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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:53:34-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|

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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:53:38-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|

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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:53:43-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|

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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:53:48-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|

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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:53:53-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|

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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:54:01-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|

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 [...]

By |2022-04-21T16:53:27-04:00Wednesday, April 20, 2022|
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