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  • BREAKING NEWS: Food and drink items that are highly restricted or banned in the US

    Stacker, Sabienna Bowman|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Few things define a culture in the way its food does, and the United States is no different. Whether it's regional food traditions like collard greens and cornbread or the country's allegiance to boxed macaroni and cheese, the U.S. is a place of seemingly endless gastronomic choices and Indigenous and immigrant influences. However, some foods are practically impossible to find stateside, and that's because they've landed on the banned food list. That's right, there are...

  • Moments Before Trump Sworn In, Biden Pardons Anthony Fauci

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Former president Joe Biden engaged in a round of pardoning close associates during his final hours in office. In addition to Fauci, he pardoned members of the January 6th committee and Gen. Mark Miley. Having previously pardoned Hunter Biden, who had been recently convicted of firearm possession and drug related offenses; this morning Joe Biden pardoned all the other members of his family. There is no indication that incoming president Donald J. Trump intended to prosecute...

  • Midcentury modern design in 10 essential pieces

    Stacker, Abby Monteil|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Decade after decade, midcentury modern design continues to appeal. The New York Times noted a resurgence of the style in 1998. Nearly two decades later, there came another wave. Fast Company deemed it the "pumpkin spice latte of interior design." It's a style "Mad Men" popularized in the current century; its designers—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen, and more—are named in reverent whispers among design circles. Even casual design fans have lik...

  • What van life? The Great Loop sails through the eastern U.S. and Canada

    Stacker, Rachel Geveden|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    The Great American road trip has turned nautical. There's an alternative to the van life that has inspired so many to take to the roads for months or years at a time: ventures by watercraft. Imagine a year spent weaving through intercoastal waterways, traveling through marshlands, and along rivers under the shadow of skyscrapers. Those who manage it are part of a select few called Loopers. GetMyBoat explores the wonders of the Great Loop with first-person accounts and...

  • Smartphones used to be half the size they are today-here's how they've grown in size over time

    Stacker, Dom DiFurio, Data Work By Emma Rubin|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Pacing back and forth on an auditorium stage in his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, Steve Jobs addressed members of the media one mid-July morning in 2010. Apple's chief executive was responding to reports that consumers were having their phone calls dropped when using the latest device, the iPhone 4. The company had found a way to incorporate the cellular antenna into the stainless steel frame of the phone, saving precious real estate. But some wanted to know: Why...

  • How the cost of independent living has changed over time

    Stacker, Dom DiFurio, Data Work By Paxtyn Merten|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    If the hit 1990s sitcom "Friends" debuted today, it might look a little different. For one thing, the showrunners would probably need to cast consistent roles to play the main characters' parents or even grandparents—the de facto roommates for a growing number of Americans in recent decades. Since the turn of the century, it's become more expensive for Americans to live on their own. And the effect is shifting away from the nation's late 20th-century culture of independence, p...

  • Food and drink items that are highly restricted or banned in the US

    Stacker, Sabienna Bowman|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Few things define a culture in the way its food does, and the United States is no different. Whether it's regional food traditions like collard greens and cornbread or the country's allegiance to boxed macaroni and cheese, the U.S. is a place of seemingly endless gastronomic choices and Indigenous and immigrant influences. However, some foods are practically impossible to find stateside, and that's because they've landed on the banned food list. That's right, there are...

  • The science of procrastination and how to beat it

    Stacker, Jill Jaracz|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Everyone's guilty of procrastinating sometimes—even the ancient Greeks and Romans did it. That said, it's one thing to put off a task for a little while. It's another to chronically avoid doing things until the absolute last minute. Wysa researched the psychology behind procrastination, what makes people do it, and how they can work to overcome it. According to the Association for Psychological Science, procrastination comes in two forms: habitual and situational. The l...

  • Americans are still moving away from large cities, while mid-sized cities are growing

    Stacker, Jill Jaracz, Data Work By Elena Cox|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    The exodus from major metropolitan areas that peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic—when people fled large cities in part due to pandemic restrictions, small living spaces, and the high cost of rent and real estate—is continuing. Census data shows that interstate migration rates are sliding back to pre-pandemic rates, but the trend of moving to smaller cities may last longer than anticipated. CitizenShipper examined domestic migration trends from the Census Bureau to see whe...

  • SoCal District Attorneys Call on Newsom and Legislature to Make Looting a Felony

    Nathan Hochman and Todd Spitzer, District Attorneys of Los Angeles and Orange Counties|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    SANTA ANA, Calif. – Looting during a local emergency would become a felony punishable by a state prison sentence and make it a strike under California's Three Strikes Law under proposed legislation by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, sending a strong regional message to opportunistic thieves that these crimes will not be tolerated, and that justice will be swift and it will be decisive. District Attorneys H...

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