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Health officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids
By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer
Wed,12/14/22-4:02PM , 156 Reads
U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts.
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This image provided by John McClain Design shows a home theater with red velvet on the wall panels. The 'champagne-hued velvet' is on the big couch in foreground. For an Orlando, FL project, designer John McClain and his client wanted to evoke an Art Deco aesthetic, yet still design a functional state-of-the-art home theater. "We upholstered portions of the walls with red velvet inside of wooden accent panels to gain the hard-to-soft-surface-ratio that would normally be accomplished with acoustical panels or wall covering." Champagne-hued velvet seating completes the elegant, comfortable look. (John McClain Design/Zeke Ruelas via AP)

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Velvet: A decor favorite now that never went away
By KIM COOK - Associated Press
Tue,01/03/23-7:50AM , 156 Reads
It was all over the fashion runways. Women’s Wear Daily raved about Armani dresses in this material. Harper’s Bazaar called it one of 2022’s biggest trends. At Britain’s film awards, celebrities partied in Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren and Gucci versions. It’s even found its way down to casual wear, in jeans, T-shirts and slouchy overshirts.
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This March 10, 2022, image provided by Kelly Oten Shows a ‘Bradford’ callery pear tree in full bloom in North Carolina. The Callery pear tree’s aesthetically pleasing, upward-facing branch structure meant limbs would rip and fly off during storms, threatening to injure people and damage cars and homes. (Kelly Oten, North Carolina State University via AP)

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Callery pear tree: How to manage an invasive former favorite
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,03/14/23-9:53AM , 156 Reads
It's the late 1940s. World War II has ended, the Baby Boom is in full swing, and incomes are rising, making first-time homeownership possible for many. Cars are being marketed to the masses, so folks can travel farther to work. The post-war expansion of American suburbia has begun.
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State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, right, prepares to announce his proposed measure to provide legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on March 17, 2022. San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. Wiener, a former supervisor-turned-state senator who authored the original ban, agreed that the measure hadn't produced the intended results. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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San Francisco to repeal boycott of anti-LGBTQ+ states
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,04/26/23-10:05PM , 156 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ+ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good.
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