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The Notes App Lists You Should Keep In Your Phone For A Happier, More Organized Life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Notes App Lists You Should Keep In Your Phone For A Happier, More Organized Life

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Notes app in your smartphone may be filled with random tidbits of information you’ve accumulated over the years: the name of a doctor someone once recommended, a good quote you heard on a podcast, a project idea for work or the link to a new recipe you want to try. “Whenever I go to the list …

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Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds
7 months ago

Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds

Associated Press  

Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Black Americans are less likely to use residential care communities, such as assisted-living facilities, and more likely to live in nursing homes, CNHI News and The Associated Press found as part of an examination into America’s long-term care options. “But it’s …

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Tyler Loop connects on 24-yard field as time expires, No. 23 Arizona rallies past Colorado 34-31
1 year, 1 month ago

Tyler Loop connects on 24-yard field as time expires, No. 23 Arizona rallies past Colorado 34-31

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “They have a fantastic head coach that is going to do just great.” Arizona trailed 24-17 at the break, and didn’t take its first lead until Loop’s field goal. “Always hard to win on the road,” Coleman said, “in the atmosphere like this.” Shedeur Sanders ran …

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Trotter: The pay disparity for NFL running backs is as wrong as it is wide
1 year, 6 months ago

Trotter: The pay disparity for NFL running backs is as wrong as it is wide

New York Times  

There’s a reason two of the NFL’s three unsigned “franchise” players are running backs, and it’s because no position group has been more disrespected by executives and coaches in recent years. His situation is not unlike that of the Giants’ Saquon Barkley and the Cowboys’ Tony Pollard, fellow running backs who were franchise tagged and have yet to receive multiyear …

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Commentary: How Julia Bullock became an essential soprano for our times
1 year, 10 months ago

Commentary: How Julia Bullock became an essential soprano for our times

LA Times  

On the first 20 seconds of her first solo recording, “Walking in the Dark,” Julia Bullock sings: “When out of men’s hearts, hate is hurled / Maybe, baby, you’ll live in a better world.” She is unaccompanied. Rather than seeming to follow in Sellars’ and Hunt Lieberson’s footsteps, Bullock sang in a new Royal Opera production of “Theodora” by Katie …

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The Power Is Back On In Texas. Now Comes The Recovery, And It Won't Be Cheap
3 years, 9 months ago

The Power Is Back On In Texas. Now Comes The Recovery, And It Won't Be Cheap

NPR  

The Power Is Back On In Texas. Now Comes The Recovery, And It Won't Be Cheap Enlarge this image toggle caption Thomas Shea/AFP via Getty Images Thomas Shea/AFP via Getty Images For Texas, it's looking like a daunting power bill. The state could spend years paying down those costs — costs that many experts say were avoidable had Texas taken …

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Texas officials are investigating outrageous energy bills in storm price surge
3 years, 10 months ago

Texas officials are investigating outrageous energy bills in storm price surge

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw said it was “very shocking” when he opened his latest electricity bill. Texas’ utility regulator, Public Utility Commission of Texas, said Saturday that it is investigating “the factors that combined with the devastating winter weather to disrupt the flow of power to millions of Texas homes.” It’s also giving customers a …

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