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Remember the toilet paper crisis in April 2020? Not only was toilet paper hard to find, but even if you did find a few rolls, the price probably had quadrupled. While busy contemplating how to do our daily business without toilet paper, the entire nation also felt bewildered. How could this have happened?
Of the states that will decide the 2024 election, Nevada has the highest percentage of its population who are veterans — a civically minded voting bloc of an estimated 200,000 with the power to swing a swing state.
The time of year when more deadly crashes happen, especially among younger drivers, is underway with the start of Memorial Day. The time between Memorial Day and Labor Day is often referred to as the "100 Deadliest Days," as first identified by AAA more than a decade ago and typically references young drivers. However, traffic deaths increase during that time of year for all road users, according to Erin Breen, director of the Road Equity Alliance Project at UNLV.
Memorial Day marks the beginning of what’s known as the 100 deadliest days of the year on roadways. With teens and college students free from classes and families on vacation, there is more activity on the road. That increased activity during the span between Memorial Day and Labor Day leads to an uptick in crashes, including many involving younger drivers.
As revolving credit card debt and high financing costs persist, experts are raising doubts about whether credit can keep bridging the gap between growing, but not momentous, income growth and aspirational spending.
Frequent flyers know that the skies are not always smooth, and while turbulence fatalities are rare, the overall bumpiness in the air is becoming more frequent, and severe.
Most of us are familiar with the deep, golden-orange spice, turmeric, used for adding color, flavor, and nutrition to foods. The use of turmeric (Curcuma longa) can be traced back thousands of years and is still a key ingredient in foods particularly Indian and other Asian cuisines. Ayurveda has attributed numerous therapeutic applications to turmeric for treating a wide variety of diseases such as those of the skin, pulmonary system, gastrointestinal system, depression, hepatic disorders, aches, pains, wounds, and sprains which modern science is rediscovering.
Don Snyder remembers taking strolls through the student union on the UNLV campus during his time as dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality.
12 people injured on Qatar Airways flight traveling from Doha to Dublin. CBC's Deana Sumanac-Johnson discusses flight turbulence with aviation historian and former pilot.