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Shoppers on food stamps buy less and go to food banks as benefits shrink

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, California on February 13. Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, California on February 13. New York (CNN) — Kroger and other chains say customers on food assistance programs like SNAP are struggling as aid shrinks.“Budget-conscious households are buying fewer items, particularly as SNAP benefits declined during the quarter,” said Kroger (KR) CEO Rodney McMullen on an earnings call Thursday. “In some cases, we see these households switching to lower-priced products and smaller pack size...

FDA recomienda actualizar los refuerzos de COVID-19 en otoño para atacar cepa del virus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

Los asesores de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) recomendaron el jueves actualizar las vacunas contra el COVID-19 para atacar una cepa circulante del virus, mientras presionan por vacunas más nuevas que brinden una protección más duradera. El Comité Asesor de Vacunas y Productos Biológicos Relacionados de la FDA votó unánimemente a favor de ajustar las inyecciones para atacar una cepa XBB, así como eliminar la cepa original del coronavirus de la formulación. Los virus e infecciones que podrían reaparecer en EEUU durante este verano Estudio: casi el 10% de pacientes suelen sufrir COVID-19 prolongadamente tras contraer Ómicron Sin embargo, el comité no hizo una recomendación formal sobre a qué linaje XBB específico deberían apuntar los refuerzos actualizados, ni hizo una recomendación sobre quién debería recibir las vacunas y cuándo. Es probable que esto último se deje en manos de los Ce...

How much rain is going to fall in Denver?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Get ready for a rainy Friday in the Denver metro. A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued due to flooding concerns and widespread storms. Adams County roads closed indefinitely by storm damage  Dry weather is finally in the forecast for Sunday when highs will hit the low 80s. But before the sunshine returns, the Pinpoint Weather team is tracking a stormy start to the weekend.Timing, location of flood watchFriday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day as a flood watch has been issued for the Denver metro, parts of Larimer and Boulder county, as well as the Eastern Plains. Pinpoint Weather: Advisories on June 16.The advisory is in effect from noon until 10 p.m. Friday for the Denver metro. Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Kylie Bearse said the flooding will be minor, but when it comes to the evening commute it can have an impact on traffic.How much rain could fall by Saturday night?Make sure to grab that raincoat, a significant amount of rain will accumulate. Once the r...

Family remembers father of 13 who drowned while saving kids during rafting trip

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KXRM) — The family of a man who drowned in the Arkansas River while saving his children during a white water rafting accident on June 9 is finding an unexpected outpour of support.Dustin Harker, a father of 13, used his last breath to rescue his three kids who were thrown into turbulent waters when their raft overturned. Courtesy of Sharon Neu YoungCourtesy of Sharon Neu YoungCourtesy of Sharon Neu YoungCourtesy of Sharon Neu YoungCourtesy of Sharon Neu Young"He was underwater for 15 minutes," said Sharon Neu Young, Harker's sister-in-law. "They did CPR on him for 30 to 45 minutes, but they weren't able to bring him back." Photographer captures injured officer at Nuggets parade Harker was brought onto the Royal Gorge Route Railroad after his body was retrieved from the river. The conductor had stopped the train asking passengers if there were any medics, according to Yvette Ramos, a first responder who was onboard the train during the incident. Ramos said all sh...

Firefighters extinguish semi-truck blaze in NW Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews worked quickly to extinguish the flames on a semi-truck, Friday morning. Fire crews responded to the north side of Miami International Airport in the area of Northwest 36th Street. The semi-truck was seen stopped next to the Clarion Inn and Suites, where hotel guests were evacuated as a safety precaution. As a result of the fire, westbound 36th Street at South Drive is currently shut down. Eastbound at Red Road was shut down momentarily but has since reopened. Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area due to the heavy traffic. Commuters can use the Dolphin Expressway to work their way around the airport. According to officials, there are no reported injuries at this time.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

New dinosaur with blade-like spikes for armor discovered on UK’s Isle of Wight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

(CNN) — A new species of dinosaur with blade-like spikes for armor has been discovered on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.Named Vectipelta barretti, it is the first armored dinosaur, or ankylosaur, to have been found on the island in 142 years, according to a statement from London’s Natural History Museum, where several of the researchers who discovered the dinosaur work.The dinosaur would have lived during the Early Cretaceous period, 145-100.5 million years ago, the museum said.There are few fossils dating from the period worldwide, which some believe suggests there was a mass extinction at the end of the Jurassic period, which preceded it.Given the lack of fossil record from the Early Cretaceousperiod in other parts of the world, the Isle of Wight is vitally important for our understanding of what happened, the museum said.“This is an important specimen because it sheds light on ankylosaur diversity within the Wessex formation and Early Cretaceous England,” said...

New report flashes a warning light over 401(k) account balances

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

New York (CNN) — The average balance in employer-sponsored savings plans last year was $112,572, well below the $141,542 recorded in 2021.That’s according to the latest annual report, “How America Saves,” from investment firm Vanguard, which serves as record keeper for defined contribution plans that, combined, have nearly 5 million participants with a median age of 43. Such plans include 401(k)s and 403(b)s, as well as a much smaller universe of plans that employers simply put money into for employees and then employees direct how that money is invested.“Vanguard participants’ average account balances decreased by 20% since year-end 2021, driven primarily by the decrease in equity and bond markets over the year,” according to the report.The numbers look worse if you consider the median balance, which was just $27,376 last year, down from $35,345 in 2021. The median in some ways is a truer read on the state of employees’ retirement savings since it is the middle point — meaning half...

Fathers’ roles in helping with infant sleep and breastfeeding found to be ‘suboptimal,’ new study says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

(CNN) — Fathers matter.A new study — a rare effort that focuses solely on the father’s involvement in an infant’s life — shows a striking link between the support that dads offer and better infant outcomes.The research sought to answer several questions about paternal participation in breastfeeding and the use of safe sleep practices for babies. The results showed that fathers play a crucial role in both — and it highlights the need for bolstered parental leave policies in the United States, according to the study, which published Friday in the journal Pediatrics.The results of the survey, which included 250 fathers, were “suboptimal,” the study concluded, revealing only 16% of dads followed all the recommended safe sleeping practices for infants. And many could do more to support mothers who breastfeed, which can provide key health benefits for babies, the study indicated.The reason the researchers asked these questions in the first place? Moms wanted them to, said study coauthor D...

‘Those Who Remained’ charts life, healing after the horrors of war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

Opening today at the West Newton Cinema is another gleaming find from the discerning people at Menemsha Films. “Those Who Remained” is a 2019 Hungarian drama set in postwar Budapest, where Jewish survivors try to move forward with their lives however traumatized they have been. Aladar “Aldo” Korner (a fine Karoly Hajduk) is a 42-year-old gynecologist, whose wife and children died in the camps. When we meet him, he is treating 16-year-old Klara Weiner (a marvelous Abigel Szoke). Klara is so devastated by the loss of her family that she pretends they moved away and left her behind with her hopeless and similarly damaged Aunt Olgi (Mari Nagy). Aldo is tall, gaunt and wears his fedora at a rakish tilt. Hajduk would make a fine screen Dracula. He has a courtly demeanor and something dark perched behind his eyes. Szoke’s Klara is an unruly, inconsolable and also attractive girl. She gets her period, which she deems “disgusting.” She hates everything, including such postwar deprivati...

Iowa high court refuses to unblock strict ban on most abortions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:48 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s high court refused Friday to unblock a strict ban on most abortions, rebuffing Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and, for now, keeping the conservative state from joining others that have severely limited access to the procedure.The decision to uphold a 2019 district court ruling that blocked the law comes roughly a year after the same body — and the U.S. Supreme Court — determined that women do not have a fundamental constitutional right to abortion.The blocked law bans abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.While the state’s high court maintains the block on the law, it does not preclude Reynolds and lawmakers from passing a new law that looks the same. The decision Friday was largely procedural — the 2022 appeal to the 2019 ruling was too late.Abortions remain legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows bel...