States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge even as the nation struggles with the biggest increase in food costs in decades. The payments to low-income individuals and families are dropping as [...]
Biden to require U.S.-made materials for infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material. The guidance requires that the material purchased — whether it's for a bridge, a highway, a water pipe [...]
Rhode Island Superman Building will be brought ‘back to life’
After years of neglect, the most recognizable feature on the Providence skyline, the Superman Building, will be rescued. Rhode Island's governor announced last week that the building's owner is planning to turn the vacant landmark into an apartment building with offices and shops, with help from state and city funding. Officially known as the Industrial [...]
Young Cavs overcome adversity, show promise in 2021-22 season
CLEVELAND — The mood in the Cavaliers' locker room alternated between disbelief and delight in the raw moments following their play-in loss to Atlanta. Pain mixed with pride. And as Cleveland's players — many of them with zero postseason experience — reflected on falling short of the playoffs after all they endured over the past [...]
Loopholes may make Russian seafood ban futile
MIAMI — An American ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin's war machine. But shortcomings in import regulations mean that Russian-caught pollock, salmon and crab are likely to enter the U.S. anyway, by way of the country vital to seafood supply [...]
Some state lawmakers are quitting because they can’t afford to serve
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When trying to decide whether to seek a fourth term in the Connecticut House of Representatives, Rep. Joe de la Cruz ran the question by his wife, whom he jokingly refers to as his lawyer and financial adviser. While Tammy de la Cruz didn't want to discourage her 51-year-old husband from [...]
Congress seeks compromise to increase chip production
WASHINGTON (AP) — A global computer chip shortage has made it harder for consumers to get their hands on cars, computers and other modern-day necessities, so Congress is looking to boost chip manufacturing and research in the United States with billions of dollars from the federal government. Both the House and the Senate have passed [...]
Abortion education unavailable for med students in some areas
Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you'll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of standard physician education, but for many medical school students and residents who want to learn about abortions, options are scarce. And new restrictions are piling up: Within the past year, bills or laws seeking to [...]