(NEXSTAR) – Certain ultra-processed foods may be shortening your life, the results of a decades-long study indicate, according to researchers. The findings, presented Sunday at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting in Chicago, indicated that older adults with diets high in what researchers called “ultra-processed” or highly processed foods were about 10% more likely […]
I’m British, and my kids go to school in the US, where we live. There are notable differences between the education system in America and my native UK. I envy the British version because it is much easier for children — and their parents. When my British friends ask what it’s like to educate my […]
The more you pay in rent, the more likely you are to have bad health and die earlier, a recent study found. That’s what experts found after studying people who spend a large portion of their income on rent. Moreover, if you’re not able to pay your rent and are evicted or threatened with eviction, […]
A tax exemption for firearm safety devices won’t kick in for about another three months after new gun laws in Michigan took effect this week, cutting short the anticipated timeline for providing gun owners tax relief on gun safes and lock boxes. Michigan’s new safe storage requirement aimed at keeping guns out of the hands […]
Middle-class families will face the brunt of changes to how the U.S. Department of Education calculates federal financial aid eligibility for college students using the newest version of the FAFSA form, some experts say. The redesigned and updated FAFSA — released Dec. 31 to implement changes established in the 2020 FAFSA Simplification Act passed by […]
The temperature was an unseasonably warm 65 degrees Fahrenheit when an EF-1 tornado touched down in Garner on Sunday, according to N.C. State Climate Office data. That’s nearly 20 degrees warmer than the 47.7 degree Fahrenheit average temperature recorded over the last 29 years at the Climate Office’s Lake Wheeler Road Field Lab station. And […]