Amid soaring inflation rates and signs that the economy is approaching a recession, one-in-four U.S. parents say there have been times in the past year when they could not afford food their family needed or to pay their rent or mortgage. A similar share (24%) say they have struggled to pay for health care their family needed, and 20% of those who needed child care say they haven’t always had enough money to pay for it, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to study the economic challenges of U.S. parents. To do…
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When the Churchill football team lost in the Maryland 4A state quarterfinals on Nov. 18, five of its players attended their first basketball practice of the winter the next morning. They showed up disappointed from the loss but still carrying the intensity that comes with the playoffs — an energy that infected and reignited the rest of their boys’ basketball team.The Bulldogs got ready to drill one of their signature plays from a year ago, a set senior guard Ezekiel Avit said had become “muscle memory.” Avit, also a star wide receiver and University of Maryland football commit, helped the…
NORTHEAST UKRAINE — The 60 prisoners of war arrived on Ukrainian soil Tuesday afternoon — free after the latest trade between Moscow and Kyiv, but still under strict rationing.The nurses treating them at a hospital in northeast Ukraine were instructed to give each soldier no more than 300 milliliters of chicken soup, or about 20 tablespoons. Many were so malnourished during Russian captivity that they would be unable to digest more that, the hospital director said.The POWs who arrived here, at a location that military authorities asked not be disclosed for security reasons, were a reminder that in addition to…
The most recent shooting involving a Toronto high school student this October highlighted a rising problem with gun violence in North American schools. In Canada’s largest city, it raised alarms about how the crisis is getting worse and skewing younger. The recent tragedy is reminiscent of other high-profile shootings within Toronto high schools. In 2007, 15-year-old high school student Jordan Manners was fatally shot at school. In the years since Manners’s death, numerous recommendations on gun violence came out of reports and committees. However, little has been done to improve the danger of gun violence for Toronto teens. To make…
BLACKPINK is the newest Oreo collaborator, and the group’s custom treats are fittingly packaged in a pink wrapper. With pastel pink cookies and black filling, the classic sandwich cookie appears to be getting a K-pop-inspired makeover. This will be an Asia-exclusive release, with the cookies launching in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and South Korea starting in 2023. “Music is a key passion point and a great platform to spark playful connections with our consumers. Over the last decade, we have seen the enormous rise of K-pop and its far-reaching influence on Asian culture,” Oreo shared in a…
This past summer saw the launch of the biggest four-day work week trial in the world, as 3,300 people across several different types of businesses in the UK started working 80 percent of their regular hours for 100 percent of their pay. Employees had to maintain the same level of productivity they had while working five days per week, and assess the new schedule’s impact on various aspects of their mental and physical well-being. Halfway through the six-month trial, feedback from both employees and companies was overwhelmingly positive; people felt they were more productive and less stressed, and some businesses…
Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, noting that coupled with 310,000 newly infected, the total number of young people living with HIV stands at 2.7 million. Ahead of World AIDS Day on Thursday, UNICEF warned in its latest global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS that progress in HIV prevention and treatment has nearly flatlined over the past three years, with many regions still not at pre-pandemic service coverage. “Though children…
The report slams greenwashing – misleading the public to believe that a company or entity is doing more to protect the environment than it is – and weak net-zero pledges and provides a roadmap to bring integrity to net-zero commitments by industry, financial institutions, cities and regions and to support a global, equitable transition to a sustainable future. According to the experts, actors cannot claim to be ‘net zero’ while continuing to build or invest in new fossil fuel supply or any kind of environmentally destructive activities. They can’t also participate or have their partners participate in lobbying activities against…
Steinway Cafe-Billiards will stay put for now and eventually get a new lease on life one block over, according to manager Athena Mennis.The 32-year-old Astoria pool hall — located at the heart of the incoming $2 billion, five-block development Innovation QNS — was at risk of being shuttered and displaced after City Council approved the project on Nov. 22, and as a COVID-related rent dispute lawsuit with its current landlord pends in court.But the neighborhood’s local Council member, Julie Won, stopped by the billiards cafe to deliver good news on Thursday, Mennis said — three weeks after THE CITY reported on…
Claudine* looks across a sweeping valley high above the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The lushness of the tropical vegetation, the cool fresh air and the low-hanging clouds are in stark contrast to the dusty, hot and suffocating backstreets of Petionville, lower down the valley, where four years ago she was the victim of sexual abuse which changed her life. “At the time, I was 16 years old and living with my cousin and her husband,” she said. “I looked after their children, like they were my own.” Claudine should have been at school but after her mother and grandmother died had…