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Review: 'Natural Beauty' is a cautionary tale about wellness 04/20/2023 12:32pm • ���Natural Beauty,��� by Ling Ling Huang (Dutton) From bee sting facials to fish pedicures, to Instagram filters and apps that allow us to completely edit our appearance in photos, it seems people will try almost anything to look better. It also makes the posh wellness and beauty store setting of Li Veto stands: Transgender pronouns OK in North Dakota schools 04/20/2023 12:22pm • Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers on Monday failed to override the governor���s veto of a controversial bill to place restrictions on educators. House lawmakers fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to block the Book invites kids to turn native gardens into national park 04/20/2023 11:21am • Doug Tallamy, the wildlife ecologist and entomologist who urges home gardeners to join forces and create a pollinator-friendly ���Homegrown National Park,��� is now bringing kids into the effort. Tallamy has become a leading evangelist for the return of native plants and trees that can support birds North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care 04/20/2023 11:13am • North Dakota���s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18. Gender-affirming care for minors has been available in the U.S. for more than a decade and i 'It's really scary out there': Parents gather at Alexandria City High School to discuss drug use in kids 04/20/2023 11:06am • Parents gathered at Alexandria City High School in Virginia Wednesday night to discuss drug use and overdoses in kids, which is a problem in communities across the nation. Jen Sweeder, a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent, told parents that almost 300 people die everyday from drug over Dutch salvage team set to pump oil off rusting Yemen tanker 04/20/2023 09:15am • AMSTERDAM (AP) ��� A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen in a move hailed as a ���critical milestone��� in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster, its parent company announced Thursday. Bos Helping out: How American volunteerism is changing ��� and why 04/20/2023 09:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Daniela Fernandez has no trouble attracting volunteers to her group Sustainable Ocean Alliance. Last month, she presided over the Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in Panama, where 77 participants from 45 countries volunteered their time to develop solutions to protect the oceans. Relief options if you���re in debt from your kid���s education 04/20/2023 07:00am • In January, the Department of Education unveiled details of a repayment plan overhaul that could halve monthly payments for many federal student loan borrowers. But one group, the 3.7 million parents who owe parent PLUS loans, won���t benefit. Policymakers have long excluded parent PLUS loans from m Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all 04/20/2023 12:45am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama ���Air,��� the film executives at Amazon Studios threw them a curveball. ���They said, ���What do you guys think about a theatrical release?������ Damon says. ���It wasn���t what we expected when we first made the d 'Too much to learn': Schools race to catch up kids' reading 04/20/2023 12:15am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. ���Give us some vowels,��� says his teacher, La���Neeka Gilbert-Jackson. His eyes search a chart that lists vowels, consonant pairs and word endings, but Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all 04/20/2023 12:08am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama ���Air,��� the film executives at Amazon Studios threw them a curveball. ���They said, ���What do you guys think about a theatrical release?������ Damon says. ���It wasn���t what we expected when we first made the deal Homeowner who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl pleads not guilty 04/19/2023 11:25pm • LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) ��� The 84-year old man who shot Ralph Yarl when the Black teenager went to his door by mistake pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a case that has shocked the country and renewed national debates about gun policies and race in America. Andrew Lester walked into the courtroom with a ca Police: Maine man killed parents before firing on motorists 04/19/2023 11:15pm • BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) ��� A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said Wednesday. Mike Sauschuck, commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety, called the shoo Rep. George Santos announces reelection bid 04/19/2023 09:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican whose lies about his background and wealth helped propel him into office, announced Monday that he's running for reelection. More than perhaps any incumbent, Santos enters the race as an underdog ��� abandoned by many fellow Repub Answers to 15 Common Tax Questions 04/19/2023 08:00pm • This is the time of year when people's minds are filled with tax issues -- whether they're searching for free tax help they can trust, trying to squeeze out more valuable deductions, hoping to avoid penalties or audits, eagerly awaiting their refunds or wanting to make sure they aren't victims of ta