A Leeds City Council report said the lowest ten per cent of earners were losing an estimated £12 per week. In comparison, the city’s top ten per cent of earners lost just four per cent of their income in real terms, equivalent to £46 per week. Lower earners were losing more in real terms because they spent a higher proportion of their incomes on rent, food and fuel. A report to the council’s executive board welcomed a six-month extension to the government’s Household Support Fund (HSF), which...
The Lehman Trilogy follows three Jewish brothers and the rise and demise of their Lehman Brothers financial conglomerate over 167 years. Let’s explore the Lehman Brothers’ timeline, which spans almost two centuries, from their humble beginnings to their success and fall. 1844-1850s Henry Lehman arrives in America as a German emigrant. He opens a dry […]
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A team of researchers in six countries, including the US and UK, found that people who are generally obese or tall with an 'apple' shape were at an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
Just a 20-minute drive from the White House, Nancy Reagan is back in Washington. Now premiering at Atlas Performing Arts Center and showing through April 21, Nancy follows two women […]
ASHLAND, Ore. – An SOU Native American Studies professor is being accused of ethnic fraud by the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds. Professor Michele Pavilionis is a member of the Lenape Tribe according to an article on SOU’s website. But the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds believes Pavilionis has no Native American heritage in her family. TAAF’s […]
Due to the scope of the attack, UHG said it will likely take “several months” to identify and notify customers who were impacted.
Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses
With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group now recommends that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection.
A new report analyzing the next three decades forecasts a country paralyzed by the economic and fiscal costs of servicing its debt.
(The Center Square) - Two Oregon State University faculty are lead authors on a report that attempts to combine "Indigenous Knowledge" and Western science to "inform future climate-adapted land management decisions across the United States," according to OSU. The authors contend that their recommendations include “practical and cultural management interventions that could help avert the loss of thousands of acres of old-growth forest,” according to a release. ...
After launching a few hundred drones at Israel, Iran seems to have called the war off and headed for the showers. A statement released by Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations says the "matter" of Israel spreading IRGC terrorists all over Iran's embassy in Damascus "can be concluded."