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New Mexicos Summer Meal Program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is open to all children.

Most Illinois residents will soon be paying the one-percent state sales tax on their groceries again. Governor JB Pritzkers temporary tax relief is set to expire July 1 following a one-year suspension. It covered what the state refers to as "low-rate" grocery items, not the "high-rate" foods and beverages taxed at the full 6.25%. ...

The U.N.'s World Food Program says it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia due to widespread diversion of food. Food aid to children, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and school meals programs will continue.

International donors and aid agencies have suspended operations in three provinces in Afghanistan after accusing the Taliban of attempting to divert or manipulate aid distribution, depriving tens of thousands of crucial assistance as the country grapples with the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said on Thursday it was suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its donations were being diverted from people in need. A spokesperson said USAID had determined, in coordination with the Ethiopian government, that a &quot&#x3B;w...

Aid groups had obtained permission to travel in the state only a day earlier.

The La Crosse Family YMCAs Y on the Fly summer program kicked off on Monday.

Record-high demand has prompted the Ohio Association of Food Banks to request additional funding in the biennial budget to increase the capacity of food-purchasing programs. Last year the states food banks distributed more than 242 million pounds of food and grocery items to residents in need. Joree Novotony, chief of staff for the Ohio Association of Food Banks, said the funding increase would help alleviate the strain on families forced to make tough choices. ...

With the headline “Un paradosso feroce” [A cruel paradox], L’Osservatore Romano devoted the most prominent front-page coverage in its June 1 edition to the extent of food waste in a world in which a significant number of people suffer from hunger.

Sudan's warring parties clashed in the capital overnight and into Friday morning after talks aimed at maintaining a ceasefire and alleviating a humanitarian crisis collapsed, prompting the US to issue sanctions. Residents of Khartoum and adjoining Omdurman said the army had resumed air strikes and was using more artillery as the clashes continued, but with no sign that its paramilitary enemy was retreating from city streets and homes it has occupied.