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☆ Extreme cold weather stretches U.S. homeless shelters' capacity
  + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Gabriella Borter | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
[1/4] A man stands outside of his tent during a period of cold weather in Denver, Colorado, U.S. December 22, 2022. Officials prepared the indoor arena to house 225 people but increased its capacity to 359 on Wednesday night. The report found that homelessness among people in shelters declined by 1.6%, while unsheltered homelessness increased by 3.4%, compared to 2020. "Severe weather exacerbates the cruel reality of homelessness in America," said Donald Whitehead, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. Nearly 1,000 migrants were staying at Denver city shelters or partner shelters as of Thursday, according to a city statement.
☆ The author of 'Station Eleven' couldn't update her Wikipedia page to reflect her divorce without citing an article where she confirmed it, so she got a magazine to interview her
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Emily St. John Mandel said getting interviewed was the only way to update her relationship on Wikipedia. The author wanted to update her page to say she is divorced, and needed to cite a published article. After being interviewed by Slate, Mandel was able to update her page to say she's not married. In this case, that's what a volunteer editor used to originally verify the marital status of Emily St. Mandel. Now, her Wikipedia page says Mandel, "has a daughter with former husband Kevin Mandel," and that she has a girlfriend.
☆ After Club Q attack, LGBT venues grapple with safety concerns
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
[1/2] Kendall Allen holds a sign as she attends a vigil with her wife Kaycie Franks after a mass shooting at the Club Q LGBTQ nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., November 21, 2022. Those bars and other LGBT spaces around the country are again weighing how to keep their staff and patrons safe after a gunman killed five people and injured 17 more at an LGBT club in Colorado Springs. "It was definitely an eye-opening moment," said Eric Sosa, co-owner of C'mon Everybody and Good Judy in New York City. But as queer venues grapple with safety, several LGBT activists and club owners said no amount of security personnel or technology would protect them from the anti-LGBT rhetoric they blame for stoking such violence. Raimo still performs for adults, including a drag bingo night he was hosting on Tuesday at a Nashville gay bar.
☆ How small-town Maine embraced a family that fled the Taliban
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Elyse Lightman Samuels | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +36 min
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine — Last November, at about midnight, Omid was lying in bed in his new home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine — exhausted, but unable to sleep. On this night, and on many nights during Omid's first few months in Maine, Nasir was soon at his door. Omid's family arrived in Maine just before Halloween in 2021 and recently celebrated one year in Maine. Catholic Charities, the local refugee-resettlement organization in Maine, was working with Omid's family to help them resettle. After Omid's family escaped Kabul, members of his extended family came by to collect some of their more precious items, and gave other things away.
☆ Australians rescued from rooftops as torrential rain ravages rural towns
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Emergency crews deployed more than a dozen helicopters to rescue trapped people from rooftops in the worst-hit towns in New South Wales (NSW) state, officials said. More than 200 flood rescue operations were conducted in the state over the past 24 hours to Tuesday morning, while 24 emergency warnings remained. A damaged road is seen following flooding in the town of Canowindra, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, November 15, 2022. Heavy rain smashed parts of southwest New South Wales and northeast Victoria over the weekend. Flooded highways near several inland towns are hampering rescue operations as emergency services said they were undertaking what would be the biggest flood rescue operations in New South Wales' history.
☆ California megachurch elder and her parents charged with murder, torture of adopted 11-year-old daughter
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
An ordained elder at a California megachurch was arrested along with her parents in connection to the death of her 11-year-old adopted daughter. Arabella McCormack. San Diego Sheriff's Dept. Leticia McCormack was an ordained elder at The Rock Church, an evangelical megachurch in San Diego. A church spokesperson said Thursday that she was not on staff and operated in a volunteer capacity to help with various ministry tasks.
☆ Lessons from past outbreaks can stop new epidemics in their tracks
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Dr. Tom Frieden Precious Matsoso | Dr. Tom Frieden | Precious Matsoso | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
But this focus obscures what is happening on the ground, every day: Local and national public health workers and epidemiologists, or “disease detectives,” around the world are stopping outbreaks in their tracks and preventing epidemics. The case studies show what is possible when local, state and national communities mobilize a whole-of-society effort to prevent epidemics. When local efforts are supported by national and local government, we can stop and prevent epidemics. Another lesson is the substantial return on investment we can realize by prioritizing and funding preparedness efforts. Finally, there is a crucial role that coordination among local, state and federal agencies plays in epidemic prevention.
☆ Migrants bused to NYC struggle to find work and build lives in the U.S.
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniella Silva | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Migrants who have been bused to New York City in the thousands are finding themselves in a fruitless hunt for work while they try to build lives in the United States. It’s already been about a month, a month and a half in New York and we need to find work,” Yorvin Mateus, 24, said. Yet, with work hard to come by, the trio planned to try their luck in Chicago, another city that has been taking in migrants. The dormitory at the Randall's Island relief center in New York City on Oct. 18. Jan Rojas, a migrant from Venezuela, with his wife and four children in New York City.
☆ I've been using a food-waste app to snap up free food, including coffee-shop salads, cookies, and meat from grocery stores
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
I've been using Olio to get free food and find new owners for items I no longer want. Since I started using the app in May, I've collected food including croissants, sandwiches, and long-life pantry products. A screenshot of listings on the Olio app. It only features corporate listings from the companies themselves, and users collect them from the establishment in question. Screenshot of the Olio appThere are also large numbers of Olio users in Singapore, Ireland, and Mexico as well as the UK, Clarke said.
☆ I've been using a food-waste app to snap up free food and I'd recommend it in a heartbeat
  + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
I've been using Olio to get free food and find new owners for items I no longer want. Since I started using the app in May, I've collected food including croissants, sandwiches, and long-life pantry products. I've used Olio to find new homes for books I've read, clothes I don't like, and sweet rice I realized I'd never cook. It only features corporate listings from the companies themselves, and users collect them from the establishment in question. Screenshot of the Olio appThere are also large numbers of Olio users in Singapore, Ireland, and Mexico as well as the UK, Clarke said.
☆ Migrant Busing Brings the Border Crisis to Sanctuary Cities
  + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Carine Hajjar | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
It was 6 a.m., and the buses from Texas had yet to arrive. An hour later, empty buses from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would line up to transport migrants across New York City. At around 8, 80 asylum-seeking migrants filed out of the two buses arriving from the Lone Star State, one sent by Mr. Abbott from the border and another by the city of El Paso. Messrs. Castro and Espaillat shook everyone’s hand, saying: “Bienvenidos a Nueva York.”Since early August, Gov. Ron DeSantis one-upped Mr. Abbott by sending a small plane full of Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
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