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13 Sep

McCarthy, Under Threat From Right, Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry

Anna Edwards

Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday opened an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, working to appease far-right lawmakers who have threatened to oust him if he fails to accede to their demands for deep spending cuts that would force a government shutdown at the end of the month.Mr. McCarthy’s decision to unilaterally announce an impeachment investigation with no formal House vote entwined the Republican investigations into Mr. Biden with the funding fight that is rattling the Capitol. It appeared to be a bid to quell a brewing rebellion among ultraconservative critics who have accused the speaker of not taking a hard…

12 Sep

For Many Small-Business Owners, a Necessary Shift to Digital Payments

Anna Edwards

“Making It Work” is a series about small-business owners striving to endure hard times.When Egypt Otis opened her business, Comma Bookstore and Social Hub, three years ago in Flint, Mich., the pandemic was full blown. But her neighbors welcomed the literature and art she sold in her store that celebrated people of color, as well as the community programs she hosted.Despite the warm reception, Ms. Otis quickly found that she had a sales problem: Her customers wanted to pay with their cellphones.“I realized that people were hardly keeping a wallet or a physical card, which limited my ability to sell…

12 Sep

Fascia May Be a Key to Better Health

Anna Edwards

In recent years, the concept of caring for one’s fascia — the tough, flexible tissue that surrounds and connects muscles, bones and organs like cling wrap — has permeated fitness and wellness culture. Pilates instructors and massage therapists offer to make fascia more supple, and products like foam rollers, massage guns and “fascia blasters” claim to help you improve your fascia health at home.“Fascia as a buzzword has really exponentially taken off,” said Christopher DaPrato, a physical therapist at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies the connection between fascia and athletic performance.Until the early 2000s, doctors believed fascia…

12 Sep

Agencias de reclutamiento de personal en Panamá, por The Human-Link

Anna Edwards

The Human-Link, reconocida como la empresa líder en reclutamiento en Panamá, ha asumido el desafío de transformar la industria al compartir su enfoque y estrategias revolucionarias de headhunting. Con un enfoque centrado en la mejora constante, esta compañía se dedica a perfeccionar los sistemas de búsqueda y atracción del talento humano, utilizando técnicas probadas que aseguran obtener los mejores candidatos para sus clientes. La firma lleva años acompañando el crecimiento de cientos de corporaciones gracias a la rigurosidad de sus headhunters. Te invitamos a descubrir mucho más de este servicio. Un headhunting eficiente En la búsqueda de candidatos altamente calificados,…

12 Sep

Hurricane Lee Updates: Latest Forecast for the East Coast

Anna Edwards

Lee continues to churn in the Atlantic as a major hurricane, with an uncertain path that still could include the east coasts of the United States or Canada.It will likely pass west of or near Bermuda late Thursday into Friday and move offshore of the Mid-Atlantic states and New England by the weekend, hurricane forecasters said late Monday morning. If it does hit the U.S. or Canada, like many of the weather models indicate, it wouldn’t be until late weekend at the earliest.Hurricane Center forecasters continue to warn that it was too early to know the level of impacts Lee…

11 Sep

How Child Care in New York City Became Unaffordable for Nearly Everyone

Anna Edwards

Not long after Crystal Springs started her new job at a large insurance company in Midtown Manhattan earlier this year, she realized that a much bigger chunk of her paycheck than she expected was going directly to child care for her 5-year-old daughter.Ms. Springs had dreamed that the job, which allowed her and her husband to make about $200,000 a year combined, would help provide a comfortable middle-class life for her family in Ozone Park, Queens. But as bills mounted and her daughter’s routine days off turned into emergencies, she felt stuck. Exasperated, she left the job she had fought…

11 Sep

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Antisemitism Problem Isn’t About Free Speech

Anna Edwards

Despite his loud and frequent protestations, Elon Musk may be the worst ambassador for free speech in America. To understand why, it’s necessary to look at X, the website formerly known as Twitter, which he owns and rules over like the generalissimo of a banana republic. The past several days are of particular relevance.Since the end of last month, the site has hosted a tsunami of vile antisemitic speech. While it’s difficult to peg the cause of any given trend on X, it appears that this latest wave of bigotry might have been sparked by an Aug. 29 meeting between…

11 Sep

A Miracle in Missouri? The Nun Who Put Her Abbey on the Map.

Anna Edwards

Four years after her death, the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster has not decomposed, her fellow nuns said. Believers come from all over to see for themselves.WHY WE’RE HEREWe’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In the hills north of Kansas City, Mo., a small abbey has become a destination for Catholics hoping to see a miracle.By Ruth GrahamPhotographs by Katie CurridReporting from Gower, Mo.Sept. 9, 2023In life, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was known to her fellow nuns for her devotional poetry, her sense of humor and her fierce piety. “I’m Sister Wil-hel-mina,” she was known to…

10 Sep

China’s Government Offers Love, but Entrepreneurs Aren’t Buying It

Anna Edwards

In the darkest moments of the financial crisis in 2008, former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao lectured a group of U.S. government officials and business executives in New York. “In the face of economic difficulties,” he said, “confidence is more precious than gold.”The Chinese economy then was teetering. Today it’s sputtering, facing the dimmest prospects in decades, and China’s leaders are learning the hard way exactly what Mr. Wen meant.Beijing unveiled a 31-point set of guidelines on Wednesday to bolster the confidence of the private sector. After three years in which the government cracked down on private companies, stamped out innovation…