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San Antonio Current

Brevity Coffee confirms more San Antonio locations are in the works, expanding the chain to 5 stores

By Nina Rangel
San Antonio-based java chain Brevity Coffee Co. will open two new San Antonio locations, bringing its total store count to five, MySA reports. Brevity currently operates stores at 8802HuebnerRoad, 5985 DeZavalaRoad and 2838 N. Loop 1604 East. New outlets at 2342N.W. Military Highway and 18450BlancoRoad are now in the works, the news site reports. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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The Salt Lake Tribune

Maureen Dowd: There is too much church in the state

  • Washington • During her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Amy Coney Barrett tried to reassure Democrats who were leery of her role as a “handmaid” in a Christian group called “People of Praise.”
  • “Judges can’t just wake up one day and say ‘I have an agenda — I like guns, I hate guns, I like abortion, I hate abortion’ — and walk in like a royal queen and impose their will on the world,” she said amicably.
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The Hill

Uber adds electric vehicle options in update

By Saul Elbein
  • The new feature — which rolls out this week in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, as well as Dubai — is part of a push by the ride-hailing giant to expand its electric offerings as it seeks to ensure that its U.S.- and Europe-based fleets will have zero emissions by 2030.
  • The update will include new maps of EV charging stations — complete with speed and type of charger — which will be integrated this summer into driver tools alongside other services, like gas stations and restrooms.
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STAT

STAT+: Apollo acquires minority stake in Sofinnova, extending private equity dealmaking in life sciences

By Allison DeAngelis
Private equity giant Apollo Global Management is spending $1 billion for a piece of one of the biotech industry’s oldest venture capital firms. Apollo is acquiring a minority stake in the Paris-based VC Sofinnova Partners and will invest up to $1 billion in Sofinnova’s investment funds, the firms announced Monday.Continue to STAT+ to read the full story […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Time

Good Samaritans who saved unconscious driver in Florida reunited with her

  • I just want to thank everybody and tell them to keep on helping people because now in this world, it’s divided a little bit and I want everybody to be together and be friendly and be kind."DaVita Peele is a member of the United States Postal Service who helped stop traffic and also gave another good Samaritan a dumbbell from her car that he used to break open Rabyor's window."I thought about (the events of last Friday) on Mother's Day as a matter of fact," Peele said during the ceremony.
  • The good Samaritans who helped save an unconscious motorist are being honored by the Boynton Beach Police Department in Florida and city leaders for their heroism.Friday was the first time the good Samaritans and the woman they saved, Laurie Rabyor, had the chance to meet since that group of complete strangers worked together to save her.
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Colorado Sentinel

Women photographers are center stage at the Denver Art Museum this summer in ‘Modern Women/Modern Vision’

By KARA MASON, Sentinel Managing Editor
  • On display this summer at the Denver Art Museum in “Modern Women/Modern Vision,” Lange’s photo is remarkably more powerful in person, hanging among the work of other impactful women photographers who also followed their intuition to capture vital images vital for journalism, history and photography as an artform.
  • The image — a black and white close-up of a gaunt-looking woman holding a sleeping baby flanked by two more small children — “exists in more formats, prints, and places than (arguably) any other photograph in the world,” Museum of Modern Art curator Sarah Hermanson Meister wrote in a 2018 book about the 20th century photographer.
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Vanity Fair

Bridgerton Season 3 Will Follow Penelope and Colin’s Love Story

By Chris Murphy
  • At a Bridgerton FYC panel in Hollywood this weekend, Lady Whistledown herself, Nicola Coughlan, announced that season three of Netflix's regency romance series will focus on the budding relationship between Penelope Featherington and her crush, Colin Bridgerton ( Luke Newton ).
  • Penelope and Colin's love story is told in fourth book in the series, Romancing Mister Bridgerton.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal

Summerlin offers 26 public, private and charter schoolsA

By Provided Content
  • According to Bisterfeldt, the decision to donate land to The Meadows was intentional to help put the new community on the map, making it a destination for the hundreds of families whose children attended school there — well before Summerlin began to take shape.
  • With 26 schools including public, private and charter facilities, Summerlin offers more educational choices than any other Southern Nevada community, maintaining a focus on education that has been integral to the development of the community since its inception.
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Scope

Digging into diversity to understand diabetes

By Jennifer Welsh
  • Including diverse populations with different genome structures can help us reduce the number of contenders for "causal variant," or a genetic variation that actually confers increased risk.
  • One of the most powerful ways to mine this trove of data is a genomewide association study (GWAS), in which researchers measure genetic variation at millions of locations in the genome, then study how these differ in people with and without a given disease.
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Orange County Register

Three proposals presented for San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space

By Tess Sheets
  • A vineyard, orchards and farms, equestrian stables and spots for hosting events top three proposals the City Council and community will be looking at Tuesday, May 17, envisioning how San Juan Capistrano could use what’s left of 65.5 acres of undeveloped city space.
  • The proposal from San Juan Capistrano residents Jim Adam, Ron Schreiber and Colby Cyburt, who have experience in development and real estate, envisions turning the area into a community use and event space, renovating the historic home for wine tastings and smaller events, and constructing barn-style buildings for large weddings and other activities.
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Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot sets earlier citywide weekend curfew

By Fran Spielman
  • A day after announcing that unaccompanied minors would be banned from Millennium Park on weekend evenings, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took the next step and rolled back the citywide weekend curfew to 10 p.m. from the current 11 p.m.
  • Chicago Public Schools security chief Jadine Chou said information on the new 10 p.m. weekend curfew citywide, as well as the 6 p.m. ban at Millennium Park, will be communicated to parents and guardians in a letter.
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New York Post

More than half of America wants ‘comfort’ TV and movies: poll

By Lauren Sarner
  • In comparison to those who use “comfort TV,” just 42% of people in the poll reported that they turn to a bath as a self-soothing technique while 33% reported that they relax by doing yoga.
  • A recent poll of 2,000 people — conducted by OnePoll on behalf of streamer Philo — concluded that 55% of American adults use “comfort” television and movies to self-soothe and distract themselves from anxiety or stress.
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Minnesota - Twin Cities Pioneer Press

Walz, top lawmakers, reach bipartisan deal to wrap Minnesota session

By Christopher Magan
  • Minnesota lawmakers have a bipartisan deal to spend $8 billion of the state’s budget surplus over the next three years on tax cuts, infrastructure projects and supplemental spending to address challenges from the coronavirus pandemic.
  • “With an unprecedented surplus, we have the ability to make significant investments in the things that will improve Minnesotans’ lives, like health care, public safety, and education, while also providing tax cuts and putting money in Minnesotans’ pockets,” Gov. Tim Walz said in a news release announcing the deal.
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The Hill

Tech industry group cites inflation in ad slamming antitrust bill

By Rebecca Klar
  • The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) — which represents companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook — released a 30-second ad Monday as part of its "Don't Break What Works" campaign.
  • A group representing the nation's largest tech companies is rolling out a seven-figure TV ad campaign slamming a key antitrust proposal that seeks to curb tech giants' power, warning it could raise already soaring prices on consumers.
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Omaha World-Herald

Political parties confident about flipping seats in Nebraska Legislature

By Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald
  • If that proves to be the general election outcome, Republicans would have 33 seats in the 49-member Legislature, enough to push through bills banning abortion, allowing Nebraskans to carry concealed guns without a permit and returning the state to a winner-take-all Electoral College system .
  • Republicans could gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Nebraska Legislature if the results of Tuesday’s primary election are repeated in November.
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New York Post

Wanda Sykes slams ‘still traumatized’ over Will Smith slap: ‘F–k him!’

By Andrew Court
  • The 58-year-old comedian — who was co-hosting the awards show when Smith stormed the stage and slapped Rock across the face — says she is “still traumatized” almost two months on from the incident.
  • Two days after the incident, Sykes appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” similarly saying she was angered by the fact the actor wasn’t escorted out of the event.
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Fast Company

How online data could be used against people seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade falls

By Nora McDonald
  • As a researcher who studies online privacy, I’ve known for some time how Google, social media and internet data generally can be used for surveillance by law enforcement to cast digital dragnets.
  • Based on what’s already known about privacy incursions by law enforcement against marginalized people, it’s likely that in a post- Roe world women will be more squarely in the crosshairs of digital forensics .
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Maine - Portland Press Herald

COVID concerns to delay state environmental board review of NECEC permit appeals

By Tux Turkel
  • A much-anticipated meeting to review appeals to a conditional permit to build the New England Clean Energy Connect power line was unexpectedly postponed on Monday.
  • The postponement comes a week after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments on the legality of a new law meant to hobble the project, as well as a challenge to a lease NECEC obtained across public lands.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Biden offers logistics support to ease formula shortage

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW PERRONE
  • Under fire from parents and politicians, President Joe Biden is offering formula manufacturers and retailers transportation and logistics support to ease the nationwide shortage of baby formula, as the administration works to bring the largest domestic plant back on line after it was shut down early this year due to safety issues.
  • Abbott's voluntary recall was triggered by four illnesses reported in babies who had consumed powdered formula from the Michigan plant.
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Portland Oregon | KOIN News

Gresham mayor says his city is seeing issues similar to Portland’s

By Emily Burris
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The city of Gresham is experiencing many of the same issues as Portland. Gresham Mayor Travis Stovall joined AM Extra Monday to discuss what’s going on in his city. Stovall said its urban renewal work has been ongoing and that progress has been made in the West Gresham and Rockwood areas. Oregon sets rates for paid family medical leave plan He said Gresham has seen rises in violent crime and theft. The city is increasing its law enforcement investments and the city is not focused on defunding the police. The city is also looking for more ways its police officers can engage with the community. “We are taking every […]Read more >Similar articles >

Minnesota Post

Tickets available to public for MinnPost Social: 2022 Legislative Recap

By Laura Lindsay
After three and a half months of work, what did the State Legislature actually get done — and what can we expect moving forward from the state’s uniquely divided government? To explore those questions and more, join MinnPost writersPeter CallaghanandWalker OrensteinforMinnPost Social: 2022 Legislative Recapon Wednesday, Jun. 1, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. atElsie’sin northeast Minneapolis. PURCHASE TICKETS >> This lively Q&A session is part of our MinnPost Social event series, presented byRBC Wealth Management — Darla KashianandGreat River Energy, in which MinnPost journalists share insights with audience members in a casual […]Read more >Similar articles >

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot sets earlier citywide curfew

By Fran Spielman
  • A day after announcing that she unaccompanied minors would be banned from Millennium Park on weekend evenings, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took the next step and rolled back the citywide weekend curfew to 10 p.m. from the current 11 p.m.
  • At the time, she had declared that the city “cannot allow any of our public spaces to become platforms for danger,” Lightfoot said unaccompanied minors won’t be allowed in one of the city’s most iconic tourist attractions after 6 p.m. from Thursday through Sunday, unless they’re with “at least one responsible adult.”
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Axios

Supreme Court sides with Ted Cruz in campaign finance case

By Erin Doherty
  • The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in his challenge to a federal rule that puts a cap on post-election political donations that help campaigns repay personal loans from candidates.
  • The big picture: The law puts a $250,00 cap on the amount of money raised after an election that campaigns can use to repay candidates for personal loans, Axios previously reported.
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San Antonio Current

Wayback Burgers opening third San Antonio location, this one in northwest part of the city

By Nina Rangel
This weekend, Connecticut-based Wayback Burgers will open its third San Antonio location, this one in the city’s northwest quadrant. The chain — known for monstrous nine-patty cheeseburgers and hand-dipped milkshakes — will hold a Saturday, May 21 grand opening for the new store, located at 11707 Bandera Road. Wayback will offer its classic burgers for $4, music by DJ Lamar and face painting and balloon art.Guests can also enter to win prizes, including a Samsung Smart TV and free burgers for a year. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Minnesota Post

‘The same tired talking points’: Minnesota Republicans wrestle with how to appeal to more urban, suburban voters

By Walker Orenstein
  • At the Minnesota Republican convention in Rochester on Saturday, candidates for governor spoke at length about their priorities to address crime, reduce abortion access, change election law and relax gun regulations.
  • But another common theme among the candidates and their supporters was electability, particularly their case for winning more votes in DFL-friendly Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs, where many voters don’t support those same policies Republican candidates outlined in their speeches.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Storms in Arkansas leave 2 hurt, thousands without power

By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • Two people were injured Sunday after a tree fell on a vehicle in Russellville during storms that also uprooted trees, damaged a home and left thousands of Arkansans without power, the National Weather Service said.
  • The two who were injured, near East Fourth Street, were freed from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital for treatment, according to a storm report from the weather service.
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The Washington Times

Trump’s deal with Truth Social gives the would-be Twitter rival a 6-hour jump on his posts

By Ryan Lovelace
  • Former President Donald Trump agreed to restrict his social media usage outside his Truth Social platform regardless of whether Twitter, Facebook or others lift their bans on him, according to a regulatory filing from Digital World Acquisition Corp.
  • Mr. Trump must first post on Truth Social and then wait six hours before publishing elsewhere with limited exceptions for politics, according to DWAC’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Vanity Fair

BeReal and the Never-Ending Quest to Uncover (and Ruin) the Next It App

By Delia Cai
  • Much like the most recent fad app, Wordle, BeReal is an enjoyable experience primarily for what it’s not: There’s no heavy-handed algorithm calling the shots, no deluge of ads and brands flooding the feed.
  • In case you haven’t yet had the pleasure of a much chicer young friend explain it to you over canned espresso martinis, BeReal is a kind of Frankensteined combo of what your old favorite apps were in their golden age—think small-scale Instagram feed, but with the intimate ephemerality of Snapchat and the low-fi, once-a-day instructive of HQ Trivia or Wordle.
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Albany Times Union

2 music festivals coming to Arrowood Farms

By John W Barry
  • Working with Impact and Arrowood, Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock is presenting the Dirt Farmer Festival, while Ulster County keyboard whiz Marco Benevento is presenting the Follow the Arrow.
  • Mackenzie of Ulster County is looking forward to attending two upcoming music festivals at Arrowood Farms in Accord, a roughly 20-minute drive from his home in Stone Ridge.
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Axios

The new math for tech startups

By Dan Primack
  • The big message: If your company needs to raise new funding within the next two years, conserving cash should trump growth.
  • As another Silicon Valley investor said to me: Worst case scenario of slowing growth is that there's no recession and you end up a year behind schedule.
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Radio Iowa

Colfax man’s body found in Des Moines River

By Radio Iowa Contributor
The body of a man who went missing after a boat capsized in central Iowa has been found on the Des Moines River. The body of 34-year-old Dustin Dittmer of Colfax was recovered just before 7 a.m. Saturday near the Bennington boat ramp, according to Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholt. Dittmer went missing after the […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minnesota’s divided Capitol strikes multibillion-dollar end-of-session budget, tax deal

By Briana Bierschbach
  • Gov. Tim Walz said he and top legislative leaders have agreed on the "broad framework" of a deal to spend a historic budget surplus to cut taxes, spend money on classrooms and public safety.
  • "With an unprecedented surplus, we have the ability to make significant investments in the things that will improve Minnesotans' lives, like health care, public safety, and education, while also providing tax cuts and putting money in Minnesotans' pockets," Walz said in a news release Monday morning.
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Texas Monthly

It’s Easy to Buy a Snake in Texas. Maybe Too Easy.

By Madeleine Aggeler
  • “People look at the seventy-five-dollar rattlesnakes and go, ‘That’s cheap!’ ” said Rachelle McCandless, an assistant vendor at E² Exotics, which offered a selection of venomous snakes, as well as leopard geckos, chuckwallas, and framed butterflies.
  • He and his wife, Lori Gibson, started the expos in 2015, after years of breeding leopard geckos and attending what they considered to be subpar reptile shows.
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East Idaho News

Idaho to receive nearly $120 million to fight opioid crisis

  • BOISE — Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today the final court approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson.
  • “This settlement holds some of those most responsible for the opioid crisis accountable and provides significant funding for treatment, recovery and prevention in Idaho,” Wasden said.
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STAT

STAT+: Greece plans to go to court to seek compensation from Novartis over a bribery scandal

By Ed Silverman
The Greek health ministry plans to seek compensation from Novartis over a long-running bribery scandal in which the company allegedly paid public officials and health care providers to boost prescriptions for its medicines and maintain inflated prices. The government is “taking all measures to hold Novartis accountable and compensate the Greek state for its illegal practices,” according to a statement by Health Minister Thanos Plevris, who is planning legal actions in both U.S. and Greek courts. Greek officials have reportedly estimated that the scheme cost the country around $3 billion during a multiyear financial crisis.Continue to STAT+ […]Read more >Similar articles >
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US politics | The Guardian

Fauci says he will resign if Trump retakes the presidency in 2024

By Ramon Antonio Vargas
  • Dr Anthony Fauci bluntly said “no” when CNN’s Jim Acosta asked him during an interview Sunday if he would want to stay on as the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases in the event that voters gave Trump a second stint as president.
  • “If you look at the history of what the response was during the administration, I think at best you could say it wasn’t optimal,” Fauci said.
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US politics | The Guardian

Liz Cheney says Republican leadership has ‘enabled white supremacy’

By Richard Luscombe
  • The New York congresswoman, who was swiftly installed to replace Cheney when House minority leader and Trump loyalist Kevin McCarthy orchestrated Cheney’s ouster last year, has used the great replacement theory to make false accusations that Democrats were plotting a “permanent election insurrection” by replacing white voters with immigrants.
  • Cheney, who was removed from her position as the No 3 House Republican last year after she joined the panel investigating the 6 January Capitol attack, urged party leaders in a tweet to “renounce and reject these views and those who hold them”.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune

DFL endorses Moriarty, Witt for Hennepin County Attorney, sheriff

By Kim Hyatt
  • Moriarty has vowed to reform the Minneapolis Police Department, a message that resonated at the Hennepin County DFL endorsing convention Saturday at Hopkins' Eisenhower Community Center.
  • Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty clinched the county's DFL endorsement for Hennepin County Attorney over the weekend, beating out a slate of candidates, including the party's own House Majority Leader.
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Portland Oregon | KOIN News

Portland distillery captures gin’s botanical aroma in candle

By Kohr Harlan
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Freeland Spirits is a women-owned and operated distillery in Northwest Portland. The company says master distiller Molly Troupe was born wearing a pair of chemist goggles and never took them off. Her interest in science led her to a master’s degree in distillation, and eventually to Freeland Spirits. ‘We’re in a crisis’: Farmers sound alarm over coming food shortage The Portland distillery bottles its spirits in colorful, teardrop-shaped vessels and its gin has botanical notes of cucumber, mint and juniper. Now, those aromatics can be found outside the bottle. Freeland Spirits collaborated with Wildwood Candle […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Boston.com

Tested positive? See if you qualify for Paxlovid, and how to get it

By Marta Hill
  • Both the telehealth visit and the prescription are free no matter your insurance status, and are available to people over the age of 18 who have tested positive and are experiencing symptoms, according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
  • Nearly 40% of Massachusts residents might be eligible for therapeutic treatments for COVID-19, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
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Vanity Fair

Machine Gun Kelly Wears a $30,000 Diamond Manicure to the 2022 Billboard Music Awards

By Emily Kirkpatrick
  • But MGK's crystalized look didn't end there, he and his manicurist, Brittney Boyce, the founder of Nails of LA, also partnered with Marrow Fine jewelry founder Jillian Sassone for a very pricy set of nails that featured over 10 carats of diamonds worth a total of $30,000.
  • Sassone told People, “Creating MGK's diamond nails was a natural progression of where nail art and jewelry intersect.
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Austin, Texas | KXAN News

Relocation of Waller Creek Boathouse up for discussion Monday

By Jaclyn Ramkissoon
  • Earlier this month, Austin Rowing Club, which has been a central tenant of the Waller Creek Boathouse, told KXAN it will relocate to the former youth hostel site.
  • The blue line's route will extend from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to the North Lamar Transit Center, with construction of its Rainey/MACC Station planned in the same area as the Waller Creek Boathouse.
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Minnesota Post

House DFL is prioritizing students and schools at a time when it’s needed most

By Rep. Jim Davnie
  • We are choosing to invest over a billion dollars in our students each year for the next three years because we know this is a choice about the direction of our state’s future; it’s a values blueprint, and we are ready to deliver the support students, families and school staff need to ensure that Minnesota can thrive in the future.
  • We can and should do better and that is why the House DFL is proposing funding over $500 million each year to significantly reduce this cost burden that impacts every school in the state.
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Boston Herald

Baker, Polis urge FDA to move on vaccine for youngest

By Matt Murphy
Gov. Charlie Baker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis have teamed up to urge the Biden administration to “expeditiously” review Moderna’s application for emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine that could be given to children under 5. In a letter released late last week by the Baker administration, the governors urged the Food and Drug Administration not to wait until June to review the application in tandem with an application expected from Pfizer for a vaccine for the same age group. “Waiting to combine applications from Moderna and Pfizer in an effort to ‘prevent confusion’ with staggered approvals would be ill advised and […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Los Angeles Times

Review: Remember when we looked forward to the future? A new series revives ‘Radium Age’ sci-fi

By Scott Bradfield
  • “Radium Age” is the coinage of Joshua Glenn, editor of a new MIT Press series under that title, with four books published so far this year, covering what Glenn calls science fiction’s “pre-golden age,” from roughly 1900 to 1935.
  • British novelist H.G. Wells, in New York in 1934, is one of the authors revived in the “Radium Age” series.
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Texas Monthly

Donald Trump Had Nothing New to Say in Austin. His Fellow Speakers Did.

By Christopher Hooks
  • Both came with access to a breakfast with Dinesh D’Souza—the conservative filmmaker whose new work, 2000 Mules, makes the case that the 2020 election was stolen—and an invitation to an afterparty with Donald Trump Jr. Only the Delegate level, though, came with a “Full Color American Freedom Tour Program,” which turned out to be a mostly blank booklet in which attendees were encouraged to write notes about speakers’ remarks.
  • The conference, featuring speakers such as rock musician Ted Nugent and attended by allies such as Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, showed a movement falling deeper into a suffocating circle of televangelist-adjacent scammery—while its adherents grow ever more comfortable with the idea of the need for violence to triumph over their political opponents.
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US news | The Guardian

Senate to vote on $40bn Ukraine aid bill initially blocked by Rand Paul – live

By Richard Luscombe
  • It’s a fresh new week in US politics, but it probably feels depressingly familiar to Joe Biden, who’s under pressure on multiple fronts, including a nationwide baby formula shortage, soaring gas prices and inflation, and relief bills for Ukraine and Covid-19 held up by political wrangling in Congress.
  • Joe Biden has two events on his calendar, presenting medals of valor to public safety officials this morning, and a bilateral meeting and reception later for Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis .
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Omaha World-Herald

Ricketts’ support for abortion ban extends to cases of rape or incest

By Ryan Hoffman Omaha World-Herald
  • Gov. Pete Ricketts voiced support Sunday for an abortion ban in Nebraska, including in cases of rape and incest, and repeated his intent to call a special legislative session to take up the matter if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v.
  • Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, Ricketts said Nebraska would take “further steps to protect those preborn babies” if the court strikes down Roe, which the governor called “a horrible constitutional decision,” according to a transcript of the interview.
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Seattle Times

Federal homelessness director says pandemic exacerbated crisis, provided lessons for Seattle, U.S.

By Greg Kim

For years, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness has convened public officials and experts and done research on best practices for cities and counties to deal with a growing national homelessness crisis. It is the only federal agency solely focused on preventing and ending homelessness, but has little power to implement policy or hand out […]Read more >Similar articles >
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New York Post

Megan Thee Stallion got nearly naked for Billboards 2022 performance

By Ben Cost
  • Rapper Megan Thee Stallion had fans drooling thanks to her 2022 Billboard performance in which she showcased her twerking talents while rocking a scintillating one-piece.
  • The performance resonated with female fans with one supporter tweeting, “when megan thee stallion said ‘poppin plan b’s cause i ain’t planned to be stuck with ya’ i think all of us girls have felt that at some point in our lives.'”
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

UCLA law dean Jennifer Mnookin named next UW-Madison chancellor

  • Mnookin said her own family recently benefited from the Wisconsin Idea when she donated a kidney in late 2020 to her dad, who is a longtime Harvard Law School professor.
  • During a recent visit to the Madison campus, Mnookin suggested using the “Wisconsin Idea,” a belief enshrined in state law that Wisconsin’s higher education system should provide benefits beyond the campus, as a model for why public universities matter.
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Philadelphia Inquirer

12 things to do with kids in Philly this week

  • (Seasonal / in-person / free / outdoors) After a pair of soggy weekends, one can only hope the sun will shine on Walnut Street west of Broad for a scaled-down version of this annual street fair, featuring outdoor versions of the neighborhood’s shops and restaurants, and a side of family fun.
  • (Seasonal / in-person / free) Those of us tired of waiting for a beach day can swing by these outdoor shops to watch four pro sand-sculpting teams build whimsical, gritty art.
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San Jose news | The Mercury News

Post-COVID jobs recovery in Bay Area, California lags other states

By George Avalos
  • Even as other states surpass their pre-pandemic job levels, the Bay Area and California have recuperated from coronavirus-linked business shutdowns and closures at a mediocre pace.
  • And while California has yet to even reach the 90% recovery milestone, 13 of the nation’s states have now regained more jobs than they lost during the first two months of the business shutdowns.
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East Idaho News

Pet of the Week: Molly the dog

Molly is our Pet of the Week! She is a great dog but she needs to be adopted into a calm home. Molly needs an experienced dog owner (no first-time pet owners) and shouldn’t go to a house with cats or small dogs. Molly does great with kids who are calm. If you decide you might be interested in Molly, stop by the Snake River Animal Shelter and have your own meet-and-greet with her. Meet Molly and other animals available for adoption at 3000 Lindsay Blvd. in Idaho Falls. You can see pictures of available animals and learn about the shelter on SRAS’s Facebook page, Instagram or website. The post Pet of the Week: Molly the dog appeared first on […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Las Vegas Review-Journal

County office in turmoil with secret video and claims of bullying, hostility

By Jeff German
  • A half-dozen current and former employees interviewed by the Review-Journal are alleging the hostile work environment was fueled by the elected administrator of the office, Robert Telles, carrying on an “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer that has harmed the office’s ability to deal with the public in overseeing the estates of those who have died.
  • The staffer, Roberta Lee-Kennett, 45, has acted in some cases as an office supervisor beyond her assigned duties as one of several estate coordinators because of her favored status with Telles, the employees said.
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News

New Texas plan for federal Hurricane Harvey aid yields same old result: Funds diverted away from Gulf Coast

By ZACH DESPART, The Texas Tribune
  • John Henneberger, co-director of the low-income housing advocate Texas Housers, whose complaint set off the federal investigation, said the land office is failing to meet the most basic requirement for the money: to spend disaster aid in the areas at highest risk for disasters.
  • Including the awards from the first funding competition, two councils composed of state-picked inland counties that rank no higher than 66th on the disaster index will end up with $752 per resident under the new plan.
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Minnesota - Twin Cities Pioneer Press

Who has the edge: Heat-Celtics could go the distance, and why it could be in Heat’s favor

  • Center: Of all the memorable moments in Heat-Celtics playoffs lore, Adebayo’s block of Jayson Tatum at the conclusion of Game 1 of the 2020 East finals might stand as most iconic.
  • It starts Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at FTX Arena, continuing every other night until the Heat or Celtics secure the necessary four victories to advance to the NBA Finals against the winner of the Western Conference finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors.
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Albany Times Union

Getting There: When will the DOT repave part of Route 32?

By Abigail Rubel
  • The DOT will repave the road between State Route 143 in Coeymans to the CSX railroad crossing in Bethlehem, so motorists should watch for weekday single lane reductions controlled by flaggers and pilot vehicles starting next month.
  • The DOT is also conducting slope repairs on Route 32 near Cedar Grove Road in New Scotland for two weeks starting in late May. There will be a lane reduction controlled by a temporary traffic signal.
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Denver Post

How did Colorado become one of the worst states for vehicle theft? Auto theft task force officials, reformers disagree.

By John Aguilar
  • The sharp spike in vehicle heists has landed Colorado at the top of the list of all states for per capita auto thefts, with just over 500 stolen vehicles per 100,000 residents, according to data compiled by the National Insurance Crime Bureau .
  • Case in point, she said, are rising auto theft numbers across the nation in the last couple of years — not just in Colorado.
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Tulsa World

Investing in Tulsa: Plans for OU Polytechnic Institute discussed at regents meeting

  • If regents approve the plans, OU Polytechnic in Tulsa would offer programs to prepare students for higher-paying jobs in telehealth, autonomous technology, electric vehicles, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing and software engineering.
  • The new school in Tulsa would offer bachelor’s and graduate degree programs focused on innovation and advanced technology, according to a news release.
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Los Angeles Times

With COVID cases rising, how close is California to new mask rules, restrictions?

By Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money
  • One way L.A. County would hit a high COVID-19 community level is if it began reporting a little more than 1,000 new coronavirus-positive hospitalizations every week, or 10 new weekly hospitalizations for every 100,000 residents.
  • Rising case rates caused health officials across California to issue warnings to reiterate recommendations to wear masks in indoor public settings, from Fresno County, where case rates have doubled recently to nearly 70 cases a week for every 100,000 residents, to the San Francisco Bay Area, which is reporting more than 200 cases a week for every 100,000 residents.
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Nebraska | Lincoln Journal-Star

Family Resource Center planned to help families facing mental health and other challenges

  • Thanks to an influx of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money, Lancaster County Human Services and Region V Systems hope to change that by creating a family resource center — a one-stop place families in crisis can go to address not only their mental health needs but a host of other challenges they may face.
  • Over the past few years, Lancaster County hired two outside groups to do assessments of the community’s needs, said Human Services Director Sara Hoyle, and a recurring theme was the need to get families help before the situation gets too bad.
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US news | The Guardian

The west misses the point of Everything Everywhere All at Once – it gets the Asian psyche

By Bertin Huynh
  • While it may seem that the great stories of Asian immigrant families build on the cornerstone of intergenerational trauma, its heart of Buddhist and Daoist thought is what makes Everything Everywhere truly great.
  • You have The Joy Luck Club in 1993 and, more than 20 years later, Crazy Rich Asians, Shang-Chi, Turning Red, The Farewell and Minari.
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Philadelphia Inquirer

Diluting formula, homemade recipes aren’t good ways to deal with the shortage. Consider these safer alternatives.

  • This may seem like a harmless way to stretch supply, but adding extra water to formula can lead to emergency health issues, such as seizures and heart problems, said Nicole Fragale, a registered dietitian and clinical nutrition manager at Nemours Children’s Health.
  • Most babies who are not medically fragile and use regular formula can switch to another brand, Libove said.
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Denver Post

“Eavesdroppings” is an entertaining reminder that someone is always listening

By Ray Mark Rinaldi
  • But Ben Coleman is a sound artist, keen to things like noises, vibrations and speech, and he wants to alert us to another threat to our privacy that comes in the form of audio surveillance.
  • Each snippet comes from a data set of actual conversations recorded by workers around the world, which are used by tech companies to increase their ability to recognize speech patterns and fine-tune their listening capabilities.
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Denver Post

Denver Art Museum removes looted Benin Bronze from its collection

By Sam Tabachnik
  • The Denver Art Museum has formally removed a looted Benin plaque from its collection — the first step toward repatriating a prized relic that the British plundered in West Africa more than a century ago.
  • Now, as other American institutions are facing pressure to return Benin Bronzes to their rightful owners, museum officials in Denver decided to take the object out of the museum’s collection.
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The Salt Lake Tribune

4 Utah women talk about their abortions as Roe v. Wade hangs in balance

By Becky Jacobs
  • Even though Smith understood the gravity of the situation, “I don’t think people really realize,” she said, “what it’s like … to make a decision to say, ‘I value my life, and I value my existence, and I don’t want to die.’”
  • Smith was 20 weeks pregnant when doctors told her that she had a condition where she and her baby were both going to die unless the pregnancy was terminated.
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US news | The Guardian

Locking up pregnant women damages mothers and children – yet the UK does it

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • At our National Childbirth Trust class, the course leader, reflecting on years of work in the community, told us how keen most women are to leave hospital as soon as possible after giving birth, with the exception of the women from the prison, who wanted to stay as long as possible to delay returning to prison mother-and-baby units, where after 18 months their baby would be taken away from them.
  • This campaign isn’t just about the risks of already traumatised women being forced to potentially endure the trauma of labour behind bars, it is also about prison being an unsafe place for any woman at any stage of pregnancy.
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Alabama Political Reporter

Fact check: Katie Britt’s campaign calls foul on ad claiming she’s pro-abortion

By Eddie Burkhalter
  • Alabama Senate candidate Katie Britt’s campaign says a claim in an ad by her competitor, Mike Durant, that she let abortion pills be supplied to teenagers while president of the University of Alabama’s student body isn’t true.
  • The ad in question followed the publication of an article on 1819 News that discusses Britt’s time as SGA president, and an October 2003 SGA Senate resolution that recommended the University’s Russell Student Health Center offer so-called morning-after pills.
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Colorado Sentinel

Colorado tops in bank robberies in 2021; some blame fentanyl

By ALLISON SHERRY Colorado Public Radio
  • The alleged bandits get as little as $180 and as much as $6,143 per bank when they pass notes across counters and demand money, according to criminal complaints filed in federal court in the last two years.
  • DENVER | A few days before Christmas last year, a man and a woman entered a KeyBank at 2nd Avenue and Broadway in Denver donning COVID masks and caps and passed a note to a bank teller: “Hand me all your money and you will not get hurt.”
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Alabama Political Reporter

Federal judge blocks Alabama law criminalizing medical care for transgender youth

By Jacob Holmes
  • “The Act prevents Parent Plaintiffs from choosing that course of treatment for their children by criminalizing the use of transitioning medications to treat gender dysphoria in minors, even at the independent recommendation of a licensed pediatrician.”
  • “Parent Plaintiffs are substantially likely to show that they have a fundamental right to treat their children with transitioning medications subject to medically accepted standards and that the Act infringes on that right,” Burke wrote in the ruling.
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Axios

Liz Cheney: House GOP enabled “white nationalism, white supremacy and anti-semitism”

By Erin Doherty
  • In the wake of racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, over the weekend, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on Republican leaders to "reject" views of white nationalism, white supremacy and anti-semitism, warning that "history has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse."
  • Driving the news: " The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism," she wrote in a tweet.
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Austin, Texas | KXAN News

Book ban: More people challenging titles in Eanes ISD

By Nabil Remadna
  • "I think it is important if parents, a staff member or community member feel a book is inappropriate, I think it is the right thing to do for us to be able to look at it and make sure we are going through a formal process making sure it is an appropriate book to be in whichever library it is placed," said Molly May, assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction and assessment for Eanes ISD.
  • If a parent, staff member or resident of the district feels a book needs to be reviewed, they submit it to the district.
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The Colorado Sun

Colorado led the nation in bank robberies last year. Some blame fentanyl.

By Allison Sherry, Colorado Public Radio
  • A few days before Christmas last year, a man and a woman entered a KeyBank at 2nd Avenue and Broadway in Denver donning COVID masks and caps and passed a note to a bank teller: “Hand me all your money and you will not get hurt.”
  • The alleged bandits get as little as $180 and as much as $6,143 per bank when they pass notes across counters and demand money, according to criminal complaints filed in federal court in the last two years.
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Wall Street Journal

An Earnings Recession Looms

  • Earnings recessions, usually defined as two quarters in a row of corporate profits below their year-earlier level, happen a lot more frequently than economic recessions.
  • This isn’t to say that the country won’t experience another recession eventually, but with the Federal Reserve only recently moving to start tightening policy, and with the job market strong and household balance sheets in good shape, it might not come soon.
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Books | The Guardian

The big idea: should we abolish the Treasury?

By Stian Westlake
  • But one powerful way to fix many of the UK’s problems is the radical reform of one of our most effective institutions: Her Majesty’s Treasury.
  • It is also unusual, compared with other finance ministries around the world, in that it is three things at once: a budgetary ministry, controlling government expenditure; a financial ministry, responsible for public credit and taxation; and an economics ministry, with a brief to stimulate economic growth.
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Alabama Political Reporter

Opinion | Tim James, Donald Trump and the limits of criminal accountability for speech

By Will Nevin
  • Just like it takes a big and brave hombre to go after the real threats facing Alabama, like driver’s license exams coming in languages other than English and, in his most recent obsession, Birmingham’s Magic City Acceptance Academy, a 6-12th grade charter school that caters to LGBTQ students.
  • Comparing his ad to Trump’s speech, however, gives us a stark difference and an even bigger issue: James’s commercial is broadcast to anyone who happens to be watching television, whereas Trump’s diatribe was given only to his supporters – there’s not much likelihood of violence in the legal realm of incitement where your audience consists of passionate supporters, random channel flippers and anyone unfortunate enough to be stuck on a treadmill at Planet Fitness.
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The Atlantic

Introducing an Expanded Books Section

By Jane Yong Kim
  • That quality of literature—and the criticism that helps make sense of it—is a large part of why we’re excited to be expanding books coverage at The Atlantic .
  • After Dickinson read his article “Letter to a Young Contributor ” in the April 1862 issue of The Atlantic, she wrote to him, beginning a decades-long correspondence.
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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s air pollution hotspots: Mapping the dangers in our air

By Smarth Gupta
  • Indeed, in one of the most wide-scale surveys of air quality in Chicago, some stretches of this mostly Mexican community were found to have the highest pollution levels in the city, along with portions of Austin, Englewood, Auburn Gresham, Irving Park and Avondale that see heavy traffic or are near industrial areas, an analysis of readings from newly-installed air sensors show.
  • Even with more than 100 sensors, it’s not nearly enough to cover the entire city and that inhibits a complete analysis of pollution for large swaths of the Southeast and Far South sides — areas long known to have poor air quality .
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Axios

Trump partially restricts himself from using Twitter

By Dan Primack
President Trump plans to partially restrict himself from using Twitter, according to a new federal securities filing from the blank check company taking his social network, Truth Social, public.Why it matters: Trump previously said he wouldn’t return to Twitter, even if reinstated by Elon Musk, but many believe it’s a hollow promise. What the filing says: "President Trump is generally obligated to make any social media post on TruthSocial and may not make the same post on another social media site for 6 hours. Thereafter, he is free to post on any site to which he has access. Thus, TMTG has limited time to benefit from his […]Read more >Similar articles >
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The Atlantic

We Left Russia, Maybe Forever

By Maxim Osipov
  • The rumor is that they’re looking for people who plan to fight on the side of Ukraine, but (the excesses of performers) they get carried away, take pleasure in humiliating boys and girls from good families: If you’re really going on vacation, why do you need your diploma, your birth certificate, old letters and photographs, your dog or cat?
  • The first days of the war were spent numbly listening to the news, writing and signing anti-war letters, drinking large amounts of water (alcohol did nothing to calm), struggling to fix important details in your mind (your short-term memory was shot), and trying to get through to friends in Ukraine.
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The Salt Lake Tribune

President Russell Nelson tells young LDS adults to beware of labels, have spiritual ‘FOMO’

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
  • (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Young adults gather at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City to hear from President Russell M.
  • Young adults must be careful that labels — whether their nationality, their political allegiances or other designations — don’t replace their most important identifiers as children of God, President Russell M.
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Radio Iowa

Iowa eateries struggle anew with workers, costs in post-COVID world

By Matt Kelley
  • Jessica Dunker, CEO and president of the Iowa Restaurant Association, says finding reliable workers is just one of the major hurdles they’re now trying to cope with.
  • “At just the time we’re trying to get back up and running at pre-COVID levels, we’re facing an average of 15% increase in labor costs and 15% increase in cost of goods on the products we use to create those great experiences,” Dunker says.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It’s the end of an era, but as breaking news pops on phones, the paper will continue to deliver insightful reporting

  • The best way to deliver breaking news and sports today is through digital and mobile devices, and our print subscribers have access to everything we offer online.
  • But our “e-edition” — an electronic version of the print Journal Sentinel — now offers two sections with late world and sports news in a traditional newspaper format.
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The Atlantic

Office Hours

By Ling Ma
  • “You can take a nap,” he said, and offered to leave his office so she could sleep on the sofa.
  • When she opened the door to her office and switched on the fluorescent lights, he looked around at the now-bare walls and new plywood furnishings, the empty bookcases, the mini fridge in the corner.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Hot Springs weighs upkeep at Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts

By David Showers
  • A resolution authorizing the mayor to convey the land for the new administration building was pulled from the agenda of the board's May 3 business meeting amid unanswered questions about the school's timeline to assume ownership of 200 Whittington and vacate the hospital complex.
  • According to the cost report presented at the work session, from 2017 to 2021, the city committed $684,511 to the maintenance and operation of the hospital complex at 100 Whittington Ave. and the Academic and Administration Building at 200 Whittington, including $366,809 for two new elevators at 200 Whittington.
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