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Southwest canceled their flights. Then 4 strangers had an adventure

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Deborah Rombaut was not at Sacramento International Airport to make friends. She just wanted to get home to Los Angeles. But the mass cancellation of Southwest Airlines flights, which has left thousands of travelers stranded in airports and hotel rooms across the country, had a silver lining for Rombaut.
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Food banks have more demand than ever this holiday season. They worry what 2023 will bring

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

When a cereal shipment was late arriving to Share Food Program facilities earlier this month, the team had to scramble to make sure 7,000 seniors in Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Chester Counties did not have to wait for their monthly grocery boxes. It was the first time the program — which serves people 60 and older who are food insecure — had ever experienced such a delay. 
A&E >  Entertainment

Chris Rock’s live Netflix special will film in Baltimore this March in first event of its kind

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

BALTIMORE — Comedian Chris Rock’s new Netflix special will be a first-of-its-kind event, livestreaming on the platform without edits. And it’s taking place in Baltimore. Netflix announced Sunday the upcoming “global event” would stream live at 10 p.m. March 4 from an undisclosed Baltimore venue. It said additional details on “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” would be announced “soon.” ...
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Working moms thought it couldn’t get worse. Then along came 2022

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

As 2022 started, it felt like more of the same for America’s working mothers: a third year of Covid 19-related illnesses, disruptions and quarantines that left them barely juggling the balance of running a household while holding down a job. Then came a formula shortage that had parents scrambling to feed their kids, just as a bill that would have extended breastfeeding protections at work died in the Senate.
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Climate change is forcing cities to rethink their tree mix

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Cities need to plant more trees. But not just any trees. As communities prepare for a massive influx of federal funding to support urban forestry, their leaders say the tree canopy that grows to maturity 50 years from now will need to be painted with a different palette than the one that exists today.
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How some students are finding solutions to college campus isolation

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Most Americans have long since let go of the pandemic requirement of social distancing, but the social isolation that COVID-19 imposed has left lingering effects for many. Experts say mental health has taken a dive, and the impact is especially pronounced for college students, an age group that struggled with mental health even before the pandemic.

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