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Minnesota Black Authors Expo is back for first time since COVID shutdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

More than 40 Black authors will bring their books and storytelling talents to the Minnesota Black Authors Expo on Saturday, Oct. 21, at DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis. The theme of this seventh annual expo, the first since the COVID shutdown, is “Dreaming in Color: Telling Our Stories to Save Our Lives.”Shayla Michelle (Courtesy of the author)“This powerful theme encapsulates the spirit of our Black people, our persistence, resistance, and resilience,” MBAE President Dorothy Nins wrote to the Pioneer Press. “Dreaming in Color reflects the vivid and diverse narratives of Black authors and artists, whose stories are not just words on a page but lifelines that connect communities, inspire change and ignite hope. Through the various shades of human experience, the Expo will bring together authors, readers, and literary enthusiasts for an exploration of the transformative power of storytelling and connecting people. In a world often plagued by division...

Ask Amy: Husband’s leavings make a yummy salad

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Dear Amy: I have a wonderful marriage of several decades with “Lance.”In many ways, Lance holds up his end of the roommate bargain that comes with long-term partnership. He cooks half the time, helps me in the garden (even though it’s my interest and not his), does his own laundry, etc.All that said, he’s a terrible slob in the kitchen, and in ways that cause problems.He chops fruit for his breakfast and leaves the peels and rinds on the juice-soaked cutting board, slices pieces from the loaf of bread then leaves it out on the counter amidst piles of crumbs, and leaves his meal leftovers in places piled in the sink.I have tried everything, from strongly reprimanding him to cleaning up after him like he’s a toddler and I’m his mother, to ignoring it hoping he’ll see how bad it gets.However I travel for work and am often gone for a few nights at a time — during which time the kitchen becomes a disaster.I can’t constantly stay on top of i...

Legal threat for Md. cannabis-themed company halts sale of Old Bay-like parody sticker

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

(Courtesy Crabcakes & Cannabis) (Courtesy Crabcakes & Cannabis) An Annapolis, Maryland, cannabis-themed apparel company decided to discontinue selling its parody sticker looking like the Old Bay spice jar, due to allegations of copyright infringement.Crabcakes & Cannabis said it received a “threatening” letter from Hunt Valley, Maryland-based spice company McCormick and Company, stating that the sticker, which had the words “420 BUD,” violated their trademark and threatened to tarnish their reputation.As a result, Jennifer Culpepper, who founded Crabcakes & Cannabis, told WTOP that the company made the decision to stop selling the sticker instead of fighting it in court.“It wo...

Iowa-DePaul women’s outdoor basketball game could draw over 50,000 fans and a world record

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — High-scoring Iowa star Caitlin Clark doesn’t expect to have much of a shooting touch Sunday when the Hawkeyes play DePaul in an outdoor exhibition at Kinnick Stadium that could set a world record for attendance at a women’s basketball game.Far from it, in fact.“I tell people I will airball twice. Just prepare yourself,” she said. “The wind, the depth perception of seeing the hoop in a big stadium … That’s just how it’s going to be. I’m sure there’ll be no super stellar shooting performances by anybody. It’ll be attack the basket and get to the rim.”More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for the “Crossover at Kinnick” at the 69,000-seat stadium. Net proceeds benefit the university’s Stead Family Children’s Hospital, whose young patients can watch games from window seats.If all goes as planned, Iowa would break the women’s basketball all-time attendance record of 29,619, set by Connecticut and Oklahoma...

Estados Unidos envía un segundo grupo de ataque con portaaviones y aviones de combate a la región mientras Israel se prepara para expandir las operaciones en Gaza

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Washington/Seúl (CNN) — El Pentágono ordenó un segundo grupo de ataque con portaaviones al este del mar Mediterráneo y está enviando aviones de combate de la Fuerza Aérea a la región mientras Israel se prepara para expandir sus operaciones en Gaza, dijo este sábado el secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, en un comunicado.Los buques de guerra estadounidenses no están destinados a unirse a los combates en Gaza ni a participar en las operaciones de Israel, pero la presencia de dos de los buques más poderosos de la Armada está diseñada para enviar un mensaje de disuasión a Irán y a sus representantes en la región, como Hezbollah en Líbano.Los movimientos son “parte de nuestro esfuerzo por disuadir acciones hostiles contra Israel o cualquier esfuerzo para ampliar esta guerra tras el ataque de Hamas a Israel”, dijo Austin en el comunicado.El primer grupo de ataque de portaaviones, liderado por el USS Gerald R. Ford, llegó a la costa de Israel la semana pasada.Israe...

Dorchester Food Co-op, Boston’s only member-owned grocery store, celebrates grand opening

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Dorchester Food Co-op, a new grocery store that provides healthy and sustainable foods, hosted a ribbon cutting on Saturday to announces its grand opening.The Co-op, which is the only member-owned grocery store in Boston, also supports local farmers and prioritizes reducing food waste. The store is located at 195 Bowdoin Street in DorchesterOrganizers said it was a community effort to open the co-op, which has been in the works for more than a decade.The co-op’s mission is to challenge the traditional food system, reinvest their earnings back into the community and serve quality food to the neighborhood, owners said.“We will be building community with one another,” board member Sarah Assefa said at the event. “We will be deeping our friendships with one another. We will be enjoying nutritious food from a local food system which we own together.”Mayor Michelle Wu, who attended Saturday’s grand opening, said the Dorchester Food Co-op’s member ownership is special.“We have an incredibl...

US sending second carrier strike group, fighter jets to region as Israel prepares to expand Gaza operations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Washington/Seoul (CNN) — The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday.The US warships are not intended to join the fighting in Gaza or take part in Israel’s operations, but the presence of two of the Navy’s most powerful vessels is designed to send a message of deterrence to Iran and Iranian proxies in the region, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon.The movements are “part of our effort to deter hostile actions against Israel or any efforts toward widening this war following Hamas’s attack on Israel,” Austin said in the statement.The first carrier strike group, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived off the coast of Israel last week.Now the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strike group, which deployed from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday, is headed to the eastern Mediterr...

Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings: Everything you need to know about the Week 6 game before kickoff

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

The 1-4 Chicago Bears will play the 1-4 Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field in a Week 6 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff (noon, FOX).5 things to watch in the Bears-Vikings game — plus our Week 6 predictions‘I feel like I am just playing ball’A long weekend coming off the most complete performance in Justin Fields’ three seasons gave the Bears quarterback an opportunity to reflect.The passing game in the last two games has looked, well, like a full-fledged attack and that’s not something we’ve seen with any regularity in these parts. Whether Fields reflected or not, he didn’t have anything revelatory to share about what those at Halas Hall have to hope is a breakthrough.“I think I’m just focused on continuing to get better each and every day,” Fields said. “The offense, as a whole, we’ve gotten better each and every week. Our main goal is to just do that.” Read more he...

Patriots vs. Raiders preview: Is this the week Mac Jones gets back on track?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

How much worse can it get?The Patriots are about to find out.Sunday’s kickoff in Las Vegas offers a potential turning point for their sinking season or a point of no return. The Pats (1-4) are only 3-point underdogs against the Raiders, who have endured similar struggles on offense. Through four games, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has been nearly as turnover-prone as Mac Jones, while Las Vegas has yet to score 20 points in a game, just like the Patriots.Defensively, the Raiders aren’t as well-stocked, but they will field by far the best defender: Maxx Crosby. The Pro Bowl defensive end is one of the five best players at his position, according to Bill Belichick; a relentless menace who can ruin any given run or pass play. If the Patriots can slow Crosby, Jones will have a chance to attack a sub-par Las Vegas secondary.But that’s if —and only if — he’s lost his sweet tooth for turnovers. Then, Jones can right himself and perhaps the Patriots’ season.When ...

Child rights advocates ask why state left slain 5-year-old Kansas girl in a clearly unstable home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Zoey Felix’s short life was filled with turbulence.Before the 5-year-old Topeka girl was raped and killed, worried neighbors say they saw her wandering, dirty and hungry. Police were called to her home dozens of times. Teachers raised alarms when she missed preschool. Both parents alleged abuse. Zoey’s mom was jailed for a drunken car crash with Zoey in the front seat. State welfare officials were notified.In September, Zoey and her father moved out, and neighbors believe they began camping in a nearby vacant lot. Weeks later, Zoey was killed — efforts to save her in a gas station parking lot were unsuccessful — and Mickel Cherry, a 25-year-old homeless man, was charged in her death.Public anger over Zoey’s Oct. 2 death has focused on her parents. But child advocates are asking why police and the state’s embattled Department for Children and Families left the bubbly and curious girl in a dangerous environment. “Our society’s collective failure t...