler lived the American Dream after immigrating from Hungary, setting up a coal company and community in Martin County and joining the military during World War II. Himler was […]Read more >Similar articles >
Wheels on Metro rail cars involved in derailment had failed repeatedly, NTSB says
- The NTSB briefing Monday came one day after Metro pulled more than half of its rail cars out of service following an investigation that discovered multiple axles out of compliance with manufacturer specifications.
- The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said wheel assemblies on Metro rail cars at fault in last week’s derailment had failed repeatedly in recent years — and that renewed inspections last week identified almost two dozen more cars with assemblies that were unsafe.
Tail-wagging news: Tulsa dog runner-up in People magazine rescue dog contest
- A Tulsa dog is a runner-up in People magazine’s fourth annual World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest.
- A Tulsa dog is a runner-up in People magazine’s fourth annual World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest.
Volunteers collect milkweed seeds to help butterflies
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says keep collecting those milkweed pods — the plants help Monarch butterflies. The agency asked the public last month to collect milkweed pods so the seeds could be harvested and sown along with other native perennials to create “conservation corridors” al […]Read more >Similar articles >
Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis enters not guilty pleas in embezzlement case
- Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis entered not guilty pleas Monday to criminal charges that she took more than $20,000 in campaign funds and false travel reimbursements from the city.
- Lewis is accused of using campaign finance funds for attendance at a worship conference in Florida, tuition at Agape Love Bible College and family trips in addition to personal expenses such as car and credit card payments, vehicle repairs and rent on a Milwaukee apartment.
Ohio’s top Democrat endorses Whaley for governor
COLUMBUS — Ohio's highest-profile Democrat, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, on Monday threw his support behind Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley for governor nearly seven months out from the primary election. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis Wasn’t One Man’s Fault
The plane’s twin crashes resulted from systemic breakdowns in company culture, management oversight and airplane safety regulation. No single villain is to blame.
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The Beatles have an official TikTok now — and you can use their music
- Along with the classic songs, the account will reportedly include exclusive behind-the-scenes clips from the “Let It Be” sessions — the basis for the Peter Jackson Documentary “Get Back,” according to Variety.
- The dedicative profile also includes special tracks like the John Lennon-Paul McCartney duet “I’ve Got A Feeling” and “I Me Mine,” the final song the Beatles recorded as a band.
On child care and early ed, go bold
- For a family with an infant and a 4-year old, it makes more financial sense for a parent to stay home with their kids instead of spending nearly 40% of their income on child care.
- This program aims to provide support to families who can’t afford the cost of care.
Decision in Rodney Reed appeal case expected by Oct. 29, attorneys make final arguments Monday
BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — Closing arguments in Rodney Reed’s appeal hearing for a new trial are set for Monday in Bastrop. Both the state and Reed’s defense attorneys wrapped up their cases in July. Currently, Reed is on death row after being convicted of raping and murdering Stacey Stites in 1996, but has maintained his innocence ever since then. Both sides will give their final arguments to Judge JD Langley, and while it’s possible the judge could make a decision in the case today, it’s unlikely. Langley asked the Court of Criminal Appeals for an Oct. 29 extension to make his ruling, so it’s expected a decision […]Read more >Similar articles >
Former WNYT anchor Phil Bayly has a new book
Former WNYT anchor-turned-author, Phil Bayly, released his third novel this month titled "Back Dirt: A Murder on Skis Mystery." It follows television reporter JC Snow to the Adirondacks near Lake Placid where a cold case killing brings Colorado police to upstate New York.
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Where to donate stuff in Philly
- These groups use your donations to support some of the most vulnerable communities in Philadelphia, including Afghan evacuees, people escaping domestic violence, people who cannot afford gender-affirming clothes, and children moving into their first home.
- This thrift store is operated by New Life Presbyterian Church in Glenside; profits from sales are dispersed as grants to local, national, and global nonprofits including Esperanza Health Center in North Philadelphia, Cradle of Hope, which provides transitional housing and support for single mothers and children in Jenkintown, and Bethany, which supports children living in poverty in the U.S., refugees and immigrants, and families around the world.
Trending Warmer This Week
- After a cold mid-October morning, temperatures trend warmer Monday afternoon.
- Tuesday night lows may not fall below the mid 50s thanks to increasing clouds.
A primer on the Senate, and why it needs reform
- This guarantees that senators representing a minority of Americans can stop proposed legislation supported by a majority, and it helped persuade the less populous states to ratify the Constitution.
- But the power currently lodged in Republican senators could be wielded by senators representing a much smaller minority of Americans in future years.
He’s a poet and the FBI know it: how John Giorno’s Dial-a-Poem alarmed the Feds
- As the project gained press coverage, calls to Dial-a-Poem skyrocketed into the hundreds of thousands, putting immense strain on the Upper East Side telephone exchange.
- After receiving hundreds of thousands of calls, the poet’s project almost broke the New York telephone exchange – leading to an FBI investigation.
Opinion | The perpetual winner
- Parliamentary elections are, after all, a referendum on party leadership, and no analysis, regardless of how keen and cross tabbed, could reach a conclusion other than the British people had soundly and firmly rejected their victorious war time leader.
- The austerity occasioned by the War continued to support the Atlee government policy of nationalization and social benefits.
Italy’s president criticizes violent COVID-19 pass protests
Italy’s president on Monday strongly criticized the violence that has erupted amid protests over the country’s new coronavirus workplace health pass requirement, saying it appeared aimed at jeopardizing Italy’s economic recovery. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Not all patients are happy to stop routine colonoscopies at age 80 l Expert Opinion
- Based on average life expectancy, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends continuing colorectal cancer screening through age 75, and mammography up to age 74.
- Is there a rigid cut-off age for mammography, colonoscopy or other cancer screening tests?
Our 50 BBQ Honorable Mentions
- Every four years, this magazine embarks on a delicious but daunting task: choosing the fifty best barbecue establishments in Texas.
- Method: Pecan and post oak; reverse-flow offset smoker
As vaccination goals are met, Australian cities ease restrictions
Just a week after lifting a lockdown that lasted more than 100 days, Sydney has further eased restrictions after the state of New South Wales passed its target of fully vaccinating 80% of the eligible population. […]Read more >Similar articles >
How will California’s new 988 mental health line actually work?
- The money can be used to support the dedicated call centers, pay for trained mobile response teams to be dispatched instead of armed law enforcement officers, and bolster stabilization services for people in crisis.
- The federal law allows states to raise funds for the effort by levying a surcharge on monthly bills for mobile and landline phone service.
Minot native takes plea deal in U.S. Capitol riot that could land him behind bars
- The Atlanta paper said that Howell read from court papers that Simon was recorded saying at the time, “Did they invite us in?
- Simon said in response that he didn’t know Congress was even in session and claimed that he had been invited into the building.
In high-profile Seattle City Council race, Nikkita Oliver and Sara Nelson call for different kinds of change
A charged political environment, the push for racial justice and police defunding, and the city's entrenched problems are at the center of the race for Seattle City Council's at-large Position 9 seat. […]Read more >Similar articles >
24th Pizza and Meatballs new fall menu
If you missed the last limited-release at 24th pizza and meatballs, you’re just in time for the new fall specials.Kohr Harlan went out to explore what’s new on the menu. […]Read more >Similar articles >
How screwed are Democrats in the Senate?
- “If 2024 is simply a normal year, in which Democrats win 51 percent of the two-party vote, Shor’s model projects a seven-seat loss, compared with where they are now,” Klein writes.
- But some in the party — like pollster David Shor, recently profiled by Ezra Klein in the New York Times — believe demographic trends put Democrats at grave risk of falling into a deep hole over the next two election cycles.
Employee vaccination rates are high at Washington state’s public universities
Across Washington state's public four-year colleges and universities, vaccination rates last week among employees ranged from 88% (at least partially vaccinated) on the low end at WSU, to 98% on the high end at the UW and The Evergreen State College. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Austin Chamber discusses I-35 overhaul
The chamber members discussed TxDOT’s "cap and stitch" proposal, which would put large decks over Interstate 35 and widen existing overpasses. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Protect victims in settlement cases
- For a state that has prided itself on protecting consumers, Minnesota has muffed badly on a singularly vulnerable population: accident victims who receive a long-term settlements and then become the prey of companies that dangle upfront cash payments for pennies on the dollar.
- Reserved in Minnesota primarily for cases involving children, such guardians are routinely used in Albuquerque to ensure that individuals fully understand the deal they are about to make.
Angelina Jolie, Rita Moreno among Elle Women in Hollywood honorees
- Starlets Halle Berry, Gemma Chan, Jodie Comer, Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Rita Moreno and Lauren Ridloff will be honored at the magazine’s 27th annual Elle Women in Hollywood event on Tuesday.
- “ A lot of times as an actress, you’re that individual strong woman, or you have one sister; you don’t often have this family where you really get to know women and see all the different strengths,” Jolie told the magazine.
Second-gen restaurateur opening new spot in North Greenbush
The son of the founder of Moscatiello's Italian Family Restaurant is opening a dining spot and cocktail lounge across the street from Moscatiello's in North Greenbush, just south of the Troy city line.
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biogen drug for rare form of ALS fails pivotal study; EU criticized over IP stance at WTO
- Biogen ( BIIB ) reported disappointing results from a late-stage study of its experimental treatment for a rare, genetically defined form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, STAT writes.
- We hope the time spent is productive and, as always, remind you to keep us in mind when something saucy crosses your path.
Free clinics get boost in Michigan’s budget, but depend on donations and volunteers
As medical costs keep soaring, it might seem odd that we all save when nonprofit clinics like this one near Detroit give free health and dental care. […]Read more >Similar articles >
People with substance-use disorder may be at higher risk for breakthrough COVID cases, study finds
Research earlier in the pandemic showed that people with addictions were more likely to contract, and experience serious complications from, COVID-19. Now data shows they may be at a higher risk for breakthrough COVID-19 cases even when vaccinated. […]Read more >Similar articles >
The Outside Story: American eels on the move in autumn
- Somewhere right now, at the bottom of a lake, pond, or river, an American eel is preparing to leave the home she has known for 3, 13, or maybe even 30 years.
- Scientists have yet to document the phenomenon of American eel spawning, which takes place somewhere in or around the Sargasso Sea. Exactly where remains one of the great mysteries of the world.
Why is it so hard to find a bathroom in Seattle?
The experience of the Mobile Pit Stop program is one illustration of the difficulty in setting up new public bathrooms in Seattle. In 2019, the City Council funded the $1.3M effort to set up five mobile bathroom units. They have yet to materialize. […]Read more >Similar articles >
This Utah greenhouse can grow 750 acres worth of tomatoes using a fraction of land and water
- (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Inside the greenhouse of Longvine Growing Co. in Mona on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.
- (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Inside the greenhouse of Longvine Growing Co. in Mona on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.
Colin Powell – a life in pictures
Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state, has died from complications from Covid-19 aged 84, it was announced on Monday. Powell, a retired four-star general, was a key figure in the build up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the early 1990s
Continue reading […]Read more >Similar articles >The days of U.S. tech companies fighting back against authoritarian regimes are long gone
- A spokesperson for Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment, but the company directed the BBC to its human rights statement, which includes the line: “We’re required to comply with local laws, and at times there are complex issues about which we may disagree with governments.”
- Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Apple blocks apps from its app store if they mention off-limits topics like Tiananmen Square.
Pet of the Week: Duke
- He is quick to learn new commands and is eager to learn so just a little work will turn this good dog into a great dog!
- He keeps a pretty clean kennel but isn’t always the best about saying it is time to go outside so this would be a great opportunity to get some good training and bonding in while working with him to know how you want him to tell you it is time to go outside.
Texas Monthly’s BBQ Passport
- During the Entry Period, Participants can enter the Contest by visiting all of the joints on the Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list as listed in the November 2021 issue, redeeming a stamp in their BBQ Passport from each of the joints, and collecting a prize based on one of the three prize tiers the challenge as listed in the BBQ Passport.
- SPONSORS WILL POST A NOTIFICATION TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES WHEN ALL AVAILABLE PRIZES FOR A PARTICULAR TIER OF THE CHALLENGE HAVE BEEN AWARDED .
Miami Democrat Annette Taddeo launches campaign to be Florida’s first Latina governor
After months of open speculation and exploratory meetings around the state, Miami state Sen. Annette Taddeo is making it official: she is running to be Florida’s next governor. Taddeo, 54, […]Read more >Similar articles >
In a nonpartisan race for King County Council, party remains a key issue for Reagan Dunn, Kim-Khanh Van
Reagan Dunn, who ran for state attorney general in 2012 as a Republican, is seeking a fifth term on the Metropolitan King County Council. Van, a Renton City Council member, hopes to unseat him, touting herself as a "proud Democrat." […]Read more >Similar articles >
Should URI revoke Michael Flynn’s honorary degree?
The governance committee for the Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet Monday to discuss an honorary degree policy. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Blanchard’s 3Q fundraising trails Taylor, but still has more on hand than opponents
Despite raising less than $2,000 in the third-quarter, Lynda Blanchard still has on hand more than any of her opponents in the U.S. Senate race, thanks largely to a deposit she made to her own campaign. Blanchard, a Montgomery native and former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia, raised just $1,958 in the quarter, but has on hand $4.5 million. She made an initial $5 million deposit to her campaign in February. Blanchard spent $692,645 during the quarter. Prattville businesswoman Jessica Taylor raised $150,848 in the 3rd quarter, according to Federal Election Commission records, and spent $82,509 during the quarter, with $68,339 cash on hand at […]Read more >Similar articles >
From the Editor: Food for the Soul
- But every four years, he leads a small army of tasters who help curate our list of the Top 50 barbecue joints.
- When a friend introduced me to someone at a San Antonio barbecue joint this summer, the stranger asked, “Does Daniel Vaughn work for you?”
Jailed Coloradans waiting longer for competency services, with sometimes tragic consequences
- “I truly believe if he would have gotten the help he needed, he’d be alive today,” said Anne Pyle, whose 42-year-old son, Michael Pyle, took his own life in May in the Adams County Jail while waiting to get transferred to Pueblo for mental health restoration.
- Robert Werthwein, head of the Office of Behavioral Health at the Colorado Department of Human Services, called the wait times unfortunate because so many people in crisis are stuck inside facilities not made to treat mental illness.
Researchers make surprising discovery while tracking Chinook salmon in Salish Sea, B.C.
New findings challenge the hypothesis that southern resident orcas can't get enough Chinook to eat in the Salish Sea during the summer. But some experts are pushing back on the study. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Sharlee Mullins Glenn: ‘We, the People’ claim our power in a republic by donating to political campaigns
- Therefore, “campaign donations matter not just for campaign managers and candidates but also for democracy.”
- Donating to the campaign of a candidate you respect and want to represent you.
Miya Marcano case: Family criticizes heavily redacted report released by sheriff’s office
Miya Marcano’s family criticizes the heavily redacted report released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office about the teenager’s disappearance. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Vendor sells Nazi gear at Florida motorcycle rally
The vendor was selling hats embroidered with swastikas and a skull-and-bones logo at a stand during Biketoberfest, an ongoing festival that draws thousands of bikers to the Daytona Beach area. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Clearing the Path to Vaccinating the World
- Third, rich countries should swiftly provide the $8 billion the WHO says is needed to help poor nations store, deliver and distribute vaccines.
- Next, countries that already have enough vaccines should speed up their donations and make way for deliveries to go elsewhere when they’re not needed.
Airport signs to soon show ‘Harry Reid’ as new name
- Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom said the account set up by the county to receive donations for the renaming cause met the $4.2 million threshold needed to carry out the first phase of the work.
- Work could commence soon on updating signage at McCarran International Airport to reflect the name change to Harry Reid International Airport.
His collection of miniatures from around the world fills 16 rooms. And he’s not done yet.
- It’s one of thousands of such miniatures from around the world displayed in the Potomac, Md., home of Flores, 74, who has spent a half-century amassing his collection.
- Most of the sets come with a backstory about the artist and how Flores tracked the piece down in a far-flung part of the globe.
Drop, cover and hold on! The Great Shakeout is almost here
- At least 2 million people throughout Los Angeles County will drop, cover and hold on this week.
- The Great Shakeout recommends everyone stop what you’re doing at 10:21 a.m. Thursday and practice the following to reduce injuries should the “big one” strike:
‘Pure elation’: For East African novelists, this year’s Nobel was no head-scratcher
- Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste felt “pure elation” when she heard the news of Gurnah’s Nobel prize.
- The Kenyan author of “Dust” and “The Dragonfly Sea,” Owuor first met Gurnah when he was on the jury that awarded her the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2003.
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Guided mastery: The scaffolding you need to grow stronger
- So much of what Al spent his career studying — and his own life exemplifying — is what all young people need in order to fulfill their dreams and their potential: personal agency.
- “And it’s not so much the fear and the rumination that are the problem,” Al told me.
TikTok star Clinton Kane robbed at gunpoint: ‘I was peeing my pants’
- just got to San Francisco to film for the album and in an hour of being here we had a gun pointed to our faces and everything was stolen so this trip is going QUITE GREAT,” Kane — a 22-year-old singer-songwriter with 1.5 million followers on TikTok — wrote in an Instagram post describing the adrenaline-pounding encounter, along with a video depicting his broken-into vehicle.
- The stickup occurred occurred Friday while the Tokfluencer and his friends were in San Francisco shooting a music video and documentary for a new album, ABC 7 reported.
UK falls behind Europe on COVID-19 as mutation draws focus
Surging COVID cases in the UK have left the country behind the rest of Europe with former US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb calling for urgent research into a mutation known as Delta plus. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Scott Abbott and Sam Rushforth: Utah congressional delegation promotes a monumental fraud
- They and the Inter-tribal Coalition represent the people “most affected” by the monument: local citizens in excellent position to care for and manage the lands.
- Utah politicians have routinely opposed the establishment of national monuments on federal lands.
NBC puts ‘AGT: Extreme’ on hold after daredevil stunt goes horribly wrong
- “America’s Got Talent: Extreme” has been suspended by NBC after one of the show’s stuntmen was critically injured when he was crushed between two cars in a stunt gone terribly wrong last week, the network announced on Sunday.
- “In order to focus on the wellbeing of our crew, we will be temporarily pausing production on ‘America’s Got Talent: Extreme’ and will resume the last few days of filming at a later date, a spokesperson for the NBC series told TODAY on Sunday .
Andrew G. Bjelland: How can the American eagle fly on one wing?
- Republicans highlight a rising median household income and a burgeoning stock market as solid indicators of economic health.
- The American Dream is rather modestly defined: home ownership, a car or two, a yearly vacation and ability to meet the costs of such basics as food, education, utilities, health care and taxes.
The Fight to Save the Salmon
- The Nez Perce and 14 other Pacific Northwest tribal nations have joined forces with U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson (R., Idaho), the National Congress of American Indians, sports-fishing enthusiasts and river conservationists in a long-shot bid to convince President Joe Biden and lawmakers to step in and breach four hydropower dams on the Snake River, easing the path for wild salmon to make the 1,600-mile round trip from Idaho’s glacier-fed mountain streams to the Pacific Ocean and back.
- Simpson has been shopping around a $33 billion plan to remove part of the dams and invest in transportation, water and energy alternatives for the farmers and businesses that rely on them, trying to get the proposal tucked into Biden’s sweeping infrastructure agenda that is being negotiated on Capitol Hill.
Seven A-maize-ing Side Dishes
- Creamed corn can be sweet, or it can be infused with jalapeños, green chiles, or chipotles for some heat.
- Green Chile Cream Corn
Going solo on public health will not come cheap for Tri-County’s remaining two members
- Public health is about to get more expensive in Adams and Arapahoe counties, as the rapid unraveling of the Tri-County Health Department forces both metro counties to figure out how to best safeguard the wellbeing of more than a million residents amid an ongoing global pandemic.
- That’s the conclusion of a consultant’s report released last week, which calculated that Adams and Arapahoe counties will have to spend millions more to provide public health services whether they join forces or choose to each go it alone.
Was my boyfriend flirting in front of my face?
My boyfriend of five months is very social and outgoing. He has a dynamic personality due to his career as a DJ and having spent years in the restaurant industry. While out to dinner with me, my boyfriend said to […]Read more >Similar articles >
Network-Based Platforms Must Be Regulated. But How?
- Our research on platforms and network effects suggests that the best policies may not lie at either extreme of laissez-faire or competition at all costs.
- But what if we could use that same data to determine whether merchants and consumers would be better or worse off if Amazon faced more competition?
Exploring the roots — and high drama — of flamenco
- “It’s a great time for flamenco,” she said in an interview last week, between rehearsals for “Raices,” the dance concert she has organized for Oct. 21.
- In the United States, we tend to push flamenco music and movement into the category of folklore, something to be respected and admired for its showy skills, but not quite a fine art with the same status as “elevated” forms like ballet and orchestral music.
Best new audiobooks to listen to this month
- Three gifted narrators deliver Honoree Fanonne Jeffers’s powerful debut novel, a work that carves out of a great slice of American history and furnishes it with the stories of the Native Americans, enslaved and free Blacks and Euro-Americans who make up a complex bloodline.
- Karen Chilton takes on the chapters devoted to the deep past, called “songs” after Du Bois’s invocation of the sorrow songs of Black people lost to history except for their elegies.
Women’s Foundation of Alabama announces expansion of operations statewide
- A trusted leader in the philanthropic sector for more than two decades, in recent years, the Foundation has strategically expanded its power and influence beyond Greater Birmingham and even beyond philanthropy, creating systemic change through ground-breaking research and legislative advocacy.
- “I came here three years ago with a vision of building the most powerful philanthropic and leadership voice for women the state has ever seen.
ECB Tells Banks to Map Climate Risk in Trading, Loan Books
- The European Central Bank said lenders in the region will have to estimate the risk they could face from climate change in both their lending and trading operations when they undergo a stress test next year.
- Such a “sharp and unexpected increase in the price of carbon emissions or other non-price measures to curb emissions” would hit carbon-intensive industries while other parts of the economy would also see an indirect impact via production chains and other second-round effects, the ECB said.
The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition
- That pair of enormously admired institutions captured the number one and two spots on Texas Monthly ’s 2013 and 2017 lists of the fifty best barbecue joints (Snow’s also ranked first in 2008, before Franklin opened).
- Two of the many truths we held to be self-evident were these: Lockhart was the unchallenged capital of Texas barbecue, and Snow’s BBQ, in Lexington, and Franklin Barbecue, in Austin, were the best joints in the state.
Milwaukee Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic enters race for mayor, touts local government experience
- Dimitrijevic, who served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 2004 until winning a seat on the city's Common Council last year, said her local elected experience sets her apart from other candidates.
- "Our city needs leadership in a new way and leadership that will challenge the status quo, and we need it now more than ever," said Dimitrijevic, who represents the city's Bay View area and is set to announce her mayoral bid Monday.
Inside the crowded, and awkward, race for Sandy mayor
- In April, the Sandy City Council adopted ranked-choice voting.
- “Unfortunately, Sandy City has made the news far too many times for the wrong reasons,” Houseman said.
Threats, resignations and 100 new laws: Why public health is in crisis
- State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to the United States’ early response to the pandemic.
- “We have learned all the wrong lessons from the pandemic,” said Adriane Casalotti, chief of public and government affairs for the National Association of County and City Health Officials, an organization representing the nearly 3,000 local health departments across the nation.
Medicare vision, hearing and dental benefits are No. 1 on progressives’ list
- Yet, progressive members have used their growing numbers — and Democrats’ small congressional majority — to double down on the more incremental notion of adding dental, vision and hearing coverage to the federal insurance program for older Americans and the disabled.
- Today, we dive into what the FDA's outside advisers thought about Johnson & Johnson's booster shot and whether hospital vaccine mandates are working.
Getting There: When will work resume on this Guilderland roundabout?
A reader asks about the roundabout at Carman Road and West Lydius Street in Guilderland, plus a bus lane feasibility study from the CDTA and CDTC.
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Trial of John Dougherty and Bobby Henon continues Monday after focusing on wiretaps and Philly’s soda tax
On Friday, prosecutors played a wiretap recording from 2016 of Dougherty bragging about his influence within Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Mini review: Ben Folds at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Sometimes, a performer and their audience just click. Such was the case Sunday night at Troy Music Hall during Ben Folds’ 106-minute solo set. Folds was outstanding, his piano playing astounding and his vocals in fine form.
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China’s Economy Rests on Three Shaky Legs
The country’s economy slowed sharply last quarter, but there is little sign so far of a major shift to support growth. That may reflect overconfidence on Beijing’s part. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Do You Want Your Brisket in a Bento Box? On a Taco? Or Over Rice?
- Slurping the broth of a brisket ramen and dipping a sausage link into a rich curry have become essential culinary experiences in this increasingly diverse state.
- Brothers Don and Theo Nguyen celebrate their Texas and Asian heritage at a monthly pop-up with offerings such as this one, a variation on a traditional Vietnamese dish, in which they season brisket sausage with lemongrass, honey, fish sauce, and grilled lá lôt leaves.
How Glenn Youngkin could become the education governor we need
- Youngkin may have the opportunity to sweep aside weakened union opposition to the most important reforms needed in public education.
- What Youngkin has promised to do — return parents to a place of authority over their kids’ educations, and insist on the availability of advanced classes for every student who needs them — would obviously be “must delivers” for him as governor.
C.J. Pearson receives John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
- Merrill has awarded Mr. C.J. Pearson with the National Association of Secretaries of State’s (NASS) John Lewis Youth Leadership Award.
- Secretary Merrill stated, “I wholeheartedly believe that C.J. Pearson both meets and exceeds the criteria for the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award.
No, Barbecue Sauce Isn’t Evil
- Kreuz’s concession, though, hasn’t stopped every out-of-state food writer who ever ate a beef rib in Austin during South by Southwest from distilling our barbecue tradition down to one simple adage: “Brisket good, sauce evil.”
- Maybe you don’t need my permission to dunk a slice of brisket into some tangy, viscous goodness.
Triangle employers scrambling to fill thousands of positions – virtual job fair could help
From small startups to multinational corporations to universities and health care systems, here's the latest on who's hiring in the Triangle. […]Read more >Similar articles >Urban myths about economics have taken root — and the cost is high
- But when urban myths take root in economics — propelling a dubious theory or faulty analysis into a widely held belief about an important issue — it can lead policymakers to draw incorrect conclusions with costly consequences.
- But the methodology was so flawed that even Piketty and Saez reached a different conclusion 15 years later, admitting that inequality had increased much less than that and median incomes had risen 33 percent — a 41-point difference.
Mya Strong: Hundreds raise funds for pediatric cancer with softball tournament
- Over the weekend, hundreds of softball players ages 6-18 competed in the third-annual Mya Strong softball tournament.“It’s amazing seeing everybody coming here and playing, even from six hours away,” said Mya.Combining her love for the game and goal to raise awareness for pediatric cancer, the annual tournament raises money for the Mya Strong Foundation.“I started this foundation when I was going through this round this time,” she said, referring to her chemotherapy treatment for brain cancer.
- KCRG reports the foundation has raised over $22,000 over the past two years.“It’s just awesome to see the support,” Mya’s dad, David, said.
The past, present, and future of body image in America
- Teens and kids especially need regular education about “social media and what healthy relationships look like, and what body image means,” Pascale Saintonge Austin, who oversees the Just Ask Me peer education program at the New York nonprofit Children’s Aid, told Vox.
- Indeed, the history of body image and appearance culture in America over the past 40 years can feel like an endless dance: two steps forward, two steps back, with little progress in any direction.
Generation Why: Does the ‘grind culture’ leave room for fun?
Every year, right around this time, I start making plans for my favorite time of year and, every year, I end up failing at part of it. […]Read more >Similar articles >
The legend, John Legend, was serenaded in Boston this weekend
Usually, it’s John Legend giving the performances. But this weekend, the Grammy Award winning singer and pianist was serenaded himself on a visit to Boston. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Senior Living: Age-related hearing loss is more common than you may think
- As the brain gets older, sometimes it is harder to learn new functions, and hearing aids may not work as well as hearing loss worsens.
- Approximately one in three people ages 65 to 74 has hearing loss, and nearly half of those older than 75 have difficulty hearing, according to the National Institute on Aging.
Debate over which Democratic proposals to invest in shortchanges our needs
- They include investments in child care, preschool and funds for universal pre-K that would benefit tens of millions of children and their families.
- · The $400 billion targeted for home health-care services for the elderly and disabled would address the three-year backlog of more than 800,000 Americans on state Medicaid waiting lists.
Toyota to build $1.29B US battery plant employing 1,750
Toyota plans to build a new $1.29 billion factory in the U.S. to manufacture batteries for gas-electric hybrid and fully electric vehicles. The plant location wasn't announced, but the company […]Read more >Similar articles >
Water shortage worsening for along northwest Colorado’s Yampa and White
- Facing severe droughts along Colorado’s Western Slope, state officials want to take better stock of how much water people, businesses and governments take out of the White and Yampa rivers, both of which flow into the historically low Colorado River .
- Division officials are hosting stakeholder meetings in the region to develop rules by which water usage will be measured and hope to have the process finished by the end of next year, state Engineer Kevin Rein said.
Tales From The BBQ Trail
- When we pulled up to our second place of the day, around noon, they sat in the air-conditioning—the temperature had already passed 90 degrees—while I got out and stood between our SUV and a black truck (the only other vehicle in the lot) so that I could hide a bit while snapping pics.
- On a barbecue trip to San Antonio, my husband and son quickly learned the drill: every time we reached a joint, I would exit the car first and try to take a few inconspicuous photos of the signage and exterior.
Colin Powell, ex secretario de Estado de EEUU, fallece debido a complicaciones por COVID-19
El general Colin L. Powell, el primer afroamericano en ocupar el cargo de secretario de Estado de EEUU, falleció este lunes a los 84 años de edad por complicaciones relacionadas […]Read more >Similar articles >
Colorado school board contests draw partisan fervor, big money
- But the political rancor that drove Pitton from office has brought in a whole new crowd of candidates for Colorado school boards — backed by a flood of cash contributions and major political endorsements, and energized by the same issues that divide voters in hotly contested state and national political races.
- And a national conservative political group, the 1776 Project PAC, formed earlier this year to support candidates who oppose critical race theory, recently sent a fundraising email with the subject line “Resign, Recall, Replace” referring to its strategy of taking over school boards.
Letter: Texas abortion law
- By forcing a principle espoused almost exclusively by a right-wing component of the Christian community, the leaders of the Texas Republican party have assaulted the very foundation of our nation.
- The state of Texas has enacted a law restricting abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy.
Letter: Women for Trump, a riddle
- I understand the perceived political advantage of hitching a ride on the Trump train, but his positions on issues directly affecting women, such as they are, do nothing to guarantee their rights or even their place at the political table (child care or tax credits, for example) and if you examine his inner circle of advisers, all are men.
- Curiosity has on occasion compelled me to ask some female friends why they support Trump.
China Plans Dollar-Bond Sale
China is preparing to sell U.S. dollar bonds, in a test of investor appetite after data showed the world’s second-largest economy is cooling rapidly. […]Read more >Similar articles >
After canker catastrophe, scientists want to bring back Florida’s zest for citrus
Decades after the trauma of citrus trees being whacked down in backyards throughout the state, officials are trying to figure out how to teach people to preserve whatever citrus is left — and introduce a brand new fruit tree that could weather the latest disease. […]Read more >Similar articles >
What Did Biden’s Supreme Court Panel Accomplish?
- The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake isn’t wrong when he argues that the key to the whole thing is that Democrats aren’t anywhere close to having the votes to implement a court-packing scheme.
- Nor is it likely that Biden could’ve used the threat of adding justices to the court — a perfectly constitutional option — to intimidate the current majority of Republican-selected justices to return more moderate decisions.
Drug lord Pablo Escobar smuggled hippos into Colombia. Officials are now sterilizing the invasive species.
- “It was logistically difficult to move them around, so the authorities just left them there, probably thinking the animals would die,” Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, a Colombian ecologist working at the University of Quintana Roo in Mexico, told the BBC earlier this year.
- Authorities this year have intervened, using a chemical contraceptive to sterilize the animals without the blowback that would come from exterminating what has grown to become “the town pet.”
At 57, Rennie Harris continues to confound dance expectations
Back in the early 1990s, when Rennie Harris and his dance company first began performing, audience members would regularly walk out mid-show. They were there to see hip hop as they knew it, not hip hop as concert dance, exploring difficult issues like racism, incarceration and religion.
Thirty years a later, Harris is still working, still confronting old ideas about hip hop and still making dance that confounds them.Harris' troupe has a performance at the Egg on Friday, Oct. 22.
My Turn: A whole person, not a set of symptoms
- A 2021 review of Medicare Advantage dental plans by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that most cover 50% of non-preventative treatments (after the deductible has been met).
- But there are drawbacks, including limited coverage and small groups of providers where the plans are more of a health management organization (HMO) than a traditional fee for service.
What If mRNA Vaccines Could Cure Cancer?
- Synthetic-mRNA technology, which powers the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, sends specialized instructions to our cells to manufacture specific proteins: in this case, the spike protein that encircles the coronavirus.
- It is working on other personalized cancer vaccines and exploring possible therapies for malaria using a version of the mRNA technology that had its breakout moment in 2020.
Cybersecurity legislation is waiting in the wings
- Clarke (D-N.Y.), who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee’s cybersecurity subcommittee, introduced a more flexible bill that would set up a Cyber Incident Review Board at CISA for critical infrastructure operators to report incidents.
- In the months since the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May, they’ve introduced three bipartisan bills to require critical infrastructure entities to report cyberattacks to CISA so the agency can have more insight into the hacking ecosystem.
Letter: Support the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
When President Biden traveled around the country recently, he highlighted the need to bring broadband to every corner of America and I have to agree. The jobs of the future, like engineering and STEM careers, need students with digital skills. It is estimated that the U.S. will need one million more […]Read more >Similar articles >
Pete Buttigieg speaks out … on climate
- Buttigieg said he is confident the United States will have a strong showing at the summit, even as the White House seeks to scale back a central climate provision in the tax-and-spending package — and as climate envoy John F.
- The Climate 202 spoke with Buttigieg on Thursday afternoon, just hours before Fox News host Tucker Carlson mocked the transportation secretary for going on paternity leave during massive supply chain disruptions, The Post's Ian Duncan and Mariana Alfaro reported .
Vote expected on expanding protections for Wake County’s LGBTQ community
On Monday, a vote is expected on a non-discrimination ordinance that would protect Wake County's LGBTQ+ community. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Letter: Save Steeplegate Mall
Why is this mall closing? Why are there no stores left inside? Where are we going to shop beside always Walmart or Target? Where are my kids going to go and hang out with their friends after going to the trampoline place? The mall should be the place where it’s all in one and not have to drive all […]Read more >Similar articles >
I talked with John Eastman about his plans. He’s not done with 2020 just yet.
- Along with his former Chapman University law-school colleague Anthony Caso, Eastman has founded a new firm in Orange County called the Constitutional Counsel Group.
- Eastman is also employing his constitutional-law background to sway the high court, filing amicus curiae briefs on issues near and dear to him.
Letter: A callous vote
- One executive councilor was shown on WMUR stating that people who have had COVID will develop immunity, so don’t need the vaccine.
- I was very disturbed when I heard that our Executive Council rejected $27 million dollars of federal money to help with COVID vaccinations.
Miami school says vaccinated students must stay home for 30 days to protect others, citing discredited info
- The email from Centner Academy leadership, first reported by WSVN, repeated misleading and false claims that vaccinated people could pass on so-called harmful effects of the shot and have a “potential impact” on unvaccinated students and staff.
- About a week later, a math and science teacher told students they should not hug their vaccinated parents for more than five seconds, the New York Times reported, referencing the same falsehoods the school communicated in its email about vaccine components “shedding” onto others.
Letter: Do we want to end our democratic system?
- Now that we are witnessing firsthand the radical challenge to our faith in democracy, we must face this crisis and either stand with our democratic tradition of voting or help usher in a new system of a growing autocracy based on a massive lie.
- Former President Trump leads this group who believe that the election of Joe Biden was because of massive voter fraud.
‘Now we’re waiting’: Evacuees at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy face health care issues, confusion over restarting their lives
An evacuee currently residing at Fort McCoy and advocates detail what it’s like at the military base for the nearly 13,000 people housed there. […]Read more >Similar articles >
R.I. study finds group yoga helps stressed-out teens
Clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Uebelacker is working to compare the impact of Hatha yoga versus group cognitive behavioral therapy treatment. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Global Investors Gain a New Way to Bet on Stocks in China
Hong Kong started trading in futures tied to an index of stocks from mainland China, giving global investors a new tool for betting on Chinese markets […]Read more >Similar articles >
Monday Memories: Double, double toil and … apple butter?
Leaves were turning. Apples were dropping. It was time to dust off the copper kettle, light the wood fire, and stir-up gallons of apple butter for the Apple Butter Festival. […]Read more >Similar articles >
STAT+: The new vision for the now-merged Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds begins to take shape
- Daily newsletters to brief you on the most important industry news of the day
- On Monday, the combined firm unveiled a new name: Included Health.
Causes of a False Positive Pregnancy Test
- “If you don’t follow all the instructions, any results — positive or negative — could be false,” Dr. Emery says.
- Dr. Emery explains when and why a pregnancy test might give a false positive — and what you can do to make sure the stick doesn’t lie.
IUPUI student, IU Health employee creates incredible art just outside operating rooms
The whiteboard featured an intricately drawn iguana destined to be ephemeral. It’s now been home to a bird, a horse and an elephant. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Old National Bank preventing loan access to Black borrowers could be illegal, expert says
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Saw-whet owl migration gives researchers in Washington County a chance to study them
- “Fourth time’s the charm,” said Sonia Martinez, a volunteer bander with Project Owlnet, a nationwide grassroots banding project to determine the timing, intensity and pace of migration of saw-whet owls.
- Project Owlnet volunteers and researchers annually catch thousands of migrating owls and take various measurements assessing each owl’s weight, size, age and gender.
The Many Wars of Pat Barker
- Like its predecessor, “The Women of Troy” is narrated by Briseis, who, we learn, was once intimate with the Trojan royals, giving her a special perspective on the characters whose stories she will now tell.
- The brutal tale that her new novel relates, about the horrific aftermath of the sack of the city, including the enslavement and degradation of its women, was re-narrated from a female point of view in 415 B.C.—the year that Euripides’ “Troades” (“The Trojan Women”) premièred.
Hawaii employers looking for help as coronavirus pandemic’s impact lingers
- It’s a sign of the times that Katelyn Prak, a 17-year-old without prior work experience, is making $14 an hour as an entry-level hire at Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers.
- Chamber of Commerce Hawaii President and CEO Sherry Menor-McNamara said there are more than 32,000 jobs available on Hawaiiishiring.com, a hiring and workforce development site created during the pandemic by the chamber and other community collaborators.
A retired top FBI official saw that there was a shortage of school bus drivers. He stepped up to the wheel.
- Since late April, Mason has been working for Chesterfield County Public Schools as a bus driver.
- To attract prospective drivers, school bus companies have started proposing free training and sign-on bonuses, while numerous districts, including Baltimore City Public Schools, are offering to pay parents to transport their own children to school.
A theater with deep roots in the Grove’s Black community will ‘finally get its voice again’
Coconut Grove’s Ace Theater, once the heart of South Florida’s Black community that hosted movies, graduations, proms and traveling stage shows but which has been shuttered for decades, is on […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘This is our last chance’: Biden urged to act as climate agenda hangs by a thread
- With furious environmental activists at the gates of the White House, and congressional Democrats fretting that a priceless opportunity to tackle catastrophic global heating may be slipping away, Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure over a climate agenda that appears to be hanging by a thread.
- But the 31 October deadline for passing the spending package and a smaller companion infrastructure bill appears increasingly ambitious as negotiations drag on between the White House, Democratic leaders and a pair of centrist holdouts in the Senate.
Op-Ed: Why didn’t I learn about disordered eating? My schools failed me
- I first heard the term “ hypothalamic amenorrhea ” — a condition in which people stop menstruating from excessive exercise, stress, weight loss, or a combination of these factors — from my pediatrician in February.
- But despite public recognition of certain habits as “disorders,” I didn’t learn anything about disordered eating habits or period loss in school.
‘Saturday Light Brigade’ founder Larry Berger is a 2022 AARP Purpose Prize Fellow
Larry Berger’s still leading “The Saturday Light Brigade” radio program that he founded at WYEP in 1978 at the age of 17. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Former MPD officer Noor to be resentenced this week
- Also in the Star Tribune, Mike Hughlett writes : “ A new Canadian railroad venture is sparking a significant increase of 15 to 20 oil trains that run through Minnesota each month .
- Noor will be resentenced for fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk after the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed his murder conviction last month.
Biden’s budget could transform life for working women. Don’t let Manchin gut it | Moira Donegan
- At issue for Manchin is the BBBA’s funding for programs designed to help working women and their families.
- Conceived of as a way to ease the economic burden of childrearing on private households and to support working mothers, the bill offers an array of options that would put money in families’ pockets and help the parents of young children to remain in the workforce while their kids are small.
New political ad strategy in Virginia: promoting news articles in Google search results
- Democratic Virginia governor candidate Terry McAuliffe’s campaign is using Google ads to promote articles from news organizations, but swapping the original headlines on the search results page with ones they wrote themselves — a novel political advertising method.
- The Google ads purchased by McAuliffe’s campaign feature links to news and opinion articles about his Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin from Axios and The Washington Post .
Lax regulation of Illinois nursing homes resulted in poor resident care, including in early months of pandemic, consultant finds
An investigation found that the state didn’t follow the law to maintain minimum staffing of its own inspectors at nursing homes. […]Read more >Similar articles >
University of Kentucky to buy solar power from new facility
The University of Kentucky will purchase 44% of the output of a new 125-megawatt solar power facility, through an agreement with its electricity provider, Kentucky Utilities Company, the university said. […]Read more >Similar articles >
The Magnificent Jumble of Donald Barthelme’s Stories
- For Barthelme, they were words to live by both inside and outside the realm of his fiction, for he seemed like a man whose heart was broken many times.
- These were all hallmarks of the Barthelme “method”—one that served him well enough to produce more than a hundred short stories, five novels, several failed marriages, and countless failed relationships, and a career-long ability to charm readers even when those readers had no idea what he was doing.
Allison Williams to leave ESPN over coronavirus vaccine mandate: ‘I cannot put a paycheck over principle’
- “I’ve had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals — ultimately I need to put them first,” Williams, who joined ESPN in 2011, said in a video posted to her Instagram account on Friday.
- A week before ESPN’s vaccine mandate goes into effect, veteran reporter Allison Williams announced she is parting ways with the network over her decision not to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Public sector workers could benefit from student loan overhaul
- Roughly 1.2 percent of New York PSLF participants have had their debts forgiven, with the remaining participants in the state still owing more than $8 billion in student loans, according to a report citing U.S. Department of Education data by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
- Established in 2007, the federal program was intended to ensure public service employees — teachers, firefighters, health care employees and others — would have their student debts removed after 10 years in public service if they had fulfilled at least 120 payments.
Manchinema become K Street darlings
- The two moderates, whose votes Democrats need to pass the $3.7 trillion reconciliation bill, together raised more than more $400,000 from lobbyists, others in the influence industry and corporate and trade group PACs in the third quarter of this year, according to an Early analysis of new Federal Election Commission reports.
- Neither senator is up for reelection until 2024, but both posted strong fundraising numbers — with cash from K Street and corporate and trade group PACs making up a significant chunk of the money.
Pittsburgh nonprofit Hello Neighbor to resettle 250 refugees within next year
Hello Neighbor, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit organization, said it received federal approval to resettle refugees across the county. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Fix food insecurity to help first-year undergrads, prof says
- Howard said that more funding for campus food banks would help those in the most acute need, but that many students won’t go to them.
- While some 40 per cent of all undergrads are thought to deal with food insecurity (as do 12 per cent of all households), Howard said those just coming into university have not been the focus of prior research despite the transition to university likely already heightening the risk of poor mental health for these students.
Beyond ILEARN: Indiana’s school grading system will look at readiness for college, career
The Indiana State Board of Education agreed to a framework for grading schools that includes more than standardized test scores. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Facebook’s internal documents show how to make social media safer for teens
- Facebook’s own research strongly suggests that social media should be subject to more stringent regulation and include more guardrails to protect the mental health of its users.
- Just six months later, The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook had been doing its own research for years on the negative effects of Instagram, the company’s photo-sharing app popular with teens and young adults.
The Miracle of Stephen Crane
- Fate having its way, Crane’s nemesis, Charles Becker, was executed in that chair two decades after his run-in with Crane, for helping to arrange the murder of a gambler.
- The literary Amy, to the end of her life, was left strenuously protesting that she hadn’t been involved in the Tenderloin affair, to the smug skepticism of Crane scholars.
Bob Baffert’s horses allowed to run at Breeders’ Cup under heightened protocols
Trainer Bob Baffert will be allowed to enter and run horses in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar but with enhanced testing and protocols. The Breeders’ Cup made the […]Read more >Similar articles >
The story of the historic COVID vaccine trial for kids at Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Children’s did not apply to oversee a trial of the Moderna vaccine for kids because the hospital wanted to give its “beautiful all” to the Pfizer trial, Sandene said.
- To pull off the trial, the hospital needed about 20 nurses who worked with kids and their parents, talking them through the process, teaching them to use the diary app and handling blood draws, nasal swabs and the injections.
Popular student monitoring software could have exposed thousands to hacks
- The research, conducted by the McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research team, discovered the bug in the Netop Vision Pro Education software, which is used by some 3 million teachers and students across 9,000 school systems globally, including in the U.S. The software allows teachers to monitor and control how students use school-issued computers in real time, block websites, and freeze their computer screens if they’re found to be off task.
- This is the second time in less than a year that McAfee researchers have found vulnerabilities in Netop’s education software—glitches that hackers could exploit to gain control over students’ computers, including their webcams and microphones.
China’s American Surveillance State
- Because of the company’s growing challenges in the U.S., I expected that the course would include some suggested answers to frequently asked questions: What is the relationship between Hikvision and the Chinese government?
- The first, Hikvision’s sales training for North America, promised to cover “the key topics crucial to effectively positioning and selling Hikvision products.”
Op-Ed: Mind your XYZs for those of us with names at the back of the line
- Among Asian respondents, 25% have last names that begin with those letters at the end of the alphabet.
- In one class last spring at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, for example, seven of the 11 students at the bottom of the list had names of Asian origin.
Fairfield, Bridgeport unveil plan to protect Ash Creek and prevent worsening flooding
- Fairfield and Bridgeport officials agreed to plant more than 30,000 plugs of native beach grass and other appropriate vegetation as an immediate remedy to stabilize the spit and reduce erosion as they work to create a long-term solution.
- “Based on these recent meetings, both municipalities are in agreement that the lower Ash Creek area, where the sand spit is located, is a highly valuable natural resource that contributes tremendous ecological value to the natural environment for both Fairfield and Bridgeport alike,” said Bishop.
The New Lost Cause
- Just as neo-Confederate revisionism shaped racial violence and oppression after the war, Trump’s New Lost Cause poses a continuing peril to the hope of “one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
- Most of all, the New Lost Cause, like the old one, seeks to convert a shameful catastrophe into a celebration of the valor and honor of the culprits and portray those who attacked the country as the true patriots.
Aiken leaders eye northern greenway as means to attract people, expand toward I-20
Aiken officials have expressed interest in a greenway sprouting from the city’s northernmost limit, an idea that could ultimately serve as a tourism magnet and a means to annex property […]Read more >Similar articles >
Publix heiress gave $150,000 to group to promote Jan. 6 rally, report says
A report by the Washington Post says that Julie Jenkins Fancelli, daughter of the founder of Publix Super Markets, who helped finance the rally in Washington on Jan. 6 also gave $150,000 to an organization to promote the rally. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Two kinds of blood pressure medication recalled for possibly too much of a carcinogen
All batches of Irbesartan tablets in 75 mg, 150 mg and 300 mg strengths and Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets in 150 mg/12.5 mg and 300 mg/12.5 mg strengths made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals have been recalled. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Kourtney Kardashian, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker engaged
A day at the beach turned into a proposal for Kourtney Kardashian, who is now engaged to Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Kardashian posted two photos on Instagram of the proposal with the caption “forever. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Country star Kane Brown brings his Blessed & Free Tour to Memphis
Country star Kane Brown's last appearance in the Memphis area was a January 2019 show at the Landers Center. A lot has changed since then. […]Read more >Similar articles >
China’s economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown
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Indonesia, Malaysia concerned about Australia’s nuclear subs
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Adele ‘doesn’t want to make music forever’
Adele doesn't want to do music "forever". The 33-year-old megastar made her long-awaited comeback last week with her lead single, 'Easy On Me', from her upcoming fourth studio album, '30', and she has insisted she plans to step back from making music eventually. […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘Foo Fighters is more than just a band to me’: Dave Grohl on life after ‘losing Nirvana’
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How Eric Church dreamt of returning to Country Thunder and why it was worth the wait
Country music star Eric Church returned to the Country Thunder Arizona stage Sunday night. The "Springsteen" singer's concert was well worth the wait. […]Read more >Similar articles >
US, Haiti seek release of 17 missionaries snatched by gang
U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary group who were abducted over the weekend by a gang notorious for killings, […]Read more >Similar articles >
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There was no robust following and the NBA had little to no impact on societal issues. And all the players were white. “None of us who were playing at that time knew what this would be,” Schectman, who played for the original New York Knicks, […]Read more >Similar articles >
Philadelphia Film Festival turns 30 with in-person screenings and an early look at Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’
Philadelphia Film Society CEO says in-person screenings are the focus after COVID-19 forced the event to go virtual in 2020. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Commerce head out to save US jobs, 1 computer chip at a time
It’s been a tribute to my dad," Raimondo said of her watch choices Biden has tasked Raimondo with ensuring the United States will be the world leader in computer chips. America’s place atop the world as an economic and military power — as well as his political fortunes — might ride on her performance. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Asian shares slide as Chinese growth data disappoints
Asian shares are mostly lower after China reported its economy grew at a meager 4.9% annual pace in July-September. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Former President Bill Clinton released from California hospital
Former President Bill Clinton was released on Sunday from a California hospital days after being admitted with infection. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Health officials warn about chance of a bad flu season and another COVID surge this winter
While many South Carolinians are making plans to connect with family and friends during the holiday season, experts warn what could occur if a simultaneous winter surge of COVID-19 cases […]Read more >Similar articles >
Attendance dwindles at Joint Base Charleston’s chapel and longtime congregants are worried
Lt. Col. Joel Kornegay, senior chaplain at Joint Base Charleston, has told the congregants the number of military retirees attending has dwindled significantly over the years, and that there are […]Read more >Similar articles >
Former railroad in Hitchcock Woods added to the National Register of Historic Places
The route of the old Charleston to Hamburg Railroad through Hitchcock Woods and the remnants of that transportation system are recent additions to the National Register of Historic Places. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Ford to make electric power units in northwest England
Ford Motor Co. plans to spend up to 230 million pounds ($315 million) to turn a transmission factory in northwest England into a plant that will make electric power units for cars and trucks sold throughout Europe. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line […]Read more >Similar articles >
China calls missile launch ‘routine test’ of new technology
China said Monday its launch of a new spacecraft was merely a test to see whether the vehicle could be re-used. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the launch involved a spacecraft rather than a missile and was of “great significance for reducing the use-cost of spacecraft and could provide a convenient and affordable way to make a round trip for mankind’s peaceful use of space. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Early voting starts Monday for Nov. 2 Texas constitutional amendments, local elections
Early voting begins Monday for the Nov. 2 election on eight Texas constitutional amendments, several local City Council races and city and school […]Read more >Similar articles >
Analysis: Ex-lawmaker argues for Mississippi abortion limits
Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold abortion restrictions that he helped put into state law. […]Read more >Similar articles >
New technology offers anonymous way to report abuse, doping
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More than 2.2 million people visited State Fair of Texas in its 2021 return
After 705 days without visitors trekking the grounds of Fair Park, the State Fair of Texas opened its gates to more than 2.2 million people in 2021, […]Read more >Similar articles >