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By Tim Henderson
Stateline.org/TNS
Even as average personal incomes rose during the pandemic largely because of government aid, millions of people who didn’t receive such help have fallen into poverty, struggling to pay for food and other basic expenses.
That group, trying to get by with the help of local charities, may have been excluded from the federal payments because of immigration status, lack of time in the labor force needed to claim unemployment benefits, or just red tape in states that have been slow to pay jobless claims.
The situation in the Houston area is particularly desperate, with almost half of residents struggling to pay basic expenses in the week ending Dec. 7, according to a Census Bureau survey. That share has grown 10 points since October to 48.4 percent, the highest of the 15 metro areas included. In Miami and Riverside, Ca., more than 45 percent of people said they had trouble paying for routine expenses such as food, rent and car payments.
Seven months after a sexual assault prosecution brought against him was dismissed by a judge, entertainer Sil Fox says his life remains destroyed by the false accusation. He hopes for a return to the stage, which was taken away first because of the looming court case and now by Covid-19.
It s getting down to the wire. Christmas Day is almost here and Hanukkah is almost over. If you re still scrambling to find a perfect gift for the foodie who has everything, we have a list of local businesses that can ease the stress of holiday shopping.
We know foodie is a trite and over-used term but gourmet seems too snooty and gourmand implies gluttony so we ll opt for foodie this time. Forgive us.
So here s a list of places to knock out the shopping for winos, boozehounds, barbecue bros, cookie monsters, and restless travelers who have been grounded due to the pandemic.
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Four statues that were removed from the front of Dublin s Shelbourne Hotel have been reinstated.
They were taken down during the summer, after concerns were raised that they may depict slave women.
Some photographs of the restored statues. pic.twitter.com/mRy7UfVUYQ
I m Very Pleased The Statues Are Back - McCartan
The bronze statues were put back on their plinths at the corner of St. Stephen s Green last night.
Management decided to take them down in July, while Black Lives Matter protests took place across the United States.
It was feared that two of them depicted Nubian slaves, from a region in Ancient Egypt.