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The best and worst airports to have a red-eye flight, according to a travel expert who flies 200,000 miles a year

Healthy food options and restful lounges improve airport experiences for red-eye travelers.
LAX and JFK are praised for their variety of healthy dining before night flights.

How Sweet Loren's Became a Supermarket Sensation | Entrepreneur

Sweet Loren's creates delicious, better-for-you baked goods
Inspired to start Sweet Loren's after surviving cancer
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New York City Unveils User-Friendly' Way to Find Child Care Help

When Eric Adams ran for mayor, one of his key policy proposals was to create a better website for New Yorkers to access government services.Concluding his 15th month in office, Mr. Adams has introduced the first phase of the website, which is called MyCity, calling the project my baby and my dream.Initially, it will allow people to apply for child-care assistance.

How tourists in Oslo can save money and live like a local

Most parents are quite familiar with the challenges of travelling by plane with their kids.Children can get frustrated by the discomfort and stress, get motion sickness, and experience ear pain to mention just some of the more common issues.However, due to their convenience (in terms of journey times compared to trains) they remain the most popular travel choice for long distance travels in Norway.

Why Norwegian trains are better for journeys with small children than planes

Most parents are quite familiar with the challenges of travelling by plane with their kids.Children can get frustrated by the discomfort and stress, get motion sickness, and experience ear pain to mention just some of the more common issues.However, due to their convenience (in terms of journey times compared to trains) they remain the most popular travel choice for long distance travels in Norway.

10 of the best health and wellness retreats in Europe for 2023

This four-night yoga and meditation retreat is led by experienced teacher Yogi Ashokananda.Accommodation overlooking Lake Begovac is in simple log cabins (called monk pods), or guests can camp.Daily yoga and meditation takes place on a platform with great views, and there are guided nature walks, lake swimming, vegetarian meals, optional massages and visits to a potter and Plitvice Lakes national park.

New York City Unveils User-Friendly' Way to Find Child Care Help

When Eric Adams ran for mayor, one of his key policy proposals was to create a better website for New Yorkers to access government services.Concluding his 15th month in office, Mr. Adams has introduced the first phase of the website, which is called MyCity, calling the project my baby and my dream.Initially, it will allow people to apply for child-care assistance.

How tourists in Oslo can save money and live like a local

Most parents are quite familiar with the challenges of travelling by plane with their kids.Children can get frustrated by the discomfort and stress, get motion sickness, and experience ear pain to mention just some of the more common issues.However, due to their convenience (in terms of journey times compared to trains) they remain the most popular travel choice for long distance travels in Norway.

Why Norwegian trains are better for journeys with small children than planes

Most parents are quite familiar with the challenges of travelling by plane with their kids.Children can get frustrated by the discomfort and stress, get motion sickness, and experience ear pain to mention just some of the more common issues.However, due to their convenience (in terms of journey times compared to trains) they remain the most popular travel choice for long distance travels in Norway.

10 of the best health and wellness retreats in Europe for 2023

This four-night yoga and meditation retreat is led by experienced teacher Yogi Ashokananda.Accommodation overlooking Lake Begovac is in simple log cabins (called monk pods), or guests can camp.Daily yoga and meditation takes place on a platform with great views, and there are guided nature walks, lake swimming, vegetarian meals, optional massages and visits to a potter and Plitvice Lakes national park.
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Menopause doesn't make you as fat as you thought

Every time a new year starts, countless people many women among them start new routines with the aim losing weight.And while the approach should ideally revolve around a change of habits to improve well-being and quality of life, losing weight as a consequence of those changes, the truth is that many women are still obsessed with the number they see on the scale.

La Belle Vie: Ordering steak, tasting cheese and the secret French love of fast food

La Belle Vie is our regular look at the real culture of France from language to cuisine, manners to films.This newsletter is published weekly and you can receive it directly to your inbox, by going to your newsletter preferences in My account.While Valentine's Day has passed, some French stores have kept up their lovey-dovey decor from a few heart shaped items to perhaps some pink and red streamers, nothing major.

Gangs of London actors join teenagers volunteering at east London community scheme

Pippa Bennett-Warner, Sope Dirisu, Valene Kane, Orli Shuka, Eri Shuka and Fady Elsayed helped unload a van, set up the shop and pack bags as part of a scheme organised by charity The Felix Project on Saturday (February 11).The initiative was run by members of community interest company Rise.365with the help of the six actors.

L.A. teachers union reelects leader amid push for 20% raise, smaller classes, family aid

Cecily Myart-Cruz has won reelection as president of United Teachers Los Angeles, receiving three of every four votes cast, empowering her to maintain the union's extensive social agenda and contract demands that call for a 20% raise over two years.The heavy favorite, Myart-Cruz, 49, won a second three-year term with 75.5% of the vote.

Q&A: Mimi Brown's back in San Jose with a new farm-to-table bakery, Paris Avenue

There are bakers.There are pastry chefs.There are farmers.Mimi Brown is all three, and she's got the acreage to prove it.She and her husband, Ed, founded and operated the wildly popular Flower Flour bakery in San Jose's Willow Glen for 14 years, before selling the business in 2017 to devote full time to their Wine Country venture, the Napa Farmhouse Inn in St. Helena, with its lodgings and 3-acre garden.

Well-funded journalism leaders stop making disparate pay

$569,392.$522,129.$427,692.Over the last few years, these numbers have represented top-level executive compensation at NPR, American Public Media Group,and ProPublica.All people - including journalists - should be able to have access to clean water, healthy food, and stable housing.In the U.S., at this current juncture, any semblance of that would require a living wage.

Menopause doesn't make you as fat as you thought

Every time a new year starts, countless people many women among them start new routines with the aim losing weight.And while the approach should ideally revolve around a change of habits to improve well-being and quality of life, losing weight as a consequence of those changes, the truth is that many women are still obsessed with the number they see on the scale.

La Belle Vie: Ordering steak, tasting cheese and the secret French love of fast food

La Belle Vie is our regular look at the real culture of France from language to cuisine, manners to films.This newsletter is published weekly and you can receive it directly to your inbox, by going to your newsletter preferences in My account.While Valentine's Day has passed, some French stores have kept up their lovey-dovey decor from a few heart shaped items to perhaps some pink and red streamers, nothing major.

Gangs of London actors join teenagers volunteering at east London community scheme

Pippa Bennett-Warner, Sope Dirisu, Valene Kane, Orli Shuka, Eri Shuka and Fady Elsayed helped unload a van, set up the shop and pack bags as part of a scheme organised by charity The Felix Project on Saturday (February 11).The initiative was run by members of community interest company Rise.365with the help of the six actors.

L.A. teachers union reelects leader amid push for 20% raise, smaller classes, family aid

Cecily Myart-Cruz has won reelection as president of United Teachers Los Angeles, receiving three of every four votes cast, empowering her to maintain the union's extensive social agenda and contract demands that call for a 20% raise over two years.The heavy favorite, Myart-Cruz, 49, won a second three-year term with 75.5% of the vote.

Q&A: Mimi Brown's back in San Jose with a new farm-to-table bakery, Paris Avenue

There are bakers.There are pastry chefs.There are farmers.Mimi Brown is all three, and she's got the acreage to prove it.She and her husband, Ed, founded and operated the wildly popular Flower Flour bakery in San Jose's Willow Glen for 14 years, before selling the business in 2017 to devote full time to their Wine Country venture, the Napa Farmhouse Inn in St. Helena, with its lodgings and 3-acre garden.

Well-funded journalism leaders stop making disparate pay

$569,392.$522,129.$427,692.Over the last few years, these numbers have represented top-level executive compensation at NPR, American Public Media Group,and ProPublica.All people - including journalists - should be able to have access to clean water, healthy food, and stable housing.In the U.S., at this current juncture, any semblance of that would require a living wage.
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Healthy living and exercise, by Manish Savani

Healthy living and exercise, by Manish Savani (Image: Ola Mishchenko, Unsplash) The reason why it's important for everyone to have a balanced diet, is because they need a lot of energy to keep active and it stops them from getting illness.People have to exercise every day because it keeps them fit and healthy and it can help with your mental health.

Gangs of London stars join volunteers to help people struggling through cost of living crisis

S tars of TV series Gangs of London gave out food parcels in east London as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit UK households.Young people from community projects Rise 365 and Made Up Kitchen were joined by the actors from the gritty Sky One drama on the Kingsmead estate in Hackney.They gave out food at their community shop on Saturday that had come from The Felix Project, London's largest food redistribution charity.

Nourish Botanica Brings a Sustainable Food Pop-Up Incubator to South Atlanta in March

After opening her flower bar and plant shop last year in the Joyland neighborhood, Quianah Upton is preparing to take the next step in evolving Nourish Botanica into Atlanta's first sustainable greenhouse restaurant.In early March, Upton launches the next phase of the business, a restaurant incubator serving coffee, tea, and juices and a mostly vegan menu of Caribbean and Southern dishes from local pop-ups and chefs.

Duke of Westminster backs our Christmas cost of living appeal with 100,000 donation

Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster, has become the latest big donor to support The Independent's Christmas appeal with a 100,000 donation from his Westminster Foundation to help children in need in London have access to healthy food.It takes the total raised by our On the Breadline campaign in partnership with the Evening Standard, The Childhood Trust and Comic Relief to 2.6m, with the money to be given out in grants to fund organisations helping to relieve pressure on people struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Mental health has failed to rebound' after Covid amid financial worries

The nation's mental health has failed to rebound after the pandemic, a charity has warned  with research suggesting around three in 10 adults' mental health has deteriorated since the start of the year.More adults said their mental health has worsened since the beginning of 2022, according to a YouGov survey for Rethink Mental Illness.

Healthy living and exercise, by Manish Savani

Healthy living and exercise, by Manish Savani (Image: Ola Mishchenko, Unsplash) The reason why it's important for everyone to have a balanced diet, is because they need a lot of energy to keep active and it stops them from getting illness.People have to exercise every day because it keeps them fit and healthy and it can help with your mental health.

Gangs of London stars join volunteers to help people struggling through cost of living crisis

S tars of TV series Gangs of London gave out food parcels in east London as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit UK households.Young people from community projects Rise 365 and Made Up Kitchen were joined by the actors from the gritty Sky One drama on the Kingsmead estate in Hackney.They gave out food at their community shop on Saturday that had come from The Felix Project, London's largest food redistribution charity.

Nourish Botanica Brings a Sustainable Food Pop-Up Incubator to South Atlanta in March

After opening her flower bar and plant shop last year in the Joyland neighborhood, Quianah Upton is preparing to take the next step in evolving Nourish Botanica into Atlanta's first sustainable greenhouse restaurant.In early March, Upton launches the next phase of the business, a restaurant incubator serving coffee, tea, and juices and a mostly vegan menu of Caribbean and Southern dishes from local pop-ups and chefs.

Duke of Westminster backs our Christmas cost of living appeal with 100,000 donation

Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster, has become the latest big donor to support The Independent's Christmas appeal with a 100,000 donation from his Westminster Foundation to help children in need in London have access to healthy food.It takes the total raised by our On the Breadline campaign in partnership with the Evening Standard, The Childhood Trust and Comic Relief to 2.6m, with the money to be given out in grants to fund organisations helping to relieve pressure on people struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Mental health has failed to rebound' after Covid amid financial worries

The nation's mental health has failed to rebound after the pandemic, a charity has warned  with research suggesting around three in 10 adults' mental health has deteriorated since the start of the year.More adults said their mental health has worsened since the beginning of 2022, according to a YouGov survey for Rethink Mental Illness.
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Replacement SNAP benefits now available for recipients who lost food in winter storm

AUSTIN, Texas Central Texas SNAP recipients will be able to apply for replacement benefits for food lost or destroyed during the recent winter storm and power outages, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) said on Wednesday.SNAP recipients will be able to apply for replacement food benefits by calling 211 and selecting option 2. Recipients in the following counties have until Feb. 28 to request a benefit replacement: Anderson, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brooks, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Cameron, Cherokee, Coke, Collin, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Gillespie, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hopkins, Hunt, Irion, Johnson, Kaufman, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lamar, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Montgomery, Navarro, Parker, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rockwall, Smith, Sterling, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Van Zandt, Waller, Wichita, Williamson and Wood.

Remaking the Economy

Click here to download accompanying slides.What does the struggle for Black food sovereignty look like at the local level?In this webinar conversation, five Black food justice leaders share their experienceshighlighting the many interconnections between food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, health justice, climate justice, and community building.

10 Best Milk Frothers for Home Coffee

Courtsey One of the tricks to getting little kids to eat healthy food is to create little tricks that incentivize the kids and their developing brains to think that the healthier food is a good option.And what are we, really, if not overgrown little kids?Making food and drinks at home, rather than buying them out, is the eating your vegetables of adulthood.

"Behold" Black L.A. portrait series returns this year. Want to be part of it? Here's how

In 2022, the Times launched the photo portrait project Behold with the goal to give Black L.A. the Juneteenth commemoration it deserved.We photographed nearly 100 Black Angelenos, young and old, to capture the full breadth of the community.We explored how decades of inauthentic media coverage has affected various residents.

When is Children In Need 2022? Here's how you can get involved

Children In Need's Spotacular campaign is raising funds to help tackle the effects the cost-of-living crisis is having on children and young people.(BBC/PA) (Image: BBC/PA) Children In Need is back for 2022 as the country rallies to help children and young people across the UK that need it the most.
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