You can forget about perishable foods if America’s Harvest Box becomes mandatory for SNAP recipients. Chris Monroe/CNET On Monday, the Trump administration proposed billions of dollars in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Program, known colloquially as food stamps, as part of its fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. In the proposal, […]
Daily Archives: February 14, 2018
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Will the gift of a fitness tracker land you in the doghouse? Not if you buy one for yourself, too. Garmin Valentine’s Day is all above love, right? That means flowers, chocolates, a nice dinner out — and maybe a fitness band? Whoa, whoa, whoa. As gifts go, fitness bands […]
Dramatic video on social media showed a jet engine rattling away without its protective covering on a United Airlines flight that eventually landed safely in Hawaii on Tuesday. The pilot of Flight 1175 from San Francisco to Honolulu called for an emergency landing because of a mechanical issue, the airline […]
Kerry Trainor, CEO of SoundCloud, has refocused the service on DIY musicians and those who break through the platform, like Lil Uzi Vert. Getty SoundCloud expects to have hundreds of thousands of artists in payment program SoundCloud premier in the next couple years, CEO Kerry Trainor said in an interview […]
“Lie still, this won’t hurt a bit”Erik T. Frank By Jasmin Fox-Skelly A species of ant has become the first known non-human animal to tend the wounds of its fellows. “Nurse” ants lick the wounds of fallen comrades, and this helps them survive. Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) live dangerous lives. […]
In his first response to an avalanche of pressure from the African National Congress (ANC) for him to quit, Zuma – who has been dogged by scandal throughout his political life – proclaimed his innocence and said he was being “victimised” by Nelson Mandela’s former liberation movement. “There’s nothing I’ve […]
1. Apart from his association with lovers, St Valentine is patron saint of beekeepers, epilepsy and plague. 2. The feast of St Valentine on February 14 was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496… 3. …but there are at least three St Valentines with February 14 feasts, one from Rome, […]
Reacting to the scandal engulfing the British charity, Jovenel Moise said the actions were an “extremely serious violation of human dignity”. His attack comes as reports suggest Haiti is preparing to launch a criminal investigation into claims senior aid workers paid for sex after the devastating 2010 disaster. Mr Moise […]