Dear Abby: My adult granddaughter, “Kaia,” is in a relationship with “Jenny.” Jenny’s stepmom doesn’t believe in gay marriage or homosexuality. I’m having a hard time dealing with the fact that Jenny’s family doesn’t accept Kaia or allow her in their home. Kaia is excluded from all holidays and family functions.
Residents of Denison got a view of the city from 50 years ago this week as leaders opened the city’s official time capsule. The capsule, which was sealed in 1972, commemorated the city’s 100th anniversary and was opened as a part of the city’s ongoing 150th anniversary celebrations.
Wall Street ends higher, breaking 3-day losing streak Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, ending a three-day losing streak. Investors brushed off yet another report showing that inflation remains widespread in the U.S.
California is trying to become the first state in the nation to make a four-day workweek a state law. The state introduced a bill that would make the official workweek 32 hours and no longer 40 hours for companies with 500 employees or more, giving higher raises and time-and-a-half pay to any worker who surpasses that cutoff.
The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to extend the order, which was to expire Monday, by two weeks to monitor for any observable increase in severe virus outcomes as cases rise in parts of the country.
As important as sports are to my family, helping those in need according to the Jewish value of “tikkun olam” (repairing the world) always comes first. This is why as soon as I learned about how the war in Ukraine was forcing millions of people to flee the country, I had to see firsthand that these refugees were getting taken care of.
Gas prices recently reached a 14-year high. In response, taxpayers have demanded everything from tax credits to price caps. But you know what they definitely haven’t demanded? The return of long commutes.
COVID cases and deaths fall for 3rd consecutive week GENEVA – The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs. In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, issued late Tuesday, the U.N.
DALLAS – Union officials say pilots of Southwest Airlines are suffering an epidemic of fatigue due to poor scheduling practices by the airline, and that it is raising safety concerns. Union leaders said in an open letter Tuesday to Southwest CEO Robert Jordan and other executives that problems started last summer when the number of travelers neared pre-pandemic levels, and have worsened.
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to resign after being fined for breaking his government’s pandemic lockdown rules, saying he would instead redouble efforts to strengthen the economy and combat Russian aggression in Ukraine.