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Inflation, federal funding reductions eat away at efforts to help the hungry 12/28/2022 04:40pm • Hunger is on the rise in America due to a combination of inflation and cuts to federal aid programs, and Maryland is no exception, the nonprofit Hunger Free America said. Joel Berg, the CEO of Hunger Free America, told WTOP that their analysis of federal data over a one-week period this year foun Wisconsin radio magnate Duey 'Duke' Wright dies age 83 12/28/2022 04:14pm • Duey ���Duke��� Wright, a radio mogul who built Midwest Communications into a multistate operation, has died. He was 83. Wright passed away on Dec. 21, according to an obituary from Lyndahl Funeral Home and Cremation Services posted on the Green Bay Press-Gazette's website. As a child, Wright would Edie Landau, TV and film producer, dies at 95 12/28/2022 03:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Edyth ���Edie��� Landau, the Oscar-nominated producer and executive vice president of National Telefilm Associates, has died at 95. The longtime entertainment producer died of natural causes on Saturday in her home in Century City, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Re Review: A baby for sale in Korean drama ���Broker��� 12/28/2022 01:41pm • The Korean drama ��� Broker ��� begins like a noir. A young woman walks slowly in the pouring rain in the middle of the night in Busan, her flimsy hood doing little to keep her dry. She looks haunted but determined and soon we see her destination: A church with a collection receptacle labeled ���Bab 'You can���t blame it on just weather' -- Travelers seek alternatives as Southwest cancels flights 12/27/2022 11:49pm • Passengers across the U.S. were stranded Tuesday morning after Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights, including trips out of BWI Marshall Airport in Maryland. As the new year approaches, Southwest is struggling to recover from blistering winter weather that left the airline facing oper 10 of the Best-Performing 401(k) Funds 12/27/2022 07:00pm • The 401(k) is a go-to retirement savings vehicle, and these funds can help focus your strategy.When selecting funds for your 401(k), simple is usually better. Actively managed funds with complicated investment strategies often underperform index funds over the long term, and they'll charge you more What to Know About Unschooling 12/27/2022 07:00pm • A small minority of families have always sought alternatives to traditional public schools in the U.S. But the COVID-19 pandemic, during which many schools were closed for a year or more, led some parents to explore other options, from private schools to microschools to homeschooling, and many famil House bans TikTok on government devices 12/27/2022 05:34pm • ▶ Watch Video: Federal lawmakers propose TikTok ban on government devices The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration on Tuesday announced that it is banning TikTok from all House-managed mobile devices "due to a number of security risks." ���Long COVID happens in kids���: Doctor warns parents not to ignore persistent symptoms 12/27/2022 05:00pm • Some kids who develop shortness of breath and other lung symptoms after recovering from COVID-19 have evidence of obstruction in the smallest airways that can be treated and is reversible, according to a small study conducted at National Jewish Health. The study at the leading respiratory hospita Cardinals' J.J. Watt indicates he'll retire at end of season 12/27/2022 04:13pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ��� J.J. Watt could be a terrifying presence on a football field, hunting opposing quarterbacks with unparalleled ferocity, particularly during the early 2010s with the Houston Texans. But the 6-foot-5, 288-pounder also could be a joyful fan favorite, playing catch on the sideline No-nonsense judge takes over FTX-Bankman-Fried criminal case 12/27/2022 12:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor during three decades of overseeing numerous high-profile cases was assigned Tuesday to Sam Bankman-Fried���s cryptocurrency case. The case was relegated to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan after the judge originall Column: Tales from the PGA Tour after fractured year in golf 12/27/2022 09:42am • Behind the ropes in the Bahamas were a pair of longtime PGA professionals. One was David Young, getting ready to retire after 20 years at Sleepy Hollow in New York. The other was Mike Thomas, now retired from Harmony Landing in Kentucky. Both are the only swing coaches Cameron Young and Justin Thoma Femicides in Mexico: Little progress on longstanding issue 12/27/2022 01:58am • ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) ��� On a November afternoon, M��nica Citlalli D��az left home in a sprawling suburb of Mexico���s capital and headed to the school where she���d been teaching English for years. It seemed an ordinary day, but on this one, she never arrived at work. Her absence was an immediate Femicides in Mexico: Little progress on longstanding issue 12/27/2022 01:56am • ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) ��� On a November afternoon, M��nica Citlalli D��az left home in a sprawling suburb of Mexico���s capital and headed to the school where she���d been teaching English for years. It seemed an ordinary day, but on this one, she never arrived at work. Her absence was an immediate Kim Kardashian describes challenges of co-parenting with Kanye West 12/26/2022 09:27pm • Kim Kardashian is speaking out for the first time since her divorce from Kanye West became finalized last month. In a previously recorded interview with Angie Martinez on her "IRL" podcast published Monday, Kardashian described how she does her best to parent her four young children with West, w