NY nonprofit combats food insecurity, focuses on families ineligible for unemployment

A nonprofit located in new-york-city” target=”_blank”>Queens, New York< insecurity in the United States head-on.  MCDONALD’S CUSTOMER FINDS WEIGHT-LOSS PROMOTION ADDED TO HER DELIVERY ORDER Before the infectious-disease pandemic hit, The Connected Chef focused on education, cooking and gardening classes. The organization’s priorities changed to combating food insecurity when COVID-19 began to spread across New York City, director and…

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Chris Noth past comments about playing rapist in 2016 film resurface amid sexual assault allegations

celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Chris Noth< “White Girl” have resurfaced following the actor issuing a denial against sexually assaulting women in real life. The “Sex and the City” actor played the role of a New York lawyer in the crime drama. In a scene from the film, Noth’s character rapes an intoxicated young woman from behind. Several on…

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ProPublica journalist mocked for spreading ‘pathetic’ 20-year-old DeSantis gossip: ‘The walls are closing in’

ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis was mocked on Twitter for suggesting that a piece of decades-old gossip about Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., was concerning. On Saturday, MacGillis shared a lengthy Financial Times report by Joshua Chaffin that described the Florida governor as “Donald Trump with brains and without the drama.” Within the massive analysis on DeSantis,…

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China’s Xi Jinping grabs more power, pushing Asia closer to war

A messianic ruler, already considered the world’s most influential figure, is about to get absolute power over the planet’s most-populous state.  What happens next will be remembered for generations. Chances are, Chinese President Xi Jinping will lead China into war.   The drama begins at the Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, which starts Sunday. At the Congress’s first plenum,…

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'Black fungus' infections robbing India's COVID-19 survivors of sight

Thousands of infectious-disease patients in world-regions have been diagnosed with mucormycosis, or so-called “black fungus” that’s leaving some withvision-and-hearing” target=”_blank”> vision loss< “We are seeing a lot of mucormycosis cases post COVID infections since COVID itself is known to decrease the immunity,” Charuta Mandke, who works in the ophthalmology department at Dr. R N Cooper…

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Wildfires fueled by windy conditions force more evacuations, hamper progress

disasters threatening communities across the country have already scorched thousands of acres this week and authorities in southwestern Nebraska said Saturday that crews were making progress fighting blazes that forced evacuations.  Pushed by strong winds over tinder dry forest and grassland, wildfires were reported Friday from northwestern Kansas to Cambridge, Nebraska.  There were no immediate…

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